First United States Congress
Dates of Sessions
1789-1791
Major Political Events
- Senate and House of Representatives of eleven States first convene in New York, March 4, 1789.
- House first meets with quorum of members to elect first Speaker, April 1, 1789
- Senate first meets with quorum of members to elect first President pro tempore and tally results of Presidential election
- Inauguration of George Washington, first President of the United States, April 30, 1789
- Foreign Affairs (State) Department Established, July 27, 1789
- War (Defense) Department Established, August 7, 1789
- Adopts provisions of the Northwest Ordinance under the U.S. Constitution, August 7, 1789
- Treasury Department Established, September 2, 1789
- Judiciary Act established Office of Attorney General, the composition of Supreme Court, and the entire Judiciary system, September 24, 1789
- North Carolina ratifies Constitution, November 21, 1789
- Makes provisions for the first U.S. Census, March 1, 1790
- Accepts the cession of claims on western territory (which was to become the state of Tennessee) by North Carolina on April 2, 1790
- Passes first legislation regulating Patents, April 10, 1790
- Organizes the Southwest Territory out of territory ceded by North Carolina, May 26, 1790
- Passes first copyright legislation, May 31, 1790
- Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ratifies Constitution, May 29, 1790
- Kentucky admitted to Union, February 4, 1791, effective June 1, 1792
- Vermont admitted to Union, February 18, 1791, effective March 4, 1791
Officers
Senate
House of Representatives
Members of the First United States Congress
Senate
- Richard Bassett, Anti-Federalist, DE
- Pierce Butler, Federalist, SC
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Federalist, MD
- Tristram Dalton, Federalist, MA
- Philemon Dickinson, Federalist, NJ
- Oliver Ellsworth, Federalist, CT
- Jonathan Elmer, Federalist, NJ
- William Few, Anti-Federalist, GA
- Theodore Foster, Federalist, RI
- William Grayson, Anti-Federalist, VA
- James Gunn, Anti-Federalist, GA
- Benjamin Hawkins, Federalist, NC
- John Henry, Federalist, MD
- Ralph Izard, Federalist, SC
- William Samuel Johnson, Federalist, CT
- Samuel Johnston, Federalist, NC
- Rufus King, Federalist, NY
- John Langdon, Federalist, NH
- Richard Henry Lee, Anti-Federalist, VA
- William Maclay, Anti-Federalist, PA
- James Monroe, Anti-Federalist, VA
- Robert Morris, Federalist, PA
- William Paterson, Federalist, NJ
- George Read, Federalist, DE
- Philip Schuyler, Federalist, NY
- Joseph Stanton, Jr., Anti-Federalist, RI
- Caleb Strong, Federalist, MA
- John Walker, Federalist, VA
- Paine Wingate, Anti-Federalist, NH
House of Representatives
- Fisher Ames, Federalist, MA
- John Baptista Ashe, -, NC
- Abraham Baldwin, -, GA
- Egbert Benson, Federalist, NY
- Theodorick Bland, -, VA
- Timothy Bloodworth, -, NC
- Elias Boudinot, -, NJ
- Benjamin Bourne, Federalist, RI
- John Brown, Anti-Federalist,VA
- Aedanus Burke, -, SC
- Lambert Cadwalader, Federalist, NJ
- Daniel Carroll, -, MD
- George Clymer, -, PA
- Isaac Coles, Anti-Federalist, VA
- Benjamin Contee, -, MD
- Thomas Fitzsimons, -, PA
- William Floyd, -, NY
- Abiel Foster, Federalist, NH
- George Gale, -, MD
- Elbridge Gerry, -, MA
- William Branch Giles, Anti-Federalist, VA
- Nicholas Gilman, Anti-Federalist, NH
- Benjamin Goodhue, Federalist, MA
- Samuel Griffin, -, VA
- Jonathan Grout, -, MA
- Thomas Hartley, Federalist, PA
- John Hathorn, Anti-Federalist, NY
- Daniel Hiester, Anti-Federalist, PA
- Daniel Huger, -, SC
- Benjamin Huntington, -, CT
- James Jackson, Anti-Federalist, GA
- John Laurance, -, NY
- Richard Bland Lee, -, VA
- George Leonard, Federalist, MA
- Samuel Livermore, Federalist, NH
- James Madison, Anti-Federalist, VA
- George Mathews, -, GA
- Andrew Moore, Anti-Federalist, VA
- Frederick Muhlenberg (Speaker of the House), Federalist, PA
- John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, -, PA
- John Page, Anti-Federalist, VA
- Josiah Parker, Federalist, VA
- George Partridge, -, MA
- James Schureman, Federalist, NJ
- Thomas Scott, -, PA
- Theodore Sedgwick, Federalist, MA
- Joshua Seney, -, MD
- John Sevier, Anti-Federalist, NC
- Roger Sherman, -, CT
- Peter Silvester), -, NY
- Thomas Sinnickson, Federalist, NJ
- William Smith, -, MD
- William Loughton Smith, Federalist, SC
- John Steele, -, NC
- Michael Jenifer Stone, -, MD
- Jonathan Sturges, -, CT
- Thomas Sumter, Anti-Federalist, SC
- George Thatcher, Federalist, MA
- Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., -, CT
- Thomas Tudor Tucker, -, SC
- Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, -, NY
- John Vining, -, DE
- Jeremiah Wadsworth, -, CT
- Alexander White, -, VA
- Hugh Williamson, Federalist, NC
- Henry Wynkoop, -, PA
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