Fourth United States Congress
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Dates of Sessions
1795-1797
- The first session of this Congress took place in Philadelphia from December 7, 1795 to June 1, 1796.
- The second session took place in Philadelphia from December 5, 1796 to March 3, 1797.
Major Political Events
- John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson in the U.S. Presidential election, November 1796
Officers
Senate
- President of the Senate - John Adams
- President pro tempore -
- Secretary of the Senate - Samuel Allyne Otis
- Senate Sergeant at Arms - James Mathers
- Senate Chaplain - William White
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House - Jonathan Dayton
- Clerk of the House - John Beckley
- House Doorkeeper - Thomas Claxton
- House Sergeant at Arms - Joseph Wheaton
- Chaplain of the House - Ashbel Green
Members of the Fourth United States Congress
Senate
Connecticut
- Oliver Ellsworth (Federalist) and then James Hillhouse (Federalist)
- Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Federalist) and then Uriah Tracy (Federalist)
Delaware
- Henry Latimer (Federalist)
- John Vining (Federalist)
Georgia
- James Gunn (Federalist)
- James Jackson (Republican) and then George Walton (Federalist) and then Josiah Tattnall (Republican)
Kentucky
- John Brown (Republican)
- Humphrey Marshall (Federalist)
Maryland
- John Henry (Federalist)
- Richard Potts (Federalist) and then John E. Howard (Federalist)
Massachusetts
- George Cabot (Federalist) and then Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist)
- Caleb Strong (Federalist) and then Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist)
New Hampshire
- John Langdon (Republican)
- Samuel Livermore (Federalist)
New Jersey
- Frederick Frelinghuysen (Federalist) and then Richard Stockton (Federalist)
- John Rutherfurd (Federalist)
New York
- Aaron Burr (Republican)
- Rufus King (Federalist) and then John Laurance (Federalist)
North Carolina
- Timothy Bloodworth (Republican)
- Alexander Martin (Republican)
Pennsylvania
- William Bingham (Federalist)
- James Ross (Federalist)
Rhode Island
- William Bradford (Federalist)
- Theodore Foster (Federalist)
South Carolina
- Pierce Butler (Republican) and then John Hunter (Republican)
- Jacob Read (Federalist)
Tennessee
- William Blount (Republican)
- William Cocke (Republican)
Vermont
- Elijah Paine (Federalist)
- Moses Robinson (Republican) and then Isaac Tichenor (Federalist)
Virginia
- Stevens T. Mason (Republican)
- Henry Tazewell (Republican)
House of Representatives
Connecticut
- Joshua Coit (Federalist), At-Large
- Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist), At-Large
- Roger Griswold (Federalist), At-Large
- James Hillhouse (Federalist) and then James Davenport (Federalist), At-Large
- Nathaniel Smith (Federalist), At-Large
- Uriah Tracy (Federalist) and then Samuel W. Dana (Federalist), At-Large
- Zephaniah Swift (Federalist), At-Large
Delaware
- John Patten (Republican), At-Large
Georgia
- Abraham Baldwin (Republican), At-Large
- John Milledge (Republican), At-Large
Kentucky
- Alexander D. Orr (Republican), At-Large
- Christopher Greenup (Republican), At-Large
Maryland
- George Dent (Federalist), 1st District
- Gabriel Duvall (Republican) and then Richard Sprigg, Jr. (Republican), 2nd District
- Jeremiah Crabb (Federalist) and then William Craik (Federalist), 3rd District
- Thomas Sprigg (Republican), 4th District
- Gabriel Christie (Republican), 5th District
- Samuel Smith (Republican), 5th District
- William Hindman (Federalist), 6th District
- William Vans Murray (Federalist), 7th District
Massachusetts
- Henry Dearborn (Republican), 1st District
- Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist), 2nd District
- Dwight Foster (Federalist), 3rd District
- Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist) and then Thomson J. Skinner (Republican), 3rd District
- George Thatcher (Federalist), 3rd District
- Samuel Lyman (Federalist), 4th District
