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The 6th United States Congress was a meeting of the
legislative branch A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as ...
of the
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, consisting of the Senate and the
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. It met at
Congress Hall Congress Hall, located in Philadelphia at the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets, served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790, to May 14, 1800. During Congress Hall's duration as the capitol of the United State ...
in
Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
,
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
and in
Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
from March 4, 1799, to March 4, 1801, during the last two years of
John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of t ...
's
presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
. It was the last Congress of the 18th century and the first to convene in the 19th. The
apportionment The legal term apportionment (french: apportionement; Mediaeval Latin: , derived from la, portio, share), also called delimitation, is in general the distribution or allotment of proper shares, though may have different meanings in different c ...
of seats in House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Federalist majority. This was the last Congress in which the Federalist Party controlled the presidency or either chamber of Congress.


Major events

* December 14, 1799: Former President
George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
died * February 24, 1800:
Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ...
founded * November 17, 1800: Congress held its first session in
Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
* January 20, 1801: John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the United States * February 17, 1801: 1800 United States presidential election:
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...
became the first
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...
elected by the House of Representatives as no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes cast in the 1800 presidential election. The House was required to choose between Jefferson and Aaron Burr, with each of the 16 states having a single vote. Jefferson was elected on the 36th ballot by 10 to 4 (with 2 abstentions). :


Major legislation

* February 13, 1801:
Judiciary Act of 1801 The Midnight Judges Act (also known as the Judiciary Act of 1801; , and officially An act to provide for the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States) represented an effort to solve an issue in the U.S. Supreme Court during ...
, Sess. 2, ch. 4, * February 27, 1801:
District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, officially An Act Concerning the District of Columbia (6th Congress, 2nd Sess., ch. 15, , February 27, 1801), is an organic act enacted by the United States Congress in accordance with Article 1, Sec ...
, Sess.2, ch. 15,


Territories organized

*July 4, 1800:
Indiana Territory The Indiana Territory, officially the Territory of Indiana, was created by a congressional act that President John Adams signed into law on May 7, 1800, to form an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, ...
created from a portion of the Northwest Territory.


Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.


Senate


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

*
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
:
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...
(DR) * President pro tempore: Samuel Livermore (F), elected December 2, 1799 **
Uriah Tracy Uriah Tracy (February 2, 1755July 19, 1807) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. He served in the US House of Representatives (1793 to 1796) and the US Senate (1796 to 1807). From May to November 1800, Tracy served as Preside ...
(F), elected May 14, 1800 ** John E. Howard, (F), elected November 21, 1800 **
James Hillhouse James Hillhouse (October 20, 1754 – December 29, 1832) was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented the state in both chambers of the US Congress. From February to March 1801, Hill ...
, (F), elected February 28, 1801


House of Representatives

*
Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...
:
Theodore Sedgwick Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served in elected state government and as a delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. representative, and a senator from Massachusetts. H ...
(F)


Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. :'' Skip to House of Representatives, below''


Senate

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 re-election in 1802; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1804; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1800.


Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

: 1.
James Hillhouse James Hillhouse (October 20, 1754 – December 29, 1832) was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented the state in both chambers of the US Congress. From February to March 1801, Hill ...
(F) : 3.
Uriah Tracy Uriah Tracy (February 2, 1755July 19, 1807) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. He served in the US House of Representatives (1793 to 1796) and the US Senate (1796 to 1807). From May to November 1800, Tracy served as Preside ...
(F)


Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

: 1. Henry Latimer (F), until February 28, 1801 :: Samuel White (F), from February 28, 1801 : 2. William H. Wells (F)


Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

: 2.
Abraham Baldwin Abraham Baldwin (November 22, 1754March 4, 1807) was an American minister, Patriot, politician, and Founding Father who signed the United States Constitution. Born and raised in Connecticut, he was a 1772 graduate of Yale College. After the ...
(DR) : 3.
James Gunn James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker and executive. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1997). He then began working as a directo ...
(F)


Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

: 2. John Brown (DR) : 3.
Humphrey Marshall Humphrey Marshall may refer to: *Humphry Marshall (1722–1801), botanist *Humphrey Marshall (general) (1812–1872), Confederate general in the American Civil War *Humphrey Marshall (politician) Humphrey Marshall (1760 – July 3, 1841) wa ...
(F)


Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

: 1.
John Eager Howard John Eager Howard (June 4, 1752October 12, 1827) was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1788, and served three one-year terms. He also was elected to the Continental Congress, the Cong ...
(F) : 3. James Lloyd (F), until December 1, 1800 ::
William Hindman William Hindman (April 1, 1743January 19, 1822) was an American lawyer and statesman from Talbot County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress, and in the federal Congress as both a Representative from the second and ...
(F), from December 12, 1800


Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

: 1. Benjamin Goodhue (F), until November 8, 1800 :: Jonathan Mason (F), from November 14, 1800 : 2.
Samuel Dexter Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Dexter was an 1881 graduate of Harvar ...
(F), until May 30, 1800 :: Dwight Foster (F), from June 6, 1800


New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: 2. Samuel Livermore (F) : 3.
John Langdon John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...
(DR)


New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

: 1.
James Schureman James Schureman (February 12, 1756January 22, 1824) was an American merchant and statesman from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress as well as the United States House of Representatives and United Sta ...
(F), until February 16, 1801 ::
Aaron Ogden Aaron Ogden (December 3, 1756April 19, 1839) was an American soldier, lawyer, United States Senator and the fifth governor of New Jersey. Ogden is perhaps best known today as the complainant in '' Gibbons v. Ogden'' which destroyed the monopoly ...
(F), from February 28, 1801 : 2.
Jonathan Dayton Jonathan Dayton (October 16, 1760October 9, 1824) was an American Founding Father and politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. He was the youngest person to sign the Constitution of the United States and a member of the United States Hou ...
(F)


New York

: 1. James Watson (F), until March 19, 1800 ::
Gouverneur Morris Gouverneur Morris ( ; January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to th ...
(F), from April 3, 1800 : 3.
John Laurance John Laurance (sometimes spelled "Lawrence" or "Laurence") (1750 – November 11, 1810) was a delegate to the 6th, 7th, and 8th Congresses of the Confederation, a United States representative and United States Senator from New York and a United ...
(F), until August 1800 :: John Armstrong (DR), from November 6, 1800


North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

: 2.
Jesse Franklin Jesse Franklin (March 24, 1760August 31, 1823) was the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1799 and 1805 and between 1807 and 1813. In 1804, Franklin briefly served as President pro tempore of the Uni ...
(DR) : 3.
Timothy Bloodworth Timothy James Bloodworth (1736August 24, 1814) was a slave owner, ardent patriot in the American Revolution, member of the Confederation Congress, vigorous anti-Federalist, U.S. congressman and senator, and collector of customs for the Port of Wi ...
(DR)


Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

: 1. James Ross (F) : 3.
William Bingham William Bingham (March 8, 1752February 7, 1804) was an American statesman from Philadelphia. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788 and served in the United States Senate from 1795 to 1801. Bingham was o ...
(F)


Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...

: 1.
Theodore Foster Theodore Foster (April 29, 1752January 13, 1828) was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party. He served as one of the first two United States senato ...
(F) : 2.
Ray Greene Ray Greene may refer to: * Ray Greene (politician) (1765–1849), United States senator from Rhode Island * Ray Greene (American football) (1938–2022), American football coach * Ray Greene (lacrosse) (1923–1987), American lacrosse player * Ra ...
(F)


South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

: 2.
Charles Pinckney Charles Pinckney may refer to: * Charles Pinckney (South Carolina chief justice) (died 1758), father of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney * Colonel Charles Pinckney (1731–1782), South Carolina politician, loyal to British during Revolutionary War, fa ...
(DR) : 3. Jacob Read (F)


Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

: 1.
Joseph Anderson Joseph Inslee Anderson (November 5, 1757 – April 17, 1837) was an American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1797 to 1815, and later as the First Comptroller of the United States Treasur ...
(DR) : 2.
William Cocke William Cocke (1748August 22, 1828) was an American lawyer, pioneer, and statesman. He has the distinction of having served in the state legislatures of four different states: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and was one of t ...
(DR)


Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

: 1.
Nathaniel Chipman Nathaniel Chipman (November 15, 1752February 13, 1843) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Vermont and Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. A Yale College graduate and Continental Army veteran of t ...
(F) : 3.
Elijah Paine Elijah Paine (January 21, 1757 – April 28, 1842) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont, a United States senator from Vermont and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. Education ...
(F)


Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

: 1. Stevens Mason (DR) : 2. Wilson Nicholas (DR), from December 5, 1799


House of Representatives

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


Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : .
Jonathan Brace Jonathan Brace (November 12, 1754 – August 26, 1837) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer, politician and judge. He served as a United States Representative from Connecticut. Biography Brace was born in Harwinton in the Connecticut Co ...
(F), until May 1800 ::
John Cotton Smith John Cotton Smith (February 12, 1765 – December 7, 1845) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and as ...
(F), from November 17, 1800 : .
Samuel W. Dana Samuel Whittlesey Dana (February 13, 1760July 21, 1830) was an American lawyer and politician from Middletown, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Biography Born in Wallingford in ...
(F) : . John Davenport (F) : . William Edmond (F) : .
Chauncey Goodrich Chauncey Goodrich (October 20, 1759August 18, 1815) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator (1807 to 1813) and a representative (1795 to 1801). Biograp ...
(F) : . Elizur Goodrich (F) : .
Roger Griswold Roger Griswold (; May 21, 1762 – October 25, 1812) was a nineteenth-century lawyer, politician and judge from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court and the 22 ...
(F)


Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

: . James A. Bayard (F)


Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . James Jones (F), until January 11, 1801, vacant thereafter : . Benjamin Taliaferro (F)


Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

: . Thomas T. Davis (DR) : . John Fowler (DR)


Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

: .
George Dent George Dent (1756 – December 2, 1813) was an American planter and politician from Maryland who served in the House of Representatives from 1793 to 1801. Early life Dent was born on his father's estate, "Windsor Castle", on the Mattawoman Cree ...
(F) : . John C. Thomas (F) : . William Craik (F) : . George Baer Jr. (F) : . Samuel Smith (DR) : . Gabriel Christie (DR) : . Joseph H. Nicholson (DR) : .
John Dennis John Dennis may refer to: *John Dennis (dramatist) (1658–1734), English dramatist * John Dennis (1771–1806), Maryland congressman *John Dennis (1807–1859), his son, Maryland congressman *John Stoughton Dennis (1820–1885), Canadian surveyor ...
(F)


List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: .
Theodore Sedgwick Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served in elected state government and as a delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. representative, and a senator from Massachusetts. H ...
(F) : . William Shepard (F) : . Samuel Lyman (F), until November 6, 1800 :: Ebenezer Mattoon (F), from February 2, 1801 : . Dwight Foster (politician, born 1757), Dwight Foster (F), until June 6, 1800 :: Levi Lincoln Sr. (DR), from December 15, 1800 : . Lemuel Williams (F) : . John Reed Sr. (F) : . Phanuel Bishop (DR) : . Harrison Gray Otis (lawyer), Harrison Gray Otis (F) : . Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) : . Samuel Sewall (congressman), Samuel Sewall (F), until January 10, 1800 :: Nathan Read (F), from November 25, 1800 : . Bailey Bartlett (F) : . Silas Lee (F) : . Peleg Wadsworth (F) : . George Thatcher (F)


List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Abiel Foster (F) : . Jonathan Freeman (representative), Jonathan Freeman (F) : . William Gordon (1763-1802), William Gordon (F), until June 12, 1800 :: Samuel Tenney (F), from December 8, 1800 : . James Sheafe (F)


List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . John Condit (DR) : . Aaron Kitchell (DR) : . James Linn (DR) : . James Henderson Imlay, James H. Imlay (F) : . Franklin Davenport (F)


List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Jonathan Nicoll Havens, Jonathan N. Havens (DR), until October 25, 1799 :: John Smith (New York politician born 1752), John Smith (DR), from February 27, 1800 : . Edward Livingston (DR) : . Philip Van Cortlandt (DR) : . Lucas Conrad Elmendorf, Lucas C. Elmendorf (DR) : . Theodorus Bailey (senator), Theodorus Bailey (DR) : . John Bird (New York), John Bird (F) : . John Thompson (1749-1823), John Thompson (DR) : . Henry Glen (F) : . Jonas Platt (F) : . William Cooper (judge), William Cooper (F)


List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Joseph Dickson (F) : . Archibald Henderson (politician), Archibald Henderson (F) : . Robert Williams (North Carolina politician), Robert Williams (DR) : . Richard Stanford (American politician), Richard Stanford (DR) : . Nathaniel Macon (DR) : . William Henry Hill (North Carolina politician), William H. Hill (F) : . William Barry Grove (F) : . David Stone (politician), David Stone (DR) : . Willis Alston (F) : . Richard Dobbs Spaight (DR)


List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives. : . Robert Waln (F) : . Michael Leib (DR) : . Richard Thomas (Pennsylvania politician), Richard Thomas (F) : . Robert Brown (Pennsylvania), Robert Brown (DR) : . Peter Muhlenberg, John Peter G. Muhlenberg (DR) : . Joseph Hiester (DR) : . John A. Hanna (DR) : . John W. Kittera, John Wilkes Kittera (F) : . Thomas Hartley (F), until December 21, 1800 :: John Stewart (Pennsylvania politician), John Stewart (DR), from January 15, 1801 : . Andrew Gregg (DR) : . Henry Woods (Pennsylvania politician), Henry Woods (F) : . John Smilie (DR) : . Albert Gallatin (DR)


List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . John Brown (Rhode Island politician), John Brown (F) : . Christopher G. Champlin (F)


List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Thomas Pinckney (F) : . John Rutledge Jr. (F) : . Benjamin Huger (1768-1823), Benjamin Huger (F) : . Thomas Sumter (DR) : . Robert Goodloe Harper (F) : . Abraham Nott (F)


List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . William C. C. Claiborne (DR)


List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Matthew Lyon (DR) : . Lewis R. Morris (F)


List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . Robert Page (Virginia), Robert Page (F) : . David Holmes (politician), David Holmes (DR) : . George Jackson (Virginia), George Jackson (DR) : . Abram Trigg (DR) : . John J. Trigg (DR) : . Matthew Clay (DR) : . John Randolph of Roanoke, John Randolph (DR) : . Samuel Goode (DR) : . Joseph Eggleston (DR) : . Edwin Gray (DR) : . Josiah Parker (F) : . Thomas Evans (congressman), Thomas Evans (F) : . John Marshall (F), until June 7, 1800 :: Littleton Waller Tazewell, Littleton W. Tazewell (DR), from November 26, 1800 : . Samuel Jordan Cabell, Samuel J. Cabell (DR) : . John Dawson (US Politician), John Dawson (DR) : . Anthony New (DR) : . Leven Powell (F) : . John Nicholas (congressman), John Nicholas (DR) : . Henry Lee III, Henry Lee (F)


Non-voting members

: . William Henry Harrison, until May 14, 1800 :: William McMillan (congressman), William McMillan, from November 24, 1800


Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress


Senate

There were 7 resignations and 1 vacancy at the beginning of Congress. The Federalists had a 1-seat net loss and the Democratic-Republicans had a 2-seat net gain. , - ,
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

(2) , Vacant , Henry Tazewell (DR) died before the beginning of this Congress , , Wilson Cary Nicholas, Wilson C. Nicholas (DR) , Elected December 5, 1799 , - , New York
(1) , , James Watson (F) , Resigned March 19, 1800 , ,
Gouverneur Morris Gouverneur Morris ( ; January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to th ...
(F) , Elected April 3, 1800 , - ,
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

(2) , ,
Samuel Dexter Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Dexter was an 1881 graduate of Harvar ...
(F) , Resigned May 30, 1800 , , Dwight Foster (F) , Elected June 6, 1800 , - , New York
(3) , ,
John Laurance John Laurance (sometimes spelled "Lawrence" or "Laurence") (1750 – November 11, 1810) was a delegate to the 6th, 7th, and 8th Congresses of the Confederation, a United States representative and United States Senator from New York and a United ...
(F) , Resigned sometime in August, 1800 , , John Armstrong (DR) , Elected November 6, 1800 , - ,
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

(1) , , Benjamin Goodhue (F) , Resigned November 8, 1800 , , Jonathan Mason (F) , Elected November 14, 1800 , - ,
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

(3) , , James Lloyd (F) , Resigned December 1, 1800 , ,
William Hindman William Hindman (April 1, 1743January 19, 1822) was an American lawyer and statesman from Talbot County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress, and in the federal Congress as both a Representative from the second and ...
(F) , Elected December 12, 1800 , - ,
New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

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James Schureman James Schureman (February 12, 1756January 22, 1824) was an American merchant and statesman from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress as well as the United States House of Representatives and United Sta ...
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Aaron Ogden Aaron Ogden (December 3, 1756April 19, 1839) was an American soldier, lawyer, United States Senator and the fifth governor of New Jersey. Ogden is perhaps best known today as the complainant in '' Gibbons v. Ogden'' which destroyed the monopoly ...
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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

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House of Representatives

There were 6 resignations and 3 deaths. The Federalist Party, Federalists had a 4-seat net loss and the Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic-Republicans had a 3-seat net gain. , - , , , Jonathan Nicoll Havens, Jonathan Havens (DR) , Died October 25, 1799 , , John Smith (New York politician born 1752), John Smith (DR) , February 27, 1800 , - , , William Henry Harrison , Resigned May 14, 1800, to become Territorial Governor of Indiana , William McMillan (congressman), William McMillan , November 24, 1800 , - , , ,
Jonathan Brace Jonathan Brace (November 12, 1754 – August 26, 1837) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer, politician and judge. He served as a United States Representative from Connecticut. Biography Brace was born in Harwinton in the Connecticut Co ...
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John Cotton Smith John Cotton Smith (February 12, 1765 – December 7, 1845) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and as ...
(F) , November 17, 1800 , - , , , Samuel Sewall (congressman), Samuel Sewall (F) , Resigned January 10, 1800, to become a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court , , Nathan Read (F) , November 25, 1800 , - , , , Dwight Foster (F) , Resigned June 6, 1800, having been elected U.S. Senator , , Levi Lincoln Sr., Levi Lincoln (DR) , December 15, 1800 , - , , , John Marshall (F) , Resigned June 7, 1800, to become United States Secretary of State, Secretary of State , , Littleton Waller Tazewell, Littleton W. Tazewell (DR) , November 26, 1800 , - , , , William Gordon (1763-1802), William Gordon (F) , Resigned June 12, 1800, to become New Hampshire Attorney General , , Samuel Tenney (F) , December 8, 1800 , - , , , Samuel Lyman (F) , Resigned November 6, 1800 , , Ebenezer Mattoon (F) , February 2, 1801 , - , , , Thomas Hartley (F) , Died December 21, 1800 , , John Stewart (Pennsylvania politician), John Stewart (DR) , February 3, 1801 , - , , , James Jones (F) , Died January 11, 1801 , colspan=2 , Vacant until 7th United States Congress, next Congress


Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.


Senate

* Committee of the whole, Whole


House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Dwight Foster (politician, born 1757), Dwight Foster then Nathaniel Macon) * United States House Committee on Commerce, Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Samuel Smith) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections (Chairman:
Samuel W. Dana Samuel Whittlesey Dana (February 13, 1760July 21, 1830) was an American lawyer and politician from Middletown, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Biography Born in Wallingford in ...
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George Dent George Dent (1756 – December 2, 1813) was an American planter and politician from Maryland who served in the House of Representatives from 1793 to 1801. Early life Dent was born on his father's estate, "Windsor Castle", on the Mattawoman Cree ...
) * United States House Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business, Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman:
Roger Griswold Roger Griswold (; May 21, 1762 – October 25, 1812) was a nineteenth-century lawyer, politician and judge from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court and the 22 ...
then Jonas Platt) * United States House Select Committee on Rules, Rules (Select) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert Goodloe Harper then
Roger Griswold Roger Griswold (; May 21, 1762 – October 25, 1812) was a nineteenth-century lawyer, politician and judge from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court and the 22 ...
) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Dwight Foster (politician, born 1757), Dwight Foster)


Administrative officers

* Architect of the Capitol: William Thornton


Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania), William White, Episcopal Church in the United States of America, ''Episcopalian'', until November 27, 1800 ** Thomas J. Claggett, Episcopal Church in the United States of America, ''Episcopalian'', elected November 27, 1800 * Doorkeeper of the United States Senate, Doorkeeper: James Mathers (Sergeant at Arms), James Mathers * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Samuel Allyne Otis, Samuel Otis


House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Ashbel Green, Presbyterianism, ''Presbyterian'', until November 27, 1800 ** Thomas Lyell (chaplain), Thomas Lyell, Methodism, ''Methodist'', elected November 27, 1800 * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Jonathan W. Condy, resigned December 4, 1800 ** John H. Oswald, elected December 9, 1800 * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton (doorkeeper), Thomas Claxton * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Wheaton


See also

* 1798 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1798 and 1799 United States Senate elections ** 1798 and 1799 United States House of Representatives elections * 1800 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1800 United States presidential election ** 1800 and 1801 United States Senate elections ** 1800 and 1801 United States House of Representatives elections


References

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Notes


External links


Statutes at Large, 1789-1875


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U.S. House of Representatives: House History


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