16th United States Congress
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House of Representatives

During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Alabama and one seat was reapportioned from Massachusetts to the new state of Maine. For the beginning of the next congress, six more seats from Massachusetts would be reapportioned to Maine.

Leadership

Senate

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

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

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

    , (DR), until December 26, 1819
    • 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 January 25, 1820

House of Representatives

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

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

     (DR), until October 28, 1820
    • John Taylor
      John W. Taylor (politician)
      John W. Taylor was an early 19th century U.S. politician from New York.-Life:He was born in 1784 in that part of the Town of Ballston, then in Albany County, New York, which was, upon the creation of Saratoga County in 1791, split off to form the Town of Charlton...

      , (DR), elected November 15, 1820

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 1820; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1822; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1824.

Alabama 

  • 3. John W. Walker
    John Williams Walker
    John Williams Walker was an American politician, who served as the Democratic-Republican United States senator from the state of Alabama, the first senator elected by that state....

     (DR), from December 14, 1819
  • 2. William R. King
    William R. King
    William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...

     (DR), from December 14, 1819

Connecticut 

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

     (F)
  • 3. James Lanman
    James Lanman
    James Lanman was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States Senate.-Early life and education:...

     (DR)

Delaware 

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

     (F)
  • 2. Nicholas Van Dyke (F)

Georgia 

  • 3. John Elliott
    John Elliott (Georgia)
    John Elliott was a United States Senator from Georgia, serving from 1819 to 1825.Elliott graduated from Yale University in 1794 and returned to Georgia to practice law...

     (DR)
  • 2. Freeman Walker
    Freeman Walker
    Freeman Walker was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born in Charles City, Virginia, he attended the common schools and, in 1797, moved to Augusta, Georgia. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1803, commencing practice in Augusta...

     (DR), from November 6, 1819

Illinois 

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

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

     (DR)

Indiana 

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

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

     (DR)

Kentucky 

  • 3. William Logan
    William Logan (Kentucky)
    William Logan was a United States Senator from Kentucky.Born within the fort at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Logan spent his early childhood in St. Asaphs Fort, receiving private instruction from his parents and tutors. He moved to Shelby County, Kentucky about 1798. He studied law, was admitted to the...

     (DR), until May 28, 1820
    • Isham Talbot
      Isham Talbot
      Isham Talbot was a United States Senator from Kentucky.Born in Bedford County, Virginia, Isham Talbot Junior moved with his parents to Harrodsburg, Kentucky in about 1784. He was admitted to the bar, and began his legal practice in Versailles, Kentucky...

       (DR), from October 19, 1820
  • 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...

     (DR), from December 10, 1819

Louisiana 

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

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

     (DR)

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...

     (DR), seated June 14, 1820
  • 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,...

     (DR), seated June 13, 1820

Maryland 

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

     (F), until April 23, 1819
    • William Pinkney
      William Pinkney
      William Pinkney was an American statesman and diplomat, and the seventh U.S. Attorney General.-Biography:Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Pinkney studied medicine and law, becoming a lawyer after his admission to the bar in 1786...

       (DR), from December 21, 1819
  • 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...

     (DR)

Massachusetts 

  • 2. Harrison Gray Otis
    Harrison Gray Otis (lawyer)
    Harrison Gray Otis , was a businessman, lawyer, and politician, becoming one of the most important leaders of the United States' first political party, the Federalists...

     (F)
  • 1. Prentiss Mellen
    Prentiss Mellen
    Prentiss Mellen was a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Sterling, Massachusetts to Rev. John and Rebecca Mellen...

     (F), until May 15, 1820
    • Elijah H. Mills
      Elijah H. Mills
      Elijah Hunt Mills was an American politician from Massachusetts.Mills was born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from Williams College in 1797. Mills studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Northampton, Massachusetts...

       (F), from June 12, 1820

Mississippi 

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

     (DR), until May 15, 1820
    • 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:...

       (DR), from August 30, 1820
  • 2. Thomas H. Williams
    Thomas Hill Williams
    Thomas Hill Williams was a senator from Mississippi. Born in North Carolina, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was register of the land office for the Territory of Mississippi in 1805, secretary of the Territory in 1805, and Acting Governor in...

     (DR)

New Hampshire 

  • 2. David L. Morril
    David L. Morril
    David Lawrence Morril graduated from Dartmouth College and later received his law degree from the University of Vermont. He was an American physician and clergyman and lived for a time in Goffstown, New Hampshire. He served as a U.S...

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

     (DR)

New Jersey 

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

     (DR), until January 8, 1821
    • Samuel L. Southard
      Samuel L. Southard
      Samuel Lewis Southard was a prominent U.S. statesman of the early 19th century, serving as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and the 10th Governor of New Jersey.-History:...

       (DR), from January 26, 1821
  • 2. Mahlon Dickerson
    Mahlon Dickerson
    Mahlon Dickerson was an American judge and politician. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as well as United States Senator from that state. He was twice appointed Secretary of the Navy - under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren...

