1st Congress, House of Representatives

Post Summary: 1st Congress, House of Representatives

Besides the ordinary objects submitted to your care, it will remain with your judgment to decide how far an exercise of the occasional power delegated by the fifth article of the Constitution is rendered expedient at the present juncture by the nature of objections which have been urged against the system, or by the degree of inquietude which has given birth to them.
-President George Washington

Primary Mode Bin: 0-10, 10-20 (tie)

Overall Leaders

Majority Line Leader: Fitzsimons (PA) - 70.64
Opposition Leader: Van Rensselaer (NY) - (-11.93)
Best Network: Fitzsimons (PA) - 50.77%
Worst Network: Huntington (CT) - 24.62%
Locked Step Leader Pair: Benson (NY)/Trumbull (CT) - 90%
Out Of Step Leader Pair: Coles (VA)/Sedgwick (MA) - 13%

Profile of Historically Significant Member

Name: James Madison, 4th President of the United States
Majority Index: 36.7
VIA Index: 48%

Locked Step Colleagues

Lee (VA) - 79%
Carroll (MD) - 77%
Moore (VA) - 75%
Brown (KY) - 74%
Contee (MD) - 70%
Griffin (VA) - 70%

Out Of Step Colleagues

Muhlenberg (PA) - 9%
Huger (SC) - 15%
Bourne (RI) - 17%
Sedgwick (MA) - 23%
Hathorn (NY) - 24%

Majority
Fitzsimons (PA)[109, 70.64, 50.77%], Wynkoop (PA)[109, 61.47, 49.23%], Clymer (PA)[109, 58.72, 46.15%], Scott (PA)[109, 58.72, 49.23%], Muhlenberg (PA)[109, 54.13, 47.69%], Hartley (PA)[109, 53.21, 49.23%], Sinnickson (NJ)[109, 48.62, 47.69%], Cadwalader (NJ)[109, 45.87, 49.23%], Gilman (NH)[109, 44.95, 47.69%], Gale (MD)[109, 42.2, 46.15%], Vining (DE)[109, 41.28, 46.15%], Lee (VA)[109, 39.45, 47.69%], Griffin (VA)[109, 37.61, 47.69%], Carroll (MD)[109, 37.61, 47.69%], White (VA)[109, 37.61, 47.69%], Hiester (PA)[109, 36.7, 44.62%], Madison (VA)[109, 36.7, 47.69%], Contee (MD)[109, 29.36, 46.15%], Brown (VA)[109, 29.36, 44.62%], Goodhue (MA)[109, 26.61, 46.15%], Wadsworth (CT)[109, 26.61, 44.62%], Sherman (CT)[109, 26.61, 47.69%], Baldwin (GA)[109, 26.61, 41.54%], Moore (VA)[109, 23.85, 46.15%], Trumbull (CT)[109, 20.18, 47.69%], Seney (MD)[109, 20.18, 47.69%], Steele (NC)[109, 19.27, 38.46%], Smith (MD)[109, 19.27, 46.15%], Ashe (NC)[109, 19.27, 40%], Stone (MD)[109, 17.43, 44.62%], Benson (NY)[109, 16.51, 46.15%], Page (VA)[109, 16.51, 41.54%], Sevier (NC)[109, 16.51, 35.38%], Silvester (NY)[109, 14.68, 44.62%], Laurance (NY)[109, 14.68, 46.15%]

Minority
Williamson (NC)[109, 14.68, 36.92%], Ames (MA)[109, 13.76, 47.69%], Huntington (CT)[109, 13.76, 24.62%], Bourne (RI)[109, 13.76, 44.62%], Sumter (SC)[109, 12.84, 43.08%], Boudinot (NJ)[109, 11.93, 44.62%], Mathews (GA)[109, 11.93, 44.62%], Livermore (NH)[109, 6.42, 40%], Coles (VA)[109, 6.42, 44.62%], Schureman (NJ)[109, 5.5, 44.62%], Parker (VA)[109, 5.5, 40%], Floyd (NY)[109, 4.59, 44.62%], Foster (NH)[109, 4.59, 44.62%], Leonard (MA)[109, 4.59, 41.54%], Partridge (MA)[109, 4.59, 43.08%], Sturges (CT)[109, 2.75, 40%], Sedgwick (MA)[109, 2.75, 41.54%], Jackson (GA)[109, 1.83, 43.08%], Muhlenberg (PA)[109, 0.92, 20%]

Opposition
Thatcher (MA)[109, -0.92, 43.08%], Giles (VA)[57, -1.75, 24.62%], Tucker (SC)[109, -3.67, 27.69%], Huger (SC)[109, -3.67, 43.08%], Burke (SC)[109, -4.59, 44.62%], Gerry (MA)[109, -5.5, 41.54%], Hathorn (NY)[109, -7.34, 41.54%], Smith (SC)[109, -7.34, 44.62%], Bloodworth (NC)[109, -8.26, 38.46%], Grout (MA)[109, -11.01, 43.08%], Van Rensselaer (NY)[109, -11.93, 44.62%], Bland (VA)[53, -13.21, 32.31%]

Raw data source: Govtrack.us
See also The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress