3rd United States Congress - political parties

The Third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4 1793 to March 3 1795, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President George Washington.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. The Senate had a Pro-Administration majority, and the House had an Anti-Administration majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

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The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1793 - March 3 1795
*Special session of the Senate: March 4 1793
*First session: December 2 1793 - June 9 1794
*Second session: November 3 1794 - March 3 1795 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "2nd Congress"
Next congress: "4th Congress"

Party summary

There were no political parties in this Congress. Members are informally grouped into factions of similar interest, based on an analysis of their voting record. [cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.]

The count below identifies affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated.

enate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

=Anti-Administration=

:A-L
* Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), "Vermont"
* John Brown (1757-1837), "Kentucky"
* Aaron Burr (1756-1836), "New York"
* Pierce Butler (1744-1822), "South Carolina"
* John Edwards (1748-1837), "Kentucky"
* James Gunn (1753-1801), "Georgia"
* Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818), "North Carolina"
* James Jackson (1757-1806), "Georgia"
* John Langdon (1741-1819), "New Hampshire" :M-Z
* Alexander Martin (1740-1807), "North Carolina"
* Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), "Virginia" ...elected to fill vacancy, November 18 1794, seated in the succeeding Congress.
* James Monroe (1758-1831), "Virginia" …resigned May 27 1794.
* Moses Robinson (1741-1813), "Vermont"
* John Taylor (1753-1824), "Virginia" …resigned May 11 1794.
* Henry Tazewell (1753-1799), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, November 18 1794.

=Pro-Administration=

:A-L
* William Bradford (1729-1808), "Rhode Island"
* George Cabot (1752-1823), "Massachusetts"
* Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), "Connecticut"
* Theodore Foster (1752-1828), "Rhode Island"
* Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804), "New Jersey"
* John Henry (1750-1798), "Maryland"
* Ralph Izard (1742-1804), "South Carolina"
* Rufus King (1755-1827), "New York"
* Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), "New Hampshire" :M-Z
* Stephen M. Mitchell (1743-1835), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, December 2 1793.
* Robert Morris (1734-1806), "Pennsylvania"
* Richard Potts (1753-1808), "Maryland"
* George Read (1733-1798), "Delaware" …resigned September 18 1793.
* James Ross (1762-1847), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, April 24 1794.
* John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), "New Jersey"
* Roger Sherman (1721-1793), "Connecticut" …died July 23 1793.
* Caleb Strong (1745-1819), "Massachusetts"
* John Vining (1758-1802), "Delaware"

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

=Anti-Administration=

:A-F
* Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828), "New York"
* Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), "Georgia"
* Lemuel Benton (1754-1818), "South Carolina"
* Thomas Blount (1759-1812), "North Carolina"
* Thomas P. Carnes (1762-1822), "Georgia"
* Gabriel Christie (1755-1808), "Maryland"
* Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), "Virginia"
* Isaac Coles (1747-1813), "Virginia"
* William Johnston Dawson ( -1798), "North Carolina"
* Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Gabriel Duvall (1752-1844), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 11 1794.
* William Findley (1742-1821), "Pennsylvania" :G-L
* William B. Giles (1762-1830), "Virginia"
* James Gillespie (c1747-1805), "North Carolina"
* Alexander Gillon (1741-1794), "South Carolina" …died October 6 1794.
* Christopher Greenup (1750-1818), "Kentucky"
* Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), "Pennsylvania"
* Carter B. Harrison (c1756-1808), "Virginia"
* John Heath (1758-1810), "Virginia"
* Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Holten (1738-1816), "Massachusetts"
* John Hunter (1732/1760-1802), "South Carolina"
* William Irvine (1741-1804), "Pennsylvania"
* Matthew Locke (1730-1801), "North Carolina"
* William Lyman (1755-1811), "Massachusetts" :M-R
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* James Madison (1751-1836), "Virginia"
* Joseph McDowell (1758-1799), "North Carolina"
* Alexander Mebane (1744-1795), "North Carolina"
* John F. Mercer (1759-1821), "Maryland" …resigned April 13 1794.
* William Montgomery (1736-1816), "Pennsylvania"
* Andrew Moore (1752-1821), "Virginia"
* Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (1750-1801), "Pennsylvania"
* John Peter G. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph Neville (1730-1819), "Virginia"
* Anthony New (1747-1833), "Virginia"
* John Nicholas (c1757-1819), "Virginia"
* Nathaniel Niles (1741-1828), "Vermont"
* Alexander D. Orr (1761-1835), "Kentucky"
* John Page (1743-1808), "Virginia"
* John Patten (1746-1800), "Delaware" …contested election, served until February 14 1794.
* Andrew Pickens (1739-1817), "South Carolina"
* Francis Preston (1765-1836), "Virginia"
* Robert Rutherford (1728-1803), "Virginia" :S-Z
* John S. Sherburne (1757-1830), "New Hampshire"
* John Smilie (1741-1812), "Pennsylvania"
* Israel Smith (1759-1810), "Vermont"
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* Thomas Sprigg (1747-1809), "Maryland"
* Thomas Tredwell (1743-1831), "New York"
* Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), "New York"
* Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), "Virginia"
* Francis Walker (1764-1806), "Virginia"
* Benjamin Williams (1751-1814), "North Carolina"
* Richard Winn (1750-1818), "South Carolina"
* Joseph Winston (1746-1815), "North Carolina"

