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Second United States Congress

Dates of Sessions

1791-1793

• The first session of this Congress took place in Philadelphia from October 24, 1791 to May 9, 1792.
• The second session took place in Philadelphia from November 5, 1792 to March 2, 1793.

Major Political Events

• Congress passes the Coinage Act establishing the U.S. Mint and regulating coins, April 2, 1792
• Congress passes the Postal Service Act, establishing the Post Office Department, February 20, 1792
• First Presidential veto, by George Washington on April 5, 1792, of the Apportionment Act, fixing the number of Representatives based on the United States Census of 1790.

Officers

Senate

• President of the Senate - John Adams
• President pro tempore -
  1. Richard Henry Lee (18 April 1792-8 October 1792)
  2. John Langdon (5 November 1792-4 December 1792, 1 March 1793-3 March 1793)
• 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 Trumbull, Jr.
• Clerk of the House - John Beckley
• House Doorkeeper - Gifford Dalley
• House Sergeant at Arms - Joseph Wheaton
• Chaplain of the House - Samuel Blair

Members of the Second United States Congress

• Fisher Ames (Representative), Federalist, MA
• John Baptista Ashe (Representative), -, NC
• Abraham Baldwin (Representative), -, GA
• Robert Barnwell (Representative), -, SC
• Richard Bassett (Senator), Anti-Administration, DE
• Egbert Benson (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Elias Boudinot (Representative), -, NJ
• Benjamin Bourne (Representative), Federalist, RI
• Shearjashub Bourne (Representative), -, MA
• Stephen Row Bradley (Senator), Anti-Administration, VT
• John Brown (Representative), Anti-Administration, Kentucky District of VA until June 18, 1792; thereafter (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY
• Aaron Burr (Senator), Anti-Administration, NY
• Pierce Butler (Senator), Anti-Administration, SC
• George Cabot (Senator), Pro-Administration, MA
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD
• Abraham Clark (Representative), -, NJ
• Jonathan Dayton (Representative), Federalist, NJ
• Philemon Dickinson (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ
• John Edwards (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY
• Oliver Ellsworth (Senator), Pro-Administration, CT
• William Few (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA
• William Findley (Representative), Republican, PA
• Thomas Fitzsimons (Representative), -, PA
• Theodore Foster (Senator), Pro-Administration, RI
• Elbridge Gerry (Representative), -, MA
• William Branch Giles (Representative), Republican, VA
• Nicholas Gilman (Representative), Republican, NH
• Benjamin Goodhue (Representative), Federalist, MA
• James Gordon (Representative), -, NY
• Christopher Greenup (Representative), Republican, KY
• Andrew Gregg (Representative), Republican, PA
• Samuel Griffin (Representative), -, VA
• William Barry Grove (Representative), Federalist, NC
• James Gunn (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA
• Thomas Hartley (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Benjamin Hawkins (Senator), Pro-Administration, NC
• John Henry (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD
• Daniel Hiester (Representative), Republican, PA
• James Hillhouse (Representative), -, CT
• William Hindman (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Daniel Huger (Representative), -, SC
• Ralph Izard (Senator), Pro-Administration, SC
• Israel Jacobs (Representative), -, PA
• William Samuel Johnson (Senator), Pro-Administration, CT
• Samuel Johnston (Senator), Pro-Administration, NC
• Philip Key (Representative), -, MD
• Rufus King (Senator), Pro-Administration, NY
• Aaron Kitchell (Representative), Republican, NJ
• John Wilkes Kittera (Representative), Federalist, PA
• John Langdon (Senator), Pro-Administration, NH
• John Laurance (Representative), -, NY
• Amasa Learned (Representative), -, CT
• Richard Bland Lee (Representative), -, VA
• Richard Henry Lee (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA
• George Leonard (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Samuel Livermore (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Nathaniel Macon (Representative), Republican, NC
• James Madison (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Francis Mercer (Representative), -, MD
• John Milledge (Representative), Republican, GA
• James Monroe (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA
• Andrew Moore (Representative), Republican, VA
• Robert Morris (Senator), Pro-Administration, PA
• Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (Representative), Anti-Administration, PA
• William Vans Murray (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Nathaniel Niles (Representative), -, VT
• Alexander Dalrymple Orr (Representative), Republican, KY
• John Page (Representative), Republican, VA
• Josiah Parker (Representative), Federalist, VA
• William Pinkney (Representative), Republican, MD
• Richard Potts (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD
• George Read (Senator), Pro-Administration, DE
• Moses Robinson (Senator), Anti-Administration, VT
• John Rutherfurd (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ
• Cornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker (Representative), -, NY
• Theodore Sedgwick (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Joshua Seney (Representative), -, MD
• Upton Sheredine (Representative), -, MD
• Roger Sherman (Senator), Pro-Administration, CT
• Peter Silvester (Representative), -, NY
• Israel Smith (Representative), Republican, VT
• Jeremiah Smith (Representative), Federalist, NH
• William Loughton Smith (Representative), Federalist, SC
• Joseph Stanton, Jr. (Senator), Anti-Administration, RI
• John Steele (Representative), -, NC
• Samuel Sterett (Representative), -, MD
• Caleb Strong (Senator), Pro-Administration, MA
• Jonathan Sturges (Representative), -, CT
• Thomas Sumter (Representative), Republican, SC
• John Taylor (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA
• George Thatcher (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Thomas Tredwell (Representative), -, NY
• Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Speaker of the House, Representative), -, CT
• Thomas Tudor Tucker (Representative), -, SC
• Abraham Bedford Venable (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Vining (Representative), -, DE
• Jeremiah Wadsworth (Representative), -, CT
• Artemas Ward (Representative), -, MA
• Anthony Wayne (Representative), -, GA
• Alexander White (Representative), -, VA
• Hugh Williamson (Representative), Federalist, NC
• Francis Willis (Representative), -, GA
• Paine Wingate (Senator), Anti-Administration, NH