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The 8th 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, 1803, to March 4, 1805, during the last two years of Thomas Jefferson's first term in office. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1800 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
Major events
April 30, 1803: The Louisiana Purchase was made by the United States from France
February 16, 1804: In the First Barbary War, Stephen Decatur led a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate Philadelphia
May 14, 1804: Lewis and Clark Expedition departed from Camp Dubois to begin their historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River
July 11, 1804: Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton
November 30, 1804: Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase
December 3, 1804: 1804 United States presidential election: Incumbent Thomas Jefferson (DR) beat challenger Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F)
March 1, 1805: Samuel Chase acquitted of impeachment charges by the U.S. Senate
Major legislation
Constitutional amendments
December 9, 1803: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution providing a new procedure for electing the President and Vice President, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification 2 Stat. 306
June 15, 1804: Twelfth Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 13) to become part of the Constitution
Treaties
October 20, 1803: Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty
Territories organized
March 26, 1804: Territory of Orleans was organized from the portion of the Louisiana Purchase south of the 33rd parallel; the portion north of the 33rd parallel was organized as the District of Louisiana. 2 Stat. 283
January 11, 1805: Michigan Territory was organized. 2 Stat. 309
March 3, 1805: Louisiana Territory was organized from the District of Louisiana. 2 Stat. 331
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
== House of Representatives
=Following the 1800 census, the size of the House was increased to 142 seats from 108.
Leadership
= Senate
=President: Aaron Burr (DR)
President pro tempore: John Brown (DR), October 17, 1803 – February 26, 1804
Jesse Franklin (DR), March 10, 1804 – November 4, 1804
Joseph Anderson (DR), January 15, 1805 – December 1, 1805
= House of Representatives
=Speaker: Nathaniel Macon (DR)
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
Skip to House of Representatives, below
= 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 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.
= House of Representatives
=The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
= Senate
== House of Representatives
=Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
= Senate
=Whole
= House of Representatives
=Claims (Chairman: John C. Smith then Samuel W. Dana)
Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Samuel L. Mitchill)
Elections (Chairman: William Findley)
Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Samuel Tenney)
Rules (Select)
Standards of Official Conduct
Ways and Means (Chairman: John Randolph)
Whole
= Joint committees
=Enrolled Bills (Chairman: N/A)
Officers
= Legislative branch agency directors
=Architect of the Capitol: Benjamin H. Latrobe, appointed March 6, 1803
Librarian of Congress: John J. Beckley
= Senate
=Secretary: Samuel A. Otis
Sergeant at Arms: James Mathers
Chaplain: Edward Gantt, Episcopalian, until November 7, 1804
Alexander T. McCormick, Episcopalian, elected November 7, 1804
= House of Representatives
=Clerk: John Beckley
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Wheaton
Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton
Chaplain: William Parkinson, Baptist, until November 5, 1804
The Rev. James Laurie, Presbyterian, elected November 5, 1804
Reading Clerks: [data missing]
See also
1802 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
1802–03 United States Senate elections
1802–03 United States House of Representatives elections
1804 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
1804 United States presidential election
1804–05 United States Senate elections
1804–05 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
References
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
External links
Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
U.S. House of Representatives: House History
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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