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The Seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4 1801 to March 3 1803, during the first 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 First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority, except during the Special session of the Senate, when there was a Federalist majority in the Senate.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1801 - March 3 1803

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
» Senate

  • Democratic-Republican (DR) : 17 (majority)
  • Federalist (F): 15
  • vacant: 2 TOTAL members: 34
  • » House of Representatives

  • Democratic-Republican (DR) : 68 (majority)
  • Federalist (F): 38
  • vacant: 1 TOTAL members: 107
  • Leadership

    » Senate

  • Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • Speaker of the House

    Major events

    » Main article: Events of 1801; Events of 1802; Events of 1803

  • March 4 1801Thomas Jefferson became President of the United States
  • March 16 1802 - West Point was established.
  • February 24 1803 - The U.S. Supreme Court, Marbury v. Madison decision established judicial review
  • French Revolutionary Wars (1797-1802) of the Second Coalition

    Major legislation

    » Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 7th Congress

  • April 29 1802 - Judiciary Act of 1802, ch. 31, 2 Stat. 156
  • April 30 1802 - Enabling Act of 1802, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173
  • November 29 1802 - Ohio was admitted as a state to the Union. It was formerly a portion of the Northwest Territory

    Members

    This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. » See also: 7th United States Congress - political parties


       See also: 7th United States Congress - State Delegations » See also: United States House elections, 1800

    Senate

    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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1802; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1804; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1806. » See also:


       See also:
    » Connecticut

  • 1: James Hillhouse (F)
  • 3: Uriah Tracy (F) » Delaware

  • 2: William H. Wells (F)
  • 1: Samuel White (F) » Georgia

  • 2: Abraham Baldwin (DR)
  • 3: James Jackson (DR) » Kentucky

  • 2: John Brown (DR)
  • 3: John Breckinridge (DR) » Maryland

  • 1: John Eager Howard (F)
  • 3: William Hindman (F)
  • : Robert Wright (DR) » Massachusetts

  • 2: Dwight Foster (F)
  • 1: Jonathan Mason (F)
  • » New Hampshire

  • 2: Samuel Livermore (F)
  • : Simeon Olcott (F)
  • 3: James Sheafe (F)
  • : William Plumer (F) » New Jersey

  • 2: Jonathan Dayton (F)
  • 1: Aaron Ogden (F) » New York

  • 1: Gouverneur Morris (F)
  • 3: John Armstrong, Jr. (DR)
  • : DeWitt Clinton (DR) » North Carolina

  • 2: Jesse Franklin (DR)
  • 3: David Stone (DR) » Ohio

  • 1: vacant
  • 3: vacant » Pennsylvania

  • 1: James Ross (F)
  • 3: John Peter G. Muhlenberg (DR)
  • : George Logan (DR)
  • » Rhode Island

  • 1: Theodore Foster (DR)
  • 2: Ray Greene (F)
  • : Christopher Ellery (DR) » South Carolina

  • 2: Charles Pinckney (DR)
  • : Thomas Sumter (DR)
  • 3: John Ewing Colhoun (DR)
  • : Pierce Butler (DR) » Tennessee

  • 1: Joseph Anderson (DR)
  • 2: William Cocke (DR) » Vermont

  • 3: Elijah Paine (F)
  • : Stephen R. Bradley (DR)
  • 1: Nathaniel Chipman (F) » Virginia

  • 1: Stevens T. Mason (DR)
  • 2: Wilson C. Nicholas (DR)
  • House of Representatives

    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. » See also:


       See also:
    » Connecticut

  • : Samuel W. Dana (F)
  • : John Davenport (F)
  • : Elizur Goodrich (F)
  • : Calvin Goddard (F)
  • : Roger Griswold (F)
  • : Elias Perkins (F)
  • : John Cotton Smith (F)
  • : Benjamin Tallmadge (F) » Delaware

  • : James A. Bayard (F) » Georgia

  • : John Milledge (DR)
  • : Peter Early (DR)
  • : Benjamin Taliaferro (DR)
  • : David Meriwether (DR) » Kentucky

  • : Thomas T. Davis (DR)
  • : John Fowler (DR) » Maryland

  • : John Campbell (F)
  • : Richard Sprigg, Jr. (DR)
  • : Walter Bowie (DR)
  • : Thomas Plater (F)
  • : Daniel Hiester (DR)
  • : Samuel Smith (DR)
  • : John Archer (DR)
  • : Joseph H. Nicholson (DR)
  • : John Dennis (F) » Massachusetts

