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Fifth United States Congress

Fifth United States Congress

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1797-1798

Major Political Events

Officers

Senate

• President of the Senate - Thomas Jefferson
• President pro tempore -
  1. William Bradford (6 July 1797-October 1797)
  2. Jacob Read (22 November 1797-12 December 1797)
  3. Theodore Sedgwick (27 June 1798-5 December 1798)
  4. John Laurance (6 December 1798-27 December 1798)
  5. James Ross (1 March 1799-1 December 1799)
• 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 - Jonathan W. Condy
• House Doorkeeper - Thomas Claxton
• House Sergeant at Arms - Joseph Wheaton
• Chaplain of the House - Ashbel Green

Members of the Fifth United States Congress

• John Allen (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Joseph Anderson (Senator), Republican, TN
• George Baer, Jr. (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Abraham Baldwin (Representative), -, GA
• David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA
• Bailey Bartlett (Representative), Federalist, MA
• James Asheton Bayard (Representative), Federalist, DE
• Lemuel Benton (Representative), Republican, SC
• William Bingham (Senator), Federalist, PA
• Timothy Bloodworth (Senator), Republican, NC
• Thomas Blount (Representative), Republican, NC
• William Blount (Senator), Republican, TN
• Jonathan Brace (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Theophilus Bradbury (Representative), Federalist, MA
• William Bradford (Senator), Pro-Administration, RI
• Richard Brent (Representative), -, VA
• David Brooks (Representative), Federalist, NY
• John Brown (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY
• Robert Brown (Representative), Republican, PA
• Nathan Bryan (Representative), Republican, NC
• Stephen Bullock (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Dempsey Burges (Representative), Republican, NC
• Samuel Jordan Cabell (Representative), Republican, VA
• Christopher Grant Champlin (Representative), Federalist, RI
• John Chapman (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Nathaniel Chipman (Senator), Federalist, VT
• Thomas Claiborne (Representative), Republican, VA
• William Charles Cole Claiborne (Representative), Republican, TN
• Matthew Clay (Representative), Republican, VA
• Joshua Clayton (Senator), Federalist, DE
• John Clopton (Representative), Republican, VA
• James Cochran (Representative), Federalist, NY
• William Cocke (Senator), Republican, TN
• Joshua Coit (Representative), Federalist, CT
• William Craik (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Franklin Davenport (Senator), Federalist, NJ
• James Davenport (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Thomas Terry Davis (Representative), Republican, KY
• John Dawson (Representative), Republican, VA
• Jonathan Dayton (Speaker of the House), Federalist, US
• John Dennis (Representative), Federalist, MD
• George Dent (Representative), Federalist, MD
• William Edmond (Representative), Federalist, CT
• George Ege (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Joseph Eggleston (Representative), Republican, VA
• Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (Representative), Republican, NY
• Thomas Evans (Representative), Federalist, VA
• William Findley (Representative), Republican, PA
• Abiel Foster (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Dwight Foster (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Theodore Foster (Senator), Federalist, RI
• John Fowler (Representative), Republican, KY
• Jonathan Freeman (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Albert Gallatin (Representative), -, PA
• William Branch Giles (Representative), Republican, VA
• James Gillespie (Representative), Republican, NC
• Henry Glen (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Benjamin Goodhue (Senator), Federalist, MA
• Chauncey Goodrich (Representative), Federalist, CT
• William Gordon (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Ray Greene (Senator), Federalist, RI
• Andrew Gregg (Representative), Republican, PA
• Roger Griswold (Representative), Federalist, CT
• William Barry Grove (Representative), Federalist, NC
• James Gunn (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA
• John Andre Hanna (Representative), Republican, PA
• Robert Goodloe Harper (Representative), -, SC
• Carter Bassett Harrison (Representative), Republican, VA
• Thomas Hartley (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Jonathan Nicoll Havens (Representative), Republican, NY
• John Henry (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD
• Joseph Hiester (Representative), Republican, PA
• James Hillhouse (Senator), Federalist, CT
