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Membership
of
the
5th
Congress
of
the
United
States |
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March
4,
1797
to
March
3,
1799 |
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First
Session:
May
15,
1797
to
July
10,
1797 |
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Second
Session:
November
13,
1797
to
July
16,
1798 |
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Third
Session:
December
3,
1798
to
March
3,
1799 |
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Special
Sessions
of
the
Senate:
March
4,
1797,
for
one
day
only;
July
17,
1798
to
July
19,
1798 |
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Vice
President
of
the
United
States:
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Thomas
Jefferson
(Virginia) |
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President
Pro
Tempore
of
the
Senate:
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William
Bradford
(Rhode
Island),
from
July
6,
1797
Jacob
Read
(South
Carolina),
from
November
22,
1797
Theodore
Sedgwick
(Massachusetts),
from
June
27,
1798
John
Laurance
(New
York),
from
December
6,
1798
James
Ross
(Pennsylvania),
from
March
1,
1799 |
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Secretary
of
the
Senate:
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Samuel
A.
Otis
(Massachusetts) |
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Doorkeeper
of
the
Senate:
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James Mathers
(New
York) |
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Speaker
of
the
House
of
Representatives:
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Jonathan
Dayton
(New
Jersey) |
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Clerk
of
the
House:
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John
Beckley
(Virginia)
Jonathan
W.
Condy
(Pennsylvania),
from
May
15,
1797 |
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Sergeant
At
Arms
of
the
House:
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Joseph
Wheaton
(Rhode
Island) |
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Doorkeeper
of
the
House:
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Thomas
Claxton |
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Tennessee
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Senators
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William Blount
(expelled July 8, 1797 on a 25 to 1 vote of being
found guilty "of a high misdemeanor, entirely inconsistent with his
public trust and duty as a Senator," as part of a conspiracy to incite
the Creek and Cherokee Indians to aid the British in conquering the
Spanish territory of West Florida)
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William Cocke
(appointed his own successor due to a failure of the
legislature to elect; served from April 22 to September 26, 1797 when
Joseph Anderson was elected)
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Joseph Anderson
(elected in to fill the vacancy caused by the
expulsion of William Blount; served from September 26, 1797; again
elected December 12, 1798 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Andrew Jackson)
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Andrew Jackson
(elected for the term starting March 4, 1797; served
from September 26, 1797; resigned April 1798)
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Daniel Smith
(appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Andrew Jackson; served from October 6, 1798)
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Representative At Large
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Andrew
Jackson
(resigned
September,
1797
to
become
Senator) |
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William
C.
C.
Claiborne
(elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Andrew
Jackson;
served
from
November
23,
1797) |
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