11th United States Congress - political parties

The Eleventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1809 to March 3 1811, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President James Madison.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

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The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1809 - March 3 1811
*Special session of the Senate: March 4 1809 - March 7 1809
*First session: May 22 1809 - June 28 1809
*Second session: November 27 1809 - May 1 1810
*Third session: December 3 1810 - March 3 1811 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "10th Congress"
Next congress: "12th Congress"

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated.

enate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic-Republican

:A-F
* Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), "Tennessee" …appointed to fill vacancy, seated May 22 1809, subsequently elected.
* Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), "Vermont"
* Richard Brent (1757-1814), "Virginia"
* Alexander Campbell (1779-1857), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, December 11 1809.
* Henry Clay (1777-1852), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy, January 4 1810.
* John Condit (1755-1834), "New Jersey" …appointed to fill vacancy, March 21 1809, subsequently elected.
* William H. Crawford (1772-1834), "Georgia"
* Charles Cutts (1769-1846), "New Hampshire" …elected to fill vacancy, June 21 1810.
* Jesse Franklin (1760-1823), "North Carolina" :G-L
* John Gaillard (1765-1826), "South Carolina"
* Obadiah German (1766-1842), "New York"
* William B. Giles (1762-1830), "Virginia"
* Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), "New Hampshire"
* Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), "Pennsylvania"
* Stanley Griswold (1763-1815), "Ohio" …appointed to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, May 18 1809.
* Aaron Kitchell (1744-1820), "New Jersey" …resigned March 12 1809.
* John Lambert (1746-1823), "New Jersey"
* Michael Leib (1760-1822), "Pennsylvania" :M-R
* Elisha Mathewson (1767-1853), "Rhode Island"
* Return J. Meigs, Jr. (1764-1825), "Ohio" …resigned May 1 1810.
* John Milledge (1757-1818), "Georgia" …resigned November 14 1809.
* Nahum Parker (1760-1839), "New Hampshire" …resigned June 1 1810.
* John Pope (1770-1845), "Kentucky"
* Philip Reed (1760-1829), "Maryland"
* Jonathan Robinson (1756-1819), "Vermont" :S-Z
* Daniel Smith (1748-1818), "Tennessee" …resigned March 31 1809.
* John Smith (1752-1816), "New York"
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* Thomas Sumter (1734-1832), "South Carolina" …resigned December 16 1810.
* Charles Tait (1768-1835), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, November 27 1809.
* John Taylor (1770-1832), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, December 31 1810.
* Buckner Thruston (1763-1845), "Kentucky" …resigned December 18 1809.
* James Turner (1766-1824), "North Carolina"
* Jenkin Whiteside (1772-1822), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy, April 11 1809.
* Thomas Worthington (1773-1827), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, December 15 1810.

=Federalist=

:A-Z
* James A. Bayard (1767-1815), "Delaware"
* Christopher G. Champlin (1768-1840), "Rhode Island" …elected to fill vacancy, June 26 1809.
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut" …resigned May 10 1810.
* Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815), "Connecticut"
* James Hillhouse (1754-1832), "Connecticut" …resigned June 10 1810
* Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842), "Delaware" …elected to fill vacancy, January 12 1810.
* James Lloyd (1769-1831), "Massachusetts"
* Francis Malbone (1759-1809), "Rhode Island" …died June 4 1809.
* Timothy Pickering (1745-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel White (1770-1809), "Delaware" …died November 4 1809.

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic-Republican

:A-B-C
* Lemuel J. Alston (1760-1836), "South Carolina"
* Willis Alston (1769-1837), "North Carolina"
* William Anderson (1762-1829), "Pennsylvania"
* Ezekiel Bacon (1776-1870), "Massachusetts"
* David Bard (1744-1815), "Pennsylvania"
* William T. Barry (1784-1835), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 13 1810.
* Burwell Bassett (1764-1841), "Virginia"
* William W. Bibb (1781-1820), "Georgia"
* Adam Boyd (1746-1835), "New Jersey"
* John Brown ( -1815), "Maryland" …resigned in 1810, before the commencement of the 12th Congress.
* Robert Brown (1744-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* William A. Burwell (1780-1821), "Virginia"
* William Butler, Sr. (1759-1821), "South Carolina"
* Joseph Calhoun (1750-1817), "South Carolina"
* Langdon Cheves (1776-1857), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 24 1811.
* Matthew Clay (1754-1815), "Virginia"
* John Clopton (1756-1816), "Virginia"
* Howell Cobb (1772-1818), "Georgia"
* James Cochran (1767c-1813), "North Carolina"
* Orchard Cook (1763-1819), "Massachusetts"
* James Cox (1753-1810), "New Jersey" …died September 12 1810.
* William Crawford (1760-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* Henry Crist (1764-1844), "Kentucky"
* Richard Cutts (1771-1845), "Massachusetts" :D-E-F
* John Dawson (1762-1814), "Virginia"
* William Denning (1740-1819), "New York" …resigned before qualifying.
* Joseph Desha (1768-1842), "Kentucky"
* John W. Eppes (1773-1823), "Virginia"
* William Findley (1741/1742-1821), "Pennsylvania"
* Jonathan Fisk (1778-1832), "New York"
* Meshack Franklin (1772-1839), "North Carolina" :G-H-I
* Barzillai Gannett (1764-1832), "Massachusetts"
* Gideon Gardner (1759-1832), "Massachusetts"
* David S. Garland (1769-1841), "Virginia" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 17 1810.
* Thomas Gholson, Jr. ( -1816), "Virginia"
* Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818), "Virginia"
* Edwin Gray (1743- ), "Virginia"
* William Helms ( -1813), "New Jersey"
* Daniel Hiester (1774-1834), "Pennsylvania"
* James Holland (1754-1823), "North Carolina"
* Benjamin Howard (1760-1814), "Kentucky" …resigned April 10 1810.
* Jacob Hufty ( -1814), "New Jersey" :J-K-L
* John G. Jackson (1777-1825), "Virginia" …resigned September 28 1810.
* Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), "Kentucky"
* Walter Jones (1745-1815), "Virginia"
* Thomas Kenan (1771-1843), "North Carolina"
* William Kennedy (1768-1834), "North Carolina"
* John Love ( -1822), "Virginia"
* Aaron Lyle (1759-1825), "Pennsylvania"
* Matthew Lyon (1749-1822), "Kentucky" :M-N-O
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* Robert Marion (1766-1811), "South Carolina" …resigned December 4 1810.
* Samuel McKee (1774-1826), "Kentucky"
* Alexander McKim (1748-1832), "Maryland"
* William McKinley ( - ), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 21 1810.
* Pleasant M. Miller ( -1849), "Tennessee"
* Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1831), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1810.
* John Montgomery (1764-1828), "Maryland"
* Nicholas R. Moore (1756-1816), "Maryland"
* Thomas Moore (1759-1822), "South Carolina"
* Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), "Ohio"
* Gurdon S. Mumford (1764-1831), "New York"
* Roger Nelson (1759-1815), "Maryland" …resigned May 14 1810.
* Thomas Newbold (1760-1823), "New Jersey"
* Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), "Virginia"
* Wilson C. Nicholas (1761-1820), "Virginia" …resigned November 27 1809.
* John Nicholson (1765-1820), "New York" :P-Q-R
* John Porter ( - ), "Pennsylvania"
* Peter B. Porter (1773-1844), "New York"
* John Randolph (1773-1833), "Virginia"
* John Rea (1755-1829), "Pennsylvania"
* John Rhea (1753-1832), "Tennessee"
* Matthias Richards (1758-1830), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Ringgold (1770-1829), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1810.
* John Roane (1766-1838), "Virginia"
* Erastus Root (1773-1846), "New York"
* John Ross (1770-1834), "Pennsylvania" :S-T-U-V
* Ebenezer Sage (1755-1834), "New York"
* Thomas Sammons (1762-1838), "New York"
* Lemuel Sawyer (1777-1852), "North Carolina"
* Benjamin Say (1755-1813), "Pennsylvania" …resigned June 1809.
* John A. Scudder (1759-1836), "New Jersey" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1810.
* Ebenezer Seaver (1763-1844), "Massachusetts"
* Adam Seybert (1773-1825), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1809.
* Samuel Shaw (1768-1827), "Vermont"
* Dennis Smelt (1750c- ), "Georgia"
* John Smilie (1741-1812), "Pennsylvania"
* George Smith ( - ), "Pennsylvania"
* John Smith (1750-1836), "Virginia"
* Samuel Smith ( - ), "Pennsylvania"
* Henry Southard (1747-1842), "New Jersey"
* Richard Stanford (1767-1816), "North Carolina"
* John Taylor (1770-1832), "South Carolina" …resigned December 30 1810.
* John Thompson (1749-1823), "New York"
* Uri Tracy (1764-1838), "New York"
* George M. Troup (1780-1856), "Georgia"
* Charles Turner, Jr. (1760-1839), "Massachusetts" …contested election, seated June 28 1809.
* Archibald Van Horne ( -1817), "Maryland"
* Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1751-1821), "Massachusetts" :W-X-Y-Z
* Robert Weakley (1764-1845), "Tennessee"
* Robert Whitehill (1738-1813), "Pennsylvania"
* Richard Winn (1750-1818), "South Carolina"
* Robert Witherspoon (1767-1837), "South Carolina"
* Robert Wright (1752-1826), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1810.

