14th United States Congress - political parties

The Fourteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in the old Brick Capitol in Washington, DC from March 4 1815 to March 3 1817, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President James Madison.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. 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 1815 - March 3 1817
*First session: December 4 1815 - April 30 1816
*Second session: December 2 1816 - March 3 1817 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "13th Congress"
Next congress: "15th 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
* James Barbour (1775-1842), "Virginia"
* William T. Barry (1784-1835), "Kentucky" …resigned May 1 1816.
* William W. Bibb (1781-1820), "Georgia" …resigned November 9 1816.
* James Brown (1766-1835), "Louisiana"
* George W. Campbell (1769-1848), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 10 1815.
* Dudley Chase (1771-1846), "Vermont"
* John Condit (1755-1834), "New Jersey"
* Eligius Fromentin (unknown-1822), "Louisiana" :G-L
* John Gaillard (1765-1826), "South Carolina"
* Jeremiah B. Howell (1771-1822), "Rhode Island"
* Abner Lacock (1770-1837), "Pennsylvania"
* Francis Locke (1776-1823), "North Carolina" …resigned December 5 1815, never having qualified.:M-R
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, December 5 1815.
* Armistead T. Mason (1787-1819), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, January 3 1816.
* Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), "Ohio"
* James Noble (1785-1831), "Indiana" …newly admitted state, elected December 11 1816.
* Jonathan Roberts (1771-1854), "Pennsylvania"
* Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), "Ohio" :S-Z
* Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), "New York"
* William Smith (1762-1840), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, December 4 1816.
* Montfort Stokes (1762-1842), "North Carolina" ...elected to fill vacancy, December 4 1816.
* Charles Tait (1768-1835), "Georgia"
* Isham Talbot (1773-1837), "Kentucky"
* John Taylor (1770-1832), "South Carolina" …resigned November 1816.
* Waller Taylor (1786-1826), "Indiana" …newly admitted state, elected December 11 1816.
* George M. Troup (1780-1856), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, November 13 1816.
* James Turner (1766-1824), "North Carolina" …resigned November 21 1816.
* Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1751-1821), "Massachusetts"
* Jesse Wharton (1782-1833), "Tennessee" …appointed to fill vacancy in preceding Congress.
* John Williams (1778-1837), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy, October 10 1815.
* James J. Wilson (1775-1824), "New Jersey"

=Federalist=

:A-Z
* Eli P. Ashmun (1770-1819), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, June 12 1816.
* David Daggett (1764-1851), "Connecticut"
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut"
* Robert H. Goldsborough (1779-1836), "Maryland"
* Christopher Gore (1758-1827), "Massachusetts" …resigned May 30 1816.
* Alexander C. Hanson (1786-1819), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, December 20 1816.
* Martin D. Hardin (1780-1823), "Kentucky" …appointed to fill vacancy, November 13 1816, subsequently elected.
* Robert G. Harper (1765-1825), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 29 1816, resigned December 6 1816.
* Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842), "Delaware"
* William Hunter (1774-1849), "Rhode Island"
* Rufus King (1755-1827), "New York"
* Jeremiah Mason (1768-1848), "New Hampshire"
* Thomas W. Thompson (1766-1821), "New Hampshire"
* Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838), "Vermont"
* William H. Wells (1769-1829), "Delaware"