     (DR)

New York 

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

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

     (DR)

North Carolina 

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

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

     (DR)

Ohio 

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

     (DR)
  • 3. William A. Trimble
    William A. Trimble
    William Allen Trimble was a National Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.Born in Woodford, Kentucky the son of James and Jane Allen Trimble, Trimble attended Transylvania College. He briefly practiced law in Highland County, Ohio in 1811-1812...

     (DR)

Pennsylvania 

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

     (DR)
  • 3. 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...

     (DR)

Rhode Island 

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

     (F), until December 25, 1820
    • 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...

       (DR), from January 9, 1821

South Carolina 

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

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

     (DR)

Tennessee 

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

     (DR)
  • 1. John H. Eaton (DR)

Vermont 

  • 1. Isaac Tichenor
    Isaac Tichenor
    Isaac Tichenor was the third and fifth Governor of Vermont and also served as a jurist and a United States Senator.Tichenor was born in Newark, New Jersey...

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

     (DR)

Virginia 

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

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

     (DR), until December 4, 1819
    • James Pleasants
      James Pleasants
      James Pleasants, Jr. was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822 and was the 22nd Governor of Virginia from 1822 to 1825. Pleasants was born at “Cold Comfort,” in Powhatan County, Virginia, October 24, 1769. He pursued classical studies and graduated from the College...

       (DR), from December 10, 1819


House of Representatives

Alabama 

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

 (DR), from December 14, 1819

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...

.. 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...

 (DR). Samuel A. Foot
Samuel A. Foot
Samuel Augustus Foot was the 28th Governor of Connecticut as well as a United States Representative and Senator. Born in Cheshire, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1797, and attended the Litchfield Law School...

e (DR). 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...

 (DR). 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...

 (DR). John Russ
John Russ
John Russ was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He completed his preparatory studies and then moved to Hartford, Connecticut where he engaged in mercantile pursuits.Russ was elected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses...

 (DR). James Stevens
James Stevens (Connecticut)
James Stevens was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in that part of Stamford which is now the town of New Canaan, Connecticut, Stevens studied law....

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

 (DR)

Delaware 

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

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

 (DR), until January 22, 1821, vacant thereafter. Louis McLane
Louis McLane
Louis McLane was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from Delaware, U.S. Senator...

 (F)

Georgia 

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

.. Joel Abbot
Joel Abbot (politician)
Joel Abbot was a United States Representative from Georgia. He practiced as a physician.Born in Ridgefield, Connecticut on March 17, 1776, Abbott moved to Washington, Georgia, in 1826 and practiced medicine. He was member of the Washington, Georgia city council...

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

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

 (DR). John A. Cuthbert
John Alfred Cuthbert
John Alfred Cuthbert was an American politician, soldier and lawyer. He was the brother of Alfred Cuthbert.-Biography:...

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

 (DR). William Terrell
William Terrell
William Terrell was a United States Representative from Georgia. Born in Fairfax County, Virginia, he moved with his parents to Georgia, and pursued classical studies. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine at Philadelphia and commenced practice in Sparta, Georgia...

 (DR)

Illinois 

. 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...

 (DR)

Kentucky 

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

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

 (DR). William Brown
William Brown (congressman)
William Brown was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Frederick County, Virginia, Brown attended the common schools. He moved with his father to Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1784 and to Cynthiana, Kentucky, about 1795. Brown studied law and was admitted to the bar...

 (DR). 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...

 (DR). Alney McLean
Alney McLean
Alney McLean was a United States Representative from Kentucky. McLean County, Kentucky is named in his honor.-Early life:...

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

 (DR), until March 1, 1820
    • 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....

       (DR), from November 13, 1820. George Robertson
      George Robertson (congressman)
      George Robertson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life:Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Robertson pursued preparatory studies and attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, until 1806...

       (DR). Richard C. Anderson, Jr. (DR). Tunstal Quarles
      Tunstal Quarles
      Tunstall Quarles was a United States lawyer and politician, as well as one of the pioneer settlers of Somerset, Kentucky in Pulaski County....

       (DR), until June 15, 1820
    • Thomas Montgomery
      Thomas Montgomery
      Thomas Montgomery was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in what is now Nelson County, Virginia, Montgomery received a thorough English training.He studied law....

       (DR), from November 13, 1820. Benjamin Hardin
      Benjamin Hardin
      Benjamin Hardin was a United States Representative from Kentucky. Martin Davis Hardin was his cousin. He was born at the Georges Creek settlement on the Monongahela River, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and then moved with his parents to Washington County, Kentucky in 1788...

       (DR)

Louisiana 

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

 (DR)

Maine 

. Joseph Dane
Joseph Dane
Joseph Dane was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts on October 25, 1778. He received his early education in Beverly, attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard University in 1799....

 (F), seated November 6, 1820

Maryland 

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.. Raphael Neale
Raphael Neale
Raphael Neale was an American politician. Born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, Neale resided in Leonardtown and received a limited education. He was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, and reelected as an Adams-Clay Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress, serving...

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

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

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

 (DR). Stevenson Archer
Stevenson Archer (1786-1848)
Stevenson Archer was a United States Representative from Maryland, representing the sixth district from 1811 to 1817, and the seventh district from 1819 to 1821. His son Stevenson Archer and father John Archer were also U.S...