=Federalist=

:A-F
* Joseph Allen (1749-1827), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 13 1810.
* William Baylies (1776-1865), "Massachusetts" …contested election, served until June 28 1809.
* Abijah Bigelow (1775-1860), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 14 1810.
* Daniel Blaisdell (1762-1833), "New Hampshire"
* James Breckinridge (1763-1833), "Virginia"
* John Campbell (1765-1828), "Maryland"
* John C. Chamberlain (1772-1834), "New Hampshire"
* William Chamberlain (1755-1828), "Vermont"
* Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834), "Connecticut"
* Martin Chittenden (1763-1840), "Vermont"
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut" …resigned May 10 1810.
* John Davenport (1752-1830), "Connecticut"
* William Ely (1765-1817), "Massachusetts"
* James Emott (1771-1850), "New York" :G-L
* Barent Gardenier ( -1822), "New York"
* Thomas R. Gold (1764-1827), "New York"
* Charles Goldsborough (1765-1834), "Maryland"
* William Hale (1765-1848), "New Hampshire"
* Nathaniel A. Haven (1762-1831), "New Hampshire"
* Jonathan H. Hubbard (1768-1849), "Vermont"
* Ebenezer Huntington (1754-1834), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1810.
* Richard Jackson, Jr. (1764-1838), "Rhode Island"
* Robert Jenkins (1769-1848), "Pennsylvania"
* Philip B. Key (1757-1815), "Maryland"
* Herman Knickerbocker (1779-1855), "New York"
* Joseph Lewis, Jr. (1772-1834), "Virginia"
* Edward St. Loe Livermore (1762-1832), "Massachusetts"
* Robert Le Roy Livingston (1778-1836), "New York" :M-R
* Vincent Mathews (1766-1846), "New York"
* Archibald McBryde (1766-1816), "North Carolina"
* William Milnor (1769-1848), "Pennsylvania"
* Jonathan O. Moseley (1762-1838), "Connecticut"
* Joseph Pearson (1776-1834), "North Carolina"
* Benjamin Pickman, Jr. (1763-1843), "Massachusetts"
* Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847), "Connecticut"
* Elisha R. Potter (1764-1835), "Rhode Island"
* Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), "Massachusetts" :S-Z
* Daniel Sheffey (1770-1830), "Virginia"
* John Stanly (1774-1834), "North Carolina"
* William Stedman (1765-1831), "Massachusetts" …resigned July 16 1810.
* James Stephenson (1764-1833), "Virginia"
* Lewis B. Sturges (1763-1844), "Connecticut"
* Jacob Swoope ( -1832), "Virginia"
* Samuel Taggart (1754-1825), "Massachusetts"
* Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), "Connecticut"
* Jabez Upham (1764-1811), "Massachusetts" …resigned in 1810.
* Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826), "Delaware"
* Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763-1845), "New York"
* Laban Wheaton (1754-1846), "Massachusetts"
* Ezekiel Whitman (1776-1866), "Massachusetts"
* James Wilson (1766-1839), "New Hampshire"

References

*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =
*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html Statutes at Large, 1789-1875]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsjlink.html Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhjlink.html#anchor2 House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History]
* [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists]