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Membership
of
the
8th
Congress
of
the
United
States |
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March
4,
1803
to
March
3,
1805 |
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First
Session:
October
17,
1803
to
March
27,
1804 |
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Second
Session:
November
5,
1804
to
March
3,
1805 |
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Vice
President
of
the
United
States:
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Aaron
Burr
(New
York) |
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President
Pro
Tempore
of
the
Senate:
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John
Brown
(Kentucky)
Jesse
Franklin
(North
Carolina),
from
March
10,
1804
Joseph
Anderson
(Tennessee),
from
January
15,
1805 |
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Secretary
of
the
Senate:
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Samuel
A.
Otis
(Massachusetts) |
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Sergeant
At
Arms
of
the
Senate:
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James Mathers
(New
York) |
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Speaker
of
the
House
of
Representatives:
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Nathaniel
Macon
(North
Carolina) |
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Clerk
of
the
House:
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John
Beckley
(Virginia) |
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Sergeant
At
Arms
of
the
House:
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Joseph
Wheaton
(Rhode
Island) |
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Doorkeeper
of
the
House:
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Thomas
Claxton |
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New
York
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Senators
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De
Witt
Clinton (resigned
November
4,
1803
to
become
Mayor
of
New
York
City) |
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Theodorus
Bailey (resigned January
16,
1804
to
accept
the
position
of
Postmaster
of
New
York
City) |
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John
Armstrong, Jr. (elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Theodorus
Bailey; served
from
February
25,
1804;
resigned
June
30,
1804 to
become
Minister
to
France) |
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John
Smith (elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
De
Witt
Clinton;
served
from
February
23,
1804) |
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Samuel
L. Mitchill (elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
John
Armstrong, Jr.;
served
from
November
23,
1804) |
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Representatives |
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District
1:
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John
Smith
(resigned
February
23,
1804
to
become
Senator) |
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Samuel
Riker
(elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
John
Smith;
served
from
November
5,
1804) |
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District
2:
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Johsua
Sands |
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District
3:
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Samuel
L.
Mitchill
(resigned
November
22,
1804
to
become
Senator) |
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George
Clinton
(elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Samuel
L.
Mitchill;
served
from
February
14,
1805) |
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District
4:
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Philip
Van
Cortlandt |
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District
5:
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Andrew
McCord |
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District
6:
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Isaac
Bloom
(died
April
26,
1803) |
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Daniel
C.
Verplanck
(elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
death
of
Isaac
Bloom;
served
from
October
17,
1803) |
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District
7:
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Josiah
Hasbrouck
(elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Representative-elect
John
Cantine;
served
from
April
28,
1803) |
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District
8:
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Henry
W.
Livingston |
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District
9:
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Killian
K.
Van
Rensselaer |
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District
10:
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George
Tibbits |
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District
11:
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Beriah
Palmer |
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District
12:
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David
Thomas |
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District
13:
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Thomas
Sammons |
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District
14:
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Erastus
Root |
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District
15:
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Gaylord
Griswold |
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District
16:
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John
Patterson |
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District
17:
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Oliver
Phelps |
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Virginia
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Senators
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Stevens T. Mason
(died
May
10,
1803) |
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Wilson C. Nicholas
(resigned
May
22,
1804) |
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John
Taylor
of
Caroline
(appointed
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
death
of
Stevens T. Mason;
served
from
June
4,
1803
to
December
7,
1803
when
Abraham
Venable
was
elected) |
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Abraham
Venable
(elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
death
of
Stevens T. Mason;
served
from
December
7,
1803
to
June
7,
1804,
when
he
resigned
to
become
president
of
the
first
national
bank
organized
in
Virginia) |
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William B. Giles
(appointed
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Abraham
Venable;
while
holding
the
office
of
Senator-designate
was
elected
on
December
4,
1804,
to
fill
the
vacancy
in
the
term
beginning
March
4,
1799,
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Wilson C. Nicholas;
served
from
August
11,
1804) |
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Andrew
Moore (appointed
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Wilson C. Nicholas;
while
holding
the
office
of
Senator-designate
was
elected
on
December
4,
1804
to
fill
the
vacancy
in
the
term
beginning
March
4,
1803
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Abraham
Venable;
served
successively
in
the
two
classes
from
August
11,
1804) |
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Representatives |
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District
1:
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John
G.
Jackson |
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District
2:
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James
Stephenson |
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District
3:
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John
Smith |
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District
4:
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David
Holmes |
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District
5:
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Thomas
Lewis
(election
contested
by
Andrew
Moore;
succeeded
March
5,
1804
) |
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Andrew
Moore
(successfully
contested
the
election
of
Thomas
Lewis;
served
from
March
5,
1804;
resigned
August
11,
1804
to
become
Senator) |
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Alexander
Wilson
(elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
resignation
of
Andrew
Moore;
served
from
December
4,
1804) |
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District
6:
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Abram
Trigg |
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District
7:
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Joseph
Lewis,
Jr. |
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District
8:
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Walter
Jones |
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District
9:
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Philip
R.
Thompson |
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District
10:
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John
Dawson |
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District
11:
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Anthony
New |
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District
12:
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Thomas
Griffin |
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District
13:
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John
Johns
Trigg
(died
May
17,
1804) |
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Christopher
H.
Clark
(elected
to
fill
the
vacancy
caused
by
the
death
of
John
Trigg;
served
from
November
5,
1804) |
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District
14:
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Matthew
Clay |
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District
15:
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John
Randolph
of
Roanoke |
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District
16:
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John
W.
Eppes |
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District
17:
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Thomas
Claiborne |
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District
18:
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Peterson
Goodwyn |
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District
19:
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Edwin
Gray |
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District
20:
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Thomas
Newton,
Jr. |
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District
21:
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Thomas
M.
Randolph |
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District
22:
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John
Clopton |
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