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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.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1799 - March 3 1801

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. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
» Senate

  • Republican (DR): 10
  • Federalist (F): 22 (majority) TOTAL members: 32
  • » House of Representatives

  • Republican (DR): 46
  • Federalist (F): 60 (majority) TOTAL members: 106
  • Leadership

    » Senate

  • Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • Speaker of the House

    Major events

    » Main article: Events of 1799; Events of 1800; Events of 1801

  • November 17 1800 - The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, D.C.
  • January 20 1801 - John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the United States
  • French Revolutionary Wars (1797-1802) of the Second Coalition

    Major legislation

    » Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 6th Congress

  • July 4 1800 - Indiana Territory was created from a portion of the Northwest Territory
  • February 13 1801 - Judiciary Act of 1801, ch. 4,

    Members

    This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. » See also: 6th United States Congress - political parties


       See also: 6th United States Congress - State Delegations » See also: United States House elections, 1798

    Senate

    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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1802; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1804; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1800. » See also:


       See also:
    » Connecticut

  • 1: James Hillhouse (F)
  • 3: Uriah Tracy (F) » Delaware

  • 1: Henry Latimer (F)
  • : Samuel White (F)
  • 2: William H. Wells (F) » Georgia

  • 3: James Gunn (F)
  • 2: Abraham Baldwin (DR) » Kentucky

  • 2: John Brown (DR)
  • 3: Humphrey Marshall (F) » Maryland

  • 1: John Eager Howard (F)
  • 3: James Lloyd (F)
  • : William Hindman (F)
  • » Massachusetts

  • 1: Benjamin Goodhue (F)
  • : Jonathan Mason (F)
  • 2: Samuel Dexter (F)
  • : Dwight Foster (F) » New Hampshire

  • 3: John Langdon (DR)
  • 2: Samuel Livermore (F) » New Jersey

  • 1: James Schureman (F)
  • : Aaron Ogden (F)
  • 2: Jonathan Dayton (F) » New York

  • 3: John Laurance (F)
  • : John Armstrong (DR)
  • 1: James Watson (F)
  • : Gouverneur Morris (F) » North Carolina

  • 3: Timothy Bloodworth (DR)
  • 2: Jesse Franklin (DR)
  • » Pennsylvania

  • 1: James Ross (F)
  • 3: William Bingham (F) » Rhode Island

  • 1: Theodore Foster (F)
  • 2: Ray Greene (F) » South Carolina

  • 3: Jacob Read (F)
  • 2: Charles Pinckney (DR) » Tennessee

  • 1: Joseph Anderson (DR)
  • 2: William Cocke (DR) » Vermont

  • 3: Elijah Paine (F)
  • 1: Nathaniel Chipman (F) » Virginia

  • 1: Stevens T. Mason (DR)
  • 2: Wilson C. Nicholas (DR)
  • House of Representatives

    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. » See also:


       See also:
    » Connecticut

  • : Jonathan Brace (F)
  • : John Cotton Smith (F)
  • : Samuel W. Dana (F)
  • : John Davenport (F)
  • : William Edmond (F)
  • : Chauncey Goodrich (F)
  • : Elizur Goodrich (F)
  • : Roger Griswold (F) » Delaware

  • : James A. Bayard (F) » Georgia

  • : James Jones (F)
  • : Benjamin Taliaferro (F) » Kentucky

  • Thomas T. Davis (DR)
  • : John Fowler (DR) » Maryland

  • : George Dent (F)
  • : John C. Thomas (F)
  • : William Craik (F)
  • : George Baer, Jr. (F)
  • : Samuel Smith (DR)
  • : Gabriel Christie (DR)
  • : Joseph H. Nicholson (DR)
  • : John Dennis (F) » Massachusetts

