6th United States Congress

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The 6th United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1799 to 1801, overseeing key events of the early republic during the later years of the Federalist era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
adjournsDuring Jefferson administration ⓘ
apportionedAccordingTo United States census of 1790 ⓘ
convenesDuring Adams administration ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1801 ⓘ
followedBy 7th United States Congress ⓘ
follows 5th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
historicalPeriod early American republic ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
jurisdiction federal lawmaking ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States federal government ⓘ
legislativeChamberCount 2 ⓘ
legislativePeriod Federalist Era ⓘ
locationCountry United States of America ⓘ
meetsBefore District of Columbia becomes permanent seat of government ⓘ
meetsDuringConflict Quasi-War ⓘ
meetsIn Congress Hall ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
notableEvent Quasi-War with France ongoing ⓘ
debates over Alien and Sedition Acts legacy ⓘ
election of 1800 political context ⓘ
passage of legislation related to naval expansion ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 106 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 32 ⓘ
precededByEvent 5th United States Congress adjournment ⓘ
presidentDuringSession John Adams ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
senatePresident Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
senatePresidentProTempore James Hillhouse ⓘ
Samuel Dexter ⓘ
Samuel Livermore ⓘ
Theodore Sedgwick ⓘ
Uriah Tracy ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Theodore Sedgwick ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouseParty Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
startTime 1799 ⓘ
succeededByEvent 7th United States Congress convening ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringSession Thomas Jefferson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidency of John Adams → legislativeBranch → 6th United States Congress ⓘ
5th United States Congress → followedBy → 6th United States Congress ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1801 → enactedBy → 6th United States Congress ⓘ
James Hillhouse → legislativeBodyServedIn → 6th United States Congress ⓘ
Roger Griswold → servedInCongressDuring → Sixth United States Congress ⓘ
linked to: 6th United States Congress