8th United States Congress - political parties

The Eighth 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 1803 to March 3 1805, during the last 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 Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican 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 1803 - March 3 1805
*First session: October 17 1803 - March 27 1804
*Second session: November 5 1804 - March 3 1805 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "7th Congress"
Next congress: "9th 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-F
* Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), "Tennessee"
* John Armstrong, Jr. (1758-1843), "New York" …appointed to fill vacancy, November 10 1803.
* Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828), "New York" …resigned January 16 1804.
* Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), "Georgia"
* Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), "Vermont"
* John Breckinridge (1760-1806), "Kentucky"
* John Brown (1757-1837), "Kentucky"
* Pierce Butler (1744-1822), "South Carolina" …resigned November 21 1804.
* DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), "New York" …resigned November 4 1803.
* William Cocke (1748-1828), "Tennessee"
* John Condit (1755-1834), "New Jersey" …appointed to fill vacancy, September 1 1803, subsequently elected.
* Christopher Ellery (1768-1840), "Rhode Island" :F-L
* Jesse Franklin (1760-1823), "North Carolina"
* John Gaillard (1765-1826), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, December 6 1804.
* William B. Giles (1762-1830), "Virginia" …appointed to fill vacancy, August 11 1804.
* Benjamin Howland (1755-1821), "Rhode Island" …elected to fill vacancy, October 29 1804.
* James Jackson (1757-1806), "Georgia"
* George Logan (1753-1821), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Maclay (1741-1811), "Pennsylvania"
* Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), "Virginia" …died May 10 1803.
* Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1831), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, November 9 1804.:M-R
* Andrew Moore (1752-1821), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17 1804.
* Wilson C. Nicholas (1761-1820), "Virginia" …resigned May 22 1804.
* Samuel J. Potter (1753-1804), "Rhode Island" …died October 14 1804.:S-Z
* Israel Smith (1759-1810), "Vermont"
* John Smith (1735-1824), "Ohio" …newly admitted state, elected April 1 1803.
* John Smith (1752-1816), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, February 4 1804.
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* David Stone (1770-1818), "North Carolina"
* Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), "South Carolina"
* John Taylor (1753-1824), "Virginia" …appointed to fill vacancy, seated October 17 1803.
* Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, December 7 1803, resigned June 7 1804.
* Thomas Worthington (1773-1827), "Ohio" …newly admitted state, elected April 1 1803.
* Robert Wright (1752-1826), "Maryland"

=Federalist=

:A-Z
* John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), "Massachusetts"
* James A. Bayard (1767-1815), "Delaware" …elected to fill vacancy, November 13 1804.
* Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), "New Jersey"
* James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Connecticut"
* Simeon Olcott (1735-1815), "New Hampshire"
* Timothy Pickering (1745-1829), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress March 4 1803.
* William Plumer (1759-1850), "New Hampshire"
* Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), "Connecticut"
* William H. Wells (1769-1829), "Delaware" …resigned November 6 1804.
* 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-B-C
* Nathaniel Alexander (1756-1808), "North Carolina"
* Willis Alston (1769-1837), "North Carolina"
* Isaac Anderson (1760-1838), "Pennsylvania"
* John Archer (1741-1810), "Maryland"
* David Bard (1744-1815), "Pennsylvania"
* George M. Bedinger (1756-1843), "Kentucky"
* Phanuel Bishop (1739-1812), "Massachusetts"
* William Blackledge ( -1828), "North Carolina"
* Isaac Bloom (c1747-1803), "New York" …died April 23 1803, before Congress assembled.
* Walter Bowie (1748-1810), "Maryland"
* Adam Boyd (1746-1835), "New Jersey"
* John Boyle (1774-1835), "Kentucky"
* Robert Brown (1744-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph Bryan (1773-1812), "Georgia"
* William Butler, Sr. (1759-1821), "South Carolina"
* George W. Campbell (1769-1848), "Tennessee"
* Levi Casey (1752c-1807), "South Carolina"
* Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), "Virginia"
* Christopher H. Clark (1767-1828), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 5 1804.
* Joseph Clay (1769-1811), "Pennsylvania"
* Matthew Clay (1754-1815), "Virginia"
* George Clinton (1771-1809), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 14 1805.
* John Clopton (1756-1816), "Virginia"
* Frederick Conrad (1759-1827), "Pennsylvania"
* Jacob Crowninshield (1770-1808), "Massachusetts"
* Richard Cutts (1771-1845), "Massachusetts" :D-E-F
* John Dawson (1762-1814), "Virginia"
* William Dickson (1770-1816), "Tennessee"
* John B. Earle (1766-1863), "South Carolina"
* Peter Early (1773-1817), "Georgia"
* Ebenezer Elmer (1752-1843), "New Jersey"
* John W. Eppes (1773-1823), "Virginia"
* William Eustis (1753-1825), "Massachusetts" :G-H-I
* William Findley (1742-1821), "Pennsylvania"
* John Fowler (1755-1840), "Kentucky"
* James Gillespie (c1747-1805), "North Carolina" …died January 10 1805.
* Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818), "Virginia"
* Edwin Gray (1743- ), "Virginia"
* Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Hammond (1757-1842), "Georgia" …seat declared vacant, February 2 1805.
* Wade Hampton (1752-1835), "South Carolina"
* John A. Hanna (1762-1805), "Pennsylvania"
* Josiah Hasbrouck (1755-1821), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect, seated October 17 1803.
* William Helms ( -1813), "New Jersey"
* Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), "Maryland" …died March 7 1807.
* Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* John Hoge (1760-1824), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1804.
* William Hoge (1762-1814), "Pennsylvania" …resigned October 15 1804.
* James Holland (1754-1823), "North Carolina"
* David Holmes (1769-1832), "Virginia" :J-K-L
* John G. Jackson (1777-1825), "Virginia"
* Walter Jones (1745-1815), "Virginia"
* William Kennedy (1768-1834), "North Carolina"
* Nehemiah Knight (1746-1808), "Rhode Island" :M-N-O
* Simon Larned (1753-1817), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 5 1804.
* Michael Leib (1760-1822), "Pennsylvania"
* John B. C. Lucas (1758-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* Matthew Lyon (1749-1822), "Kentucky"
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* Andrew McCord (1754c-1808), "New York"
* William McCreery (1750-1814), "Maryland"
* David Meriwether (1755-1822), "Georgia"
* Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1831), "New York" …resigned November 22 1804.
* Nicholas R. Moore (1756-1816), "Maryland"
* Thomas Moore (1759-1822), "South Carolina"
* Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), "Ohio" …newly admitted state, seated October 17 1803.
* James Mott (1739-1823), "New Jersey"
* Roger Nelson (1759-1815), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 6 1804.
* Anthony New (1747-1833), "Virginia"
* Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), "Virginia"
* Joseph H. Nicholson (1770-1817), "Maryland"
* Gideon Olin (1743-1823), "Vermont" :P-Q-R
* Beriah Palmer (1740-1812), "New York"
* John Paterson (1744-1808), "New York"
* Oliver Phelps (1749-1809), "New York"
* John Randolph (1773-1833), "Virginia"
* Thomas M. Randolph (1768-1828), "Virginia"
* John Rea (1755-1829), "Pennsylvania"
* John Rhea (1753-1832), "Tennessee"
* Jacob Richards (1773-1816), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Riker (1743-1823), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 5 1804.
* Caesar A. Rodney (1772-1824), "Delaware"
* Erastus Root (1773-1846), "New York" :S-T-U-V
* Thomas Sammons (1762-1838), "New York"
* Thomas Sandford (1762-1808), "Kentucky"
* Ebenezer Seaver (1763-1844), "Massachusetts"
* Thomson J. Skinner (1752-1809), "Massachusetts" …resigned August 10 1804.
* James Sloan ( -1811), "New Jersey"
* John Smilie (1741-1812), "Pennsylvania"
* John Smith (1750-1836), "Virginia"
* Henry Southard (1747-1842), "New Jersey"
* Richard Stanford (1767-1816), "North Carolina"
* Joseph Stanton, Jr. (1739-1807), "Rhode Island"
* John Stewart ( -1820), "Pennsylvania"
* David Thomas (1762-1831), "New York"
* Philip R. Thompson (1766-1837), "Virginia"
* Abram Trigg (1750- ), "Virginia"
* John J. Trigg (1748-1804), "Virginia" …died June 28 1804.
* Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), "New York"
* Isaac Van Horne (1754-1834), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1751-1821), "Massachusetts"
* Daniel C. Verplanck (1762-1834), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 17 1803.:W-X-Y-Z
* Matthew Walton ( -1819), "Kentucky"
* John Whitehill (1729-1815), "Pennsylvania"
* Marmaduke Williams (1774-1850), "North Carolina"
* Alexander Wilson ( - ), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1804.
* Richard Winn (1750-1818), "South Carolina"
* Joseph Winston (1746-1815), "North Carolina"
* Thomas Wynns (1764-1825), "North Carolina"

=Federalist=

:A-F
* Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851), "Connecticut"
* Silas Betton (1768-1822), "New Hampshire"
* Phineas Bruce (1762-1809), "Massachusetts" …never qualified due to illness
* John Campbell (1765-1828), "Maryland"
* William Chamberlain (1755-1828), "Vermont"
* Martin Chittenden (1763-1840), "Vermont"
* Clifton Clagett (1762-1829), "New Hampshire"
* Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut"
* John Davenport (1752-1830), "Connecticut"
* John Dennis (1771-1806), "Maryland"
* Thomas Dwight (1758-1819), "Massachusetts"
* James Elliott (1775-1839), "Vermont" :G-L
* Calvin Goddard (1768-1842), "Connecticut"
* Thomas Griffin (1773-1837), "Virginia"
* Gaylord Griswold (1767-1809), "New York"
* Roger Griswold (1762-1812), "Connecticut"
* Seth Hastings (1762-1831), "Massachusetts"
* David Hough (1753-1831), "New Hampshire"
* Benjamin Huger (1768-1823), "South Carolina"
* Samuel Hunt (1765-1807), "New Hampshire"
* Joseph Lewis, Jr. (1772-1834), "Virginia"
* Thomas Lewis, Jr. ( - ), "Virginia" ...contested election, served until March 5 1804.
* Henry W. Livingston (1768-1810), "New York"
* Thomas Lowndes (1766-1843), "South Carolina" :M-R
* Nahum Mitchell (1769-1853), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas Plater (1769-1830), "Maryland"
* Samuel D. Purviance (1774-1806), "North Carolina" :S-Z
* Joshua Sands (1757-1835), "New York"
* John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), "Connecticut"
* William Stedman (1765-1831), "Massachusetts"
* James Stephenson (1764-1833), "Virginia"
* Samuel Taggart (1754-1825), "Massachusetts"
* Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), "Connecticut"
* Samuel Tenney (1748-1816), "New Hampshire"
* Samuel Thatcher (1776-1872), "Massachusetts"
* George Tibbits (1763-1849), "New York"
* Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763-1845), "New York"
* Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Lemuel Williams (1747-1828), "Massachusetts"

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]