12th United States Congress
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House of Representatives

During this congress, one new House seat was added for the new state of Louisiana.

Senate

  • President: George Clinton
    George Clinton (vice president)
    George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

     (DR)
  • President pro tempore
    President pro tempore of the United States Senate
    The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...

    : William H. Crawford
    William H. Crawford
    William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824.-Political...

     (DR)

House of Representatives

  • Speaker
    Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
    The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...

    : Henry Clay
    Henry Clay
    Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...

     (DR)

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
Classes of United States Senators
The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...

, which indicate the cycle of their election.. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1814; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1816; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1812

Connecticut 

  • 3. Chauncey Goodrich
    Chauncey Goodrich
    Chauncey Goodrich was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator and a representative.-Biography:...

     (F)
  • 1. Samuel W. Dana
    Samuel W. Dana
    Samuel Whittlesey Dana was an American lawyer and politician from Middletown, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate....

     (F)

Delaware 

  • 2. James A. Bayard
    James A. Bayard (elder)
    James Asheton Bayard II was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:Bayard was born in Philadelphia,...

     (F), until March 3, 1813
  • 1. Outerbridge Horsey
    Outerbridge Horsey
    -Outerbridge Horsey I:Nathanial Horsey married Martha Outerbridge in Accomack, Virginia. Among their children was Outerbridge Horsey who was born in 1715. He married Mary Dixon and had a son William Horsey...

     (F)

Georgia 

  • 2. William H. Crawford
    William H. Crawford
    William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824.-Political...

     (DR)
  • 3. Charles Tait
    Charles Tait
    Charles Tait was an American politician. A Democratic Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Georgia and later as a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

     (DR)

Kentucky 

  • 3. John Pope
    John Pope (politician)
    John Pope was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory....

     (DR)
  • 2. George M. Bibb
    George M. Bibb
    George Mortimer Bibb was an American politician.Bibb was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, attended Hampden-Sydney College and graduated from the College of William & Mary, then studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Virginia and Lexington, Kentucky...

     (DR)

Louisiana 

  • 3. Allan B. Magruder
    Allan B. Magruder
    Allan Bowie Magruder was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Kentucky in 1775, he attended the common schools, pursued an academic course, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796 and practiced in Lexington, Kentucky. He moved to Louisiana to practice law...

     (DR), from September 3, 1812
  • 2. Jean N. Destréhan
    Jean N. Destréhan
    Jean Noel Destréhan was a Creole politician in Louisiana and one-time owner of Destréhan Plantation, one of Louisiana's most famous antebellum historical landmarks. The city of Destrehan, Louisiana is named after him....

     (DR), September 3, 1812 – October 1, 1812
    • Thomas Posey
      Thomas Posey
      Thomas Posey was an officer in the American Revolution, a general during peacetime, the third Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Governor of the Indiana Territory, and a Louisiana Senator.-Family and background:...

       (DR), October 8, 1812 – February 4, 1813
    • James Brown
      James Brown (Senator)
      James Brown was a lawyer, U.S. Senator from Louisiana and Minister to France. He was the brother of John Brown, the cousin of John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge and Francis Preston, the brother-in-law of Henry Clay, the uncle of James Brown Clay, Henry Clay, Jr., John Morrison Clay, the great...

       (DR), from February 5, 1813

Maryland 

  • 1. Samuel Smith
    Samuel Smith (Maryland)
    Samuel Smith was a United States Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith.-Biography:...

     (DR)
  • 3. Philip Reed
    Philip Reed
    Philip Reed was a United States Senator representing Maryland from 1806 to 1813.Born near Chestertown, Maryland, in 1760, Reed completed preparatory studies and served with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of captain of infantry...

     (DR)

Massachusetts 

  • 1. James Lloyd
    James Lloyd (Massachusetts)
    James Lloyd was a Federalist United States Senator from Massachusetts during the early years of the United States....

     (F)
  • 2. Joseph Bradley Varnum
    Joseph Bradley Varnum
    Joseph Bradley Varnum was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from Massachusetts.-Biography:...

     (DR), from June 29, 1811

New Hampshire 

  • 2. Nicholas Gilman
    Nicholas Gilman
    Nicholas Gilman, Jr. was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the U.S. Constitution, representing New Hampshire. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives during the first four...

     (DR)
  • 3. Charles Cutts
    Charles Cutts
    Charles Cutts was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, he graduated from Harvard University in 1789, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1795, and practiced...

     (DR)

New Jersey 

  • 1. John Lambert
    John Lambert (politician)
    John Lambert , was a New Jersey politician who served as a Representative, a U.S. Senator and as Acting Governor of New Jersey....

     (DR)
  • 2. John Condit
    John Condit
    John Condit was a United States Representative and a United States Senator from New Jersey and father of United States Representative Silas Condit....

     (DR)


New York 

  • 3. John Smith
    John Smith (New York)
    John Smith was an American politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Rev. Caleb Smith, a minister at Orange, New Jersey...

     (DR)
  • 1. Obadiah German
    Obadiah German
    Obadiah German was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was admitted to the bar in 1792, and commenced practice in Norwich....

     (DR)

North Carolina 

  • 2. James Turner
    James Turner
    James Turner was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1802 to 1805. He later served as a U.S. senator between 1805 and 1816....

     (DR)
  • 3. Jesse Franklin
    Jesse Franklin
    Jesse Franklin was the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1799 and 1805 and between 1807 and 1813. He later served as the 20th Governor of North Carolina from 1820 to 1821....

     (DR)

Ohio 

  • 3. Alexander Campbell
    Alexander Campbell (American politician)
    Alexander Campbell was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.Born in Frederick County, Virginia, Campbell moved to eastern Tennessee and then to Kentucky with his parents. After studying medicine at Transylvania University, Campbell moved to Ohio in...

