List of Senate Members of the 9th United States Congress

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The senators in the 9th Congress of the United States were one-third in 1804 and 1805 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 9th Congress ran from March 4, 1805 to March 3, 1807, its first session was held from December 2, 1805 to April 21, 1806 in Washington, DC , the second period from December 1, 1806 to March 4, 1807. Before that, a special session took place on March 4, 1805.

Composition and changes

At the end of his term in office, there were 25 Republicans in the 8th Congress (now usually called the Democratic Republican Party ) and nine federalists . The Republicans were able to win two seats previously held by the federalists in the election. In North Carolina , Montfort Stokes was elected but did not accept the election. In the list of the Senate, James Turner is counted as a Senator from March 4, 1805, the seat in fact remained vacant until the end of December. At the beginning of the first session, the majority of Republicans was 26 against seven federalists, with Turner then 27 to seven. One death and several resignations of Republican senators did not change the ratio until February 1807. Since the parliament of North Carolina initially did not elect a successor to the resigned David Stone , the Congress ended again with 26 Republicans and seven federalists in the Senate with a vacancy.

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 9th Congress, George Clinton was Vice President. 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, Joseph Anderson, elected by the 8th Congress, was pro tempore president. From December 2 to December 15, 1805, from March 18 to November 30, 1806, and from March 2 to the end of Congress on March 3, 1807, Samuel Smith was President pro tempore, who did this in the 9th Congress until Stayed October 25, 1807.

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, 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
James A. Bayard federalist Delaware II November 13, 1804 124
Abraham Baldwin republican Georgia II 0March 4, 1799 083
James Jackson republican Georgia III 0March 4, 1801 042 died March 19, 1806
earlier in the 3rd Congress
John Milledge republican Georgia III June 19, 1806 132 elected to succeed Jackson
Buckner Thruston republican Kentucky II 0March 4, 1805 129
John Breckinridge republican Kentucky III 0March 4, 1801 096 resigned August 7, 1805
John Adair republican Kentucky III 0November 8, 1805 131 elected to succeed Breckinridge
, resigned November 18, 1806
Henry Clay republican Kentucky III November 19, 1806 134 a elected as successor to Adair
Samuel Smith republican Maryland I. 0March 4, 1803 114 President pro tempore
Robert Wright republican Maryland III November 19, 1801 104 resigned November 12, 1806
Philip Reed republican Maryland III November 25, 1806 133 elected to succeed Wright
John Quincy Adams federalist Massachusetts I. 0March 4, 1803 108
Timothy Pickering federalist Massachusetts II 0March 4, 1803 111
Nicholas Gilman republican New Hampshire II 0March 4, 1805 127
William Plumer federalist New Hampshire III June 17, 1802 107
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 b
James Turner republican North Carolina II December 22, 1805 130 c
David Stone republican North Carolina III 0March 4, 1801 100 resigned February 17, 1807
John Smith republican Ohio I. 0April 1, 1803 115
Thomas Worthington republican Ohio III 0April 1, 1803 116
Samuel Maclay republican Pennsylvania I. 0March 4, 1803 110
George Logan republican Pennsylvania III July 13, 1801 103
Benjamin Howland republican Rhode Island I. October 29, 1804 122
James Fenner republican Rhode Island II 0March 4, 1805 126
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 President pro tempore
Daniel Smith republican Tennessee II 0March 4, 1805 079 earlier in the 5th Congress
Israel Smith republican Vermont I. 0March 4, 1803 113
Stephen R. Bradley republican Vermont III October 15, 1801 030th 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) Clay is included in the list of the Senate when he took office on March 4th, which is wrong according to all other sources
  • b) Smith is on the Senate list when he took office February 4th, but all other sources indicate that he is wrong
  • c) Turner is listed in the Senate when he took office on March 4th, but all other sources indicate that this is incorrect

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