5th United States Congress - political parties

The Fifth 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 1797 to March 3 1799, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President John Adams.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Federalist majority.

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

Main article: 5th United States Congress
See also: 5th United States Congress - Membership Changes
See also: 5th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House elections, 1796

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

Dates of sessions

March 4 1797 - March 3 1799

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1797
  • First session: May 15 1797 - July 10 1797
  • Second session: November 13 1797 - July 16 1798
  • Special session of the Senate: July 17 1798 - July 19 1798
  • Third session: December 3 1798 - March 3 1799 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 4th Congress
Next congress: 6th Congress

Party summary

The count below identifies party 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.

Senate
  • Democratic-Republican : 10
  • Federalist : 22 (majority)

TOTAL members: 32
House of Representatives
  • Democratic-Republican 49
  • Federalist : 57 (majority)

TOTAL members: 106

Senate

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

Democratic-Republican

A-L
  • Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), Tennessee …elected to fill vacancy, September 26 1797.
  • Timothy Bloodworth (1736-1814), North Carolina
  • William Blount (1749-1800), Tennessee …expelled from Congress July 8 1797.
  • John Brown (1757-1837), Kentucky
  • William Cocke (1748-1828), Tennessee …appointed to fill vacancy, March 4 1797.
  • John Hunter (1732/1760-1802), South Carolina …resigned November 26 1798.
  • Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), Tennessee …elected to fill vacancy, September 26 1797, resigned April 1798.
  • John Langdon (1741-1819), New Hampshire
M-Z
  • Alexander Martin (1740-1807), North Carolina
  • Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), Virginia
  • Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), South Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, December 6 1798.
  • Daniel Smith (1748-1818), Tennessee …appointed to fill vacancy, October 6 1798.
  • Josiah Tattnall (1762-1803), Georgia
  • Henry Tazewell (1753-1799), Virginia …died January 24 1799.

Federalist

A-L
  • William Bingham (1752-1804), Pennsylvania
  • William Bradford (1729-1808), Rhode Island …resigned October 1797.
  • Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843), Vermont …elected to fill vacancy, October 17 1797.
  • Joshua Clayton (1744-1798), Delaware …elected to fill vacancy, January 19 1798, died August 11 1798.
  • Franklin Davenport (1755-1832), New Jersey …appointed to fill vacancy, December 5 1798.
  • Theodore Foster (1752-1828), Rhode Island
  • Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), Massachusetts
  • Ray Greene (1765-1849), Rhode Island ...elected to fill vacancy, November 13 1797.
  • James Gunn (1753-1801), Georgia
  • John Henry (1750-1798), Maryland …resigned December 10 1797.
  • James Hillhouse (1754-1832), Connecticut
  • John Sloss Hobart (1738-1805), New York …elected to fill vacancy, January 11 1798, resigned April 16 1798.
  • John Eager Howard (1752-1827), Maryland
  • Henry Latimer (1752-1819), Delaware
  • John Laurance (1750-1810), New York
  • Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), New Hampshire
  • James Lloyd (1745-1820), Maryland …elected to fill vacancy, December 11 1797.
M-Z
  • Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841), Kentucky
  • William North (1755-1836), New York …appointed to fill vacancy, May 5 1798.
  • Elijah Paine (1757-1842), Vermont
  • Jacob Read (1752-1816), South Carolina
  • James Ross (1762-1847), Pennsylvania
  • John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), New Jersey …resigned November 26 1798.
  • Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804), New York ...resigned January 3 1798.
  • Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), Massachusetts
  • Richard Stockton (1764-1828), New Jersey
  • Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838), Vermont …resigned October 17 1797.
  • Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), Connecticut
  • John Vining (1758-1802), Delaware …resigned January 19 1798.
  • James Watson (1750-1806), New York …elected to fill vacancy, August 17 1798.
  • William H. Wells (1769-1829), Delaware …elected to fill vacancy, January 17 1799.

