6th United States Congress - political parties

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 3 1801, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President John Adams.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Federalist majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

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The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1799 - March 3 1801
*First session: December 2 1799 - May 14 1800 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
*Second session: November 17 1800 - March 3 1801 Washington, D.C. — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "5th Congress"
Next congress: "7th Congress"

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.

enate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Republican

:A-L
* Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy, December 12 1798. [Vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew Jackson in the previous congress.]
* John Armstrong (1758-1843), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, November 6 1800.
* Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), "Georgia"
* Timothy Bloodworth (1736-1814), "North Carolina"
* John Brown (1757-1837), "Kentucky"
* William Cocke (1748-1828), "Tennessee"
* Jesse Franklin (1760-1823), "North Carolina"
* John Langdon (1741-1819), "New Hampshire" :M-Z
* Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), "Virginia"
* Wilson C. Nicholas (1761-1820), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, December 5 1799. [Vacancy caused by the death of Henry Tazewell in the previous congress.]
* Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), "South Carolina"

=Federalist=

:A-L
* William Bingham (1752-1804), "Pennsylvania"
* Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843), "Vermont"
* Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), "New Jersey"
* Samuel Dexter (1761-1816), "Massachusetts" …resigned May 30 1800.
* Dwight Foster (1757-1823), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, June 6 1800.
* Theodore Foster (1752-1828), "Rhode Island"
* Benjamin Goodhue (1748-1814), "Massachusetts" …resigned November 8 1800.
* Ray Greene (1765-1849), "Rhode Island"
* James Gunn (1753-1801), "Georgia"
* James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Connecticut"
* William Hindman (1743-1822), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, December 12 1800.
* John Eager Howard (1752-1827), "Maryland"
* Henry Latimer (1752-1819), "Delaware" …resigned February 28 1801.
* John Laurance (1750-1810), "New York" …resigned August 1800.
* Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), "New Hampshire"
* James Lloyd (1745-1820), "Maryland" …resigned December 1 1800.:M-Z
* Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841), "Kentucky"
* Jonathan Mason (1756-1831), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, November 14 1800.
* Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, April 3 1800.
* Aaron Ogden (1756-1839), "New Jersey" …elected to fill vacancy, February 28 1801.
* Elijah Paine (1757-1842), "Vermont"
* Jacob Read (1752-1816), "South Carolina"
* James Ross (1762-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* James Schureman (1756-1824), "New Jersey" …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 4 1799, resigned February 16 1801. [Vacancy caused by resignation of John Rutherfurd, elected February 14 1799.]
* Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), "Connecticut"
* James Watson (1750-1806), "New York" …resigned March 19 1800.
* William H. Wells (1769-1829), "Delaware"
* Samuel White (1770-1809), "Delaware" …appointed to fill vacancy, February 28 1801, subsequently elected.

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Republican

:A-F
* Willis Alston (1769-1837), "North Carolina"
* Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828), "New York"
* Phanuel Bishop (1739-1812), "Massachusetts"
* Robert Brown (1744-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel J. Cabell (1756-1818), "Virginia"
* Gabriel Christie (1755-1808), "Maryland"
* William C. C. Claiborne (1775-1817), "Tennessee"
* Matthew Clay (1754-1815), "Virginia"
* John Condit (1755-1834), "New Jersey"
* Thomas T. Davis ( -1807), "Kentucky"
* John Dawson (1762-1814), "Virginia"
* Joseph Eggleston (1754-1811), "Virginia"
* Lucas C. Elmendorf (1758-1843), "New York"
* John Fowler (1755-1840), "Kentucky" :G-L
* Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Goode (1756-1822), "Virginia"
* Edwin Gray (1743- ), "Virginia"
* Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), "Pennsylvania"
* John A. Hanna (1762-1805), "Pennsylvania"
* Jonathan N. Havens (1757-1799), "New York" …died October 25 1799, before Congress assembled.
* Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* David Holmes (1769-1832), "Virginia"
* George Jackson (1757-1831), "Virginia"
* Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820), "New Jersey"
* Michael Leib (1760-1822), "Pennsylvania"
* Levi Lincoln (1749-1820), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 6 1801.
* James Linn (1749-1821), "New Jersey"
* Edward Livingston (1764-1836), "New York"
* Matthew Lyon (1749-1822), "Vermont" :M-R
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* John Peter G. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), "Pennsylvania"
* Anthony New (1747-1833), "Virginia"
* John Nicholas (c1757-1819), "Virginia"
* Joseph H. Nicholson (1770-1817), "Maryland"
* John Randolph (1773-1833), "Virginia" :S-Z
* John Smilie (1741-1812), "Pennsylvania"
* John Smith (1752-1816), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 27 1800.
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802), "North Carolina"
* Richard Stanford (1767-1816), "North Carolina"
* John Stewart ( -1820), "Pennsylvania" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 3 1801.
* David Stone (1770-1818), "North Carolina"
* Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), "South Carolina"
* Littleton W. Tazewell (1774-1860), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 26 1800.
* John Thompson (1749-1823), "New York"
* Abram Trigg (1750- ), "Virginia"
* John J. Trigg (1748-1804), "Virginia"
* Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), "New York"
* Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751-1821), "Massachusetts"
* Robert Williams ( - ), "North Carolina"