     (DR)
  • 1. Thomas Worthington (DR)

Pennsylvania 

  • 3. Andrew Gregg (DR)
  • 1. Michael Leib
    Michael Leib
    Michael Leib was an American physician, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and philosopher born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served Pennsylvania in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S...

     (DR)

Rhode Island 

  • 1. Christopher G. Champlin
    Christopher G. Champlin
    Christopher Grant Champlin was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Newport, he completed preparatory studies, was graduated from Harvard College in 1786, and continued his studies at the College of St. Omer in France.Champlin was elected as a Federalist to the...

     (F), until October 2, 1811
    • William Hunter (F), from October 28, 1811
  • 2. Jeremiah B. Howell
    Jeremiah B. Howell
    Jeremiah Brown Howell was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Providence, he attended private schools, pursued classical studies and graduated from the College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at Providence in 1789...

     (DR)

South Carolina 

  • 3. John Gaillard
    John Gaillard
    John Gaillard 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 January 31, 1805 until his death....

     (DR)
  • 2. John Taylor (DR)

Tennessee 

  • 1. Joseph Anderson
    Joseph Anderson
    Joseph Inslee Anderson was an American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1799 to 1815, and later as the first Comptroller of the United States Treasury...

     (DR)
  • 2. Jenkin Whiteside
    Jenkin Whiteside
    Jenkin Whiteside was an attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:Whiteside was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania he studied the law and was admitted to the bar there...

     (DR), until October 8, 1811
    • George W. Campbell
      George W. Campbell
      George Washington Campbell was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, U.S...

       (DR), from October 8, 1811

Vermont 

  • 3. Stephen R. Bradley
    Stephen R. Bradley
    Stephen Row Bradley was an American politician.Bradley was born in Wallingford, Connecticut. His parents were Moses and Mary Bradley, members of prominent New England families who had arrived from England in the 17th century. Bradley spent his childhood in Wallingford and studied at Yale,...

     (DR)
  • 1. Jonathan Robinson
    Jonathan Robinson
    Jonathan Robinson was an American jurist and politician from the state of Vermont.Robinson was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts. He moved with his family to Bennington, Vermont at the age of 5. Robinson did not enter politics until he was about 30 years old, when his brother, Moses Robinson became...

     (DR)

Virginia 

  • 2. William B. Giles
    William Branch Giles
    William Branch Giles ; the name is pronounced jyles) was an American statesman, long-term Senator from Virginia, and the 24th Governor of Virginia...

     (DR)
  • 1. Richard Brent
    Richard Brent (Virginia)
    Richard Brent was an American planter, lawyer, and politician from Stafford County, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.-External links:*...

     (DR)


House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Connecticut 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Epaphroditus Champion
Epaphroditus Champion
Epaphroditus Champion was a U.S. Congressman from Connecticut, serving from 1807 to 1818. He was born in Colchester on April 6, 1756 and educated by private tutors and in the common schools....

 (F). John Davenport
John Davenport (Connecticut)
John Davenport was a United States Representative from Connecticut.-Biography:Born in Stamford, he pursued academic studies, and graduated from Yale College in 1770. He engaged in teaching there in 1773 and 1774; he also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1773, practicing in Stamford...

 (F). Lyman Law
Lyman Law
Lyman Law , son of Richard Law and father of John Law, was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born New London, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1791...

 (F). Jonathan O. Moseley
Jonathan O. Moseley
Jonathan Ogden Moseley was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut. He was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, the only child of Thomas Moseley, a physician, and Phebe Ogden...

 (F). Timothy Pitkin
Timothy Pitkin
Timothy Pitkin was an American lawyer, politician, and historian....

 (F). Lewis B. Sturges
Lewis B. Sturges
Lewis Burr Sturges was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut from 1805 to 1817. He was born in Fairfield, Conn., the son of Jonathan Sturges, who also served in the House....

 (F). Benjamin Tallmadge
Benjamin Tallmadge
Benjamin Tallmadge was a member of the United States House of Representatives. His birth date is alternately listed as February 25, 1754....

 (F)

Georgia 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. William W. Bibb
William Wyatt Bibb
William Wyatt Bibb was a United States Senator from Georgia and the first Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama. Bibb County, Alabama, and Bibb County, Georgia, are named for him....

 (DR). Howell Cobb (DR)
    • William Barnett
      William Barnett (Georgia politician)
      William Barnett was an American politician and soldier.Born in Amherst County, Virginia in 1761, Barnett moved with his father to Columbia County, Georgia...

       (DR). Bolling Hall
      Bolling Hall
      Bolling Hall was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He served in the American Revolutionary War at the age of 16...

       (DR). George Troup
      George Troup
      George Michael Troup was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the Georgia General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and Senate before becoming the 32nd Governor of Georgia for two terms and then returning to the Senate...

       (DR)

Kentucky 

. Anthony New
Anthony New
Anthony New was an 18th century and 19th century congressman and lawyer from Virginia and Kentucky.-Biography:Born in Gloucester County, Virginia, New completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar...

 (DR). Samuel McKee (DR). Stephen Ormsby
Stephen Ormsby
Stephen Ormsby was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.He was born in County Sligo, Ireland, immigrated to the United States when a boy, and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He pursued classical studies and studied law....

 (DR). Richard M. Johnson
Richard Mentor Johnson
Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren . He was the only vice-president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S...

 (DR). Henry Clay
Henry Clay
Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...

 (DR). Joseph Desha
Joseph Desha
Joseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth Governor of Kentucky. Desha was the first Kentucky governor not to have served in the Revolutionary War. He did, however, serve under William Henry Harrison and "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War, and lost two brothers in battle...

