8th United States Congress - Membership Changes

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.

:"See also: 8th United States Congress - political parties":"See also: 8th United States Congress - State Delegations":"See also: United States House elections, 1802"

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"

Membership changes

Ohio was newly admitted as a state and is first represented in this Congress.

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]