8th United States Congress
Changes in membership -- Senate
Table:
State ( class )	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor 's formal installation

Ohio ( 1 )	Vacant	Failure to elect	John Smith ( DR )	Seated April 1 , 1803

Ohio ( 3 )	Vacant	Failure to elect	Thomas Worthington ( DR )	Seated April 1 , 1803

New Jersey ( 1 )	Vacant	Failure to elect	John Condit ( DR )	Seated September 1 , 1803

Tennessee ( 1 )	Vacant	Failure to elect	Joseph Anderson ( DR )	Elected September 22 , 1803

Virginia ( 1 )	Stevens T. Mason ( DR )	Died May 10 , 1803	John Taylor ( DR )	Appointed June 4 , 1803

New York ( 3 )	DeWitt Clinton ( DR )	Resigned November 4 , 1803 , to become Mayor of New York City	John Armstrong , Jr. ( DR )	Appointed December 7 , 1803

Virginia ( 1 )	John Taylor ( DR )	Successor elected December 7 , 1803	Abraham B. Venable ( DR )	Elected December 7 , 1803

New York ( 1 )	Theodorus Bailey ( DR )	Resigned January 16 , 1804 , to become Postmaster of New York City	John Armstrong , Jr. ( DR )	Seated February 25 , 1804

New York ( 3 )	John Armstrong , Jr. ( DR )	Successor elected February 23 , 1804	John Smith ( DR )	Elected February 23 , 1804

Virginia ( 2 )	Wilson C. Nicholas ( DR )	Resigned May 22 , 1804 , to become Collector of Port of Norfolk	Andrew Moore ( DR )	Appointed August 11 , 1804

Virginia ( 1 )	Abraham B. Venable ( DR )	Resigned June 7 , 1804	William B. Giles ( DR )	Appointed August 11 , 1804

New York ( 1 )	John Armstrong , Jr. ( DR )	Resigned June 30 , 1804 , after being appointed Minister to France	Samuel Latham Mitchill ( DR )	Seated November 23 , 1804

Rhode Island ( 1 )	Samuel J. Potter ( DR )	Died October 14 , 1804	Benjamin Howland ( DR )	Seated October 29 , 1804

Delaware ( 2 )	William H. Wells ( F )	Resigned November 6 , 1804	James A. Bayard ( F )	Seated November 13 , 1804

South Carolina ( 3 )	Pierce Butler ( DR )	Resigned November 21 , 1804	John Gaillard ( DR )	Seated December 6 , 1804

Virginia ( 1 )	William B. Giles ( DR )	Successor elected December 4 , 1804	Andrew Moore ( DR )	Elected December 4 , 1804

Virginia ( 2 )	Andrew Moore ( DR )	Successor elected December 4 , 1804	William B. Giles ( DR )	Elected December 4 , 1804

Consulting the provided table along with the relevant paragraphs listed at the end.

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Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1 , 1803 and elects U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 3 . Its current U.S. senators are Democrat Sherrod Brown ( serving since 2007 ) and Republican Rob Portman ( serving since 2011 ) , making it one of nine states to have a split United States Senate delegation .
John Smith ( c. 1735 - July 30 , 1824 ) was one of the first two U.S . Senators from the state of Ohio . He reluctantly resigned from the Senate under charges of alleged complicity in the Burr conspiracy . Little is known of his early life . There are conflicting reports on the location of his birth , with some sources saying he was born in the Province of Virginia , and others saying Hamilton County , Ohio ( which did not exist until 1790 ) ; the identity of his parents are unknown . He prepared for the ministry , and was pastor of the Baptist Church at Columbia , Miami Purchase , Northwest Territory , during the 1790s which some sources credit as the first Baptist Church in modern Ohio . He then began a profitable business supplying military posts near Cincinnati , Ohio . He also ran multiple grain mills . In 1799 Smith along with his agent Reuben Kemper were the first US based merchants to ship to Baton Rouge , taking nearly $ 10,000 worth of goods , primarily fine clothing and house furnishings . He was a member of the Northwest Territorial legislature 1799-1803 and a delegate to the Ohio state constitutional convention in 1802 . He was a leader of a group that supported statehood in opposition to the Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair . Upon the admission of Ohio as a State into the Union , he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States Senate and served in the 8th , 9th and 10th Congresses ( 1803-1808 ) .
Thomas Worthington ( July 16 , 1773 - June 20 , 1827 ) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio . He served as the sixth Governor of Ohio .
This is a chronological listing of the United States senators from New Jersey . Since the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , U.S. senators are popularly elected for a six-year term beginning January 3 . Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1 . Before 1914 , they were chosen by the New Jersey Legislature , and before 1935 , their terms began March 4 . The state 's current Senators are Democrats Bob Menendez ( serving since 2006 ) and Cory Booker ( serving since 2013 ) .
John Condict a.k.a . Condit ( July 8 , 1755 - May 4 , 1834 ) was a United States Representative and a United States Senator from New Jersey and father of United States Representative Silas Condit . John Condict was born in Orange , New Jersey and after attending public schools he then studied medicine . Condict went on to serve as a surgeon in the American Revolutionary War . He became one of the founders and a trustee of the Orange Academy in 1785 .
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1 , 1796 . Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1862 owing to its secession from the Union . They were again filled from July 1866 . Tennessee 's current Senators are Republicans Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn .
Joseph Inslee Anderson ( November 5 , 1757 - April 17 , 1837 ) was an American soldier , judge , and politician , who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1797 to 1815 , and later as the First Comptroller of the United States Treasury . He also served as one of three judges of the Southwest Territory in the 1790s , and was a delegate to the Tennessee state constitutional convention in 1796 .
Virginia has sent senators to the U.S. Senate since 1789 . Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861 , due to its secession from the Union , but Senators representing its western counties continued to sit until March 1863 . Virginia 's Senate seats were again filled from January 1870 . Virginia 's current Senators are Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine .
Stevens Thomson Mason ( December 29 , 1760 - May 10 , 1803 ) was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War , a member of the Virginia state legislature and a Republican U.S . Senator from Virginia ( 1794-1803 ) .
John Taylor ( December 19 , 1753 - August 21 , 1824 ) , usually called John Taylor of Caroline , was a politician and writer . He served in the Virginia House of Delegates ( 1779-81 , 1783-85 , 1796-1800 ) and in the United States Senate ( 1792-94 , 1803 , 1822-24 ) . He wrote several books on politics and agriculture . He was a Jeffersonian Republican and his works provided inspiration to the later states ' rights and libertarian movements . Sheldon and Hill ( 2008 ) locate Taylor at the intersection of republicanism and classical liberalism . They see his position as a combination of a concern with Lockean natural rights , freedom , and limited government along with a classical interest in strong citizen participation in rule to prevent concentrated power and wealth , political corruption , and financial manipulation ( p. 224 ) .
Below is a list of U.S. senators who have represented the State of New York in the United States Senate since 1789 . The date of the start of the tenure is either the first day of the legislative term ( Senators who were elected regularly before the term began ) , or the day when they took the seat ( U.S. senators who were elected in special elections to fill vacancies , or after the term began ) . New York 's current U.S. senators are Democrats Chuck Schumer ( serving since 1999 , also serving as Senate Minority Leader since 2017 ) and Kirsten Gillibrand ( serving since 2009 ) .
