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Sixth United States Congress

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Dates of Sessions

1799-1801

Congress began convening in Washington with the second session of the Sixth Congress and has continued to do so since then.

Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ...

Major Political Events

Officers

Senate

The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is, in the words of Adlai Stevenson, a heartbeat from the presidency. ... Thomas Jefferson (April 13 (April 2 O.S.), 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third (1801–1809) President of the United States, second (1797–1801) Vice President, first (1789–1795) United States Secretary of State, and an American statesman, ambassador to France, political philosopher, revolutionary, agriculturalist, horticulturist, land owner, architect... Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska is the current President pro tempore of the Senate. ... Samuel Livermore (May 14, 1732–May 18, 1803) was a U.S. politician. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Stub ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... John Eager Howard, portrait by Chester Harding. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... James Hillhouse (October 20, 1754 - December 29, 1832), of New Haven, Connecticut, was a real estate developer responsible for much of the current look of New Haven, a politician, and a treasurer of Yale University. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Secretary of the Senate, as an elected officer of the United States Senate, supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body. ... Samuel Allyne Otis (1740-1814) was a politician from Massachusetts who was the secretary of the United States Senate for its first 17 years. ... Among its duties, the chaplains job is to open each session with a prayer. ... William White is common name in English-speaking countries. ...

House of Representatives

Representative Dennis Hastert of Illinois is currently the Speaker of the House of Representatives. ... Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746-January 24, 1813), a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Massachusetts and the fifth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, was born in West Hartford, Connecticut. ... Thomas Claxton (about 1790 - 17 October 1813) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. ...

Members of the Sixth United States Congress

Senate

Connecticut

James Hillhouse (October 20, 1754 - December 29, 1832), of New Haven, Connecticut, was a real estate developer responsible for much of the current look of New Haven, a politician, and a treasurer of Yale University. ... Categories: Stub ...

Delaware

Dr. Henry Latimer (April 24, 1752 – December 19, 1819) was an American politician from the state of Delaware during the early years of the United States. ... Samuel White (December 1770 – November 4, 1809) was a United States Senator from the state of Delaware during the early years of the United States. ...

Georgia

Abraham Baldwin Abraham Baldwin (November 23, 1754—March 4, 1807) was an American politician, Patriot, and Founding Father from the U.S. state of Georgia. ... James Gunn (March 13, 1753 - July 30, 1801) was a delegate to the Continental Congress and United States Senate for Georgia. ...

Kentucky

  • John Brown (Republican)
  • Humphrey Marshall (Federalist)

For other people with the same name, see John Brown. ...

Maryland

John Eager Howard, portrait by Chester Harding. ... James Lloyd (b. ... William Hindman (April 1, 1743 – January 19, 1822) was an American lawyer and statesman from Talbot County, Maryland. ...

Massachusetts

Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761–May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinet. ... Jump to: navigation, search Benjamin Goodhue (September 20, 1748-July 28, 1814) a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts. ...

New Hampshire

John Langdon John Langdon (June 26, 1741—September 18, 1819) was an American politician and one of the first two U.S. Senators from New Hampshire. ... Samuel Livermore (May 14, 1732–May 18, 1803) was a U.S. politician. ...

New Jersey

Jonathan Dayton, (October 16, 1760–October 9, 1824), American politician, was the third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and a signer of the United States Constitution. ... James Schureman (February 12, 1756– January 22, 1824) was an American merchant and statesman from New Brunswick, New Jersey. ... Aaron Ogden (December 3, 1756-April 19, 1839) was a Senator from and Governor of New Jersey. ...

New York

John Laurance (1750 – November 11, 1810) was an American lawyer, statesman, and speculator from New York. ... John Armstrong, Jr. ... James Watson (April 6, 1750-May 15, 1806) was a Federalist U.S. Senator from New York. ... Gouverneur Morris Gouverneur Morris (January 31, 1752–November 8, 1816), an American statesman, represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and was author of large sections of the Constitution of the United States. ...

North Carolina

Timothy Bloodworth (1736 - August 24, 1814) was an American teacher and statesman from North Carolina. ... Jesse Franklin (March 24, 1760 -- August 31, 1823) was the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1799 and 1805 and between 1807 and 1813. ...

Pennsylvania

William Bingham (1752–1804) was an American statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... James Ross (July 12, 1762-November 27, 1847) was a lawyer and United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1794 to 1803. ...

Rhode Island

Theodore Foster (29 April 1752 - 13 January 1828) was an American politician. ...

