Congress didn't exist yet in 1748. The First Continental Congress of the United States met for the first time in 1774 and were just representatives of the 13 colonies. The first elected congress, senate and President didn't happen until 1789.
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The 55 men who attended were the members of Congress.
The speaker of the house gets chosen by a vote of the members of the house. The constitution does NOT require that the speaker be an elected member of congress.
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House of representatives: 435 Senate: 100 Congress: 535
All of them. There are no poor members of Congress.