1797-1798 Major Political Events Members of the Fifth United States Congress John Allen (Representative), Federalist, CT Joseph Anderson (Senator), Republican, TN George Baer, Jr (Representative), Federalist, MD Abraham Baldwin (Representative), -, GA David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA Bailey Bartlett (Representative), Federalist, MA James Asheton Bayard, Sr (Representative), Federalist, DE Lemuel Benton (Representative), Republican, SC William Bingham (Senator), Federalist, PA Timothy Bloodworth (Senator), Republican, NC Thomas Blount (Representative), Republican, NC William Blount (Senator), Republican, TN Jonathan Brace (Representative), Federalist, CT Theophilus Bradbury (Representative), Federalist, MA William Bradford (Senator), Pro-Administration, RI Richard Brent (Representative), -, VA David Brooks (Representative), Federalist, NY John Brown (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY Robert Brown (Representative), Republican, PA Nathan Bryan (Representative), Republican, NC Stephen Bullock (Representative), Federalist, MA Dempsey Burges (Representative), Republican, NC Samuel Jordan Cabell (Representative), Republican, VA Christopher Grant Champlin (Representative), Federalist, RI John Chapman (Representative), Federalist, PA Nathaniel Chipman (Senator), Federalist, VT Thomas Claiborne (Representative), Republican, VA William Charles Cole Claiborne (Representative), Republican, TN Matthew Clay (Representative), Republican, VA Joshua Clayton (Senator), Federalist, DE John Clopton (Representative), Republican, VA James Cochran (Representative), Federalist, NY William Cocke (Senator), Republican, TN Joshua Coit (Representative), Federalist, CT William Craik (Representative), Federalist, MD Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Representative), Federalist, CT Franklin Davenport (Senator), Federalist, NJ James Davenport (Representative), Federalist, CT Thomas Terry Davis (Representative), Republican, KY John Dawson (Representative), Republican, VA Jonathan Dayton (Speaker of the House), Federalist, US John Dennis (Representative), Federalist, MD George Dent (Representative), Federalist, MD William Edmond (Representative), Federalist, CT George Ege (Representative), Federalist, PA Joseph Eggleston (Representative), Republican, VA Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (Representative), Republican, NY Thomas Evans (Representative), Federalist, VA William Findley (Representative), Republican, PA Abiel Foster (Representative), Federalist, NH Dwight Foster (Representative), Federalist, MA Theodore Foster (Senator), Federalist, RI John Fowler (Representative), Republican, KY Jonathan Freeman (Representative), Federalist, NH Nathaniel Freeman, Jr (Representative), Federalist, MA Albert Gallatin (Representative), -, PA William Branch Giles (Representative), Republican, VA James Gillespie (Representative), Republican, NC Henry Glen (Representative), Federalist, NY Benjamin Goodhue (Senator), Federalist, MA Chauncey Goodrich (Representative), Federalist, CT William Gordon (Representative), Federalist, NH Ray Greene (Senator), Federalist, RI Andrew Gregg (Representative), Republican, PA Roger Griswold (Representative), Federalist, CT William Barry Grove (Representative), Federalist, NC James Gunn (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA John Andre Hanna (Representative), Republican, PA Robert Goodloe Harper (Representative), -, SC Carter Bassett Harrison (Representative), Republican, VA Thomas Hartley (Representative), Federalist, PA Jonathan Nicoll Havens (Representative), Republican, NY John Henry (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD Joseph Hiester (Representative), Republican, PA James Hillhouse (Senator), Federalist, CT William Hindman (Representative), Federalist, MD John Sloss Hobart (Senator), Federalist, NY David Holmes (Representative), Republican, VA Hezekiah Lord Hosmer (Representative), Federalist, NY John Eager Howard (Senator), Federalist, MD John Hunter (Senator), Republican, SC James Henderson Imlay (Representative), Federalist, NJ Andrew Jackson (Senator), Republican, TN Walter Jones (Representative), Republican, VA John Wilkes Kittera (Representative), Federalist, PA John Langdon (Senator), Republican, NH Henry Latimer (Senator), Federalist, DE John Laurance (Senator), Federalist, NY Samuel Livermore (Senator), Pro-Administration, NH Edward Livingston (Representative), -, NY James Lloyd (Senator), Federalist, MD Matthew Locke (Representative), Republican, NC Samuel Lyman (Representative), Federalist, MA Matthew Lyon (Representative), Republican, VT James Machir (Representative), Federalist, VA Nathaniel Macon (Representative), Republican, NC Humphrey Marshall (Senator), Federalist, KY Alexander Martin (Senator), Anti-Administration, NC Stevens Thomson Mason (Senator), Republican, VA William Matthews (Representative), Federalist, MD Blair McClenachan (Representative), Republican, PA Joseph McDowell (Representative), Republican, NC John Milledge (Representative), Republican, GA Daniel Morgan (Representative), Federalist, VA Lewis Richard Morris (Representative), Federalist, VT Anthony New (Representative), Republican, VA John Nicholas (Representative), Republican, VA William North (Senator), Federalist, NY Harrison Gray Otis (Representative), Federalist, MA Elijah Paine (Senator), Federalist, VT Isaac Parker (Representative), Federalist, MA Josiah Parker (Representative), Federalist, VA Charles Pinckney (Senator), Republican, SC Thomas Pinckney (Representative), Federalist, SC Elisha Reynolds Potter (Representative), Federalist, RI Jacob Read (Senator), Federalist, SC John Reed Sr (Representative), Federalist, MA James Ross (Senator), Pro-Administration, PA John Rutherfurd (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ John Rutledge, Jr (Representative), Federalist, SC James Schureman (Representative), Federalist, NJ Philip John Schuyler (Senator), Pro-Administration, NY Theodore Sedgwick (Senator), Federalist, MA Samuel Sewall (Representative), Federalist, MA William Shepard (Representative), Federalist, MA Thomas Sinnickson (Representative), Federalist, NJ Samuel Sitgreaves (Representative), Federalist, PA Thomson Joseph Skinner (Representative), Republican, MA Daniel Smith (Senator), Republican, TN Jeremiah Smith (Representative), Federalist, NH Nathaniel Smith (Representative), Federalist, CT Samuel Smith (Representative), Republican, MD William Smith (Representative), Republican, SC William Loughton Smith (Representative), Federalist, SC Richard Dobbs Spaight (Representative), Republican, NC Peleg Sprague (Representative), Federalist, NH Richard Sprigg, Jr (Representative), Republican, MD Richard Stanford (Representative), Republican, NC Richard Stockton (Senator), Federalist, NJ Thomas Sumter (Representative), Republican, SC John Swanwick (Representative), Republican, PA Josiah Tattnall (Senator), Republican, GA Henry Tazewell (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA George Thatcher (Representative), Federalist, MA Richard Thomas (Representative), Federalist, PA Mark Thomson (Representative), Federalist, NJ Isaac Tichenor (Senator), Federalist, VT Thomas Tillinghast (Representative), Federalist, RI Uriah Tracy (Senator), Federalist, CT Abram Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA John Johns Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA John Evert Van Alen (Representative), Federalist, NY Philip Van Cortlandt (Representative), Republican, NY Joseph Bradley Varnum (Representative), Republican, MA Abraham Bedford Venable (Representative), Republican, VA John Vining (Senator), Pro-Administration, DE Peleg Wadsworth (Representative), Federalist, MA Robert Waln (Representative), Federalist, PA James Watson (Senator), Federalist, NY William Hill Wells (Senator), Federalist, DE John Williams (Representative), Federalist, NY Robert Williams (Representative), Republican, NC
Major Political Events Members of the Fifth United States Congress John Allen (Representative), Federalist, CT Joseph Anderson (Senator), Republican, TN George Baer, Jr (Representative), Federalist, MD Abraham Baldwin (Representative), -, GA David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA Bailey Bartlett (Representative), Federalist, MA James Asheton Bayard, Sr (Representative), Federalist, DE Lemuel Benton (Representative), Republican, SC William Bingham (Senator), Federalist, PA Timothy Bloodworth (Senator), Republican, NC Thomas Blount (Representative), Republican, NC William Blount (Senator), Republican, TN Jonathan Brace (Representative), Federalist, CT Theophilus Bradbury (Representative), Federalist, MA William Bradford (Senator), Pro-Administration, RI Richard Brent (Representative), -, VA David Brooks (Representative), Federalist, NY John Brown (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY Robert Brown (Representative), Republican, PA Nathan Bryan (Representative), Republican, NC Stephen Bullock (Representative), Federalist, MA Dempsey Burges (Representative), Republican, NC Samuel Jordan Cabell (Representative), Republican, VA Christopher Grant Champlin (Representative), Federalist, RI John Chapman (Representative), Federalist, PA Nathaniel Chipman (Senator), Federalist, VT Thomas Claiborne (Representative), Republican, VA William Charles Cole Claiborne (Representative), Republican, TN Matthew Clay (Representative), Republican, VA Joshua Clayton (Senator), Federalist, DE John Clopton (Representative), Republican, VA James Cochran (Representative), Federalist, NY William Cocke (Senator), Republican, TN Joshua Coit (Representative), Federalist, CT William Craik (Representative), Federalist, MD Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Representative), Federalist, CT Franklin Davenport (Senator), Federalist, NJ James Davenport (Representative), Federalist, CT Thomas Terry Davis (Representative), Republican, KY John Dawson (Representative), Republican, VA Jonathan Dayton (Speaker of the House), Federalist, US John Dennis (Representative), Federalist, MD George Dent (Representative), Federalist, MD William Edmond (Representative), Federalist, CT George Ege (Representative), Federalist, PA Joseph Eggleston (Representative), Republican, VA Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (Representative), Republican, NY Thomas Evans (Representative), Federalist, VA William Findley (Representative), Republican, PA Abiel Foster (Representative), Federalist, NH Dwight Foster (Representative), Federalist, MA Theodore Foster (Senator), Federalist, RI John Fowler (Representative), Republican, KY Jonathan Freeman (Representative), Federalist, NH Nathaniel Freeman, Jr (Representative), Federalist, MA Albert Gallatin (Representative), -, PA William Branch Giles (Representative), Republican, VA James Gillespie (Representative), Republican, NC Henry Glen (Representative), Federalist, NY Benjamin Goodhue (Senator), Federalist, MA Chauncey Goodrich (Representative), Federalist, CT William Gordon (Representative), Federalist, NH Ray Greene (Senator), Federalist, RI Andrew Gregg (Representative), Republican, PA Roger Griswold (Representative), Federalist, CT William Barry Grove (Representative), Federalist, NC James Gunn (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA John Andre Hanna (Representative), Republican, PA Robert Goodloe Harper (Representative), -, SC Carter Bassett Harrison (Representative), Republican, VA Thomas Hartley (Representative), Federalist, PA Jonathan Nicoll Havens (Representative), Republican, NY John Henry (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD Joseph Hiester (Representative), Republican, PA James Hillhouse (Senator), Federalist, CT William Hindman (Representative), Federalist, MD John Sloss Hobart (Senator), Federalist, NY David Holmes (Representative), Republican, VA Hezekiah Lord Hosmer (Representative), Federalist, NY John Eager Howard (Senator), Federalist, MD John Hunter (Senator), Republican, SC James Henderson Imlay (Representative), Federalist, NJ Andrew Jackson (Senator), Republican, TN Walter Jones (Representative), Republican, VA John Wilkes Kittera (Representative), Federalist, PA John Langdon (Senator), Republican, NH Henry Latimer (Senator), Federalist, DE John Laurance (Senator), Federalist, NY Samuel Livermore (Senator), Pro-Administration, NH Edward Livingston (Representative), -, NY James Lloyd (Senator), Federalist, MD Matthew Locke (Representative), Republican, NC Samuel Lyman (Representative), Federalist, MA Matthew Lyon (Representative), Republican, VT James Machir (Representative), Federalist, VA Nathaniel Macon (Representative), Republican, NC Humphrey Marshall (Senator), Federalist, KY Alexander Martin (Senator), Anti-Administration, NC Stevens Thomson Mason (Senator), Republican, VA William Matthews (Representative), Federalist, MD Blair McClenachan (Representative), Republican, PA Joseph McDowell (Representative), Republican, NC John Milledge (Representative), Republican, GA Daniel Morgan (Representative), Federalist, VA Lewis Richard Morris (Representative), Federalist, VT Anthony New (Representative), Republican, VA John Nicholas (Representative), Republican, VA William North (Senator), Federalist, NY Harrison Gray Otis (Representative), Federalist, MA Elijah Paine (Senator), Federalist, VT Isaac Parker (Representative), Federalist, MA Josiah Parker (Representative), Federalist, VA Charles Pinckney (Senator), Republican, SC Thomas Pinckney (Representative), Federalist, SC Elisha Reynolds Potter (Representative), Federalist, RI Jacob Read (Senator), Federalist, SC John Reed Sr (Representative), Federalist, MA James Ross (Senator), Pro-Administration, PA John Rutherfurd (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ John Rutledge, Jr (Representative), Federalist, SC James Schureman (Representative), Federalist, NJ Philip John Schuyler (Senator), Pro-Administration, NY Theodore Sedgwick (Senator), Federalist, MA Samuel Sewall (Representative), Federalist, MA William Shepard (Representative), Federalist, MA Thomas Sinnickson (Representative), Federalist, NJ Samuel Sitgreaves (Representative), Federalist, PA Thomson Joseph Skinner (Representative), Republican, MA Daniel Smith (Senator), Republican, TN