8th United States Congress - Definition and Overview

Eighth United States Congress

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1803-1804

Major Political Events

Officers

Senate

• President of the Senate - Aaron Burr
• President pro tempore -
  1. John Brown
     • 17 October 1803-6 December 1803
     • 23 January 1804-26 February 1804
  2. Jesse Franklin
     • 10 March 1804-4 November 1804
  3. Joseph Anderson
     • 15 January 1805-3 February 1805
     • 28 February 1805-1 December 1805
• Secretary of the Senate - Samuel Allyne Otis
• Senate Sergeant at Arms - James Mathers
• Senate Chaplain -
  1. Edward Gantt (to 7 November 1804)
  2. Alexander Thomas McCormick (from 7 November 1804)

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House - Nathaniel Macon
• Clerk of the House - John Beckley
• House Doorkeeper - Thomas Claxton
• House Sergeant at Arms - Joseph Wheaton
• Chaplain of the House -
  1. William Parkinson
  2. James Laurie

Members of the Eighth United States Congress

• John Quincy Adams (Senator), Federalist, MA
• Nathaniel Alexander (Representative), Republican, NC
• Willis Alston (Representative), Republican, NC
• Isaac Anderson (Representative), Republican, PA
• Joseph Anderson (Senator), Republican, TN
• John Archer (Representative), Republican, MD
• John Armstrong, Jr. (Senator), Republican, NY
• Theodorus Bailey (Senator), Republican, NY
• Abraham Baldwin (Senator), Republican, GA
• Simeon Baldwin (Representative), Federalist, CT
• David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA
• James Asheton Bayard, Sr. (Senator), Federalist, DE
• George Michael Bedinger (Representative), Republican, KY
• Silas Betton (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Phanuel Bishop (Representative), Republican, MA
• William Blackledge (Representative), Republican, NC
• Isaac Bloom (Representative), -, NY
• Walter Bowie (Representative), Republican, MD
• Adam Boyd (Representative), Republican, NJ
• John Boyle (Representative), Republican, KY
• Stephen Row Bradley (Senator), Anti-Administration, VT
• John Breckinridge (Senator), Republican, KY
• John Brown (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY
• Robert Brown (Representative), Republican, PA
• Phineas Bruce (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Joseph Bryan (Representative), Republican, GA
• Pierce Butler (Senator), Republican, SC
• William Butler (Representative), Republican, SC
• George Washington Campbell (Representative), Republican, TN
• John Campbell (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Levi Casey (Representative), Republican, SC
• William Chamberlain (Representative), Federalist, VT
• Martin Chittenden (Representative), Federalist, VT
• Clifton Clagett (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Thomas Claiborne (Representative), Republican, VA
• Christopher Henderson Clark (Representative), Republican, VA
• Joseph Clay (Representative), Republican, PA
• Matthew Clay (Representative), Republican, VA
• De Witt Clinton (Senator), Republican, NY
• George Clinton (Representative), Republican, NY
• John Clopton (Representative), Republican, VA
• William Cocke (Senator), Republican, TN
• John Condit (Senator), Republican, NJ
• Frederick Conrad (Representative), Republican, PA
• Jacob Crowninshield (Representative), Republican, MA
• Manasseh Cutler (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Richard Cutts (Representative), Republican, MA
• Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Representative), Federalist, CT
• John Davenport (Representative), Federalist, CT
• John Dawson (Representative), Republican, VA
• Jonathan Dayton (Senator), Federalist, NJ
• John Dennis (Representative), Federalist, MD
• William Dickson (Representative), Republican, TN
• Thomas Dwight (Representative), Federalist, MA
• John Baylis Earle (Representative), Republican, SC
• Peter Early (Representative), Republican, GA
• Christopher Ellery (Senator), Republican, RI
• James Elliott (Representative), Federalist, VT
• Ebenezer Elmer (Representative), Republican, NJ
• John Wayles Eppes (Representative), Republican, VA
• William Eustis (Representative), Republican, MA
• William Findley (Representative), Republican, PA
• John Fowler (Representative), Republican, KY
• Jesse Franklin (Senator), Republican, NC
• John Gaillard (Senator), Republican, SC
• William Branch Giles (Senator), Republican, VA
• James Gillespie (Representative), Republican, NC
• Calvin Goddard (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Peterson Goodwyn (Representative), Republican, VA
• Edwin Gray (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Andrew Gregg (Representative), Republican, PA
• Thomas Griffin (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Gaylord Griswold (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Roger Griswold (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Samuel Hammond (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Wade Hampton (Representative), Republican, SC
• John Andre Hanna (Representative), Republican, PA
• Josiah Hasbrouck (Representative), Republican, NY
• Seth Hastings (Representative), Federalist, MA
• William Helms (Representative), Republican, NJ
• Daniel Hiester (Representative), Republican, MD
• Joseph Hiester (Representative), Republican, PA
• James Hillhouse (Senator), Federalist, CT
• John Hoge (Representative), Republican, PA
• William Hoge (Representative), Republican, PA
• James Holland (Representative), Republican, NC
• David Holmes (Representative), Republican, VA
