11th United States Congress
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House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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

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

    :
    • John Milledge (DR)
    • Andrew Gregg (DR), elected June 26, 1809
    • John Gaillard
      John Gaillard
      John Gaillard was a U.S. Senator from South Carolina.Gaillard was born in St. Stephen's district, South Carolina on September 5, 1765. He was of Huguenot descent. He was elected to the United States Senate in place of Pierce Butler, who resigned, and served from January 31, 1805 until his death....

       (DR), elected February 28, 1810
    • John Pope
      John Pope (politician)
      John Pope was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory....

       (DR), elected February 23, 1811

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...

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

     (DR)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers
Classes of United States Senators
The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...

, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1814; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1810; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1812.

Connecticut 

  • 1. James Hillhouse
    James Hillhouse
    James Hillhouse was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House and Senate...

     (F), until June 10, 1810
    • Samuel W. Dana
      Samuel W. Dana
      Samuel Whittlesey Dana was an American lawyer and politician from Middletown, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate....

       (F), from December 4, 1810
  • 3. Chauncey Goodrich
    Chauncey Goodrich
    Chauncey Goodrich was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator and a representative.-Biography:...

     (F)

Delaware 

  • 1. Samuel White (F), until November 4, 1809
    • Outerbridge Horsey
      Outerbridge Horsey
      -Outerbridge Horsey I:Nathanial Horsey married Martha Outerbridge in Accomack, Virginia. Among their children was Outerbridge Horsey who was born in 1715. He married Mary Dixon and had a son William Horsey...

       (F), from January 12, 1810
  • 2. James A. Bayard
    James A. Bayard (elder)
    James Asheton Bayard II was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:Bayard was born in Philadelphia,...

     (F)

Georgia 

  • 3. John Milledge (DR), until November 14, 1809
    • Charles Tait
      Charles Tait
      Charles Tait was an American politician. A Democratic Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Georgia and later as a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

       (DR), from November 27, 1809
  • 2. William H. Crawford
    William H. Crawford
    William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824.-Political...

     (DR)

Kentucky 

  • 2. Buckner Thruston
    Buckner Thruston
    Buckner Thruston was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Senator from Kentucky, and later a long-serving a United States federal judge.-Early life, education, and career:...

     (DR), until December 18, 1809
    • Henry Clay
      Henry Clay
      Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...

       (DR), from November 4, 1810
  • 3. John Pope
    John Pope (politician)
    John Pope was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory....

     (DR)

Maryland 

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

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

     (DR)

Massachusetts 

  • 2. Timothy Pickering
    Timothy Pickering
    Timothy Pickering was a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third United States Secretary of State, serving in that office from 1795 to 1800 under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.-Early years:Pickering was born in Salem, Massachusetts to...

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

     (F)

New Hampshire 

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

     (DR)
  • 3. Nahum Parker
    Nahum Parker
    Nahum Parker was a United States Senator from New Hampshire.Parker was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. During the Revolutionary War he served in the Continental Army at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777...

     (DR), until June 1, 1810
    • Charles Cutts
      Charles Cutts
      Charles Cutts was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, he graduated from Harvard University in 1789, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1795, and practiced...

       (DR), from June 21, 1810

New Jersey 

  • 2. Aaron Kitchell
    Aaron Kitchell
    Aaron Kitchell was a blacksmith and politician from Hanover Township, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate....

     (DR), until March 12, 1809
    • John Condit
      John Condit
      John Condit was a United States Representative and a United States Senator from New Jersey and father of United States Representative Silas Condit....

       (DR), from March 21, 1809
  • 1. John Lambert
    John Lambert (politician)
    John Lambert , was a New Jersey politician who served as a Representative, a U.S. Senator and as Acting Governor of New Jersey....

     (DR)


New York 

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

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

     (DR)

North Carolina 

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

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

     (DR)

Ohio 

  • 1. Return J. Meigs, Jr.
    Return J. Meigs, Jr.
    Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the fourth Governor of Ohio, fifth United States Postmaster General, and as a U.S. Senator.-Biography:...

