19th United States Congress
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House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

  • President: 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...

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  • 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....

     (J), until December 4, 1825
    • 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...

       (J), from May 20, 1826

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...

    : 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...

     (A)

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1826; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1828; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1830.

Alabama 

  • 2. William R. D. 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...

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  • 3. Henry H. Chambers
    Henry H. Chambers
    Henry H. Chambers was an American politician, who served as the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the state of Alabama from March 4, 1825 until his death. He was replaced by Israel Pickens until a replacement, John McKinley, could be elected.-External links:...

     (J), until January 24, 1826
    • 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...

       (J), February 17, 1826 – November 27, 1826
    • John McKinley
      John McKinley
      John McKinley was a U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, his family moved to Kentucky when he was an infant...

       (J), from November 27, 1826

Connecticut 

  • 1. Henry W. Edwards
    Henry W. Edwards
    Henry Waggaman Edwards was the 27th and 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Pierpont Edwards...

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  • 3. Calvin Willey
    Calvin Willey
    Calvin Willey was an American politician from Connecticut who served in the United States Senate.-Early life:...

     (A), from May 4, 1825

Delaware 

  • 2. Nicholas Van Dyke (A), until May 21, 1826
    • Daniel Rodney
      Daniel Rodney
      Daniel Rodney was an American merchant and politician from Lewes, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, and later the National Republican Party, who served as Governor of Delaware, U. S. Representative from Delaware and U.S...

       (A), November 8, 1826 – January 12, 1827
    • Henry M. Ridgely
      Henry M. Ridgely
      Henry Moore Ridgely was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, and later the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:Ridgely was born in...

       (J), from January 23, 1827
  • 1. Thomas Clayton
    Thomas Clayton
    Thomas Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the...

     (A)

Georgia 

  • 2. 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...

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  • 3. John Macpherson Berrien
    John M. Berrien
    John Macpherson Berrien of Georgia was a United States Senator and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General.Born at Rocky Hill, New Jersey, to a family of Huguenot ancestry, Berrien moved with his parents to Savannah, Georgia, in 1782; was graduated from Princeton College in 1796; studied law in...

     (J)

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 :...

     (A)
  • 3. Elias K. Kane
    Elias Kane
    Elias Kent Kane was one of the first U.S. Senators from Illinois.He was born in New York City, attended the public schools, and graduated from Yale College in 1813....

     (J)

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...

     (A)
  • 3. William Hendricks
    William Hendricks
    William Hendricks was a Democratic-Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1822, the third Governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825, and an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. Senate from 1825 to 1837. He led much of his family into politics and founded one of the largest...

     (A)

Kentucky 

  • 2. 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...

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  • 3. John Rowan (J)

Louisiana 

  • 3. Josiah S. Johnston
    Josiah S. Johnston
    Josiah Stoddard Johnston was a United States Representative and Senator from Louisiana. Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, he moved with his father to Kentucky in 1788, and went to Connecticut to attend primary school...

     (A)
  • 2. Dominique J. Bouligny
    Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny
    Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny was a lawyer and U.S. Senator from Louisiana. He was the uncle of John Edward Bouligny....

     (A)

Maine 

  • 2. John Chandler
    John Chandler
    John Chandler was an American politician and soldier of Maine. The political career of Chandler, a Democratic-Republican, was interspersed with his involvement in the state militia during both the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812.Chandler was born in Epping, New Hampshire, the brother of...

     (J)
  • 1. 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,...

     (A)

Maryland 

  • 3. Edward Lloyd
    Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland)
    Edward Lloyd V served as the 13th Governor of Maryland from 1809 to 1811, and as a United States Senator from Maryland between 1819 and 1826. He also served as a U.S...

     (J), until January 14, 1826
    • Ezekiel F. Chambers
      Ezekiel F. Chambers
      Ezekiel Forman Chambers was an American politician.Born in Chestertown, Maryland, Chambers was graduated from Washington College at Chestertown in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in Chestertown...

       (A), from January 24, 1826
  • 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:...

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Massachusetts 

  • 1. 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...

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

     (A), until May 23, 1826
    • 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...

       (A), from May 31, 1826

Mississippi 

  • 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...

     (J)
  • 1. David Holmes
    David Holmes (politician)
    David Holmes was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory and the first governor of the State of Mississippi.-Career:...

     (J), until September 25, 1825
    • Powhatan Ellis
      Powhatan Ellis
      Powhatan Ellis was a United States Senator from Mississippi and a United States federal judge.Born at "Red Hill" in Amherst County, Virginia, he graduated from Washington Academy in 1809, attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1809 and 1810, receiving an A.B., and studied law at...

       (J), September 28, 1825 – January 28, 1826
    • Thomas B. Reed
      Thomas Buck Reed
      Thomas Buck Reed was a United States Senator from Mississippi.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, he attended the public schools and the College of New Jersey He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lexington in 1808; in 1809 he moved to Natchez, Mississippi and was city...

       (J), from January 28, 1826


Missouri 

  • 3. David Barton
    David Barton
    David Barton is an American evangelical Christian minister, conservative activist and author. He founded WallBuilders, a Texas-based organization with a goal of exposing the claimed US constitutional separation of church and state as a myth...

     (A)
  • 1. Thomas H. Benton
    Thomas Hart Benton (senator)
    Thomas Hart Benton , nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms...

     (J)

New Hampshire 

  • 2. Samuel Bell
    Samuel Bell
    Samuel Bell was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823, and as the United States Senator for New Hampshire from 1823 to 1835...

     (A)
  • 3. Levi Woodbury
    Levi Woodbury
    Levi Woodbury was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire and cabinet member in three administrations. He was the first Justice to have attended law school....

     (J), from March 16, 1825

New Jersey 

  • 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...

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  • 1. Joseph McIlvaine
    Joseph McIlvaine
    Joseph McIlvaine was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1823 until his death.-Early life and career:McIlvaine was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Col. Joseph Mcllvaine and Catherine Swan...

     (A), until August 19, 1826
    • 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....

       (A), from November 10, 1826

New York 

  • 1. Martin Van Buren
    Martin Van Buren
    Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....

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  • 3. Nathan Sanford
    Nathan Sanford
    Nathan Sanford was an American politician.- Life :He was the son of Thomas Sanford and Phebe Sanford, née Baker...

     (A), from January 14, 1826

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...

     (J)
  • 2. John Branch
    John Branch
    John Branch, Jr. served as U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, the 19th Governor of the state of North Carolina, and was the sixth and last territorial governor of Florida....

     (J)

Ohio 

  • 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...

     (A)
  • 3. 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...

     (A)

Pennsylvania 

  • 1. William Findlay (J)
  • 3. William Marks
    William Marks (Pennsylvania)
    William Marks was an American lawyer and politician from Beaver, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and was the Speaker for the House from 1813 to 1819. He later represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.-External links:*...

     (A)

Rhode Island 

  • 2. Nehemiah R. Knight
    Nehemiah R. Knight
    Nehemiah Rice Knight was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Cranston, he attended the common schools. In 1802 he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives; he moved to Providence and was clerk of the Court of Common Pleas from 1805 to 1811 and clerk of the circuit...

