8th United States Congress - Membership Changes
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The Eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1805, during the last 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 Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
- Main article: 8th United States Congress
- See also: 8th United States Congress - Political Parties
- See also: 8th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1802
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: October 17, 1803 - March 27, 1804
- Second session: November 5, 1804 - March 3, 1805 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 7th Congress
Next congress: 9th Congress
[edit] Party changes
[edit] Senate
| Affiliation | Members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| opening | net changes | adjournment | ||||
| Democratic-Republican | 23 | +2 | 25 | |||
| Federalist | 9 | 9 | ||||
| vacant | 2 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 34 | 34 | ||||
[edit] House of Representatives
| Affiliation | Members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| opening | net changes | adjournment | ||||
| Democratic-Republican | 102 | 101 | ||||
| Federalist | 40 | -1 | 39 | |||
| vacant | 0 | +2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 142 | 142 | ||||
[edit] Membership changes
Ohio was newly admitted as a state and is first represented in this Congress.
[edit] Senate
- deaths: 2
- resignations: 7
- new state: 2
- Total seats with changes: 12
[edit] House of Representatives
- deaths: 5
- resignations: 5
- contested elections: 1
- new state: 1
- Total seats with changes: 12
| State | Outgoing Representative | Reason for Change | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia 4th at large |
Samuel Hammond Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. seat declared vacant, February 2, 1805, having been appointed governor of Upper Louisiana Territory. |
vacant | not filled in this Congress | ||
| Maryland 4th |
Daniel Hiester Dem.-Rep. |
Death. Representative Daniel Hiester died March 7, 1807 |
Roger Nelson Dem.-Rep. |
November 6, 1804 | ||
| Massachusetts 12th |
Thomson J. Skinner Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative Thomson J. Skinner resigned August 10, 1804. |
Simon Larned Dem.-Rep. |
November 5, 1804 | ||
| New York 1st |
John Smith Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative John Smith resigned February 23, 1804, having been elected Senator. |
Samuel Riker Dem.-Rep. |
November 5, 1804 | ||
| New York 3rd |
Samuel L. Mitchill Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative Samuel L. Mitchill resigned November 22, 1804, having been elected Senator. |
George Clinton Dem.-Rep. |
February 14, 1805 | ||
| New York 6th |
Isaac Bloom Fed. |
Death. Representative Isaac Bloom died April 23, 1803, before Congress assembled. |
Daniel C. Verplanck Dem.-Rep. |
October 17, 1803 | ||
| North Carolina 5th |
James Gillespie Dem.-Rep. |
Death. Representative James Gillespie died January 10, 1805. |
vacant | not filled in this Congress | ||
| Ohio A/L. |
new state | New state admission. Ohio was admitted to the Union on November 29, 1802. |
Jeremiah Morrow Dem.-Rep. |
October 17, 1803 | ||
| Pennsylvania |
William Hoge Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative William Hoge resigned October 15, 1804. |
John Hoge Dem.-Rep. |
November 27, 1804. | ||
| Virginia |
Thomas Lewis, Jr. Fed. |
Contested election. Representative Thomas Lewis, Jr. served until March 5, 1804. |
Andrew Moore Dem.-Rep. |
March 5, 1804. | ||
| Virginia |
Andrew Moore Dem.-Rep. |
Resignation. Representative Andrew Moore resigned November 6, 1804, having been elected Senator. |
Alexander Wilson Dem.-Rep. |
December 4, 1804. | ||
| Virginia |
John J. Trigg Dem.-Rep. |
Death. Representative John J. Trigg died June 28, 1804. |
Christopher Clark Dem.-Rep. |
November 5, 1804. | ||
[edit] References
- Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
- 1st Federal Congress Project (2006). 1st Federal Congress Project. The George Washington University. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). Statutes at Large, 1789-1875. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- U.S. Congress (2005). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- U.S. House of Representatives (2006). Congressional History. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
- U.S. Senate (2006). Statistics and Lists. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
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