 (DR)

Louisiana 

. Thomas B. Robertson
Thomas B. Robertson
Thomas Bolling Robertson was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana, the third Governor and the Attorney General of Louisiana, and a United States federal judge....

 (DR), from April 30, 1812

Maryland 

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.. Philip Stuart
Philip Stuart
Philip Stuart was an American politician and soldier who represented the state of Maryland in the House of Representatives....

 (F). Joseph Kent
Joseph Kent
Joseph Kent , a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837...

 (DR). Philip B. Key (F). Samuel Ringgold (DR). Peter Little
Peter Little
Peter Little was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Born in Petersburg, Pennsylvania, Little attended the common schools. He initially worked as a watchmaker, until he moved to Freedom, Maryland and engaged in agricultural pursuits...

 (DR). Alexander McKim
Alexander McKim
Alexander McKim was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.-Biography:Born in Brandywine, Delaware, McKim pursued an academic course. He later moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1778...

 (DR). John Montgomery
John Montgomery (Maryland politician)
John Montgomery was an American lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland. He represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. Congress from 1807 until 1811, and later served as the Attorney General of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore .-References:...

 (DR)
    • Stevenson Archer (DR). Robert Wright
      Robert Wright (politician)
      Robert Wright was an American politician.Wright was born at Narborough, near Chestertown, Maryland, attended the common schools, and the Kent Free School of Chestertown. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1773, and commenced practice in Chestertown...

       (DR). Charles Goldsborough
      Charles Goldsborough
      Charles Goldsborough served as the 16th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States in 1819.Goldsborough was born at "Hunting Creek", near Cambridge, Maryland, and pursued an academic course. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784 and began to study law...

       (F)

Massachusetts 

. Josiah Quincy
Josiah Quincy III
Josiah Quincy III was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives , Mayor of Boston , and President of Harvard University...

 (F). William Reed (F). Leonard White
Leonard White
Leonard White was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1787 and was a member of the state House of Representatives . He was elected as a Federalist to the Twelfth United States Congress...

 (F). Joseph Bradley Varnum
Joseph Bradley Varnum
Joseph Bradley Varnum was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from Massachusetts.-Biography:...

 (DR), until June 29, 1811
    • William M. Richardson
      William M. Richardson
      William Merchant Richardson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Pelham, New Hampshire in 1774. He graduated from Harvard University in 1797; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1804...

       (DR), from November 4, 1811. William Ely
      William Ely
      William Ely was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life:Ely was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts on August 14, 1765...

       (F). Samuel Taggart
      Samuel Taggart
      Samuel Taggart was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Derry, New Hampshire on March 24, 1754. He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1774. Taggart studied theology and was licensed to preach...

       (F). Charles Turner, Jr.
      Charles Turner, Jr.
      Charles Turner, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Turner received a common-school education at Duxbury and Scituate, Massachusetts. He was commissioned an adjutant in the Massachusetts State Militia in 1787...

       (DR). Isaiah L. Green
      Isaiah L. Green
      Isaiah Lewis Green was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, Green pursued classical studies, and graduated from Harvard in 1781.He studied law....

       (DR). Laban Wheaton
      Laban Wheaton
      Laban Wheaton was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life and education:Born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Wheaton attended Wrentham Academy.He was graduated from Harvard College in 1774....

       (F). Elijah Brigham
      Elijah Brigham
      Elijah Brigham was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Westboro , Massachusetts, Brigham was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1778....

       (F). Abijah Bigelow
      Abijah Bigelow
      Abijah Bigelow was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Westminster, Massachusetts, the son of Elisha and Sarah Bigelow, Abijah Bigelow studied at Leicester Academy and New Ipswich Academy at New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in...

       (F). Ezekiel Bacon
      Ezekiel Bacon
      Ezekiel Bacon was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York.-Life:...

       (DR). Ebenezer Seaver
      Ebenezer Seaver
      Ebenezer Seaver was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Seaver graduated from Harvard University in 1784.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

       (DR). Richard Cutts
      Richard Cutts
      Richard Cutts was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born on Cutts Island, Saco, Massachusetts , he attended rural schools and Phillips Academy, Andover. He graduated from Harvard University in 1790, studied law, and engaged extensively in navigation and commercial pursuits...

       (DR). William Widgery
      William Widgery
      William Widgery was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Devonshire, England, Widgery immigrated to America with his parents, who settled in Philadelphia.He attended the common schools.He engaged in shipbuilding....

       (DR). Peleg Tallman
      Peleg Tallman
      Peleg Tallman was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island on July 24, 1764 and attended public schools. He served in the Revolutionary War on the privateer Trumbull, and lost an arm in an engagement in 1780. He was captured and imprisoned by the...

       (DR). Barzillai Gannett
      Barzillai Gannett
      Barzillai Gannett was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Gannett was graduated from Harvard University in 1785. He studied theology, but did not enter the ministry. He served as Selectman of Pittston, Maine . He also served as town clerk in 1794 and...

       (DR), until sometime in 1812 before April 6
    • Francis Carr (DR), April 6, 1812

New Hampshire 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Josiah Bartlett, Jr.
Josiah Bartlett Jr.
Josiah Bartlett, Jr. was the son of Josiah Bartlett and a Democratic-Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New Hampshire....

 (DR). Samuel Dinsmoor
Samuel Dinsmoor
Samuel Dinsmoor was an American teacher, lawyer and politician from Keene, New Hampshire. Born in 1766 in Windham, New Hampshire, he represented New Hampshire in the U.S. House from 1811 to 1813 and later served as Governor. He died in 1835 in Keene, New Hampshire, and is buried there at the...

 (DR). Obed Hall
Obed Hall
Obed Hall was a United States Representative from New Hampshire.He was born in Raynham, Massachusetts. He later moved to Madbury, New Hampshire and then to Upper Bartlett, New Hampshire and engaged in agricultural pursuits...

 (DR). John A. Harper (DR). George Sullivan (F)

New Jersey 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Adam Boyd
Adam Boyd (New Jersey)
Adam Boyd was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Mendham, he moved to Bergen County and to Hackensack a few years later. He was a member of the Bergen County board of freeholders and justices in 1773, 1784, 1791, 1794, and 1798, and was sheriff of Bergen County from 1778 to...

 (DR). Lewis Condict
Lewis Condict
Lewis Condict was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Morristown, he attended the common schools, was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1794, and commenced practice in Morristown...

 (DR). Jacob Hufty
Jacob Hufty
Jacob Hufty was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Born in New Jersey, Hufty was a blacksmith by trade.He served as a private in the State militia.Freeholder for Salem Township, New Jersey, 1792....

 (DR). George C. Maxwell
George C. Maxwell
George Clifford Maxwell was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, father of John Patterson Bryan Maxwell. Maxwell's nephew George M. Robeson was United States Secretary of the Navy and also served in Congress.-Biography:...

 (DR). James Morgan
James Morgan (congressman)
James Morgan was a Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War and a United States Congressman from New Jersey. He was born in Amboy, New Jersey, in 1756....

 (DR). Thomas Newbold
Thomas Newbold
Thomas Newbold was a U.S. Democratic-Republican politician.He was born in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1797. He then became involved in banking...

 (DR)

New York 

There were two plural districts, the 2nd & 6th each had two representatives.. Ebenezer Sage
Ebenezer Sage
Ebenezer Sage was a United States Representative from New York.-Life:Sage was born in that part of the Town of Chatham which was later separated as the Town of Portland, in Middlesex County, Connecticut. He received his early education from a private tutor and graduated from Yale College in 1778...

 (DR). Samuel L. Mitchill (DR). William Paulding, Jr.
William Paulding, Jr.
William Paulding, Jr. was a United States Representative from New York and a Mayor of New York City. Born in Philipsburgh , Westchester County, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York...

 (DR). Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.
Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.
Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. was a United States Representative from New York. A member of New York's Van Cortlandt family, he was the son of Pierre Van Cortlandt, an early New York political figure, and brother of Philip Van Cortlandt, who was also a U.S. Representative from New York...

 (DR). James Emott
James Emott
James Emott was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (F). Thomas B. Cooke
Thomas B. Cooke
Thomas Burrage Cooke was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Wallingford, Connecticut, he moved to New York about 1802 and settled in Catskill. He engaged in mercantile pursuits; and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811...

 (DR). Asa Fitch
Asa Fitch (Representative)
Asa Fitch was a U.S. representative from New York from 1811 to 1813.He was born in Groton, Connecticut. He studied medicine and became a physician practicing in Duanesburg and Salem, New York....

 (F). Robert Le Roy Livingston
Robert Le Roy Livingston
Robert Le Roy Livingston was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Claverack, Columbia County, he graduated from Princeton College and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Twelfth United States Infantry on January 14, 1799 and honorably discharged on June 15, 1800...

 (F) until May 6, 1812
    • Thomas P. Grosvenor
      Thomas P. Grosvenor
      Thomas Peabody Grosvenor was a United States Representative from New York....

       (F) from January 29, 1813. Harmanus Bleecker
      Harmanus Bleecker
      Harmanus Bleecker was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Albany, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1801, and commenced practice in Albany. He was elected as a Federalist to the Twelfth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811 to March 3, 1813...

       (F). Benjamin Pond
      Benjamin Pond
      Benjamin Pond was a United States Representative from New York.-Early life:He was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1768. He attended the common schools and in 1800 moved to Poultney, Vermont, and still later to the town of Crown Point , which is now comprised in the town of North Hudson, New...

       (DR). Thomas Sammons
      Thomas Sammons
      Thomas Sammons was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Shamenkop, Ulster County, he attended the rural schools, served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, and engaged in agricultural pursuits...

       (DR). Silas Stow
      Silas Stow
      Silas Stow was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and studied law, but never practiced. He moved to Lowville, Lewis County, New York and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He became land agent for Nicholas...

       (DR). Thomas R. Gold
      Thomas R. Gold
      Thomas Ruggles Gold was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Cornwall, Connecticut, he pursued classical studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1786. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Goshen, Connecticut...

       (F). Arunah Metcalf
      Arunah Metcalf
      Arunah Metcalf was a United States Representative from New York. Born in 1771, he attended the common schools and moved from Connecticut to New York, settling in Otsego in 1802...

       (DR). Uri Tracy
      Uri Tracy
      Uri Tracy was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Norwich, Connecticut to Daniel Tracy and Mary Johnson , he graduated from Yale College in 1789 and became a Presbyterian clergyman and missionary to Native Americans...

       (DR). Daniel Avery
      Daniel Avery
      Daniel Avery was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Groton, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and was appointed ensign in the Sixth Company, Eighth Regiment of the Connecticut Militia, and served as lieutenant and captain until May 1794...

       (DR). Peter B. Porter
      Peter Buell Porter
      Peter Buell Porter was an American lawyer, soldier and politician who served as United States Secretary of War from 1828 to 1829.-Life:...

       (DR)


North Carolina 

. Lemuel Sawyer
Lemuel Sawyer
Lemuel Sawyer was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Camden County, near Elizabeth City, North Carolina; attended Flatbush Academy, Long Island, New York, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1799; attended the University of...

