7th United States Congress - political parties

The Seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1801 to March 3 1803, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.

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 Democratic-Republican majority, except during the Special session of the Senate, when there was a Federalist majority in the Senate.

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 1801 - March 3 1803
*Special session of the Senate: March 4 1801 - March 5 1801
*First session: December 7 1801 - May 3 1802
*Second session: December 6 1802 - March 3 1803 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "6th Congress"
Next congress: "8th 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.

Democratic-Republican

:A-L
* Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), "Tennessee"
* John Armstrong, Jr. (1758-1843), "New York" …resigned February 5 1802.
* Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), "Georgia"
* Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), "Vermont" …elected to fill vacancy, October 15 1801.
* John Breckinridge (1760-1806), "Kentucky"
* John Brown (1757-1837), "Kentucky"
* Pierce Butler (1744-1822), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, November 4 1802.
* DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, February 9 1802.
* William Cocke (1748-1828), "Tennessee"
* John Ewing Colhoun (1749-1802), "South Carolina" …died October 26 1802.
* Christopher Ellery (1768-1840), "Rhode Island" …elected to fill vacancy, May 6 1801.
* Theodore Foster (1752-1828), "Rhode Island"
* Jesse Franklin (1760-1823), "North Carolina"
* James Jackson (1757-1806), "Georgia"
* George Logan (1753-1821), "Pennsylvania" …appointed to fill vacancy, July 13 1801, subsequently elected.:M-Z
* Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), "Virginia"
* John Peter G. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), "Pennsylvania" …resigned June 30 1801.
* Wilson C. Nicholas (1761-1820), "Virginia"
* Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), "South Carolina" …resigned in 1801.
* David Stone (1770-1818), "North Carolina"
* Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, December 15 1801.
* Robert Wright (1752-1826), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, November 19 1801.

=Federalist=

:A-L
* Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843), "Vermont"
* Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), "New Jersey"
* Dwight Foster (1757-1823), "Massachusetts" …resigned March 2 1803.
* Ray Greene (1765-1849), "Rhode Island" …resigned March 5 1801.
* James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Connecticut"
* William Hindman (1743-1822), "Maryland" …appointed to fill vacancy in class.
* John Eager Howard (1752-1827), "Maryland"
* Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), "New Hampshire" …resigned June 19 1801.:M-Z
* Jonathan Mason (1756-1831), "Massachusetts"
* Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), "New York"
* Aaron Ogden (1756-1839), "New Jersey"
* Simeon Olcott (1735-1815), "New Hampshire" …elected to fill vacancy, June 17 1801.
* Elijah Paine (1757-1842), "Vermont" …resigned September 1 1801.
* William Plumer (1759-1850), "New Hampshire" …elected to fill vacancy, June 17 1802.
* James Ross (1762-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* James Sheafe (1755-1829), "New Hampshire" …resigned June 14 1802.
* Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), "Connecticut"
* William H. Wells (1769-1829), "Delaware"
* Samuel White (1770-1809), "Delaware"