  • : John Bacon (DR)
  • : William Shepard (F)
  • : Ebenezer Mattoon (F)
  • : Levi Lincoln, Sr. (DR)
  • : Seth Hastings (F)
  • : Lemuel Williams (F)
  • : Josiah Smith (DR)
  • : Phanuel Bishop (DR)
  • : William Eustis (DR)
  • : Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR)
  • : Nathan Read (F)
  • : Manasseh Cutler (F)
  • : Silas Lee (F)
  • : Samuel Thatcher (F)
  • : Peleg Wadsworth (F)
  • : Richard Cutts (DR)
  • » New Hampshire

  • : Abiel Foster (F)
  • : Joseph Peirce (F)
  • : Samuel Hunt (F)
  • : Samuel Tenney (F)
  • : George B. Upham (F) » New Jersey

  • : John Condit (DR)
  • : Ebenezer Elmer (DR)
  • : William Helms (DR)
  • : James Mott (DR)
  • : Henry Southard (DR) » New York

  • : John Smith (DR)
  • : Samuel L. Mitchill (DR)
  • : Philip Van Cortlandt (DR)
  • : Lucas C. Elmendorf (DR)
  • : Thomas Tillotson (DR)
  • : Theodorus Bailey (DR)
  • : John Bird (F)
  • : John P. Van Ness (DR)
  • : David Thomas (DR)
  • : Killian K. Van Rensselaer (F)
  • : Benjamin Walker (F)
  • : Thomas Morris (F) » North Carolina

  • : James Holland (DR)
  • : Archibald Henderson (F)
  • : Robert Williams (DR)
  • : Richard Stanford (DR)
  • : Nathaniel Macon (DR)
  • : William H. Hill (F)
  • : William Barry Grove (F)
  • : Charles Johnson (DR)
  • : Thomas Wynns (DR)
  • : Willis Alston (DR)
  • : John Stanly (F) » Ohio

  • :
  • » Pennsylvania

  • : William Jones (DR)
  • : Michael Leib (DR)
  • : Joseph Hemphill (F)
  • : Robert Brown (DR)
  • : Isaac Van Horne (DR)
  • : Joseph Hiester (DR)
  • : John A. Hanna (DR)
  • : Thomas Boude (F)
  • : John Stewart (DR)
  • : Andrew Gregg (DR)
  • : Henry Woods (F)
  • : John Smilie (DR)
  • : William Hoge (DR) » Rhode Island

  • : Joseph Stanton, Jr. (DR)
  • : Thomas Tillinghast (DR) » South Carolina

  • : Thomas Lowndes (F)
  • : John Rutledge, Jr. (F)
  • : Benjamin Huger (F)
  • : Thomas Sumter (DR)
  • : Richard Winn (DR)
  • : William Butler, Sr. (DR)
  • : Thomas Moore (DR) » Tennessee

  • : William Dickson (DR) » Vermont

  • : Israel Smith (DR)
  • : Lewis R. Morris (F) » Virginia

  • : John Smith (DR)
  • : David Holmes (DR)
  • : George Jackson (DR)
  • : Abram Trigg (DR)
  • : John J. Trigg (DR)
  • : Matthew Clay (DR)
  • : John Randolph (DR)
  • : Thomas Claiborne (DR)
  • : William B. Giles (DR)
  • : Edwin Gray (DR)
  • : Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR)
  • : John Stratton (F)
  • : John Clopton (DR)
  • : Samuel J. Cabell (DR)
  • : John Dawson (DR)
  • : Anthony New (DR)
  • : Richard Brent (DR)
  • : Philip R. Thompson (DR)
  • : John Taliaferro (DR)
  • Delegates

    » Mississippi Territory

  • : Thomas M. Greene
  • : Narsworthy Hunter » Northwest Territory

  • : Paul Fearing (F)
  • Changes in membership

    The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress. » See also: 7th United States Congress - Membership Changes


    » Senate

  • replacements: 5
  • deaths: 1
  • resignations: 8
  • interim appointments: 1
  • vacancies: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 10
  • » House of Representatives

  • replacements: 8
  • deaths: 1
  • resignations: 9
  • forfeiture: 1
  • vacancy: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 11
  • Officers

    » Senate

  • Secretary of the Senate:
  • Doorkeeper of the Senate:
  • Chaplain of the Senate
  • Architect of the Capitol:
  • » House of Representatives

  • Clerk of the House:
  • Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Chaplain of the House
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