Membership of the 2nd Congress of the United States

 

March 4, 1791 to March 3, 1793

 

First Session:  October 24, 1791 to May 8, 1792

Second Session:  November 5, 1792 to March 2, 1793

Special Session of the Senate:  March 4, 1791, for one day only

 

Vice President of the United States:

John Adams (Massachusetts)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate:

Richard Henry Lee (Virginia), First Session
John Langdon (New Hampshire), Second Session

Secretary of the Senate:

Samuel A. Otis (Massachusetts)

Doorkeeper of the Senate:

James Mathers (New York)

   

Speaker of the House of Representatives:

Jonathan Trumbull (Connecticut)

Clerk of the House:

John Beckley (Virginia)

Sergeant At Arms of the House:

Joseph Wheaton (Rhode Island)

Doorkeeper of the House:

Gifford Dalley

 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Oliver Ellsworth

William S. Johnson (resigned March 4, 1791)

Roger Sherman (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William S. Johnson; served from June 13, 1791)

 

Representatives At Large

 

Jeremiah Wadsworth

Jonathan Sturges

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.

James Hillhouse

Amasa Learned

 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

Richard Bassett

George Read

 

Representative At Large

 

John Vining

 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

William Few

James Gunn

 

Representatives At Large

 

Abraham Baldwin

Francis Willis

Anthony Wayne (served until March 21, 1792; election contested by James Jackson and, by separate resolutions, it was determined that neither was entitled to the seat)

John Milledge (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the Representatives declaring the seat of Anthony Wayne vacant; served from November 22, 1792)

 

Kentucky (admitted as a state June 1, 1792)

 

Senators

 

John Edwards (served from June 18, 1792)

John Brown (served from June 18, 1792)

 

Representatives At Large

 

District 1:

Christopher Greenup (served from November 9, 1792)

District 2:

Alexander D. Orr (served from November 8, 1792)

 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

John Henry

Charles Carroll (resigned November 30, 1792)

Richard Potts (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles Carroll; served from January 10, 1793)
 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Philip Key

District 2:

Joshua Seney (resigned December 6, 1792)

 

William Hindman (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joshua Seney; served from January 30, 1793)

District 3:

William Pinkney (resigned November, 1791 due to questions of ineligibility concerning to his residence)

 

John F. Mercer (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Pinkney; served from February 5, 1792)

District 4:

Samuel Sterett

District 5:

William V. Murray

District 6:

Upton Sheredine

 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

Caleb Strong

George Cabot

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Fisher Ames

District 2:

Benjamin Goodhue

District 3:

Elbridge Gerry

District 4:

Theodore Sedgwick

District 5:

Shearjashub Bourne

District 6:

George Leonard

District 7:

Artemas Ward

District 8:

George Thatcher

 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

John Langdon

Paine Wingate

 

Representatives At Large

 

Jeremiah Smith

Nicholas Gilman

Samuel Livermore

 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

Philemon Dickinson

John Rutherfurd

 

Representatives At Large

 

Elias Boudinot

Abraham Clark

Jonathan Dayton

Aaron Kitchell

 

New York

 

Senators

 

Rufus King

Aaron Burr

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Thomas Treadwell (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect James Townsend; served from October 24, 1791)

District 2:

John Laurance

District 3:

Egbert Benson

District 4:

Cornelius C. Schoonmaker

District 5:

Peter Silvester

District 6:

James Gordon

 

North Carolina

 

Senators

 

Benjamin Hawkins

Samuel Johnston

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

John Steele 

District 2:

Nathaniel Macon

District 3:

John B. Ashe

District 4:

Hugh Williamson

District 5:

William B. Grove

 

Pennsylvania

 

Senators

 

Robert Morris

(Seat vacant; credentials of Albert Gallatin were presented February 28, 1793 and ordered placed in the files; no further action was taken during the Congress)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Thomas Fitzsimmons

District 2:

Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg

District 3:

Israel Jacobs

District 4:

Daniel Hiester

District 5:

John W. Kittera

District 6:

Andrew Gregg

District 7:

Thomas Hartley

District 8:

William Findley 

 

Rhode Island

 

Senators

 

Theodore Foster

Joseph Stanton

 

Representative At Large

 

Benjamin Bourne

 

South Carolina

 

Senators

 

Pierce Butler 

Ralph Izard

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

William L. Smith 

District 2:

Robert Barnwell

District 3:

Daniel Huger

District 4:

Thomas Sumter

District 5:

Thomas T. Tucker

 

Vermont (admitted as a state March 4, 1791)

 

Senators

 

Moses Robinson (served from October 17, 1791)

Stephen R. Bradley (served from October 17, 1791)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Israel Smith (served from October 17, 1791) 

District 2:

Nathaniel Niles (served from October 17, 1791)

 

Virginia

 

Senators

 

Richard Henry Lee (resigned October 8, 1792)

James Monroe

John Taylor of Caroline (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Richard Henry Lee; served from October 18, 1792)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Alexander White

District 2:

John Brown (served until June 1, 1792, when the district in which he resided was admitted into the Union as the State of Kentucky)

District 3:

Andrew Moore

District 4:

Richard B. Lee

District 5:

James Madison

District 6:

Abraham B. Venable

District 7:

John Page

District 8:

Josiah Parker

District 9:

William B. Giles

District 10:

Samuel Griffin