3rd United States Congress - State Delegations

The Third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised 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 state delegation.

Main article: 3rd United States Congress
See also: 3rd United States Congress - Membership Changes
See also: 3rd United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1792

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 session

Previous congress: 2nd Congress
Next congress: 4th Congress

Members

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1796; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1798; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1794.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

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.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Connecticut

Senate
  • 1: Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), Pro-Administration
  • 3: Roger Sherman (1721-1793), Pro-Administration …died July 23 1793.
    Stephen M. Mitchell (1743-1835), Pro-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, December 2 1793.
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Joshua Coit (1758-1798), Pro-Administration

  • : James Hillhouse (1754-1832), Pro-Administration

  • : Amasa Learned (1750-1825), Pro-Administration

  • : Zephaniah Swift (1759-1823), Pro-Administration

  • : Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), Pro-Administration

  • : Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), Pro-Administration

  • : Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), Pro-Administration

Delaware

Senate
  • 1: George Read (1733-1798), Pro-Administration …resigned September 18 1793.
    Henry Latimer (1752-1819), Pro-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, February 7 1795.
  • 2: John Vining (1758-1802), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : John Patten (1746-1800), Anti-Administration …contested election, served until February 14 1794.

    Henry Latimer (1752-1819), Pro-Administration …contested election, seated February 14 1794, resigned February 7 1795.

Georgia

Senate
  • 3: James Gunn (1753-1801), Anti-Administration
  • 2: James Jackson (1757-1806), Anti-Administration
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Anti-Administration

  • : Thomas P. Carnes (1762-1822), Anti-Administration

Kentucky

Senate
  • 3: John Edwards (1748-1837), Anti-Administration
  • 2: John Brown (1757-1837), Anti-Administration
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Christopher Greenup (1750-1818), Anti-Administration

  • : Alexander D. Orr (1761-1835), Anti-Administration

Maryland

Senate
  • 3: John Henry (1750-1798), Pro-Administration
  • 1: Richard Potts (1753-1808), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : George Dent (1756-1813), Pro-Administration

  • : John F. Mercer (1759-1821), Anti-Administration …resigned April 13 1794.

    Gabriel Duvall (1752-1844), Anti-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 11 1794.

  • : Uriah Forrest (1756-1805), Pro-Administration …resigned November 8 1794.

    Benjamin Edwards (1753-1829), Pro-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 2 1795.

  • : Thomas Sprigg (1747-1809), Anti-Administration

  • : Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Anti-Administration

  • : Gabriel Christie (1755-1808), Anti-Administration

  • : William Hindman (1743-1822), Pro-Administration

  • : William Vans Murray (1760-1803), Pro-Administration

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 2: Caleb Strong (1745-1819), Pro-Administration
  • 1: George Cabot (1752-1823), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (14 seats)

  • : A/L: Fisher Ames (1758-1808), Pro-Administration

  • : A/L: Samuel Dexter (1761-1816), Pro-Administration

  • : A/L: Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), Pro-Administration

  • : A/L: Samuel Holten (1738-1816), Anti-Administration

  • : A/L: Dwight Foster (1757-1823), Pro-Administration

  • : A/L: William Lyman (1755-1811), Anti-Administration

  • : A/L: Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), Pro-Administration

  • : A/L: Artemas Ward (1727-1800), Pro-Administration

  • : A/L: Shearjashub Bourne (1746-1806), Pro-Administration

  • : A/L: Peleg Coffin, Jr. (1756-1805), Pro-Administration

  • : A/L: Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), Anti-Administration

  • : A/L: George Thatcher (1754-1824), Pro-Administration

  • : A/L: Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), Pro-Administration

  • : David Cobb (1748-1830), Pro-Administration

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 3: John Langdon (1741-1819), Anti-Administration
  • 2: Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), Pro-Administration

  • : John S. Sherburne (1757-1830), Anti-Administration

  • : Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842), Pro-Administration

  • : Paine Wingate (1739-1838), Pro-Administration

New Jersey

Senate
  • 1: John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), Pro-Administration
  • 2: Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : John Beatty (1749-1826), Pro-Administration

  • : Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), Pro-Administration

  • : Lambert Cadwalader (1742-1823), Pro-Administration

  • : Abraham Clark (1726-1794), Pro-Administration …died September 15 1794.

    Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820), Pro-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 29 1795.

  • : Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), Pro-Administration

New York

Senate
  • 3: Rufus King (1755-1827), Pro-Administration
  • 1: Aaron Burr (1756-1836), Anti-Administration
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : John Watts (1749-1836), Pro-Administration

  • : Thomas Tredwell (1743-1831), Anti-Administration

  • : Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), Anti-Administration

  • : Peter Van Gaasbeck (1754-1797), Pro-Administration

  • : Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828), Anti-Administration

  • : Ezekiel Gilbert (1756-1841), Pro-Administration

  • : John E. Van Alen (1749-1807), Pro-Administration

  • : Henry Glen (1739-1814), Pro-Administration

  • : James Gordon (1739-1810), Pro-Administration

  • : Silas Talbot (1751-1813), Pro-Administration

North Carolina

Senate
  • 3: Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818), Anti-Administration
  • 2: Alexander Martin (1740-1807), Anti-Administration
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Joseph McDowell (1758-1799), Anti-Administration

  • : Matthew Locke (1730-1801), Anti-Administration

  • : Joseph Winston (1746-1815), Anti-Administration

  • : Alexander Mebane (1744-1795), Anti-Administration

  • : Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), Anti-Administration

  • : James Gillespie (c1747-1805), Anti-Administration

  • : William Barry Grove (1764-1818), Pro-Administration

  • : William Johnston Dawson ( -1798), Anti-Administration

  • : Thomas Blount (1759-1812), Anti-Administration

  • : Benjamin Williams (1751-1814), Anti-Administration

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 3: Robert Morris (1734-1806), Pro-Administration
  • 1: Albert Gallatin Anti-Administration …contested elected, served until February 28 1794.
    James Ross (1762-1847), Pro-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, April 24 1794.
House of Representatives (13 seats)

  • : James Armstrong (1748-1828), Pro-Administration

  • : William Findley (1742-1821), Anti-Administration

  • : Thomas Fitzsimons (1741-1811), Pro-Administration

  • : Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), Anti-Administration

  • : Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), Pro-Administration

  • : Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), Anti-Administration

  • : William Irvine (1741-1804), Anti-Administration

  • : John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), Pro-Administration

  • : William Montgomery (1736-1816), Anti-Administration

  • : Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (1750-1801), Anti-Administration

  • : John Peter G. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Anti-Administration

  • : Thomas Scott (1739-1796), Pro-Administration

  • : John Smilie (1741-1812), Anti-Administration

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 1: Theodore Foster (1752-1828), Pro-Administration
  • 2: William Bradford (1729-1808), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808), Pro-Administration

  • : Francis Malbone (1759-1809), Pro-Administration

South Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Pierce Butler (1744-1822), Anti-Administration
  • 3: Ralph Izard (1742-1804), Pro-Administration
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : William L. Smith (1758-1812), Pro-Administration

  • : John Hunter (1732/1760-1802), Anti-Administration

  • : Lemuel Benton (1754-1818), Anti-Administration

  • : Richard Winn (1750-1818), Anti-Administration

  • : Alexander Gillon (1741-1794), Anti-Administration …died October 6 1794.

    Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), Pro-Administration ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 9 1795.

  • : Andrew Pickens (1739-1817), Anti-Administration

Vermont

Senate
  • 1: Moses Robinson (1741-1813), Anti-Administration
  • 3: Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), Anti-Administration
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Israel Smith (1759-1810), Anti-Administration

  • : Nathaniel Niles (1741-1828), Anti-Administration

Virginia

Senate
  • 1: James Monroe (1758-1831), Anti-Administration …resigned May 27 1794.
    Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), Anti-Administration ...elected to fill vacancy, November 18 1794, seated in the succeeding Congress.
  • 2: John Taylor (1753-1824), Anti-Administration …resigned May 11 1794.
    Henry Tazewell (1753-1799), Anti-Administration …elected to fill vacancy, November 18 1794.
House of Representatives (19 seats)

  • : Robert Rutherford (1728-1803), Anti-Administration

  • : Andrew Moore (1752-1821), Anti-Administration

  • : Joseph Neville (1730-1819), Anti-Administration

  • : Francis Preston (1765-1836), Anti-Administration

  • : George Hancock (1754-1820), Pro-Administration

  • : Isaac Coles (1747-1813), Anti-Administration

  • : Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), Anti-Administration

  • : Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), Anti-Administration

  • : William B. Giles (1762-1830), Anti-Administration

  • : Carter B. Harrison (c1756-1808), Anti-Administration

  • : Josiah Parker (1751-1810), Pro-Administration

  • : John Page (1743-1808), Anti-Administration

  • : Samuel Griffin (1746-1810), Pro-Administration

  • : Francis Walker (1764-1806), Anti-Administration

  • : James Madison (1751-1836), Anti-Administration

  • : Anthony New (1747-1833), Anti-Administration

  • : Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827), Pro-Administration

  • : John Nicholas (c1757-1819), Anti-Administration

  • : John Heath (1758-1810), Anti-Administration

Delegates

Southwest Territory

  • : James White (1749-1809), Anti-Administration ...new territory, seated November 18 1794.