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9th United States Congress

1805-1807 meeting of U.S. legislature

Field	Value
number	9th
image	USCapitol1800.jpg
imagename	United States Capitol
imagedate	1800
start	March 4, 1805
end	March 4, 1807
vp	George Clinton (DR)
pro tem	Samuel Smith (DR)
speaker	Nathaniel Macon (DR)
senators	34
reps	142
delegates	3
s-majority	Democratic-Republican
h-majority	Democratic-Republican
sessionnumber1	Special
sessionstart1	March 4, 1805
sessionend1	March 4, 1805
sessionnumber2	1st
sessionstart2	December 2, 1805
sessionend2	April 21, 1806
sessionnumber3	2nd
sessionstart3	December 1, 1806
sessionend3	March 4, 1807
previous	8th
next	10th

|s-majority = Democratic-Republican |h-majority = Democratic-Republican The 9th 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, 1805, to March 4, 1807, during the fifth and sixth years of Thomas Jefferson's presidency. 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

Main article: 1805 in the United States, 1806 in the United States, 1807 in the United States

March 4, 1805: President Thomas Jefferson begins his second term.
June 1, 1805: First Barbary War ends.
November 7, 1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition arrives at the Pacific Ocean.
September 23, 1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition returns to St. Louis, Missouri, thereby ending the exploration of the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest.
February 19, 1807: Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for conspiracy and acquitted.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#9th United States Congress

March 29, 1806: Cumberland Road, ch. 19,
February 24, 1807: Seventh Circuit Act of 1807, ch. 16, ()
March 2, 1807: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, ch. 22,
March 3, 1807: Insurrection Act, ch. 39,

Territories organized

June 30, 1805: Michigan Territory was formed from a portion of the Indiana Territory

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

President: George Clinton (DR)
President pro tempore: Samuel Smith (DR)

House of Representatives

Speaker: Nathaniel Macon (DR)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. :Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 9th Congress

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.

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. James Hillhouse (F) : 3. Uriah Tracy (F)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

: 1. Samuel White (F) : 2. James A. Bayard (F)

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

: 2. Abraham Baldwin (DR) : 3. James Jackson (DR), until March 19, 1806 :: John Milledge (DR), from June 19, 1806

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: 2. Buckner Thruston (DR) : 3. John Breckinridge (DR), until August 7, 1805 :: John Adair (DR), November 8, 1805 – November 18, 1806 :: Henry Clay (DR), from November 19, 1806

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

: 1. Samuel Smith (DR) : 3. Robert Wright (DR), until November 12, 1806 :: Philip Reed (DR), from November 25, 1806

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: 1. John Quincy Adams (F) : 2. Timothy Pickering (F)

[[List of United States senators from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: 2. Nicholas Gilman (DR) : 3. William Plumer (F)

[[List of United States senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: 1. John Condit (DR) : 2. Aaron Kitchell (DR)

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

: 1. Samuel L. Mitchill (DR) : 3. John Smith (DR)

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: 2. James Turner (DR), from December 22, 1805 : 3. David Stone (DR), until February 17, 1807

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|Ohio]]

: 1. John Smith (DR) : 3. Thomas Worthington (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: 1. Samuel Maclay (DR) : 3. George Logan (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: 1. Benjamin Howland (DR) : 2. James Fenner (DR)

[[List of United States senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: 2. Thomas Sumter (DR) : 3. John Gaillard (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: 1. Joseph Anderson (DR) : 2. Daniel Smith (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Vermont|Vermont]]

: 1. Israel Smith (DR) : 3. Stephen R. Bradley (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Virginia|Virginia]]

: 1. Andrew Moore (DR) : 2. William B. Giles (DR)

Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 9th Congress in March 1805.

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 9th Congress

The names of representatives are listed by their district numbers

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Samuel W. Dana (F) : . John Davenport (F) : . Jonathan O. Moseley (F) : . Timothy Pitkin (F), seated September 16, 1805 : . John Cotton Smith (F), until August 1806 :: Theodore Dwight (F), seated December 1, 1806 : . Lewis B. Sturges (F), seated September 16, 1805 : . Benjamin Tallmadge (F)

[[List of United States representatives from Delaware|Delaware]]

: . James M. Broom (F)

[[List of United States representatives from Georgia|Georgia]]

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Joseph Bryan (DR), until 1806 :: Dennis Smelt (DR), from September 1, 1806 : . Peter Early (DR) : . David Meriwether (DR) : . Cowles Mead (DR), until December 24, 1805 :: Thomas Spalding (DR), December 24, 1805 – 1806 :: William W. Bibb (DR), from January 26, 1807

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . Matthew Lyon (DR) : . John Boyle (DR) : . Matthew Walton (DR) : . Thomas Sandford (DR) : . John Fowler (DR) : . George M. Bedinger (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from Maryland|Maryland]]

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives. : . John Campbell (F) : . Leonard Covington (DR) : . Patrick Magruder (DR) : . Roger Nelson (DR) : . William McCreery (DR) : . Nicholas R. Moore (DR) : . John Archer (DR) : . Joseph H. Nicholson (DR), until March 1, 1806 :: Edward Lloyd (DR), from December 3, 1806 : . Charles Goldsborough (F)