- William Lyman (Republican), 4th District
- Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (Federalist), 5th District
- Fisher Ames (Federalist), 6th District
- John Reed (Federalist), 6th District
- George Leonard (Federalist), 7th District
- Joseph B. Varnum (Republican), 9th District
- Theophilus Bradbury (Federalist), 10th District
- Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist) and then Samuel Sewall (Federalist), 11th District
New Hampshire
- Abiel Foster (Federalist), At-Large
- Nicholas Gilman (Republican), At-Large
- John S. Sherburne (Republican), At-Large
- Jeremiah Smith (Fedearlist), At-Large
New Jersey
- Jonathan Dayton (Federalist), At-Large
- Thomas Henderson (Federalist), At-Large
- Aaron Kitchell (Republican), At-Large
- Isaac Smith (Federalist), At-Large
- Mark Thomson (Federalist), At-Large
New York
- Edward Livingston (Republican), 1st District
- Jonathan N. Havens (Republican), 2nd District
- Philip Van Cortlandt (Republican), 3rd District
- John Hathorn (Republican), 4th District
- Theodorus Bailey (Republican), 5th District
- Ezekiel Gilbert (Federalist), 6th District
- John E. Van Alen (Federalist), 7th District
- Henry Glen (Federalist), 8th District
- John Williams (Federalist), 9th District
- William Cooper (Federalist), 10th District
North Carolina
- Thomas Blount (Republican), At-Large
- Nathan Bryan (Republican), At-Large
- Dempsey Burges (Republican), At-Large
- Jesse Franklin (Republican), At-Large
- James Gillespie (Republican), At-Large
- William B. Grove (Federalist), At-Large
- James Holland (Republican), At-Large
- Matthew Locke (Republican), At-Large
- Nathaniel Macon (Republican), At-Large
- Absalom Tatom (Republican) and then William F. Strudwick (Federalist), At-Large
Pennsylvania
- John Swanwick (Republican), 1st District
- Richard Thomas (Federalist), 3rd District
- Andrew Gregg (Republican), 4th District
- Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (Republican), 4th District
- Samuel Sitgreaves (Federalist), 4th District
- John Richards (Republican), 4th District
- Daniel Hiester (Republican) and then George Ege (Federalist), 5th District
- John W. Kittera (Federalist), 7th District
- Thomas Hartley (Federalist), 8th District
- David Bard (Republican), 10th District
- Samuel Maclay (Republican), 10th District
- William Findley (Republican), 11th District
- Albert Gallatin (Republican), 11th District
Rhode Island
- Benjamin Bourne (Federalist) and then Elisha R. Potter (Federalist), At-Large
- Francis Malbone (Federalist), At-Large
South Carolina
- William L. Smith (Federalist), 1st District
- Robert G. Harper (Federalist), 1st District
- Lemuel Benton (Republican), 3rd District
- Richard Winn (Republican), 4th District
- Wade Hampton (Republican), 4th District
- Samuel Earle (Republican), 6th District
Tennessee
- Andrew Jackson (Republican), At-Large
Vermont
- Israel Smith (Republican), 1st District
- Daniel Buck (Federalist), 2nd District
Virginia
- Robert Rutherford (Republican), 1st District
- Andrew Moore (Republican), 2nd District
- George Jackson (Republican), 3rd District
- George Hancock, 5th District
- Francis Preston (Republican), 5th District
- Isaac Coles (Republican), 6th District
- Abraham B. Venable (Republican), 7th District
- Thomas Claiborne (Republican), 8th District
- William B. Giles (Republican), 9th District
- Josiah Parker (Federalist), 11th District
- Anthony New (Republican), 12th District
- John Page (Republican), 12th District
- Carter B. Harrison (Republican), 13th District
- John Heath (Republican), 13th District
- John Clopton (Republican), 13th District
- Samuel J. Cabell (Republican), 14th District
- James Madison (Republican), 15th District
- John Nicholas (Republican), 15th District
- Richard Brent (Republican), 18th District
External links
- Acts of the 4th Congress (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=001/llsl001.db&recNum=30)
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