• David Hough (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Benjamin Howland (Senator), Republican, RI
• Benjamin Huger (Representative), Federalist, SC
• Samuel Hunt (Representative), Federalist, NH
• James Jackson (Senator), Anti-Administration, GA
• John George Jackson (Representative), Republican, VA
• Walter Jones (Representative), Republican, VA
• William Kennedy (Representative), Republican, NC
• Nehemiah Knight (Representative), Republican, RI
• Simon Larned (Representative), Republican, MA
• William Lattimore (Delegate), -, Mississippi Territory
• Michael Leib (Representative), Republican, PA
• Joseph Lewis, Jr. (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Thomas Lewis (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Henry Walter Livingston (Representative), Federalist, NY
• George Logan (Senator), Republican, PA
• Thomas Lowndes (Representative), Federalist, SC
• John Baptiste Charles Lucas (Representative), Republican, PA
• Matthew Lyon (Representative), Republican, KY
• Samuel Maclay (Senator), Republican, PA
• Nathaniel Macon (Representative), Republican, NC
• Stevens Thomson Mason (Senator), Republican, VA
• Andrew McCord (Representative), Republican, NY
• William McCreery (Representative), Republican, MD
• David Meriwether (Representative), Republican, GA
• Nahum Mitchell (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Samuel Latham Mitchill (Representative), Republican, NY
• Andrew Moore (Senator), Republican, VA
• Nicholas Ruxton Moore (Representative), Republican, MD
• Thomas Moore (Representative), Republican, SC
• Jeremiah Morrow (Representative), Republican, OH
• James Mott (Representative), Republican, NJ
• Roger Nelson (Representative), Republican, MD
• Anthony New (Representative), Republican, VA
• Thomas Newton, Jr. (Representative), Republican, VA
• Wilson Cary Nicholas (Senator), Republican, VA
• Joseph Hopper Nicholson (Representative), Republican, MD
• Simeon Olcott (Senator), Federalist, NH
• Gideon Olin (Representative), Republican, VT
• Beriah Palmer (Representative), Republican, NY
• John Paterson (Representative), Republican, NY
• Oliver Phelps (Representative), Republican, NY
• Timothy Pickering (Senator), Federalist, MA
• Thomas Plater (Representative), Federalist, MD
• William Plumer (Senator), Federalist, NH
• Samuel John Potter (Senator), Republican, RI
• Samuel Dinsmore Purviance (Representative), Federalist, NC
• John Randolph (Representative), -, VA
• Thomas Mann Randolph (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Rea (Representative), Republican, PA
• John Rhea (Representative), Republican, TN
• Jacob Richards (Representative), Republican, PA
• Samuel Riker (Representative), Republican, NY
• Caesar Augustus Rodney (Representative), Republican, DE
• Erastus Root (Representative), Republican, NY
• Thomas Sammons (Representative), Republican, NY
• Thomas Sandford (Representative), Republican, KY
• Joshua Sands (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Ebenezer Seaver (Representative), Republican, MA
• Thomson Joseph Skinner (Representative), Republican, MA
• James Sloan (Representative), Republican, NJ
• John Smilie (Representative), Republican, PA
• Israel Smith (Senator), Republican, VT
• John Smith (Senator), Republican, OH
• John Smith (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Smith (Senator), Republican, NY
• John Cotton Smith (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Samuel Smith (Senator), Republican, MD
• Henry Southard (Representative), Republican, NJ
• Richard Stanford (Representative), Republican, NC
• Joseph Stanton, Jr. (Representative), Republican, RI
• William Stedman (Representative), Federalist, MA
• James Stephenson (Representative), Federalist, VA
• John Stewart (Representative), Republican, PA
• David Stone (Senator), Republican, NC
• Thomas Sumter (Senator), Republican, SC
• Samuel Taggart (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Benjamin Tallmadge (Representative), Federalist, CT
• John Taylor (Senator), Republican, VA
• Samuel Tenney (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Samuel Thatcher (Representative), Federalist, MA
• David Thomas (Representative), Republican, NY
• Philip Rootes Thompson (Representative), Republican, VA
• George Tibbits (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Uriah Tracy (Senator), Federalist, CT
• Abram Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA
• John Johns Trigg (Representative), Republican, VA
• Philip Van Cortlandt (Representative), Republican, NY
• Isaac Van Horne (Representative), Republican, PA
• Killian Killian Van Rensselaer (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Joseph Bradley Varnum (Representative), Republican, MA
• Abraham Bedford Venable (Senator), Republican, VA
• Daniel Crommelin Verplanck (Representative), Republican, NY
• Peleg Wadsworth (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Matthew Walton (Representative), Republican, KY
• William Hill Wells (Senator), Federalist, DE
• Samuel White (Senator), Federalist, DE
• John Whitehill (Representative), Republican, PA
• Lemuel Williams (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Marmaduke Williams (Representative), Republican, NC
• Alexander Wilson (Representative), Republican, VA
• Richard Winn (Representative), Republican, SC
• Joseph Winston (Representative), Republican, NC
• Thomas Worthington (Senator), Republican, OH
• Robert Wright (Senator), Republican, MD
• Thomas Wynns (Representative), Republican, NC