6th United States Congress

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6th United States Congress
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March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801
Members32 senators
106 representatives
1 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityFederalist
Senate PresidentThomas Jefferson (DR)
House majorityFederalist
House SpeakerTheodore Sedgwick (F)
Sessions
1st: December 2, 1799 – May 14, 1800 (Philadelphia)
2nd: November 17, 1800 – March 3, 1801 (Washington, D.C.)

The Sixth 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 at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1799, to March 4, 1801, during the last two years of John Adams's presidency. It was the last Congress of the 18th century and the first to convene in the 19th. The apportionment 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

States for Jefferson States for Burr States casting blank ballots
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Pennsylvania
  • Tennessee
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Connecticut
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • Rhode Island
  • Delaware
  • South Carolina
Total: 10 (63%) Total: 4 (25%) Total: 2 (12%)

Major legislation

Territories organized

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

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic-
Republican

(DR)
Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 9 22 31 1
Begin 9 22 31 1
End 11 21 320
Final voting share 34.4% 65.6%
Beginning of next congress 17 15 32 0

House of Representatives

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic-
Republican

(DR)
Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 50 56 106 0
Begin 46 60 106 0
End 49 56 1051
Final voting share 46.7% 53.3%
Beginning of next congress 72 33 105 1

Leadership

President of the Senate Thomas Jefferson
President pro tempore
Samuel Livermore

Senate

House of Representatives

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.

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 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.

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | Virginia
(2) | Vacant | Henry Tazewell (DR) died before the beginning of this Congress | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Wilson C. Nicholas (DR) | Elected December 5, 1799

|- | New York
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | James Watson (F) | Resigned March 19, 1800 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Gouverneur Morris (F) | Elected April 3, 1800

|- | Massachusetts
(2) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel Dexter (F) | Resigned May 30, 1800 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Dwight Foster (F) | Elected June 6, 1800

|- | New York
(3) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | John Laurance (F) | Resigned sometime in August, 1800 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Armstrong (DR) | Elected November 6, 1800

|- | Massachusetts
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Benjamin Goodhue (F) | Resigned November 8, 1800 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Jonathan Mason (F) | Elected November 14, 1800

|- | Maryland
(3) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | James Lloyd (F) | Resigned December 1, 1800 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | William Hindman (F) | Elected December 12, 1800

|- | New Jersey
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | James Schureman (F) | Resigned February 16, 1801 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Aaron Ogden (F) | Elected February 28, 1801

|- | Delaware
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Henry Latimer (F) | Resigned February 28, 1801 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel White (F) | Appointed February 28, 1801 |}

House of Representatives

There were 6 resignations and 3 deaths. The Federalists had a 4-seat net loss and the Democratic-Republicans had a 3-seat net gain. Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | New York
1st
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Jonathan Havens (DR) | Died October 25, 1799 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Smith (DR) | February 27, 1800

|- | Northwest Territory
At-large
| William Henry Harrison | Resigned May 14, 1800, to become Territorial Governor of Indiana | William McMillan | November 24, 1800

|- | Connecticut
At-large
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Jonathan Brace (F) | Resigned sometime in 1800 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | John Cotton Smith (F) | November 17, 1800

|- | Massachusetts
10th
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel Sewall (F) | Resigned January 10, 1800, to become a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Nathan Read (F) | November 25, 1800

|- | Massachusetts
4th
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Dwight Foster (F) | Resigned June 6, 1800, having been elected U.S. Senator | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Levi Lincoln (DR) | December 15, 1800

|- | Virginia
13th
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | John Marshall (F) | Resigned June 7, 1800, to become Secretary of State | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Littleton W. Tazewell (DR) | November 26, 1800

|- | New Hampshire
At-large
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | William Gordon (F) | Resigned June 12, 1800, to become New Hampshire Attorney General | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel Tenney (F) | December 8, 1800

|- | Massachusetts
3rd
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel Lyman (F) | Resigned November 6, 1800 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Ebenezer Mattoon (F) | February 2, 1801

|- | Pennsylvania
8th
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Thomas Hartley (F) | Died December 21, 1800 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Stewart (DR) | February 3, 1801

|- | Georgia
At-large
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | James Jones (F) | Died January 11, 1801 | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Administrative officers

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

  1. ^ "Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 6th Congress, 2nd Session". A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875. pp. 1033–1034. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  • 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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