=Federalist=

:A-F
* George Baer, Jr. (1763-1834), "Maryland"
* Bailey Bartlett (1750-1830), "Massachusetts"
* James A. Bayard (1767-1815), "Delaware"
* John Bird (1768-1806), "New York"
* Jonathan Brace (1754-1837), "Connecticut" …resigned in 1800.
* John Brown (1736-1803), "Rhode Island"
* Christopher G. Champlin (1768-1840), "Rhode Island"
* William Cooper (1754-1809), "New York"
* William Craik (1761-1814), "Maryland"
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut"
* Franklin Davenport (1755-1832), "New Jersey"
* John Davenport (1752-1830), "Connecticut"
* John Dennis (1771-1806), "Maryland"
* George Dent (1756-1813), "Maryland"
* Joseph Dickson (1745-1825), "North Carolina"
* William Edmond (1755-1838), "Connecticut"
* Thomas Evans (c1755-1815), "Virginia"
* Abiel Foster (1735-1806), "New Hampshire"
* Dwight Foster (1757-1823), "Massachusetts" …resigned June 6 1800.
* Jonathan Freeman (1745-1808), "New Hampshire" :G-L
* Henry Glen (1739-1814), "New York"
* Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815), "Connecticut"
* Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849), "Connecticut"
* William Gordon (1763-1802), "New Hampshire" …resigned June 12 1800.
* Roger Griswold (1762-1812), "Connecticut"
* William Barry Grove (1764-1818), "North Carolina"
* Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825), "South Carolina"
* Thomas Hartley (1748-1800), "Pennsylvania" …died December 21 1800.
* Archibald Henderson (1768-1822), "North Carolina"
* William H. Hill (1767-1809), "North Carolina"
* Benjamin Huger (1768-1823), "South Carolina"
* James H. Imlay (1764-1823), "New Jersey"
* James Jones ( -1801), "Georgia" …died January 13 1801.
* John Wilkes Kittera (1752-1801), "Pennsylvania"
* Henry Lee (1756-1818), "Virginia"
* Silas Lee (1760-1814), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel Lyman (1749-1802), "Massachusetts" …resigned November 6 1800.:M-R
* John Marshall (1755-1835), "Virginia" …resigned June 7 1800.
* Ebenezer Mattoon (1755-1843), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 2 1801.
* Lewis R. Morris (1760-1825), "Vermont"
* Abraham Nott (1768-1830), "South Carolina"
* Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), "Massachusetts"
* Robert Page (1765-1840), "Virginia"
* Josiah Parker (1751-1810), "Virginia"
* Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), "South Carolina"
* Jonas Platt (1769-1834), "New York"
* Levin Powell (1737-1810), "Virginia"
* Nathan Read (1759-1849), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 25 1800.
* John Reed (1751-1831), "Massachusetts"
* John Rutledge, Jr. (1766-1819), "South Carolina" :S-Z
* Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel Sewall (1757-1814), "Massachusetts" …resigned January 10 1800.
* James Sheafe (1755-1829), "New Hampshire"
* William Shepard (1737-1817), "Massachusetts"
* John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 17 1800.
* Benjamin Taliaferro (1750-1821), "Georgia"
* Samuel Tenney (1748-1816), "New Hampshire" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8 1800.
* George Thatcher (1754-1824), "Massachusetts"
* John C. Thomas (1764-1836), "Maryland"
* Richard Thomas (1744-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Robert Waln (1765-1836), "Pennsylvania"
* Lemuel Williams (1747-1828), "Massachusetts"
* Henry Woods (1764-1826), "Pennsylvania"

Notes

References

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*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html Statutes at Large, 1789-1875]
* [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://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://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists]