2nd United States Congress

The 2nd Congress of the United States convened between March 4, 1791 and March 3, 1793 the third and fourth year in office of President George Washington. He met in Philadelphia in the Congress Hall. In both houses of Congress, there were up to the last session of the Senate, a majority for the pro- administration party.

  • 5.1 House of Representatives
  • 5.2 Senate
  • 7.1 House of Representatives
  • 7.2 Senate

Significant Events

  • March 4, 1791: The Congress consents to the inclusion of Vermont as the 14th state to.
  • December 15, 1791: The Bill of Rights is ratified by three -fourths of the states and thus enters into force.
  • April 5, 1792: The President makes his first veto, thereby preventing an act of Congress, with the distribution of seats in the House of Representatives should be established among the states.
  • June 1, 1792: The Congress consents to the inclusion Kentucky to as the 15th state.
  • October 13, 1792: The District of Columbia is founded. At the same time, the foundation stone of the White House is placed.

Significant legislation

  • February 20, 1792: With the Postal Service Act, the Ministry of Postal Services is built.
  • April 2, 1792: With the Coinage Act of 1792 the United States Mint established as a federal agency responsible for the coinage of the U.S. dollar coins and set additional regulations for the coinage.
  • May 2, 1792: The first Militia Act of 1792 gives the president the right to take over the command of the militia of the states in the invasion or rebellion case.
  • May 8, 1792: The second Militia Act of 1792 defines conscription, arming and training the militia of the states.
  • February 12, 1793: With the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 is set as the retrieval of volatile slave has to take place under procedural law.
  • March 2, 1793: The Judiciary Act of 1793, which also included the Anti- Injunction Act, refined the process and judicial constitutional law at the federal level.

Parties

Neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives, there was at this time organized parties. However, there were two groups, the Anti- Administration Party and the pro- administration party. While members of the Anti- Administration Party later, the Democratic- Republican Party founded, the Pro- Administration Party was the forerunner of the Federal Party party.

House of Representatives

Senate

Leadership

John Adams ( P) President of the Senate 1789-1797

Richard Henry Lee ( P) President pro tempore of the Senate 1792

John Langdon (P) President pro tempore of the Senate 1789 and 1792-1793

Members

House of Representatives

Connecticut

Delaware

  • John M. Vining (P)

Georgia

Kentucky

Maryland

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Pennsylvania

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South Carolina

Vermont

Virginia

Senate

Connecticut

Delaware

  • George Read (P)
  • Bassett, Richard (P)

Georgia

Kentucky

  • John Brown ( A), from June 18, 1792
  • John Edwards ( A), from June 18, 1792

Maryland

  • Charles Carroll ( P)
  • John Henry ( P ) until November 30, 1792
  • Richard Potts (P ), from January 10, 1792

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

  • Samuel Johnston (P ), from November 27, 1789
  • Benjamin Hawkins ( P), from November 27, 1789

Pennsylvania

  • Vacant, disputed election
  • Robert Morris ( P)

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  • Theodore Foster ( P), from June 7, 1790
  • Joseph Stanton (P ), from June 7, 1790

South Carolina

Vermont

Virginia

  • James Monroe ( A)
  • Richard Henry Lee ( A) until October 8, 1792
  • John Taylor of Caroline (A ), from October 18, 1792

Personnel Changes

Four Senators and four Congressmen were added in the course of the first term. The three senators and three congressmen resigned from her post.

Employee

House of Representatives

  • Clerk: John James Beckley
  • Porter: Gifford Dalley
  • Clergyman: Samuel Blair - from October 24, 1791
  • Ashbel Green - from November 5th, 1792

Senate

  • Secretary: Samuel Allyne Otis
  • Cleric: William White

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