 (DR). Willis Alston
Willis Alston
Willis Alston was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1825 and 1831.Born near Littleton, North Carolina in Halifax County, Alston was said to have attended Princeton College, though no records exist of his enrollment, and engaged in agricultural pursuits...

 (DR). Thomas Blount (DR)
    • William Kennedy
      William Kennedy (politician)
      William Kennedy was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina. He was born near Washington, North Carolina...

       (DR). William Blackledge
      William Blackledge
      William Blackledge was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1803 and 1809 and between 1811 and 1813....

       (DR). William R. King
      William R. King
      William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...

       (DR). Nathaniel Macon
      Nathaniel Macon
      Nathaniel Macon was a spokesman for the Old Republican faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that wanted to strictly limit the United States federal government. Macon was born near Warrenton, North Carolina, and attended the College of New Jersey and served briefly in the American...

       (DR). Archibald McBryde
      Archibald McBryde
      Archibald McBryde was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina.He was born in Wigtownshire, Scotland, immigrated at an early age with his parents, and settled in Carbonton, North Carolina....

       (F). Richard Stanford
      Richard Stanford
      Richard Stanford was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1797 and 1816.-Biography:...

       (DR). James Cochran (DR). Joseph Pearson
      Joseph Pearson
      Joseph Pearson was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1776; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salisbury, North Carolina; member of the State house of commons from Rowan county in...

       (F). Israel Pickens
      Israel Pickens
      Israel Pickens was an American politician and lawyer, third Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama , member of the North Carolina Senate , and North Carolina Congressman in the United States House of Representatives .Born in Concord, North Carolina, Pickens graduated from Jefferson College Israel...

       (DR). Meshack Franklin
      Meshack Franklin
      Meshack Franklin was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Surry County, North Carolina, in 1772; Brother of Jesse Franklin...

       (DR)

Pennsylvania 

There were four plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd had three representatives each, the 4th had two representatives.. William Anderson
William Anderson (Pennsylvania)
William Anderson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Anderson was born in Accomack County, Virginia, in 1762. Married to Elizabeth Dixon. During the Revolutionary War, he joined the Continental Army at the age of fifteen and served until the end of the war...

 (DR). James Milnor
James Milnor
James Milnor was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Milnor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the Philadelphia Grammar School and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, but did not graduate. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in...

 (F). Adam Seybert
Adam Seybert
Adam Seybert represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from October 10, 1809, to March 3, 1815....

 (DR). Robert Brown
Robert Brown (Pennsylvania)
Robert Brown was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Weaversville, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools and was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade...

 (DR). Jonathan Roberts
Jonathan Roberts
Jonathan Roberts was a United States Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania from 1811 to 1814 and 1814 to 1821 respectively.-Life and career:...

 (DR). William Rodman
William Rodman
William Rodman was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Rodman was born in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, near Bristol, Pennsylvania. He served in the American Revolutionary War as a private and subsequently as brigade quartermaster. He commanded a company...

 (DR). Roger Davis
Roger Davis (Pennsylvania)
Roger Davis was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Roger Davis was born in Charlestown Village, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and commenced practice about 1785 in Charlestown...

 (DR). John M. Hyneman
John M. Hyneman
John M. Hyneman was a Pennsylvanian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1811John M. Hyneman was born in Reading, Pennsylvania., He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1809...

 (DR). Joseph Lefever
Joseph Lefever
Joseph Lefever was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Lefever was born in Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania, near Paradise, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth Congress. He died in Paradise Township, Pennsylvania, in 1826. Interment in...

 (DR). David Bard
David Bard
David Bard was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born at Carroll's Delight, Adams County, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Princeton College in 1773....

 (DR). Robert Whitehill
Robert Whitehill (Pennsylvania)
Robert Whitehill was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Whitehill was born in Pequea, Pennsylvania. He settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania...

 (DR). George Smith
George Smith (Pennsylvania)
George Smith was an early 19th century member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district.He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1809 to March 3, 1813.-Sources:*...

 (DR). William Crawford
William Crawford (Pennsylvania)
William Crawford was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Crawford was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1760. He received a liberal schooling, studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and in 1781 received his degree. He emigrated to the United States and...

 (DR). William Piper
William Piper
William Piper was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.He was born at Bloody Run , Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He commanded a regiment during the War of 1812, and served as adjutant general of Pennsylvania after the war. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate...

 (DR). William Findley
William Findley
William Findley was an Irish-born farmer and politician from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House from 1791 until 1799 and from 1803 to 1817.-Early years:William Findley was born in Ulster, Ireland and...

 (DR). John Smilie
John Smilie
John Smilie was an American politician from Fayette, Pennsylvania.He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House from 1793 until 1795 and from 1799 to 1812. Smilie was a prominent Jeffersonian, and was identified with the "'Quid" branch of the party...

 (DR), until December 30, 1812, vacant thereafter. Aaron Lyle
Aaron Lyle
Aaron Lyle was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Aaron Lyle was born in Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania. He served in the American Revolutionary War, and was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1797 to 1801. He served in the Pennsylvania State...

 (DR). Abner Lacock
Abner Lacock
Abner Lacock was an American surveyor, civil engineer, and politician from Rochester, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate....

 (DR)

Rhode Island 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Richard Jackson, Jr.
Richard Jackson, Jr.
Richard Jackson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Jackson completed preparatory studies in the schools of Providence and Pomfret, Connecticut....

 (F). Elisha R. Potter
Elisha Reynolds Potter
Elisha Reynolds Potter was a statesman in the Federalist Party from Kingston, Rhode Island, who served several times as the Speaker in the Rhode Island State Assembly. Potter ran against Peleg Arnold in a special election for the U.S House of Representatives in 1796 caused by Benjamin Bourne's...

