8th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1803 to March 3 1805, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 8th United States Congress
See also: 8th United States Congress - Membership Changes
See also: 8th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1802

Dates of sessions

March 4 1803 - March 3 1805

  • First session: October 17 1803 - March 27 1804
  • Second session: November 5 1804 - March 3 1805 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 7th Congress
Next congress: 9th Congress

Members

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1808; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1804; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1806.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Connecticut

Senate
  • 1: James Hillhouse (1754-1832), Federalist
  • 3: Uriah Tracy (1755-1807), Federalist
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851), Federalist

  • : Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), Federalist

  • : John Davenport (1752-1830), Federalist

  • : Calvin Goddard (1768-1842), Federalist

  • : Roger Griswold (1762-1812), Federalist

  • : John Cotton Smith (1765-1845), Federalist

  • : Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), Federalist

Delaware

Senate
  • 2: William H. Wells (1769-1829), Federalist …resigned November 6 1804.
    James A. Bayard (1767-1815), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, November 13 1804.
  • 1: Samuel White (1770-1809), Federalist
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Caesar A. Rodney (1772-1824), Democratic-Republican

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: James Jackson (1757-1806), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Joseph Bryan (1773-1812), Democratic-Republican

  • : Peter Early (1773-1817), Democratic-Republican

  • : Samuel Hammond (1757-1842), Democratic-Republican …seat declared vacant, February 2 1805.

  • : David Meriwether (1755-1822), Democratic-Republican

Kentucky

Senate
  • 2: John Brown (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: John Breckinridge (1760-1806), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Matthew Lyon (1749-1822), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Boyle (1774-1835), Democratic-Republican

  • : Matthew Walton ( -1819), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Sandford (1762-1808), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Fowler (1755-1840), Democratic-Republican

  • : George M. Bedinger (1756-1843), Democratic-Republican

Maryland

Senate
  • 3: Robert Wright (1752-1826), Democratic-Republican
  • 1: Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : John Campbell (1765-1828), Federalist

  • : Walter Bowie (1748-1810), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Plater (1769-1830), Federalist

  • : Daniel Hiester (1747-1804), Democratic-Republican …died March 7 1807.

    Roger Nelson (1759-1815), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 6 1804.

  • : William McCreery (1750-1814), Democratic-Republican

  • : Nicholas R. Moore (1756-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Archer (1741-1810), Democratic-Republican

  • : Joseph H. Nicholson (1770-1817), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Dennis (1771-1806), Federalist

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 2: Timothy Pickering (1745-1829), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress March 4 1803.
  • 1: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Federalist
House of Representatives (17 seats)

  • : William Eustis (1753-1825), Democratic-Republican

  • : Jacob Crowninshield (1770-1808), Democratic-Republican

  • : Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823), Federalist

  • : Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1751-1821), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Dwight (1758-1819), Federalist

  • : Samuel Taggart (1754-1825), Federalist

  • : Nahum Mitchell (1769-1853), Federalist

  • : Lemuel Williams (1747-1828), Federalist

  • : Phanuel Bishop (1739-1812), Democratic-Republican

  • : Seth Hastings (1762-1831), Federalist

  • : William Stedman (1765-1831), Federalist

  • : Thomson J. Skinner (1752-1809), Democratic-Republican …resigned August 10 1804.

    Simon Larned (1753-1817), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 5 1804.

  • : Ebenezer Seaver (1763-1844), Democratic-Republican

  • : Richard Cutts (1771-1845), Democratic-Republican

  • : Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829), Federalist

  • : Samuel Thatcher (1776-1872), Federalist

  • : Phineas Bruce (1762-1809), Federalist …never qualified due to illness

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 2: Simeon Olcott (1735-1815), Federalist
  • 3: William Plumer (1759-1850), Federalist
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Silas Betton (1768-1822), Federalist

  • : Clifton Clagett (1762-1829), Federalist

  • : David Hough (1753-1831), Federalist

  • : Samuel Hunt (1765-1807), Federalist

  • : Samuel Tenney (1748-1816), Federalist

New Jersey

Senate
  • 2: Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), Federalist
  • 1: John Condit (1755-1834), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, September 1 1803, subsequently elected.
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Adam Boyd (1746-1835), Democratic-Republican

  • : Ebenezer Elmer (1752-1843), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Helms ( -1813), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Mott (1739-1823), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Sloan ( -1811), Democratic-Republican

  • : Henry Southard (1747-1842), Democratic-Republican

New York

Senate
  • 3: DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), Democratic-Republican …resigned November 4 1803.
    John Armstrong, Jr. (1758-1843), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, November 10 1803.
    John Smith (1752-1816), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, February 4 1804.
  • 1: Theodorus Bailey (1758-1828), Democratic-Republican …resigned January 16 1804.
    John Armstrong, Jr. (1758-1843), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 25 1804, resigned June 30 1804.
    Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1831), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, November 9 1804.
House of Representatives (17 seats)

  • : John Smith (1752-1816), Democratic-Republican …resigned February 23 1804.

    Samuel Riker (1743-1823), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 5 1804.

  • : Joshua Sands (1757-1835), Federalist

  • : Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1831), Democratic-Republican …resigned November 22 1804.

    George Clinton (1771-1809), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 14 1805.

  • : Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), Democratic-Republican

  • : Andrew McCord (1754c-1808), Democratic-Republican

  • : Isaac Bloom (c1747-1803), Democratic-Republican …died April 23 1803, before Congress assembled.

    Daniel C. Verplanck (1762-1834), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 17 1803.

  • : Josiah Hasbrouck (1755-1821), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect, seated October 17 1803.

  • : Henry W. Livingston (1768-1810), Federalist

  • : Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763-1845), Federalist

  • : George Tibbits (1763-1849), Federalist

  • : Beriah Palmer (1740-1812), Democratic-Republican

  • : David Thomas (1762-1831), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Sammons (1762-1838), Democratic-Republican

  • : Erastus Root (1773-1846), Democratic-Republican

  • : Gaylord Griswold (1767-1809), Federalist

  • : John Paterson (1744-1808), Democratic-Republican

  • : Oliver Phelps (1749-1809), Democratic-Republican

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Jesse Franklin (1760-1823), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: David Stone (1770-1818), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (12 seats)

  • : Thomas Wynns (1764-1825), Democratic-Republican

  • : Willis Alston (1769-1837), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Kennedy (1768-1834), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Blackledge ( -1828), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Gillespie (c1747-1805), Democratic-Republican …died January 10 1805.

  • : Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican

  • : Samuel D. Purviance (1774-1806), Federalist

  • : Richard Stanford (1767-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : Marmaduke Williams (1774-1850), Democratic-Republican

  • : Nathaniel Alexander (1756-1808), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Holland (1754-1823), Democratic-Republican

  • : Joseph Winston (1746-1815), Democratic-Republican

Ohio

Senate
  • 1: John Smith (1735-1824), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected April 1 1803.
  • 3: Thomas Worthington (1773-1827), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected April 1 1803.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, seated October 17 1803.

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 3: George Logan (1753-1821), Democratic-Republican
  • 1: Samuel Maclay (1741-1811), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (18 seats)

  • : Joseph Clay (1769-1811), Democratic-Republican

  • : Michael Leib (1760-1822), Democratic-Republican

  • : Jacob Richards (1773-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : Robert Brown (1744-1823), Democratic-Republican

  • : Frederick Conrad (1759-1827), Democratic-Republican

  • : Isaac Van Horne (1754-1834), Democratic-Republican

  • : Isaac Anderson (1760-1838), Democratic-Republican

  • : Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Whitehill (1729-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : David Bard (1744-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : John A. Hanna (1762-1805), Democratic-Republican

  • : Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Stewart ( -1820), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Rea (1755-1829), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Findley (1742-1821), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Smilie (1741-1812), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Hoge (1762-1814), Democratic-Republican …resigned October 15 1804.

    John Hoge (1760-1824), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1804.

  • : John B. C. Lucas (1758-1842), Democratic-Republican

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 2: Christopher Ellery (1768-1840), Democratic-Republican
  • 1: Samuel J. Potter (1753-1804), Democratic-Republican …died October 14 1804.
    Benjamin Howland (1755-1821), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, October 29 1804.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Nehemiah Knight (1746-1808), Democratic-Republican

  • : Joseph Stanton, Jr. (1739-1807), Democratic-Republican

South Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: Pierce Butler (1744-1822), Democratic-Republican …resigned November 21 1804.
    John Gaillard (1765-1826), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, December 6 1804.
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : Thomas Lowndes (1766-1843), Federalist

  • : William Butler, Sr. (1759-1821), Democratic-Republican

  • : Benjamin Huger (1768-1823), Federalist

  • : Wade Hampton (1752-1835), Democratic-Republican

  • : Richard Winn (1750-1818), Democratic-Republican

  • : Levi Casey (1752c-1807), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Moore (1759-1822), Democratic-Republican

  • : John B. Earle (1766-1863), Democratic-Republican

Tennessee

Senate
  • 1: Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
  • 2: William Cocke (1748-1828), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : George W. Campbell (1769-1848), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Dickson (1770-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Rhea (1753-1832), Democratic-Republican

Vermont

Senate
  • 3: Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), Democratic-Republican
  • 1: Israel Smith (1759-1810), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Gideon Olin (1743-1823), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Elliott (1775-1839), Federalist

  • : William Chamberlain (1755-1828), Federalist

  • : Martin Chittenden (1763-1840), Federalist

Virginia

Senate
  • 1: Stevens T. Mason (1760-1803), Democratic-Republican …died May 10 1803.
    John Taylor (1753-1824), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, seated October 17 1803.
    Abraham B. Venable (1758-1811), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, December 7 1803, resigned June 7 1804.
    William B. Giles (1762-1830), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, August 11 1804.
    Andrew Moore (1752-1821), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17 1804.
  • 2: Wilson C. Nicholas (1761-1820), Democratic-Republican …resigned May 22 1804.
    Andrew Moore (1752-1821), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, August 11 1804.
    William B. Giles (1762-1830), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17 1804.
House of Representatives (22 seats)

  • : John G. Jackson (1777-1825), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Stephenson (1764-1833), Federalist

  • : John Smith (1750-1836), Democratic-Republican

  • : David Holmes (1769-1832), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Lewis, Jr. ( - ), Federalist ...contested election, served until March 5 1804.

    Andrew Moore (1752-1821), Democratic-Republican …contested election, seated March 5 1804, resigned November 6 1804.
    Alexander Wilson ( - ), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1804.

  • : Abram Trigg (1750- ), Democratic-Republican

  • : Joseph Lewis, Jr. (1772-1834), Federalist

  • : Walter Jones (1745-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : Philip R. Thompson (1766-1837), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Dawson (1762-1814), Democratic-Republican

  • : Anthony New (1747-1833), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Griffin (1773-1837), Federalist

  • : John J. Trigg (1748-1804), Democratic-Republican …died June 28 1804.

    Christopher H. Clark (1767-1828), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 5 1804.

  • : Matthew Clay (1754-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Randolph (1773-1833), Democratic-Republican

  • : John W. Eppes (1773-1823), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), Democratic-Republican

  • : Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818), Democratic-Republican

  • : Edwin Gray (1743- ), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas M. Randolph (1768-1828), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Clopton (1756-1816), Democratic-Republican

Delegates

Mississippi Territory

  • : William Lattimore (1774-1843),


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