List of Senate Members of the 10th United States Congress

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The senators in the 10th Congress of the United States were one-third in 1806 and 1807 re-elected. Before the 17th Amendment was passed in 1913, the Senate was not directly elected, but the Senators were appointed by the state parliaments. Each state elects two senators who belong to different classes . The term of office is six years, every two years one of the three classes is elected for the seats. Two thirds of the Senate therefore consists of senators whose term of office is still in force.

The tenure of the 10th Congress ran from March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809, its first session was from October 26, 1807 to April 25, 1808 in Washington, DC , the second period from November 7, 1808 to March 3, 1809.

Composition and changes

At the end of his term in office, the 9th Congress had 26 Republicans (usually called the Democratic Republican Party today) and seven federalists , one seat was vacant until the election. The Republicans were able to win the vacant seat and one previously held by the federalists. That put the majority of Republicans at 28 against six federalists. Two deaths and several resignations did not change the ratio, since politicians from the same party were appointed or re-elected.

Special functions

Under the United States Constitution , the vice president is the chairman of the Senate without being a member. In the event of a tie, his vote is decisive. George Clinton served as Vice President during the 10th Congress . Contrary to current practice, the vice president actually presided over the Senate meetings until the late 19th century. A senator was elected pro tempore president, who assumed the chairmanship in the absence of the vice-president. From March 4 to December 1, 1805, Samuel Smith , who was elected by the 9th Congress, was president pro tempore, and again held the office from April 16 to November 6, 1808. From December 28, 1808 to January 8 In 1809 Stephen R. Bradley was President pro tempore, from January 30th to the end of Congress on March 3, 1807, John Milledge , who remained so in the 11th Congress until May 21, 1809.

List of Senators

Under Party it is noted whether a senator is assigned to the Federalist Party or the Republican Party , under State the lists of the senators of the respective state are linked. The regular term of office depends on the senate class : Senators of class I were elected until March 3, 1809, those of class II until March 3, 1811 and those of class III until March 3, 1813. The date indicates when the corresponding Senator was admitted to the Senate, any previous terms of office not taken into account. Under Sen. is the consecutive number of the senators in chronological order; the lower this is, the greater the senator's seniority . The table can be sorted with the arrow keys.

senator Political party Country class date Sen. annotation
James Hillhouse federalist Connecticut I. May 18, 1796 059
Uriah Tracy federalist Connecticut III October 13, 1796 064 died July 19, 1807
Chauncey Goodrich federalist Connecticut III October 25, 1807 142 elected to succeed Tracy
Samuel White federalist Delaware I. February 28, 1801 095
James A. Bayard federalist Delaware II November 13, 1804 124
Abraham Baldwin republican Georgia II 0March 4, 1799 083 died March 4, 1807
George Jones republican Georgia II August 27, 1807 140 appointed to succeed Baldwin
William Harris Crawford republican Georgia II 0November 7, 1807 143 elected to succeed Baldwin
John Milledge republican Georgia III June 19, 1806 132 President pro tempore
Buckner Thruston republican Kentucky II 0March 4, 1805 129
John Pope republican Kentucky III 0March 4, 1807 138
Samuel Smith republican Maryland I. 0March 4, 1803 114 President pro tempore
Philip Reed republican Maryland III November 25, 1806 133
John Quincy Adams federalist Massachusetts I. 0March 4, 1803 108 resigned June 8, 1808
James Lloyd federalist Massachusetts I. 0June 9, 1808 144 elected to succeed Adams
Timothy Pickering federalist Massachusetts II 0March 4, 1803 111
Nicholas Gilman republican New Hampshire II 0March 4, 1805 127
Nahum Parker republican New Hampshire III 0March 4, 1807 137
John Condit republican New Jersey I. 0September 1, 1803 117
Aaron Kitchell republican New Jersey II 0March 4, 1805 128
Samuel Latham Mitchill republican new York I. 0November 9, 1804 123
John Smith republican new York III February 23, 1804 119 a
James Turner republican North Carolina II December 22, 1805 130 b
Jesse Franklin republican North Carolina III 0March 4, 1807 086 earlier in the 6th to 8th Congress
John Smith republican Ohio I. 0April 1, 1803 115 resigned April 25, 1808
Return Meigs republican Ohio I. December 12, 1808 145 elected to succeed Smith
Edward Tiffin republican Ohio III 0March 4, 1807 139
Samuel Maclay republican Pennsylvania I. 0March 4, 1803 110 resigned January 4, 1809
Michael Leib republican Pennsylvania I. 0January 9, 1809 146 elected to succeed Macalay
Andrew Gregg republican Pennsylvania III 0March 4, 1807 135
Benjamin Howland republican Rhode Island I. October 29, 1804 122
James Fenner republican Rhode Island II 0March 4, 1805 126 resigned September 1807
Elisha Mathewson republican Rhode Island II October 26, 1807 136 c elected to succeed Fenner
Thomas Sumter republican South carolina II December 15, 1801 105
John Gaillard republican South carolina III 0December 6, 1804 125
Joseph Anderson republican Tennessee I. September 26, 1797 070
Daniel Smith republican Tennessee II 0March 4, 1805 079 earlier in the 5th Congress
Israel Smith republican Vermont I. 0March 4, 1803 113 resigned October 1, 1807
Jonathan Robinson republican Vermont I. October 10, 1807 141 elected to succeed Smith
Stephen R. Bradley republican Vermont III October 15, 1801 030th President pro tempore
earlier in the 2nd to 4th Congress
Andrew Moore republican Virginia I. August 11, 1804 121
William Branch Giles republican Virginia II August 11, 1804 120
  • a) Smith is on the Senate list with inauguration February 4th, which is wrong according to all other sources
  • b) Turner is on the Senate list when he took office March 4, but all other sources indicate that this is incorrect
  • c) Mathewson is included in the Senate list with inauguration March 4th, which is wrong according to all other sources

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dates of Sessions of the Congress , senate.gov, accessed July 5, 2020
  2. ^ Party Division , www.senate.gov, accessed October 8, 2019
  3. ↑ President Pro Tempore on senate.gov, accessed June 18, 2020
  4. ↑ A Chronological Listing of US Senators , US Senate, PDF (approx. 356 kB), accessed June 19, 2020