1st Congress
Convenes on March 4, 1789 and adjourns on March 3, 1791
Coinciding with George Washington’s first term in office, both houses in Congress were pro-administration called Federalists. Congress met in Federal Hall, NYC for the first two sessions and met in Philadelphia Pennsylvania for the third session..
Key Events and Legislation:
Session 1 March 4 to September 29, 1789 In NYC
April 1, 1789, House reached a quorum for the first time and elected officers
April 6, 1789, the Senate reached a quorum for the first time and elected officers. Also certified the electoral votes for Washington and Adams
April 21, 1789 John Adams was inaugurated as Vice President
April 30, 1789 George Washington was inaugurated as President
June 1, 1789 Act regulating oaths for congressors was signed into law and left out mention of God in the final draft
July 4 1789, Tariff
July 27 1789 Department of Foreign Affairs (State) is formed
July 31 1789, US Customs service established
August 7 1789 Department of War (Defense) established
September 2 1789 Department of the Treasury established
September 24, 1789 Judiciary Act
September 25, 1789, 12 amendments passed congress and were sent to the states to ratify
November 21 1789 North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the constitution and join the Union
Session 2 January 4 to August 12, 1790 In NYC
January 8, 1790 Washington gave his first state of the union address
March 26 1790 Naturalization Act
May 26 1790, Territory South of the River Ohio is organized and will become Tennessee
May 29, 1790 Rhode Island ratified the constitution becoming the 13th state and last of the original 13 colonies
June 20, 1790 Compromise of 1790 where a national bank is formed and the capital is moved to DC
August 2 1790, First census
Session 3 December 6 1790 to March 3, 1791 In Philadelphia
February 25, 1791 First bank of the United States created
March 3, 1791 Tariff that led to the Whiskey Rebellion
March 4, 1791 Vermont Admitted into the Union
Leadership
Senate
President: John Adams
President pro tempore: John Langdon
House of Representatives
Speaker: Frederick Muhlenberg
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
Whole
House of Representatives
Elections
Rules
Ways and Means
Whole
Joint committees
Enrolled Bills
Officers
Senate
Secretary: Samuel A. Otis, elected April 8, 1789
Doorkeeper: James Mathers, elected April 7, 1789
Chaplain:
Samuel Provoost (Episcopalian), elected April 25, 1789
William White (Episcopalian), elected December 9, 1790
House of Representatives
Clerk: John J. Beckley
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Wheaton, elected May 12, 1789
Doorkeeper: Gifford Dalley
Chaplain:
William Linn (Presbyterian), elected May 1, 1789
Samuel Blair (Presbyterian), elected December 10, 1790
Reading Clerks: John Beckley
Membership
House of Representatives
Connecticut
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
Benjamin Huntington, Roger Sherman, Jonathan Sturges, Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Jeremiah Wadsworth
Delaware
John Vining
Georgia
James Jackson, Abraham Baldwin, George Mathews
Maryland
Michael J. Stone, Joshua Seney, Benjamin Contee, William Smith, George Gale, Daniel Carroll
Massachusetts
Fisher Ames, Benjamin Goodhue, Elbridge Gerry, Theodore Sedgwick, George Partridge, George Thatcher, George Leonard, Jonathan Grout
New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
Abiel Foster, Nicholas Gilman, Samuel Livermore
New Jersey
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
Elias Boudinot, Lambert Cadwalader, James Schureman, Thomas Sinnickson
New York
William Floyd, John Laurance, Egbert Benson, John Hathorn, Peter Silvester, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer
North Carolina
John Baptista Ashe, Hugh Williamson, Timothy Bloodworth, John Steele, John Sevier
Pennsylvania
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, Thomas Hartley, Daniel Hiester, Frederick Muhlenberg, Peter Muhlenberg, Thomas Scott, Henry Wynkoop
Rhode Island
Benjamin Bourne
South Carolina
William L. Smith, Aedanus Burke, Daniel Huger, Thomas Sumter, Thomas Tudor Tucker
Virginia
Alexander White, John Brown, Andrew Moore, Richard Bland Lee, James Madison, Isaac Coles, John Page, Josiah Parker, Theodorick Bland, William B. Giles, Samuel Griffin
Senate Membership
Connecticut
Oliver Ellsworth, William S. Johnson
Delaware
George Read, Richard Bassett
Georgia
William Few, James Gunn
Maryland
Charles Carroll, John Henry
Massachusetts
Tristram Dalton, Caleb Strong
New Hampshire
Paine Wingate, John Langdon
New Jersey
Jonathan Elmer, William Paterson, Philemon Dickinson
New York
Philip Schuyler, Rufus King
North Carolina
Samuel Johnston, Benjamin Hawkins
Pennsylvania
William Maclay, Robert Morris
Rhode Island
Theodore Foster, Joseph Stanton Jr.
South Carolina
Pierce Butler, Ralph Izard
Virginia
William Grayson, John Walker, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee
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