  • : Theodore Sedgwick (F)
  • : William Shepard (F)
  • : Samuel Lyman (F)
  • : Ebenezer Mattoon (F)
  • : Dwight Foster (F)
  • : Levi Lincoln (DR)
  • : Lemuel Williams (F)
  • : John Reed (F)
  • : Phanuel Bishop (DR)
  • : Harrison Gray Otis (F)
  • : Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR)
  • : Samuel Sewall (F)
  • : Nathan Read (F)
  • : Bailey Bartlett (F)
  • : Silas Lee (F)
  • : Peleg Wadsworth (F)
  • : George Thatcher (F)
  • » New Hampshire

  • : Abiel Foster (F)
  • : Jonathan Freeman (F)
  • : William Gordon (F)
  • : Samuel Tenney (F)
  • : James Sheafe (F) » New Jersey

  • : John Condit (DR)
  • : Aaron Kitchell (DR)
  • : James Linn (DR)
  • : James H. Imlay (F)
  • : Franklin Davenport (F) » New York

  • : Jonathan N. Havens (DR)
  • : John Smith (DR)
  • : Edward Livingston (DR)
  • : Philip Van Cortlandt (DR)
  • : Lucas C. Elmendorf (DR)
  • : Theodorus Bailey (DR)
  • : John Bird (F)
  • : John Thompson (DR)
  • : Henry Glen (F)
  • : Jonas Platt (F)
  • : William Cooper (F) » North Carolina

  • : Joseph Dickson (F)
  • : Archibald Henderson (F)
  • : Robert Williams (DR)
  • : Richard Stanford (DR)
  • : Nathaniel Macon (DR)
  • : William H. Hill (F)
  • : William Barry Grove (F)
  • : David Stone (DR)
  • : Willis Alston (DR)
  • : Richard Dobbs Spaight (DR) » Pennsylvania

  • : Robert Waln (F)
  • : Michael Leib (DR)
  • : Richard Thomas (F)
  • : Robert Brown (DR)
  • : John Peter G. Muhlenberg (DR)
  • : Joseph Hiester (DR)
  • : John A. Hanna (DR)
  • : John Wilkes Kittera (F)
  • : Thomas Hartley (F)
  • : John Stewart (DR)
  • : Andrew Gregg (DR)
  • : Henry Woods (F)
  • : John Smilie (DR)
  • : Albert Gallatin (DR)
  • » Rhode Island

  • : John Brown (F)
  • : Christopher G. Champlin (F) » South Carolina

  • : Thomas Pinckney (F)
  • : John Rutledge, Jr. (F)
  • : Benjamin Huger (F)
  • : Thomas Sumter (DR)
  • : Robert Goodloe Harper (F)
  • : Abraham Nott (F) » Tennessee

  • : William C. C. Claiborne (DR) » Vermont

  • : Matthew Lyon (DR)
  • : Lewis R. Morris (F) » Virginia

  • : Robert Page (F)
  • : David Holmes (DR)
  • : George Jackson (DR)
  • : Abram Trigg (DR)
  • : John J. Trigg (DR)
  • : Matthew Clay (DR)
  • : John Randolph (DR)
  • : Samuel Goode (DR)
  • : Joseph Eggleston (DR)
  • : Edwin Gray (DR)
  • : Josiah Parker (F)
  • : Thomas Evans (F)
  • : John Marshall (F)
  • : Littleton W. Tazewell (DR)
  • : Samuel J. Cabell (DR)
  • : John Dawson (DR)
  • : Anthony New (DR)
  • : Levin Powell (F)
  • : John Nicholas (DR)
  • : Henry Lee (F)
  • Delegates

    » Territory Northwest
    of the River Ohio


  • : William Henry Harrison
  • : William McMillan
  • Changes in membership

    The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress. » See also: 6th United States Congress - Membership Changes


    » Senate

  • replacements: 6
  • deaths: 0
  • resignations: 7
  • interim appointments: 1
  • vacancies: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 8
  • » House of Representatives

  • replacements: 7
  • deaths: 3
  • resignations: 6
  • Total seats with changes: 9
  • Officers

    » Senate

  • Secretary of the Senate:
  • Doorkeeper of the Senate:
  • Chaplain of the Senate
  • Architect of the Capitol:
  • » House of Representatives

  • Clerk of the House:
  • Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Chaplain of the House
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