 (F)

South Carolina 

. Langdon Cheves
Langdon Cheves
Langdon Cheves was an American politician and a president of the Second Bank of the United States.Cheves was born at Rocky River, South Carolina and died in Columbia, South Carolina. His father, Alexander, was a native of Scotland; his mother, Mary Langdon, was from Virginia...

 (DR). William Butler, Sr. (DR). David R. Williams
David Rogerson Williams
David Rogerson Williams was a Representative in the United States Congress and the 45th Governor of South Carolina from 1814 to 1816.-Early life and career:...

 (DR). William Lowndes (DR). Richard Winn
Richard Winn
Richard Winn was an American merchant, surveyor, and politician from Winnsboro, South Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he was an officer in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment. After the regiment was captured at Charleston, he served in a militia partisan unit under Thomas Sumter...

 (DR). John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent...

 (DR). Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore (Congressman)
Thomas Moore was a member of the United State House of Representatives and planter from South Carolina.Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Moore served in the during the Revolutionary War, taking part in the Battle of Cowpens at the age of 16. He served in the South Carolina House of...

 (DR). Elias Earle
Elias Earle
Elias Earle was a United States Representative from South Carolina. Born in Frederick County, Virginia, he attended private school and moved to Greenville County, South Carolina, in September 1787...

 (DR)

Tennessee 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. John Sevier
John Sevier
John Sevier served four years as the only governor of the State of Franklin and twelve years as Governor of Tennessee. As a U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1811 until his death...

 (DR). Felix Grundy
Felix Grundy
Felix Grundy was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator from Tennessee who also served as the 13th Attorney General of the United States.-Biography:...

 (DR). John Rhea
John Rhea
John Rhea was an American soldier and politician of the early 19th century who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. Rhea County, Tennessee is named for him.-Early years:...

 (DR)

Vermont 

. Samuel Shaw
Samuel Shaw
Samuel Shaw was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Dighton, Massachusetts. He received a limited schooling as a youth. He moved to Putney, Vermont and studied medicine and commenced practice in Castleton in 1789.Shaw was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives...

 (DR). William Strong (DR). James Fisk
James Fisk (politician)
James Fisk was a politician from Vermont who was elected to the United States Senate and the House of Representatives...

 (DR). Martin Chittenden
Martin Chittenden
Martin Chittenden was the seventh Governor of Vermont during a crucial portion of the War of 1812.Chittenden was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, and moved to Vermont in 1776 in the wake of the founding of the town of Williston by his father, Thomas Chittenden. In 1789, Martin Chittenden graduated...

 (F)

Virginia 

. Thomas Wilson (F). John Baker
John Baker (representative)
John Baker was an American politician who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1811 to 1813....

 (F). John Smith
John Smith (Virginia)
John Smith was a United States Representative from Virginia; born at Shooter's Hill, near Locust Hill, Middlesex County, Va., May 7, 1750; moved to Frederick County, Va., in 1773 and engaged in planting at Hackwood, near Winchester; commissioned a justice of the peace in 1773; served in Dunmore's...

 (DR). William McCoy
William McCoy (congressman)
William McCoy was an 18th and 19th century politician from Virginia.Born near Warrenton, Virginia, McCoy was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1798 to 1804 and was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1829 and 1830...

 (DR). James Breckinridge
James Breckinridge
James Breckinridge was a Virginia lawyer and politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives. He also fought in the American Revolutionary War and served as a brigadier-general during the War of 1812.-Family and early life:Breckinridge was...

 (F). Daniel Sheffey
Daniel Sheffey
Daniel Sheffey was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Frederick, Maryland, Sheffey pursued classical studies.Apprenticed as a shoemaker in his father's shop.He moved to Wytheville, Virginia, in 1791....

 (F). Joseph Lewis, Jr.
Joseph Lewis, Jr.
Joseph Lewis, Jr. was an 18th century and 19th century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Virginia, Lewis served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1799 to 1803. He was then elected a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives in 1802, serving from 1803 to 1817...

 (F). John P. Hungerford
John Hungerford (congressman)
John Pratt Hungerford was an 18th- and 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Leeds, Virginia, Hungerford received an elementary education under private teachers as a child. He studied law and was admitted to the bar...

 (DR)
    • John Taliaferro
      John Taliaferro
      John Taliaferro was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and librarian from Virginia.-Early life and education:Born on "Hays" near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taliaferro attended the common schools as a child...

       (DR). Aylett Hawes
      Aylett Hawes
      Aylett Hawes was a nineteenth century politician and planter from Virginia. He was the uncle of Richard Hawes, Albert Gallatin Hawes and Aylett Hawes Buckner....

       (DR). John Dawson (DR). John Roane
      John Roane
      John Roane was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia. He was the father of congressman John J. Roane....

       (DR). Burwell Bassett
      Burwell Bassett
      Burwell Bassett, Jr. was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1787 to 1789, and the Virginia Senate from 1794 to 1805.-Biography:...

       (DR). William A. Burwell
      William A. Burwell
      William Armisted Burwell was a nineteenth century congressman and presidential secretary from Virginia....

       (DR). Matthew Clay
      Matthew Clay
      Matthew Clay was a United States Representative from Virginia. Born in Halifax County , during the American Revolutionary War he entered the Ninth Virginia Regiment on October 1, 1776...

       (DR). John Randolph
      John Randolph of Roanoke
      John Randolph , known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives , the Senate , and also as Minister to Russia...

       (DR). James Pleasants
      James Pleasants
      James Pleasants, Jr. was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822 and was the 22nd Governor of Virginia from 1822 to 1825. Pleasants was born at “Cold Comfort,” in Powhatan County, Virginia, October 24, 1769. He pursued classical studies and graduated from the College...

