6th United States Congress

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United States Capitol (1800)
March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801
Members32 senators
106 representatives
1 non-voting delegates
Senate majority Federalist
Senate President Thomas Jefferson (DR)
House majority Federalist
House Speaker Theodore Sedgwick (F)
Sessions
1st: December 2, 1799 – May 14, 1800
2nd: November 17, 1800 – March 3, 1801

The 6th United States Congress was the 6th meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It initially met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and then was the first congress to meet in the new Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.. Its term was 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 1790 United States census. 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

Major events

States for JeffersonStates for BurrStates 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

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)		TotalVacant
Democratic-
Republican
(DR)		 Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 9 22311
Begin 9 22 31 1
End 11 21 320
Final voting share34.4% 65.6%
Beginning of next congress 17 15320

House of Representatives

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Party
(shading shows control)		TotalVacant
Democratic-
Republican
(DR)		 Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 50 561060
Begin 46 60 106 0
End 49 56 1051
Final voting share46.7% 53.3%
Beginning of next congress 72 331051

Leadership

President of the Senate Thomas Jefferson Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800).jpg
President of the Senate Thomas Jefferson
President pro tempore Samuel Livermore Samuel Livermore.jpg
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.

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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.

Senate changes
State
(class)		Vacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [lower-alpha 1]
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

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.

House changes
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [lower-alpha 1]
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 (F)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, 1801Vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Administrative officers

Senate

House of Representatives

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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.

Notes

  1. 1 2 When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
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