6th United States Congress



































6th United States Congress


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United States Capitol (1800)

March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801
Senate President
Thomas Jefferson (DR)
Senate Pres. pro tem
Samuel Livermore (F)
Uriah Tracy (F)
John E. Howard (F)
James Hillhouse (F)
House Speaker
Theodore Sedgwick (F)
Members
32 senators
106 representatives
1 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority
Federalist
House Majority
Federalist
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.





Contents






  • 1 Major events


  • 2 Major legislation


  • 3 Territories organized


  • 4 Party summary


    • 4.1 Senate


    • 4.2 House of Representatives




  • 5 Leadership


    • 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 Pennsylvania


      • 6.2.12 Rhode Island


      • 6.2.13 South Carolina


      • 6.2.14 Tennessee


      • 6.2.15 Vermont


      • 6.2.16 Virginia


      • 6.2.17 Non-voting members






  • 7 Changes in membership


    • 7.1 Senate


    • 7.2 House of Representatives




  • 8 Committees


    • 8.1 Senate


    • 8.2 House of Representatives


    • 8.3 Joint committees




  • 9 Administrative officers


    • 9.1 Senate


    • 9.2 House of Representatives




  • 10 See also


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





Major events


Main articles: 1799 in the United States, 1800 in the United States, and 1801 in the United States


  • December 14, 1799: Former President George Washington died

  • February 24, 1800: Library of Congress founded

  • November 17, 1800: Congress held its first session in Washington, D.C.

  • January 20, 1801: John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the United States

  • February 17, 1801: United States presidential election, 1800: Thomas Jefferson became the first President of the United States 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).[1]


















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


Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 6th United States Congress


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

  • February 27, 1801: District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Sess.2, ch. 15, 2 Stat. 103



Territories organized


  • July 4, 1800: Indiana Territory 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




































































 Party
(shading shows control)
 Total
 Vacant

Democratic-
Republican
(DR)
Federalist
(F)
End of the previous congress
9
22 		31
 1

Begin
9
22
31 		1
End 11 21 32 0
Final voting share 7001344000000000000♠34.4% 7001656009999900000♠65.6%
Beginning of the next congress
15
17 		32
 0


House of Representatives


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 Party
(shading shows control)
 Total
 Vacant

Democratic-
Republican
(DR)
Federalist
(F)
End of the previous congress
50
56 		106
 0

Begin
46
60
106 		0
End 49 56 105 1
Final voting share 7001467000000000000♠46.7% 7001533000000000000♠53.3%
Beginning of the next congress
72
33 		105
 1


Leadership




President of the Senate Thomas Jefferson




President pro tempore
Samuel Livermore



Senate




  • President: Thomas Jefferson (DR)


  • President pro tempore: Samuel Livermore (F), elected December 2, 1799


    • Uriah Tracy (F), elected May 14, 1800


    • John E. Howard, (F), elected November 21, 1800


    • James Hillhouse, (F), elected February 28, 1801





House of Representatives



  • Speaker: Theodore Sedgwick (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.











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.


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

































































State
(class)
 Vacator
 Reason for change
 Successor
 Date of successor's
formal installation

Virginia
(2)
 Vacant
Henry Tazewell (DR) died before the beginning of this Congress
Wilson C. Nicholas (DR)
 Elected December 5, 1799

New York
(1)
James Watson (F)
 Resigned March 19, 1800
Gouverneur Morris (F)
 Elected April 3, 1800

Massachusetts
(2)
Samuel Dexter (F)
 Resigned May 30, 1800
Dwight Foster (F)
 Elected June 6, 1800

New York
(3)
John Laurance (F)
 Resigned sometime in August, 1800
John Armstrong (DR)
 Elected November 6, 1800

Massachusetts
(1)
Benjamin Goodhue (F)
 Resigned November 8, 1800
Jonathan Mason (F)
 Elected November 14, 1800

Maryland
(3)
James Lloyd (F)
 Resigned December 1, 1800
William Hindman (F)
 Elected December 12, 1800

New Jersey
(1)
James Schureman (F)
 Resigned February 16, 1801
Aaron Ogden (F)
 Elected February 28, 1801

Delaware
(1)
Henry Latimer (F)
 Resigned February 28, 1801
Samuel White (F)
 Appointed February 28, 1801


House of Representatives


Main article: List of special elections to the United States 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.















































































District
 Vacator
 Reason for change
 Successor
 Date of successor's
formal installation

New York
1st
Jonathan Havens (DR)
 Died October 25, 1799
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
Jonathan Brace (F)
 Resigned sometime in 1800
John Cotton Smith (F)
 November 17, 1800

Massachusetts
10th
Samuel Sewall (F)
 Resigned January 10, 1800, to become a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Nathan Read (F)
 November 25, 1800

Massachusetts
4th
Dwight Foster (F)
 Resigned June 6, 1800, having been elected U.S. Senator
Levi Lincoln (DR)
 December 15, 1800

Virginia
13th
John Marshall (F)
 Resigned June 7, 1800, to become Secretary of State
Littleton W. Tazewell (DR)
 November 26, 1800

New Hampshire
At-large
William Gordon (F)
 Resigned June 12, 1800, to become New Hampshire Attorney General
Samuel Tenney (F)
 December 8, 1800

Massachusetts
3rd
Samuel Lyman (F)
 Resigned November 6, 1800
Ebenezer Mattoon (F)
 February 2, 1801

Pennsylvania
8th
Thomas Hartley (F)
 Died December 21, 1800
John Stewart (DR)
 February 3, 1801

Georgia
At-large
James Jones (F)
 Died January 11, 1801
 Vacant until next Congress


Committees


Lists of committees and their party leaders.



Senate


  • Whole


House of Representatives



  • Claims

  • Commerce and Manufactures

  • Elections

  • Revisal and Unfinished Business


  • Rules (Select)

  • Standards of Official Conduct

  • Ways and Means

  • Whole



Joint committees


  • Enrolled Bills


Administrative officers



  • Architect of the Capitol: William Thornton


Senate




  • Chaplain: William White, Episcopalian, elected December 9, 1790

    • Thomas J. Claggett, Episcopalian, elected November 27, 1800



  • Doorkeeper: James Mathers


  • Secretary: Samuel Otis



House of Representatives




  • Chaplain: Ashbel Green, Presbyterian, elected December 2, 1799

    • Thomas Lyell, Methodist, elected November 17, 1800



  • Clerk: Jonathan W. Condy of Pennsylvania, elected December 2, 1799, resigned December 4, 1800

    • John H. Oswald of Pennsylvania, elected December 9, 1800



  • Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton, elected December 2, 1799


  • Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing.]


  • Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Wheaton of Rhode Island, elected December 2, 1799



See also




  • United States elections, 1798 (elections leading to this Congress)

    • United States Senate elections, 1798 and 1799

    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1798




  • United States elections, 1800 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

    • United States presidential election, 1800

    • United States Senate elections, 1800 and 1801

    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1800





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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}





  • 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.



External links



  • Statutes at Large, 1789-1875

  • Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress

  • House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress

  • Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

  • U.S. House of Representatives: House History

  • U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists









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