1st United States Congress
The 1st United States Congress met between 4 March 1789 and 3 March 1791 the first and second year of office of the first President George Washington. He stepped to 12 August 1790 in the Federal Hall in New York City and from 6 December 1790 in Independence Hall in Philadelphia together. In both chambers, there was a majority for the pro- administration party.
- 3.1 House of Representatives
- 3.2 Senate
- 5.1 House of Representatives
- 5.2 Senate
- 7.1 House of Representatives
- 7.2 Senate
Significant Events
Significant legislation
With the founding of the United States under the Constitution of 1787, the legislation of the first congress was characterized by a variety of fundamental provisions of the state building and of substantive law.
Session 1
Second session
Third session
- February 25: The First Bank of the United States is built.
- March 3, 1791: Congress passes the Whiskey Act, the first excise tax on domestic goods. The law is triggered the Whiskey Rebellion.
Parties
Neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives, there was at that time 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
John Langdon (P) President pro tempore of the Senate 1789 and 1792-1793
Members
House of Representatives
In the states of Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and North Carolina was chosen separately for electoral districts, in the other areas each state far.
Connecticut
Delaware
- John M. Vining (P)
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Elias Boudinot (P)
- Lambert Cadwalader (P)
- James Schureman (P)
- Thomas Sinnickson (P)
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
- George Clymer (P)
- Thomas Fitzsimons ( P)
- Thomas Hartley ( P)
- Daniel Hiester (A)
- Thomas Scott ( P)
- Henry Wynkoop (P)
Rhode Iceland
- Benjamin Bourne ( P), from December 17, 1790
South Carolina
- Aedanus Burke ( A)
- Daniel Huger (P)
- William L. Smith ( P)
- Thomas Sumter (A)
- Thomas Tudor Tucker ( A)
Virginia
- Theodorick Bland ( A) until June 1, 1790
- William Branch Giles (A ), from December 7, 1790
- John Brown ( A)
- Isaac Coles (A)
- Samuel Griffin ( P)
- Richard Bland Lee ( P)
- James Madison (A)
- Andrew Moore ( A)
- John Page (A)
- Josiah Parker ( P)
- Alexander White ( P)
Senate
Connecticut
- Oliver Ellsworth (P)
- William Samuel Johnson ( P)
Delaware
- George Read (P)
- Bassett, Richard (P)
Georgia
- William Few (A)
- James Gunn ( A)
Maryland
- Charles Carroll ( P)
- John Henry (P)
Massachusetts
- Tristram Dalton (P)
- Caleb Strong ( P)
New Hampshire
- Paine Wingate (A)
- John Langdon (P)
New Jersey
- Jonathan Elmer (P)
- William Paterson (P ) until November 13, 1790
- Philemon Dickinson ( P), from November 13, 1790
New York
- Philip Schuyler (P ), from July 16, 1789
- Rufus King ( P), from July 15, 1789
North Carolina
- Samuel Johnston (P ), from November 27, 1789
- Benjamin Hawkins ( P), from November 27, 1789
Pennsylvania
- William Maclay (A)
- Robert Morris ( P)
Rhode Iceland
- Theodore Foster ( P), from June 7, 1790
- Joseph Stanton (P ), from June 7, 1790
South Carolina
- Pierce Butler ( P)
- Ralph Izard (P)
Virginia
- William Grayson ( A) until March 12, 1790
- John Walker ( P), from 31th of March 1790 to November 9, 1790
- James Monroe ( A), from November 9, 1790
- Richard Henry Lee ( A)
Personnel Changes
Five senators and nine congressmen were added in the course of the first term, each a senator and a congressman died. Depending another senator and a congressman resigned from her post.
Employee
House of Representatives
- Clerk: John James Beckley
- Porter: Gifford Dalley
- Clergyman: William Linn - from May 1, 1789
- Samuel Blair - from January 4, 1790
Senate
- Secretary: Samuel Allyne Otis
- Clergyman: Samuel Provoost - from April 25, 1789
- William White - from December 9, 1790