[[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: . Josiah Quincy (F) : . Jacob Crowninshield (DR) : . Jeremiah Nelson (F) : . Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) : . William Ely (F) : . Samuel Taggart (F) : . Joseph Barker (DR) : . Isaiah L. Green (DR) : . Phanuel Bishop (DR) : . Seth Hastings (F) : . William Stedman (F) : . Barnabas Bidwell (DR) : . Ebenezer Seaver (DR) : . Richard Cutts (DR) : . Peleg Wadsworth (F) : . Orchard Cook (DR) : . John Chandler (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Silas Betton (F) : . Caleb Ellis (F) : . David Hough (F) : . Samuel Tenney (F) : . Thomas W. Thompson (F)

[[List of United States representatives from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Ezra Darby (DR) : . Ebenezer Elmer (DR) : . William Helms (DR) : . John Lambert (DR) : . James Sloan (DR) : . Henry Southard (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from New York|New York]]

: . Eliphalet Wickes (DR) : . and . Joint district with two seats.

::George Clinton Jr. (DR) : . Philip Van Cortlandt (DR) : . John Blake Jr. (DR) : . Daniel C. Verplanck (DR) : . Martin G. Schuneman (DR) : . Henry W. Livingston (F) : . Killian K. Van Rensselaer (F) : . Josiah Masters (DR) : . Peter Sailly (DR) : . David Thomas (DR) : . Thomas Sammons (DR) : . John Russell (DR) : . Nathan Williams (DR) : . Uri Tracy (DR) : . Silas Halsey (DR) #### [[List of United States representatives from North Carolina|North Carolina]] : . Thomas Wynns (DR) : . Willis Alston (DR) : . Thomas Blount (DR) : . William Blackledge (DR) : . Thomas Kenan (DR) : . Nathaniel Macon (DR) : . Duncan McFarlan (DR) : . Richard Stanford (DR) : . Marmaduke Williams (DR) : . Nathaniel Alexander (DR), until November 1805 :: Evan S. Alexander (DR), from February 24, 1806 : . James Holland (DR) : . Joseph Winston (DR) #### [[List of United States representatives from Ohio|Ohio]] : . Jeremiah Morrow (DR) #### [[List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] There were four plural districts, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd had three representatives each, the 4th had two representatives. : . Joseph Clay (DR) : . Michael Leib (DR), until February 14, 1806 :: John Porter (DR), from December 8, 1806 : . Jacob Richards (DR) : . Robert Brown (DR) : . Frederick Conrad (DR) : . John Pugh (DR) : . Isaac Anderson (DR) : . Christian Lower (DR), until December 19, 1806, vacant thereafter : . John Whitehill (DR) : . David Bard (DR) : . John A. Hanna (DR), until July 23, 1805 :: Robert Whitehill (DR), from November 7, 1805 : . Andrew Gregg (DR) : . James Kelly (F) : . John Rea (DR) : . William Findley (DR) : . John Smilie (DR) : . John Hamilton (DR) : . Samuel Smith (DR), seated November 7, 1805 #### [[List of United States representatives from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Nehemiah Knight (DR) : . Joseph Stanton Jr. (DR) #### [[List of United States representatives from South Carolina|South Carolina]] : . Robert Marion (DR) : . William Butler Sr. (DR) : . David R. Williams (DR) : . O'Brien Smith (DR) : . Richard Winn (DR) : . Levi Casey (DR), until February 3, 1807, vacant thereafter : . Thomas Moore (DR) : . Elias Earle (DR) #### [[List of United States representatives from Tennessee|Tennessee]] : . John Rhea (DR) : . George W. Campbell (DR) : . William Dickson (DR) #### [[List of United States representatives from Vermont|Vermont]] : . Gideon Olin (DR) : . James Elliott (F) : . James Fisk (DR) : . Martin Chittenden (F) #### [[List of United States representatives from Virginia|Virginia]] : . John G. Jackson (DR) : . John Morrow (DR) : . John Smith (DR) : . David Holmes (DR) : . Alexander Wilson (DR) : . Abram Trigg (DR) : . Joseph Lewis Jr. (F) : . Walter Jones (DR) : . Philip R. Thompson (DR) : . John Dawson (DR) : . James M. Garnett (DR) : . Burwell Bassett (DR) : . Christopher Clark (DR), until July 1, 1806 :: William A. Burwell (DR), from December 1, 1806 : . Matthew Clay (DR) : . John Randolph (DR) : . John W. Eppes (DR) : . John Claiborne (DR) : . Peterson Goodwyn (DR) : . Edwin Gray (DR) : . Thomas Newton Jr. (DR) : . Thomas M. Randolph (DR) : . John Clopton (DR) #### Non-voting members : . Benjamin Parke, seated December 12, 1805 : . William Lattimore : . Daniel Clark, seated December 1, 1806 ## Changes in membership The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress. ### Senate Sorted chronologically by date of vacancy -- |- | North Carolina (2) | Vacant | Montfort Stokes (DR) was elected in 1804 but declined the position. Successor elected December 22, 1805. | | James Turner (DR) | Seated December 22, 1805 |- | Kentucky (3) | | John Breckinridge (DR) | Resigned August 7, 1805, after being appointed United States Attorney