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Leadership

Senate

President: Daniel D. Tompkins
Daniel D. Tompkins
Daniel D. Tompkins was an entrepreneur, jurist, Congressman, the fourth Governor of New York , and the sixth Vice President of the United States .-Name:...

(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...

:
- 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), elected March 4, 1817
- James Barbour
  James Barbour
  James Barbour was an American lawyer, amember and speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, the 18th Governor of Virginia, the first Governor to reside in the current Virginia Governor's Mansion, a U.S. Senator from 1814–1825, and the United States Secretary of War from 1825-1828.Barbour was a...
  
  (DR), elected February 15, 1819

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 1820; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1822; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1818.

Connecticut

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)
3. David Daggett
David Daggett
David Daggett was a U.S. senator, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, and a founder of the Yale Law School.-Life:...

(F)

Delaware

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)
2. Nicholas Van Dyke (F)

Georgia

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)
2. 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), until September 23, 1818
- John Forsyth
  John Forsyth (politician)
  John Forsyth, Sr. was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia.Forsyth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His father Robert Forsyth was the first U.S. Marshal to be killed in the line of duty in 1794. He was an attorney who graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1799...
  
  (DR), November 23 – February 17, 1819

Illinois

2. Jesse B. Thomas
Jesse B. Thomas
Jesse Burgess Thomas was born in Shepherdstown, Virginia . He served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the tenth Congress and later served as one of Illinois's first two Senators.- Biography :...

(DR), from December 3, 1818
3. Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards was a founding political figure of the state of Illinois. He served as the first and only governor of the Illinois Territory from 1809 to 1818, as one of the first two United States Senators from Illinois from 1818 to 1824, and as the third Governor of Illinois from 1826 to 1830...

(DR), from December 3, 1818

Indiana

1. James Noble
James Noble
James Noble was the first U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana.Noble was born near Berryville, Virginia and moved with his parents to Campbell County, Kentucky when he was 10...

(DR)
3. Waller Taylor
Waller Taylor
Waller Taylor was an American military commander and politician.-Biography:Taylor was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia where he spent his entire childhood. He studied law and served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1800 to 1802.In 1804 he moved to Vincennes, Indiana and practiced law...

(DR)

Kentucky

3. Isham Talbot
Isham Talbot
Isham Talbot was a United States Senator from Kentucky.Born in Bedford County, Virginia, Isham Talbot Junior moved with his parents to Harrodsburg, Kentucky in about 1784. He was admitted to the bar, and began his legal practice in Versailles, Kentucky...

(DR)
2. John J. Crittenden
John J. Crittenden
John Jordan Crittenden was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison and Millard Fillmore...

(DR), until March 3, 1819

Louisiana

3. Eligius Fromentin
Eligius Fromentin
Eligius Fromentin was an American politician.Fromentin was born and raised in France, where he later became a Roman Catholic priest. Fromentin fled the country during the French Revolution and arrived in the United States. He at first settled in Pennsylvania, but then moved to Maryland, where he...

(DR)
2. William C. C. Claiborne (DR), until November 23, 1817
- Henry Johnson
  Henry Johnson (Louisiana)
  Henry Johnson was the fifth Governor of Louisiana, and served as a United States Representative and as a United States Senator....
  
  (DR), from January 12, 1818

Maryland

3. Robert H. Goldsborough
Robert Henry Goldsborough
Robert Henry Goldsborough was an American politician from Talbot County, Maryland.Goldsborough was born at "Myrtle Grove" near Easton, Maryland. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland in 1795...

(F)
1. Alexander C. Hanson
Alexander Contee Hanson
Alexander Contee Hanson was an American lawyer, publisher, and statesman. He represented the third district of Maryland in the U.S. House, and the state of Maryland in the U.S. Senate....

(F)

Massachusetts

1. Eli P. Ashmun
Eli P. Ashmun
Eli Porter Ashmun was a Federalist United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1816 to 1818.Born in a small village north of Albany, New York on the Hudson River, he attended the local school and attended Middlebury College, graduating in 1807...

(F), until May 10, 1818
- Prentiss Mellen
  Prentiss Mellen
  Prentiss Mellen was a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Sterling, Massachusetts to Rev. John and Rebecca Mellen...
  
  (F), from June 5, 1818
2. Harrison Gray Otis
Harrison Gray Otis (lawyer)
Harrison Gray Otis , was a businessman, lawyer, and politician, becoming one of the most important leaders of the United States' first political party, the Federalists...

(F)

Mississippi

1. Walter Leake
Walter Leake
Walter Leake served as a United States Senator from Mississippi and as Governor of Mississippi .He was the first Governor of Mississippi to die in office...

(DR), from December 10, 1817
2. Thomas H. Williams
Thomas Hill Williams
Thomas Hill Williams was a senator from Mississippi. Born in North Carolina, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was register of the land office for the Territory of Mississippi in 1805, secretary of the Territory in 1805, and Acting Governor in...

(DR), from December 10, 1817

New Hampshire

3. Jeremiah Mason
Jeremiah Mason
Jeremiah Mason was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, son of Jeremiah Mason and wife Elizabeth Fitch , he graduated from Yale College in 1788, studied law, moved to Vermont, and was admitted to the bar in 1791...

(F), until June 16, 1817
- Clement Storer
  Clement Storer
  Clement Storer was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Kennebunk, Maine, he completed preparatory studies, studied medicine in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and in Europe, engaged in the practice of medicine in Portsmouth, and was captain of militia and held...
  
  (DR), from June 27, 1817
2. David L. Morril
David L. Morril
David Lawrence Morril graduated from Dartmouth College and later received his law degree from the University of Vermont. He was an American physician and clergyman and lived for a time in Goffstown, New Hampshire. He served as a U.S...

(DR)

New Jersey

1. James J. Wilson
James J. Wilson
James Jefferson Wilson served New Jersey as a U.S. Senator from 1815 to 1821.-Biography:Wilson was born in Essex County, New Jersey, where he attended the common schools...

(DR)
2. Mahlon Dickerson
Mahlon Dickerson
Mahlon Dickerson was an American judge and politician. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as well as United States Senator from that state. He was twice appointed Secretary of the Navy - under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren...