     (DR), until December 10, 1810 or before
    • Thomas Worthington (DR), from December 15, 1810
  • 3. Stanley Griswold
    Stanley Griswold
    Stanley Griswold was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Born in Torrington, Connecticut, Griswold served in the militia during the Revolutionary War. After graduating from Yale College in 1786, he taught for a time in Norwich, and began studying Theology in...

     (DR), May 18, 1809 – December 11, 1809
    • Alexander Campbell
      Alexander Campbell (American politician)
      Alexander Campbell was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.Born in Frederick County, Virginia, Campbell moved to eastern Tennessee and then to Kentucky with his parents. After studying medicine at Transylvania University, Campbell moved to Ohio in...

       (DR), from December 11, 1809

Pennsylvania 

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

     (DR)

Rhode Island 

  • 2. Elisha Mathewson
    Elisha Mathewson
    Elisha Mathewson was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Scituate, Rhode Island, he pursued an academic course and was justice of the peace of Scituate. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in 1821 was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and served as speaker...

     (DR)
  • 1. Francis Malbone
    Francis Malbone
    Francis Malbone was an American merchant from Newport, Rhode Island. He represented Rhode Island in the U.S. House from 1793 until 1797 and served briefly in the United States Senate in 1809....

     (F), until June 4, 1809
    • Christopher G. Champlin
      Christopher G. Champlin
      Christopher Grant Champlin was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Newport, he completed preparatory studies, was graduated from Harvard College in 1786, and continued his studies at the College of St. Omer in France.Champlin was elected as a Federalist to the...

       (F), from June 26, 1809

South Carolina 

  • 2. Thomas Sumter
    Thomas Sumter
    Thomas Sumter nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock" , was a hero of the American Revolution and went on to become a longtime member of the Congress of the United States.-Early life:Thomas Sumter was born near Charlottesville in Hanover County, Virginia in 1734...

     (DR), until December 16, 1810
    • John Taylor (DR), from December 31, 1810
  • 3. John Gaillard
    John Gaillard
    John Gaillard was a U.S. Senator from South Carolina.Gaillard was born in St. Stephen's district, South Carolina on September 5, 1765. He was of Huguenot descent. He was elected to the United States Senate in place of Pierce Butler, who resigned, and served from January 31, 1805 until his death....

     (DR)

Tennessee 

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

     (DR)
  • 2. Daniel Smith
    Daniel Smith (surveyor)
    Daniel Smith was a surveyor, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and twice a United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:...

     (DR), until March 31, 1809
    • Jenkin Whiteside
      Jenkin Whiteside
      Jenkin Whiteside was an attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:Whiteside was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania he studied the law and was admitted to the bar there...

       (DR), from April 11, 1809

Vermont 

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

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

     (DR)

Virginia 

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

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

     (DR)


House of Representatives

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

Connecticut 

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

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

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

 (F), until May 10, 1810
    • Ebenezer Huntington
      Ebenezer Huntington
      Ebenezer Huntington was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He pursued academic studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1775. He served as a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, first in the Lexington alarm in April 1775 and later...

       (F), from October 11, 1810. John Davenport
      John Davenport (Connecticut)
      John Davenport was a United States Representative from Connecticut.-Biography:Born in Stamford, he pursued academic studies, and graduated from Yale College in 1770. He engaged in teaching there in 1773 and 1774; he also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1773, practicing in Stamford...

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

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

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

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

       (F)

Delaware 

. Nicholas Van Dyke (F)

Georgia 

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

 (DR). Howell Cobb (DR). Dennis Smelt
Dennis Smelt
Dennis Smelt was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born near Savannah, Georgia around 1750. He received a limited schooling but participated in the American Revolutionary War....

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

 (DR)

Kentucky 

. Matthew Lyon
Matthew Lyon
Matthew Lyon , father of Chittenden Lyon and great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn, was a printer, farmer, soldier and politician, serving as a United States Representative from both Vermont and Kentucky....

 (DR). Samuel McKee (DR). Henry Crist
Henry Crist
Henry Crist was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He moved with his father to Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. Later, moved to Kentucky and engaged in the surveying of lands...

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

 (DR). Benjamin Howard (DR), until April 10, 1810
    • William T. Barry
      William T. Barry
      William Taylor Barry was an American statesman and jurist.-History:Born near Lunenburg, Virginia, he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1796 with his parents John Barry, an American Revolutionary War veteran, and Susannah Barry...