     (A)
  • 1. James De Wolf
    James De Wolf
    James DeWolf , nicknamed "Captain Jim", was a United States Senator from Rhode Island, a long-time state legislator and a successful Privateer during the war of 1812.-Biography:...

     (A), until October 31, 1825
    • Asher Robbins
      Asher Robbins
      Asher Robbins was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1782, was a tutor in Rhode Island College from 1782 to 1790, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1792 and began practice in Providence, Rhode Island...

       (A), from October 31, 1825

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....

     (J), until February 26, 1826
    • William Harper
      William Harper (South Carolina)
      William Joseph Harper was a jurist, politician, and social and political theorist from South Carolina.-Political career:...

       (J), March 8, 1826 – November 29, 1826
    • 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...

       (J), from November 29, 1826
  • 2. Robert Y. Hayne
    Robert Y. Hayne
    Robert Young Hayne was an American political leader.-Early life:Born in St. Pauls Parish, Colleton District, South Carolina, Hayne studied law in the office of Langdon Cheves in Charleston, South Carolina, and in November 1812 was admitted to the bar there, soon obtaining a large practice...

     (J)

Tennessee 

  • 1. John H. Eaton (J)
  • 2. Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

     (J), until October 14, 1825
    • Hugh Lawson White
      Hugh Lawson White
      Hugh Lawson White was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. He succeeded Andrew Jackson and served in the United States Senate, representing Tennessee, from 1825 until his resignation in 1840, and was a Whig candidate for President in 1836...

       (J), from October 28, 1825

Vermont 

  • 1. Horatio Seymour
    Horatio Seymour (Vermont)
    Horatio Seymour was a United States Senator from Vermont. He was the uncle of Origen S. Seymour and the great-uncle of Origen's son Edward W. Seymour....

     (A)
  • 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...

     (A)

Virginia 

  • 2. Littleton W. Tazewell
    Littleton Waller Tazewell
    Littleton Waller Tazewell was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from and the 26th Governor of Virginia.Tazewell, son of Henry Tazewell, was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, where his grandfather Benjamin Waller was a lawyer who taught him Latin...

     (J)
  • 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...

     (J), until March 7, 1825
    • 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...

       (J), from December 26, 1825


House of Representatives

Alabama 

. Gabriel Moore
Gabriel Moore
Gabriel Moore was a Democratic-Republican politician from Alabama, born in Stokes County, North Carolina. Moore's most prominent role was as fifth Governor of the US state of Alabama from 1829 to 1831; he also was the second Representative of the state of Alabama, and the first Representative of...

 (J). John McKee
John McKee
John McKee was an American politician who served as the first Representative of Alabama's 2nd District from 1823 to 1829. McKee was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia , and attended Liberty Hall Academy in Lexington...

 (J). George W. Owen
George Washington Owen
George Washington Owen was an American politician from Alabama who served as that state's 3rd District's Representative, and the 10th Mayor of Mobile. Owen was born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1796, but moved to Tennessee at a young age...

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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...

.. John Baldwin
John Baldwin (congressman)
John Baldwin was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Mansfield, Connecticut, Baldwin attended the common schools.He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1797.He studied law....

 (A). Noyes Barber
Noyes Barber
Noyes Barber was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Groton. He attended the common schools and engaged in mercantile pursuits...

 (A). Ralph I. Ingersoll
Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll
Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1808...

 (A). Orange Merwin
Orange Merwin
Orange Merwin was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Merryall, Connecticut and attended the common schools. He later engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (A). Elisha Phelps
Elisha Phelps
Elisha Phelps was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was the son of Noah Phelps and father of John Smith Phelps who was a United States Representative from Missouri. He was born in Simsbury, Connecticut. In 1800, he was graduated from Yale College and from Litchfield Law School...

 (A). Gideon Tomlinson
Gideon Tomlinson
Gideon Tomlinson was a United States Senator, United States Representative, and the 25th Governor for the state of Connecticut....

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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...

.. George Cary
George Cary
George Cary was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born near Allens Fresh, Charles County, Maryland. He received a classical education and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Frederick, Maryland. He was also engaged in agricultural pursuits.Cary...

 (J). Alfred Cuthbert
Alfred Cuthbert
Alfred Cuthbert was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.-Biography:Cuthbert was born in Savannah, he was instructed by private tutors and graduated from Princeton College in 1803...

 (J). 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...

 (J). Charles E. Haynes
Charles Eaton Haynes
Charles Eaton Haynes was an American politician and physician.Born in Brunswick, Virginia, in Mecklenburg County in 1784, Haynes graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and practiced medicine...

 (J). James Meriwether
James Meriwether
James Meriwether was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia. His father was David Meriwether and his nephew was James Archibald Meriwether....

 (J). Edward F. Tattnall
Edward Fenwick Tattnall
Edward Fenwick Tattnall was an American politician, soldier and lawyer. He was the brother of Alfred Cuthbert.-Biography:...

 (J). Wiley Thompson
Wiley Thompson
Wiley Thompson was a United States Representative from Georgia.Born in Amelia County, Virginia, Thompson moved to Elberton, Georgia, and served as a commissioner of the Elbert County Academy in 1808...

 (J)

Illinois 

. Daniel P. Cook
Daniel Pope Cook
Daniel Pope Cook was a politician from the U.S. state of Illinois.He was born in Scott County, Kentucky into a branch of the prominent Pope family of Kentucky. He moved to Kaskaskia, Illinois, in 1815 and began to practice law...

 (A)

Indiana 

. Ratliff Boon
Ratliff Boon
Ratliff Boon was the second Governor of Indiana from September 12 to December 5, 1822, taking office following the resignation of Governor Jonathan Jennings' after his election to Congress...

 (J). 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...

 (A). John Test
John Test
John Test was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Salem, New Jersey, Test moved with his parents to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the common schools....

 (A)

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...

 (A). Thomas Metcalfe
Thomas Metcalfe (US politician)
Thomas Metcalfe , also known as Thomas Metcalf or as "Stonehammer", was a U.S. Representative, Senator, and the tenth Governor of Kentucky. He was the first gubernatorial candidate in the state's history to be chosen by a nominating convention rather than a caucus...

 (A). 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...

 (A), until March 6, 1825
    • James Clark
      James Clark (Kentucky)
      James Clark was a 19th-century American politician who served in all three branches of Kentucky's government and in the U.S. House of Representatives. His political career began in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1807...

       (A), from August 1, 1825. Robert P. Letcher
      Robert P. Letcher
      Robert Perkins Letcher was a politician and lawyer from the US state of Kentucky. He served as a U.S. Representative, Minister to Mexico, and the 15th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in the Kentucky General Assembly where he was Speaker of the House in 1837 and 1838. A strong supporter of the...

       (A). James Johnson (J), until August 13, 1826
    • Robert L. McHatton
      Robert L. McHatton
      Robert Lytle Mchatton was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Fayette County, Virginia , Mchatton attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

       (J), intalled December 7, 1826. Joseph Lecompte
      Joseph Lecompte
      Joseph Lecompte was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Woodford County, Kentucky near the town of Georgetown, Kentucky. He moved to Henry County, Kentucky with his parents, who settled in Lecomptes Bottom on the Kentucky River where he attended the common schools...

       (J). Thomas P. Moore (J). Richard A. Buckner
      Richard Aylett Buckner
      Richard Aylett Buckner was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the father of Aylette Buckner who was also a Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Fauquier County, Virginia and received a liberal education. He moved to Green County, Kentucky in 1803. He studied law and was...

       (A). Charles A. Wickliffe
      Charles A. Wickliffe
      Charles Anderson Wickliffe was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He also served as Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, the 14th Governor of Kentucky, and was appointed Postmaster General by President John Tyler...

       (J). Francis Johnson
      Francis Johnson (congressman)
      Francis Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Caroline County, Virginia, Johnson pursued preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced....

       (A). William S. Young (A). Robert P. Henry (J), until August 25, 1826
    • John F. Henry (A), from December 11, 1826

Louisiana 

. Edward Livingston
Edward Livingston
Edward Livingston was an American jurist and statesman. He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code. He represented both New York, and later Louisiana in Congress and he served as the U.S...

 (J). Henry H. Gurley
Henry Hosford Gurley
Henry Hosford Gurley was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served four terms in three different parties....

 (A). William L. Brent
William Leigh Brent
William Leigh Brent was a U.S. Representative representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Brent was born at Port Tobacco, Maryland, on 1784 February 20, the nephew of Virginia congressman Richard Brent. He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Maryland and moved to Louisiana about...

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Maine 

. William Burleigh
William Burleigh
William Burleigh was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Northwood, New Hampshire, on October 24, 1785. He moved with his parents to Gilmanton, New Hampshire, in 1788 where he attended the common schools and taught for several years...

 (A). John Anderson (J). Ebenezer Herrick
Ebenezer Herrick
Ebenezer Herrick was a U.S. Representative from Maine, father of Anson Herrick. Born in Lewiston, Maine , Herrick attended the common schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowdoinham, Maine. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits 1814–1818...

 (A). Peleg Sprague (A). 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...

 (A), until 1826 (before September 11, 1826 -- )
    • James W. Ripley
      James W. Ripley
      James Wheelock Ripley was a brother of Eleazar Wheelock Ripley and a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Hanover, New Hampshire March 12, 1786. He attended the common schools and Fryeburg Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fryeburg .He...

       (J), from September 11, 1826. Jeremiah O'Brien (A). David Kidder
      David Kidder
      David Kidder was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine.He was born on December 8, 1787 in Dresden, Lincoln County, Maine. He pursued classical studies with private tutors, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in...

       (A)

Maryland 

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.. Clement Dorsey
Clement Dorsey
Clement Dorsey was an American politician from Maryland.He was born near Oaklands in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 1778; attended St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice. He was a major in the Maryland Militia 1812–1818...

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

 (A), until January 6, 1826
    • John C. Weems
      John Crompton Weems
      John Crompton Weems was an American politician.Born in Waterloo, Calvert County, Maryland, Weems attended St. John's College of Annapolis, Maryland, and engaged in planting...

       (J), from February 1, 1826. George Peter (J). Thomas C. Worthington (A). John Barney
      John Barney
      John Barney was a U.S. Congressman from the fifth district of Maryland, serving from 1825 to 1829.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Barney was appointed a captain and assistant district quartermaster general in the United States Army on August 15, 1814, and served until June 15, 1815, when he was...

       (A). 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...

       (A). George E. Mitchell
      George Edward Mitchell
      George Edward Mitchell was an American politician.Born at present-day Elkton, Maryland, Mitchell completed preparatory studies and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia on June 5, 1805. He practiced medicine in Elkton from 1806 to 1812...

       (J). John L. Kerr
      John Leeds Kerr
      John Leeds Kerr was an American politician.-Early years:Kerr was born in 1780 at Greenbury Point near Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated from St. John’s College of Annapolis in 1799...

       (A). Robert N. Martin
      Robert N. Martin
      Robert Nicols Martin was an American politician from Maryland.Martin was born in Cambridge, Maryland, where he attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised at Princess Anne from 1819 to 1827...

       (A)

Massachusetts 

. Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests...

 (A). Benjamin W. Crowninshield
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.-Biography:...

 (A). John Varnum
John Varnum
John Varnum was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Dracut on June 25, 1778. He graduated from Harvard University in 1798, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Haverhill. Varnum was elected as a Federalist to the Massachusetts State Senate. ...

 (A). Edward Everett
Edward Everett
Edward Everett was an American politician and educator from Massachusetts. Everett, a Whig, served as U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State...

 (A). John Davis
John Davis (Massachusetts Governor)
John Davis was an American lawyer, businessman and politician.-Early life:John Davis was born in Northborough, Massachusetts...

 (A). John Locke
John Locke (Massachusetts)
John Locke , was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, and attended Andover Academy and Dartmouth College, eventually graduating from Harvard University in 1792...

 (A). 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,...

 (A). Samuel Lathrop
Samuel Lathrop
Samuel Lathrop was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, Lathrop pursued classical studies and graduated from Yale College in 1792.He studied law....

 (A). Henry W. Dwight
Henry W. Dwight
Henry Williams Dwight was a lawyer and politician who became U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Life:Born February 26, 1788 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, his father was also named Henry Williams Dwight and mother was Abigail Welles...

 (A). John Bailey
John Bailey (Massachusetts)
John Bailey was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.Born in Stoughton, Massachusetts . Bailey graduated from Brown University in 1807. Bailey worked as a tutor and librarian in Providence, Rhode Island from 1807 until 1814...

 (A). Aaron Hobart
Aaron Hobart
Aaron Hobart was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Hobart pursued classical studies and graduated from Brown University in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Abington...

 (A). Francis Baylies
Francis Baylies
Francis Baylies was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of William Baylies.Born in Taunton, Massachusetts, Baylies studied law....

 (J). John Reed, Jr.
John Reed, Jr.
John Reed, Jr. was a Representative from Massachusetts.Reed was born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island in 1803, and was a tutor of languages in that institution for two years, and principal of the Bridgewater, Massachusetts Academy in...

 (A)

Mississippi 

. Christopher Rankin
Christopher Rankin
Christopher Rankin was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Rankin attended preparatory studies at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1808. He then moved to Georgia where he taught a village school and studied law at the same...

 (J), until March 14, 1826
    • William Haile
      William Haile (Mississippi)
      William Haile was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in 1797, Haile moved to Mississippi and settled in Woodville, Wilkinson County.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1826....

       (J), from July 10, 1826

Missouri 

. John Scott (A)

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...

.. Ichabod Bartlett
Ichabod Bartlett
Ichabod Bartlett was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire. He received a classical education and graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover in 1808. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1811, commencing practice in Durham...

 (A). Titus Brown
Titus Brown
Titus Brown was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Alstead, New Hampshire. He graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1811. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Reading, Vermont in 1814...

 (A). Nehemiah Eastman
Nehemiah Eastman
Nehemiah Eastman was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. He attended the local academy in Gilmanton and then studied law. Admitted to the bar in 1807, he practiced in Farmington, New Hampshire.Eastman served as a member of the New Hampshire...

