List of Senate Members of the 6th United States Congress

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The senators in the 6th Congress of the United States were one-third in 1798 and 1799 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 term of office of the 6th Congress ran from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1801, its first session took place from December 2, 1799 to May 14, 1800 in Philadelphia , the second period for the first time in the new capital Washington, DC from November 17, 1800 to March 3, 1801.

Composition and changes

At the end of his term in office, the 5th Congress had 22 federalists and nine Republicans (today mostly called the Democratic Republican Party ), one seat was vacant. The election did not change anything, so that the 6th Congress was opened with the same party-political composition. In December 1799, Wilson Nicholas was elected to the vacant Virginia seat, adding ten Republicans to the Senate. In six new elections because of the resignation of federalist senators, federalists were elected as successors, only in New York the Republican John Armstrong was able to conquer a previously federalist seat. As a result, at the end of the 6th Congress, there were 21 federalists against eleven Republicans in the Senate.

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. During the 6th Congress, Thomas Jefferson was Vice President, who was elected President in 1800 . 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, 1799, James Ross was president pro tempore, from December 2 to December 29, Samuel Livermore , from May 14 to November 16, 1800, Uriah Tracy , from November 21 to November 27 John Howard , from February 28, 1801 to the end of Congress on March 3, 1801 James Hillhouse .

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, 1803, those of class II until March 3, 1805 and those of class III until March 3, 1801. 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 59 President pro tempore
Uriah Tracy federalist Connecticut III October 13, 1796 64 President pro tempore
Henry Latimer federalist Delaware I. 0February 7, 1795 50 resigned February 28, 1801
Samuel White federalist Delaware I. February 28, 1801 95 appointed to succeed Latimer
William H. Wells federalist Delaware II January 17, 1799 82
Abraham Baldwin republican Georgia II 0March 4, 1799 83
James Gunn federalist Georgia III 0March 4, 1789 09
John Brown republican Kentucky II June 18, 1792 36
Humphrey Marshall federalist Kentucky III 0March 4, 1795 53
John Eager Howard federalist Maryland I. November 21, 1796 68 President pro tempore
James Lloyd federalist Maryland III 0December 8, 1797 74 resigned December 1, 1800
William Hindman federalist Maryland III December 12, 1800 93 elected to succeed Lloyd
Benjamin Goodhue federalist Massachusetts I. June 11, 1796 60 resigned November 8, 1800
Jonathan Mason federalist Massachusetts I. November 14, 1800 92 elected to succeed Goodhue
Samuel Dexter federalist Massachusetts II 0March 4, 1799 85 resigned May 30, 1800
Dwight Foster federalist Massachusetts II 0June 6, 1800 90 elected to succeed Dexter
Samuel Livermore federalist New Hampshire II 0March 4, 1793 43 President pro tempore
John Langdon republican New Hampshire III 0March 4, 1789 13
James Schureman federalist New Jersey I. 0March 4, 1799 87 resigned February 16, 1801
Aaron Ogden federalist New Jersey I. February 28, 1801 94 elected to succeed Schureman
Jonathan Dayton federalist New Jersey II 0March 4, 1799 84
James Watson federalist new York I. 17th August 1798 78 resigned March 19, 1800
Governor Morris federalist new York I. 0April 3, 1800 89 elected to succeed Watson
John Laurance federalist new York III 0November 9, 1796 66 resigned March 19, 1800
John Armstrong republican new York III 0November 6, 1800 91 elected as successor to Laurance
Jesse Franklin republican North Carolina II 0March 4, 1799 86
Timothy Bloodworth republican North Carolina III 0March 4, 1795 52
James Ross federalist Pennsylvania I. April 24, 1794 47 President pro tempore
William Bingham federalist Pennsylvania III 0March 4, 1795 51
Theodore Foster federalist Rhode Island I. June 12, 1790 26th
Ray Greene federalist Rhode Island II November 13, 1797 73
Charles Pinckney republican South carolina II 0December 6, 1798 81
Jacob Read federalist South carolina III 0March 4, 1795 55
Joseph Anderson republican Tennessee I. September 26, 1797 70 originally chosen in class II
William Cocke republican Tennessee II 0March 4, 1799 63 earlier in the 4th Congress
Nathaniel Chipman federalist Vermont I. October 17, 1797 72
Elijah Paine federalist Vermont III 0March 4, 1795 54
Stevens Mason republican Virginia I. November 18, 1794 48
Wilson Cary Nicholas republican Virginia II 0December 5, 1799 88

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