9th United States Congress

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.

Major events

 * June 1, 1805: War with Tripoli ended.
 * September 23, 1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition reached St. Louis, Missouri,thereby ending the exploration of the Louisiana Territory and the Pacific Northwest.
 * February 19, 1807: Former Vice President Aaron Burr was tried for conspiracy and acquitted.

Major legislation

 * March 29, 1806 - Cumberland Road, ch. 19,
 * March 2, 1807 - Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, ch. 22,

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, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate
TOTAL members: 34
 * Democratic-Republican (DR): 27 (majority)
 * Federalist (F): 7

House of Representatives
TOTAL members: 142
 * Democratic-Republican (DR): 114 (majority)
 * Federalist (F): 28

Senate

 * President: George Clinton (DR) of New York
 * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith (DR) of Maryland, first elected December 2, 1805

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Nathaniel Macon (DR) of North Carolina, elected December 2, 1805



Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate
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.

Connecticut

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

Delaware

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

Georgia

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

Kentucky

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

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New York

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

North Carolina

 * 3. David Stone (DR)
 * 2. James Turner (DR)

Ohio

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

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

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

House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are listed by their districts.

Connecticut
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Samuel W. Dana (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. John Davenport (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Jonathan O. Moseley (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Timothy Pitkin (F), seated September 16, 1805
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. John Cotton Smith (F)
 * Theodore Dwight (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Lewis B. Sturges (F), seated September 16, 1805
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Benjamin Tallmadge (F)

Delaware

 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. James M. Broom (F)

Georgia
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Joseph Bryan (DR)
 * Dennis Smelt (DR)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Peter Early (DR)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. David Meriwether (DR)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Cowles Mead (DR)
 * Thomas Spalding (DR)
 * William W. Bibb (DR)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Matthew Lyon (DR)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. John Boyle (DR)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Matthew Walton (DR)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Thomas Sandford (DR)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. John Fowler (DR)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. George M. Bedinger (DR)

Maryland
The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. John Campbell (F)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Leonard Covington (DR)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Patrick Magruder (DR)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Roger Nelson (DR)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. William McCreery (DR)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Nicholas R. Moore (DR)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. John Archer (DR)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Joseph H. Nicholson (DR)
 * Edward Lloyd (DR)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. Charles Goldsborough (F)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Josiah Quincy (F)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Jacob Crowninshield (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Jeremiah Nelson (F)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. William Ely (F)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Samuel Taggart (F)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Joseph Barker (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Isaiah L. Green (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Phanuel Bishop (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Seth Hastings (F)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. William Stedman (F)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. Barnabas Bidwell (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. Ebenezer Seaver (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 14th congressional district. Richard Cutts (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 15th congressional district. Peleg Wadsworth (F)
 * Massachusetts's 16th congressional district. Orchard Cook (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 17th congressional district. John Chandler (DR)

New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Silas Betton (F)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Caleb Ellis (F)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. David Hough (F)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Samuel Tenney (F)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Thomas W. Thompson (F)

New Jersey
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Ezra Darby (DR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Ebenezer Elmer (DR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. William Helms (DR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. John Lambert (DR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. James Sloan (DR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Henry Southard (DR)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. Eliphalet Wickes (DR)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Gurdon S. Mumford (DR)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. George Clinton (DR)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Philip Van Cortlandt (DR)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. John Blake, Jr. (DR)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Daniel C. Verplanck (DR)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Martin G. Schuneman (DR)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Henry W. Livingston (F)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Killian K. Van Rensselaer (F)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Josiah Masters (DR)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Peter Sailly (DR)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. David Thomas (DR)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Thomas Sammons (DR)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. John Russell (DR)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Nathan Williams (DR)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Uri Tracy (DR)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Silas Halsey (DR)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Thomas Wynns (DR)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Willis Alston (DR)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Thomas Blount (DR)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. William Blackledge (DR)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Thomas Kenan (DR)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Nathaniel Macon (DR)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Duncan McFarlan (DR)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Richard Stanford (DR)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Marmaduke Williams (DR)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Nathaniel Alexander (DR)
 * Evan S. Alexander (DR)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. James Holland (DR)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. Joseph Winston (DR)

Ohio

 * Ohio's at-large congressional district. Jeremiah Morrow (DR)

Pennsylvania
There were four plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd had three representatives each, the 4th had two representatives.
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Joseph Clay (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Michael Leib (DR)
 * John Porter (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Jacob Richards (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Robert Brown (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Frederick Conrad (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. John Pugh (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Isaac Anderson (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Christian Lower (DR), died December 19, 1806, vacant thereafter
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. John Whitehill (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. David Bard (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. John A. Hanna (DR)
 * Robert Whitehill (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Andrew Gregg (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. James Kelly (F)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. John Rea (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. William Findley (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. John Smilie (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. John Hamilton (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Samuel Smith (DR), seated November 7, 1805

Rhode Island
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district. Nehemiah Knight (DR)
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district. Joseph Stanton, Jr. (DR)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Robert Marion (DR)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. William Butler, Sr. (DR)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. David R. Williams (DR)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. O'Brien Smith (DR)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Richard Winn (DR)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. Levi Casey (DR), died February 3, 1807, vacant thereafter
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. Thomas Moore (DR)
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district. Elias Earle (DR)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. John Rhea (DR)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. George W. Campbell (DR)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. William Dickson (DR)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. Gideon Olin (DR)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. James Elliott (F)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district. James Fisk (DR)
 * Vermont's 4th congressional district. Martin Chittenden (F)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. John G. Jackson (DR)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. John Morrow (DR)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John Smith (DR)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. David Holmes (DR)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Alexander Wilson (DR)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Abram Trigg (DR)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Joseph Lewis, Jr. (F)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Walter Jones (DR)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. Philip R. Thompson (DR)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. John Dawson (DR)
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district. James M. Garnett (DR)
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district. Burwell Bassett (DR)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district. Christopher Clark (DR)
 * William A. Burwell (DR)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district. Matthew Clay (DR)
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district. John Randolph (DR)
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district. John W. Eppes (DR)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district. John Claiborne (DR)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district. Peterson Goodwyn (DR)
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district. Edwin Gray (DR)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district. Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district. Thomas M. Randolph (DR)
 * Virginia's 22nd congressional district. John Clopton (DR)

Non-voting members

 * Indiana Territory's at-large congressional district. Benjamin Parke,seated December 12, 1805
 * Mississippi Territory's at-large congressional district. William Lattimore
 * Orleans Territory's at-large congressional district. Daniel Clark, seated December 1, 1806

Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Employees

 * Architect of the Capitol: Benjamin Latrobe

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
 * Sergeant at Arms: Joseph Wheaton