5th United States Congress

5th CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1797-1799)


Lasted from May 15, 1797 to March 3, 1799

Comprised of three sessions of Congress:

• First Session: May 15, 1797 to July 10, 1797 (57 days, held in Philadelphia)
• Second Session: November 13, 1797 to July 16, 1798 (246 days, held in Philadelphia)
• Third Session: December 3, 1798 to March 3, 1799 (91 days, held in Philadelphia)

• Jonathan Dayton
• George Dent

• Jonathan W. Condy

• Thomas Claxton

• Joseph Wheaton

• Rev. Ashbel Green - Presbyterian

• Rev. Bishop White

THE UNITED STATES SENATE

Thomas Jefferson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate.

Connecticut

• HILLHOUSE, James (1754-1832 ) - (Federalist), House 1791-1796, Senate 1796-1810
• TRACY, Uriah (1755-1807 ) - (Federalist), House 1793-1796, Senate 1797-1807, died 1807

• CLAYTON, Joshua (1744-1798 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1798-1798, died in office
• LATIMER, Henry (1752-1819 ) - (Federalist), surgeon, Senate 1795-1801
• VINING, John (1758-1802 ) - (Pro-Administration), House 1789-1793, Senate 1793-1798
• WELLS, William Hill (1769-1829 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1799-1804, took over for dead Clayton

• GUNN, James (1753-1801 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1789-1801
• TATTNALL, Josiah (1762-1803 ) - (Democratic Republican), brigadier general, Senate 1796-1799, governor

• BROWN, John (1757-1837 ) - (Anti-Administration), lawyer, Senate 1792-1805
• MARSHALL, Humphrey (1760-1841 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1795-1801

• GOODHUE, Benjamin (1748-1814 ) - (Federalist), House 1789-1795, Senate 1796-1800, resigned 1800
• SEDGWICK, Theodore (1746-1813 ) - (Federalist), President pro tempore, House 1789-1796 & 1799-1801, Speaker of the House, judge

• HENRY, John (1750-1798 ) - (Pro-Administration), Senate 1789-1797
• HOWARD, John Eager (1752-1827 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1796-1803
• LLOYD, James (1745-1820 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1797-1800

• BLOODWORTH, Timothy (1736-1814 ) - (Democratic Republican), House 1790-1791, Senate 1795-1801
• MARTIN, Alexander (1740-1807 ) - (Anti-Administration), lawyer, governor, Senate 1793-1799

• LANGDON, John (1741-1819 ) - (Democratic Republican), served in The 2nd Congress as first President pro tempore, later Governor of New Hampshire, declined nomination for Vice President in 1812.
• LIVERMORE, Samuel (1732-1803 ) - (Federalist), served in The 2nd Congress as first President pro tempore, later Governor of New Hampshire, declined nomination for Vice President in 1812.

• DAVENPORT, Franklin (1755-1832 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1798-1799
• RUTHERFURD, John (1760-1840 ) - (Pro-Administration), Senate 1791-1798
• STOCKTON, Richard (1764-1828 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1796-1799

• HOBART, John Sloss (1738-1805 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1798-1798
• LAURANCE, John (1750-1810 ) - (Federalist), attorney,House 1889-1893, judge, Senate 1796-1800
• NORTH, William (1755-1836 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1798
• SCHUYLER, Philip John (1733-1804 ) - (Pro-Administration), Revolutionary War general, Senate 1789-1791 & 1797-1798.
• WATSON, James (1750-1806 ) - (Federalist), army officer, lawyer, Senate 1798-1800

• BINGHAM, William (1752-1804 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1795-1801, city of Binghamton, New York is named in his honor.
• ROSS, James (1762-1847 ) - (Federalist), lawyer, Senate 1794-1803, Ross County, Ohio is named for him.