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
* William McCoy ( -1864), "Virginia"
* John Adams (1778-1854), "New York" …contested election, served until December 26 1815.
* Asa Adgate (1767-1832), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect, seated December 7 1815.
* John Alexander (1777-1848), "Ohio"
* Stevenson Archer (1786-1848), "Maryland"
* Daniel Avery (1766-1842), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1816.
* Ezra Baker (1765c- ), "New Jersey"
* Philip P. Barbour (1783-1841), "Virginia"
* David Bard (1744-1815), "Pennsylvania" …died March 12 1815.
* Burwell Bassett (1764-1841), "Virginia"
* Ephraim Bateman (1780-1829), "New Jersey"
* Benjamin Bennet (1764-1840), "New Jersey"
* Samuel R. Betts (1787-1868), "New York"
* James Birdsall (1783-1856), "New York"
* Victory Birdseye (1782-1853), "New York"
* William G. Blount (1784-1827), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 8 1816.
* Micah Brooks (1775-1857), "New York"
* Joseph H. Bryan (1782-1839), "North Carolina"
* Thomas Burnside (1782-1851), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 11 1815, resigned April 1816.
* William A. Burwell (1780-1821), "Virginia"
* James Caldwell (1770-1838), "Ohio"
* John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), "South Carolina"
* Newton Cannon (1781-1841), "Tennessee"
* John J. Chappell (1782-1871), "South Carolina"
* James Clark (1770-1839), "Kentucky" …resigned in 1816.
* James W. Clark (1779-1843), "North Carolina"
* Archibald S. Clarke (1788-1821), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1816.
* Henry Clay (1777-1852), "Kentucky"
* Matthew Clay (1754-1815), "Virginia" …died May 27 1815, before Congress assembled.
* David Clendenin (1779c- ), "Ohio"
* John Clopton (1756-1816), "Virginia" …died September 11 1816.
* Oliver C. Comstock (1780-1860), "New York"
* Lewis Condict (1772-1862), "New Jersey"
* Samuel S. Conner (1783c-1820), "Massachusetts"
* Zadock Cook (1769-1863), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 23 1817.
* William Crawford (1760-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* William Creighton, Jr. (1778-1851), "Ohio"
* Henry Crocheron (1772-1819), "New York"
* Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), "Georgia" …resigned November 9 1816.:D-E-F
* William Darlington (1782-1863), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph Desha (1768-1842), "Kentucky"
* Samuel Dickens ( -1840), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1816.
* Weldon N. Edwards (1788-1873), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 7 1816.
* Amos Ellmaker (1787-1851), "Pennsylvania" …resigned July 3 1815, never having qualified.
* William Findley (1741/1742-1821), "Pennsylvania"
* Jonathan Fisk (1778-1832), "New York" …resigned March 1815, before Congress assembled.
* Thomas Fletcher (1779- ), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1816.
* Daniel M. Forney (1784-1847), "North Carolina"
* John Forsyth (1780-1841), "Georgia" :G-H-I
* Thomas Gholson, Jr. ( -1816), "Virginia" …died July 4 1816.
* Hugh Glasgow (1769-1818), "Pennsylvania"
* Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818), "Virginia"
* Isaac Griffin (1756-1827), "Pennsylvania"
* John Hahn (1776-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* Bolling Hall (1767-1836), "Georgia"
* Jabez D. Hammond (1778-1855), "New York"
* Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), "Kentucky"
* William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1816.
* Aylett Hawes (1768-1833), "Virginia"
* Bennett H. Henderson (1784- ), "Tennessee"
* William Hendricks (1782-1850), "Indiana" …newly admitted state, seated December 11 1816.
* Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles Hooks (1768-1843), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1816.
* John P. Hungerford (1761-1833), "Virginia"
* Samuel D. Ingham (1779-1860), "Pennsylvania"
* William Irving (1766-1821), "New York"
* Jared Irwin (1768-1818), "Pennsylvania" :J-K-L
* John G. Jackson (1777-1825), "Virginia"
* James Johnson ( -1825), "Virginia"
* Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), "Kentucky"
* John Kerr (1782-1842), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1815.
* James Kilbourne (1770-1850), "Ohio"
* William R. King (1786-1853), "North Carolina" …resigned November 4 1816.
* Peter Little (1775-1830), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1816.
* William C. Love (1784-1835), "North Carolina"
* William Lowndes (1782-1822), "South Carolina"
* Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), "Georgia"
* Aaron Lyle (1759-1825), "Pennsylvania" :M-N-O
* William Maclay (1765-1825), "Pennsylvania"
* William P. Maclay (1774-1842), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1816.
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina" …resigned December 13 1815.
* William Mayrant ( - ), "South Carolina" …resigned October 21 1816.
* Samuel McKee (1774-1826), "Kentucky"
* Alney McLean (1779-1841), "Kentucky"
* John McLean (1785-1861), "Ohio" …resigned in 1816.
* Henry Middleton (1770-1846), "South Carolina"
* Stephen D. Miller (1787-1838), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 2 1817.
* Nicholas R. Moore (1756-1816), "Maryland" …resigned in 1815, before Congress assembled.
* Thomas Moore (1759-1822), "South Carolina"
* William H. Murfree (1781-1827), "North Carolina"
* Hugh Nelson (1768-1836), "Virginia"
* Thomas M. Nelson (1782-1853), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1816.
* Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), "Virginia"
* Stephen Ormsby (1759-1844), "Kentucky" :P-Q-R
* Albion K. Parris (1788-1857), "Massachusetts"
* Israel Pickens (1780-1827), "North Carolina"
* William Pinkney (1764-1822), "Maryland" …resigned April 18 1816.
* William Piper (1774-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* James Pleasants (1769-1836), "Virginia"
* Peter B. Porter (1773-1844), "New York" …resigned January 23 1816.
* Samuel Powell (1776-1841), "Tennessee"
* John Randolph (1773-1833), "Virginia"
* James B. Reynolds (1779-1851), "Tennessee"
* William H. Roane (1787-1845), "Virginia"
* Thomas B. Robertson (1779-1828), "Louisiana"
* Erastus Root (1773-1846), "New York" …contested election, seated December 26 1815.
* John Ross (1770-1834), "Pennsylvania" :S-T-U-V
* John Savage (1779-1863), "New York"
* Abraham H. Schenck (1775-1831), "New York"
* John Sevier (1745-1815), "Tennessee" …died September 24 1815, before Congress assembled.
* Solomon P. Sharp (1780-1825), "Kentucky"
* Ballard Smith ( - ), "Virginia"
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 4 1816.
* Henry Southard (1747-1842), "New Jersey"
* Richard Stanford (1767-1816), "North Carolina" …died April 9 1816.
* Micah Taul (1785-1850), "Kentucky"
* John Taylor (1770-1832), "South Carolina"
* John W. Taylor (1784-1854), "New York"
* Thomas Telfair (1780-1818), "Georgia"
* Isaac Thomas (1784-1859), "Tennessee"
* Enos T. Throop (1784-1874), "New York" …resigned June 4 1816.
* George Townsend (1769-1844), "New York"
* Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848), "Virginia"
* John Tyler (1790-1862), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17 1816.:W-X-Y-Z
* James M. Wallace (1750-1823), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1815.
* Jonathan Ward (1768-1842), "New York"
* Thomas Ward (1759c-1842), "New Jersey"
* Peter H. Wendover (1768-1834), "New York"
* John Whiteside (1773-1830), "Pennsylvania"
* Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847), "Georgia"
* James W. Wilkin (1762-1845), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1815.
* Jonathan Williams (1750-1815), "Pennsylvania" …died May 16 1815, before Congress assembled.
* Lewis Williams (1782-1842), "North Carolina"
* Westel Willoughby, Jr. (1769-1844), "New York" …contested election, seated December 13 1815.
* Thomas Wilson (1772-1824), "Pennsylvania"
* William Wilson ( - ), "Pennsylvania"
* William Woodward ( - ), "South Carolina"
* Robert Wright (1752-1826), "Maryland"
* Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828), "North Carolina"
* John B. Yates (1784-1836), "New York"