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

 (DR). Thomas Bayly (F)

Massachusetts 

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

 (F), until May 15, 1820
    • Benjamin Gorham
      Benjamin Gorham
      Benjamin Gorham was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.He was the son of Nathaniel Gorham, who served as one of the Presidents of the Continental Congress. Benjamin was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He pursued preparatory studies, graduated from Harvard University in 1795, and studied...

       (DR), from November 27, 1820. Nathaniel Silsbee
      Nathaniel Silsbee
      Nathanial Silsbee was an American politician from Massachusetts.Silsbee was born in Salem, Massachusetts to Capt. Nathanial Silsbee and Sarah Beckett...

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

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

       (DR). 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....

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

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

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

       (DR), until July 26, 1820
    • 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...

       (DR), from December 18, 1820. Walter Folger, Jr.
      Walter Folger, Jr.
      Walter Folger, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Nantucket, Folger attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced...

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

       (DR). Benjamin Adams (F). Jonas Kendall
      Jonas Kendall
      Jonas Kendall was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, father of Joseph Gowing Kendall.Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, Kendall pursued an academic course....

       (F). Edward Dowse
      Edward Dowse
      Edward Dowse was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Charlestown, Dowse moved to Dedham. After the Revolution, he became a shipmaster and engaged in the East Indian and China carrying trade....

       (DR), until May 26, 1820
    • William Eustis
      William Eustis
      William Eustis was an early American statesman.He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and studied at the Boston Latin School before he entered Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1772. He studied medicine under Dr. Joseph Warren and helped care for the wounded at the Battle of Bunker...

       (DR), from November 13, 1820. John Holmes
      John Holmes (U.S. politician)
      John Holmes was an American politician. Holmes, a National Republican, served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and was one of the first two U.S. Senators from Maine. Holmes was noted for his involvement in the Treaty of Ghent.-Early life and education:Holmes was born in Kingston,...

       (DR), until March 15, 1820, vacant thereafter. 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). Mark L. Hill (DR). Martin Kinsley
      Martin Kinsley
      Martin Kinsley was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Kinsley graduated from Harvard College in 1778. He studied medicine. He became a purveyor of supplies in the Revolutionary Army....

       (DR). James Parker
      James Parker (Massachusetts)
      James Parker was an American politician. He represented Massachusetts's and districts in the United States House of Representatives, from 1813 to 1815, and 1819 to 1821 elected as a Democratic-Republican. He also served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate. Parker died in Gardiner, Maine on...

       (DR). Joshua Cushman
      Joshua Cushman
      Joshua Cushman was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine. Born in Halifax, Massachusetts, Cushman served in the Continental Army from April 1, 1777, until March 1780. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1787, studied theology, was ordained to the ministry and licensed...

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

       (DR)

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...

 (DR)

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...

.. Joseph Buffum, Jr.
Joseph Buffum, Jr.
Joseph Buffum, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and attended the public schools and the local academy. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806...

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

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

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

 (DR). William Plumer, Jr.
William Plumer, Jr.
William Plumer, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, son of William Plumer.Born in Epping, Plumer attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1809, and started his career as a lawyer in private practice...

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

 (DR)

New Jersey 

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

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

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

 (DR). 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), until November 4, 1819
    • Charles Kinsey
      Charles Kinsey
      Charles Kinsey was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Kinsey was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1773. He attended the common schools, and in early life engaged in the manufacture of paper...

       (DR), from February 16, 1820. John Linn (DR), until January 5, 1821, vacant thereafter. Bernard Smith
      Bernard Smith (New Jersey)
      Bernard Smith, was a Representative from New Jersey.He was born in Morristown, New Jersey. After completing preparatory studies he was collector of customs in 1809 and 1810. He was postmaster of New Brunswick 1810-1819....

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

       (DR)

New York 

There were six plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th, 20th & 21st, each had two representatives.. James Guyon, Jr.
James Guyon, Jr.
James Guyon, Jr. was an American politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of James Guyon and Susannah Guyon. The Guyon family was of French Protestant descent...

 (DR), from January 14, 1820. 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....

 (F). Henry Meigs
Henry Meigs
Henry Meigs was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Josiah Meigs and Clara Meigs, Meigs attended the common schools.He was graduated from Yale College in 1799....

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

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

 (DR). Randall S. Street
Randall S. Street
Randall S. Street was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (F). 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....

 (F). Walter Case
Walter Case
Walter Case was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (DR). Jacob H. De Witt
Jacob H. De Witt
Jacob Hasbrouck De Witt was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Marbletown, New York, De Witt attended the rural schools and Kingston Academy.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (DR). Robert Clark
Robert Clark (US politician)
Robert Clark was a United States Representative from New York.Clark was born in Washington County, New York, six months after his family arrived after emigrating from the Scottish Lowlands. His father died when he was age thirteen. He was tutored privately and then studied medicine in the office...

 (DR). Solomon Van Rensselaer
Solomon Van Rensselaer
Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer was a United States Representative from the state of New York, a lieutenant colonel during the War of 1812, and postmaster of Albany. He was the son of Gen...

