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THIRD CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1793, TO MARCH 3, 1795

FIRST SESSION—December 2, 1793, to June 9, 1794 SECOND SESSION—November 3, 1794, to March 3, 1795 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1793, for one day only

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—, 1 of ; , 2 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—SAMUEL A. OTIS, of Massachusetts DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE—JAMES MATHERS, of

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—FREDERICK A. C. MUHLENBERG, 3 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—JOHN BECKLEY, 4 of Virginia SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH WHEATON, of DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—GIFFORD DALLEY

CONNECTICUT James Jackson SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Samuel Smith Thomas Sprigg 5 Thomas P. Carnes Stephen M. Mitchell 6 MASSACHUSETTS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE SENATORS Joshua Coit SENATORS Amasa Learned John Brown Zephaniah Swift REPRESENTATIVES Jonathan Trumbull Christopher Greenup REPRESENTATIVES Jeremiah Wadsworth Alexander D. Orr Shearjashub Bourne David Cobb SENATORS SENATORS Peleg Coffin, Jr. George Read 7 John Henry Henry Latimer 8 John Vining REPRESENTATIVES Dwight Foster REPRESENTATIVES Gabriel Christie John Patten 9 George Dent Henry Latimer 10 John F. Mercer 11 William Lyman Gabriel Duvall 12 William Vans Murray George Thacher SENATORS Uriah Forrest 13 Benjamin Edwards 14

1 Elected May 31, 1794. was elected 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George 10 Successfully contested the election of John Patten, and February 20, 1795, but declined. Read, and took his seat February 28, 1795. Kensey Johns took his seat February 14, 1794; resigned February 7, 2 Elected February 20, 1795. was appointed on March 19, 1794, to fill the vacancy 1795, having been elected Senator. 3 Elected December 2, 1793. and his credentials were presented March 24, 1794, but 11 Resigned April 13, 1794. 4 Reelected December 2, 1793. he was not permitted to qualify; March 28, 1794, the 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 5 Died July 23, 1793. Senate declared he was not entitled to the seat; vacancy F. Mercer, and took his seat November 11, 1794. 6 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Roger Sher- in this class from September 18, 1793, to February 7, 13 Resigned November 8, 1794. 1795. 14 man, and took his seat December 2, 1793. 9 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Uriah 7 Served until February 14, 1794; succeeded by Henry Resigned September 18, 1793. Latimer, who contested his election. Forrest, and took his seat January 2, 1795.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE William Johnston Dawson Andrew Pickens James Gillespie SENATORS William L. Smith Richard Winn John Langdon Matthew Locke Samuel Livermore VERMONT REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Joseph McDowell (P. G.) Alexander Mebane SENATORS John S. Sherburne Benjamin Williams Moses Robinson Jeremiah Smith Joseph Winston Stephen R. Bradley PENNSYLVANIA REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Nathaniel Niles Israel Smith SENATORS Robert Morris 18 James Ross 19 Frederick Frelinghuysen VIRGINIA REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE SENATORS James Armstrong 22 John Beatty Stevens T. Mason 23 Lambert Cadwallader John Taylor 24 25 15 Henry Tazewell 16 REPRESENTATIVES Isaac Coles John Wilkes Kittera NEW YORK Thomas Claiborne William Montgomery William B. Giles SENATORS Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg Samuel Griffin John Peter G. Muhlenberg George Hancock Thomas Scott Carter B. Harrison REPRESENTATIVES John Heath Theodorus Bailey RHODE ISLAND Lee Peter Van Gaasbeck SENATORS Ezekiel Gilbert Andrew Moore Joseph Neville James Gordon William Bradford Henry Glen Anthony New REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Silas Talbot John Nicholas Thomas Tredwell Benjamin Bourne John Page John E. Van Alen 17 Josiah Parker 26 Philip Van Cortlandt SOUTH CAROLINA John Watts Robert Rutherford SENATORS Abraham B. Venable Francis Walker Ralph Izard SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin Hawkins TERRITORY SOUTH OF THE Lemuel Benton RIVER 27 20 REPRESENTATIVES 21 DELEGATE Thomas Blount John Hunter James White 28

15 Died September 15, 1794. 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the Senate declaring 24 Resigned May 11, 1794. 16 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Abraham the election of Albert Gallatin void, and took his seat 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John Clark, and took his seat January 29, 1795. April 24, 1794. Taylor, and took his seat December 29, 1794. 17 Election unsuccessfully contested by Henry K. Van 20 Died October 6, 1794. 26 Election unsuccessfully contested by Abraham Trigg. 21 Rensselaer. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Alexander 27 Created a district for the purposes of temporary gov- 18 Credentials presented in preceding Congress; took his Gillon, and took his seat February 9, 1795. ernment by act approved May 26, 1790, from territory 22 Resigned, effective May 27, 1794, having been ap- seat December 2, 1793, and served until February 28, pointed minister plenipotentiary to France. ceded to the United States by the State of North Carolina 1794, when the election was declared void, ‘‘he not having 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of and granted a Delegate in Congress. been a citizen of the United States the term of years James Monroe, but did not take his seat until June 8, 28 Took his seat November 18, 1794. required by the Constitution.’’ 1795, in the succeeding Congress.