Sixth United States Congress

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Contents 1 Sixth United States Congress 2 Dates of Sessions 3 Major Political Events 4 Officers 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Members of the Sixth United States Congress 5.1 Senate 5.1.1 Connecticut 5.1.2 Delaware 5.1.3 Georgia 5.1.4 Kentucky 5.1.5 Maryland 5.1.6 Massachusetts 5.1.7 New Hampshire 5.1.8 New Jersey 5.1.9 New York 5.1.10 North Carolina 5.1.11 Pennsylvania 5.1.12 Rhode Island 5.1.13 South Carolina 5.1.14 Tennessee 5.1.15 Vermont 5.1.16 Virginia 5.2 House of Representatives 5.2.1 Connecticut 5.2.2 Delaware 5.2.3 Georgia 5.2.4 Kentucky 5.2.5 Maryland 5.2.6 Massachusetts 5.2.7 New Hampshire 5.2.8 New Jersey 5.2.9 New York 5.2.10 North Carolina 5.2.11 Northwest Territory 5.2.12 Pennsylvania 5.2.13 Rhode Island 5.2.14 South Carolina 5.2.15 Tennessee 5.2.16 Vermont 5.2.17 Virginia 5.3 Party Affiliation 5.3.1 Senate 5.3.2 House of Representatives

Sixth United States Congress

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Dates of Sessions

1799-1801

• The first session of this Congress took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from December 2, 1799 to May 14, 1800.
• The second session took place in Washington, DC from November 17, 1800 to March 3, 1801.

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

Major Political Events

Officers

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Members of the Sixth United States Congress

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 (Feederalist) 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

• George Baer, Jr. (Federalist), 4th District
• Gabriel Christie (Republican), 5th District
• William Craik (Federalist), 3rd District
• John Dennis (Federalist), 8th District
• George Dent (Federalist), 1st District
• Joseph H. Nicholson (Republican), 6th District
• Samuel Smith (Republican), 5th District
• John C. Thomas (Federalist), 2nd District

Massachusetts

• Bailey Bartlett (Federalist)
• Phanuel Bishop (Republican)
• Dwight Foster (Federalist) and then Levi Lincoln, Sr. (Republican)
• Silas Lee (Federalist)
• Samuel Lyman (Federalist) and then Ebenezer Mattoon (Federalist)
• Harrison Gray Otis (Federalist)
• John Reed (Federalist)
• Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist)
• Samuel Sewall (Federalist) and then Nathan Read (Federalist)
• William Shepard (Federalist)
• George Thatcher (Federalist)
• Joseph Bradley Varnum
• Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist)
• Lemuel Williams (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)

Party Affiliation

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

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