       (DR), from August 8, 1810. Joseph Desha
      Joseph Desha
      Joseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth Governor of Kentucky. Desha was the first Kentucky governor not to have served in the Revolutionary War. He did, however, serve under William Henry Harrison and "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War, and lost two brothers in battle...

       (DR)

Maryland 

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.. John Campbell
John Campbell (1765–1828)
John Campbell was a United States Representative from Maryland. Born near Port Tobacco, he studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced...

 (F). Archibald Van Horne
Archibald Van Horne
Archibald Van Horne was an American politician.Van Horne was appointed adjutant of the Fourteenth Regiment of the Maryland Militia on April 18, 1798 and was commissioned captain on May 26, 1802. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1801 to 1803 and 1805, and served as speaker...

 (DR). Philip B. Key (F). Roger Nelson (DR), until May 14, 1810
    • Samuel Ringgold (DR), from October 15, 1810. Alexander McKim
      Alexander McKim
      Alexander McKim was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.-Biography:Born in Brandywine, Delaware, McKim pursued an academic course. He later moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1778...

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

       (DR). John Brown
      John Brown (Maryland)
      John Brown was an American Congressman from the seventh district of Maryland.Brown's birth date and location are unknown, but he served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1807 to 1808 and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eleventh Congress in 1809...

       (DR), until sometime in 1810
    • Robert Wright
      Robert Wright (politician)
      Robert Wright was an American politician.Wright was born at Narborough, near Chestertown, Maryland, attended the common schools, and the Kent Free School of Chestertown. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1773, and commenced practice in Chestertown...

       (DR), from November 29, 1810. Charles Goldsborough
      Charles Goldsborough
      Charles Goldsborough served as the 16th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States in 1819.Goldsborough was born at "Hunting Creek", near Cambridge, Maryland, and pursued an academic course. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784 and began to study law...

       (F)

Massachusetts 

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

 (F). Benjamin Pickman, Jr.
Benjamin Pickman, Jr.
Benjamin Pickman, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Pickman was born in Salem, Massachusetts, a descendant of Benjamin Pickman, an Englishman from Bristol. Benjamin Pickman, Jr. graduated from Harvard University in 1784 after having attended Dummer Academy...

 (F). Edward St. Loe Livermore
Edward St. Loe Livermore
Edward St. Loe Livermore, son of Samuel Livermore and brother of Arthur Livermore), was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on April 5, 1762...

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

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

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

 (F). William Baylies
William Baylies
William Baylies was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of Francis Baylies.Born in Dighton, Massachusetts, Baylies was graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1795 where he studied law...

 (F), until June 28, 1809
    • Charles Turner, Jr.
      Charles Turner, Jr.
      Charles Turner, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Turner received a common-school education at Duxbury and Scituate, Massachusetts. He was commissioned an adjutant in the Massachusetts State Militia in 1787...

       (DR), from June 28, 1809. Gideon Gardner
      Gideon Gardner
      Gideon Gardner was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Gardner received a limited schooling.Gardner was a successful ship master, and later became a shipowner....

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

       (F). Jabez Upham
      Jabez Upham
      Jabez Upham was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of George Baxter Upham, and cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham.Born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, Upham graduated from Harvard University in 1785....

       (F), until sometime in 1810
    • Joseph Allen
      Joseph Allen (congressman)
      Joseph Allen was a member of the eleventh United States Congress from .He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1774. He worked in a business in Leicester, Massachusetts, in 1774, moving to Worcester, Massachusetts in 1776...

       (F), from October 8, 1810. William Stedman
      William Stedman
      William Stedman was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Stedman was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1784. After this he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1787 and practiced in Lancaster, Charlestown, and Worcester. He was appointed...

       (F), until July 16, 1810
    • Abijah Bigelow
      Abijah Bigelow
      Abijah Bigelow was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Westminster, Massachusetts, the son of Elisha and Sarah Bigelow, Abijah Bigelow studied at Leicester Academy and New Ipswich Academy at New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in...

       (F), from October 8, 1810. Ezekiel Bacon
      Ezekiel Bacon
      Ezekiel Bacon was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York.-Life:...

