First United States Congress

Table of contents

1 First United States Congress
2 1789-1791
3 Major Political Events
4 Members of the First United States Congress
5 External Links

First United States Congress

1789-1791

Major Political Events

Senate and House of Representatives of eleven States first convene in New York, New York, March 4, 1789
House first meets with quorum of members to elect first Speaker, April 1, 1789
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, first House Speaker
Senate first meets with quorum of members to elect first President pro tempore and tally results of Presidential election
- John Langdon, first Senate President pro Tempore
Inauguration of George Washington, first President of the United States, April 30, 1789
Foreign Affairs (State) Department Established, July 27, 1789
War (Defense) Department Established, August 7, 1789
Treasury Department Established, September 2, 1789
Judiciary Act established Office of Attorney General and composition of Supreme Court, September 24, 1789
North Carolina ratifies Constitution, November 21, 1789.
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ratifies Constitution, May 29, 1790
Kentucky admitted to Union, February 4, 1791, effective June 1, 1792
Vermont admitted to Union, February 18, 1791, effective March 4, 1791

Members of the First United States Congress

Fisher Ames (Representative), Pro-Administration, MA
John Baptista Ashe (Representative), -, NC
Abraham Baldwin (Representative), -, GA
Richard Bassett (Senator), Anti-Administration, DE
Egbert Benson (Representative), Pro-Administration, NY
Theodorick Bland (Representative), -, VA
Timothy Bloodworth (Representative), -, NC
Elias Boudinot (Representative), -, NJ
Benjamin Bourne (Representative), Pro-Administration, RI
John Brown (Representative), -, KY
Aedanus Burke (Representative), -, SC
Pierce Butler (Senator), Pro-Administration, SC
Lambert Cadwalader (Representative), -, NJ
Charles Carroll of Carrollton (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD
Daniel Carroll (Representative), -, MD
George Clymer (Representative), -, PA
Isaac Coles (Representative), Anti-Administration, VA
Benjamin Contee (Representative), -, MD
Tristram Dalton (Senator), Pro-Administration, MA
Philemon Dickinson (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ
Oliver Ellsworth (Senator), Pro-Administration, CT
Jonathan Elmer (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ
William Few (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA
Thomas Fitzsimons (Representative), -, PA
William Floyd (Representative), -, NY
Abiel Foster (Representative), Pro-Administration, NH
Theodore Foster (Senator), Pro-Administration, RI
George Gale (Representative), -, MD
Elbridge Gerry (Representative), -, MA
William Branch Giles (Representative), Anti-Administration, VA
Nicholas Gilman (Representative), Anti-Administration, NH
Benjamin Goodhue (Representative), Pro-Administration, MA
William Grayson (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA
Samuel Griffin (Representative), -, VA
Jonathan Grout (Representative), -, MA
James Gunn (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA
Thomas Hartley (Representative), Pro-Administration, PA
John Hathorn (Representative), Anti-Administration, NY
Benjamin Hawkins (Senator), Pro-Administration, NC
John Henry (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD
Daniel Hiester (Representative), Anti-Administration, PA
Daniel Huger (Representative), -, SC
Benjamin Huntington (Representative), -, CT
Ralph Izard (Senator), Pro-Administration, SC
James Jackson (Representative), Anti-Administration, GA
William Samuel Johnson (Senator), Pro-Administration, CT
Samuel Johnston (Senator), Pro-Administration, NC
Rufus King (Senator), Pro-Administration, NY
John Langdon (Senator), Pro-Administration, NH
John Laurance (Representative), -, NY
Richard Bland Lee (Representative), -, VA
Richard Henry Lee (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA
George Leonard (Representative), Pro-Administration, MA
Samuel Livermore (Representative), Pro-Administration, NH
William Maclay (Senator), Anti-Administration, PA
James Madison (Representative), Anti-Administration, VA
George Mathews (Representative), -, GA
James Monroe (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA
Andrew Moore (Representative), Anti-Administration, VA
Robert Morris (Senator), Pro-Administration, PA
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (Representative, Speaker of the House), Pro-administration, PA
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (Representative), -, PA
John Page (Representative), Anti-Administration, VA
Josiah Parker (Representative), Pro-Administration, VA
George Partridge (Representative), -, MA
William Paterson (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ
George Read (Senator), Pro-Administration, DE
James Schureman (Representative), Pro-Administration, NJ
Philip John Schuyler (Senator), Pro-Administration, NY
Thomas Scott (Representative), -, PA
Theodore Sedgwick (Representative), Pro-Administration, MA
Joshua Seney (Representative), -, MD
John Sevier (Representative), Anti-Administration, NC
Roger Sherman (Representative), -, CT
Peter Silvester (Representative), -, NY
Thomas Sinnickson (Representative), Pro-Administration, NJ
William Smith (Representative), -, MD
William Loughton Smith (Representative), Pro-Administration, SC
Joseph Stanton, Jr (Senator), Anti-Administration, RI
John Steele (Representative), -, NC
Michael Jenifer Stone (Representative), -, MD
Caleb Strong (Senator), Pro-Administration, MA
Jonathan Sturges (Representative), -, CT
Thomas Sumter (Representative), Anti-Administration, SC
George Thatcher (Representative), Pro-Administration, MA
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr (Representative), -, CT
Thomas Tudor Tucker (Representative), -, SC
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (Representative), -, NY
John Vining (Representative), -, DE
Jeremiah Wadsworth (Representative), -, CT
John Walker (Senator), Pro-Administration, VA
Alexander White (Representative), -, VA
Hugh Williamson (Representative), Pro-Administration, NC
Paine Wingate (Senator), Anti-Administration, NH
Henry Wynkoop (Representative), -, PA

External Links

First Federal Congress Project at GWU

United States Congress

Second United States Congress