• BRADFORD, William (1729-1808 ) - (Pro-Administration), physician, lawyer, President pro tempore, Senate 1793-1797.
• FOSTER, Theodore (1752-1828 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1790-1803
• GREENE, Ray (1765-1849 ) - (Federalist), replaced Bradford

• HUNTER, John (1732/?1760-1802 ) - (Democratic Republican), Senate 1796-1798
• PINCKNEY, Charles (1757-1824 ) - (Democratic Republican), governer, Senate 1798-1801, House 1818-1820, fought against the Missouri Compromise
• READ, Jacob (1752-1816 ) - (Federalist), lawyer, Senate 1795-1801

• ANDERSON, Joseph (1757-1837 ) - (Democratic Republican), lawyer, judge, Senate 1797-1815, replaced Blount
• BLOUNT, William (1749-1800 ) - (Democratic Republican), Senate 1796-1797 (expelled for devising a plan to incite indians to attack Spanish Florida)
• COCKE, William (1748-1828 ) - (Democratic Republican), lawyer, judge, Senate 1796-1797 & 1799-1805
• JACKSON, Andrew (1767-1845 ) - (Democratic Republican), Senate 1797-1798, later President
• SMITH, Daniel (1748-1818 ) - (Democratic Republican), army colonel, Senate 1798-1799 & 1805-1809.

• MASON, Stevens Thomson (1760-1803 ) - (Democratic Republican), army colonel, Senate 1794-1803
• TAZEWELL, Henry (1753-1799 ) - (Anti-Administration), lawyer, army captain, Senate 1794-1799

• CHIPMAN, Nathaniel (1752-1843 ) - (Federalist), attorney, judge, Senate 1798-1804
• PAINE, Elijah (1757-1842 ) - (Federalist), lawyer, Senate 1795-1801, judge.
• TICHENOR, Isaac (1754-1838 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1796-1789 & 1815-1821, governor and jurist in between.

THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Connecticut

• ALLEN, John (1763-1812 ) - (Federalist)
• BRACE, Jonathan (1754-1837 ) - (Federalist)
• COIT, Joshua (1758-1798 ) - (Federalist)
• DANA, Samuel Whittlesey (1760-1830 ) - (Federalist)
• DAVENPORT, James (1758-1797 ) - (Federalist)
• EDMOND, William (1755-1838 ) - (Federalist)
• GOODRICH, Chauncey (1759-1815 ) - (Federalist)
• GRISWOLD, Roger (1762-1812 ) - (Federalist)
• SMITH, Nathaniel (1762-1822 ) - (Federalist)

• BAYARD, James Asheton, Sr. (1767-1815 ) - (Federalist)

• BALDWIN, Abraham (1754-1807 ) - (Independent)
• MILLEDGE, John (1757-1818 ) - (Democratic Republican)

• DAVIS, Thomas Terry (UNKN-1807) - (Republican)
• FOWLER, John (1755-1840 ) - (Republican)

• BARTLETT, Bailey (1750-1830 ) - (Federalist)
• BRADBURY, Theophilus (1739-1803 ) - (Federalist)
• BULLOCK, Stephen (1735-1816 ) - (Federalist)
• FOSTER, Dwight (1757-1823 ) - (Federalist)
• FREEMAN, Nathaniel, Jr. (1766-1800 ) - (Federalist)
• LYMAN, Samuel (1749-1802 ) - (Federalist)
• OTIS, Harrison Gray (1765-1848 ) - (Federalist)
• PARKER, Isaac (1768-1830 ) - (Federalist)
• REED, John (1751-1831 ) - (Federalist)
• SEWALL, Samuel (1757-1814 ) - (Federalist)
• SHEPARD, William (1737-1817 ) - (Federalist)
• SKINNER, Thomson Joseph (1752-1809 ) - (Republican)
• THATCHER, George (1754-1824 ) - (Federalist)
• VARNUM, Joseph Bradley (1751-1821 ) - (Democratic Republican)
• WADSWORTH, Peleg (1748-1829 ) - (Federalist)

• BAER, George, Jr. (1763-1834 ) - (Federalist)
• CRAIK, William (1761-1814 ) - (Federalist)
• DENNIS, John (1771-1806 ) - (Federalist)
• DENT, George (1756-1813 ) - (Federalist), Speaker of the House
• HINDMAN, William (1743-1822 ) - (Federalist)
• MATTHEWS, William (1755-1808c ) - (Federalist)
• SMITH, Samuel (1752-1839 ) - (Democratic Republican)
• SPRIGG, Richard, Jr. (1769-1806 ) - (Republican)