(DR)

New York

3. Rufus King
Rufus King
Rufus King was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress. He also attended the Constitutional Convention and was one of the signers of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

(F)
1. Nathan Sanford
Nathan Sanford
Nathan Sanford was an American politician.- Life :He was the son of Thomas Sanford and Phebe Sanford, née Baker...

(DR)

North Carolina

3. 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)
2. Montfort Stokes
Montfort Stokes
Montfort Stokes was an American Democratic politician who served as U.S. Senator from 1816 to 1823, and the 25th Governor of North Carolina from 1830 to 1832....

(DR)

Ohio

3. Jeremiah Morrow
Jeremiah Morrow
Jeremiah Morrow was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth Governor of Ohio, and the last Democratic-Republican to do so....

(DR)
1. Benjamin Ruggles
Benjamin Ruggles
Benjamin Ruggles was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Born in Abington, Windham County, Connecticut, Ruggles moved to Marietta, Ohio to practice law in 1807. He moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio in 1810. He married in Connecticut in 1812. His first...

(DR)

Pennsylvania

3. 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)
1. 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)

Rhode Island

1. William Hunter (F)
2. James Burrill, Jr.
James Burrill, Jr.
James Burrill, Jr. was a Federalist-party United States senator representing the state of Rhode Island. He served in the senate from 1817 until 1820...

(F)

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. William Smith
William Smith (South Carolina senator)
William Smith was chosen as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate representing South Carolina in 1816. The legislature declined to re-elect him when his term expired in 1823...

(DR)

Tennessee

1. 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), until April 20, 1818
- John Eaton (DR), from September 5, 1818
2. John Williams
John Williams (Tennessee)
John Williams was an American lawyer, soldier, and statesman, operating primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the first part of the 19th century. He represented Tennessee in the United States Senate from 1815 to 1823, when he lost reelection to Andrew Jackson. Williams also served as colonel...

(DR)

Vermont

3. Dudley Chase
Dudley Chase
Dudley Chase was a United States Senator from Vermont.He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1791, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1793...

(DR), until November 3, 1817
- 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), November 4, 1817 – January 8, 1818
- William A. Palmer
  William A. Palmer
  William Adams Palmer was an American politician. Palmer graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Law. He was admitted to the bar and began to practice Law in Chelsea, Vermont. Held numerous positions in Vermont and was a judge of the State supreme court of Vermont 1816-1818...
  
  (DR), from October 20, 1818
1. Isaac Tichenor
Isaac Tichenor
Isaac Tichenor was the third and fifth Governor of Vermont and also served as a jurist and a United States Senator.Tichenor was born in Newark, New Jersey...

(F)

Virginia

1. James Barbour
James Barbour
James Barbour was an American lawyer, amember and speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, the 18th Governor of Virginia, the first Governor to reside in the current Virginia Governor's Mansion, a U.S. Senator from 1814–1825, and the United States Secretary of War from 1825-1828.Barbour was a...

(DR)
2. John W. Eppes
John Wayles Eppes
John Wayles Eppes was an attorney, a United States Representative and a Senator from Virginia. One of the planter class, he married his first cousin Maria Jefferson, the youngest surviving daughter of Martha Wayles Skelton and Thomas Jefferson...

(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...

.. Uriel Holmes

Uriel Holmes

Uriel Holmes was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, and then moved with his parents to Hartland, Connecticut. He attended the common schools and graduated from Yale College in 1784...

(F), until 1818

- Sylvester Gilbert
  Sylvester Gilbert
  Sylvester Gilbert was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Hebron, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1775...
  
  (DR), from November 16, 1818. Ebenezer Huntington
  Ebenezer Huntington
  Ebenezer Huntington was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He pursued academic studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1775. He served as a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, first in the Lexington alarm in April 1775 and later...
  
  (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). Samuel B. Sherwood
  Samuel B. Sherwood
  Samuel Burr Sherwood was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Northfield Society , Connecticut, Sherwood graduated from Yale College in 1786...
  
  (F). Nathaniel Terry
  Nathaniel Terry
  Nathaniel Terry was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Enfield, Connecticut. He attended the common schools, Dartmouth College, and was graduated from Yale College in 1786. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1790 and commenced practice in Enfield...
  
  (F). Thomas S. Williams
  Thomas Scott Williams
  Thomas Scott Williams was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.He was a descendant of immigrant Robert Williams of Roxbury, a cordwainer of Great Yarmouth and Norwich, England, who arrived in Roxbury, Massachusetts with his wife and several children about 1635.Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut,...
  
  (F)

Delaware

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...

.. Willard Hall

Willard Hall

Willard Hall , was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as U.S...

(DR). Louis McLane

Louis McLane

Louis McLane was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from Delaware, U.S. Senator...

(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...

.. Joel Abbott (DR). Thomas W. Cobb

Thomas W. Cobb

Thomas Willis Cobb was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.-Biography:Born in Columbia County, Georgia, he pursued preparatory studies, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Lexington, Georgia...

(DR). Zadock Cook

Zadock Cook

Zadock Cook was a United States Representative from Georgia.-Biography:He was born in Virginia and moved to Hancock County, Georgia in early life. He was one of the first white settlers in Clarke County, Georgia. He was self-educated...

(DR). Joel Crawford

Joel Crawford

Joel Crawford was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.Crawford was born in Columbia County, Georgia. He attended the Litchfield Law School in Connecticut. After receiving admission to the state bar, he began practice in Sparta, Georgia...

(DR). John Forsyth

John Forsyth (politician)

John Forsyth, Sr. was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia.Forsyth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His father Robert Forsyth was the first U.S. Marshal to be killed in the line of duty in 1794. He was an attorney who graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1799...

(DR), until November 23, 1818

- Robert R. Reid
  Robert R. Reid
  Robert Raymond Reid was the fourth territorial governor of Florida. He was also a Representative from Georgia. He also held several judicial positions....
  
  (DR), from February 18, 1819. William Terrell
  William Terrell
  William Terrell was a United States Representative from Georgia. Born in Fairfax County, Virginia, he moved with his parents to Georgia, and pursued classical studies. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine at Philadelphia and commenced practice in Sparta, Georgia...
  
  (DR)

Illinois

. John McLean

John McLean (Illinois politician)

John McLean was a United States Representative and a Senator from Illinois.Born near Guilford Court House , Guilford County, North Carolina, February 4, 1791, McLean moved with his parents to Logan County, Kentucky in 1795. He moved to Illinois Territory in 1815...

(DR), from December 3, 1818

Kentucky

. David Trimble

David Trimble (congressman)

David Trimble was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Frederick County, Virginia, in June 1782, Trimble graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1799.He studied law...

(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). 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). 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). 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). David Walker

David Walker (congressman)

David Walker was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of George Walker and grandfather of James David Walker.Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, Walker attended public and private schools....

(DR). George Robertson

George Robertson (congressman)

George Robertson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life:Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Robertson pursued preparatory studies and attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, until 1806...

(DR). Richard C. Anderson, Jr. (DR). Tunstal Quarles

Tunstal Quarles

Tunstall Quarles was a United States lawyer and politician, as well as one of the pioneer settlers of Somerset, Kentucky in Pulaski County....

(DR). Thomas Speed

Thomas Speed

Thomas Speed was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Charlotte County, Virginia, Speed was taught by his father. He moved with his parents to Kentucky in 1782. He was employed in the office of the clerk of the general court. He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Danville and Bardstown in...

(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), until April 20, 1818

- Thomas Butler
  Thomas Butler (U. S. Representative)
  Thomas Butler was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one and a half terms as a Democratic-Republican....
  
  (DR), from November 16, 1818

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). John C. Herbert

John Carlyle Herbert

John Carlyle Herbert was an American politician.Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Herbert received private instruction and graduated from St. John's College of Annapolis, Maryland in 1794. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Richmond, Virginia around 1795...

(F). George Peter (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). 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). 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). Thomas Culbreth

Thomas Culbreth

Thomas Culbreth was an American politician.Born in Kent County, Delaware, eight miles northeast of Greensboro, Maryland, Cubreth attended the public schools and studied under private tutors. He moved to Denton, Maryland, in 1806 and was a clerk in a store there...

(DR). Thomas Bayly (F)

Massachusetts

. Jonathan Mason

Jonathan Mason (politician)

Jonathan Mason was a Federalist United States Senator and Representative from Massachusetts during the early years of the United States....

(F). Nathaniel Silsbee

Nathaniel Silsbee

Nathanial Silsbee was an American politician from Massachusetts.Silsbee was born in Salem, Massachusetts to Capt. Nathanial Silsbee and Sarah Beckett...

(DR). Jeremiah Nelson

Jeremiah Nelson

Jeremiah Nelson, was a Representative from Massachusetts.Nelson was born in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, September 14, 1769 to Solomon and Elizabeth Nelson. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1790...

(F). Timothy Fuller

Timothy Fuller

Timothy Fuller was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Life and work:Fuller was born in Chilmark, Massachusetts. His father, Timothy, the first settled minister of Princeton, Mass., was third in descent, from Thomas, who emigrated from England in 1638...

(DR). Elijah H. Mills

Elijah H. Mills

Elijah Hunt Mills was an American politician from Massachusetts.Mills was born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from Williams College in 1797. Mills studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Northampton, Massachusetts...

(F). Samuel C. Allen

Samuel Clesson Allen

Samuel Clesson Allen was a U.S. politician from Massachusetts during the first third of the 19th century. He began his career as a member of the Federalist Party, but later became a staunch supporter of Democratic presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.Allen was born in Bernardston,...

(F). Henry Shaw

Henry Shaw (Massachusetts)

Henry Shaw was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, son of Samuel Shaw. Born near Putney, Vermont, Shaw completed preparatory studies. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Albany, New York, in 1810...

(DR). Zabdiel Sampson

Zabdiel Sampson

Zabdiel Sampson was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Plympton, Massachusetts, Sampson pursued classical studies and graduated from Brown University in 1803...

(DR). Walter Folger, Jr.

Walter Folger, Jr.

Walter Folger, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Nantucket, Folger attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced...

(DR). Marcus Morton

Marcus Morton

Marcus Morton was a lawyer, jurist, and politician from Taunton, Massachusetts. He represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and served two terms as 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts, as well as a portion of an unexpired term in 1825, as Acting Governor.Morton...

(DR). Benjamin Adams (F). Solomon Strong

Solomon Strong

Solomon Strong was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Strong was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1798.He studied law....

(F). Nathaniel Ruggles

Nathaniel Ruggles

Nathaniel Ruggles was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Ruggles graduated from Harvard University in 1781, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in his native town...

(F). John Holmes

John Holmes (U.S. politician)

John Holmes was an American politician. Holmes, a National Republican, served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and was one of the first two U.S. Senators from Maine. Holmes was noted for his involvement in the Treaty of Ghent.-Early life and education:Holmes was born in Kingston,...

(DR). Ezekiel Whitman

Ezekiel Whitman

Ezekiel Whitman was a United States Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine. He was born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts on March 9, 1776. He graduated from Brown University in 1795...

(F). Benjamin Orr

Benjamin Orr (Massachusetts politician)

Benjamin Orr was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.Orr was born in Bedford, New Hampshire on December 1, 1772. He was self-educated and apprenticed as a carpenter. He attended Fryeburg Academy, taught school at Concord and New Milford, New Hampshire; and...

(F). John Wilson

John Wilson (Massachusetts)

John Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Peterboro, New Hampshire, Wilson graduated from Harvard University in 1799.He studied law....

(F). Thomas Rice

Thomas Rice (Massachusetts politician)

Thomas Rice was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Thomas Rice was born 30 March 1768 in Pownalborough, Massachusetts, , to Thomas Rice and Rebecca Rice. He graduated from Harvard University in 1791...

(F). Joshua Gage

Joshua Gage

Joshua Gage was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Harwich, Massachusetts, Gage completed preparatory studies. In 1795, he moved to Augusta, Maine . He was a master mariner, and subsequently became engaged in mercantile pursuits...

(DR). Albion K. Parris

Albion K. Parris

Albion Keith Parris was an American politician and jurist of Maine. Parris served in many elected and appointed positions throughout this life, including state legislator, U.S. Senator, the fifth Governor of Maine, state Supreme Court judge, and mayor.-Biography:Parris was born in Hebron, Maine,...

(DR), until February 3, 1818

- Enoch Lincoln
  Enoch Lincoln
  Enoch Lincoln was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine, son of Levi Lincoln and brother of Levi Lincoln . Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Lincoln graduated from Harvard University in 1807.He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in...
  