South Carolina

Charles Pinckney (October 26, 1757–October 29, 1824) was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution, Governor of South Carolina, a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives. ... Jacob Read (1752–July 17, 1816) was an American lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina. ...

Tennessee

Joseph Anderson (November 5, 1757–April 17, 1837) was a U.S. political figure who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee and later as the first Comptroller of the United States Treasury. ... William Cocke (1748 – 1828) was, along with William Blount, the first United States Senator from Tennessee. ...

Vermont

  • Nathaniel Chipman (Federalist)
  • Elijah Paine (Federalist)

Virginia

Stevens Thomson Mason (December 29, 1760–May 9, 1803) was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, a member of the Virginia state legislature and a Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia (1794-1803). ... Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820) was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1799 to 1804 and was the governor of Virginia from 1814 to 1816. ...

House of Representatives

Connecticut

  • Jonathan Brace (Federalist) and then John C. Smith (Federalist), At-Large
  • Samuel W. Dana (Federalist), At-Large
  • John Davenport (Federalist, At-Large
  • William Edmond (Federalist), At-Large
  • Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist), At-Large
  • Elizur Goodrich (Federalist), At-Large
  • Roger Griswold (Federalist), At-Large

This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For the clergyman and lexicographer, see Chauncey Allen Goodrich. ... Elizur Goodrich (March 24, 1761-November 1, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. ...

Delaware

James Asheton Bayard (1767-1815) was a lawyer and statesman from Wilmington, Delaware. ...

Georgia

  • James Jones (Federalist), At-Large
  • Benjamin Taliaferro (Federalist), At-Large

Kentucky

  • Thomas T. Davis (Republican), At-Large
  • John Fowler (Republican), At-Large

John Fowler (1755-1840) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Kentucky in the United States Congress. ...

Maryland

  • George Baer, Jr. (Federalist), 4th District
  • Gabriel Christie (Republican), 5th District
  • William Craik (Federalist), 3rd District
  • John Dennis (Federalist), 8th District
  • George Dent (Federalist), 1st District
  • Joseph H. Nicholson (Republican), 6th District
  • Samuel Smith (Republican), 5th District
  • John C. Thomas (Federalist), 2nd District

Jump to: navigation, search Joseph Hopper Nicholson (May 15, 1770– March 4, 1817) was an Americanlawyer, jurist, and politician from Maryland. ... Samuel Smith Samuel Smith (July 27, 1752 - April 22, 1839) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Maryland, as well as a former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. ...

Massachusetts

Levi Lincoln (May 15, 1749–April 14, 1820) was an American revolutionary and statesman who served as a Minuteman at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, a state legislator in Massachusetts, a participant in Massachusetts state constitutional convention, Governor of Massachusetts, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, a U.S. Representative... Harrison Gray Otis (October 8, 1765-October 28, 1848), Unitarian businessman, lawyer, and politician, was after 1801 one of the most important leaders of the United States first political party, the Federalists. ... Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746-January 24, 1813), a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Massachusetts and the fifth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, was born in West Hartford, Connecticut. ... Samuel Sewall (December 11, 1757– June 8, 1814) was an American lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts. ... George Thatcher (April 12, 1754– April 6, 1824) was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from the Maine district of Massachusetts. ... Joseph Bradley Varnum (January 29, 1751–September 21, 1821) was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from the state of Massachusetts. ... Peleg Wadsworth (May 6, 1748 - July 18, 1829) was a U.S. army officer during the American Revolution. ...

New Hampshire

  • Abiel Foster (Federalist)
  • Jonathan Freeman (Federalist)
  • William Gordon (Federalist) and then Samuel Tenney (Federalist)
  • James Sheafe (Federalist)

Abiel Foster (8 August 1735 – 6 February 1806) was an American clergyman and statesman from Canterbury, New Hampshire. ...

New Jersey

  • John Condit (Republican)
  • Franklin Davenport (Federalist)
  • James Henderson Imlay (Federalist)
  • Aaron Kitchell
  • James Linn (Republican)

New York

Theodorus Bailey (October 12, 1758– September 6, 1828) was an American lawyer and politician from Poughkeepsie, New York. ... Judge William Cooper ( December 2, 1754 – December 22, 1809 ) was the founder of Cooperstown, New York and father of writer James Fenimore Cooper, who apparently used his father as the pattern for the Judge Marmaduke Temple character in the his book The Pioneers. ... John Smith was a United States Senator from New York from 1804-1813. ... Edward Livingston (May 26, 1764–May 23, 1836) was a prominent American jurist and statesman. ... John Thompson may refer to: Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, Prime Minister of Canada from 1892 to 1894. ...