House of Representatives

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

Democratic-Republican

A-F
  • Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Georgia
  • David Bard (1744-1815), Pennsylvania
  • Lemuel Benton (1754-1818), South Carolina
  • Thomas Blount (1759-1812), North Carolina
  • Richard Brent (1757-1814), Virginia
  • Robert Brown (1744-1823), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1798.
  • Nathan Bryan (1748-1798), North Carolina …died June 4 1798.
  • Dempsey Burges (1751-1800), North Carolina
  • Samuel J. Cabell (1756-1818), Virginia
  • Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), Virginia
  • William C. C. Claiborne (1775-1817), Tennessee …seated November 23 1797.
  • Matthew Clay (1754-1815), Virginia
  • John Clopton (1756-1816), Virginia
  • Thomas T. Davis ( -1807), Kentucky
  • John Dawson (1762-1814), Virginia
  • Joseph Eggleston (1754-1811), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1798.
  • Lucas C. Elmendorf (1758-1843), New York
  • William Findley (1742-1821), Pennsylvania
  • John Fowler (1755-1840), Kentucky
  • Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (1766-1800), Massachusetts
G-L
  • Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), Pennsylvania
  • William B. Giles (1762-1830), Virginia …resigned October 2 1798.
  • James Gillespie (c1747-1805), North Carolina
  • Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), Pennsylvania
  • John A. Hanna (1762-1805), Pennsylvania
  • Carter B. Harrison (c1756-1808), Virginia
  • Jonathan N. Havens (1757-1799), New York
  • Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1797.
  • David Holmes (1769-1832), Virginia
  • Walter Jones (1745-1815), Virginia
  • Edward Livingston (1764-1836), New York
  • Matthew Locke (1730-1801), North Carolina
  • Matthew Lyon (1749-1822), Vermont
M-R
  • Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), North Carolina
  • Blair McClenachan ( -1812), Pennsylvania
  • Joseph McDowell (1756-1801), North Carolina
  • John Milledge (1757-1818), Georgia
  • Anthony New (1747-1833), Virginia
  • John Nicholas (c1757-1819), Virginia
S-Z
  • Thomson J. Skinner (1752-1809), Massachusetts
  • Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Maryland
  • William Smith (1751-1837), South Carolina
  • Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802), North Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 10 1798.
  • Richard Sprigg, Jr. (c1769-1806), Maryland
  • Richard Stanford (1767-1816), North Carolina
  • Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), South Carolina
  • John Swanwick (1760-1798), Pennsylvania …died August 1 1798.
  • Abram Trigg (1750- ), Virginia
  • John J. Trigg (1748-1804), Virginia
  • Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), New York
  • Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751-1821), Massachusetts
  • Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), Virginia
  • Robert Williams ( - ), North Carolina

Federalist

A-F
  • John Allen (1763-1812), Connecticut
  • George Baer, Jr. (1763-1834), Maryland
  • Bailey Bartlett (1750-1830), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1797.
  • James A. Bayard (1767-1815), Delaware
  • Jonathan Brace (1754-1837), Connecticut …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1798.
  • Theophilus Bradbury (1739-1803), Massachusetts …resigned July 24 1797.
  • David Brooks (1756-1838), New York
  • Stephen Bullock (1735-1816), Massachusetts
  • Christopher G. Champlin (1768-1840), Rhode Island
  • John Chapman (1740-1800), Pennsylvania
  • James Cochran (1769-1848), New York
  • Joshua Coit (1758-1798), Connecticut …died September 5 1798.
  • William Craik (1761-1814), Maryland
  • Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), Connecticut
  • James Davenport (1758-1797), Connecticut …died August 3 1797.
  • Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), New Jersey
  • John Dennis (1771-1806), Maryland
  • George Dent (1756-1813), Maryland
  • William Edmond (1755-1838), Connecticut …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1797.
  • George Ege (1748-1829), Pennsylvania …resigned October 1797.
  • Thomas Evans (c1755-1815), Virginia
  • Abiel Foster (1735-1806), New Hampshire
  • Dwight Foster (1757-1823), Massachusetts
  • Jonathan Freeman (1745-1808), New Hampshire
G-L
  • Henry Glen (1739-1814), New York
  • Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815), Connecticut
  • William Gordon (1763-1802), New Hampshire
  • Roger Griswold (1762-1812), Connecticut
  • William Barry Grove (1764-1818), North Carolina
  • Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), South Carolina
  • Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), Pennsylvania
  • William Hindman (1743-1822), Maryland
  • Hezekiah L. Hosmer (1765-1814), New York
  • James H. Imlay (1764-1823), New Jersey
  • John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), Pennsylvania
  • Samuel Lyman (1749-1802), Massachusetts
M-R
  • James Machir ( -1827), Virginia
  • William Matthews (1755-c1808), Maryland
  • Daniel Morgan (1736-1802), Virginia
  • Lewis R. Morris (1760-1825), Vermont
  • Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), Massachusetts
  • Isaac Parker (1768-1830), Massachusetts
  • Josiah Parker (1751-1810), Virginia
  • Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), South Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 23 1797.
  • Elisha R. Potter (1764-1835), Rhode Island ...resigned 1797.
  • John Reed, Sr. (1751-1831), Massachusetts
  • John Rutledge, Jr. (1766-1819), South Carolina
S-Z
  • James Schureman (1756-1824), New Jersey
  • Samuel Sewall (1757-1814), Massachusetts
  • William Shepard (1737-1817), Massachusetts
  • Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817), New Jersey
  • Samuel Sitgreaves (1764-1827), Pennsylvania ...resigned 1798.
  • Jeremiah Smith (1759-1842), New Hampshire …resigned July 26 1797.
  • Nathaniel Smith (1762-1822), Connecticut
  • William L. Smith (1758-1812), South Carolina …resigned July 10 1797.
  • Peleg Sprague (1756-1800), New Hampshire …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 15 1797.
  • George Thatcher (1754-1824), Massachusetts
  • Richard Thomas (1744-1832), Pennsylvania
  • Mark Thomson (1739-1803), New Jersey
  • Thomas Tillinghast (1742-1821), Rhode Island …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1797.
  • John E. Van Alen (1749-1807), New York
  • Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), Massachusetts
  • Robert Waln (1765-1836), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1798.
  • John Williams (1752-1806), New York


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