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

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

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

       (F). Orchard Cook
      Orchard Cook
      Orchard Cook was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Cook attended the public schools, and engaged in mercantile pursuits....

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

       (DR)

New Hampshire 

. Daniel Blaisdell
Daniel Blaisdell
Daniel Blaisdell was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts and attended the public schools there. He served in the American Revolutionary War from August 1776 to August 1777...

 (F). John C. Chamberlain (F). William Hale
William Hale (politician)
William Hale was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Hale attended the public schools. He was a merchant and shipowner...

 (F). Nathaniel A. Haven (F). James Wilson
James Wilson I (New Hampshire)
James Wilson was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, father of James Wilson .Born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Wilson attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1789. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1792, commencing practice...

 (F)

New Jersey 

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

 (DR). James Cox
James Cox (Representative)
James Cox was a member of the United States House of Representatives in the 11th Congress.He was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on 16 October 1753, the son of Judge Joseph and Mary Cox...

 (DR), until September 12, 1810
    • John A. Scudder
      John A. Scudder
      John Anderson Scudder was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Born in Freehold, New Jersey, Scudder completed preparatory studies, and graduated from Princeton College in 1775....

       (DR), from October 31, 1810. William Helms
      William Helms
      William Helms was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Sussex County, he served during the Revolutionary War as second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain, and was brevetted major on September 30, 1783...

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

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

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

       (DR)

New York 

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

 (DR). William Denning
William Denning
William Denning was a United States Representative from New York. Born probably in St. John's, Newfoundland in April 1740, he moved to New York City in early youth and engaged in mercantile pursuits...

 (DR), resigned
    • Samuel L. Mitchill
      Samuel Latham Mitchill
      Samuel Latham Mitchill was an American physician, naturalist, and politician from New York. He was born in Hempstead, New York...

       (DR), from December 4, 1810. Gurdon S. Mumford
      Gurdon S. Mumford
      Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford was a United States Representative from New York.Born in New London, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and was a private secretary to Benjamin Franklin during the latter part of his official residence in Paris. He returned with Franklin to America in 1785 and...

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

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

       (F). Barent Gardenier
      Barent Gardenier
      Barent Gardenier was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a United States Representative from 1807 to 1811.-Life:...

       (F). Herman Knickerbocker
      Herman Knickerbocker
      Herman Knickerbocker was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Albany, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced practice in Albany...

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

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

       (F). John Nicholson
      John Nicholson (New York)
      John Nicholson was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Herkimer, he received a limited education, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and practiced. He held various local offices and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eleventh Congress, holding office from March...

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

       (F). Erastus Root
      Erastus Root
      Erastus Root was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1793 and became a teacher...

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

       (DR). Vincent Mathews
      Vincent Mathews
      Vincent Mathews was a United States Representative from New York. Born at "Matthew's Field," near Newburgh, Orange County, he pursued an academic course in Noah Webster's School at Goshen and at the academy at Hackensack, New Jersey...

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

       (DR)


North Carolina 

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

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

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

 (DR). John Stanly
John Stanly
John Stanly was a Federalist U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1801 and 1803 and again between 1809 and 1811. He was the father of Edward Stanly....

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

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

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

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

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

 (DR)

Pennsylvania 

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

 (DR). John Porter
John Porter (politician)
John Porter was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from December 8, 1806, to March 4, 1811. He was born in Pennsylvania, but his birth date is unknown. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Michael Leib...

 (DR). Benjamin Say
Benjamin Say
Benjamin Say was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Benjamin Say was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1780 and practiced in that city. He also worked as an apothecary...

 (DR), until sometime in June 1810
    • Adam Seybert
      Adam Seybert
      Adam Seybert represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from October 10, 1809, to March 3, 1815....

       (DR), from October 10, 1809. Robert Brown
      Robert Brown (Pennsylvania)
      Robert Brown was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Weaversville, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools and was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade...

       (DR). William Milnor
      William Milnor
      William Milnor was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia....

       (F). John Ross
      John Ross (representative)
      John Ross , was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from Pennsylvania....

       (DR). Daniel Hiester
      Daniel Hiester the younger
      Daniel Hiester was an American political leader from Pennsylvania.Daniel was a member of the Hiester Family political dynasty. He was the son ofJohn Hiester and nephew of U.S. Rep. Daniel Hiester and Gabriel Hiester....

       (DR). Robert Jenkins
      Robert Jenkins (Pennsylvania)
      Robert Jenkins was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Jenkins was born in Windsor Forges, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the select school of Dr. Robert Smith of Pequea...

       (F). Matthias Richards
      Matthias Richards
      Matthias Richards was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:...

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

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

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

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

       (DR). John Rea
      John Rea (politician)
      John Rea was an early 19th century American politician. Rea was born at "Rea’s Mansion," near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania...

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

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

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

       (DR). Samuel Smith
      Samuel Smith (Pennsylvania)
      Samuel Smith was an early 19th century member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district.Smith was a Democratic-Republican who served as an associate judge of Erie County, Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1805...

       (DR)

Rhode Island 

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

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

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

 (F)

South Carolina 

. Robert Marion
Robert Marion
Robert Marion was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born 1766 in Berkeley District, South Carolina, Marion pursued an academic course, and was graduated from the University of the State of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784.He owned and managed plantation at Belle Isle, South...

 (DR), until October 4, 1810
    • Langdon Cheves
      Langdon Cheves
      Langdon Cheves was an American politician and a president of the Second Bank of the United States.Cheves was born at Rocky River, South Carolina and died in Columbia, South Carolina. His father, Alexander, was a native of Scotland; his mother, Mary Langdon, was from Virginia...

       (DR), from December 31, 1810. William Butler, Sr. (DR). Robert Witherspoon
      Robert Witherspoon
      Robert Witherspoon was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, great-great-grandfather of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill....

       (DR). John Taylor (DR), until December 30, 1810, vacant thereafter. Richard Winn
      Richard Winn
      Richard Winn was an American merchant, surveyor, and politician from Winnsboro, South Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he was an officer in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment. After the regiment was captured at Charleston, he served in a militia partisan unit under Thomas Sumter...

       (DR). Joseph Calhoun
      Joseph Calhoun
      Joseph Calhoun was a Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives...

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

       (DR). Lemuel J. Alston
      Lemuel J. Alston
      Lemuel James Alston was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in the eastern part of Granville County, North Carolina, Alston moved to South Carolina after the Revolutionary War and settled near Greens Mill, which soon became the town of Greenville, South Carolina. He studied law and was...

       (DR)

Tennessee 

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

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

 (DR). Pleasant M. Miller
Pleasant Moorman Miller
Pleasant Moorman Miller, born in Lynchburg, Virginia, was an American politician that represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He moved to Rogersville, Tennessee in 1796, and from Rogersville to Knoxville in 1800. He served as one of the commissioners for the government...

 (DR). Robert Weakley
Robert Weakley
Robert Weakley Robert Weakley Robert Weakley ( -1845 was an American politician and a representative of Tennessee of the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:He was born in Halifax County, Virginia on July 20, 1764, and he attended schools in Princeton, New Jersey...

 (DR)

Vermont 

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

 (DR). Jonathan H. Hubbard (F). William Chamberlain
William Chamberlain (politician)
William Chamberlain was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and attended the common schools there. He moved with his father to Loudon, New Hampshire in 1774. He served as a sergeant during the American Revolutionary War and later engaged in land...

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

 (F)

Virginia 

. John G. Jackson
John G. Jackson (politician)
John George Jackson was a U.S. Representative and federal judge from Virginia, the son of George Jackson, brother of Edward B...

 (DR), until September 28, 1810
    • William McKinley (DR), from December 21, 1810. James Stephenson
      James Stephenson (congressman)
      James Stephenson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Stephenson moved to Martinsburg, Virginia .Volunteer rifleman under General St...

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

       (DR). Jacob Swoope
      Jacob Swoope
      Jacob Swoope was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Swoope attended the common schools as a child. He moved to Staunton, Virginia in 1789 and held several local offices before being elected the first mayor of Staunton under the new...

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

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

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

       (F). Walter Jones (DR). John Love
      John Love (congressman)
      John Love was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Growing up, Love pursued in an academic course, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1801, commencing practice in Alexandria, Virginia...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

       (DR). Wilson C. Nicholas
      Wilson Cary Nicholas
      Wilson Cary Nicholas was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1799 to 1804 and was the 19th Governor of Virginia from 1814 to 1816....

       (DR), until November 27, 1809
    • David S. Garland
      David S. Garland
      David Shepherd Garland was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near New Glasgow , Amherst County, Virginia, Garland pursued an academic course. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Virginia. He served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates during the...

       (DR), from January 17, 1810. John Clopton
      John Clopton
      John Clopton was a United States Representative from Virginia. Born in St. Peter's Parish , his father was William Clopton and his mother was Elizabeth Dorrell Ford , he graduated from the College of Philadelphia in 1776...

       (DR)

Non-voting members

. 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...

, from November 27, 1809. George Poindexter
George Poindexter
George Poindexter was an American politician, lawyer and judge from Mississippi.-Background:Poindexter was born in Louisa County, Virginia and was of Huguenot ancestry. He was orphaned early in life and had a sporadic education growing up...

. Julien De L. Poydras
Julien de Lallande Poydras
Julien de Lallande Poydras was a French-American politician who served as Delegate from the Territory of Orleans to the United States House of Representatives....



Changes in membership

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

Senate

There were 8 resignations, 2 deaths, 1 interim appointment, and 1 vacancy from before this Congress.
|-
| Ohio
(3)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Edward Tiffin
Edward Tiffin
Edward Tiffin was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio, and first Governor of the state.-Biography:Sources indicate that he was born in Carlisle; however he may have been born in or near Workington — also in the then county of Cumberland, England...

 (DR) resigned at the end of the previous Congress
| | Stanley Griswold
Stanley Griswold
Stanley Griswold was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Born in Torrington, Connecticut, Griswold served in the militia during the Revolutionary War. After graduating from Yale College in 1786, he taught for a time in Norwich, and began studying Theology in...

 (DR)
| Seated May 18, 1809
|-
| New Jersey
(2)
| | Aaron Kitchell
Aaron Kitchell
Aaron Kitchell was a blacksmith and politician from Hanover Township, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 12, 1809
| | John Condit
John Condit
John Condit was a United States Representative and a United States Senator from New Jersey and father of United States Representative Silas Condit....

 (DR)
| Seated March 21, 1809
|-
| Tennessee
(2)
| | Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith (surveyor)
Daniel Smith was a surveyor, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and twice a United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 31, 1809
| | Jenkin Whiteside
Jenkin Whiteside
Jenkin Whiteside was an attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:Whiteside was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania he studied the law and was admitted to the bar there...

 (DR)
| Seated April 11, 1809
|-
| Rhode Island
(1)
| | Francis Malbone
Francis Malbone
Francis Malbone was an American merchant from Newport, Rhode Island. He represented Rhode Island in the U.S. House from 1793 until 1797 and served briefly in the United States Senate in 1809....

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 4, 1809
| | Christopher G. Champlin
Christopher G. Champlin
Christopher Grant Champlin was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Newport, he completed preparatory studies, was graduated from Harvard College in 1786, and continued his studies at the College of St. Omer in France.Champlin was elected as a Federalist to the...

 (F)
| Seated June 26, 1809
|-
| Delaware
(1)
| | Samuel White (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 4, 1809
| | Outerbridge Horsey
Outerbridge Horsey
-Outerbridge Horsey I:Nathanial Horsey married Martha Outerbridge in Accomack, Virginia. Among their children was Outerbridge Horsey who was born in 1715. He married Mary Dixon and had a son William Horsey...

 (F)
| Seated January 12, 1810
|-
| Georgia
(3)
| | John Milledge (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 14, 1809
| | Charles Tait
Charles Tait
Charles Tait was an American politician. A Democratic Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Georgia and later as a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

 (DR)
| Seated November 27, 1809
|-
| Ohio
(3)
| | Stanley Griswold
Stanley Griswold
Stanley Griswold was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Born in Torrington, Connecticut, Griswold served in the militia during the Revolutionary War. After graduating from Yale College in 1786, he taught for a time in Norwich, and began studying Theology in...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor chosen December 11, 1809
| | Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell (American politician)
Alexander Campbell was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.Born in Frederick County, Virginia, Campbell moved to eastern Tennessee and then to Kentucky with his parents. After studying medicine at Transylvania University, Campbell moved to Ohio in...

 (DR)
| Seated December 11, 1809
|-
| Kentucky
(2)
| | Buckner Thruston
Buckner Thruston
Buckner Thruston was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Senator from Kentucky, and later a long-serving a United States federal judge.-Early life, education, and career:...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Appointed judge of the US District Court of the District of Columbia
United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
The United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia is a former United States federal court, which existed from 1801 to 1863.-History:...

 December 18, 1809
| | Henry Clay
Henry Clay
Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...

 (DR)
| Seated November 4, 1810
|-
| New Hampshire
(3)
| | Nahum Parker
Nahum Parker
Nahum Parker was a United States Senator from New Hampshire.Parker was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. During the Revolutionary War he served in the Continental Army at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 1, 1810
| | Charles Cutts
Charles Cutts
Charles Cutts was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, he graduated from Harvard University in 1789, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1795, and practiced...

 (DR)
| Seated June 21, 1810
|-
| Connecticut
(1)
| | James Hillhouse
James Hillhouse
James Hillhouse was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House and Senate...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 10, 1810
| | Samuel W. Dana
Samuel W. Dana
Samuel Whittlesey Dana was an American lawyer and politician from Middletown, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate....

 (F)
| Seated December 4, 1810
|-
| Ohio
(1)
| | Return J. Meigs, Jr.
Return J. Meigs, Jr.
Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the fourth Governor of Ohio, fifth United States Postmaster General, and as a U.S. Senator.-Biography:...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on or before December 10, 1810 to become Governor of Ohio
| | Thomas Worthington (DR)
| Seated December 15, 1810
|-
| South Carolina
(2)
| | Thomas Sumter
Thomas Sumter
Thomas Sumter nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock" , was a hero of the American Revolution and went on to become a longtime member of the Congress of the United States.-Early life:Thomas Sumter was born near Charlottesville in Hanover County, Virginia in 1734...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 16, 1810
| | John Taylor (DR)
| Seated December 31, 1810
|}

House of Representatives

Of the voting members, there were 12 resignations, 1 death, and 1 change due to a contested election.
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | failure to elect
| 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...


| Seated November 27, 1809
|-
|
| | Benjamin Say
Benjamin Say
Benjamin Say was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Benjamin Say was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1780 and practiced in that city. He also worked as an apothecary...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June, 1809
| | Adam Seybert
Adam Seybert
Adam Seybert represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from October 10, 1809, to March 3, 1815....

 (DR)
| Seated October 10, 1809
|-
|
| | William Baylies
William Baylies
William Baylies was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of Francis Baylies.Born in Dighton, Massachusetts, Baylies was graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1795 where he studied law...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election June 28, 1809
| | Charles Turner, Jr.
Charles Turner, Jr.
Charles Turner, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Turner received a common-school education at Duxbury and Scituate, Massachusetts. He was commissioned an adjutant in the Massachusetts State Militia in 1787...

 (DR)
| June 28, 1809
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| | Wilson C. Nicholas
Wilson Cary Nicholas
Wilson Cary Nicholas was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1799 to 1804 and was the 19th Governor of Virginia from 1814 to 1816....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 27, 1809
| | David S. Garland
David S. Garland
David Shepherd Garland was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near New Glasgow , Amherst County, Virginia, Garland pursued an academic course. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Virginia. He served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates during the...

 (DR)
| Seated January 17, 1810
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| | John Brown
John Brown (Maryland)
John Brown was an American Congressman from the seventh district of Maryland.Brown's birth date and location are unknown, but he served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1807 to 1808 and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eleventh Congress in 1809...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1810
| | Robert Wright
Robert Wright (politician)
Robert Wright was an American politician.Wright was born at Narborough, near Chestertown, Maryland, attended the common schools, and the Kent Free School of Chestertown. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1773, and commenced practice in Chestertown...