North Carolina

Willis Alston (1769 - 10 April 1837) was a U.S. Congressman form North Carolina between 1825 and 1831. ... William Barry Grove (15 January 1764 - 30 March 1818) was a Federalist U.S. Congressman from the state of North Carolina from 1791 to 1803. ... Brig. ... Sen. ... Gov. ... Richard Stanford (2 March 1767 - 9 April 1816) was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1797 and 1816. ... Gov. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Northwest Territory

William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. ...

Pennsylvania

  • Robert Brown (Republican)
  • Albert Gallatin (Republican)
  • Andrew Gregg
  • John Andre Hanna (Republican)
  • Thomas Hartley (Federalist) and then John Stewart (Republican)
  • Joseph Hiester (Republican)
  • John Wilkes Kittera (Federalist)
  • Michael Leib
  • Peter Muhlenberg
  • John Smilie (Republican)
  • Richard Thomas (Federalist)
  • Robert Waln (Federalist)
  • Henry Woods (Federalist)

Robert Brown could be Robert Brown (1773-1858), botanist Robert Brown, Australian politician (not to be confused with Senator Bob Brown) Robert Brown (born 1921), former English politician Robert Brown (born 1947), Scottish politician Robert Brown, United States politician Robert Brown, theologian and influence on the Congregationalist church Robert Brown... Albert Gallatin Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761–August 12, 1849) was an American politician, diplomat, and Secretary of the Treasury. ... Andrew Gregg (June 10, 1755 - May 20, 1835) was a U.S. political figure. ... Joseph Hiester Joseph Hiester (18 November 1752 - 10 June 1832) was governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823. ... Peter Muhlenberg Statue John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (October 1, 1746 - October 1, 1807) was a Clergyman, a Major General of the Continental Army, and a United States Senator and Congressman from Pennsylvania. ...

Rhode Island

  • John Brown (Federalist)
  • Christopher Grant Champlin (Federalist)

John Brown (1736–1803) was an American merchant and statesman from Providence, Rhode Island. ...

South Carolina

Robert Harper Robert Goodloe Harper (b. ... Thomas Pinckney Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), was an American soldier, politician, and diplomat. ... General Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 - June 1, 1832) was a hero of the American Revolution and went on to become a longtime member of the Congress of the United States. ...

Tennessee

William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775 - 23 November 1817) was a United States politican, best known as the first U.S. governor of Louisiana. ...

Vermont

  • Matthew Lyon (Republican)
  • Lewis Richard Morris (Federalist)

Matthew Lyon (July 14, 1749 - August 1, 1822), (father of Chittenden Lyon and great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn), was a printer, farmer, soldier, and politician, serving as a United States Representative from Vermont and from Kentucky. ...

Virginia

Samuel Jordan Cabell ( December 15, 1756 – August 4, 1818 ), American military officer: born in Albemarle County, Virginia; educated at William and Mary College; left school to join the Revolutionary Army; recruited a company of riflemen in 1775; appointed Captain in the Amherst County Volunteers in 1776; assigned to the Sixth... For other men with this name, see: John Dawson (disambiguation). ... Joseph Eggleston (November 24, 1754–February 14, 1811) was an American planter, solder, and politician from Amelia County, Virginia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thomas Evans (c. ... David Holmes (March 10, 1769–August 20, 1832) was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory and the first governor of the State of Mississippi. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Jackson (January 9, 1757– May 17, 1837) was an American farmer, lawyer, and politician. ... Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 - March 25, 1818), American general, called Light Horse Harry, was born near Dumfries, Virginia. ... Chief Justice John Marshall John Marshall (September 24, 1755–July 6, 1835) was an American revolutionary, diplomat, and jurist. ... Littleton Waller Tazewell (December 17, 1774–May 6, 1860) was a U.S. Senator from and governor of Virginia. ... Autographed portrait of John Randolph John Randolph (June 2, 1773 - May 24, 1833) was a Representative and a Senator from Virginia, USA. He was born in Cawsons, Virginia, and was known as John Randolph of Roanoke to distinguish him from relatives. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Johns Trigg (1748–May 17, 1804) was an American farmer and politician from Bedford County, Virginia. ...

Party Affiliation

Senate

  • Federalist 21 (later 20)
  • Republican 11 (later 12)
  • Total 32

House of Representatives

  • Federalist 61 (later 58)
  • Republican 37 (later 38)
  • Unknown 8 (later 10)
  • Total 106
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