List of Senate Members of the 7th United States Congress

The senators in the 7th Congress of the United States were one-third in 1800 and 1801 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 7th Congress ran from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803, its first session took place from December 7, 1801 to May 3, 1802 in Washington, DC , the second period from December 6, 1802 to March 3, 1803. Before that, a special meeting took place on March 4 and 5, 1801.

Composition and changes

At the end of his term in office, there were 21 federalists and eleven republicans in the 6th Congress (mostly called the Democratic-Republican Party today). As a result of the election, four seats previously held by federalists went to Republicans, and a previously Republican seat was won by a federalist. In Maryland, parliament failed to elect a successor to William Hindman in time. However, this was appointed by the governor as his own successor. As a result, the federalists still had a majority of 18 Senators against 14 Republicans in the constituent session, for the last time in US history. By the first regular session in December 1801, six new senators had been elected as their predecessors had resigned, four federalists and two republicans. The federalists were only successful in one by-election, which tipped the majority to 17 Republicans against 15 federalists. Three more by-elections due to the resignation or death of senators did not change the ratio. Shortly before the end of Congress, Federalist Dwight Foster resigned from Massachusetts, leaving 17 Republicans and 14 Federalists in the Senate at the end of the 7th Congress. Since no senators had been elected in Ohio, which had just been admitted as the 17th state , three seats were vacant.

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. Aaron Burr was vice president during the 7th 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 December 7, 1801 to January 14, 1802 and from April 17 to December 13, 1802, Abraham Baldwin was President pro tempore, from December 14, 1802 to January 18, 1803, on February 25, 1803 and from December 2, 1802. Stephen R. Bradley , who remained in the 8th Congress until October 16, 1803, until the end of Congress on March 3, 1803 .

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, 1807. 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
Samuel White	federalist	Delaware	I.	February 28, 1801	095
William H. Wells	federalist	Delaware	II	January 17, 1799	082
Abraham Baldwin	republican	Georgia	II	0March 4, 1799	083	President pro tempore
James Jackson	republican	Georgia	III	0March 4, 1801	042
John Brown	republican	Kentucky	II	June 18, 1792	036
John Breckinridge	republican	Kentucky	III	0March 4, 1801	096
John Eager Howard	federalist	Maryland	I.	November 21, 1796	068
William Hindman	federalist	Maryland	III	December 12, 1800	093	appointed as his own successor, resigned November 19, 1801
Robert Wright	republican	Maryland	III	November 19, 1801	104	chosen to replace Hindman
Jonathan Mason	federalist	Massachusetts	I.	November 14, 1800	092
Dwight Foster	federalist	Massachusetts	II	0June 6, 1800	090	resigned March 2, 1803
Samuel Livermore	federalist	New Hampshire	II	0March 4, 1793	043	resigned June 12, 1801
Simeon Olcott	federalist	New Hampshire	II	June 17, 1801	102	chosen to replace Livermore
James Sheafe	federalist	New Hampshire	III	0March 4, 1801	099	resigned June 14, 1802
William Plumer	federalist	New Hampshire	III	June 17, 1802	107	chosen as a replacement for Sheafe
Aaron Ogden	federalist	New Jersey	I.	February 28, 1801	094
Jonathan Dayton	federalist	New Jersey	II	0March 4, 1799	084
Governor Morris	federalist	new York	I.	0April 3, 1800	089
John Armstrong	republican	new York	III	0November 6, 1800	091	resigned February 5, 1802
DeWitt Clinton	republican	new York	III	0February 9, 1802	106	chosen to replace Armstrong
Jesse Franklin	republican	North Carolina	II	0March 4, 1799	086
David Stone	republican	North Carolina	III	0March 4, 1801	100
vacant		Ohio	I.			Election had not yet taken place
vacant		Ohio	III			Election had not yet taken place
James Ross	federalist	Pennsylvania	I.	April 24, 1794	047
Peter Muhlenberg	republican	Pennsylvania	III	0March 4, 1801	098	resigned June 30, 1801
George Logan	republican	Pennsylvania	III	July 13, 1801	103	chosen as a replacement for Muhlenberg
Theodore Foster	federalist	Rhode Island	I.	June 12, 1790	026th
Ray Greene	federalist	Rhode Island	II	November 13, 1797	073	resigned March 5, 1801
Christopher Ellery	republican	Rhode Island	II	0May 6, 1801	101 a	chosen to replace Greene
Charles Pinckney	republican	South carolina	II	0December 6, 1798	081	resigned June 6, 1801
Thomas Sumter	republican	South carolina	II	December 15, 1801	105	chosen to replace Pinckney
John E. Colhoun	republican	South carolina	III	0March 4, 1801	097	died October 26, 1802
Pierce Butler	republican	South carolina	III	0November 4, 1802	002	elected to replace Colhoun earlier in 1st through 4th Congress
Joseph Anderson	republican	Tennessee	I.	September 26, 1797	070	originally chosen in class II
William Cocke	republican	Tennessee	II	0March 4, 1799	063	earlier in the 4th Congress
Nathaniel Chipman	federalist	Vermont	I.	October 17, 1797	072
Elijah Paine	federalist	Vermont	III	0March 4, 1795	054	resigned September 1, 1801
Stephen R. Bradley	republican	Vermont	III	October 15, 1801	030th	elected to replace Paine President pro tempore earlier in 2nd through 4th Congress
Stevens Mason	republican	Virginia	I.	November 18, 1794	048
Wilson Cary Nicholas	republican	Virginia	II	0December 5, 1799	088

• a) Ellery is included in the list of the Senate with inauguration May 16, 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