 (A). Jonathan Harvey
Jonathan Harvey (congressman)
Jonathan Harvey was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, brother of Matthew Harvey.Born in Sutton, New Hampshire, Harvey attended the common schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1811–1816, 1831–1834, and 1838–1840...

 (J). Joseph Healy
Joseph Healy
Joseph Healy was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He completed preparatory studies and then worked as a hotel keeper. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (A). Thomas Whipple, Jr.
Thomas Whipple, Jr.
Thomas Whipple, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Whipple completed preparatory studies, moving to Warren, New Hampshire, in 1811. He studied medicine in Haverhill and Hanover, New Hampshire, and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1814...

 (A)

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...

.. George Cassedy
George Cassedy
George Cassedy was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Cassedy attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Hackensack....

 (J). 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...

 (A). Daniel Garrison
Daniel Garrison
Daniel Garrison, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Lower Penns Neck Township, New Jersey near Salem, New Jersey, on April 3, 1782. He pursued an academic course and engaged in agricultural pursuits...

 (J). George Holcombe
George Holcombe
George Holcombe was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in West Amwell George Holcombe (March 1786 – January 4, 1828) was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in West Amwell George Holcombe (March 1786 – January 4, 1828) was a United States Representative from New...

 (J). Samuel Swan
Samuel Swan
Samuel Swan , was a five-term U.S. Congressman and medical doctor....

 (A). Ebenezer Tucker
Ebenezer Tucker
Ebenezer Tucker served in the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey where he was elected to serve in both the Nineteenth Congress and the Twentieth United States Congress...

 (A)

New York 

There were three plural districts, the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, the 3rd had three representatives.. Silas Wood
Silas Wood
Silas Wood was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in West Hills, near Huntington, New York, Wood pursued classical studies....

 (A). Joshua Sands (A). Churchill C. Cambreleng
Churchill C. Cambreleng
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng was an American politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J). Jeromus Johnson
Jeromus Johnson
Jeromus Johnson was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J). Gulian C. Verplanck (J). Aaron Ward
Aaron Ward (representative)
Aaron Ward was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (A). Bartow White
Bartow White
Bartow White was an American physician and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (A). John Hallock, Jr.
John Hallock, Jr.
John Hallock, Jr. was an American farmer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J). Abraham B. Hasbrouck (A). James Strong
James Strong (US politician)
James Strong was a United States Representative from New York.Strong was born in Windham, Connecticut in 1783. He graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington, Vermont in 1806, and moved to Hudson, New York....

 (A). William McManus
William McManus
William Telemachus McManus was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (A). Stephen Van Rensselaer (A). Henry Ashley
Henry Ashley
Henry Ashley was an American politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J). William Dietz
William Dietz (congressman)
William Dietz was an American farmer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J). William G. Angel
William G. Angel
William Gardner Angel was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J). 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....

 (A). Michael Hoffman
Michael Hoffman (congressman)
Michael Hoffman was an American lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Representative from New York from 1825 to 1833-Personal life:...

 (J). Henry Markell
Henry Markell
Henry Markell was an American lawyer and politician from New York-Life:He was the son of Congressman Jacob Markell...

 (A). 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...

 (A). Henry C. Martindale
Henry C. Martindale
Henry Clinton Martindale was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (A). Henry H. Ross
Henry H. Ross
Henry Howard Ross was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (A). Nicoll Fosdick
Nicoll Fosdick
Nicoll Fosdick was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (A). Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J), until December 15, 1825
    • Daniel Hugunin, Jr.
      Daniel Hugunin, Jr.
      Daniel Hugunin, Jr. was an American politician from New York and Wisconsin Territory.-Life:...

       (A), from December 15, 1825. Elias Whitmore
      Elias Whitmore
      Elias Whitmore was a United States Representative from New York.-Life:He completed preparatory studies...

       (A). John Miller
      John Miller (NY congressman)
      John Miller was an American physician and politician from New York.-Life:...

       (A). Luther Badger
      Luther Badger
      Luther Badger was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

       (A). Charles Kellogg
      Charles Kellogg (US Representative)
      Charles Kellogg was an American farmer, merchant and politician from New York.-Life:...

       (J). Charles Humphrey
      Charles Humphrey
      Charles Humphrey , was an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Representative from New York.-Life:...

       (A). Dudley Marvin
      Dudley Marvin
      Dudley Marvin was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Lyme, Connecticut, Marvin attended Colchester Academy.He moved to Canandaigua, New York, in 1807 and studied law....

       (A). Robert S. Rose
      Robert S. Rose
      Robert Selden Rose was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Marriage and family:Rose married in Virginia...

       (A). Moses Hayden
      Moses Hayden
      Moses Hayden was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

       (A). Timothy H. Porter
      Timothy H. Porter
      Timothy Hopkins Porter was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

       (A). Parmenio Adams
      Parmenio Adams
      Parmenio Adams was a from New York.-Life:He was the son of Parmenio Adams and Chloe Adams...

       (A). Daniel G. Garnsey
      Daniel G. Garnsey
      Daniel Greene Garnsey was an American politician from New York, Michigan and Illinois.-Life:...

       (J)


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...

 (J). 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...

 (J). Richard Hines
Richard Hines
Richard Hines was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Tarboro, North Carolina, birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and practiced in Raleigh, North Carolina; member of the State house of commons, 1824; elected to the Nineteenth Congress ;...

 (J). John H. Bryan (J). Gabriel Holmes
Gabriel Holmes
Gabriel Holmes was the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1821 to 1824. He was not affiliated with any party; a Representative from North Carolina; born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., in 1769; attended Zion Parnassus Academy in Rowan County and Harvard University; studied...

 (J). 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...

 (J). Archibald McNeill
Archibald McNeill
Archibald McNeill was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Moore County, North Carolina; member of the State house of commons in 1808 and 1809; served in the State senate 1811-1813, 1820, and 1821; elected to the Seventeenth Congress ; elected to the Nineteenth Congress ;...

 (J). Willie P. Mangum
Willie Person Mangum
Willie Person Mangum was a U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading members of the Whig party, and was a candidate for President on a Whig ticket in 1836.Mangum was born in Durham County, North Carolina...

 (J), until March 18, 1826
    • Daniel L. Barringer
      Daniel Laurens Barringer
      Daniel Laurens Barringer was a United States Representative from North Carolina between 1825 and 1834.Born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Barringer studied law and practiced in the state capital of Raleigh...

       (J), from December 4, 1826. Romulus M. Saunders
      Romulus Mitchell Saunders
      Romulus Mitchell Saunders was an American politician from North Carolina.Saunders was born near Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina. He was the son of William Saunders and Hannah Mitchell Saunders, attended Hyco and Caswell Academies and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

       (J). John Long
      John Long (NC politician)
      John Long was a North Carolina politician who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.Long also served one term in the North Carolina House of Commons and one term in the North Carolina Senate....

       (A). Henry W. Connor
      Henry William Connor
      Henry William Connor was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Amelia Courthouse, Prince George County, Virginia, August 5, 1793; was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1812; served as aide-de-camp to Brig. Gen...