General. Successor elected November 8, 1805, to finish the term ending March 4, 1807. | | John Adair (DR) | Seated November 8, 1805 |- | Georgia (3) | | James Jackson (DR) | Died March 19, 1806. Winner elected June 19, 1806, to finish the term ending March 4, 1807. | | John Milledge (DR) | Seated June 19, 1806 |- | Maryland (3) | | Robert Wright (DR) | Resigned November 12, 1806, after being elected Governor of Maryland. Successor elected November 25, 1806, to finish the term ending March 4, 1807 (as well as to the next term). | | Philip Reed (DR) | Seated November 25, 1806 |- | Kentucky (3) | | John Adair (DR) | Resigned November 18, 1806, after losing the election to the next term. Successor elected November 19, 1806, despite being younger than the constitutional age minimum. | | Henry Clay (DR) | Seated November 19, 1806 |- | North Carolina (3) | | David Stone (DR) | Resigned February 17, 1807. Vacant for remainder of Congress. | Vacant |} ### House of Representatives Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy -- *Main article: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives* |- | | Vacant | Calvin Goddard (F) resigned before the beginning of this Congress | | Timothy Pitkin (F) | Seated September 16, 1805 |- | | Vacant | Roger Griswold (F) resigned before the beginning of this Congress | | Lewis B. Sturges (F) | Seated September 16, 1805 |- | | Vacant | John B. C. Lucas (DR) resigned before the beginning of this Congress | | Samuel Smith (DR) | Seated November 7, 1805 |- | | | John A. Hanna (DR) | Died July 23, 1805 | | Robert Whitehill (DR) | Seated November 7, 1805 |- | | | Nathaniel Alexander (DR) | Resigned November, 1805 after being elected Governor of North Carolina | | Evan S. Alexander (DR) | Seated February 24, 1806 |- | nowrap | | Vacant | Territory elected delegate to Congress for first time | Benjamin Parke | Elected December 12, 1805 |- | | | Cowles Mead (DR) | Lost contested election December 24, 1805 | | Thomas Spalding (DR) | Seated December 24, 1805 |- | | | Joseph Bryan (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1806 | | Dennis Smelt (DR) | September 1, 1806 |- | | | Thomas Spalding (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1806 | | William W. Bibb (DR) | Seated January 26, 1807 |- | | | Michael Leib (DR) | Resigned February 14, 1806 | | John Porter (DR) | Seated December 8, 1806 |- | | | Joseph H. Nicholson (DR) | Resigned March 1, 1806 | | Edward Lloyd (DR) | Seated December 3, 1806 |- | | | Christopher H. Clark (DR) | Resigned July 1, 1806 | | William A. Burwell (DR) | December 1, 1806 |- | | | John Cotton Smith (F) | Resigned sometime in August, 1806 | | Theodore Dwight (F) | December 1, 1806 |- | nowrap | | Vacant | Territory elected delegate to Congress for first time | Daniel Clark | Elected December 1, 1806 |- | | | Christian Lower (DR) | Resigned December 19, 1806 | Vacant | Not filled for remainder of term |- | | | Levi Casey (DR) | Died February 3, 1807 | Vacant | Not filled for remainder of term |} ## Committees Lists of committees and their party leaders. ### Senate - Army Regulations (Select) - Whole ### House of Representatives - Accounts (Chairman: Frederick Conrad) - Claims (Chairman: John Cotton Smith then David Holmes) - Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Jacob Crowninshield) - Elections (Chairman: William Findley) - Public Lands (Chairman: Andrew Gregg then John Boyle then Andrew Gregg) - Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Samuel Tenney) - Rules (Select) - Standards of Official Conduct - Ways and Means (Chairman: John Randolph then Joseph Clay) - Whole ### Joint committees - Enrolled Bills (Chairman: N/A then Sen. James Turner) - The Library (Chairman: N/A) ## Employees ### [[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|Legislative branch agency]] directors - Architect of the Capitol: Benjamin Latrobe - Librarian of Congress: John J. Beckley ### Senate - Chaplain: Alexander T. McCormick, *Episcopalian*, elected November 7, 1804 - Edward Gantt, *Episcopalian*, elected December 4, 1805 - John J. Sayrs, *Episcopalian*, elected December 3, 1806 - Secretary: Samuel A. Otis - Sergeant at Arms: James Mathers ### House of Representatives - Chaplain: James Laurie, *Presbyterian*, elected December 2, 1805 - Robert Elliot, *Presbyterian*, elected December 1, 1806 - Clerk: John Beckley - Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton - Reading Clerks: - Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Wheaton ## Notes ## References - - ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_United_States_Congress) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_United_States_Congress?action=history). ::

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