 (F). John D. Dickinson
John D. Dickinson
John Dean Dickinson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Dickinson completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1785.He moved to Lansingburgh, New York, in 1790....

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

 (DR). Ezra C. Gross
Ezra C. Gross
Ezra Carter Gross was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (DR). Nathaniel Pitcher
Nathaniel Pitcher
Nathaniel Pitcher was an American lawyer and politician who served as the eighth Governor of New York from February 11 to December 31, 1828....

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

 (DR). John Fay
John Fay
John Fay was an American politician from New York.-Life:Fay attended the common schools for a period of only six months...

 (DR). Joseph S. Lyman
Joseph S. Lyman
Joseph Stebbins Lyman was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Northfield, Massachusetts, Lyman attended the common schools. He was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1806. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cooperstown, New...

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

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

 (F). Aaron Hackley, Jr.
Aaron Hackley, Jr.
Aaron Hackley, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Wallingford, Connecticut, Hackley attended the public schools, and graduated from Williams College in 1805. He moved to Herkimer, New York....

 (DR). William D. Ford
William Donnison Ford
William Donnison Ford was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (DR). George Hall
George Hall (New York)
George Hall was a United States Representative from New York.Hall was born in Cheshire, Connecticut on May 12, 1770, he attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Onondaga County, New York...

 (DR). Caleb Baker
Caleb Baker
Caleb Baker was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Baker moved to New York in 1790 and resided in the towns of Chemung, Ashland, and Newtown , Tioga County, from 1790 to 1836, and in Southport, Chemung County, from 1836 until his death...

 (DR). Jonathan Richmond
Jonathan Richmond
Jonathan Richmond was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Richmond completed preparatory studies and moved to western New York in 1813, settling in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York...

 (DR). Nathaniel Allen
Nathaniel Allen
Nathaniel Allen was a United States Representative from New York.Allen was born in what is now East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York before the town was established. He worked as a blacksmith before becoming postmaster in Honeoye Falls , a militia officer during the War of 1812 and a New...

 (DR). Albert H. Tracy
Albert H. Tracy
Albert Haller Tracy was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-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). Hutchins G. Burton
Hutchins Gordon Burton
Hutchins Gordon Burton was the 22nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1824 to 1827. Some sources indicate that he was not affiliated with any party at the time, although he was associated, according to other sources, with the Federalist Party and later with the National Republican...

 (DR), from December 6, 1819. Thomas H. Hall
Thomas H. Hall
Thomas H. Hall was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Prince George County, Virginia, in June 1773; studied medicine and practiced in Tarboro, North Carolina; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses ;...

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

 (F), until December 20, 1820
    • William S. Blackledge
      William Salter Blackledge
      William Salter Blackledge was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1821 and 1823.Born in Pitt County, North Carolina the son of William Blackledge, who would himself become a Congressman from North Carolina, Blackledge moved to Craven County, North Carolina at an early age, eventually...

       (DR), from February 7, 1821. Charles Hooks
      Charles Hooks
      Charles Hooks was a United States Representative from North Carolina; born in Bertie County, North Carolina, February 20, 1768; when he was two years old his parents moved to Duplin County, North Carolina and settled on a plantation near Kenansville; became a planter; member of the State house of...

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

       (DR). John Culpepper
      John Culpepper
      John Culpepper was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., in 1761; attended the public schools; became a minister in the Baptist Church; presented credentials as a Federalist Member-elect to the Tenth Congress and served from March 4, 1807,...

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

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

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

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

       (F). Felix Walker
      Felix Walker (American politician)
      Felix Walker was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1817 and 1823.Walker was born near the Potomac River in what was then Hampshire County, Virginia, now part of West Virginia...

       (DR). Lewis Williams
      Lewis Williams
      For the Welsh rugby union player see Lewis Williams Lewis Williams was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1815 and 1842....

       (DR)

Ohio 

. Thomas R. Ross
Thomas R. Ross
Thomas Randolph Ross was a United States Representative from Ohio.Born in New Garden Township, Pennsylvania, Ross completed preparatory studies....

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

 (DR). Henry Brush
Henry Brush
Henry Brush was a lawyer, soldier, legislator and farmer.- Early life and legal career :Henry Brush was born in Dutchess County, New York, the youngest son of Lemuel and Mary Brush. Henry completed preparatory studies and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced...

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

 (F). 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....

 (DR)

Pennsylvania 

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

 (F). Thomas Forrest
Thomas Forrest
Thomas Forrest was an American politician. He was member of the 16th Session of the United States Congress, and first chairman of the United States House Committee on Agriculture. He fought in the Continental Army as an artillery officer during the American Revolutionary War.-Career:Forrest was...

 (F). 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...

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

 (F). William Darlington
William Darlington
William Darlington was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Darlington was born in Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He attended Friends School at Birmingham and spent his youth on a farm...

 (DR). Samuel Gross
Samuel Gross (politician)
Samuel Gross was an American farmer and politician who served as Representative from Pennsylvania.Born in Upper Providence Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, he engaged in agricultural pursuits...

 (DR). Jacob Hibshman
Jacob Hibshman
Jacob Hibshman was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jacob Hibshman was born on a farm near Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and a private school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania...

