3rd United States Congress

***3rd U.S. Congress***

The Second Congress met on March 4, 1793 to begin procedural operations as outlined by the Constitution following the House Elections of 1792 and the Senate Elections of 1792.

## Major Events

* August 19, 1793: Second Speaker Jonathan Banks Jr. is removed as Speaker for disorderly conduct.

## Major Legislation

* April 23, 1793: Funding Act of 1791
* April 27, 1793: Voting Rights Act of 1791
* April 27, 1793: Militia Acts of 1792
* May 30, 1793: Taxes Act of 1793
* April 12, 1794: Territorial Distributions Act of 1793
* May 3, 1794: Women's Rights Act of 1793

## Party Summary

 Begin: March 4, 1793
 May 18, 1793
 Final Vote Share

## Leadership

### Senate

* President: George Clinton (DR)
* President Pro Tempore: George Benckendorf (CD)

### House

* Speaker: Jonathan Banks Jr. (FR) March 4, 1793 - August 19, 1793 / Henry Whittleston (CD) August 19, 1793 - March 4, 1795

## Members

### Senate

```
Connecticut - Oliver Ellsworth (CD) [Before April 23, 1793]
                  - James Hillhouse (CD) [From April 30, 1793]
Delaware - George Read (F)
Georgia - Anthony Wayne (DR)
Kentucky - John Marshall (F) [From May 18, 1793]
Maryland - Charles Carroll (F)
Massachusetts - Nathaniel Gorham (F)
New Hampshire - Charles Benckendorf (CD)
New Jersey - John Rutherford (PfD)
New York - Philip Schuyler (CD)
North Carolina - Thomas Blount (DR)
Pennsylvania - George Benckendorf (CD)
Rhode Island - Theodore Foster (F)
South Carolina - Pierce Butler (DR)
Vermont - Moses Robinson (PfD)
Virginia - James Monroe (DR)

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### House

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**Connecticut:**
    At-Large - Roger Sherman (CD)
    At-Large - Jeremiah Trumbull Jr. (F)
    At-Large - James Hillhouse (F)
    At-Large - Jonathan Sturges (CD)
    At-Large - Benjamin Huntington (F)
    At-Large - Jeremiah Wadsworth (CD)
    At-Large - Henry Whittleston (CD)
**Delaware:**
    At-Large - John Pattern (DR)
    At-Large - Henry Latimer (F)
**Georgia:**
    1. Abraham Baldwin (DR)
    2. Thomas P. Carnes (DR)
    3. George Matthews (PfD)
**Kentucky:**
    1. Christopher Greenup (DR)
    2. Humphrey Marshall (F)
**Maryland:**
    1. George Dent (F)
    2. John Thomas (F)
    3. Uriah Forrest (F)
    4. Thomas Sprigg (DR)
    5. Charles Ridgely (F)
    6. William Matthews (F)
    7. William Hindman (F)
    8. William V. Murray (F)
    9. Littleton Dennis (F)
**Massachusetts:**
    1-1. Samuel Holten (DR)
    1-2. Benjamin Goodhue (F)
    1-3. Samuel Dexter (F)
    1-4. Fisher Ames (F)
    2-1. Dwight Foster (F)
    2-2. Theodore Sedgewick (CD)
    2-3. Samuel Lyman (F)
    2-4. Artemas Ward (F)
    3-1. Peleg Coffin Jr. (F)
    3-2. Shearjashub Bourne (F)
    4-1. Peleg Wadsworth (F)
    4-2. Henry Dearborn (FR)
    4-3. George Thatcher (F)
    5-1. David Cobb (F)
**New Hampshire:**
    At-Large - Charles Benckendorf (CD)
    At-Large - Nicholas Gilman (CD)
    At-Large - John Samuel Sherburne (PfD)
    At-Large - Paine Wingate (F)
**New Jersey:**
    At-Large - John Beatty (F)
    At-Large - Jonathan Dayton (F)
    At-Large - Gerald Smith (PfD)
    At-Large - James Linn (DR)
    At-Large - Samuel Dick (DR)
**New York:**
    1. Thomas Tredwell (I)
    2. John Watts (F)
    3. Philip Van Cortlandt (PV)
    4. Peter Van Gaasbeck (CD)
    5. Theodorus Bailey (DR)
    6. John Tremble (PL)
    7. John Evert Van Alen (F)
    8. Henry Glen (F)
    9. James Gordon (CD)
    10. Silas Talbot (F)
**North Carolina:**
    1. Joseph McDowell (DR)
    2. Matthew Locke (FR)
    3. Joseph Winston (DR)
    4. Jonathan Banks Jr, (FR) [Until August 23, 1793]
    5. Nathaniel Macon (DR)
    6. William Henry Hill (PfD)
    7. William B. Grove (F)
    8. William J. Dawson (FR) [Until August 23, 1793]
    9. Thomas Blount (FR)
    10. Benjamin Williams (FR) [Until August 23, 1793]
**Pennsylvania:**
    At-Large - William Findley (DR)
    At-Large - Frederick Muhlenberg (CD)
    At-Large - Daniel Hiester (CD)
    At-Large - William Irvine (CD)
    At-Large - John W. Kittera (CD)
    At-Large - Thomas Hartley (CD)
    At-Large - Peter Muhlenberg (DR)
    At-Large - Thomas Fitzsimons (CD)
    At-Large - Andrew Gregg (F)
    At-Large - James Armstrong (F)
    At-Large - William Montgomery (CD)
    At-Large - Thomas Scott (F)
**Rhode Island:** [From May 29, 1790]
    At-Large - Benjamin Bourne (F)
    At-Large - Francis Malbone (CD)
**South Carolina:**
    1. Thomas Tudor Tucker (DX)
    2. John Huntr (DR)
    3. Lemuel Benton (DX)
    4. John C. Covington (DX)
    5. Alexander Gillon (DX)
    6. Andrew Pickens (DR)
**Vermont:**
    1. Matthew Lyon (PV)
    2. William Webster (PfD)
**Virginia:**
    1. Alexander White (F)
    2. Andrew Moore (DR)
    3. Joseph Neville (DR)
    4. Francis Preston (PfD)
    5. George Hancock (F)
    6. Isaac Coles (DR)
    7. Abraham B. Venable (DR)
    8. Thomas Claiborne (DR)
    9. William B. Giles (DR)
    10. Carter B. Harrison (PfD)
    11. Josiah Parker (CD)
    12. John Page (DR)
    13. Samuel Griffin (F)
    14. Francis Walker (PfD)
    15. James Madison (DR)
    16. Anthony New (DR)
    17. Richard Bland Lee (F)
    18. John Nicholas (DR)
    19. John Heath (PfD)
    20. Paul Pierrete (F)
    21. William Heathcliff (F)

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