       (DR). Thomas Gholson, Jr.
      Thomas Gholson, Jr.
      Thomas Gholson, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Virginia from 1808 to 1816 in the United States House of Representatives from both Virginia's 18th congressional district and Virginia's 17th congressional district both now obsolete congressional districts...

       (DR). Peterson Goodwyn
      Peterson Goodwyn
      Peterson Goodwyn was a soldier, politician and planter from Virginia.Born at "Martins" near Petersburg, Virginia, Goodwyn was education by private teachers as a child and went on to complete his preparatory studies...

       (DR). Edwin Gray
      Edwin Gray
      Edwin Gray was an 18th century and 19th century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Southampton County, Virginia, Gray attended the College of William and Mary and later served in the House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775...

       (DR). Thomas Newton, Jr.
      Thomas Newton, Jr.
      Thomas Newton, Jr. was an American politician. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia.Newton was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1796 to 1799. He served as a Democratic-Republican in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1801 to March 9, 1830.-External links:*...

       (DR). Hugh Nelson
      Hugh Nelson (congressman)
      Hugh Nelson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, son of Thomas Nelson, Jr..Born in Yorktown, Virginia, Nelson completed preparatory studies....

       (DR). John Clopton
      John Clopton
      John Clopton was a United States Representative from Virginia. Born in St. Peter's Parish , his father was William Clopton and his mother was Elizabeth Dorrell Ford , he graduated from the College of Philadelphia in 1776...

       (DR)

Non-voting members

. Shadrack Bond
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was a representative from Illinois Territory to the United States Congress. In 1818, he was elected the first Governor of Illinois, becoming the new state's first chief executive...

, from December 3, 1812. Jonathan Jennings
Jonathan Jennings
Jonathan Jennings was the first Governor of Indiana and a nine-term congressman from Indiana. Born in Readington, New Jersey, he studied law with his brother before immigrating to Indiana in 1806 where he took part in land speculation...

. George Poindexter
George Poindexter
George Poindexter was an American politician, lawyer and judge from Mississippi.-Background:Poindexter was born in Louisa County, Virginia and was of Huguenot ancestry. He was orphaned early in life and had a sporadic education growing up...

. Edward Hempstead
Edward Hempstead
Edward Hempstead was an American lawyer, pioneer, and one of the early settlers in the new Louisiana Purchase in 1805. Born in New London, Connecticut, Hempstead was the delegate in the U.S. House for the Missouri Territory from 1812 to 1814...

, from November 9, 1812, vacant until April 29, 1812

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

  • replacements: 1
    • Democratic-Republicans: no net change
    • Federalists: no net change
  • deaths: 0
  • resignations: 4
  • interim appointments: 1
  • seats of newly admitted states: 2
  • vacancies:1
  • Total seats with changes: 6

|-
| Massachusetts
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term
| | Joseph B. Varnum
Joseph Bradley Varnum
Joseph Bradley Varnum was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from Massachusetts.-Biography:...

 (DR)
| Seated June 29, 1811
|-
| Rhode Island
(1)
| | Christopher G. Champlin
Christopher G. Champlin
Christopher Grant Champlin was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Newport, he completed preparatory studies, was graduated from Harvard College in 1786, and continued his studies at the College of St. Omer in France.Champlin was elected as a Federalist to the...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 2, 1811
| | William Hunter (F)
| Seated October 28, 1811
|-
| Tennessee
(2)
| | Jenkin Whiteside
Jenkin Whiteside
Jenkin Whiteside was an attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:Whiteside was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania he studied the law and was admitted to the bar there...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 8, 1811
| | George W. Campbell
George W. Campbell
George Washington Campbell was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, U.S...

 (DR)
| Appointed October 8, 1811
|-
| Louisiana
(3)
| New seat
| rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812. Seats remained vacant until September 3, 1812.
| | Allan B. Magruder
Allan B. Magruder
Allan Bowie Magruder was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Kentucky in 1775, he attended the common schools, pursued an academic course, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796 and practiced in Lexington, Kentucky. He moved to Louisiana to practice law...

 (DR)
| rowspan=2 | Installed September 3, 1812
|-
| rowspan=3 | Louisiana
(2)
| New seat
| | Jean Noel Destréhan (DR)
|-
| | Jean N. Destréhan (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 1, 1812 without having qualified
| | Thomas Posey
Thomas Posey
Thomas Posey was an officer in the American Revolution, a general during peacetime, the third Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Governor of the Indiana Territory, and a Louisiana Senator.-Family and background:...

 (DR)
| Appointed October 8, 1812
|-
| | Thomas Posey
Thomas Posey
Thomas Posey was an officer in the American Revolution, a general during peacetime, the third Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Governor of the Indiana Territory, and a Louisiana Senator.-Family and background:...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor chosen February 4, 1813
| | James Brown
James Brown (Senator)
James Brown was a lawyer, U.S. Senator from Louisiana and Minister to France. He was the brother of John Brown, the cousin of John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge and Francis Preston, the brother-in-law of Henry Clay, the uncle of James Brown Clay, Henry Clay, Jr., John Morrison Clay, the great...

 (DR)
| Seated February 5, 1813
|}

House of Representatives

  • replacements: 3
    • Democratic-Republicans: no net change
    • Federalists: no net change
  • deaths: 2
  • resignations: 5
  • contested election: 1
  • seats of newly admitted states: 1
  • vacancies: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 10

|-
|
| | John Montgomery
John Montgomery (Maryland politician)
John Montgomery was an American lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland. He represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. Congress from 1807 until 1811, and later served as the Attorney General of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore .-References:...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 29, 1811 to become Attorney General of Maryland
Attorney General of Maryland
The Attorney General of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits...


| | Stevenson Archer (DR)
| Seated October 26, 1811
|-
|
| | Joseph B. Varnum
Joseph Bradley Varnum
Joseph Bradley Varnum was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from Massachusetts.-Biography:...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 29, 1811 to become U.S. Senator
| | William M. Richardson
William M. Richardson
William Merchant Richardson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Pelham, New Hampshire in 1774. He graduated from Harvard University in 1797; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1804...