• William Hindman (Representative), Federalist, MD
• John Sloss Hobart (Senator), Federalist, NY
• David Holmes (Representative), Republican, VA
• Hezekiah Lord Hosmer (Representative), Federalist, NY
• John Eager Howard (Senator), Federalist, MD
• John Hunter (Senator), Republican, SC
• James Henderson Imlay (Representative), Federalist, NJ
• Andrew Jackson (Senator), Republican, TN
• Walter Jones (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Wilkes Kittera (Representative), Federalist, PA
• John Langdon (Senator), Republican, NH
• Henry Latimer (Senator), Federalist, DE
• John Laurance (Senator), Federalist, NY
• Samuel Livermore (Senator), Pro-Administration, NH
• Edward Livingston (Representative), -, NY
• James Lloyd (Senator), Federalist, MD
• Matthew Locke (Representative), Republican, NC
• Samuel Lyman (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Matthew Lyon (Representative), Republican, VT
• James Machir (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Nathaniel Macon (Representative), Republican, NC
• Humphrey Marshall (Senator), Federalist, KY
• Alexander Martin (Senator), Anti-Administration, NC
• Stevens Thomson Mason (Senator), Republican, VA
• William Matthews (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Blair McClenachan (Representative), Republican, PA
• Joseph McDowell (Representative), Republican, NC
• John Milledge (Representative), Republican, GA
• Daniel Morgan (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Lewis Richard Morris (Representative), Federalist, VT
• Anthony New (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Nicholas (Representative), Republican, VA
• William North (Senator), Federalist, NY
• Harrison Gray Otis (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Elijah Paine (Senator), Federalist, VT
• Isaac Parker (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Josiah Parker (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Charles Pinckney (Senator), Republican, SC
• Thomas Pinckney (Representative), Federalist, SC
• Elisha Reynolds Potter (Representative), Federalist, RI
• Jacob Read (Senator), Federalist, SC
• John Reed Sr. (Representative), Federalist, MA
• James Ross (Senator), Pro-Administration, PA
• John Rutherfurd (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ
• John Rutledge, Jr. (Representative), Federalist, SC
• James Schureman (Representative), Federalist, NJ
• Philip John Schuyler (Senator), Pro-Administration, NY
• Theodore Sedgwick (Senator), Federalist, MA
• Samuel Sewall (Representative), Federalist, MA
• William Shepard (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Thomas Sinnickson (Representative), Federalist, NJ
• Samuel Sitgreaves (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Thomson Joseph Skinner (Representative), Republican, MA
• Daniel Smith (Senator), Republican, TN
• Jeremiah Smith (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Nathaniel Smith (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Samuel Smith (Representative), Republican, MD
• William Smith (Representative), Republican, SC
• William Loughton Smith (Representative), Federalist, SC
• Richard Dobbs Spaight (Representative), Republican, NC
• Peleg Sprague (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Richard Sprigg, Jr. (Representative), Republican, MD
• Richard Stanford (Representative), Republican, NC
• Richard Stockton (Senator), Federalist, NJ
• Thomas Sumter (Representative), Republican, SC
• John Swanwick (Representative), Republican, PA
• Josiah Tattnall (Senator), Republican, GA
• Henry Tazewell (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA
• George Thatcher (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Richard Thomas (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Mark Thomson (Representative), Federalist, NJ
• Isaac Tichenor (Senator), Federalist, VT
• Thomas Tillinghast (Representative), Federalist, RI
• Uriah Tracy (Senator), Federalist, CT
• Abram Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Johns Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Evert Van Alen (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Philip Van Cortlandt (Representative), Republican, NY
• Joseph Bradley Varnum (Representative), Republican, MA
• Abraham Bedford Venable (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Vining (Senator), Pro-Administration, DE
• Peleg Wadsworth (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Robert Waln (Representative), Federalist, PA
• James Watson (Senator), Federalist, NY
• William Hill Wells (Senator), Federalist, DE
• John Williams (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Robert Williams (Representative), Republican, NC

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