8th United States Congress

8th United States Congress
7th ← → 9th
United States Capitol (1800)
March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805
Members	34 senators 142 representatives 1 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Democratic-Republican
Senate President	Aaron Burr (DR)
House majority	Democratic-Republican
House Speaker	Nathaniel Macon (DR)
Sessions
1st: October 17, 1803 – March 27, 1804 2nd: November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805

The 8th 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, 1803, to March 4, 1805, during the last two years of Thomas Jefferson's first term in office. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1800 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.