 (DR)
| Seated November 29, 1810
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| | Jabez Upham
Jabez Upham
Jabez Upham was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of George Baxter Upham, and cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham.Born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, Upham graduated from Harvard University in 1785....

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1810
| | Joseph Allen
Joseph Allen (congressman)
Joseph Allen was a member of the eleventh United States Congress from .He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1774. He worked in a business in Leicester, Massachusetts, in 1774, moving to Worcester, Massachusetts in 1776...

 (F)
| October 8, 1810
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| | William Denning
William Denning
William Denning was a United States Representative from New York. Born probably in St. John's, Newfoundland in April 1740, he moved to New York City in early youth and engaged in mercantile pursuits...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1810
| | Samuel L. Mitchill
Samuel Latham Mitchill
Samuel Latham Mitchill was an American physician, naturalist, and politician from New York. He was born in Hempstead, New York...

 (DR)
| December 4, 1810
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| | Benjamin Howard
Benjamin Howard (Missouri)
Benjamin Howard was a Congressman from Kentucky, governor of Missouri Territory and a brigadier general in the War of 1812....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 10, 1810 after becoming Governor of Louisiana Territory
Louisiana Territory
The Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed to Missouri Territory...


| | William T. Barry
William T. Barry
William Taylor Barry was an American statesman and jurist.-History:Born near Lunenburg, Virginia, he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1796 with his parents John Barry, an American Revolutionary War veteran, and Susannah Barry...

 (DR)
| Seated August 8, 1810
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| | Samuel W. Dana
Samuel W. Dana
Samuel Whittlesey Dana was an American lawyer and politician from Middletown, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate....

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 10, 1810 after being elected to US Senate
| | Ebenezer Huntington
Ebenezer Huntington
Ebenezer Huntington was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He pursued academic studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1775. He served as a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, first in the Lexington alarm in April 1775 and later...

 (F)
| October 11, 1810
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| | Roger Nelson (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 14, 1810
| | Samuel Ringgold (DR)
| Seated October 15, 1810
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| | William Stedman
William Stedman
William Stedman was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Stedman was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1784. After this he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1787 and practiced in Lancaster, Charlestown, and Worcester. He was appointed...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 16, 1810
| | Abijah Bigelow
Abijah Bigelow
Abijah Bigelow was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Westminster, Massachusetts, the son of Elisha and Sarah Bigelow, Abijah Bigelow studied at Leicester Academy and New Ipswich Academy at New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in...

 (F)
| October 8, 1810
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| | James Cox
James Cox (Representative)
James Cox was a member of the United States House of Representatives in the 11th Congress.He was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on 16 October 1753, the son of Judge Joseph and Mary Cox...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 12, 1810
| | John A. Scudder
John A. Scudder
John Anderson Scudder was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Born in Freehold, New Jersey, Scudder completed preparatory studies, and graduated from Princeton College in 1775....

 (DR)
| Seated October 31, 1810
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| | John G. Jackson
John G. Jackson (politician)
John George Jackson was a U.S. Representative and federal judge from Virginia, the son of George Jackson, brother of Edward B...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 28, 1810
| | William McKinley
William McKinley (Virginia)
William McKinley was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Virginia, McKinley completed preparatory studies...

 (DR)
| Seated December 21, 1810
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| | Robert Marion
Robert Marion
Robert Marion was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born 1766 in Berkeley District, South Carolina, Marion pursued an academic course, and was graduated from the University of the State of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784.He owned and managed plantation at Belle Isle, South...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 4, 1810
| | Langdon Cheves
Langdon Cheves
Langdon Cheves was an American politician and a president of the Second Bank of the United States.Cheves was born at Rocky River, South Carolina and died in Columbia, South Carolina. His father, Alexander, was a native of Scotland; his mother, Mary Langdon, was from Virginia...

 (DR)
| Seated December 31, 1810
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| | John Taylor (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1810 after becoming US Senator
| Vacant
| Not filled for remainder of term
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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...

    :
    • James J. Wilmer, Episcopalian
    • Obadiah B. Brown, 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 5, 1809
    • Walter D. Addison, Episcopalian, elected December 12, 1810
  • Secretary
    Secretary of the United States Senate
    The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...

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

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

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


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...

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

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

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

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

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

    : Thomas Dunn

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