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9 unusual facts about 3rd United States Congress


17th New York State Legislature

State Senator Philip Van Cortlandt was elected in January 1793 to the 3rd United States Congress, leaving a vacancy in the Southern District.

Aaron Kitchell

He was elected to the Third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Abraham Clark and was reelected to the Fourth Congress, serving from January 29, 1795, to March 4, 1797.

Alexander Mebane

Mebane served in the North Carolina House of Commons from 1787 to 1792 and was elected to the 3rd United States Congress in 1792, where he served one term (March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795).

Joseph McDowell, Jr.

He is sometimes credited as also having served in the 3rd United States Congress (1793–1795), but according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, it was his cousin, Joseph "Pleasant Gardens" McDowell, who served at that time.

Silas Talbot

In January 1793, Talbot was elected as a Federalist to the 3rd United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1793, to June 5, 1794, when President George Washington chose him third in a list of six captains of the newly established United States Navy.

Thomas Tredwell

Tredwell was elected to the 2nd United States Congress as an Anti-Administration man to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Townsend, and was re-elected to the 3rd United States Congress, serving from October 24, 1791, to March 3, 1795.

United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 1792

An election to the House of Representatives for the Third Congress was held for Delaware's single seat on October 2, 1792.

Virginia's 19th congressional district

Party label for Heath taken from the Wikipedia article on the 3rd Congress, as Dubin gives no party labels for this election.

William Johnston Dawson

Dawson was elected to the 3rd United States Congress in the election of Feb. 15, 1793, a three-way race in which he, as the Anti-Federalist candidate, defeated two Federalists: Stephen Cabarrus (Speaker of the State House) and William Cumming.



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