This is a complete list of United States representatives during the 3rd United States Congress listed by seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office.Delegates are non-voting members and representatives are voting members of the United States House of Representatives.

As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 3rd Congress (March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795). Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other congresses will be different for certain members.

This article describes the criteria for seniority in the House of Representatives and sets out the list of members by seniority. It is prepared on the basis of the interpretation of seniority applied to the House of Representatives in the current congress. In the absence of information to the contrary, it is presumed that the twenty-first-century practice is identical to the seniority customs used during the 3rd Congress.

House seniority Seniority in the House, for representatives with unbroken service, depends on the date on which the members first term began. That date is either the start of the Congress (4 March in odd numbered years, for the era up to and including the 73rd Congress starting in 1933) or the date of a special election during the Congress. Since many members start serving on the same day as others, ranking between them is based on alphabetical order by the last name of the representative.

Representatives in early congresses were often elected after the legal start of the Congress. Such representatives are attributed with unbroken seniority, from the legal start of the congressional term, if they were the first person elected to a seat in a Congress. The date of the election is indicated in a note.

The seniority date is normally taken from the members entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, except where the date given is the legal start of the Congress and the actual election (for someone who was not the first person elected to the seat in that Congress) was later. The date of election is taken from United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997. In a few instances the latter work provides dates, for the start and end of terms, which correct those in the Biographical Directory.

The Biographical Directory normally uses the date of a special election, as the seniority date. However, mostly in early congresses, the date of the member taking his seat can be the one given. The date of the special election is mentioned in a note to the list below, when that date is not used as the seniority date by the Biographical Directory.

Representatives who return to the House, after having previously served, are credited with service equal to one less than the total number of terms they served. When a representative has served a prior term of less than two terms (i.e., prior term minus one equals less than one), he is ranked above all others whose service begins on the same day.

Leadership In this Congress the only formal leader was the speaker of the House. A speakership ballot was held on December 2, 1793 and Frederick Muhlenberg (A-PA) was elected. Speaker Muhlenberg had previously held the same office, in the 1st Congress.Annals of Congress, for the date of election

Standing committees The House created its first standing committee, on April 13, 1789. There were two standing committees in the 3rd Congress. In addition there was a Ways and Means Committee in the 1st session. Although the Ways and Means Committee was not formally added to the list of standing committees until 1802, the 2011 committee considers the one in 1794 to be a forerunner.

Committees, in this period, were appointed for a session at a time and not necessarily for every one in a Congress. The speaker appointed the members.

This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 3rd Congress, the year of establishment as a standing committee, the number of members assigned to the committee and the dates of appointment in each session, the end of the session and its chairman.Based on Rule X Organisation of Committees, in the House Rules and Manual for the current congress. For membership and chairmen, see the Journal of the House of Representatives for the 3rd Congress for the dates of appointment specified.

No.CommitteeFromMembersAppointedChairman1Claims17947November 14, 1794 – March 3, 1795Uriah Tracy (P-CT)2Elections17897December 2, 1793 – June 9, 1794William L. Smith (P-SC)November 7, 1794 – March 3, 1795Jonathan Dayton (P-NJ)3Ways and Means15March 26, 1794 – June 9, 1794William L. Smith (P-SC)

List of representatives by seniority A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 105 members initially elected to the 3rd Congress. Other members, who were not the first person elected to a seat but who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number.

Three representatives-elect were not sworn in, as one resigned to become a United States Senator and two declined to serve. The list below includes the representative-elect (with names in italics), with the seniority they would have held if they had been sworn in.

Party designations used in this article are A for Anti-Administration members and P for Pro-Administration representatives.

Rank Representative Party District Seniority date Notes Three consecutive terms 1 Fisher AmesP 2 Abraham BaldwinA GA-al 3 Elias BoudinotP NJ-alLast term. 4 Thomas FitzsimonsP PA-al 5 Nicholas GilmanP NH-al 6 Benjamin GoodhueP 7 Samuel GriffinP Anti-Administration 1791–93. Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793.Last term. 8 Thomas HartleyP PA-al 9 Daniel HiesterA PA-al 10 Richard B. LeeP Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793. Last term. 11 James MadisonA Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793 12 Andrew MooreA 13 Frederick MuhlenbergA PA-al Pro-Administration 1789–91. Speaker of the House. 14 John PageA Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793 15 Josiah ParkerP Anti-Administration 1789–93. Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793. 16 Theodore SedgwickP 17 William L. SmithP Chairman: Elections (1793). Chairman: Ways and Means (1794). 18 Jonathan SturgesP CT-al Declined to serve, as Representative-elect, before the start of the Congress. 19 George ThatcherP 20 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.P CT-al Last term (elected to 4th Congress but did not serve) 21 Jeremiah WadsworthP CT-al Last term. 22 William B. GilesA Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793 23 Benjamin BourneP RI-al Two consecutive terms 24 Shearjashub BourneP Last term. 25 Abraham ClarkP NJ-al Died on September 15, 1794. 26 Jonathan DaytonP NJ-al Chairman: Elections (1794) 27 William FindleyA PA-al 28 James GordonP Last term. 29 Andrew GreggA PA-al 30 William B. GroveP 31 James HillhouseP CT-al 32 John W. KitteraP PA-al 33 Nathaniel MaconA 34 William V. MurrayP 35 Jeremiah SmithP NH-al 36 Abraham B. VenableA Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793 37 Artemas WardP Last term. 38 Amasa LearnedP CT-al 39 Nathaniel NilesA 40 Israel SmithA Elected to this Congress: March 20, 1793 41 Thomas TredwellA Last term. 42 John F. MercerA Resigned on April 13, 1794. 43 Alexander D. OrrA Elected to this Congress: September 6, 1793 44 Christopher GreenupA 45 William HindmanP Two non-consecutive terms 46 Lambert CadwaladerP NJ-al Previously served 1789–91. Last term. 47 Isaac ColesA Previously served 1789–91. Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793. 48 Benjamin HuntingtonP CT-al Previously served 1789–91.Declined to serve, as Representative-elect, before Congress convened. 49 Peter MuhlenbergA PA-al Previously served 1789–91. Last term until 6th Congress. 50 Thomas ScottP PA-al Previously served 1789–91. Last term. One term 51 James ArmstrongP PA-al Only term. 52 Theodorus BaileyA 53 John BeattyP NJ-al Only term. 54 Lemuel BentonA 55 Thomas BlountA 56 Thomas P. CarnesA GA-al Only term. 57 Gabriel ChristieA 58 Thomas ClaiborneA Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793 59 David CobbP MA-alOnly term. 60 Peleg Coffin, Jr.P 61 William J. DawsonA 62 Henry DearbornA 63 George DentP 64 Samuel DexterP Only term. 65 Uriah ForrestP Resigned on November 8, 1794. 66 Dwight FosterP Elected to this Congress: April 1, 1793 67 Ezekiel GilbertP 68 James GillespieA 69 Alexander GillonA Died on October 6, 1794. 70 Henry GlenP 71 George HancockP Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793 72 Carter B. HarrisonA 73 John HeathA 74 Samuel HoltenA Elected to this Congress April 1, 1793. Only term. 75 John HunterA Only term. 76 William IrvineA PA-al 77 Matthew LockeA 78 William LymanA Elected to this Congress: April 1, 1793 79 Francis MalboneP RI-al 80 Joseph McDowellA Only term. 81 Alexander MebaneA 82 Stephen M. MitchellP CT-al Resigned, as Representative-elect, to become US Senator: October, 1793. 83 William MontgomeryA PA-al Only term. 84 Joseph NevilleA Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793. Only term. 85 Anthony NewA Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793 86 John NicholasA 87 John PattenA DE-al Unseated after election contest: February 14, 1794.Only term until 4th Congress. 88 Andrew PickensA Only term. 89 Francis PrestonA Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793 90 Robert RutherfordA 91 John S. SherburneA NH-al 92 John SmilieA PA-al Only term until 6th Congress. 93 Samuel SmithA 94 Thomas SpriggA 95 Silas TalbotP Resigned in June 1795.Only term. 96 John E. Van AlenP 97 Philip Van CortlandtA 98 Peter Van GaasbeckP Only term. 99 Peleg WadsworthP Elected to this Congress April 1, 1793 100 Francis WalkerA Elected to this Congress: March 18, 1793. Only term. 101 John WattsP Only term. 102 Benjamin WilliamsA 103 Paine WingateP NH-al 104 Richard WinnA 105 Joseph WinstonA Only term until 8th Congress. Members elected after the start of the Congress Uriah TracyP CT-al Special election. Chairman: Claims (1794). Joshua CoitP CT-alSpecial election Zephaniah SwiftP CT-al Henry LatimerP DE-al Seated after election contest.Resigned to become US Senator: February 7, 1795. Gabriel DuvallA Special election United States Congressional Elections 1788-1977, page 8 for the special election Benjamin EdwardsP Special election. Only term. Aaron KitchellP NJ-al Previously served 1791–93. Special election. Robert G. HarperP Special election: October 13–14, 1794 United States Congressional Elections 1788-1977, page 8 for the special election; Congressional Biographical Directory for service from February 1795 and the House of Representatives Journal of February 9, 1795 for exact date Harper took his seat. Non voting Member James White — TN-al Delegate from the Southwest Territory (later TN)

See also 3rd United States Congress List of United States congressional districts List of United States senators in the 3rd Congress

References

United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company 1998)

External links House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress House of Representatives list of members of the 3rd Congress