• BLOUNT, Thomas (1759-1812 ) - (Republican)
• BRYAN, Nathan (1748-1798 ) - (Republican)
• BURGES, Dempsey (1751-1800 ) - (Republican)
• GILLESPIE, James (1747-1805 ) - (Republican)
• GROVE, William Barry (1764-1818 ) - (Federalist)
• LOCKE, Matthew (1730-1801 ) - (Republican)
• MACON, Nathaniel (1757-1837 ) - (Democratic Republican)
• McDOWELL, Joseph (1756-1801 ) - (Republican)
• SPAIGHT, Richard Dobbs (1758-1802 ) - (Republican)
• STANFORD, Richard (1767-1816 ) - (Republican)
• WILLIAMS, Robert ( ?-? ) - (Republican)

• FOSTER, Abiel (1735-1806 ) - (Federalist)
• FREEMAN, Jonathan (1745-1808 ) - (Federalist)
• GORDON, William (1763-1802 ) - (Federalist)
• SMITH, Jeremiah (1759-1842 ) - (Federalist)
• SPRAGUE, Peleg (1756-1800 ) - (Federalist)

• DAYTON, Jonathan (1760-1824 ) - (Federalist)
• IMLAY, James Henderson (1764-1823 ) - (Federalist)
• SCHUREMAN, James (1756-1824 ) - (Federalist)
• SINNICKSON, Thomas (1744-1817 ) - (Federalist)
• THOMSON, Mark (1739-1803 ) - (Federalist)

• BROOKS, David - (Federalist)
• COCHRAN, James - (Federalist)
• ELMENDORF, Lucas Conrad - (Republican)
• GLEN, Henry - (Federalist)
• HAVENS, Jonathan Nicoll - (Republican)
• HOSMER, Hezekiah Lord - (Federalist)
• LIVINGSTON, Edward - (Independent)
• VAN ALEN, John Evert - (Federalist)
• VAN CORTLANDT, Philip - (Republican)
• WILLIAMS, John - (Federalist)

• BARD, David - (Republican)
• BROWN, Robert - (Republican)
• CHAPMAN, John - (Federalist)
• EGE, George - (Federalist)
• FINDLEY, William - (Republican)
• GALLATIN, Albert - (Independent)
• GREGG, Andrew - (Democratic Republican)
• HANNA, John Andre - (Republican)
• HARTLEY, Thomas - (Federalist)
• HIESTER, Joseph - (Republican)
• KITTERA, John Wilkes - (Federalist)
• McCLENACHAN, Blair - (Republican)
• SITGREAVES, Samuel - (Federalist)
• SWANWICK, John - (Republican)
• THOMAS, Richard - (Federalist)
• WALN, Robert - (Federalist)

• CHAMPLIN, Christopher Grant - (Federalist)
• POTTER, Elisha Reynolds - (Federalist)
• TILLINGHAST, Thomas - (Federalist)

• BENTON, Lemuel - (Republican)
• HARPER, Robert Goodloe - (Independent)
• PINCKNEY, Thomas - (Federalist)
• RUTLEDGE, John, Jr. - (Federalist)
• SMITH, William - (Republican)
• SMITH, William Loughton - (Federalist)
• SUMTER, Thomas - (Democratic Republican)

• CLAIBORNE, William Charles Cole - (Democratic Republican)

• BRENT, Richard - (Independent)
• CABELL, Samuel Jordan - (Republican)
• CLAIBORNE, Thomas - (Republican)
• CLAY, Matthew - (Republican)
• CLOPTON, John - (Republican)
• DAWSON, John - (Republican)
• EGGLESTON, Joseph - (Republican)
• EVANS, Thomas - (Federalist)
• GILES, William Branch - (Republican)
• HARRISON, Carter Bassett - (Republican)
• HOLMES, David - (Democratic Republican)
• JONES, Walter - (Republican)
• MACHIR, James - (Federalist)
• MORGAN, Daniel - (Federalist)
• NEW, Anthony - (Republican)
• NICHOLAS, John - (Republican)
• PARKER, Josiah - (Federalist)
• TRIGG, Abram - (Republican)
• TRIGG, John Johns - (Republican)
• VENABLE, Abraham Bedford - (Democratic Republican)

• LYON, Matthew - (Republican)
• MORRIS, Lewis Richard - (Federalist)