Contents

1 Dates of Sessions 2 Major Political Events 3 Officers 3.1 Senate 3.2 House of Representatives 4 Members of the Second United States Congress 4.1 Senate 4.1.1 Connecticut 4.1.2 Delaware 4.1.3 Georgia 4.1.4 Kentucky 4.1.5 Maryland 4.1.6 Massachusetts 4.1.7 New Hampshire 4.1.8 New Jersey 4.1.9 New York 4.1.10 North Carolina 4.1.11 Pennsylvania 4.1.12 Rhode Island 4.1.13 South Carolina 4.1.14 Vermont 4.1.15 Virginia 4.2 House of Representatives 4.2.1 Connecticut 4.2.2 Delaware 4.2.3 Georgia 4.2.4 Kentucky 4.2.5 Maryland 4.2.6 Massachusetts 4.2.7 New Hampshire 4.2.8 New Jersey 4.2.9 New York 4.2.10 North Carolina 4.2.11 Pennsylvania 4.2.12 Rhode Island 4.2.13 South Carolina 4.2.14 Vermont 4.2.15 Virginia 5 External links

Dates of Sessions

1791-1793

• The first session of this Congress took place in Philadelphia from October 24, 1791 to May 9, 1792.
• The second session took place in Philadelphia from November 5, 1792 to March 2, 1793.

Major Political Events

• Congress passes the Coinage Act establishing the U.S. Mint and regulating coins, April 2, 1792
• Congress passes the Postal Service Act , establishing the Post Office Department, February 20, 1792
• First Presidential veto, by George Washington on April 5, 1792, of the Apportionment Act, fixing the number of Representatives based on the United States Census of 1790 .

Officers

Senate

• President of the Senate - John Adams
• President pro tempore -
  1. Richard Henry Lee (18 April 1792-8 October 1792)
  2. John Langdon (5 November 1792-4 December 1792, 1 March 1793-3 March 1793)
• Secretary of the Senate - Samuel Allyne Otis
• Senate Sergeant at Arms - James Mathers
• Senate Chaplain - William White

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House - Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
• Clerk of the House - John Beckley
• House Doorkeeper - Gifford Dalley
• House Sergeant at Arms - Joseph Wheaton
• Chaplain of the House - Samuel Blair

Members of the Second United States Congress

Senate

Connecticut

• Oliver Ellsworth (Pro-Administration)
• William S. Johnson (Pro-Administration) and then Roger Sherman (Pro-Administration)

Delaware

• Richard Bassett (Anti-Administration)
• George Read (Pro-Administration)

Georgia

• William Few (Anti-Administration)
• James Gunn (Anti-Administration)

Kentucky

• John Brown (Anti-Administration)
• John Edwards (Anti-Administration)

Maryland

• Charles Carroll of Carrollton (Pro-Administration) and then Richard Potts (Pro-Administration)
• John Henry (Pro-Administration)

Massachusetts

• George Cabot (Pro-Administration)
• Caleb Strong (Pro-Administration)

New Hampshire

• John Langdon (Pro-Administration)
• Paine Wingate (Pro-Administration)

New Jersey

• Philemon Dickinson (Pro-Administration)
• John Rutherfurd (Pro-Administration)

New York

• Aaron Burr (Anti-Administration)
• Rufus King (Pro-Administration)

North Carolina

• Benjamin Hawkins (Pro-Administration)
• Samuel Johnston (Pro-Administration)

Pennsylvania

• Robert Morris (Pro-Administration)
• Vacancy

Rhode Island

• Theodore Foster (Pro-Administration)
• Joseph Stanton, Jr. (Anti-Administration)

South Carolina

• Pierce Butler (Anti-Administration)
• Ralph Izard (Pro-Administration)

Vermont

• Stephen R. Bradley (Anti-Administration)
• Moses Robinson (Anti-Administration)

Virginia

• Richard Henry Lee (Anti-Administration) and then John Taylor of Caroline (Anti-Administration)
• James Monroe (Anti-Administration)

House of Representatives

Connecticut

• James Hillhouse, At-Large
• Amasa Learned , At-Large
• Jonathan Sturges , At-Large
• Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., At-Large
• Jeremiah Wadsworth, At-Large

Delaware

• John Vining, At-Large

Georgia

• Abraham Baldwin, At-Large
• Anthony Wayne and then John Milledge , At-Large
• Francis Willis , At-Large

Kentucky

• Alexander D. Orr , At-Large
• Christopher Greenup, At-Large

Maryland

• Philip Key, At-Large
• William Vans Murray , At-Large
• William Pinkney and then John F. Mercer , At-Large
• Joshua Seney and then William Hindman, At-Large
• Upton Sheredine , At-Large
• Samuel Sterett, At-Large

Massachusetts

• Fisher Ames, 1st District
• Benjamin Goodhue , 2nd District
• Elbridge Gerry, 3rd District
• Theodore Sedgwick, 4th District
• Shearjashub Bourne , 5th District
• George Leonard , 6th District
• Artemas Ward, 7th District
• George Thatcher , 8th District

New Hampshire

• Nicholas Gilman, At-Large
• Samuel Livermore, At-Large
• Jeremiah Smith , At-Large

New Jersey

• Elias Boudinot, At-Large
• Abraham Clark, At-Large
• Jonathan Dayton, At-Large
• Aaron Kitchell , At-Large

New York

• Thomas Tredwell , 1st District
• John Laurance, 2nd District
• Egbert Benson, 3rd District
• Cornelius C. Schoonmaker , 4th District
• Peter Silvester , 5th District
• James Gordon, 6th District

North Carolina

• John Baptista Ashe, At-Large
• William B. Grove, At-Large
• Nathaniel Macon, At-Large
• John Steele, At-Large
• Hugh Williamson, At-Large

Pennsylvania

• William Findley , At-Large
• Thomas Fitzsimons, At-Large
• Andrew Gregg , At-Large
• Thomas Hartley , At-Large
• Daniel Hiester, At-Large
• Israel Jacobs , At-Large
• John W. Kittera , At-Large
• Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, At-Large

Rhode Island

• Benjamin Bourne, At-Large

South Carolina

• Robert Barnwell, At-Large
• Daniel Huger, At-Large
• William L. Smith , At-Large
• Thomas Sumter, At-Large
• Thomas T. Tucker , At-Large

Vermont

• Israel Smith , 1st District
• Nathaniel Niles , 2nd District

Virginia

• Alexander White , 1st District
• 2nd District Vacant
• Andrew Moore , 3rd District
• Richard B. Lee , 4th District
• James Madison, 5th District
• Abraham B. Venable , 6th District
• Samuel Griffin , 7th District
• Josiah Parker , 8th District
• William B. Giles , 9th District
• John Page, 10th District

External links

• Acts of 2nd Congress

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