Sixth United States Congress

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Contents 1 Dates of Sessions 2 Major political events 3 Major Legislation 4 Party summary 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Officers 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 6 Members 6.1 Senate 6.1.1 Connecticut 6.1.2 Delaware 6.1.3 Georgia 6.1.4 Kentucky 6.1.5 Maryland 6.1.6 Massachusetts 6.1.7 New Hampshire 6.1.8 New Jersey 6.1.9 New York 6.1.10 North Carolina 6.1.11 Pennsylvania 6.1.12 Rhode Island 6.1.13 South Carolina 6.1.14 Tennessee 6.1.15 Vermont 6.1.16 Virginia 6.2 House of Representatives 6.2.1 Connecticut 6.2.2 Delaware 6.2.3 Georgia 6.2.4 Kentucky 6.2.5 Maryland 6.2.6 Massachusetts 6.2.7 New Hampshire 6.2.8 New Jersey 6.2.9 New York 6.2.10 North Carolina 6.2.11 Northwest Territory 6.2.12 Pennsylvania 6.2.13 Rhode Island 6.2.14 South Carolina 6.2.15 Tennessee 6.2.16 Vermont 6.2.17 Virginia 7 Employees 7.1 Senate 7.2 House of Representatives

Dates of Sessions

1799-1801

• First session: December 2, 1799 to May 14, 1800 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Second (lame duck) session: November 17, 1800 to March 3, 1801 in Washington, DC

Congress began convening in Washington with the second session of the Sixth Congress and has continued to do so since then.

Major political events

• Revolution of 1800:
  • Election of Thomas Jefferson over incumbent president, John Adams
  • Election of Democrats over Federalists.
• The Midnight judges were appointed by John Adams, leading directly to Marbury v. Madison, the first Supreme Court case to declare something unconstitutional.
• Capital moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to its present seat, Washington, DC.

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Major Legislation

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• February 13 1801 - Judiciary Act of 1801, ch. 4, 2 Stat. 89

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Party summary

Senate

• Federalist 21 (later 20)
• Republican 11 (later 12)
• Total 32

House of Representatives

• Federalist: 61 (later 58)
• Republican: 37 (later 38)
• Unknown: 8 (later 10)
• Total: 106

Officers

Senate

• President of the Senate - Thomas Jefferson
• Presidents pro tempore -
  1. Samuel Livermore (2 December 1799-29 December 1799)
  2. Uriah Tracy (14 May 1800-16 November 1800)
  3. John E. Howard (21 November 1800-27 November 1800)
  4. James Hillhouse (28 February 1801-3 March 1801)

House of Representatives

• Speaker - Theodore Sedgwick

Members

Senate

Connecticut

• James Hillhouse (Federalist)
• Uriah Tracy (Federalist)

Delaware

• Henry Latimer (Federalist) and then Samuel White (Federalist)
• William H. Wells (Federalist)

Georgia

• Abraham Baldwin (Republican)
• James Gunn (Federalist)

Kentucky

• John Brown (Republican)
• Humphrey Marshall (Federalist)

Maryland

• John E. Howard (Federalist)
• James Lloyd (Federalist) and then William Hindman (Federalist)

Massachusetts

• Samuel Dexter (Federalist) and then Dwight Foster (Federalist)
• Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist) and then Jonathan Mason (Federalist)

New Hampshire

• John Langdon (Republican)
• Samuel Livermore (Federalist)

New Jersey

• Jonathan Dayton (Federalist)
• James Schureman (Federalist) and then Aaron Ogden (Federalist)

New York

• John Laurance (Federalist) and then John Armstrong, Jr. (Republican)
• James Watson (Federalist) and then Gouverneur Morris (Federalist)

North Carolina

• Timothy Bloodworth (Republican)
• Jesse Franklin (Republican)

Pennsylvania

• William Bingham (Federalist)
• James Ross (Federalist)

Rhode Island

• Theodore Foster (Republican)
• Ray Greene (Federalist)

South Carolina

• Charles Pinckney (Republican)
• Jacob Read (Federalist)

Tennessee

• Joseph Anderson (Republican)
• William Cocke (Republican)

Vermont

• Nathaniel Chipman (Federalist)
• Elijah Paine (Federalist)

Virginia

• Stevens T. Mason (Republican)
• Wilson C. Nicholas (Republican)

House of Representatives

Connecticut

• Jonathan Brace (Federalist) and then John C. Smith (Federalist), At-Large
• Samuel W. Dana (Federalist), At-Large
• John Davenport (Federalist, At-Large
• William Edmond (Federalist), At-Large
• Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist), At-Large
• Elizur Goodrich (Federalist), At-Large
• Roger Griswold (Federalist), At-Large

Delaware

• James A. Bayard, Sr. (Federalist), At-Large

Georgia

• James Jones (Federalist), At-Large
• Benjamin Taliaferro (Federalist), At-Large