       (J). Samuel P. Carson
      Samuel Price Carson
      Samuel Price Carson was an American political leader and farmer in both North Carolina and Texas. He served as Congressional Representative from North Carolina...

       (J). 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....

       (A)

Ohio 

. James Findlay
James Findlay (Cincinnati mayor)
James Findlay was a soldier, political official, and merchant who for decades was one of the leading citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio....

 (J). John Woods (A). William McLean (A). Joseph Vance
Joseph Vance
Joseph Vance was a Whig politician from Ohio. He was the 13th Governor of Ohio and the first Whig to hold the position.Vance was born in Catfish , Pennsylvania...

 (A). 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....

(A). John Thomson (J). Samuel F. Vinton
Samuel Finley Vinton
Samuel Finley Vinton was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from March 4, 1823 to March 4, 1837 and again from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1851....

 (A). William Wilson (A). 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...

 (A). David Jennings
David Jennings (congressman)
David Jennings was a United States Representative from Ohio.Born in Readington Township, New Jersey, Jennings attended the public schools. He moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio, in 1812. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1813, and commenced practice in St. Clairsville...

 (A), until May 25, 1826
    • Thomas Shannon (A), from December 4, 1826. John C. Wright (A). John Sloane
      John Sloane
      John Sloane was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and later the Treasurer of the United States.Born in York, Pennsylvania, Sloane moved to Ohio in early youth.He completed preparatory studies....

       (A). Elisha Whittlesey
      Elisha Whittlesey
      Elisha Whittlesey was a lawyer, civil servant and U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Washington, Connecticut, Whittlesey moved with his parents in early youth to Salisbury, Connecticut...

       (A). Mordecai Bartley
      Mordecai Bartley
      Mordecai Bartley was a Whig politician from Ohio. He served as the 18th Governor of Ohio. Bartley succeeded his son, Thomas W. Bartley as governor, one of only a few instances of this happening in the United States in high offices.Bartley was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania...

       (A)

Pennsylvania 

There were six plural districts, the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.. John Wurts
John Wurts
John Wurts was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Wurts was born in Flanders, New Jersey. After his father’s death in 1793 the family resided in Montville, New Jersey, and subsequently moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

 (J). Joseph Hemphill
Joseph Hemphill
Joseph Hemphill was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Hemphill was born in Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1791. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1793 and commenced practice in West...

 (J), until 1826 (before October 10, 1826 — )
    • Thomas Kittera
      Thomas Kittera
      Thomas Kittera was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas Kittera was the son of John Wilkes Kittera. He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the...

       (A), from October 10, 1826. Daniel H. Miller
      Daniel H. Miller
      Daniel H. Miller was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Daniel H. Miller was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His birth date is unknown....

       (J). James Buchanan
      James Buchanan
      James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....

       (J). Samuel Edwards
      Samuel Edwards
      Samuel "Faith" Edwards was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel Edwards was born in Chester Township, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1806 and commenced practice in Chester...

       (J). Charles Miner
      Charles Miner
      For the character on the US TV series The Office, see Charles Miner.Charles Miner was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

       (A). Philip S. Markley
      Philip Swenk Markley
      Philip Swenk Markley was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Philip Swenk Markley was born in Skippack, Pennsylvania, near Norristown. He located in Norristown, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Norristown...

       (A). Robert Harris
      Robert Harris (Pennsylvania)
      Robert Harris was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Harris was born at Harris Ferry, Pennsylvania...

       (J). William Addams
      William Addams
      William Addams was a Pennsylvania State Representative and United States Congressman. He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1777....

       (J). Henry Wilson
      Henry Wilson (Pennsylvania)
      Henry Wilson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry Wilson was born in Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies, studied law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the bar December 21, 1812, and commenced practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania...

       (J), until August 14, 1826
    • Jacob Krebs
      Jacob Krebs
      Jacob Krebs was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jacob Krebs was born in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1828 to 1836. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by...

       (J), from December 4, 1826. 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:...

       (J). George Wolf
      George Wolf
      George Wolf was the seventh Governor of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835.Wolf was born in Allen Township, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1799 and commenced practice in Easton, Pennsylvania. He served as postmaster of Easton in 1802 and 1803...

       (J). George Kremer
      George Kremer
      George Kremer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George Kremer was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania...

       (J). Samuel McKean
      Samuel McKean
      Samuel McKean was an American merchant and politician from Burlington, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1815 to 1819. He was in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1829 to 1830....

       (J). Espy Van Horne
      Espy Van Horne
      Espy Van Horne was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Espy Van Horne was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He was elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses. He died in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1829.-External links:*...

       (J). James S. Mitchell
      James S. Mitchell
      James S. Mitchell was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Mitchell was born near Rossville, Pennsylvania, in 1784...

       (J). John Findlay (J). James Wilson
      James Wilson (Pennsylvania)
      James Wilson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Wilson was born in Millerstown, Pennsylvania . He attended the common schools and learned the trade of cabinetmaker. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and also interested in the real estate business...

       (A). John Mitchell
      John Mitchell (Pennsylvania)
      John Mitchell was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Background:John Mitchell was born near Newport, Pennsylvania. He moved to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, in 1800 and was employed as a clerk in the ironworks. He was elected sheriff of Centre County, Pennsylvania, in...

       (J). Alexander Thomson
      Alexander Thomson (congressman)
      Alexander Thomson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Alexander Thomson was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He apprenticed as a sickle maker. He moved to Bedford, Pennsylvania, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in...

       (J), until May 1, 1826
    • Chauncey Forward
      Chauncey Forward
      Chauncey Forward was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Chauncey Forward was born in Old Granby, Connecticut. He moved with his father to Ohio in 1800, and a short time afterward to Greensburg, Pennsylvania...

       (J), from December 4, 1826. Andrew Stewart
      Andrew Stewart (1791-1872)
      Andrew Stewart was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Andrew Stewart was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of the Union Literary Society at Washington College...

       (J). Joseph Lawrence
      Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania)
      Joseph Lawrence was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:Joseph Lawrence was born near Hunterstown, Pennsylvania. He moved with his widowed mother to a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1789, and attended the common schools...

       (A). James Allison, Jr.
      James Allison, Jr.
      James Allison, Jr. was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Allison, Jr. was born near Elkton, Maryland. He moved with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1774. At seventeen years of age he enrolled in the school of David Johnson of Beaver,...

       (J), until 1825 (before the assembling of Congress)— )
    • Robert Orr, Jr.
      Robert Orr, Jr.
      Robert Orr, Jr. was a Pennsylvania political figure.-Biography:...

       (J), from October 11, 1825. James S. Stevenson
      James S. Stevenson
      James S. Stevenson was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James S. Stevenson was born in York County, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1822 and 1823...

       (J). George Plumer
      George Plumer
      George Plumer was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George Plumer was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

       (J). Patrick Farrelly
      Patrick Farrelly
      Patrick Farrelly was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Patrick Farrelly was born in Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1798. He studied law, was admitted to the bar July 11, 1803, and commenced practice in Meadville, Pennsylvania...

       (J), until January 12, 1826
    • Thomas H. Sill
      Thomas Hale Sill
      Thomas Hale Sill was a Jacksonian and National Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

       (A), from March 14, 1826

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...

.. Tristam Burges
Tristam Burges
Tristam Burges was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, great-great-uncle of Theodore Francis Green.Born in Rochester, Massachusetts, Burges attended the common schools.He studied medicine at a school in Wrentham....

 (A). Dutee J. Pearce (A)

South Carolina 

. Joel R. Poinsett
Joel Roberts Poinsett
Joel Roberts Poinsett was a physician, botanist and American statesman. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, the first United States Minister to Mexico , a U.S...

 (J), until March 7, 1825
    • William Drayton
      William Drayton
      William Drayton was an American politician, banker, and author from Charleston, South Carolina. He was the son of Federal Judge William Drayton, Sr. of South Carolina....

       (J), from May 17, 1825. James Hamilton, Jr. (J). Thomas R. Mitchell
      Thomas R. Mitchell
      Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Georgetown, South Carolina, in May 1783, Mitchell graduated from Harvard University in 1802, where he studied law....

       (J). Andrew R. Govan
      Andrew R. Govan
      Andrew Robison Govan was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Orange Parish, Orangeburg District, South Carolina, Govan pursued classical studies at a private school in Willington, South Carolina, and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1813.He served as member of...

       (J). George McDuffie
      George McDuffie
      George McDuffie was the 55th Governor of South Carolina and a member of the United States Senate.Born of modest means in Columbia County, Georgia, McDuffie's extraordinary intellect was noticed while clerking at a store in Augusta, Georgia...

       (J). John Wilson (J). Joseph Gist
      Joseph Gist
      Joseph Gist was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near the mouth of Fair Forest Creek, Union District, South Carolina, Gist moved to Charleston with his parents in 1788.He attended the common schools....

       (J). John Carter (J). 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....

       (J)

Tennessee 

. John Blair
John Blair (Tennessee)
John Blair was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (J). John Cocke
John Alexander Cocke
John Alexander Cocke was an American politician who represented Tennessee as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Brunswick, Nottoway County, Virginia in 1772. He moved with his parents to Tennessee, where he attended the public schools...

 (J). James C. Mitchell
James Coffield Mitchell
James Coffield Mitchell was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives....

 (J). Jacob C. Isacks
Jacob C. Isacks
Jacob C. Isacks was an American politician that represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:He was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and he moved to Winchester, Tennessee...

 (J). Robert Allen
Robert Allen (Tennessee)
Robert Allen was an American merchant and politician from Carthage, Tennessee. He represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives from 1819 until 1827.-Biography:...

 (J). James K. Polk
James K. Polk
James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...

 (J). Samuel Houston
Sam Houston
Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston , was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of...

 (J). John H. Marable
John Hartwell Marable
John Hartwell Marable was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:He was born near Lawrenceville, Virginia, on November 18, 1786. He pursued an academic course and studied in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to compiled...

 (J). Adam R. Alexander
Adam Rankin Alexander
Adam Rankin Alexander was an American politician that represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia on November 1, 1781. He became a member of the Tennessee Senate in 1817...

 (J)

Vermont 

. William C. Bradley (A). Rollin C. Mallary (A). George E. Wales (A). Ezra Meech
Ezra Meech
Ezra Meech was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in New London, Connecticut and moved to Hinesburg, Vermont in 1785. He attended the common schools and also engaged in the fur trade in the Northwest and in ship-timber contracts in Canada...

 (J). John Mattocks
John Mattocks
John Mattocks was an American Whig politician.He was born in Hartford, Connecticut on March 4, 1777; moved with his parents to Tinmouth, Vermont, in 1778; pursued an academic course; studied law in Middlebury and Fairfield; was admitted to the bar in 1797 and commenced practice in Danville; moved...

 (A)

Virginia 

. 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:*...

 (A). James Trezvant
James Trezvant
James Trezvant was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Sussex County, Virginia, Trezvant studied law after college...

 (J). William S. Archer
William S. Archer
William Segar Archer was a politician and lawyer from Virginia who served in the United States Senate from 1841 to 1847. He was the nephew of Joseph Eggleston....

 (J). Mark Alexander
Mark Alexander (politician)
Mark Alexander, politician was a nineteenth-century lawyer from Virginia.Born on a plantation near Boydton, Virginia, Alexander attended the public schools as a child and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1811. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in...

 (J). 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...

 (J), until December 26, 1825
    • George W. Crump
      George William Crump
      George William Crump was a member of the United States House of Representatives in the 19th United States Congress.-Biography:...

       (J), from January 21, 1826. Thomas Davenport
      Thomas Davenport (congressman)
      Thomas Davenport was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born 1778 in Halifax County, Virginia, where his parents were living by 1783, Davenport completed preparatory studies and received a license to operate as a merchant in Meadville, Virginia...

       (J). Nathaniel H. Claiborne
      Nathaniel Claiborne
      Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne was a nineteenth century politician from Virginia. He was the brother of William Charles Cole Claiborne, the nephew of Thomas Claiborne, the uncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne and the great-great-great granduncle Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs and...

       (J). 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:...

       (J). Andrew Stevenson
      Andrew Stevenson
      Andrew Stevenson was a Democratic politician in the United States. Educated at the College of William and Mary, he married three times. His second wife, Sarah Coles, was a cousin of Dolley Madison and sister of Edward Coles, a governor of Illinois...

       (J). William C. Rives
      William Cabell Rives
      William Cabell Rives was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Albemarle County, Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Jackson Democrat in both the U.S. House and Senate and also served as the U.S. minister to France....

       (J). Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (congressman)
      Robert Taylor was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Orange Court House, Virginia, Taylor completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar 1783, commencing practice in Orange Court House...

      (A). 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....

       (J). 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...

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

       (A). John S. Barbour
      John S. Barbour
      John Strode Barbour, Sr. was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the father of John Strode Barbour, Jr...

       (J). William Armstrong (A). Alfred H. Powell
      Alfred H. Powell
      Alfred H. Powell was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Loudoun County, Virginia, Powell was graduated from Princeton College.He studied law....

       (A). Joseph Johnson
      Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician)
      Joseph Johnson was a United States Representative and was the 32nd Governor of Virginia from 1852 to 1856. Born in Orange County, New York, he moved with his mother to Belvidere, New Jersey in 1791 and thence to Bridgeport, Virginia in 1801...

       (J). 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...

       (J). 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....

       (J). William Smith
      William Smith (congressman)
      William Smith was an eighteenth and nineteenth century congressman from Virginia.Born in Chesterfield, Virginia, Smith completed preparatory studies and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1782...

       (J). Benjamin Estil
      Benjamin Estil
      Benjamin Estil was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Hansonville , Virginia, Estil received an academic education, and attended Washington Academy , Lexington, Virginia.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Abingdon, Virginia.He served as prosecuting attorney...

       (A)

Non-voting members

. Henry W. Conway
Henry Wharton Conway
Henry Wharton Conway was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Arkansas Territory....

. Joseph M. White
Joseph M. White
Joseph M. White was a Delegate to the US House of Representatives from the Florida Territory.Born in Franklin County, Kentucky; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Pensacola, Florida in 1821; one of the commissioners under the act of Congress...