  (DR), from November 4, 1818

Mississippi

. 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...

(DR), from December 10, 1817

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 Butler

Josiah Butler

Josiah Butler was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Pelham, New Hampshire. He attended the Londonderry and Atkinson academies and was instructed by private tutors. Later, he graduated from Harvard University in 1803. Upon graduation, he taught school in Virginia...

(DR). Clifton Clagett

Clifton Clagett

Clifton Clagett was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He studied law was admitted to the bar. He commenced practice in Litchfield, New Hampshire in 1787....

(DR). Salma Hale

Salma Hale

Salma Hale was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Alstead, New Hampshire. He became a printer and in 1805 edited the Walpole Political Observatory. He studied law and was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas of Cheshire County...

(DR). Arthur Livermore

Arthur Livermore

Arthur Livermore was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was the son of Samuel Livermore and brother of Edward St. Loe Livermore, both of whom served in the United States Congress. He was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He received classical instruction from his parents and...

(DR). John F. Parrott

John Fabyan Parrott

John Fabyan Parrott was a United States Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire.He was born in Portsmouth to John Parrott, a merchant and ship captain, and his wife Deborah Parker. He followed his fathers line of work and began trading in Europe and the Caribbean, something which stopped...

(DR). Nathaniel Upham

Nathaniel Upham

Nathaniel Upham was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire. He pursued classical studies and attended the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter in 1793...

(DR)

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...

.. Ephraim Bateman

Ephraim Bateman

Ephraim Bateman represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1826 to 1829 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1815-1823....

(DR). Benjamin Bennet

Benjamin Bennet

Benjamin Bennet was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bennet attended the common schools.He studied theology....

(DR). Joseph Bloomfield

Joseph Bloomfield

Joseph Bloomfield was a Governor of New Jersey. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him.-Birth:Joseph Bloomfield was born in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey to Moses Bloomfield, a physician, and Sarah Ogden...

(DR). Charles Kinsey

Charles Kinsey

Charles Kinsey was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Kinsey was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1773. He attended the common schools, and in early life engaged in the manufacture of paper...

(DR). John Linn (DR). Henry Southard

Henry Southard

Henry Southard was a United States Representative from the state of New Jersey.Southard was born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He moved with his parents to Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 1755, where he attended the common schools and worked on a farm. Later, Southard served as a private and...

(DR)

New York

There were six plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th, 20th & 21st, each had two representatives.. Tredwell Scudder

Tredwell Scudder

Tredwell Scudder was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Islip, New York, Scudder attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.Town supervisor of Islip in 1795, 1796, and 1804-1815....

(DR). George Townsend

George Townsend

George Townsend was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Lattingtown, township of Oyster Bay, New York, Townsend engaged in agricultural pursuits....

(DR). William Irving

William Irving (New York)

William Irving was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he was a brother of diplomat and author Washington Irving. William completed preparatory studies, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and also in fur trade with the Indians along the Mohawk River, residing at...

(DR). Peter H. Wendover

Peter H. Wendover

Peter Hercules Wendover was a United States Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Wendover received a liberal schooling and held several local offices. He was a member of the volunteer fire department of New York City in 1796...

(DR). Caleb Tompkins

Caleb Tompkins

Caleb Tompkins was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of Daniel D. Tompkins.Born near Scarsdale, New York, Tompkins served as member of the New York State Assembly 1804-1806...

(DR). James Tallmadge, Jr. (DR), from December 1, 1817. Philip J. Schuyler (F). James W. Wilkin

James W. Wilkin

James Whitney Wilkin was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:Wilkin served in the Revolutionary War....

(DR). Josiah Hasbrouck

Josiah Hasbrouck

Josiah Hasbrouck was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New Paltz, he completed preparatory studies and conducted a general merchandising business. He was a second lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Ulster County Militia in 1780, and was supervisor of New Paltz from 1784 to...

(DR). Dorrance Kirtland

Dorrance Kirtland

Dorrance Kirtland was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Coxsackie, New York, Kirtland was graduated from Yale College in 1789.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Coxsackie....

(DR). Rensselaer Westerlo

Rensselaer Westerlo

Rensselaer Westerlo was a United States Representative from New York.He was born at the Van Rensselaer Manor House in Albany as the son of Catherine Livingston and her second husband Eilardus Westerlo...

(F). John P. Cushman

John P. Cushman

John Paine Cushman was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

(F). John W. Taylor

John W. Taylor (politician)

John W. Taylor was an early 19th century U.S. politician from New York.-Life:He was born in 1784 in that part of the Town of Ballston, then in Albany County, New York, which was, upon the creation of Saratoga County in 1791, split off to form the Town of Charlton...

(DR). John Palmer (DR). John Savage

John Savage (Congressman)

John Savage was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...

(DR). Thomas Lawyer

Thomas Lawyer

Thomas Lawyer was an American politician from New York.-Life:He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Schoharie County...

(DR). John Herkimer

John Herkimer

John Herkimer was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:Herkimer was the son of George Herkimer ....

(DR). John R. Drake

John R. Drake

John Reuben Drake was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Life:...

(DR). Isaac Williams, Jr.

Isaac Williams, Jr.

Isaac Williams, Jr. was an American politician from New York.-Life:He received a limited schooling, and in 1793 moved with his father to Otsego County, New York...

(DR). Henry R. Storrs

Henry R. Storrs

Henry Randolph Storrs was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of William Lucius Storrs.Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Storrs was graduated from Yale College in 1804.He studied law....

(F). Thomas H. Hubbard

Thomas H. Hubbard

Thomas Hill Hubbard was an American lawyer, judge and public official from Madison County, New York. A member of the Democratic-Republican party, Hubbard was twice elected as U.S...

(DR). David A. Ogden

David A. Ogden

David A. Ogden was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Morristown, New Jersey, he was the son of Sarah Frances and Abraham Ogden. Ogden attended King's College , New York City. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in November of 1791, beginning practice in Newark, New Jersey...

(F). James Porter

James Porter (representative)

James Porter was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts on April 18, 1787. He graduated from Williams College in 1810, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Skaneateles, New York....

(DR). Oliver C. Comstock (DR). Daniel Cruger

Daniel Cruger

Daniel Cruger was an American newspaper publisher, lawyer and politician who served as a United States Representative from New York.-Life:He learned the printer's trade, and published the Owego Democrat at Owego, New York...