=Federalist=

:A-F
* Benjamin Adams (1764-1837), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1816.
* Charles H. Atherton (1773-1853), "New Hampshire"
* George Baer, Jr. (1763-1834), "Maryland"
* William Baylies (1776-1865), "Massachusetts"
* John L. Boss, Jr. (1780-1819), "Rhode Island"
* George Bradbury (1770-1823), "Massachusetts"
* James Breckinridge (1763-1833), "Virginia"
* Elijah Brigham (1751-1816), "Massachusetts" …died February 22 1816.
* Benjamin Brown (1756-1831), "Massachusetts"
* Daniel Cady (1773-1859), "New York"
* James Carr (1777-1818), "Massachusetts"
* Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834), "Connecticut"
* Daniel Chipman (1765-1850), "Vermont" …resigned May 5 1816.
* Bradbury Cilley (1760-1831), "New Hampshire"
* Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), "Delaware"
* Thomas Cooper (1764-1829), "Delaware"
* John Culpepper (1761-1841), "North Carolina"
* John Davenport (1752-1830), "Connecticut" :G-L
* William Gaston (1778-1844), "North Carolina"
* Thomas R. Gold (1764-1827), "New York"
* Charles Goldsborough (1765-1834), "Maryland"
* Thomas P. Grosvenor (1778-1817), "New York"
* William Hale (1765-1848), "New Hampshire"
* Alexander C. Hanson (1786-1819), "Maryland" …resigned in 1816.
* John C. Herbert (1775-1846), "Maryland"
* Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* Benjamin Huger (1768-1823), "South Carolina"
* John W. Hulbert (1770-1831), "Massachusetts"
* Luther Jewett (1772-1860), "Vermont"
* Moss Kent (1766-1838), "New York"
* Cyrus King (1772-1817), "Massachusetts"
* Chauncey Langdon (1763-1830), "Vermont"
* Lyman Law (1770-1842), "Connecticut"
* Joseph Lewis, Jr. (1772-1834), "Virginia"
* John Lovett (1761-1818), "New York"
* Asa Lyon (1763-1841), "Vermont" :M-R
* Charles Marsh (1765-1849), "Vermont"
* James B. Mason (1775-1819), "Rhode Island"
* Elijah H. Mills (1776-1829), "Massachusetts"
* William Milnor (1769-1848), "Pennsylvania"
* Hosea Moffitt (1757-1825), "New York"
* Jonathan O. Moseley (1762-1838), "Connecticut"
* Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838), "Massachusetts"
* John Noyes (1764-1841), "Vermont"
* George Peter (1779-1861), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1816.
* Timothy Pickering (1745-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847), "Connecticut"
* John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas Rice (1768-1854), "Massachusetts"
* Nathaniel Ruggles (1761-1819), "Massachusetts" :S-Z
* Daniel Sheffey (1770-1830), "Virginia"
* Thomas Smith ( -1846), "Pennsylvania"
* Asahel Stearns (1774-1839), "Massachusetts"
* Solomon Strong (1780-1850), "Massachusetts"
* Philip Stuart (1760-1830), "Maryland"
* Lewis B. Sturges (1763-1844), "Connecticut"
* Samuel Taggart (1754-1825), "Massachusetts"
* Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), "Connecticut"
* Magnus Tate (1760-1823), "Virginia"
* Roger Vose (1763-1841), "New Hampshire"
* Artemas Ward, Jr. (1762-1847), "Massachusetts"
* Daniel Webster (1782-1852), "New Hampshire"
* Laban Wheaton (1754-1846), "Massachusetts"
* Jeduthun Wilcox (1768-1838), "New Hampshire"
* John Woods (1761-1816), "Pennsylvania" …never qualified due to illness.

References

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*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]