| 9th United States Congress | |||
United States Capitol (1800) |
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| Duration: March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807 | |||
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| Senate President: | George Clinton | ||
| Senate Pres. pro tem: | Samuel Smith | ||
| House Speaker: | Nathaniel Macon | ||
| Members: | 34 Senators 142 Representatives 3 Non-voting members |
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| Senate Majority: | Democratic-Republican | ||
| House Majority: | Democratic-Republican | ||
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| Special: March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1805 1st: December 2, 1805 – April 21, 1806 2nd: December 1, 1806 – March 4, 1807 |
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The Ninth 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 Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
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.
| Party (Shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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| Democratic- Republican (DR) |
Federalist (F) |
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| End of the previous congress | 25 | 9 | 34 | 0 |
| Begin | 27 | 7 | 34 | 0 |
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| Final voting share | 79.4% | 20.6% | ||
| Beginning of the next congress | 28 | 6 | 34 | 0 |
| Party (Shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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| Democratic- Republican (DR) |
Federalist (F) |
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| End of the previous congress | 102 | 39 | 141 | 1 |
| Begin | 113 | 26 | 139 | 3 |
| End | 28 | 141 | 1 | |
| Final voting share | 80.1% | 19.9% | ||
| Beginning of the next congress | 115 | 25 | 140 | 1 |
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1808; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1810; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1806.
The names of members of the House of Representatives are listed by their districts.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
| State (class) |
Former senator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| Kentucky (3) |
John Breckinridge (DR) | Resigned August 7, 1805 after being appointed United States Attorney General | John Adair (DR) | Seated November 8, 1805 |
| Georgia (3) |
James Jackson (DR) | Died March 19, 1806 | John Milledge (DR) | Seated June 19, 1806 |
| Maryland (3) |
Robert Wright (DR) | Resigned November 12, 1806 after being elected Governor of Maryland | Philip Reed (DR) | Seated November 25, 1806 |
| Kentucky (3) |
John Adair (DR) | Resigned November 18, 1806 after losing the election | Henry Clay (DR) | Seated November 19, 1806 |
| District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| Connecticut At-large |
Vacant | Calvin Goddard (F) resigned before the beginning of this Congress | Timothy Pitkin (F) | Seated September 16, 1805 |
| Connecticut At-large |
Vacant | Roger Griswold (F) resigned before the beginning of this Congress | Lewis B. Sturges (F) | Seated September 16, 1805 |
| Pennsylvania 11th |
Vacant | John B. C. Lucas (DR) resigned before the beginning of this Congress | Samuel Smith (DR) | Seated November 7, 1805 |
| Pennsylvania 4th |
John A. Hanna (DR) | Died July 23, 1805 | Robert Whitehill (DR) | Seated November 7, 1805 |
| North Carolina 10th |
Nathaniel Alexander (DR) | Resigned November, 1805 after being elected Governor of North Carolina | Evan S. Alexander (DR) | Seated February 24, 1806 |
| Indiana Territory | Vacant | Territory elected delegate to Congress for first time | Benjamin Parke | Elected December 12, 1805 |
| Georgia At-large |
Cowles Mead (DR) | Lost contested election December 24, 1805 | Thomas Spalding (DR) | Seated December 24, 1805 |
| Georgia At-large |
Joseph Bryan (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1806 | Dennis Smelt (DR) | September 1, 1806 |
| Georgia At-large |
Thomas Spalding (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1806 | William W. Bibb (DR) | Seated January 26, 1807 |
| Pennsylvania 1st |
Michael Leib (DR) | Resigned February 14, 1806 | John Porter (DR) | Seated December 8, 1806 |
| Maryland 7th |
Joseph H. Nicholson (DR) | Resigned March 1, 1806 | Edward Lloyd (DR) | Seated December 3, 1806 |
| Virginia 13th |
Christopher H. Clark (DR) | Resigned July 1, 1806 | William A. Burwell (DR) | December 1, 1806 |
| Connecticut At-large |
John Cotton Smith (F) | Resigned sometime in August, 1806 | Theodore Dwight (F) | December 1, 1806 |
| Territory of Orleans | Vacant | Territory elected delegate to Congress for first time | Daniel Clark | Elected December 1, 1806 |
| Pennsylvania 3rd |
Christian Lower (DR) | Resigned December 19, 1806 | Vacant | Not filled for remainder of term |
| South Carolina 6th |
Levi Casey (DR) | Died February 3, 1807 | Vacant | Not filled for remainder of term |
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