=Pro-Administration=

:A-F
* Fisher Ames (1758-1808), "Massachusetts"
* James Armstrong (1748-1828), "Pennsylvania"
* John Beatty (1749-1826), "New Jersey"
* Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), "New Jersey"
* Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808), "Rhode Island"
* Shearjashub Bourne (1746-1806), "Massachusetts"
* Lambert Cadwalader (1742-1823), "New Jersey"
* Abraham Clark (1726-1794), "New Jersey" …died September 15 1794.
* David Cobb (1748-1830), "Massachusetts"
* Peleg Coffin, Jr. (1756-1805), "Massachusetts"
* Joshua Coit (1758-1798), "Connecticut"
* Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), "New Jersey"
* George Dent (1756-1813), "Maryland"
* Samuel Dexter (1761-1816), "Massachusetts"
* Benjamin Edwards (1753-1829), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 2 1795.
* Thomas Fitzsimons (1741-1811), "Pennsylvania"
* Uriah Forrest (1756-1805), "Maryland" …resigned November 8 1794.
* Dwight Foster (1757-1823), "Massachusetts" :G-L
* Ezekiel Gilbert (1756-1841), "New York"
* Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), "New Hampshire"
* Henry Glen (1739-1814), "New York"
* Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), "Massachusetts"
* James Gordon (1739-1810), "New York"
* Samuel Griffin (1746-1810), "Virginia"
* William Barry Grove (1764-1818), "North Carolina"
* George Hancock (1754-1820), "Virginia"
* Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), "South Carolina" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 9 1795.
* Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), "Pennsylvania"
* James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Connecticut"
* William Hindman (1743-1822), "Maryland"
* Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820), "New Jersey" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 29 1795.
* John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), "Pennsylvania"
* Henry Latimer (1752-1819), "Delaware" …contested election, seated February 14 1794, resigned February 7 1795.
* Amasa Learned (1750-1825), "Connecticut"
* Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827), "Virginia" :M-R
* Francis Malbone (1759-1809), "Rhode Island"
* William Vans Murray (1760-1803), "Maryland"
* Josiah Parker (1751-1810), "Virginia" :S-Z
* Thomas Scott (1739-1796), "Pennsylvania"
* Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), "Massachusetts"
* Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842), "New Hampshire"
* William L. Smith (1758-1812), "South Carolina"
* Zephaniah Swift (1759-1823), "Connecticut"
* Silas Talbot (1751-1813), "New York"
* George Thatcher (1754-1824), "Massachusetts"
* Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), "Connecticut"
* Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), "Connecticut"
* John E. Van Alen (1749-1807), "New York"
* Peter Van Gaasbeck (1754-1797), "New York"
* Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), "Connecticut"
* Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Artemas Ward (1727-1800), "Massachusetts"
* John Watts (1749-1836), "New York"
* Paine Wingate (1739-1838), "New Hampshire"

Notes

References

*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =
*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html Statutes at Large, 1789-1875]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsjlink.html Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhjlink.html#anchor2 House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History]
* [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists]