EIGHTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1803, TO MARCH 3, 1805
FIRST SESSION—October 17, 1803, to March 27, 1804 SECOND SESSION—November 5, 1804, to March 3, 1805
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—AARON BURR, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—JOHN BROWN, 1 of Kentucky; JESSE FRANKLIN, 2 of North Carolina; JOSEPH ANDERSON, 3 of Tennessee SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—SAMUEL A. OTIS, of Massachusetts SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE 4—JAMES MATHERS, of New York
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—NATHANIEL MACON, 5 of North Carolina CLERK OF THE HOUSE—JOHN BECKLEY, 6 of Virginia SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH WHEATON, of Rhode Island DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS CLAXTON
CONNECTICUT Peter Early William McCreery 9 10 SENATORS Samuel Hammond Daniel Hiester 11 James Hillhouse David Meriwether Roger Nelson Uriah Tracy Joseph H. Nicholson REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE KENTUCKY Thomas Plater SENATORS Simeon Baldwin MASSACHUSETTS Samuel W. Dana John Brown John Davenport John Breckinridge SENATORS 12 Calvin Goddard REPRESENTATIVES Timothy Pickering John Quincy Adams Roger Griswold George M. Bedinger John C. Smith REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin Tallmadge John Boyle John Fowler Phanuel Bishop 13 Matthew Lyon Phineas Bruce DELAWARE Jacob Crowninshield SENATORS Thomas Sandford Matthew Walton Manasseh Cutler William H. Wells 7 Richard Cutts 8 James A. Bayard MARYLAND Thomas Dwight Samuel White William Eustis SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Seth Hastings Caesar A. Rodney Robert Wright Nahum Mitchell Samuel Smith Ebenezer Seaver GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVES Thomson J. Skinner 14 SENATORS John Archer Simon Larned 15 Abraham Baldwin Walter Bowie William Stedman James Jackson John Campbell Samuel Taggart REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John Dennis Samuel Thatcher Joseph Bryan Nicholas R. Moore Joseph B. Varnum
1 Elected October 17, 1803; January 23, 1804. 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of William 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Dwight 2 Elected March 10, 1804. H. Wells, and took his seat January 15, 1805. Foster in preceding Congress, and took his seat October 3 Elected January 15, 1805; February 28, 1805; March 9 Seat declared vacant February 2, 1805, because he had 17, 1803. 2, 1805. accepted appointment to be civil and military governor 13 Never qualified, owing to illness. 4 Official designation of ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’ was fixed of upper Louisiana Territory. 14 Resigned August 10, 1804. March 3, 1805. 10 Died March 7, 1804. 15 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thom- 5 Reelected October 17, 1803. 11 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Daniel son J. Skinner, and took his seat November 5, 1804. 6 Reelected October 17, 1803. 7 Resigned November 6, 1804. Hiester, and took his seat November 6, 1804.
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Peleg Wadsworth George Tibbitts Isaac Van Horne Lemuel Williams Philip Van Cortlandt John Whitehill Killian K. Van Rensselaer NEW HAMPSHIRE RHODE ISLAND SENATORS NORTH CAROLINA SENATORS Simeon Olcott SENATORS Christopher Ellery William Plumer Jesse Franklin Samuel J. Potter 37 REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE David Stone Benjamin Howland 38 Silas Betton REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Clifton Clagett Nathaniel Alexander Nehemiah Knight David Hough Willis Alston Joseph Stanton, Jr. Samuel Hunt William Blackledge Samuel Tenney James Gillespie 30 SOUTH CAROLINA James Holland SENATORS NEW JERSEY William Kennedy Thomas Sumter SENATORS Nathaniel Macon Pierce Butler 39 Jonathan Dayton Samuel D. Purviance 31 John Gaillard 40 16 John Condit Richard Stanford REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Marmaduke Williams William Butler Adam Boyd Joseph Winston Levi Casey Ebenezer Elmer Thomas Wynns John B. Earle William Helms Wade Hampton James Mott OHIO Benjamin Huger James Sloan SENATORS Thomas Lowndes Henry Southard John Smith 32 Thomas Moore Thomas Worthington 33 Richard Winn NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS TENNESSEE Jeremiah Morrow 34 De Witt Clinton 17 SENATORS 18 John Armstrong PENNSYLVANIA Joseph Anderson John Smith 19 William Cocke 20 SENATORS Theodorus Bailey REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John Armstrong 21 George Logan George W. Campbell Samuel L. Mitchill 22 Samuel Maclay William Dickson REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES John Rhea Isaac Bloom 23 Isaac Anderson Daniel C. Verplanck 24 David Bard VERMONT Gaylord Griswold Robert Brown SENATORS Josiah Hasbrouck 25 Joseph Clay Stephen R. Bradley Henry W. Livingston Frederick Conrad Israel Smith Andrew McCord William Findley Samuel L. Mitchill 26 Andrew Gregg REPRESENTATIVES George Clinton, Jr. 27 John A. Hanna William Chamberlain Beriah Palmer Joseph Hiester Martin Chittenden John Patterson William Hoge 35 James Elliott Oliver Phelps John Hoge 36 Gideon Olin Erastus Root Michael Leib Joshua Sands John B. C. Lucas VIRGINIA Thomas Sammons John Rea SENATORS John Smith 28 Jacob Richards Stevens T. Mason 41 Samuel Riker 29 John Smilie John Taylor 42 David Thomas John Stewart Abraham B. Venable 43
16 Appointed to fill vacancy in term beginning March 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Isaac Bloom, 33 Took his seat October 17, 1803; term to expire, as 4, 1803, to serve until the next meeting of the legislature, and took his seat October 17, 1803. determined by lot, March 3, 1807. subsequently elected and took his seat October 17, 1803; 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- 34 Took his seat October 17, 1803. vacancy in this class from March 4, 1803, to August 31, resentative-elect John Cantine, before the beginning of the 35 Resigned October 15, 1804. 1803. congressional term, and took his seat October 17, 1803. 36 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 17 Resigned November 4, 1803. 26 Resigned November 22, 1804, before the commence- 18 liam Hoge, and took his seat November 27, 1804. Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of De ment of the Ninth Congress, to which he had been re- 37 Witt Clinton, and took his seat December 8, 1803. (See Died October 14, 1804. elected, having been elected Senator. 38 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Samuel footnote 21.) 27 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of De Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sam- J. Potter, and took his seat December 3, 1804. uel L. Mitchill, and took his seat February 14, 1805. 39 Resigned November 21, 1804. Witt Clinton, and took his seat February 23, 1804. 28 20 Resigned January 16, 1804. Resigned effective February 23, 1804, having been 40 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Pierce 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of elected Senator. Butler, and took his seat January 31, 1805. Theodorus Bailey, and took his seat under the new creden- 29 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 41 Died May 10, 1803. tials February 25, 1804; served in this class until June Smith, and took his seat November 5, 1804. 42 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Stevens 30, 1804, when he resigned, having been appointed min- 30 Died January 10, 1805. T. Mason, and took his seat October 17, 1803. 31 ister to France. Election unsuccessfully contested by Duncan McFar- 43 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Stevens 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John land. 32 T. Mason, and took his seat December 13, 1803; resigned Armstrong, and took his seat November 23, 1804. Took his seat October 25, 1803; term to expire, as June 7, 1804. 23 Died April 26, 1803, before Congress assembled. determined by lot, March 3, 1809. 64 Biographical Directory
VIRGINIA—Continued John Clopton Thomas Newton, Jr. John Dawson John Randolph SENATORS—Continued John W. Eppes Thomas M. Randolph William B. Giles 44 Peterson Goodwyn John Smith Andrew Moore 45 Edwin Gray James Stephenson Wilson C. Nicholas 46 Thomas Griffin Philip R. Thompson Andrew Moore 47 David Holmes Abram Trigg William B. Giles 48 John G. Jackson Joseph Lewis, Jr. REPRESENTATIVES Walter Jones Thomas Claiborne Thomas Lewis 51 MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY John Trigg 49 Andrew Moore 52 Christopher Clark 50 Alexander Wilson 53 DELEGATE Matthew Clay Anthony New William Lattimore
44 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 47 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 50 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John Trigg, Abraham B. Venable, and took his seat November 5, 1804; son C. Nicholas, and took his seat November 6, 1804; and took his seat November 5, 1804. subsequently elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation subsequently elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation 51 Served until March 5, 1804; succeeded by Andrew of Wilson C. Nicholas. (See footnote 48.) of Abraham B. Venable. (See footnote 45.) Moore, who contested his election. (Counsel were heard 45 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Abra- 48 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wilson at bar of House in this case.) ham B. Venable, and qualified under these credentials C. Nicholas, and took his seat December 17, 1804; 52 Successfully contested the election of Thomas Lewis, December 17, 1804; antecedently appointed to fill vacancy antecedently appointed to fill vacancy caused by resigna- and took his seat March 5, 1804; resigned November 6, caused by resignation of Wilson C. Nicholas. (See footnote 1804, having been appointed Senator. tion of Abraham B. Venable. (See footnote 44.) 53 47.) 49 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of An- 46 Resigned May 22, 1804. Died June 28, 1804. drew Moore, and took his seat December 4, 1804.