6th United States Congress - State Delegations

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Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Members 2.1 Connecticut 2.2 Delaware 2.3 Georgia 2.4 Kentucky 2.5 Maryland 2.6 Massachusetts 2.7 New Hampshire 2.8 New Jersey 2.9 New York 2.10 North Carolina 2.11 Pennsylvania 2.12 Rhode Island 2.13 South Carolina 2.14 Tennessee 2.15 Vermont 2.16 Virginia 2.17 Delegates 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

The Sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and in Washington, DC from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1801, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President John Adams.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Federalist majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 6th United States Congress

See also: 6th United States Congress - Membership Changes

See also: 6th United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: United States House election, 1798

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1801

• First session: December 2, 1799 - May 14, 1800 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
• Second session: November 17, 1800 - March 3, 1801 Washington, DC — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 5th Congress
Next congress: 7th Congress

[edit] Members

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1802; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1804; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1800.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

• 1. James Hillhouse (1754-1832), Federalist
• 3. Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), Federalist

House of Representatives (7 seats) ^[1]

• A/L. Jonathan Brace (1754-1837), Federalist …resigned in 1800.

  John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 17, 1800.

• A/L. Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), Federalist
• A/L. John Davenport (1752-1830), Federalist
• A/L. William Edmond (1755-1838), Federalist
• A/L. Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815), Federalist
• A/L. Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849), Federalist
• A/L. Roger Griswold (1762-1812), Federalist

[edit] Delaware

Senate

• 1. Henry Latimer (1752-1819), Federalist …resigned February 28, 1801.

  Samuel White (1770-1809), Federalist …appointed to fill vacancy, February 28, 1801, subsequently elected.

• 2. William H. Wells (1769-1829), Federalist

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L. James A. Bayard (1767-1815), Federalist

[edit] Georgia

Senate

• 3. James Gunn (1753-1801), Federalist
• 2. Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats) ^[2]

• A/L. James Jones ( -1801), Federalist …died January 13, 1801.
• A/L. Benjamin Taliaferro (1750-1821), Federalist

[edit] Kentucky

Senate

• 2. John Brown (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 3. Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841), Federalist

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1 Thomas T. Davis ( -1807), Democratic-Republican
• 2. John Fowler (1755-1840), Democratic-Republican

[edit] Maryland

Senate

• 1. John Eager Howard (1752-1827), Federalist
• 3. James Lloyd (1745-1820), Federalist …resigned December 1, 1800.

  William Hindman (1743-1822), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, December 12, 1800.

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1. George Dent (1756-1813), Federalist
• 2. John C. Thomas (1764-1836), Federalist
• 3. William Craik (1761-1814), Federalist
• 4. George Baer, Jr. (1763-1834), Federalist
• 5. Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Democratic-Republican
• 6. Gabriel Christie (1755-1808), Democratic-Republican
• 7. Joseph H. Nicholson (1770-1817), Democratic-Republican
• 8. John Dennis (1771-1806), Federalist

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

• 1. Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), Federalist …resigned November 8, 1800.

  Jonathan Mason (1756-1831), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, November 14, 1800.

• 2. Samuel Dexter (1761-1816), Federalist …resigned May 30, 1800.

  Dwight Foster (1757-1823), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, June 6, 1800.

House of Representatives (14 seats)

• 1. Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), Federalist
• 2. William Shepard (1737-1817), Federalist
• 3. Samuel Lyman (1749-1802), Federalist …resigned November 6, 1800.

  Ebenezer Mattoon (1755-1843), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 2, 1801.

• 4. Dwight Foster (1757-1823), Federalist …resigned June 6, 1800.

  Levi Lincoln (1749-1820), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 6, 1801.

• 5. Lemuel Williams (1747-1828), Federalist
• 6. John Reed, Sr. (1751-1831), Federalist
• 7. Phanuel Bishop (1739-1812), Democratic-Republican
• 8. Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), Federalist
• 9. Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751-1821), Democratic-Republican
• 10. Samuel Sewall (1757-1814), Federalist …resigned January 10, 1800.

  Nathan Read (1759-1849), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 25, 1800.

• 11. Bailey Bartlett (1750-1830), Federalist
• 12. Silas Lee (1760-1814), Federalist
• 13. Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), Federalist
• 14. George Thatcher (1754-1824), Federalist

[edit] New Hampshire

Senate

• 3. John Langdon (1741-1819), Democratic-Republican
• 2. Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), Federalist

House of Representatives (4 seats) ^[3]

• A/L. Abiel Foster (1735-1806), Federalist
• A/L. Jonathan Freeman (1745-1808), Federalist
• A/L. William Gordon (1763-1802), Federalist …resigned June 12, 1800.

  Samuel Tenney (1748-1816), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1800.

• A/L. James Sheafe (1755-1829), Federalist

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

• 1. James Schureman (1756-1824), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, March 4, 1799, resigned February 16, 1801.

  Aaron Ogden (1756-1839), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, February 28, 1801.

• 2. Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), Federalist

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1. John Condit (1755-1834), Democratic-Republican
• 2. Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820), Democratic-Republican
• 3. James Linn (1749-1821), Democratic-Republican
• 4. James H. Imlay (1764-1823), Federalist
• 5. Franklin Davenport (1755-1832), Federalist

[edit] New York

Senate

• 3. John Laurance (1750-1810), Federalist …resigned August 1800.

  John Armstrong, Jr. (1758-1843), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, November 6, 1800.

• 1. James Watson (1750-1806), Federalist …resigned March 19, 1800.

  Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, April 3, 1800.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1. Jonathan N. Havens (1757-1799), Democratic-Republican …died October 25, 1799, before Congress assembled.

  John Smith (1752-1816), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 27, 1800.

• 2. Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Democratic-Republican
• 3. Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), Democratic-Republican
• 4. Lucas C. Elmendorf (1758-1843), Democratic-Republican
• 5. Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828), Democratic-Republican
• 6. John Bird (1768-1806), Federalist
• 7. John Thompson (1749-1823), Democratic-Republican
• 8. Henry Glen (1739-1814), Federalist
• 9. Jonas Platt (1769-1834), Federalist
• 10. William Cooper (1754-1809), Federalist

[edit] North Carolina

Senate

• 3. Timothy Bloodworth (1736-1814), Democratic-Republican
• 2. Jesse Franklin (1760-1823), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1. Joseph Dickson (1745-1825), Federalist
• 2. Archibald Henderson (1768-1822), Federalist
• 3. Robert Williams ( - ), Democratic-Republican
• 4. Richard Stanford (1767-1816), Democratic-Republican
• 5. Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 6. William H. Hill (1767-1809), Federalist
• 7. William Barry Grove (1764-1818), Federalist
• 8. David Stone (1770-1818), Democratic-Republican
• 9. Willis Alston (1769-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 10. Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802), Democratic-Republican

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

• 1. James Ross (1762-1847), Federalist
• 3. William Bingham (1752-1804), Federalist

House of Representatives (13 seats) ^[4]

• 1. Robert Waln (1765-1836), Federalist
• 2. Michael Leib (1760-1822), Democratic-Republican
• 3. Richard Thomas (1744-1832), Federalist
• 4. Robert Brown (1744-1823), Democratic-Republican
• 4. John Peter G. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Democratic-Republican
• 5. Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), Democratic-Republican
• 6. John A. Hanna (1762-1805), Democratic-Republican
• 7. John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), Federalist
• 8. Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), Federalist …died December 21, 1800.

  John Stewart ( -1820), Democratic-Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 3, 1801.

• 9. Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), Democratic-Republican
• 10. Henry Woods (1764-1826), Federalist
• 11. John Smilie (1741-1812), Democratic-Republican
• 12. Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), Democratic-Republican

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

• 1. Theodore Foster (1752-1828), Federalist
• 2. Ray Greene (1765-1849), Federalist

House of Representatives (2 seats) ^[5]

• A/L. John Brown (1736-1803), Federalist
• A/L. Christopher G. Champlin (1768-1840), Federalist

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

• 3. Jacob Read (1752-1816), Federalist
• 2. Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1. Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), Federalist
• 2. John Rutledge, Jr. (1766-1819), Federalist
• 3. Benjamin Huger (1768-1823), Federalist
• 4. Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), Democratic-Republican
• 5. Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), Federalist
• 6. Abraham Nott (1768-1830), Federalist

[edit] Tennessee

Senate

• 1. Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, March 4, 1799.
• 2. William Cocke (1748-1828), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L. William C.C. Claiborne (1775-1817), Democratic-Republican

[edit] Vermont

Senate

• 3. Elijah Paine (1757-1842), Federalist
• 1. Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843), Federalist

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1. Matthew Lyon (1749-1822), Democratic-Republican
• 2. Lewis R. Morris (1760-1825), Federalist

[edit] Virginia

Senate

• 1. Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), Democratic-Republican
• 2. Wilson C. Nicholas (1761-1820), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, December 5, 1799.

House of Representatives (19 seats)

• 1. Robert Page (1765-1840), Federalist
• 2. David Holmes (1769-1832), Democratic-Republican
• 3. George Jackson (1757-1831), Democratic-Republican
• 4. Abram Trigg (1750- ), Democratic-Republican
• 5. John J. Trigg (1748-1804), Democratic-Republican
• 6. Matthew Clay (1754-1815), Democratic-Republican
• 7. John Randolph (1773-1833), Democratic-Republican
• 8. Samuel Goode (1756-1822), Democratic-Republican
• 9. Joseph Eggleston (1754-1811), Democratic-Republican
• 10. Edwin Gray (1743- ), Democratic-Republican
• 11. Josiah Parker (1751-1810), Federalist
• 12. Thomas Evans (c1755-1815), Federalist
• 13. John Marshall (1755-1835), Federalist …resigned June 7, 1800.

  Littleton W. Tazewell (1774-1860), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 26, 1800.

• 14. Samuel J. Cabell (1756-1818), Democratic-Republican
• 15. John Dawson (1762-1814), Democratic-Republican
• 16. Anthony New (1747-1833), Democratic-Republican
• 17. Levin Powell (1737-1810), Federalist
• 18. John Nicholas (c1757-1819), Democratic-Republican
• 19. Henry Lee (1756-1818), Federalist

[edit] Delegates

Northwest Territory

• A/L. William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), …resigned March 1800.

  William McMillan (1764-1804), …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 24, 1800.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
2. ^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
3. ^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
4. ^ The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.
5. ^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[edit] References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 

[edit] External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [1]
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [2]
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [3]
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [4]
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [5]
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [6]

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