2nd United States Congress

***2nd U.S. Congress***

**The Second Congress** met on March 4, 1791 following the House Elections of 1790-91 and the Senate Elections of 1790-91.

## Party Summary

 March 4, 1791
 Final Vote Share

 October 12, 1790
 Final Vote Share

## Leadership

### Senate

* President: John Adams (F) March 4, 1791 - March 4, 1793
* President Pro Tempore: Oliver Ellsworth (F) March 4, 1791 - March 4, 1793

### House

* Speaker: Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (F) March 4, 1791 - March 4, 1793

## Members

### Senate

```
**Connecticut:**
    1. Oliver Ellsworth (F)
    3. William S. Johnson (F)
**Delaware:**
    1. George Read (F)
    2. Gunning Bedford Sr. (F)
**Georgia:**
    2. William Few (DR)
    3. James Gunn (DR)
**Maryland:**
    1. Charles Carroll (F)
    3. John Henry (F)
 **Massachusetts:**
    1. George Cabot (F)
    2. Caleb Strong (F)
 **New Hampshire:**
    2. John Langdon (F)
    3. Paine Wingate (DR)
**New Jersey:**
    1. John Rutherford (F)
    2. Jonathan Elmer (F)
**New York:**
    1. Aaron Burr (DR)
    3. Rufus King (F)
**North Carolina:**
    2. Samuel Johnston (F)
    3. Benjamin Hawkins (F)
**Pennsylvania:**
    1. George Woods (L)
    3. George Benckendorf (CD)
**Rhode Island:**
    1. Theodore Foster (F)
    2. Joseph Stanton Jr. (DR)
**South Carolina:**
    2. Pierce Butler (F)
    3. Ralph Izard (F)
**Vermont:**
    1. Isaac Tichenor (F)
    3. Stephen R. Bradley (DR)
**Virginia:**
    1. James Dunlap (F)
    2. Richard Henty Lee (DR)

```

### House

```
**Connecticut:**
    At-Large - James Hillhouse (F)
    At-Large - Jonathan Sturges (F)
    At-Large - Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (F)
    At-Large - Henry Whittleston (F)
    At-Large - Tapping Reeve (DR)
**Delaware:**
    At-Large - John Vining (F)
**Georgia:**
    1. Anthony Wayne (DR)
    2. John Jones (F)
    3. Francis Willis (DR)
**Maryland:**
    1. Philip Key (F)
    2. Joshua Seney (DR)
    3. William Pinkney (F)
    4. Samuel Sterett (DR)
    5. Charles Goldsborough (F)
    6. Daniel Carroll (F)
**Massachusetts:**
    1. Fisher Ames (F)
    2. Benjamin Goodhue (F)
    3. Elbridge Gerry (DR)
    4. Theodore Sedgewick (F)
    5. Shearjashub Bourne (F)
    6. George Leonard (F)
    7. Artemas Ward (F)
    8. William Lithgow (DR)
**New Hampshire:**
    At-Large - Samuel Livermore (F)
    At-Large - Jeremiah Smith (F)
    At-Large - Nicholas Gilman (F)
**New Jersey:**
    At-Large - Abraham Clark (F)
    At-Large - Jonathan Dayton (F)
    At-Large - James Linn (DR)
    At-Large - John Witherspoon (L)
**New York:**
    1. James Townsend (F)
    2. John Laurance (F)
    3. Egbert Benson (F)
    4. Cornelius C. Schoonmaker (CD)
    5. Peter Silvester (F)
    6. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (DR)
**North Carolina:**
    1. John Baptista Ashe (DR)
    2. Hugh Williamson (DR)
    3. Timothy Bloodworth (DR)
    4. John Steele (F)
    5. John Sevier (F)
**Pennsylvania:**
    1. Thomas Fitzsimons (F)
    2. Frederick Muhlenberg (DR)
    3. Peter Muhlenberg (DR)
    4. Daniel Hiester (DR)
    5. John W. Kittera (CD)
    6. James McLean (L)
    7. Thomas Hartley (F)
    8. John Woods (CD)
**Rhode Island:**
    At-Large - Benjamin Bourne (F)
**South Carolina:**
    1. William L. Smith (F)
    2. Robert Barnwell (F)
    3. Daniel Huger (F)
    4. Gavin Longhorn (DR)
    5. Francis Wilde (F)
Vermont:
    1. Israel Smith (DR)
    2. Daniel Buck (F)
**Virginia:**
    1. Alexander White (F)
    2. James M. Marshall (F)
    3. Andrew Moore (DR)
    4. Richard Bland Lee (F)
    5. James Madison (DR)
    6. Abraham B. Venable (DR)
    7. Meriwether Smith (I)
    8. Josiah Parker (DR)
    9. William B. Giles (DR)
    10. Samuel Griffin (DR)

```