House of Representatives

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

Democratic-Republican

:A-F
* Willis Alston (1769-1837), "North Carolina"
* John Archer (1741-1810), "Maryland"
* John Bacon (1738-1820), "Massachusetts"
* Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1801.
* Phanuel Bishop (1739-1812), "Massachusetts"
* Walter Bowie (1748-1810), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 24 1802.
* Richard Brent (1757-1814), "Virginia"
* Robert Brown (1744-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* William Butler, Sr. (1759-1821), "South Carolina"
* Samuel J. Cabell (1756-1818), "Virginia"
* Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), "Virginia"
* Matthew Clay (1754-1815), "Virginia"
* John Clopton (1756-1816), "Virginia"
* John Condit (1755-1834), "New Jersey"
* Richard Cutts (1771-1845), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas T. Davis ( -1807), "Kentucky"
* John Dawson (1762-1814), "Virginia"
* William Dickson (1770-1816), "Tennessee"
* Peter Early (1773-1817), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 10 1803.
* Lucas C. Elmendorf (1758-1843), "New York"
* Ebenezer Elmer (1752-1843), "New Jersey"
* William Eustis (1753-1825), "Massachusetts"
* John Fowler (1755-1840), "Kentucky" :G-L
* William B. Giles (1762-1830), "Virginia"
* Edwin Gray (1743- ), "Virginia"
* Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), "Pennsylvania"
* John A. Hanna (1762-1805), "Pennsylvania"
* William Helms ( -1813), "New Jersey"
* Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), "Maryland"
* Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* William Hoge (1762-1814), "Pennsylvania"
* James Holland (1754-1823), "North Carolina"
* David Holmes (1769-1832), "Virginia"
* George Jackson (1757-1831), "Virginia"
* Charles Johnson ( -1802), "North Carolina" …died July 23 1802.
* William Jones (1760-1831), "Pennsylvania"
* Michael Leib (1760-1822), "Pennsylvania"
* Levi Lincoln, Sr. (1749-1820), "Massachusetts" …resigned March 5 1801, before Congress assembled.:M-R
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* David Meriwether (1755-1822), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1802.
* John Milledge (1757-1818), "Georgia" …resigned May 1802.
* Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1831), "New York"
* Thomas Moore (1759-1822), "South Carolina"
* James Mott (1739-1823), "New Jersey"
* Anthony New (1747-1833), "Virginia"
* Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), "Virginia"
* Joseph H. Nicholson (1770-1817), "Maryland"
* John Randolph (1773-1833), "Virginia" :S-Z
* John Smilie (1741-1812), "Pennsylvania"
* Israel Smith (1759-1810), "Vermont"
* John Smith (1750-1836), "Virginia"
* John Smith (1752-1816), "New York"
* Josiah Smith (1738-1803), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* Henry Southard (1747-1842), "New Jersey"
* Richard Sprigg, Jr. (1769c-1806), "Maryland" …resigned February 12 1802.
* Richard Stanford (1767-1816), "North Carolina"
* Joseph Stanton, Jr. (1739-1807), "Rhode Island"
* John Stewart ( -1820), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), "South Carolina" …resigned December 15 1801.
* Benjamin Taliaferro (1750-1821), "Georgia" …resigned in 1802.
* John Taliaferro (1768-1852), "Virginia"
* David Thomas (1762-1831), "New York"
* Philip R. Thompson (1766-1837), "Virginia"
* Thomas Tillinghast (1742-1821), "Rhode Island"
* Thomas Tillotson (1750-1832), "New York" …resigned August 10 1801, before Congress assembled.
* Abram Trigg (1750- ), "Virginia"
* John J. Trigg (1748-1804), "Virginia"
* Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), "New York"
* Isaac Van Horne (1754-1834), "Pennsylvania"
* John P. Van Ness (1770-1846), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1801, forfeited January 13 1803.
* Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751-1821), "Massachusetts"
* Robert Williams ( - ), "North Carolina"
* Richard Winn (1750-1818), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 24 1803.
* Thomas Wynns (1764-1825), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1802.

=Federalist=

:A-F
* James A. Bayard (1767-1815), "Delaware"
* John Bird (1768-1806), "New York" …resigned July 25 1801, before Congress assembled.
* Thomas Boude (1752-1822), "Pennsylvania"
* John Campbell (1765-1828), "Maryland"
* Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut"
* John Davenport (1752-1830), "Connecticut"
* John Dennis (1771-1806), "Maryland"
* Abiel Foster (1735-1806), "New Hampshire" :G-L
* Calvin Goddard (1768-1842), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1801.
* Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849), "Connecticut" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* Roger Griswold (1762-1812), "Connecticut"
* William Barry Grove (1764-1818), "North Carolina"
* Seth Hastings (1762-1831), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 11 1802.
* Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* Archibald Henderson (1768-1822), "North Carolina"
* William H. Hill (1767-1809), "North Carolina"
* Benjamin Huger (1768-1823), "South Carolina"
* Samuel Hunt (1765-1807), "New Hampshire" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1802.
* Silas Lee (1760-1814), "Massachusetts" …resigned August 20 1801.
* Thomas Lowndes (1766-1843), "South Carolina" :M-R
* Ebenezer Mattoon (1755-1843), "Massachusetts"
* Lewis R. Morris (1760-1825), "Vermont"
* Thomas Morris (1771-1849), "New York"
* Joseph Peirce (1748-1812), "New Hampshire" …resigned in 1802.
* Elias Perkins (1767-1845), "Connecticut"
* Thomas Plater (1769-1830), "Maryland"
* Nathan Read (1759-1849), "Massachusetts"
* John Rutledge, Jr. (1766-1819), "South Carolina" :S-Z
* William Shepard (1737-1817), "Massachusetts"
* John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), "Connecticut"
* John Stanly (1774-1834), "North Carolina"
* John Stratton (1769-1804), "Virginia"
* Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), "Connecticut"
* Samuel Tenney (1748-1816), "New Hampshire"
* Samuel Thatcher (1776-1872), "Massachusetts" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1802.
* George B. Upham (1768-1848), "New Hampshire"
* Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763-1845), "New York"
* Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Benjamin Walker (1753-1818), "New York"
* Lemuel Williams (1747-1828), "Massachusetts"
* Henry Woods (1764-1826), "Pennsylvania"

References

*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =
*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]