Kentucky

• Thomas T. Davis (Republican), At-Large
• John Fowler (Republican), At-Large

Maryland

• Dist. 1 - George Dent (Federalist)
• Dist. 2 - John C. Thomas (Federalist)
• Dist. 3 - William Craik (Federalist)
• Dist. 4 - George Baer, Jr. (Federalist)
• Dist. 5 - Samuel Smith (Republican)
• Dist. 6 - Gabriel Christie (Republican)
• Dist. 7 - Joseph H. Nicholson (Republican)
• Dist. 8 - John Dennis (Federalist)

Massachusetts

• 1. Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist)
• 2. William Shepard (Federalist)
• 3. Samuel Lyman (Federalist), resigned November 6, 1800

Ebenezer Mattoon (Federalist), began February 2, 1801

• 4. Dwight Foster (Federalist), resigned June 6, 1800

Levi Lincoln, Sr. (Democratic-Republican), began December 15 1800

• 5. Lemuel Williams (Federalist)
• 6. John Reed (Federalist)
• 7. Phanuel Bishop (Democratic-Republican)
• 8. Harrison Gray Otis (Federalist)
• 9. Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic-Republican)
• 10. Samuel Sewall (Federalist), resigned January 10 1800

Nathan Read (Federalist), began November 25 1800

• 11. Bailey Bartlett (Federalist)
• 12 (Maine District). Silas Lee (Federalist)
• 13 (Maine District). Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist)
• 14 (Maine District). George Thatcher (Federalist)

New Hampshire

• Abiel Foster (Federalist)
• Jonathan Freeman (Federalist)
• William Gordon (Federalist) and then Samuel Tenney (Federalist)
• James Sheafe (Federalist)

New Jersey

• John Condit (Republican)
• Franklin Davenport (Federalist)
• James Henderson Imlay (Federalist)
• Aaron Kitchell
• James Linn (Republican)

New York

• Theodorus Bailey
• John Bird (Federalist)
• William Cooper (Federalist)
• Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (Republican)
• Henry Glen (Federalist)
• Jonathan Nicoll Havens (Republican) and then John Smith
• Edward Livingston (Republican)
• Jonas Platt (Federalist)
• John Thompson (Republican)
• Philip van Cortlandt (Republican)

North Carolina

• Willis Alston (Republican)
• Joseph Dickson (Federalist)
• William Barry Grove (Federalist)
• Archibald Henderson (Federalist)
• William Henry Hill (Federalist)
• Nathaniel Macon (Republican)
• Richard Dobbs Spaight (Republican)
• Richard Stanford (Republican)
• David Stone (Republican)
• Robert Williams (Republican)

Northwest Territory

• William Henry Harrison (no party identified) and then William McMillan (no party identified) Delegate

Pennsylvania

• Robert Brown (Republican)
• Albert Gallatin (Republican)
• Andrew Gregg
• John Andre Hanna (Republican)
• Thomas Hartley (Federalist) and then John Stewart (Republican)
• Joseph Hiester (Republican)
• John Wilkes Kittera (Federalist)
• Michael Leib
• Peter Muhlenberg
• John Smilie (Republican)
• Richard Thomas (Federalist)
• Robert Waln (Federalist)
• Henry Woods (Federalist)

Rhode Island

• John Brown (Federalist)
• Christopher Grant Champlin (Federalist)

South Carolina

• Robert G. Harper (Federalist)
• Benjamin Huger (Federalist)
• Abraham Nott (Federalist)
• Thomas Pinckney (Federalist)
• John Rutledge, Jr. (Federalist)
• Thomas Sumter (Republican)

Tennessee

• William C.C. Claiborne (Republican)

Vermont

• Matthew Lyon (Republican)
• Lewis Richard Morris (Federalist)

Virginia

• Samuel Jordan Cabell (Republican)
• Matthew Clay (Republican)
• John Dawson (Republican)
• Joseph Eggleston (Republican)
• Thomas Evans (Federalist)
• Samuel Goode
• Edwin Gray (Federalist)
• David Holmes (Republican)
• George Jackson (Republican)
• Henry Lee (Federalist)
• John Marshall (Federalist) and then Littleton Waller Tazewell
• Anthony New (Republican)
• John Nicholas (Republican)
• Robert Page (Federalist)
• Josiah Parker (Federalist)
• Leven Powell (Federalist)
• John Randolph
• Abram Trigg (Republican)
• John Johns Trigg (Republican)

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol - William Thornton

Senate

• Secretary of the Senate - Samuel Allyne Otis
• Senate Sergeant at Arms - James Mathers
• Senate Chaplain - William White

House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House - John H. Oswald
• House Doorkeeper - Thomas Claxton
• House Sergeant at Arms - Joseph Wheaton
• Chaplain of the House - Thomas Lyell

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