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 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 of 1789 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
- Oliver Ellsworth, Federalist, CT
- William Samuel Johnson, Federalist, CT
- Richard Bassett, Anti-Federalist, DE
- George Read, Federalist, DE
- William Few, Anti-Federalist, GA
- James Gunn, Anti-Federalist, GA
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Federalist, MD
- John Henry, Federalist, MD
- Tristram Dalton, Federalist, MA
- Caleb Strong, Federalist, MA
- John Langdon, Federalist, NH
- Paine Wingate, Anti-Federalist, NH
- William Paterson, Federalist, and then Philemon Dickinson, Federalist, NJ
- Jonathan Elmer, Federalist, NJ
- Rufus King, Federalist, NY
- Philip Schuyler, Federalist, NY
- Benjamin Hawkins, Federalist, NC
- Samuel Johnston, Federalist, NC
- William Maclay, Anti-Federalist, PA
- Robert Morris, Federalist, PA
- Theodore Foster, Federalist, RI
- Joseph Stanton, Jr., Anti-Federalist, RI
- Pierce Butler, Federalist, SC
- Ralph Izard, Federalist, SC
- William Grayson, Anti-Federalist, and then John Walker, Federalist and then James Monroe, Anti-Federalist, VA
- Richard Henry Lee, Anti-Federalist, VA
House of Representatives
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
- Daniel Carroll, At-Large
- Benjamin Contee, At-Large
- George Gale , At-Large
- Joshua Seney , At-Large
- William Smith , At-Large
- Michael J. Stone , At-Large
Massachusetts
- Fisher Ames, 1st District
- Benjamin Goodhue , 2nd District
- Elbridge Gerry, 3rd District
- Theodore Sedgwick, 4th District
- George Partridge , 5th District
- George Thatcher , 6th District
- George Leonard , 7th District
- Jonathan Grout , 8th District
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Eliasi Boudinot , At-Large
- Lambert Cadwalader, At-Large
- James Schureman , At-Large
- Thomas Sinnickson , At-Large
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia
- Theodorick Bland and then William B. Giles , At-Large
- John Brown, At-Large
- Isaac Coles, At-Large
- Samuel Griffin , At-Large
- Richard B. Lee , At-Large
- James Madison, At-Large
- Andrew Moore , At-Large
- John Page, At-Large
- Josiah Parker , At-Large
- Alexander White , At-Large
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