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

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

 (DR). Andrew Boden
Andrew Boden
Andrew Boden was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Andrew Boden was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced and was also engaged in the real estate business....

 (DR). David Fullerton
David Fullerton
David Fullerton was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.David Fullerton was born in the Cumberland Valley, near Greencastle, Pennsylvania. He served in the War of 1812 with the rank of Major...

 (DR), until May 15, 1820
    • Thomas G. McCullough
      Thomas Grubb McCullough
      Thomas Grubb McCullough was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas Grubb McCullough was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the son of Robert and Prudence McCullough. He studied law and was admitted to the Franklin County, Pennsylvania, bar on April 8, 1806...

       (F), from November 13, 1820. Samuel Moore
      Samuel Moore (congressman)
      Samuel Moore was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel Moore was born in Deerfield, New Jersey . He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1791 then worked as an instructor at the university from 1792 to 1794...

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

       (DR). Joseph Hiester
      Joseph Hiester
      Joseph Hiester was the fifth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823. He was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty.-Biography:...

       (DR), until December 1820
    • Daniel Udree
      Daniel Udree
      Daniel Udree was a Democratic-Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

       (DR), from January 8, 1821. Robert Philson
      Robert Philson
      Robert Philson was an Irish-American soldier and politician.Philson was born in County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, and immigrated to Pennsylvania with his uncle John Fletcher. They kept a store in Berlin, Bedford County, Pennsylvania....

       (DR). William P. Maclay
      William Plunkett Maclay
      William Plunkett Maclay was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William P. Maclay was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania...

       (DR). George Denison
      George Denison
      George Denison was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Denison was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He attended the Wilkes-Barre Academy...

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

       (DR). David Marchand
      David Marchand
      This article is about the politician. For the musician, see Davey Havok.David Marchand was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

       (DR). Thomas Patterson (DR). Christian Tarr
      Christian Tarr
      Christian Tarr was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Christian Tarr was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1794 and engaged in agricultural pursuits...

       (DR). Henry Baldwin
      Henry Baldwin (judge)
      Henry Baldwin was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from January 18, 1830, to April 21, 1844.-Biography:...

       (DR). Robert Moore
      Robert Moore (Pennsylvania)
      Robert Moore was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Moore was born on a farm near Washington, Pennsylvania. He attended Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania...

       (DR)

Rhode Island 

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

.. Samuel Eddy
Samuel Eddy
Samuel Eddy was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Johnston, Rhode Island, near Providence, Eddy completed preparatory studies. He graduated from Brown University in 1787. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1790 and practiced a short time in Providence...

 (DR). Nathaniel Hazard
Nathaniel Hazard
Nathaniel Hazard was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Hazard was graduated from Brown University in 1792....

 (DR)

South Carolina 

. Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney (governor)
Charles Pinckney was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution, the 37th Governor of South Carolina, a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives...

 (DR). William Lowndes (DR). James Ervin (DR). James Overstreet
James Overstreet
James Overstreet was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Barnwell Court House, Barnwell District, South Carolina, Overstreet attended the common schools.He studied law....

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

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

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

 (DR). John McCreary
John McCreary
John Mccreary was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Fishing Creek, about eighteen miles from Chester, South Carolina, Mccreary received his schooling from private tutors.He became a surveyor....

 (DR). Joseph Brevard
Joseph Brevard
Joseph Brevard was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Iredell County, North Carolina, Brevard entered the Continental Army when still a boy. He was commissioned lieutenant in the North Carolina Line in 1782 and served throughout the Revolutionary War.He moved to Camden, South...

 (DR)

Tennessee 

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

 (DR). 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...

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

 (DR). 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:...

 (DR). Newton Cannon
Newton Cannon
Newton Cannon was an American politician who was a member of the Tennessee State Senate from 1811 to 1812 and 1829 to 1830, the U.S. House of Representatives from 1814 to 1817 and 1819 to 1823, and Governor of the U.S...

 (DR). Henry H. Bryan
Henry Hunter Bryan
Henry Hunter Bryan was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (DR)

Vermont 

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

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

 (DR). 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...

 (DR). Orsamus C. Merrill (DR), until January 12, 1820
    • Rollin C. Mallary (DR), from January 13, 1820. Charles Rich
      Charles Rich
      Charles Rich was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Warwick, Massachusetts. He received a limited schooling and moved to Shoreham, Vermont in 1787....

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

       (DR). William Strong
      William Strong (1763-1840)
      William Strong was a congressman and judge from Vermont.Strong was born in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1763, and moved with his parents to Hartford, Vermont, the following year. Strong was self-educated and was engaged extensively in land surveying...

       (DR)

Virginia 

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

 (F), until July 26, 1820
  • Edward B. Jackson
    Edward B. Jackson
    Edward Brake Jackson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, son of George Jackson and brother of John G...

