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* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsjlink.html Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsjlink.html Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhjlink.html#anchor2 House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhjlink.html#anchor2 House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History]
* [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists]
* [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists]

Revision as of 12:41, 30 September 2016

7th United States Congress
6th ←
→ 8th
United States Capitol (1800)
March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803
Members34 senators
107 representatives
2 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic-Republican
Senate PresidentAaron Burr (DR)
House majorityDemocratic-Republican
House SpeakerNathaniel Macon (DR)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1801 – March 5, 1801
1st: December 7, 1801 – May 3, 1802
2nd: December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803

The Seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1803, during the first two years of Thomas Jefferson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority, except during the Special session of the Senate, when there was a Federalist majority in the Senate.

Major events

Main articles: 1801 in the United States, 1802 in the United States, and 1803 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 7th United States Congress

States admitted

United States Capitol with "Brick Oven"
  • Ohio was admitted as a state, having previously been a portion of the Northwest Territory. The exact date is unclear and in dispute, but it is undisputed that it was during this Congress. The official date when Ohio became a state was not set until 1953, when the 83rd U.S. Congress passed legislation retrospectively designating the date of the first meeting of the Ohio state legislature, March 1, 1803, as that date. However, on April 30, 1802 the 7th U.S. Congress had passed an act "authorizing the inhabitants of Ohio to form a Constitution and state government, and admission of Ohio into the Union." (Sess. 1, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173) On February 19, 1803 the same Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the State of Ohio." (Sess. 2, ch. 7, 2 Stat. 201) The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress states that Ohio was admitted to the Union on November 29, 1802, and counts its seats as vacant from that date.

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

Although the Federalists had more Senators during the very brief March 1801 special session, by the time the first regular session met in December 1801, the Democratic-Republicans had gained majority control.

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic-
Republican
(DR) 		Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 11 21 32 0
Begin 15 17 32 0
End 18 142
Final voting share 56.3% 43.8%
Beginning of next congress 22 9 31 3

House of Representatives

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic-
Republican
(DR) 		Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 49 56 105 1
Begin 65 40 105 1
End 64 413
Final voting share 61.0% 39.0%
Beginning of next congress 113 26 139 3

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
Aaron Burr
President pro tempore of the Senate
Abraham Baldwin

House of Representatives

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1802; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1804; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1806.

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.

Changes in membership

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

Senate

There was 1 death, 8 resignations, and 2 seats added for a new state.

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | Rhode Island
(2) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Ray Greene (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 5, 1801 after being nominated for a judicial position. His successor was elected. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Christopher Ellery (DR) | Seated May 6, 1801 |- | South Carolina
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Charles Pinckney (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 6, 1801 after being appointed Minister to Spain. His successor was elected. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Sumter (DR) | Seated December 15, 1801 |- | New Hampshire
(2) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel Livermore (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 12, 1801. His successor was elected. | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Simeon Olcott (F) | Seated June 17, 1801 |- | Pennsylvania
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Peter Muhlenberg (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 30, 1801. His successor was appointed July 13, 1801 and then elected December 17, 1801. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | George Logan (DR) | Seated July 13, 1801 |- | Vermont
(3) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Elijah Paine (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 1, 1801. His successor was elected. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Stephen R. Bradley (DR) | Seated October 15, 1801 |- | Maryland
(3) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | William Hindman (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 19, 1801. His successor was elected. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Robert Wright (DR) | Seated November 19, 1801 |- | New York
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Armstrong, Jr. (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 5, 1802. His successor was elected. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | DeWitt Clinton (DR) | Seated February 9, 1802 |- | New Hampshire
(3) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | James Sheafe (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 14, 1802. His successor was elected. | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | William Plumer (F) | Seated June 17, 1802 |- | South Carolina
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John E. Colhoun (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 26, 1802. His successor was elected. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Pierce Butler (DR) | Seated November 4, 1802 |- | Ohio
(1) | rowspan=2 | New seats | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" |Ohio was admitted to the Union on November 29, 1802 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Not filled this Congress |- | Ohio
(3) | Vacant |}

House of Representatives


Main article: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | Connecticut
At-large | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Elizur Goodrich (F) resigned before the beginning of this Congress | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Calvin Goddard (F) | December 7, 1801 |- | Massachusetts
4th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Levi Lincoln (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 5, 1801 after being appointed US Attorney General | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Seth Hastings (F) | January 11, 1802 |- | New York
6th | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | John Bird (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 25, 1801 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Peter Van Ness (DR) | December 7, 1801 |- | New York
5th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Tillotson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 10, 1801, upon appointment as NY Secretary of State | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Theodorus Bailey (DR) | December 7, 1801 |- | Massachusetts
12th | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Silas Lee (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 20, 1801 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel Thatcher (F) | December 6, 1802 |- | South Carolina
4th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Sumter (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 15, 1801 after being elected to the US Senate | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Richard Winn (DR) | January 24, 1803 |- | Georgia
At-large | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Benjamin Taliaferro (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1802 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | David Meriwether (DR) | December 6, 1802 |- | New Hampshire
At-large | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Joseph Peirce (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1802 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel Hunt (F) | December 6, 1802 |- | Maryland
2nd | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Richard Sprigg, Jr. (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 11, 1802 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Walter Bowie (DR) | March 24, 1802 |- | Mississippi Territory
At-large | Narsworthy Hunter | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 11, 1802 | Thomas M. Green, Jr. | December 6, 1802 |- | Georgia
At-large | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Milledge (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May, 1802 after being elected Governor | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Peter Early (DR) | January 10, 1803 |- | North Carolina
8th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Charles Johnson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 23, 1802 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Wynns (DR) | December 7, 1802 |- | Ohio
At-large | New seat | style="font-size:80%" | Ohio was admitted to the Union on November 29, 1802 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Not filled until next Congress |- | New York
6th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Peter Van Ness (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Seat declared forfeited January 17, 1803 | Vacant |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint appointments

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

  1. ^ The official date when Ohio became a state was not set until 1953, when the 83rd U.S. Congress passed legislation retrospectively designating the date of the first meeting of the Ohio state legislature, March 1, 1803, as that date. However, on April 30, 1802 the 7th U.S. Congress had passed an act "authorizing the inhabitants of Ohio to form a Constitution and state government, and admission of Ohio into the Union." (Sess. 1, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173) On February 19, 1803 the same Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the State of Ohio." (Sess. 2, ch. 7, 2 Stat. 201) The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress states that Ohio was admitted to the Union on November 29, 1802, and counts its seats as vacant from that date.
  2. ^ a b Pennsylvania's 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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