page_title: 5th United States Congress
section_title: Virginia
hierarchical_section_title: 5th United States Congress / Members / House of Representatives / Virginia
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), American politician Jonathan Dayton’s portrait by Henry Harrison is based on a profile drawing of the Speaker, also in the House Collection. This work was among the first paintings commissioned following the mandate for the institution to acquire oil paintings of each former Speaker. The Harrison portrait shows a rather more polished individual than the original drawing, but retains the profile format, unusual among the Speaker portraits.
context_page_description: The 5th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from March 4, 1797, to March 4, 1799, during the first two years of John Adams' presidency.
  The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Federalist majority.
context_section_description: 1. Daniel Morgan (F)
  2. David Holmes (DR)
  3. James Machir (F)
  4. Abram Trigg (DR)
  5. John J. Trigg (DR)
  6. Matthew Clay (DR)
  7. Abraham B. Venable (DR)
  8. Thomas Claiborne (DR)
  9. William Giles (DR), until October 2, 1798
  Joseph Eggleston (DR), from December 3, 1798
  10. Carter B. Harrison (DR)
  11. Josiah Parker (F)
  12. Thomas Evans (F)
  13. John Clopton (DR)
  14. Samuel J. Cabell (DR)
  15. John Dawson (DR)
  16. Anthony New (DR)
  17. Richard Brent (DR)
  18. John Nicholas (DR)
  19. Walter Jones (DR)
caption: Speaker of the House Jonathan Dayton
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