     (DR), from November 13, 1820. Thomas Van Swearingen
    Thomas Van Swearingen
    Thomas Van Swearingen was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near Shepherdstown, Virginia , Van Swearingen attended the common schools.He served as member of the State house of delegates 1814-1816....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     (DR), until February 10, 1820
    • Thomas L. Moore (DR), from November 13, 1820. Philip P. Barbour
      Philip Pendleton Barbour
      Philip Pendleton Barbour was a U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the brother of Virginia governor and U.S. Secretary of War James Barbour as well as the first cousin of John S. Barbour and first cousin, once removed of John S...

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

       (DR). Severn E. Parker
      Severn E. Parker
      Severn Eyre Parker was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia, United States.Born near Eastville, Virginia, Parker attended the common schools as a child. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, serving from 1809 to 1821...

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

       (DR), died February 16, 1821, vacant for remainder of term. George Tucker (DR). John Randolph
      John Randolph of Roanoke
      John Randolph , known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives , the Senate , and also as Minister to Russia...

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

       (DR), until December 14, 1819
    • 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....

       (DR), from January 18, 1820. 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...

       (DR). James Jones (DR). James Johnson (DR), until February 1, 1820
    • John C. Gray
      John C. Gray
      John Cowper Gray was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Southampton County, Virginia, Gray pursued an academic course.He served as member of the State house of delegates 1804–1806 and 1821–1823....

       (DR), from November 13, 1820. Thomas Newton, Jr.
      Thomas Newton, Jr.
      Thomas Newton, Jr. was an American politician. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia.Newton was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1796 to 1799. He served as a Democratic-Republican in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1801 to March 9, 1830.-External links:*...

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

       (DR). John Tyler
      John Tyler
      John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor...

       (DR)

Non-voting members

: Vacant until statehood. James W. Bates
James Woodson Bates
James Woodson Bates was an American lawyer and statesman from Sebastian County, Arkansas. He represented the Arkansas Territory as a delegate to the U.S. Congress. He served in 1828 as a judge of the superior court of the territory...

, from December 21, 1819. William Woodbridge
William Woodbridge
William Woodbridge was a U.S. statesman in the states of Ohio and Michigan and in the Michigan Territory prior to statehood...

, until August 9, 1820
    • Solomon Sibley
      Solomon Sibley
      Solomon Sibley was a United States politician and jurist in the Michigan Territory.-Early life: 1769–1815:...

      , from November 20, 1820. John Scott


Senate

There were 5 resignations, 2 deaths, 2 vacancies before the Congress, and 4 new seats. The Democratic-Republicans
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 had an 7 seat net gain and the Federalists
Federalist Party (United States)
The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801...

 had a 1 seat net loss.
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | 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...

 had resigned before the beginning of the Congress.
| | Freeman Walker
Freeman Walker
Freeman Walker was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born in Charles City, Virginia, he attended the common schools and, in 1797, moved to Augusta, Georgia. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1803, commencing practice in Augusta...

 (DR)
| Elected November 6, 1819
|-
| Kentucky
(3)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | John J. Crittenden
John J. Crittenden
John Jordan Crittenden was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison and Millard Fillmore...

 had resigned before the beginning of the Congress.
| | 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)
| Elected December 10, 1819
|-
| Alabama
(2)
| rowspan=4 | New seats
| rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Alabama was admitted to the Union.
| | John W. Walker
John Williams Walker
John Williams Walker was an American politician, who served as the Democratic-Republican United States senator from the state of Alabama, the first senator elected by that state....

 (DR)
| Elected December 14, 1819
|-
| Alabama
(3)
| | William R. King
William R. King
William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...

 (DR)
| Elected December 14, 1819
|-
| Maine
(2)
| rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" |Maine was admitted to the Union.
| | 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,...

 (F)
| Elected June 13, 1820
|-
| Maine
(1)
| | 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...

 (DR)
| Elected June 14, 1820
|-
| Maryland
(1)
| | Alexander C. Hanson
Alexander Contee Hanson
Alexander Contee Hanson was an American lawyer, publisher, and statesman. He represented the third district of Maryland in the U.S. House, and the state of Maryland in the U.S. Senate....

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 23, 1819
| | William Pinkney
William Pinkney
William Pinkney was an American statesman and diplomat, and the seventh U.S. Attorney General.-Biography:Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Pinkney studied medicine and law, becoming a lawyer after his admission to the bar in 1786...

 (DR)
| Elected December 21, 1819
|-
| Virginia
(2)
| | John W. Eppes
John Wayles Eppes
John Wayles Eppes was an attorney, a United States Representative and a Senator from Virginia. One of the planter class, he married his first cousin Maria Jefferson, the youngest surviving daughter of Martha Wayles Skelton and Thomas Jefferson...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 4, 1819
| | James Pleasants
James Pleasants
James Pleasants, Jr. was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822 and was the 22nd Governor of Virginia from 1822 to 1825. Pleasants was born at “Cold Comfort,” in Powhatan County, Virginia, October 24, 1769. He pursued classical studies and graduated from the College...

 (DR)
| Elected December 10, 1819
|-
| Massachusetts
(1)
| | Prentiss Mellen
Prentiss Mellen
Prentiss Mellen was a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Sterling, Massachusetts to Rev. John and Rebecca Mellen...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 15, 1820
| | Elijah H. Mills
Elijah H. Mills
Elijah Hunt Mills was an American politician from Massachusetts.Mills was born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from Williams College in 1797. Mills studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Northampton, Massachusetts...

 (F)
| Elected June 12, 1820
|-
| Mississippi
(1)
| | Walter Leake
Walter Leake
Walter Leake served as a United States Senator from Mississippi and as Governor of Mississippi .He was the first Governor of Mississippi to die in office...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 15, 1820 after becoming US Marshal
United States Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice . The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States; it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

 for Mississippi
| | 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:...

 (DR)
| Appointed August 30, 1820
|-
| Kentucky
(2)
| | William Logan
William Logan (Kentucky)
William Logan was a United States Senator from Kentucky.Born within the fort at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Logan spent his early childhood in St. Asaphs Fort, receiving private instruction from his parents and tutors. He moved to Shelby County, Kentucky about 1798. He studied law, was admitted to the...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 28, 1820 to run for Governor of Kentucky
Governor of Kentucky
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Fifty-six men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once...


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

 (DR)
| Elected October 19, 1820
|-
| Rhode Island
(2)
| | James Burrill, Jr.
James Burrill, Jr.
James Burrill, Jr. was a Federalist-party United States senator representing the state of Rhode Island. He served in the senate from 1817 until 1820...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1820
| | 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...

 (DR)
| Elected January 9, 1821
|-
| New Jersey
(1)
| | James J. Wilson
James J. Wilson
James Jefferson Wilson served New Jersey as a U.S. Senator from 1815 to 1821.-Biography:Wilson was born in Essex County, New Jersey, where he attended the common schools...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 8, 1821
| | Samuel L. Southard
Samuel L. Southard
Samuel Lewis Southard was a prominent U.S. statesman of the early 19th century, serving as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and the 10th Governor of New Jersey.-History:...

 (DR)
| Appointed January 26, 1821
|}

House of Representatives

There were 13 resignations, 5 deaths, 2 contested elections, and 2 new seats. The Democratic-Republicans
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 had a 1-seat net gain and the Federalists
Federalist Party (United States)
The Federalist Party was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816, the era of the First Party System, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801...

 had no net change.
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" |
| | Hutchins G. Burton (DR)
| Seated December 6, 1819
|-
|
| rowspan=2 | Vacant
| rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant until statehood
| rowspan=2 | John Crowell
John Crowell (Alabama)
John Crowell was a Delegate from Alabama Territory, the first Representative from the state of Alabama, and the United States agent to the Creek Indians. Crowell was born in Halifax County, North Carolina in 1780, and died at Fort Mitchell, Alabama in 1846.-Reference:...

 (DR)
| rowspan=2 | Seated December 14, 1819
|-
|
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Arkansas Territory organized July 4, 1819
| James W. Bates
James Woodson Bates
James Woodson Bates was an American lawyer and statesman from Sebastian County, Arkansas. He represented the Arkansas Territory as a delegate to the U.S. Congress. He served in 1828 as a judge of the superior court of the territory...


| Seated December 21, 1819
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Contested election. Representative-elect 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...

 never qualified.
| | James Guyon, Jr.
James Guyon, Jr.
James Guyon, Jr. was an American politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of James Guyon and Susannah Guyon. The Guyon family was of French Protestant descent...

 (DR)
| Seated January 14, 1820
|-
|
| | 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)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 4, 1819
| | Charles Kinsey
Charles Kinsey
Charles Kinsey was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Kinsey was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1773. He attended the common schools, and in early life engaged in the manufacture of paper...

 (DR)
| Seated February 16, 1820
|-
|
| | James Pleasants
James Pleasants
James Pleasants, Jr. was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822 and was the 22nd Governor of Virginia from 1822 to 1825. Pleasants was born at “Cold Comfort,” in Powhatan County, Virginia, October 24, 1769. He pursued classical studies and graduated from the College...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 14, 1819
| | 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....

 (F)
| Seated January 18, 1820
|-
|
| | Orsamus C. Merrill (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Contested election, served until January 12, 1820
| | Rollin C. Mallary (DR)
| Seated January 13, 1820
|-
|
| | James Johnson (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 1, 1820
| | John C. Gray
John C. Gray
John Cowper Gray was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Southampton County, Virginia, Gray pursued an academic course.He served as member of the State house of delegates 1804–1806 and 1821–1823....

 (DR)
| Seated November 13, 1820
|-
|
| | George F. Strother
George Strother
George French Strother was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the father of James French Strother and great-grandfather of another named James French Strother....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 10, 1820
| | Thomas L. Moore (DR)
| Seated November 13, 1820
|-
|
| | David Walker
David Walker (congressman)
David Walker was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of George Walker and grandfather of James David Walker.Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, Walker attended public and private schools....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 1, 1820
| | 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....

 (DR)
| Seated November 13, 1820
|-
|
| | John Holmes
John Holmes (U.S. politician)
John Holmes was an American politician. Holmes, a National Republican, served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and was one of the first two U.S. Senators from Maine. Holmes was noted for his involvement in the Treaty of Ghent.-Early life and education:Holmes was born in Kingston,...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 15, 1820 to become U.S. Senator from Maine.
| District moved to Maine
| District inactive until 1903
|-
|
| New seat
| style="font-size:80%" | Massachusetts's 14th district became Maine's at-large district
| | Joseph Dane
Joseph Dane
Joseph Dane was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts on October 25, 1778. He received his early education in Beverly, attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard University in 1799....

