7th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised 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 state delegation.

Main article: 7th United States Congress

See also: 7th United States Congress - Membership Changes

See also: 7th United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1800

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 session

Previous congress: 6th Congress
Next congress: 8th Congress

Members

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1802; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1804; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1806.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Connecticut

Senate

• 1: James Hillhouse (1754-1832), Federalist
• 3: Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), Federalist

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• : Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), Federalist

• : John Davenport (1752-1830), Federalist

• : Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849), Federalist …resigned before Congress assembled.

  Calvin Goddard (1768-1842), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1801.

• : Roger Griswold (1762-1812), Federalist

• : Elias Perkins (1767-1845), Federalist

• : John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), Federalist

• : Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), Federalist

Delaware

Senate

• 2: William H. Wells (1769-1829), Federalist
• 1: Samuel White (1770-1809), Federalist

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : James A. Bayard (1767-1815), Federalist

Georgia

Senate

• 2: Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Democratic-Republican
• 3: James Jackson (1757-1806), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : John Milledge (1757-1818), Democratic-Republican …resigned May 1802.

  Peter Early (1773-1817), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 10 1803.

• : Benjamin Taliaferro (1750-1821), Democratic-Republican …resigned in 1802.

  David Meriwether (1755-1822), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1802.

Kentucky

Senate

• 2: John Brown (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 3: John Breckinridge (1760-1806), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : Thomas T. Davis ( -1807), Democratic-Republican

• : John Fowler (1755-1840), Democratic-Republican

Maryland

Senate

• 1: John Eager Howard (1752-1827), Federalist
• 3: William Hindman (1743-1822), Federalist …appointed to fill vacancy in class.

  Robert Wright (1752-1826), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, November 19 1801.

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• : John Campbell (1765-1828), Federalist

• : Richard Sprigg, Jr. (1769c-1806), Democratic-Republican …resigned February 12 1802.

  Walter Bowie (1748-1810), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 24 1802.

• : Thomas Plater (1769-1830), Federalist

• : Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Democratic-Republican

• : John Archer (1741-1810), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph H. Nicholson (1770-1817), Democratic-Republican

• : John Dennis (1771-1806), Federalist

Massachusetts

Senate

• 2: Dwight Foster (1757-1823), Federalist …resigned March 2 1803.
• 1: Jonathan Mason (1756-1831), Federalist

House of Representatives (14 seats)

• : John Bacon (1738-1820), Democratic-Republican

• : William Shepard (1737-1817), Federalist

• : Ebenezer Mattoon (1755-1843), Federalist

• : Levi Lincoln, Sr. (1749-1820), Democratic-Republican …resigned March 5 1801, before Congress assembled.

  Seth Hastings (1762-1831), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 11 1802.

• : Lemuel Williams (1747-1828), Federalist

• : Josiah Smith (1738-1803), Democratic-Republican

• : Phanuel Bishop (1739-1812), Democratic-Republican

• : William Eustis (1753-1825), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751-1821), Democratic-Republican

• : Nathan Read (1759-1849), Federalist

• : Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823), Federalist

• : Silas Lee (1760-1814), Federalist …resigned August 20 1801.

  Samuel Thatcher (1776-1872), Federalist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1802.

• : Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), Federalist

• : Richard Cutts (1771-1845), Democratic-Republican

New Hampshire

Senate

• 2: Samuel Livermore (1732-1803), Federalist …resigned June 19 1801.

  Simeon Olcott (1735-1815), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, June 17 1801.

• 3: James Sheafe (1755-1829), Federalist …resigned June 14 1802.

  William Plumer (1759-1850), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, June 17 1802.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• : Abiel Foster (1735-1806), Federalist

• : Joseph Peirce (1748-1812), Federalist …resigned in 1802.

  Samuel Hunt (1765-1807), Federalist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1802.

• : Samuel Tenney (1748-1816), Federalist

• : George B. Upham (1768-1848), Federalist

New Jersey

Senate

• 2: Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), Federalist
• 1: Aaron Ogden (1756-1839), Federalist

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• : John Condit (1755-1834), Democratic-Republican

• : Ebenezer Elmer (1752-1843), Democratic-Republican

• : William Helms ( -1813), Democratic-Republican

• : James Mott (1739-1823), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry Southard (1747-1842), Democratic-Republican

New York

Senate

• 1: Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), Federalist
• 3: John Armstrong, Jr. (1758-1843), Democratic-Republican …resigned February 5 1802.

  DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, February 9 1802.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• : John Smith (1752-1816), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1831), Democratic-Republican

• : Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), Democratic-Republican

• : Lucas C. Elmendorf (1758-1843), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Tillotson (1750-1832), Democratic-Republican …resigned August 10 1801, before Congress assembled.

  Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1801.

• : John Bird (1768-1806), Federalist …resigned July 25 1801, before Congress assembled.

  John P. Van Ness (1770-1846), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1801, forfeited January 13 1803.

• : David Thomas (1762-1831), Democratic-Republican

• : Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763-1845), Federalist

• : Benjamin Walker (1753-1818), Federalist

• : Thomas Morris (1771-1849), Federalist

North Carolina

Senate

• 2: Jesse Franklin (1760-1823), Democratic-Republican
• 3: David Stone (1770-1818), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• : James Holland (1754-1823), Democratic-Republican

• : Archibald Henderson (1768-1822), Federalist

• : Robert Williams ( - ), Democratic-Republican

• : Richard Stanford (1767-1816), Democratic-Republican

• : Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican

• : William H. Hill (1767-1809), Federalist

• : William Barry Grove (1764-1818), Federalist

• : Charles Johnson ( -1802), Democratic-Republican …died July 23 1802.

  Thomas Wynns (1764-1825), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1802.

• : Willis Alston (1769-1837), Democratic-Republican

• : John Stanly (1774-1834), Federalist

Ohio

Senate

• 1: vacant
• 3: vacant

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• :

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 1: James Ross (1762-1847), Federalist
• 3: John Peter G. Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Democratic-Republican …resigned June 30 1801.

  George Logan (1753-1821), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, July 13 1801, subsequently elected.

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• : William Jones (1760-1831), Democratic-Republican

• : Michael Leib (1760-1822), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842), Federalist

• : Robert Brown (1744-1823), Democratic-Republican

• : Isaac Van Horne (1754-1834), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), Democratic-Republican

• : John A. Hanna (1762-1805), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Boude (1752-1822), Federalist

• : John Stewart ( -1820), Democratic-Republican

• : Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry Woods (1764-1826), Federalist

• : John Smilie (1741-1812), Democratic-Republican

• : William Hoge (1762-1814), Democratic-Republican

Rhode Island

Senate

• 1: Theodore Foster (1752-1828), Democratic-Republican
• 2: Ray Greene (1765-1849), Federalist …resigned March 5 1801.

  Christopher Ellery (1768-1840), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, May 6 1801.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : Joseph Stanton, Jr. (1739-1807), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Tillinghast (1742-1821), Democratic-Republican

South Carolina

Senate

• 2: Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), Democratic-Republican …resigned in 1801.

  Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, December 15 1801.

• 3: John Ewing Colhoun (1749-1802), Democratic-Republican …died October 26 1802.

  Pierce Butler (1744-1822), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, November 4 1802.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Thomas Lowndes (1766-1843), Federalist

• : John Rutledge, Jr. (1766-1819), Federalist

• : Benjamin Huger (1768-1823), Federalist

• : Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), Democratic-Republican …resigned December 15 1801.

  Richard Winn (1750-1818), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 24 1803.

• : William Butler, Sr. (1759-1821), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Moore (1759-1822), Democratic-Republican

Tennessee

Senate

• 1: Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 2: William Cocke (1748-1828), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : William Dickson (1770-1816), Democratic-Republican

Vermont

Senate

• 3: Elijah Paine (1757-1842), Federalist …resigned September 1 1801.

  Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, October 15 1801.

• 1: Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843), Federalist

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : Israel Smith (1759-1810), Democratic-Republican

• : Lewis R. Morris (1760-1825), Federalist

Virginia

Senate

• 1: Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), Democratic-Republican
• 2: Wilson C. Nicholas (1761-1820), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (19 seats)

• : John Smith (1750-1836), Democratic-Republican

• : David Holmes (1769-1832), Democratic-Republican

• : George Jackson (1757-1831), Democratic-Republican

• : Abram Trigg (1750- ), Democratic-Republican

• : John J. Trigg (1748-1804), Democratic-Republican

• : Matthew Clay (1754-1815), Democratic-Republican

• : John Randolph (1773-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), Democratic-Republican

• : William B. Giles (1762-1830), Democratic-Republican

• : Edwin Gray (1743- ), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), Democratic-Republican

• : John Stratton (1769-1804), Federalist

• : John Clopton (1756-1816), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel J. Cabell (1756-1818), Democratic-Republican

• : John Dawson (1762-1814), Democratic-Republican

• : Anthony New (1747-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : Richard Brent (1757-1814), Democratic-Republican

• : Philip R. Thompson (1766-1837), Democratic-Republican

• : John Taliaferro (1768-1852), Democratic-Republican

Delegates

Mississippi Territory

• : Thomas M. Greene (1758-1813),

  Narsworthy Hunter ( -1802),

Northwest Territory

• : Paul Fearing (1762-1822), Federalist

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists