4th United States Congress

4th United States Congress


3rd ←	→ 5th
Congress Hall (2007)
Duration: March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797

Senate President:	John Adams
Senate Pres. pro tem:	Henry Tazewell Samuel Livermore William Bingham
House Speaker:	Jonathan Dayton
Members:	30-32 (two additions)(with 0-4 vacancies) Senators 106-107 (one additions)(with 0-8 vacancies) Representatives 1 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Federalist
House Majority:	Democratic-Republican

Sessions
Special: June 8, 1795 – June 26, 1795 1st: December 7, 1795 – June 1, 1796 2nd: December 5, 1796 – March 3, 1797

The Fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the Presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. The Senate had a Federalist majority, and the House had a Democratic-Republican majority.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Treaties ratified
4 States admitted
5 Party summary
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Leadership
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 Members
- 7.1 Senate

Major events

September 17, 1796: Washington's Farewell Address warned against partisan politics and foreign entanglements.

Major legislation

Treaties ratified

June 24, 1795: Treaty of London ("Jay's Treaty")
March 7, 1796: Treaty of Madrid ("Pinckney's Treaty")

States admitted

June 1, 1796: Tennessee admitted as a state; formerly the Territory South of the River Ohio, Sess. 1, ch. 47,

Party summary

President of the Senate John Adams

President pro tempore Henry Tazewell

This was the first Congress to have organized political parties. Details on changes are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House
Jonathan Dayton

Senate

President: John Adams (F)
President pro tempore:
- Henry Tazewell (F), first elected December 7, 1795
- Samuel Livermore (F), first elected May 6, 1796
- William Bingham (F), first elected February 16, 1797

House of Representatives

Speaker: Jonathan Dayton (F)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which

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4th United States Congress