. Austin E. Wing
Austin Eli Wing
Austin Eli Wing was a delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory before it became the state of Michigan....



Changes in membership

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

Senate

  • replacements: 7
    • Adams (A): 3-seat net gain
    • Jacksonian (J): no net change
  • deaths: 4
  • resignations: 6
  • interim appointments: 4
  • Total seats with changes: 13

|-
| New Hampshire
(3)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant
| | Levi Woodbury
Levi Woodbury
Levi Woodbury was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire and cabinet member in three administrations. He was the first Justice to have attended law school....

 (J)
| Installed March 16, 1825
|-
| Connecticut
(3)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant
| | Calvin Willey
Calvin Willey
Calvin Willey was an American politician from Connecticut who served in the United States Senate.-Early life:...

 (A)
| Installed May 4, 1825
|-
| New York
(3)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant
| | Nathan Sanford
Nathan Sanford
Nathan Sanford was an American politician.- Life :He was the son of Thomas Sanford and Phebe Sanford, née Baker...

 (A)
| Installed January 14, 1826 after resigning as Chancellor of New York
|-
| 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...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 7, 1825 after being appointed US Secretary of War
| | 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...

 (J)
| Appointed December 26, 1825
|-
| Mississippi
(1)
| | David Holmes
David Holmes (politician)
David Holmes was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory and the first governor of the State of Mississippi.-Career:...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 25, 1825 after being elected Governor of Mississippi
| | Powhatan Ellis
Powhatan Ellis
Powhatan Ellis was a United States Senator from Mississippi and a United States federal judge.Born at "Red Hill" in Amherst County, Virginia, he graduated from Washington Academy in 1809, attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1809 and 1810, receiving an A.B., and studied law at...

 (J)
| Appointed September 28, 1825
|-
| Tennessee
(2)
| | Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 14, 1825
| | Hugh Lawson White
Hugh Lawson White
Hugh Lawson White was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. He succeeded Andrew Jackson and served in the United States Senate, representing Tennessee, from 1825 until his resignation in 1840, and was a Whig candidate for President in 1836...

 (J)
| Installed October 28, 1825
|-
| Rhode Island
(1)
| | James De Wolf
James De Wolf
James DeWolf , nicknamed "Captain Jim", was a United States Senator from Rhode Island, a long-time state legislator and a successful Privateer during the war of 1812.-Biography:...

 (A)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 31, 1825
| | Asher Robbins
Asher Robbins
Asher Robbins was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1782, was a tutor in Rhode Island College from 1782 to 1790, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1792 and began practice in Providence, Rhode Island...

 (A)
| Appointed October 31, 1825
|-
| Maryland
(3)
| | Edward Lloyd
Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland)
Edward Lloyd V served as the 13th Governor of Maryland from 1809 to 1811, and as a United States Senator from Maryland between 1819 and 1826. He also served as a U.S...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 14, 1826 after being elected to the Maryland State Senate
Maryland State Senate
The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland...


| | Ezekiel F. Chambers
Ezekiel F. Chambers
Ezekiel Forman Chambers was an American politician.Born in Chestertown, Maryland, Chambers was graduated from Washington College at Chestertown in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in Chestertown...

 (A)
| Elected January 24, 1826
|-
| Alabama
(3)
| | Henry H. Chambers
Henry H. Chambers
Henry H. Chambers was an American politician, who served as the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the state of Alabama from March 4, 1825 until his death. He was replaced by Israel Pickens until a replacement, John McKinley, could be elected.-External links:...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 24, 1826
| | 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...

 (J)
| Appointed February 17, 1826
|-
| Mississippi
(1)
| | Powhatan Ellis
Powhatan Ellis
Powhatan Ellis was a United States Senator from Mississippi and a United States federal judge.Born at "Red Hill" in Amherst County, Virginia, he graduated from Washington Academy in 1809, attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1809 and 1810, receiving an A.B., and studied law at...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected January 28, 1826
| | Thomas B. Reed
Thomas Buck Reed
Thomas Buck Reed was a United States Senator from Mississippi.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, he attended the public schools and the College of New Jersey He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lexington in 1808; in 1809 he moved to Natchez, Mississippi and was city...

 (J)
| Installed January 28, 1826
|-
| 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....

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 26, 1826
| | William Harper
William Harper (South Carolina)
William Joseph Harper was a jurist, politician, and social and political theorist from South Carolina.-Political career:...

 (J)
| Appointed March 8, 1826
|-
| Delaware
(2)
| | Nicholas Van Dyke (A)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 21, 1826
| | Daniel Rodney
Daniel Rodney
Daniel Rodney was an American merchant and politician from Lewes, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, and later the National Republican Party, who served as Governor of Delaware, U. S. Representative from Delaware and U.S...

 (A)
| Appointed November 8, 1826
|-
| Massachusetts
(2)
| | James Lloyd
James Lloyd (Massachusetts)
James Lloyd was a Federalist United States Senator from Massachusetts during the early years of the United States....

 (A)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 23, 1826
| | 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...

 (A)
| Installed May 31, 1826
|-
| New Jersey
(1)
| | Joseph McIlvaine
Joseph McIlvaine
Joseph McIlvaine was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1823 until his death.-Early life and career:McIlvaine was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Col. Joseph Mcllvaine and Catherine Swan...

 (A)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 19, 1826
| | 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....

(A)
| Installed November 10, 1826
|-
| Alabama
(3)
| | 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...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 27, 1826
| | John McKinley
John McKinley
John McKinley was a U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, his family moved to Kentucky when he was an infant...

 (J)
| Installed November 27, 1826
|-
| South Carolia
(3)
| | William Harper
William Harper (South Carolina)
William Joseph Harper was a jurist, politician, and social and political theorist from South Carolina.-Political career:...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 29, 1826
| | 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...

 (J)
| Installed November 29, 1826
|-
| Delaware
(2)
| | Daniel Rodney
Daniel Rodney
Daniel Rodney was an American merchant and politician from Lewes, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, and later the National Republican Party, who served as Governor of Delaware, U. S. Representative from Delaware and U.S...

 (A)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 12, 1827 after successor was elected
| | Henry M. Ridgely
Henry M. Ridgely
Henry Moore Ridgely was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, and later the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:Ridgely was born in...

 (A)
| Installed January 23, 1827
|}

House of Representatives

  • replacements: 11
    • Anti-Jackson: 1 seat net gain
    • Jackson Men: 1 seat net loss
  • deaths: 5
  • resignations: 10
  • contested election: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 16

|-
|
| | James Allison, Jr.
James Allison, Jr.
James Allison, Jr. was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Allison, Jr. was born near Elkton, Maryland. He moved with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1774. At seventeen years of age he enrolled in the school of David Johnson of Beaver,...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in 1825 before the assembling of Congress
| | Robert Orr, Jr.
Robert Orr, Jr.
Robert Orr, Jr. was a Pennsylvania political figure.-Biography:...

 (J)
| Seated October 11, 1825
|-
|
| | 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...