Jeremiah Smith (Representative), Federalist, NH Nathaniel Smith (Representative), Federalist, CT Samuel Smith (Representative), Republican, MD William Smith (Representative), Republican, SC William Loughton Smith (Representative), Federalist, SC Richard Dobbs Spaight (Representative), Republican, NC Peleg Sprague (Representative), Federalist, NH Richard Sprigg, Jr (Representative), Republican, MD Richard Stanford (Representative), Republican, NC Richard Stockton (Senator), Federalist, NJ Thomas Sumter (Representative), Republican, SC John Swanwick (Representative), Republican, PA Josiah Tattnall (Senator), Republican, GA Henry Tazewell (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA George Thatcher (Representative), Federalist, MA Richard Thomas (Representative), Federalist, PA Mark Thomson (Representative), Federalist, NJ Isaac Tichenor (Senator), Federalist, VT Thomas Tillinghast (Representative), Federalist, RI Uriah Tracy (Senator), Federalist, CT Abram Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA John Johns Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA John Evert Van Alen (Representative), Federalist, NY Philip Van Cortlandt (Representative), Republican, NY Joseph Bradley Varnum (Representative), Republican, MA Abraham Bedford Venable (Representative), Republican, VA John Vining (Senator), Pro-Administration, DE Peleg Wadsworth (Representative), Federalist, MA Robert Waln (Representative), Federalist, PA James Watson (Senator), Federalist, NY William Hill Wells (Senator), Federalist, DE John Williams (Representative), Federalist, NY Robert Williams (Representative), Republican, NC
Members of the Fifth United States Congress John Allen (Representative), Federalist, CT Joseph Anderson (Senator), Republican, TN George Baer, Jr (Representative), Federalist, MD Abraham Baldwin (Representative), -, GA David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA Bailey Bartlett (Representative), Federalist, MA James Asheton Bayard, Sr (Representative), Federalist, DE Lemuel Benton (Representative), Republican, SC William Bingham (Senator), Federalist, PA Timothy Bloodworth (Senator), Republican, NC Thomas Blount (Representative), Republican, NC William Blount (Senator), Republican, TN Jonathan Brace (Representative), Federalist, CT Theophilus Bradbury (Representative), Federalist, MA William Bradford (Senator), Pro-Administration, RI Richard Brent (Representative), -, VA David Brooks (Representative), Federalist, NY John Brown (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY Robert Brown (Representative), Republican, PA Nathan Bryan (Representative), Republican, NC Stephen Bullock (Representative), Federalist, MA Dempsey Burges (Representative), Republican, NC Samuel Jordan Cabell (Representative), Republican, VA Christopher Grant Champlin (Representative), Federalist, RI John Chapman (Representative), Federalist, PA Nathaniel Chipman (Senator), Federalist, VT Thomas Claiborne (Representative), Republican, VA William Charles Cole Claiborne (Representative), Republican, TN Matthew Clay (Representative), Republican, VA Joshua Clayton (Senator), Federalist, DE John Clopton (Representative), Republican, VA James Cochran (Representative), Federalist, NY William Cocke (Senator), Republican, TN Joshua Coit (Representative), Federalist, CT William Craik (Representative), Federalist, MD Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Representative), Federalist, CT Franklin Davenport (Senator), Federalist, NJ James Davenport (Representative), Federalist, CT Thomas Terry Davis (Representative), Republican, KY John Dawson (Representative), Republican, VA Jonathan Dayton (Speaker of the House), Federalist, US John Dennis (Representative), Federalist, MD George Dent (Representative), Federalist, MD William Edmond (Representative), Federalist, CT George Ege (Representative), Federalist, PA Joseph Eggleston (Representative), Republican, VA Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (Representative), Republican, NY Thomas Evans (Representative), Federalist, VA William Findley (Representative), Republican, PA Abiel Foster (Representative), Federalist, NH Dwight Foster (Representative), Federalist, MA Theodore Foster (Senator), Federalist, RI John Fowler (Representative), Republican, KY Jonathan Freeman (Representative), Federalist, NH Nathaniel Freeman, Jr (Representative), Federalist, MA Albert Gallatin (Representative), -, PA William Branch Giles (Representative), Republican, VA James Gillespie (Representative), Republican, NC Henry Glen (Representative), Federalist, NY Benjamin Goodhue (Senator), Federalist, MA Chauncey Goodrich (Representative), Federalist, CT William Gordon (Representative), Federalist, NH Ray Greene (Senator), Federalist, RI