12th United States Congress - political parties

The Twelfth 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 1811 to March 3 1813, during the last 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 1811 - March 3 1813
*First session: November 4 1811 - July 6 1812
*Second session: November 2 1812 - March 3 1813 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "11th Congress"
Next congress: "13th 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"
* George M. Bibb (1776-1859), "Kentucky"
* Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), "Vermont"
* Richard Brent (1757-1814), "Virginia"
* James Brown (1766-1835), "Louisiana" …elected to fill vacancy, February 5 1813.
* Alexander Campbell (1779-1857), "Ohio"
* George W. Campbell (1769-1848), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy, October 8 1811.
* John Condit (1755-1834), "New Jersey"
* William H. Crawford (1772-1834), "Georgia"
* Charles Cutts (1769-1846), "New Hampshire"
* Jean N. Destréhan (1754-1823), "Louisiana" …newly admitted state, elected September 3 1812, resigned October 1 1812, never having qualified.
* 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"
* Jeremiah B. Howell (1771-1822), "Rhode Island"
* John Lambert (1746-1823), "New Jersey"
* Michael Leib (1760-1822), "Pennsylvania" :M-R
* Allan B. Magruder (1775-1822), "Louisiana" …newly admitted state, elected September 3 1812.
* John Pope (1770-1845), "Kentucky"
* Thomas Posey (1750-1818), "Louisiana" …appointed to fill vacancy, October 8 1812.
* Philip Reed (1760-1829), "Maryland"
* Jonathan Robinson (1756-1819), "Vermont" :S-Z
* John Smith (1752-1816), "New York"
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* Charles Tait (1768-1835), "Georgia"
* John Taylor (1770-1832), "South Carolina"
* James Turner (1766-1824), "North Carolina"
* Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1751-1821), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, June 8 1811.
* Jenkin Whiteside (1772-1822), "Tennessee" …resigned October 8 1811.
* Thomas Worthington (1773-1827), "Ohio"

=Federalist=

:A-Z
* James A. Bayard (1767-1815), "Delaware" …resigned March 3 1813.
* Christopher G. Champlin (1768-1840), "Rhode Island" …resigned October 2 1811.
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut"
* Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815), "Connecticut"
* Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842), "Delaware"
* William Hunter (1774-1849), "Rhode Island" …elected to fill vacancy, October 28 1811.
* James Lloyd (1769-1831), "Massachusetts"

