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)
Congressional Profile:
Total House Membership: 106 Representatives
House Party Divisions: 57
Federalists, 49
Jeffersonian Republicans
Speakers of the House:
Clerk of the House:
Doorkeeper:
Sergeant at Arms:
Chaplain of the House:
Chaplain of the Senate:
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
Delaware
- 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
Georgia
- GUNN, James (1753-1801 ) - (Federalist), Senate 1789-1801
- TATTNALL, Josiah (1762-1803 ) - (Democratic Republican), brigadier general, Senate 1796-1799, governor
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Maryland
North Carolina
- BLOODWORTH, Timothy (1736-1814 ) - (Democratic Republican), House 1790-1791, Senate 1795-1801
- MARTIN, Alexander (1740-1807 ) - (Anti-Administration), lawyer, governor, Senate 1793-1799
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
- 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
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- 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
Tennessee
- 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.
Virginia
- MASON, Stevens Thomson (1760-1803 ) - (Democratic Republican), army colonel, Senate 1794-1803
- TAZEWELL, Henry (1753-1799 ) - (Anti-Administration), lawyer, army captain, Senate 1794-1799
Vermont
- 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
Delaware
Georgia
Kentucky
Massachusetts
- 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)
Maryland
- 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)
North Carolina
- 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)
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
- 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)
Pennsylvania
- 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)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
- 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)
Vermont