5th United States Congress

Major events

• March 4, 1797 – John Adams and Thomas Jefferson became President and Vice President of the United States
• July 8, 1797 - The Senate expelled Tennessee Senator William Blount for conspiring with the British
• July 11, 1798 - The United States Marine Corps was established
• XYZ Affair in the U.S., followed by naval skirmishes but no war is declared

  Major legislation

• April 30, 1798: The U.S. Department of the Navy was established, Sess. 2, ch. 35,
• June 18, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: , Sess. 2, ch. 54,
• June 25, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts:, Sess. 2, ch. 58,
• July 6, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts:, Sess. 2, ch. 66,
• July 9, 1798: Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States, Sess. 2, ch. 68,
• July 11, 1798: The United States Marine Corps was established, Sess. 2, ch. 72,
• July 14, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: , Sess. 2, ch. 74,
• July 16, 1798: Marine Hospital Service Act, Sess. 2, ch. 77,

  Territories organized

• April 7, 1798 - Mississippi Territory was organized, Sess. 2, ch. 28,. It was formerly a portion of Georgia and South Carolina

  Treaties ratified

• June 7, 1797: Treaty of Tripoli between the United States and Tripoli.
• July 7, 1797: Existing treaties with France were rescinded, Sess. 2, ch. 67,

  Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: Thomas Jefferson
• President pro tempore: William Bradford, elected July 6, 1797
• * Jacob Read, elected November 22, 1797
• * Theodore Sedgwick, elected June 27, 1798
• * John Laurance, elected December 6, 1798
• * James Ross, elected March 1, 1799

  House of Representatives

• Speaker: Jonathan Dayton

  Members

Senate

[List of [United States Senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

• 1. James Hillhouse
• 3. Uriah Tracy

  Delaware">List of United States Senators from Delaware">Delaware

• 1. Henry Latimer
• 2. John Vining, until January 19, 1798
• * Joshua Clayton, from January 19, 1798, until August 11, 1798
• * William H. Wells, from January 17, 1799

  Georgia">List of United States Senators from Georgia">Georgia

• 2. Josiah Tattnall
• 3. James Gunn

  Kentucky">List of United States Senators from Kentucky">Kentucky

• 2. John Brown
• 3. Humphrey Marshall

  Maryland">List of United States Senators from Maryland">Maryland

• 1. John Eager Howard
• 3. John Henry, until December 10, 1797
• * James Lloyd, from December 11, 1797

  Massachusetts">List of United States Senators from Massachusetts">Massachusetts

• 1. Benjamin Goodhue
• 2. Theodore Sedgwick

  New Hampshire">List of United States Senators from New Hampshire">New Hampshire

• 2. Samuel Livermore
• 3. John Langdon

  New Jersey">List of United States Senators from New Jersey">New Jersey

• 1. John Rutherfurd, until November 26, 1798
• * Franklin Davenport, from December 5, 1798
• 2. Richard Stockton

  New York">List of United States Senators from New York">New York

• 1. Philip Schuyler, until January 3, 1798
• * John Sloss Hobart, from January 11, 1798, until April 16, 1798
• * William North, from May 5, 1798, until August 17, 1798
• * James Watson, from August 17, 1798
• 3. John Laurance

  North Carolina">List of United States Senators from North Carolina">North Carolina

• 2. Alexander Martin
• 3. Timothy Bloodworth

  Pennsylvania">List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania

• 1. James Ross
• 3. William Bingham

  Rhode Island">List of United States Senators from Rhode Island">Rhode Island

• 1. Theodore Foster
• 2. William Bradford, until October ????, 1797
• * Ray Greene, from November 13, 1797

  South Carolina">List of United States Senators from South Carolina">South Carolina

• 2. John Hunter until November 26, 1798
• * Charles Pinckney, from December 6, 1798
• 3. Jacob Read

  Tennessee">List of United States Senators from Tennessee">Tennessee

• 1. William Cocke, May 15, 1797 - September 26, 1797
• * Andrew Jackson, September 26, 1797 - April ????, 1798
• * Daniel Smith, from October 6, 1798
• 2. William Blount, until July 8, 1797
• * Joseph Anderson, from September 26, 1797

  Vermont">List of United States Senators from Vermont">Vermont

• 1. Isaac Tichenor, until October 17, 1797
• * Nathaniel Chipman, from October 17, 1797
• 3. Elijah Paine

  Virginia">List of United States Senators from Virginia">Virginia

• 1. Stevens T. Mason
• 2. Henry Tazewell, until January 24, 1799

House of Representatives

[List of [United States Representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

• . John Allen
• . Joshua Coit, until September 5, 1798
• * Jonathan Brace, from December 3, 1798
• . Samuel W. Dana
• . James Davenport, until August 3, 1797
• * William Edmond, from November 13, 1797
• . Chauncey Goodrich
• . Roger Griswold
• . Nathaniel Smith

  Delaware">List of United States Representatives from Delaware">Delaware

• . James A. Bayard

  Georgia">List of United States Representatives from Georgia">Georgia

• . Abraham Baldwin
• . John Milledge

  Kentucky">List of United States Representatives from Kentucky">Kentucky

• . Thomas T. Davis
• . John Fowler

  Maryland">List of United States Representatives from Maryland">Maryland

• . George Dent
• . Richard Sprigg, Jr.
• . William Craik
• . George Baer, Jr.
• . Samuel Smith
• . William Matthews
• . William Hindman
• . John Dennis

  Massachusetts">List of United States Representatives from Massachusetts">Massachusetts

• . Thomson J. Skinner
• . William Shepard
• . Samuel Lyman
• . Dwight Foster
• . Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.
• . John Reed, Sr.
• . Stephen Bullock
• . Harrison Gray Otis
• . Joseph Bradley Varnum
• . Samuel Sewall
• . Theophilus Bradbury, until July 24, 1797
• * Bailey Bartlett, from November 27, 1797
• . Isaac Parker
• . Peleg Wadsworth
• . George Thatcher

  New Hampshire">List of United States Representatives from New Hampshire">New Hampshire

• . Abiel Foster
• . Jonathan Freeman
• . William Gordon
• . Jeremiah Smith, until July 26, 1797
• * Peleg Sprague, from December 15, 1797

  New Jersey">List of United States Representatives from New Jersey">New Jersey

• . Jonathan Dayton
• . James H. Imlay
• . James Schureman
• . Thomas Sinnickson
• . Mark Thomson

  New York">List of United States Representatives from New York">New York

• . Jonathan N. Havens
• . Edward Livingston
• . Philip Van Cortlandt
• . Lucas C. Elmendorf
• . David Brooks
• . Hezekiah L. Hosmer
• . John E. Van Alen
• . Henry Glen
• . John Williams
• . James Cochran

  North Carolina">List of United States Representatives from North Carolina">North Carolina

• . Joseph McDowell
• . Matthew Locke
• . Robert Williams
• . Richard Stanford
• . Nathaniel Macon
• . James Gillespie
• . William Barry Grove
• . Dempsey Burges
• . Thomas Blount
• . Nathan Bryan, until June 4, 1798
• * Richard Dobbs Spaight, from December 10, 1798

  Pennsylvania">List of United States Representatives from Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania

• . John Swanwick, until July 31, 1798
• * Robert Waln, from December 3, 1798
• . Blair McClenachan
• . Richard Thomas
• . John Chapman
• . Samuel Sitgreaves, until 1798
• * Robert Brown, from December 4, 1798
• . George Ege, until October 1797
• * Joseph Hiester, from December 1, 1797
• . John A. Hanna
• . John Wilkes Kittera
• . Thomas Hartley
• . Andrew Gregg
• . David Bard
• . William Findley
• . Albert Gallatin

  Rhode Island">List of United States Representatives from Rhode Island">Rhode Island

• . Christopher G. Champlin
• . Elisha R. Potter, until 1797
• * Thomas Tillinghast, from November 13, 1797

  South Carolina">List of United States Representatives from South Carolina">South Carolina

• . William L. Smith, until July 10, 1797
• * Thomas Pinckney, from November 23, 1797
• . John Rutledge, Jr.
• . Lemuel Benton
• . Thomas Sumter
• . Robert Goodloe Harper
• . William Smith

  Tennessee">List of United States Representatives from Tennessee">Tennessee

• . Andrew Jackson, until September, 1797
• * William C. C. Claiborne, from November 23, 1797

  Vermont">List of United States Representatives from Vermont">Vermont

• . Matthew Lyon
• . Lewis R. Morris, from May 24, 1797

  Virginia">List of United States Representatives from Virginia">Virginia

• . Daniel Morgan
• . David Holmes
• . James Machir
• . Abram Trigg
• . John J. Trigg
• . Matthew Clay
• . Abraham B. Venable
• . Thomas Claiborne
• . William Giles, until October 2, 1798
• * Joseph Eggleston, from December 3, 1798
• . Carter B. Harrison
• . Josiah Parker
• . Thomas Evans
• . John Clopton
• . Samuel J. Cabell
• . John Dawson
• . Anthony New
• . Richard Brent
• . John Nicholas
• . Walter Jones

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

• Whole

  House of Representatives

• Claims
• Commerce and Manufactures
• Elections
• Revisal and Unfinished Business
• Rules
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Ways and Means
• Whole

  Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills

  Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: William Thornton

  Senate

• Secretary: Samuel A. Otis
• Doorkeeper: James Mathers
• Chaplain: William White, Episcopalian

  House of Representatives

• Clerk: John J. Beckley, until May 15, 1797
• * Jonathan W. Condy, elected May 15, 1797
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Wheaton
• Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton
• Reading Clerks:
• Chaplain: Ashbel Green, Presbyterian