DeWitt Clinton ( March 2 , 1769 - February 11 , 1828 ) was an American politician and naturalist who served as a United States Senator , Mayor of New York City and sixth Governor of New York . In this last capacity , he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal . Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812 , challenging incumbent James Madison . A nephew of long-time New York Governor George Clinton , DeWitt Clinton served as his uncle 's secretary before launching his own political career . As a Democratic-Republican , Clinton won election to the New York State Legislature in 1798 before briefly serving as a U.S . Senator . Returning to New York , Clinton served three terms as Mayor of New York City and also won election as the Lieutenant Governor of New York . In the 1812 election , Clinton won support from the Federalists as well as a group of Democratic-Republicans dissatisfied with Madison . Though Madison won re-election , Clinton carried most of the Northeastern United States and fared significantly better than the previous two Federalist-supported candidates . After the presidential election , Clinton continued to affiliate with the Democratic-Republican Party . Clinton served as Governor of New York from 1817 to 1822 and from 1825 to 1828 , presiding over the construction of the Erie Canal . Clinton believed that infrastructure improvements could transform American life , drive economic growth , and encourage political participation .
The mayor of New York City is head of the executive branch of the Government of New York City . The mayor 's office administers all city services , public property , police and fire protection , most public agencies , and enforces all city and state laws within New York City . The budget , overseen by New York City Mayor 's Office of Management and Budget , is the largest municipal budget in the United States at $ 92 billion a year . The city employs 325,000 people , spends about $ 21 billion to educate more than 1.1 million students ( the largest public school system in the United States ) and levies $ 27 billion in taxes . It receives $ 14 billion from the state and federal governments . The mayor 's office is located in New York City Hall ; it has jurisdiction over all five boroughs of New York City : Manhattan , Brooklyn , the Bronx , Staten Island and Queens . The mayor appoints numerous officials , including commissioners who head city departments , and his deputy mayors . The mayor 's regulations are compiled in title 43 of the New York City Rules . According to current law , the mayor is limited to two consecutive four-year terms in office but may run again after a four-year break . It was changed from two to three terms on October 23 , 2008 , when the New York City Council voted 29-22 in favor of passing the term limit extension into law . However , in 2010 , a referendum reverting the limit to two terms passed overwhelmingly . The current mayor is Democrat Bill de Blasio , who was elected on November 5 , 2013 and reelected to a second term on November 7 , 2017 .
John Armstrong Jr. ( November 25 , 1758 - April 1 , 1843 ) was an American soldier and statesman who was a delegate to the Continental Congress , U.S . Senator from New York , and Secretary of War .
Abraham Bedford Venable ( November 20 , 1758 - December 26 , 1811 ) was a representative and senator from Virginia . He was the uncle of US Representative Abraham Watkins Venable .
Theodorus Bailey ( October 12 , 1758 - September 6 , 1828 ) was an American lawyer and politician from Poughkeepsie , New York , who represented New York in both the U.S. House and Senate .
John Smith ( February 12 , 1752 - August 12 , 1816 ) was an American politician from New York .
Wilson Cary Nicholas ( January 31 , 1761 - October 10 , 1820 ) was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1799 to 1804 and was the 19th Governor of Virginia from 1814 to 1816 .
Andrew Moore ( 1752 - April 14 , 1821 ) was an American lawyer and politician from Lexington , Virginia . Moore studied law under George Wythe and was admitted to bar in 1774 . He rose to the rank of captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , seeing action at Saratoga . After the war he was eventually commissioned a major general in the Virginia militia in 1803 . He was a delegate to the Virginia convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1788 . He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1791-1789 and 1799-1800 . He represented Virginia in both the U.S. House ( 1789-97 , 1804 ) and the U.S. Senate ( 1804-1809 ) .
William Branch Giles ( August 12 , 1762 - December 4 , 1830 ; the g is pronounced like a j ) was an American statesman , long-term Senator from Virginia , and the 24th Governor of Virginia . He served in the House of Representatives from 1790 to 1798 and again from 1801 to 1803 ; in between , he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates , and was an Elector for Jefferson ( and Aaron Burr ) in 1800 . He served as United States Senator from 1804 to 1815 , and then served briefly in the House of Delegates again . After a time in private life , he joined the opposition to John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay , in 1824 ; he ran for the Senate again in 1825 , and was defeated , but appointed Governor for 3 one-year terms in 1827 ; he was succeeded by John Floyd , in the year of his death .
The United States Ambassador to France is the official representative of the President of the United States to the President of France . The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with France since the American Revolution . Relations were upgraded to the higher rank of Ambassador in 1893 . The diplomatic relationship has continued through France 's five republics , two empires , and three monarchies . Since 2006 the ambassador to France has also served as the ambassador to Monaco .
Samuel Latham Mitchill ( August 20 , 1764 - September 7 , 1831 ) was an American physician , naturalist , and politician who lived in Plandome , New York .
Rhode Island ratified the United States Constitution on May 29 , 1790 and elects its U.S. senators to Class 1 and Class 2 . The state 's current U.S. senators are Democrats Jack Reed ( since 1997 ) and Sheldon Whitehouse ( since 2007 ) .
Samuel John Potter ( June 29 , 1753 - October 14 , 1804 ) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island and was a prominent Country Party anti-Federalist leader . Born in South Kingstown , Potter completed preparatory studies , studied law , and was admitted to the bar and practiced . He was deputy governor of Rhode Island from 1790 to 1799 ( during which time the office was renamed lieutenant Governor ) and again from 1800 to 1803 . He was also a presidential elector in 1792 and 1796 . Potter was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4 , 1803 , until his death in Washington , D.C. on October 14 , 1804 . Interment was in the family burial ground , Kingston ( formerly Little Rest ) , Washington County , Rhode Island .
Benjamin Howland ( July 27 , 1755 - May 1 , 1821 ) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island . Born in Tiverton , he attended the common schools , engaged in agricultural pursuits , was collector of taxes in 1801 , town auditor in 1802 , and town moderator in 1805 . He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1810 and a general in the State militia during the War of 1812 . Howland was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel J. Potter and served from October 29 , 1804 , until March 4 , 1809 . He died in Tiverton in 1821 ; interment was in the family lot on his estate .
Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Delaware . U.S. senators were originally elected by the Delaware General Assembly for designated six-year terms beginning March 4 . Frequently portions of the term would remain only upon a U.S. senator 's death or resignation . From 1914 and the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , adopted in 1913 , officeholders were popularly elected on the first Tuesday after November 1 ; starting 1935 , the beginning of their term is January 3 . Delaware 's current U.S. senators are Democrats Tom Carper ( serving since 2001 ) and Chris Coons ( serving since 2010 ) .
William Hill Wells ( January 7 , 1769 - March 11 , 1829 ) was a lawyer and politician from Dagsboro , in Sussex County , Delaware . He was a member of the Federalist Party , who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S . Senator from Delaware .
James Asheton Bayard Sr. ( July 28 , 1767 - August 6 , 1815 ) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington , Delaware . He was a member of the Federalist Party , who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and U.S . Senator from Delaware .
South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution on May 23 , 1788 . Its Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861 owing to its secession from the Union . They were again filled from July 1868 . The state 's current U.S. senators are Republicans Lindsey Graham , serving since 2003 , and Tim Scott , serving since 2013 .
Pierce Butler ( July 11 , 1744 - February 15 , 1822 ) was a South Carolina rice planter , slaveholder , politician , an officer in the Revolutionary War , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States . He served as a state legislator , a member of the Congress of the Confederation , a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention , and a member of the United States Senate . As one of the largest slaveholders in the United States , he defended American slavery for both political and personal motives , even though he had private misgivings about the institution and particularly about the African slave trade . He introduced the Fugitive Slave Clause into a draft of the U.S. Constitution , which gave a federal guarantee to the property rights of slaveholders . He supported counting the full slave population in state totals for the purposes of Congressional apportionment . The Constitution 's Three-Fifths Compromise counted only three-fifths of the slave population in state totals , but still led to Southern states having disproportionate power in the U.S. Congress .
John Gaillard ( September 5 , 1765 - February 26 , 1826 ) was a U.S . Senator from South Carolina . Gaillard was born in St. Stephen 's district , South Carolina , on September 5 , 1765 . He was of Huguenot descent . He was elected to the United States Senate in place of Pierce Butler , who resigned , and served from December 6 , 1804 until his death in Washington , D.C. on February 26 , 1826 . During his tenure , Gaillard voted for the War of 1812 . He served as President pro tempore of the Senate during part of the 11th Congress and at least part of every Congress from the 13th to the 18th . He was also first in the presidential line of succession from November 25 , 1814 , two days after the death of Vice President Elbridge Gerry , to March 4 , 1817 . In his memoir Thirty Years ' View , Thomas H. Benton , one of Gaillard 's contemporaries , described him thus :