 (F)
| Seated November 6, 1820
|-
|
| | Jonathan Mason
Jonathan Mason (politician)
Jonathan Mason was a Federalist United States Senator and Representative from Massachusetts during the early years of the United States....

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 15, 1820
| | Benjamin Gorham
Benjamin Gorham
Benjamin Gorham was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.He was the son of Nathaniel Gorham, who served as one of the Presidents of the Continental Congress. Benjamin was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He pursued preparatory studies, graduated from Harvard University in 1795, and studied...

 (DR)
| Seated November 27, 1820
|-
|
| | David Fullerton
David Fullerton
David Fullerton was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.David Fullerton was born in the Cumberland Valley, near Greencastle, Pennsylvania. He served in the War of 1812 with the rank of Major...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 15, 1820
| | Thomas G. McCullough
Thomas Grubb McCullough
Thomas Grubb McCullough was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas Grubb McCullough was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the son of Robert and Prudence McCullough. He studied law and was admitted to the Franklin County, Pennsylvania, bar on April 8, 1806...

 (F)
| rowspan= 4 | Seated November 13, 1820
|-
|
| | Edward Dowse
Edward Dowse
Edward Dowse was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Charlestown, Dowse moved to Dedham. After the Revolution, he became a shipmaster and engaged in the East Indian and China carrying trade....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 26, 1820
| | William Eustis
William Eustis
William Eustis was an early American statesman.He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and studied at the Boston Latin School before he entered Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1772. He studied medicine under Dr. Joseph Warren and helped care for the wounded at the Battle of Bunker...

 (DR)
|-
|
| | Tunstall Quarles
Tunstal Quarles
Tunstall Quarles was a United States lawyer and politician, as well as one of the pioneer settlers of Somerset, Kentucky in Pulaski County....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 15, 1820
| | Thomas Montgomery
Thomas Montgomery
Thomas Montgomery was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in what is now Nelson County, Virginia, Montgomery received a thorough English training.He studied law....

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

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 26, 1820
| | Edward B. Jackson
Edward B. Jackson
Edward Brake Jackson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, son of George Jackson and brother of John G...

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

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 26, 1820
| | 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...

 (DR)
| Seated December 18, 1820

|-
|
| William Woodbridge
William Woodbridge
William Woodbridge was a U.S. statesman in the states of Ohio and Michigan and in the Michigan Territory prior to statehood...


| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 9, 1820
| Solomon Sibley
Solomon Sibley
Solomon Sibley was a United States politician and jurist in the Michigan Territory.-Early life: 1769–1815:...


| Seated November 20, 1820
|-
|
| | Joseph Hiester
Joseph Hiester
Joseph Hiester was the fifth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823. He was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty.-Biography:...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in December 1820
| | Daniel Udree
Daniel Udree
Daniel Udree was a Democratic-Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

 (DR)
| Seated January 8, 1821
|-
|
| | Nathaniel Hazard
Nathaniel Hazard
Nathaniel Hazard was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Hazard was graduated from Brown University in 1792....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 17, 1820
| Vacant
| Not filled in this Congress
|-
|
| | Jesse Slocumb
Jesse Slocumb
Jesse Slocumb was a U.S. Congressional Representative from North Carolina.Slocumb was born in Spring Bank, North Carolina, in 1780. He completed he preparatory studies and then engaged in agricultural pursuits. He held several local offices and was a member of the court of pleas and quarter...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 20, 1820
| | William S. Blackledge
William Salter Blackledge
William Salter Blackledge was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1821 and 1823.Born in Pitt County, North Carolina the son of William Blackledge, who would himself become a Congressman from North Carolina, Blackledge moved to Craven County, North Carolina at an early age, eventually...

 (DR)
| Seated February 7, 1821
|-
|
| | John Linn (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 5, 1821
| Vacant
| Not filled in this Congress
|-
|
| | Willard Hall
Willard Hall
Willard Hall , was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as U.S...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 22, 1821
| Vacant
| Not filled in this Congress
|-
|
| | William A. Burwell
William A. Burwell
William Armisted Burwell was a nineteenth century congressman and presidential secretary from Virginia....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 16, 1821
| Vacant
| Not filled in this Congress
|}

Senate

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

    :
    • 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,...

      , elected December 9, 1819
    • 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 November 17, 1820
  • Secretary
    Secretary of the United States Senate
    The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...

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

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

    : Mountjoy Bayly of New Hampshire
    New Hampshire
    New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...


House of Representatives

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

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

      , elected December 6, 1819
    • John N. Campbell, Presbyterian
      Presbyterianism
      Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...

      , elected November 18, 1820
  • Clerk
    Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
    The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....

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

     of Kentucky
    Kentucky
    The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

    , elected December 6, 1819
  • Doorkeeper of the House
    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, elected December 6, 1819
  • 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 of Maryland
    Maryland
    Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

    , elected December 6, 1819

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