 (DR)
| Seated November 4, 1811
|-
|
| | John Hungerford
John Hungerford (congressman)
John Pratt Hungerford was an 18th- and 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Leeds, Virginia, Hungerford received an elementary education under private teachers as a child. He studied law and was admitted to the bar...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election November 29, 1811
| | John Taliaferro
John Taliaferro
John Taliaferro was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and librarian from Virginia.-Early life and education:Born on "Hays" near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taliaferro attended the common schools as a child...

 (DR)
| Seated November 29, 1811
|-
|
| | Barzillai Gannett
Barzillai Gannett
Barzillai Gannett was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Gannett was graduated from Harvard University in 1785. He studied theology, but did not enter the ministry. He served as Selectman of Pittston, Maine . He also served as town clerk in 1794 and...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1812 before April 6
| | Francis Carr (DR)
| Seated April 6, 1812
|-
|
| | Thomas Blount (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 7, 1812
| | William Kennedy
William Kennedy (politician)
William Kennedy was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina. He was born near Washington, North Carolina...

 (DR)
| Seated January 30, 1813
|-
|
| colspan=2 rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Julien de Lallande Poydras
Julien de Lallande Poydras
Julien de Lallande Poydras was a French-American politician who served as Delegate from the Territory of Orleans to the United States House of Representatives....

 had resigned in the previous Congress, and the seat remained vacant until the territory became the state of Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

 on April 30, 1812
| rowspan=2 | Thomas B. Robertson
Thomas B. Robertson
Thomas Bolling Robertson was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana, the third Governor and the Attorney General of Louisiana, and a United States federal judge....

 (DR)
| rowspan=2 | Seated April 30, 1812
|-
|

|-
|
| | Robert Le Roy Livingston
Robert Le Roy Livingston
Robert Le Roy Livingston was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Claverack, Columbia County, he graduated from Princeton College and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Twelfth United States Infantry on January 14, 1799 and honorably discharged on June 15, 1800...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 6, 1812
| | Thomas P. Grosvenor
Thomas P. Grosvenor
Thomas Peabody Grosvenor was a United States Representative from New York....

 (F)
| Seated January 29, 1813
|-
|
| | Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb (born 1772)
Howell Cobb was an American politician, farmer and soldier.Born in Granville County, North Carolina, Cobb later moved to Louisville, Georgia...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime before October 1812
| | William Barnett
William Barnett (Georgia politician)
William Barnett was an American politician and soldier.Born in Amherst County, Virginia in 1761, Barnett moved with his father to Columbia County, Georgia...

 (DR)
| Seated October 5, 1812
|-
|
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Territory delegate seat established
| Edward Hempstead
Edward Hempstead
Edward Hempstead was an American lawyer, pioneer, and one of the early settlers in the new Louisiana Purchase in 1805. Born in New London, Connecticut, Hempstead was the delegate in the U.S. House for the Missouri Territory from 1812 to 1814...


| Seated November 9, 1812
|-
|
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Territory delegate seat established
| Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was a representative from Illinois Territory to the United States Congress. In 1818, he was elected the first Governor of Illinois, becoming the new state's first chief executive...


| Seated December 3, 1812
|-
|
| | John Smilie
John Smilie
John Smilie was an American politician from Fayette, Pennsylvania.He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House from 1793 until 1795 and from 1799 to 1812. Smilie was a prominent Jeffersonian, and was identified with the "'Quid" branch of the party...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 30, 1812
| Vacant
| Not filled until next Congress
|}

Senate

  • Chaplain
    Chaplain of the United States Senate
    The Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...

    : John Brackenridge
    John Brackenridge (clergyman)
    John Brackenridge, D.D. was a Presbyterian clergyman who served as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives and Chaplain of the United States Senate .-Early years:...

     (Presbyterian
    Presbyterianism
    Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...

    )
  • Secretary
    Secretary of the United States Senate
    The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...

    : Samuel A. Otis
    Samuel Allyne Otis
    Samuel A. Otis , a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., November 24, 1740; was graduated from Harvard College in 1759; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Boston; member of the state house...

  • Sergeant at Arms
    Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
    The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...

    :
    • James Mathers
      James Mathers
      -Early life:Born in Ireland, he migrated with his family to New York City some years before the American Revolutionary War. He married Mary Maxwell and the couple had a daughter Effa baptized on 12 December, 1770 at a Presbyterian church in New York City. In the war's earliest days, Mathers joined...

      , died
    • Mountjoy Bayly, elected November 6, 1811

House of Representatives

  • Chaplain
    Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
    The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...

    :
    • Nicholas Sneathen (Methodist
      Methodism
      Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...

      )
    • Jesse Lee (Methodist
      Methodism
      Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...

      ), elected November 2, 1812
  • Clerk
    Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
    The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....

    : Patrick Magruder
    Patrick Magruder
    Patrick Magruder was the second Librarian of the United States Congress, serving from 1807 to 1815.-Biography:Magruder was born on his family’s estate, Locust Grove, near Rockville in Montgomery County, Maryland. Magruder attended Princeton College and became a lawyer...

  • Doorkeeper
    Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
    An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...

    : Thomas Claxton
  • Sergeant at Arms
    Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
    The United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...

    : Thomas Dunn

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