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11 unusual facts about 4th United States Congress


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.

Abraham B. Venable

He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections in the fourth congress.

Absalom Tatom

In 1794, Tatom was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 4th United States Congress where he served from March 4, 1795 until his resignation on June 1, 1796.

David Bard

Bard was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1799.

Dempsey Burges

Burgess was elected as a Republican to the 4th and 5th U.S. Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1799.

George Ege

He resumed his extensive business interests, and was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Hiester.

James Gillespie

He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1776 and served first in the North Carolina House of Commons (1779–1783), then in the North Carolina Senate (1784–1786), before being elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 4th and 5th U.S. Congresses (March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1799) and later to the 8th United States Congress (March 4, 1803 - January 11, 1805).

Nathan Bryan

In 1794, Bryan, a Republican, was elected to the 4th United States Congress and re-elected to the 5th U.S. Congress; he died in office on 4 June 1798 in Philadelphia, where he is buried.

Samuel Sitgreaves

He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1790, and was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795, until his resignation in 1798.

United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1794

Elections to the House of Representatives in Pennsylvania for the Fourth Congress were held on October 14, 1794.

William Francis Strudwick

In 1796, Strudwick was elected as a United States Federalist Party to the 4th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rep. Absalom Tatom, and served from November 28, 1796 to March 3, 1797.