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
* Willis Alston (1769-1837), "North Carolina"
* William Anderson (1762-1829), "Pennsylvania"
* Stevenson Archer (1786-1848), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 4 1811.
* Daniel Avery (1766-1842), "New York"
* Ezekiel Bacon (1776-1870), "Massachusetts"
* David Bard (1744-1815), "Pennsylvania"
* William Barnett (1761-1832), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1812.
* Josiah Bartlett, Jr. (1768-1838), "New Hampshire"
* Burwell Bassett (1764-1841), "Virginia"
* William W. Bibb (1781-1820), "Georgia"
* William Blackledge ( -1828), "North Carolina"
* Thomas Blount (1759-1812), "North Carolina" …died February 7 1812.
* Adam Boyd (1746-1835), "New Jersey"
* Robert Brown (1744-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* William A. Burwell (1780-1821), "Virginia"
* William Butler, Sr. (1759-1821), "South Carolina"
* John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), "South Carolina"
* Francis Carr (1751-1821), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 3 1812.
* Langdon Cheves (1776-1857), "South Carolina"
* Henry Clay (1777-1852), "Kentucky"
* Matthew Clay (1754-1815), "Virginia"
* John Clopton (1756-1816), "Virginia"
* Howell Cobb (1772-1818), "Georgia" …resigned before October 5 1812.
* James Cochran (1767c-1813), "North Carolina"
* Lewis Condict (1772-1862), "New Jersey"
* Thomas B. Cooke (1778-1853), "New York"
* William Crawford (1760-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* Richard Cutts (1771-1845), "Massachusetts" :D-E-F
* Roger Davis (1762-1815), "Pennsylvania"
* John Dawson (1762-1814), "Virginia"
* Joseph Desha (1768-1842), "Kentucky"
* Samuel Dinsmoor (1766-1835), "New Hampshire"
* Elias Earle (1762-1823), "South Carolina"
* William Findley (1741/1742-1821), "Pennsylvania"
* James Fisk (1763-1844), "Vermont"
* Meshack Franklin (1772-1839), "North Carolina" :G-H-I
* Barzillai Gannett (1764-1832), "Massachusetts" …resigned in 1812, never having qualified.
* Thomas Gholson, Jr. ( -1816), "Virginia"
* Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818), "Virginia"
* Edwin Gray (1743- ), "Virginia"
* Isaiah L. Green (1761-1841), "Massachusetts"
* Felix Grundy (1777-1840), "Tennessee"
* Bolling Hall (1767-1836), "Georgia"
* Obed Hall (1757-1828), "New Hampshire"
* John A. Harper (1779-1816), "New Hampshire"
* Aylett Hawes (1768-1833), "Virginia"
* Jacob Hufty ( -1814), "New Jersey"
* John P. Hungerford (1761-1833), "Virginia" …contested election, served until November 29 1811.
* John M. Hyneman (1771c-1816), "Pennsylvania" :J-K-L
* Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), "Kentucky"
* William Kennedy ( - ) "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 30 1813.
* Joseph Kent (1779-1837), "Maryland"
* William R. King (1786-1853), "North Carolina"
* Abner Lacock (1770-1837), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph Lefever (1760-1826), "Pennsylvania"
* Peter Little (1775-1830), "Maryland"
* William Lowndes (1782-1822), "South Carolina"
* Aaron Lyle (1759-1825), "Pennsylvania" :M-N-O
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* George C. Maxwell (1771-1816), "New Jersey"
* William McCoy ( -1864), "Virginia"
* Samuel McKee (1774-1826), "Kentucky"
* Alexander McKim (1748-1832), "Maryland"
* Arunah Metcalf (1771-1848), "New York"
* Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1831), "New York"
* John Montgomery (1764-1828), "Maryland" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* Thomas Moore (1759-1822), "South Carolina"
* James Morgan (1756-1822), "New Jersey"
* Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), "Ohio"
* Hugh Nelson (1768-1836), "Virginia"
* Anthony New (1747-1833), "Kentucky"
* Thomas Newbold (1760-1823), "New Jersey"
* Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), "Virginia"
* Stephen Ormsby (1759-1844), "Kentucky" :P-Q-R
* William Paulding, Jr. (1770-1854), "New York"
* Israel Pickens (1780-1827), "North Carolina"
* William Piper (1774-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* James Pleasants (1769-1836), "Virginia"
* Benjamin Pond (1768-1814), "New York"
* Peter B. Porter (1773-1844), "New York"
* John Randolph (1773-1833), "Virginia"
* John Rhea (1753-1832), "Tennessee"
* William M. Richardson (1774-1838), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 22 1812.
* Samuel Ringgold (1770-1829), "Maryland"
* John Roane (1766-1838), "Virginia"
* Jonathan Roberts (1771-1854), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas B. Robertson (1779-1828), "Louisiana" …newly admitted state, seated December 23 1812.
* William Rodman (1757-1824), "Pennsylvania" :S-T-U-V
* Ebenezer Sage (1755-1834), "New York"
* Thomas Sammons (1762-1838), "New York"
* Lemuel Sawyer (1777-1852), "North Carolina"
* Ebenezer Seaver (1763-1844), "Massachusetts"
* John Sevier (1745-1815), "Tennessee"
* Adam Seybert (1773-1825), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Shaw (1768-1827), "Vermont"
* John Smilie (1741-1812), "Pennsylvania" …died December 30 1812.
* George Smith ( - ), "Pennsylvania"
* John Smith (1750-1836), "Virginia"
* Richard Stanford (1767-1816), "North Carolina"
* Silas Stow (1773-1827), "New York"
* William Strong (1763-1840), "Vermont"
* John Taliaferro (1768-1852), "Virginia" …contested election, seated December 2 1811.
* Peleg Tallman (1764-1840), "Massachusetts"
* Uri Tracy (1764-1838), "New York"
* George M. Troup (1780-1856), "Georgia"
* Charles Turner, Jr. (1760-1839), "Massachusetts"
* Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762-1848), "New York"
* Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1751-1821), "Massachusetts" …resigned June 29 1811, having been elected Senator:W-X-Y-Z
* Robert Whitehill (1738-1813), "Pennsylvania"
* William Widgery (1753c-1822), "Massachusetts"
* David R. Williams (1776-1830), "South Carolina"
* Richard Winn (1750-1818), "South Carolina"
* Robert Wright (1752-1826), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy.

=Federalist=

:A-F
* John Baker ( -1823), "Virginia"
* Abijah Bigelow (1775-1860), "Massachusetts"
* Harmanus Bleecker (1779-1849), "New York"
* James Breckinridge (1763-1833), "Virginia"
* Elijah Brigham (1751-1816), "Massachusetts"
* Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834), "Connecticut"
* Martin Chittenden (1763-1840), "Vermont"
* John Davenport (1752-1830), "Connecticut"
* William Ely (1765-1817), "Massachusetts"
* James Emott (1771-1850), "New York"
* Asa Fitch (1765-1843), "New York" :G-L
* Thomas R. Gold (1764-1827), "New York"
* Charles Goldsborough (1765-1834), "Maryland"
* Thomas P. Grosvenor (1778-1817), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 29 1813.
* Richard Jackson, Jr. (1764-1838), "Rhode Island"
* Philip B. Key (1757-1815), "Maryland"
* Lyman Law (1770-1842), "Connecticut"
* Joseph Lewis, Jr. (1772-1834), "Virginia"
* Robert Le Roy Livingston (1778-1836), "New York" …resigned May 6 1812.:M-R
* Archibald McBryde (1766-1816), "North Carolina"
* James Milnor (1773-1844), "Pennsylvania"
* Jonathan O. Moseley (1762-1838), "Connecticut"
* Joseph Pearson (1776-1834), "North Carolina"
* Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847), "Connecticut"
* Elisha R. Potter (1764-1835), "Rhode Island"
* Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), "Massachusetts"
* William Reed (1776-1837), "Massachusetts"
* Henry M. Ridgely (1779-1847), "Delaware" :S-Z
* Daniel Sheffey (1770-1830), "Virginia"
* Philip Stuart (1760-1830), "Maryland"
* Lewis B. Sturges (1763-1844), "Connecticut"
* George Sullivan (1771-1838), "New Hampshire"
* Samuel Taggart (1754-1825), "Massachusetts"
* Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), "Connecticut"
* Laban Wheaton (1754-1846), "Massachusetts"
* Leonard White (1767-1849), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas Wilson (1765-1826), "Virginia"

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]