(DR). Benjamin Ellicott

Benjamin Ellicott

Benjamin Ellicott was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born at Ellicotts Mills, Maryland, Ellicott accompanied his brothers in 1789 to upper Canada on the survey to determine the western boundary of the State of New York. He was employed as a surveyor and draftsman for the Holland Land Co. in...

(DR). John C. Spencer (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). Joseph H. Bryan

Joseph Hunter Bryan

Joseph Hunter Bryan was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina...

(DR). Thomas H. Hall

Thomas H. Hall

Thomas H. Hall was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Prince George County, Virginia, in June 1773; studied medicine and practiced in Tarboro, North Carolina; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses ;...

(DR). Jesse Slocumb

Jesse Slocumb

Jesse Slocumb was a U.S. Congressional Representative from North Carolina.Slocumb was born in Spring Bank, North Carolina, in 1780. He completed he preparatory studies and then engaged in agricultural pursuits. He held several local offices and was a member of the court of pleas and quarter...

(F). James Owen

James Owen (American statesman)

James Owen was an American politician from North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, Owen was a member of the North Carolina state legislature and was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District from 1817 to 1819...

(DR). Weldon N. Edwards

Weldon Nathaniel Edwards

Weldon Nathaniel Edwards was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Gaston, North Carolina, January 25, 1788; attended Warrenton Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Warrenton, North Carolina; member of the State house of...

(DR).James Stewart (F), from January 5, 1818. James S. Smith

James Strudwick Smith

James Strudwick Smith was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Hillsboro, North Carolina, October 15, 1790; attended a private school near Hillsboro and Hillsboro Academy; was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1818, and practiced...

(DR). Thomas Settle

Thomas Settle (politician)

Thomas Settle was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina from 1817 to 1821.Settle was born near Reidsville, North Carolina, March 9, 1789; educated by private tutors; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1812 and commenced practice in Wentworth, North Carolina...

(DR). George Mumford

George Mumford

George Mumford was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina.Mumford was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, birth date unknown. He attended the common schools. He was a member of the State house of commons in1810 and 1811...

(DR), until December 31, 1818

- Charles Fisher
  Charles Fisher (congressman)
  Charles Fisher was an American politician and legislator from North Carolina who was twice elected U.S. Representative from his state....
  
  (DR), from February 11, 1819. Daniel M. Forney
  Daniel Munroe Forney
  Daniel Munroe Forney was a United States Congressional Representative from North Carolina. He was born near Lincolnton, North Carolina, in May 1784, the son of Peter Forney....
  
  (DR), until 1818
- William Davidson
  William Davidson (congressman)
  William Davidson was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Davidson completed preparatory studies....
  
  (F), from December 2, 1818. Felix Walker
  Felix Walker (American politician)
  Felix Walker was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1817 and 1823.Walker was born near the Potomac River in what was then Hampshire County, Virginia, now part of West Virginia...
  
  (DR). Lewis Williams
  Lewis Williams
  For the Welsh rugby union player see Lewis Williams Lewis Williams was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1815 and 1842....
  
  (DR)

Ohio

. William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the...

(DR). John W. Campbell

John Wilson Campbell

John Wilson Campbell was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, and a United States federal judge.Born near Miller's Iron Works, Augusta County, Virginia, Campbell attended the common schools.He taught school....

(DR). Levi Barber

Levi Barber

Levi Barber was a surveyor, court administrator, banker, and legislator.Levi Barber was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, the son of David Barber and Sarah Lawrence. Levi moved to Ohio where he was a surveyor in the employ of the federal government...

(DR). Samuel Herrick (DR). Philemon Beecher

Philemon Beecher

Philemon Beecher was an attorney and legislator who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Philemon Beecher was born in Oxford, Connecticut, the son of Abraham Beecher and Desire Tolles...

(F). Peter Hitchcock

Peter Hitchcock

Peter Hitchcock was an attorney, teacher, farmer, soldier, legislator, and jurist. His judicial career included 28 years service on the Ohio Supreme Court, 21 years of them as Chief Justice...

(DR)

Pennsylvania

There were six plural districts, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 10th had two representatives each, the 1st had four 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). Joseph Hopkinson

Joseph Hopkinson

Joseph Hopkinson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and later a United States federal judge.-Early life, education, and career:...

(F). John Sergeant

John Sergeant (politician)

John Sergeant was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. He was born in Philadelphia to Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant and Margaret Spencer...

(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). Isaac Darlington

Isaac Darlington

Isaac Darlington was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.He was born near West Chester, Pennsylvania and attended Friends School at Birmingham, Pennsylvania. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1801 where he commenced his practice in West Chester...

(F). Levi Pawling

Levi Pawling

Levi Pawling was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Levi Pawling was born in Fatland, Pennsylvania, near Norristown. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, and moved to Norristown in November 1795. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in...

(F). James M. Wallace

James M. Wallace

James M. Wallace was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Wallace was born in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. He pursued preparatory studies in Philadelphia, and participated in the American Revolutionary War as a member of Capt. James Roger’s, Col. Timothy Green’s, and...

(DR). John Whiteside

John Whiteside

John Whiteside was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Whiteside was born near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Chestnut Level Academy. He employed on his father’s farm, and later engaged in the hotel business and operated a distillery...

(DR). Jacob Spangler

Jacob Spangler

Jacob Spangler was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jacob Spangler was born in York, Pennsylvania. He attended the York County Academy and was engaged in surveying. He served as a trumpeter in Captain McClellan’s light horse company of York in 1799...

(DR), until April 20, 1818

- Jacob Hostetter
  Jacob Hostetter
  Jacob Hostetter was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jacob Hostetter was born near York, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and worked as was a clockmaker. He was a member of the general assembly of Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1802...
  
  (DR), from November 16, 1818. Andrew Boden
  Andrew Boden
  Andrew Boden was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Andrew Boden was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced and was also engaged in the real estate business....
  
  (DR). William Maclay
  William Maclay (Representative)
  William Maclay was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Maclay was born in Lurgan Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the country schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced the practice of his profession at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania...
  
  (DR). Samuel D. Ingham
  Samuel D. Ingham
  Samuel Delucenna Ingham was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Andrew Jackson.-Early life and education:...
  
  (DR), until July 6, 1818
- Samuel Moore
  Samuel Moore (congressman)
  Samuel Moore was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel Moore was born in Deerfield, New Jersey . He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1791 then worked as an instructor at the university from 1792 to 1794...
  
  (DR), from October 13, 1818. John Ross
  John Ross (representative)
  John Ross , was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from Pennsylvania....
  
  (DR), until February 24, 1818
- Thomas J. Rogers
  Thomas Jones Rogers
  Thomas Jones Rogers was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas J. Rogers was born in Waterford, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1784 with his parents, who settled in Easton, Pennsylvania...
  
  (DR), from March 3, 1818. Joseph Hiester
  Joseph Hiester
  Joseph Hiester was the fifth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823. He was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty.-Biography:...
  
  (DR). Alexander Ogle
  Alexander Ogle
  Alexander Ogle was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Alexander Ogle was born in Frederick, Maryland. He moved to Somerset, Pennsylvania, in 1795. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1803, 1804, 1807, 1808, and 1811...
  
  (DR). William P. Maclay
  William Plunkett Maclay
  William Plunkett Maclay was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William P. Maclay was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania...
  
  (DR). John Murray
  John Murray (congressman)
  John Murray was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Murray was born near Pott's Grove, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1807 to 1810...
  
  (DR), from October 14, 1817. William Wilson (DR). David Marchand
  David Marchand
  This article is about the politician. For the musician, see Davey Havok.David Marchand was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
  
  (DR). Thomas Patterson (DR). Christian Tarr
  Christian Tarr
  Christian Tarr was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Christian Tarr was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1794 and engaged in agricultural pursuits...
  
  (DR). Henry Baldwin
  Henry Baldwin (judge)
  Henry Baldwin was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from January 18, 1830, to April 21, 1844.-Biography:...
  
  (DR). Robert Moore
  Robert Moore (Pennsylvania)
  Robert Moore was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Moore was born on a farm near Washington, Pennsylvania. He attended Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania...
  
  (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...

.. John L. Boss, Jr. (F). James B. Mason (F)

South Carolina

. Henry Middleton

Henry Middleton (governor)

Henry Middleton was an American planter and political leader from Charleston, South Carolina. He was the 43rd Governor of South Carolina , represented South Carolina in the U. S...

(DR). William Lowndes (DR). James Ervin (DR). Joseph Bellinger (DR). Starling Tucker

Starling Tucker

Starling Tucker was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Halifax County, North Carolina, Tucker moved to Mountain Shoals , South Carolina. He received a limited education....

(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), until November 3, 1817

- Eldred Simkins
  Eldred Simkins
  Eldred Simkins was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Edgefield, South Carolina, Simkins attended a private academy at Willington, Abbeville District, South Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia.He attended Litchfield Law School for three years.He was...
  
  (DR), from January 24, 1818. 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). Wilson Nesbitt
  Wilson Nesbitt
  Wilson T. Nesbitt was a United States Representative from South Carolina. His date of birth is unknown but he resided in Spartanburg, South Carolina were he attended the common schools. Later, he was a student at South Carolina College at Columbia, South Carolina in 1805 and 1806...
  
  (DR). Stephen D. Miller
  Stephen Decatur Miller
  Stephen Decatur Miller was an American politician, who served as the 52nd Governor of South Carolina from 1828 to 1830. He represented South Carolina as a U.S. Representative from 1817 to 1819, and as a U.S. Senator from 1831 to 1833.He was born in Waxhaw settlement, South Carolina and graduated...
  
  (DR)

Tennessee

. 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). William G. Blount

William Grainger Blount

William Grainger Blount was a statesman from Tennessee, the son of William Blount and the nephew of Thomas Blount. He was born near New Bern, North Carolina in Craven County and attended the New Bern Academy....

(DR). Francis Jones

Francis Jones (American politician)

Francis Jones was an American politician that represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He received a limited schooling, and he studied law. He was admitted to bar, and he commenced practice in Winchester, Tennessee. He was elected Solicitor General of the third Tennessee...

(DR). Samuel Hogg

Samuel E. Hogg

Samuel E. Hogg was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives that represented Tennessee from 1817 to 1819. U.S...

(DR). Thomas Claiborne

Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856)

Thomas Claiborne was a son of Thomas Claiborne and brother of John Claiborne. He was a Representative from Tennessee; born near Petersburg, Brunswick County, Virginia, May 17, 1780; attended the common schools in Virginia; served as major on the staff of Gen. Andrew Jackson in the Creek War...

(DR). George W. L. Marr

George Washington Lent Marr

George Washington Lent Marr was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born near Marrs Hill, Henry County, Virginia on May 25, 1779. He attended rural schools and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

(DR)

Vermont

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...

.. Heman Allen

Heman Allen (of Colchester)

Heman Allen was a U.S. Representative from Colchester, Vermont.Born in Poultney, Vermont, Allen attended the common schools. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Colchester...

(DR). Samuel C. Crafts

Samuel C. Crafts

Samuel Chandler Crafts was a United States Representative, Senator and the 12th Governor of Vermont.Born in Woodstock, Connecticut, he graduated from Harvard College in 1790 and moved in 1791 to Vermont with his father, who founded the town of Craftsbury...

(DR). William Hunter (DR). Orsamus C. Merrill (DR). Charles Rich

Charles Rich

Charles Rich was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Warwick, Massachusetts. He received a limited schooling and moved to Shoreham, Vermont in 1787....

(DR). Mark Richards

Mark Richards (politician)

Mark Richards was a Vermont politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives.Born in Waterbury, Connecticut on July 15, 1760, Richards received limited schooling. He enlisted during the American Revolutionary War in 1776 and settled in Boston after the Revolution...

(DR)

Virginia

. James Pindall

James Pindall

James Pindall was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Monongalia County, Virginia , Pindall attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and practiced in Morgantown....

(F). Edward Colston (F). Henry St. George Tucker

Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.

Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. was a Virginia jurist, law professor, and U.S. Congressman .-Biography:Tucker was born in Williamsburg, Virginia on December 29, 1780. As a young man, Tucker pursued classical studies at the College of William & Mary; he graduated in 1798...

(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). John Floyd

John Floyd (Virginia politician)

John Floyd was a Virginia politician and soldier. He represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 25th Governor of Virginia....

(DR). Alexander Smyth

Alexander Smyth

Alexander Smyth was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician from Virginia, who served in the United States House of Representatives and as a general during the War of 1812.-Biography:...

(DR). Ballard Smith

Ballard Smith

Ballard Smith was a soldier and congressman from Virginia.Smith was born in Hanover County, Virginia. In the Revolutionary War, he rose to the now-defunct rank of captain lieutenant in the 1st Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army...

(DR). Charles F. Mercer

Charles F. Mercer

Charles Fenton Mercer was a nineteenth century politician, U.S. Congressman, and lawyer from Loudoun County, Virginia....

(F). William Lee Ball

William Lee Ball

William Lee Ball was a nineteenth century politician from Virginia.-Biography:Born in Lancaster County, Virginia, Ball received a liberal schooling as a child. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1805 to 1806 and again from 1810 to 1814...

(DR). George Strother

George Strother

George French Strother was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the father of James French Strother and great-grandfather of another named James French Strother....

(DR). Philip P. Barbour

Philip Pendleton Barbour

Philip Pendleton Barbour was a U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the brother of Virginia governor and U.S. Secretary of War James Barbour as well as the first cousin of John S. Barbour and first cousin, once removed of John S...

(DR). Robert S. Garnett

Robert S. Garnett (congressman)

Robert Selden Garnett was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the brother of James M. Garnett and the first cousin of Charles F. Mercer....

(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). William J. Lewis

William J. Lewis

William J. Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Augusta County, Virginia, Lewis attended the common schools.He served as member of the State house of delegates....

(DR). Archibald Austin

Archibald Austin

Archibald Austin was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born near Buckingham Courthouse, Buckingham County, Virginia, Austin studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Buckingham County, Virginia...

(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 M. Nelson

Thomas M. Nelson

Thomas Maduit Nelson was a 19th-century politician from Virginia, United States.Born in Oak Hills, Virginia, Nelson attended the common schools as a child. During the War of 1812, he was commissioned a captain to the 10th Infantry Regiment and was later promoted to major in the 13th and 18th...

(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), until February 21, 1818

- John Pegram
  John Pegram
  John Pegram was a U.S. Representative from Virginia and a major general during the War of 1812.Born at the "Bonneville" plantation in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Pegram attended the common schools. As a young adult, he held various local offices and then served as member of the Virginia House of...
  
  (DR), from April 21, 1818. James Johnson (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 Tyler
  John Tyler
  John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor...
  
  (DR)

Non-voting members

. John Crowell

John Crowell (Alabama)

John Crowell was a Delegate from Alabama Territory, the first Representative from the state of Alabama, and the United States agent to the Creek Indians. Crowell was born in Halifax County, North Carolina in 1780, and died at Fort Mitchell, Alabama in 1846.-Reference:...

, from January 29, 1818. Nathaniel Pope

Nathaniel Pope

Nathaniel Pope was a politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Illinois.-Early life, education, and career:...

, until November 30, 1818, vacant thereafter. Vacant until statehood December 10, 1817. John Scott, from August 4, 1817

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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| New Hampshire
(3)
| | Jeremiah Mason

Jeremiah Mason

Jeremiah Mason was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, son of Jeremiah Mason and wife Elizabeth Fitch , he graduated from Yale College in 1788, studied law, moved to Vermont, and was admitted to the bar in 1791...

(F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 16, 1817
| | Clement Storer

Clement Storer

Clement Storer was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Kennebunk, Maine, he completed preparatory studies, studied medicine in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and in Europe, engaged in the practice of medicine in Portsmouth, and was captain of militia and held...

Dudley Chase

Dudley Chase was a United States Senator from Vermont.He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1791, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1793...

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 3, 1817 to become Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court

Vermont Supreme Court

The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Vermont and is one of seven state courts of Vermont.The Court consists of a chief justice and four associate justices; the Court mostly hears appeals of cases that have been decided by other courts...

| | 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...

Henry Johnson (Louisiana)

Henry Johnson was the fifth Governor of Louisiana, and served as a United States Representative and as a United States Senator....

Walter Leake

Walter Leake served as a United States Senator from Mississippi and as Governor of Mississippi .He was the first Governor of Mississippi to die in office...

Thomas Hill Williams

Thomas Hill Williams was a senator from Mississippi. Born in North Carolina, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was register of the land office for the Territory of Mississippi in 1805, secretary of the Territory in 1805, and Acting Governor in...

(DR)
|-
| Vermont
(3)
| | 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)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 8, 1818 to become Vermont Collector of Customs
| | William A. Palmer

William A. Palmer

William Adams Palmer was an American politician. Palmer graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Law. He was admitted to the bar and began to practice Law in Chelsea, Vermont. Held numerous positions in Vermont and was a judge of the State supreme court of Vermont 1816-1818...

George W. Campbell

George Washington Campbell was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, U.S...

Eli P. Ashmun

Eli Porter Ashmun was a Federalist United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1816 to 1818.Born in a small village north of Albany, New York on the Hudson River, he attended the local school and attended Middlebury College, graduating in 1807...

(F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 10, 1818
| | Prentiss Mellen

Prentiss Mellen

Prentiss Mellen was a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Sterling, Massachusetts to Rev. John and Rebecca Mellen...

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)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 23, 1818 to run for Governor of Georgia
| | John Forsyth

John Forsyth (politician)

Jesse B. Thomas

Jesse Burgess Thomas was born in Shepherdstown, Virginia . He served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the tenth Congress and later served as one of Illinois's first two Senators.- Biography :...

Ninian Edwards

Ninian Edwards was a founding political figure of the state of Illinois. He served as the first and only governor of the Illinois Territory from 1809 to 1818, as one of the first two United States Senators from Illinois from 1818 to 1824, and as the third Governor of Illinois from 1826 to 1830...

(DR)
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | John Forsyth

John Forsyth (politician)

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 17, 1819 to become United States Minister to Spain

United States Ambassador to Spain

-Ambassadors:*John Jay**Appointed: September 29, 1779**Title: Minister Plenipotentiary**Presented credentials:**Terminated mission: ~May 20, 1782*William Carmichael**Appointed: April 20, 1790**Title: Chargé d'Affaires...

John J. Crittenden

John Jordan Crittenden was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison and Millard Fillmore...