Andrew Gregg (Representative), Republican, PA Roger Griswold (Representative), Federalist, CT William Barry Grove (Representative), Federalist, NC James Gunn (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA John Andre Hanna (Representative), Republican, PA Robert Goodloe Harper (Representative), -, SC Carter Bassett Harrison (Representative), Republican, VA Thomas Hartley (Representative), Federalist, PA Jonathan Nicoll Havens (Representative), Republican, NY John Henry (Senator), Pro-Administration, MD Joseph Hiester (Representative), Republican, PA James Hillhouse (Senator), Federalist, CT William Hindman (Representative), Federalist, MD John Sloss Hobart (Senator), Federalist, NY David Holmes (Representative), Republican, VA Hezekiah Lord Hosmer (Representative), Federalist, NY John Eager Howard (Senator), Federalist, MD John Hunter (Senator), Republican, SC James Henderson Imlay (Representative), Federalist, NJ Andrew Jackson (Senator), Republican, TN Walter Jones (Representative), Republican, VA John Wilkes Kittera (Representative), Federalist, PA John Langdon (Senator), Republican, NH Henry Latimer (Senator), Federalist, DE John Laurance (Senator), Federalist, NY Samuel Livermore (Senator), Pro-Administration, NH Edward Livingston (Representative), -, NY James Lloyd (Senator), Federalist, MD Matthew Locke (Representative), Republican, NC Samuel Lyman (Representative), Federalist, MA Matthew Lyon (Representative), Republican, VT James Machir (Representative), Federalist, VA Nathaniel Macon (Representative), Republican, NC Humphrey Marshall (Senator), Federalist, KY Alexander Martin (Senator), Anti-Administration, NC Stevens Thomson Mason (Senator), Republican, VA William Matthews (Representative), Federalist, MD Blair McClenachan (Representative), Republican, PA Joseph McDowell (Representative), Republican, NC John Milledge (Representative), Republican, GA Daniel Morgan (Representative), Federalist, VA Lewis Richard Morris (Representative), Federalist, VT Anthony New (Representative), Republican, VA John Nicholas (Representative), Republican, VA William North (Senator), Federalist, NY Harrison Gray Otis (Representative), Federalist, MA Elijah Paine (Senator), Federalist, VT Isaac Parker (Representative), Federalist, MA Josiah Parker (Representative), Federalist, VA Charles Pinckney (Senator), Republican, SC Thomas Pinckney (Representative), Federalist, SC Elisha Reynolds Potter (Representative), Federalist, RI Jacob Read (Senator), Federalist, SC John Reed Sr (Representative), Federalist, MA James Ross (Senator), Pro-Administration, PA John Rutherfurd (Senator), Pro-Administration, NJ John Rutledge, Jr (Representative), Federalist, SC James Schureman (Representative), Federalist, NJ Philip John Schuyler (Senator), Pro-Administration, NY Theodore Sedgwick (Senator), Federalist, MA Samuel Sewall (Representative), Federalist, MA William Shepard (Representative), Federalist, MA Thomas Sinnickson (Representative), Federalist, NJ Samuel Sitgreaves (Representative), Federalist, PA Thomson Joseph Skinner (Representative), Republican, MA Daniel Smith (Senator), Republican, TN Jeremiah Smith (Representative), Federalist, NH Nathaniel Smith (Representative), Federalist, CT Samuel Smith (Representative), Republican, MD William Smith (Representative), Republican, SC William Loughton Smith (Representative), Federalist, SC Richard Dobbs Spaight (Representative), Republican, NC Peleg Sprague (Representative), Federalist, NH Richard Sprigg, Jr (Representative), Republican, MD Richard Stanford (Representative), Republican, NC Richard Stockton (Senator), Federalist, NJ Thomas Sumter (Representative), Republican, SC John Swanwick (Representative), Republican, PA Josiah Tattnall (Senator), Republican, GA Henry Tazewell (Senator), Anti-Administration, VA George Thatcher (Representative), Federalist, MA Richard Thomas (Representative), Federalist, PA Mark Thomson (Representative), Federalist, NJ Isaac Tichenor (Senator), Federalist, VT Thomas Tillinghast (Representative), Federalist, RI Uriah Tracy (Senator), Federalist, CT Abram Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA John Johns Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA John Evert Van Alen (Representative), Federalist, NY Philip Van Cortlandt (Representative), Republican, NY Joseph Bradley Varnum (Representative), Republican, MA Abraham Bedford Venable (Representative), Republican, VA John Vining (Senator), Pro-Administration, DE Peleg Wadsworth (Representative), Federalist, MA Robert Waln (Representative), Federalist, PA James Watson (Senator), Federalist, NY William Hill Wells (Senator), Federalist, DE John Williams (Representative), Federalist, NY Robert Williams (Representative), Republican, NC