The Green Papers
The Green Papers
Political Party Breakdown of the
7th Congress of the United States, 1801-1803

Boldface (with superscript C) numbers indicate the majority Party in each house. Red (with superscript P) numbers (boldface or not) indicate the Party of the President in any event.

President Party Congress United States Senate House of Representatives
 RepublicanFederalistothervacanciesRepublicanFederalistother
JeffersonRepublican7th 1801-180316CP151 64CP42 

7th CONGRESS- in General

SENATE: 16 Republicans, 15 Federalists, 1 Law and Order
HOUSE: 64 Republicans, 42 Federalists
the 4th Administration of THOMAS JEFFERSON controlled both houses in the 7th Congress.

OHIO was admitted as the 17th State of the Union on 1 March 1803: the General Assembly of the State did not elect either of its Senators nor its Representative in Congress prior to the expiration of the 7th Congress on 3 March 1803; however, as the date of Ohio's admission was well after the end of the odd-numbered year in which that Congress took office [this being 1801], Ohio's 2 Senators would NOT have been counted among those elected to the Senate of the 7th Congress in any event; neither would Ohio's 1 Congressman have been counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress.

7th CONGRESS- United States SENATE

The Senate of the 7th Congress included 1 Senator not elected to that body as a member of either of the two Major Parties, as follows:

  • 1 Law & Order-
    • Senator Theodore Foster of RHODE ISLAND (Class 1)

Robert Wright, a Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of MARYLAND to the Class 3 seat (term: 4 March 1801 to 3 March 1807) from that State on 19 November 1801, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 7th Congress took office. Senator Wright, therefore, is counted among the 16 Republicans elected to the Senate of the 7th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1801] due to a failure of that State's legislature to elect.

7th CONGRESS- HOUSE of Representatives

STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN 42 Federalist 64 Republican
STATE (number of Congressmen)
Method of Election
Federalist Republican
CONNECTICUT (7) General Ticket 7 --
DELAWARE (1) At-Large 1 --
GEORGIA (2) General Ticket 1 1
KENTUCKY (2) by District -- 2
MARYLAND (8) by District 3 5
MASSACHUSETTS (14) by District 7 7
NEW HAMPSHIRE (4) General Ticket 4 --
NEW JERSEY (5) Districted General Ticket -- 5
NEW YORK (10) by District 4 6
NORTH CAROLINA (10) by District 3 7
PENNSYLVANIA (13) from 12 [including 1 multi-Member] Districts 5 8
RHODE ISLAND (2) General Ticket -- 2
SOUTH CAROLINA (6) by District 4 2
TENNESSEE (1) At-Large -- 1
VERMONT (2) by District 1 1
VIRGINIA (19) by District 2 17
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Totals (106 Congressmen) 42 64

Modified .