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1819 at end of term
|}

House of Representatives

John Scott (Missouri politician)

John Scott was a Delegate and a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Hanover County, Virginia, Scott moved with his parents to Indiana Territory in 1802.He was graduated from Princeton College in 1805.He studied law....

David Scott (Pennsylvania)

David Scott was an American politician who was elected in 1816 as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives to represent Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district....

resigned before this Congress began
| | John Murray

John Murray (congressman)

John Murray was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Murray was born near Pott's Grove, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1807 to 1810...

John C. Calhoun

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 3, 1817 after being appointed United States Secretary of War

United States Secretary of War

The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War," was appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation...

| | Eldred Simkins

Eldred Simkins

Eldred Simkins was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Edgefield, South Carolina, Simkins attended a private academy at Willington, Abbeville District, South Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia.He attended Litchfield Law School for three years.He was...

George Poindexter

(DR)
| rowspan=2 | Seated December 10, 1817
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|
|-
|
| | Uriel Holmes

Uriel Holmes

(F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1818
| | Sylvester Gilbert

Sylvester Gilbert

Sylvester Gilbert was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Hebron, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1775...

(DR)
| Seated November 16, 1818
|-
|
| | Daniel Forney

Daniel Munroe Forney

Daniel Munroe Forney was a United States Congressional Representative from North Carolina. He was born near Lincolnton, North Carolina, in May 1784, the son of Peter Forney....

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1818
| | William Davidson

William Davidson (congressman)

William Davidson was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Davidson completed preparatory studies....

John Crowell (Alabama)

Albion K. Parris

(DR
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 3, 1818
| | Enoch Lincoln

Enoch Lincoln

Enoch Lincoln was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine, son of Levi Lincoln and brother of Levi Lincoln . Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Lincoln graduated from Harvard University in 1807.He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in...

(DR)
| Seated November 4, 1818
|-
|
| | Peterson Goodwyn

Peterson Goodwyn

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 21, 1818
| | John Pegram

John Pegram

John Pegram was a U.S. Representative from Virginia and a major general during the War of 1812.Born at the "Bonneville" plantation in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Pegram attended the common schools. As a young adult, he held various local offices and then served as member of the Virginia House of...

(DR)
| Seated April 21, 1818
|-
|
| | John Ross

John Ross (representative)

John Ross , was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from Pennsylvania....

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 24, 1818 to become President Judge of Pennsylvania's 7th Judicial Circuit
| | Thomas J. Rogers

Thomas Jones Rogers

Thomas Jones Rogers was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas J. Rogers was born in Waterford, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1784 with his parents, who settled in Easton, Pennsylvania...

(DR)
| Seated March 3, 1818
|-
|
| | Thomas B. Robertson

Thomas B. Robertson

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 20, 1818
| | Thomas Butler

Thomas Butler (U. S. Representative)

Thomas Butler was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one and a half terms as a Democratic-Republican....

(DR)
| Seated November 16, 1818
|-
|
| | Jacob Spangler

Jacob Spangler

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 20, 1818
| | Jacob Hostetter

Jacob Hostetter

Jacob Hostetter was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jacob Hostetter was born near York, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and worked as was a clockmaker. He was a member of the general assembly of Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1802...

(DR)
| Seated November 16, 1818
|-
|
| | Samuel D. Ingham

Samuel D. Ingham

Samuel Delucenna Ingham was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Andrew Jackson.-Early life and education:...

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 6, 1818
| | Samuel Moore

Samuel Moore (congressman)

Samuel Moore was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel Moore was born in Deerfield, New Jersey . He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1791 then worked as an instructor at the university from 1792 to 1794...

(DR)
| Seated October 13, 1818
|-
|
| | John Forsyth

John Forsyth (politician)

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 23, 1818 after being elected to the U.S. Senate
| | Robert R. Reid

Robert R. Reid

Robert Raymond Reid was the fourth territorial governor of Florida. He was also a Representative from Georgia. He also held several judicial positions....

Nathaniel Pope

Nathaniel Pope was a politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Illinois.-Early life, education, and career:...

| rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Pope's term ended November 30, 1818, and the seat remained vacant until Illinois was admitted to the Union December 3, 1818
| rowspan=2 | John McLean

John McLean (Illinois politician)

(DR)
| rowspan=2 | Seated December 3, 1818
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|
|-
|
| | George Mumford

George Mumford

(DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 31, 1818
| | Charles Fisher

Charles Fisher (congressman)

Charles Fisher was an American politician and legislator from North Carolina who was twice elected U.S. Representative from his state....

(DR)
| Seated February 11, 1819
|}

Employees

Architect of the Capitol
Architect of the Capitol
The Architect of the Capitol is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, and also the head of that agency. The Architect of the Capitol is in the legislative branch and is responsible to the United States...

:
- Benjamin H. Latrobe
  Benjamin Latrobe
  Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe was a British-born American neoclassical architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol, along with his work on the Baltimore Basilica, the first Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States...
  
  , resigned November 20, 1817
- Charles Bulfinch
  Charles Bulfinch
  Charles Bulfinch was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession....
  
  , appointed January 8, 1818

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...

:
- Sereno Edwards Dwight
  Sereno Edwards Dwight
  Sereno Edwards Dwight was an American author, educator, and Congregationalist minister, who served as Chaplain of the Senate.- Early years:...
  
  , Congregationalist
  Congregational church
  Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
  
  , elected December 16, 1816
- William D. Hawley, Episcopalian, elected December 9, 1817
- John Clark
  John Clark (chaplain)
  John Flavel Clark was a Presbyterian clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate.-Early years:John Flavel Clark was born on December 10, 1784, in Allentown, New Jersey, the oldest of three sons of Margaret Imlay Clark and Dr. Joseph Clark who was pastor of First Presbyterian Church of New...
  
  , 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,...
  
  , elected November 19, 1818
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...

: 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...
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...

: Mountjoy Bayly

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...

: Burgess Allison (Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...

)
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....

: Thomas Dougherty
Thomas Dougherty
Thomas Dougherty is an American diplomat. He is the current United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso.-Biography:Thomas Dougherty is from Casper, Wyoming. He graduated from Brown University and joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1989. He was nominated to be the ambassador to Burkina Faso by...
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

15th United States Congress

Leadership

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Members

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Changes in membership

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Employees

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