 (A)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 6, 1825 after being appointed US Secretary of State
| | James Clark
James Clark (Kentucky)
James Clark was a 19th-century American politician who served in all three branches of Kentucky's government and in the U.S. House of Representatives. His political career began in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1807...

 (A)
| Seated August 1, 1825
|-
|
| | Joel R. Poinsett
Joel Roberts Poinsett
Joel Roberts Poinsett was a physician, botanist and American statesman. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, the first United States Minister to Mexico , a U.S...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 7, 1825 after being appointed Minister to Mexico
United States Ambassador to Mexico
The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country. Jackson declined the appointment, however, and Joel R. Poinsett became the first U.S. envoy to Mexico in 1825. The rank...


| | William Drayton
William Drayton
William Drayton was an American politician, banker, and author from Charleston, South Carolina. He was the son of Federal Judge William Drayton, Sr. of South Carolina....

 (J)
| Seated May 17, 1825
|-
|
| | Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election December 15, 1825
| | Daniel Hugunin, Jr.
Daniel Hugunin, Jr.
Daniel Hugunin, Jr. was an American politician from New York and Wisconsin Territory.-Life:...

 (A)
| Seated December 15, 1825
|-
|
| | 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...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 26, 1825 after being appointed to the US Senate
| | George W. Crump
George William Crump
George William Crump was a member of the United States House of Representatives in the 19th United States Congress.-Biography:...

 (J)
| Seated January 21, 1826
|-
|
| | Joseph Kent
Joseph Kent
Joseph Kent , a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837...

 (A)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 6, 1826 after being elected Governor of Maryland
Governor of Maryland
The Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of Maryland, and he is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units. The Governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and he has a broad range of appointive powers in both the State and local governments,...


| | John C. Weems
John Crompton Weems
John Crompton Weems was an American politician.Born in Waterloo, Calvert County, Maryland, Weems attended St. John's College of Annapolis, Maryland, and engaged in planting...

 (J)
| Seated February 1, 1826
|-
|
| | Patrick Farrelly
Patrick Farrelly
Patrick Farrelly was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Patrick Farrelly was born in Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1798. He studied law, was admitted to the bar July 11, 1803, and commenced practice in Meadville, Pennsylvania...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 12, 1826
| | Thomas H. Sill
Thomas Hale Sill
Thomas Hale Sill was a Jacksonian and National Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

 (A)
| Seated March 14, 1826
|-
|
| | Christopher Rankin
Christopher Rankin
Christopher Rankin was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Rankin attended preparatory studies at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1808. He then moved to Georgia where he taught a village school and studied law at the same...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 14, 1826
| | William Haile
William Haile (Mississippi)
William Haile was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in 1797, Haile moved to Mississippi and settled in Woodville, Wilkinson County.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1826....

 (J)
| Seated July 10, 1826
|-
|
| | Willie P. Mangum
Willie Person Mangum
Willie Person Mangum was a U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading members of the Whig party, and was a candidate for President on a Whig ticket in 1836.Mangum was born in Durham County, North Carolina...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 18, 1826
| | Daniel L. Barringer
Daniel Laurens Barringer
Daniel Laurens Barringer was a United States Representative from North Carolina between 1825 and 1834.Born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Barringer studied law and practiced in the state capital of Raleigh...

 (J)
| Seated December 4, 1826
|-
|
| | Alexander Thomson
Alexander Thomson (congressman)
Alexander Thomson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Alexander Thomson was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He apprenticed as a sickle maker. He moved to Bedford, Pennsylvania, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1826
| | Chauncey Forward
Chauncey Forward
Chauncey Forward was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Chauncey Forward was born in Old Granby, Connecticut. He moved with his father to Ohio in 1800, and a short time afterward to Greensburg, Pennsylvania...

 (J)
| Seated December 4, 1826
|-
|
| | David Jennings
David Jennings (congressman)
David Jennings was a United States Representative from Ohio.Born in Readington Township, New Jersey, Jennings attended the public schools. He moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio, in 1812. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1813, and commenced practice in St. Clairsville...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 25, 1826
| | Thomas Shannon (A)
| Seated December 4, 1826
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| | James Johnson
James Johnson (Kentucky)
James Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of Richard Mentor Johnson and John Telemachus Johnson and uncle of Robert Ward Johnson....

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 13, 1826
| | Robert L. McHatton
Robert L. McHatton
Robert Lytle Mchatton was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Fayette County, Virginia , Mchatton attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (J)
| Seated December 7, 1826
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| | Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson (Pennsylvania)
Henry Wilson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry Wilson was born in Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies, studied law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the bar December 21, 1812, and commenced practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 14, 1826
| | Jacob Krebs
Jacob Krebs
Jacob Krebs was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jacob Krebs was born in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1828 to 1836. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by...

 (J)
| Seated December 4, 1826
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| | Robert P. Henry
Robert Pryor Henry
Robert Pryor Henry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Henrys Mills, Kentucky , Henry pursued classical studies and was graduated from Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky....

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 25, 1826
| | John F. Henry
John Flournoy Henry
John Flournoy Henry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born at Henrys Mill, Kentucky, Henry attended Georgetown Academy, Kentucky, and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

 (A)
| Seated December 11, 1826
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| | 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...

 (A)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned before September 11, 1826
| | James W. Ripley
James W. Ripley
James Wheelock Ripley was a brother of Eleazar Wheelock Ripley and a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Hanover, New Hampshire March 12, 1786. He attended the common schools and Fryeburg Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fryeburg .He...

 (J)
| Seated September 11, 1826
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| | Joseph Hemphill
Joseph Hemphill
Joseph Hemphill was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Hemphill was born in Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1791. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1793 and commenced practice in West...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned before October 10, 1826
| | Thomas Kittera
Thomas Kittera
Thomas Kittera was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas Kittera was the son of John Wilkes Kittera. He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the...

 (A)
| Seated October 10, 1826
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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...

    : William Staughton
    William Staughton
    William Staughton was a Baptist clergyman, educator, and music composer. He was also a Chaplain of the United States Senate and the first President of Columbian College from 1821-1827, which is the original name and oldest division of The George Washington University.Staughton was born on...

     (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...

    ), elected December 12, 1825
    • William Ryland
      William Ryland
      William Ryland was a Methodist clergyman who served several terms as Chaplain of the Senate.- Early years :William Ryland was born in Ireland in 1770. He came to the United States at the age of 18 and settled in Harford County, Maryland. For a time, he engaged in business in Baltimore; on May...

       (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 December 8, 1826
  • Secretary of the Senate
    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...

    , until December 12, 1825
    • Walter Lowrie
      Walter Lowrie
      Walter Lowrie was a teacher, farmer, and politician from Butler County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate...

      , elected December 12, 1825
  • 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...

    : Reuben Post
    Reuben Post
    Reuben Post was a Presbyterian clergyman who served two separate terms as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives and also served as Chaplain of the Senate of the United States ....

     (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,...

    )
  • 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....

    : Matthew St. Clair Clarke
    Matthew St. Clair Clarke
    Matthew St. Clair Clarke was an American journalist, book author and politician. He was for seven terms Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.-Life:...

  • 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...

    : Benjamin Birch
  • 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...

    : John O. Dunn

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