15th United States Congress - political parties

The Fifteenth 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 the old Brick Capitol in Washington, DC from March 4 1817 to March 3 1819, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President James Monroe.

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 1817 - March 3 1819
*Special session of the Senate: March 4 1817 - March 6 1817
*First session: December 1 1817 - April 20 1818
*Second session: November 16 1818 - March 3 1819 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "14th Congress"
Next congress: "16th 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"
* George W. Campbell (1769-1848), "Tennessee" …resigned April 20 1818.
* Dudley Chase (1771-1846), "Vermont" …resigned November 3 1817.
* William C. C. Claiborne (1775-1817), "Louisiana" …died November 23 1817, never having qualified.
* John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), "Kentucky" …resigned March 3 1819.
* Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), "New Jersey"
* John H. Eaton (1790-1856), "Tennessee" …appointed to fill vacancy, September 5 1818, subsequently elected.
* Ninian Edwards (1775-1833), "Illinois" …newly admitted state, elected December 3 1818.
* John W. Eppes (1773-1823), "Virginia"
* James Fisk (1763-1844), "Vermont" …elected to fill vacancy, November 4 1817, resigned January 8 1818.
* John Forsyth (1780-1841), "Georgia" ...elected to fill vacancy, November 23 1818, resigned February 17 1819.
* Eligius Fromentin (unknown-1822), "Louisiana" :G-L
* John Gaillard (1765-1826), "South Carolina"
* Henry Johnson (1783-1864), "Louisiana" …elected to fill vacancy, January 12 1818.
* Abner Lacock (1770-1837), "Pennsylvania"
* Walter Leake (1762-1825), "Mississippi" …newly admitted state, elected December 10 1817.:M-R
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* David L. Morril (1772-1849), "New Hampshire"
* Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), "Ohio"
* James Noble (1785-1831), "Indiana"
* William A. Palmer (1781-1860), "Vermont" …elected to fill vacancy, October 20 1818.
* Jonathan Roberts (1771-1854), "Pennsylvania"
* Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), "Ohio" :S-Z
* Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), "New York"
* William Smith (1762-1840), "South Carolina"
* Montfort Stokes (1762-1842), "North Carolina"
* Clement Storer (1760-1830), "New Hampshire" …elected to fill vacancy, June 27 1817.
* Charles Tait (1768-1835), "Georgia"
* Isham Talbot (1773-1837), "Kentucky"
* Waller Taylor (1786-1826), "Indiana"
* Jesse B. Thomas (1777-1853), "Illinois" …newly admitted state, elected December 3 1818.
* George M. Troup (1780-1856), "Georgia" …resigned September 23 1818.
* John Williams (1778-1837), "Tennessee"
* Thomas H. Williams (1780-1840), "Mississippi" …newly admitted state, elected December 10 1817.
* James J. Wilson (1775-1824), "New Jersey"

=Federalist=

:A-Z
* James Burrill, Jr. (1772-1820), "Rhode Island"
* David Daggett (1764-1851), "Connecticut"
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut"
* Robert H. Goldsborough (1779-1836), "Maryland"
* Alexander C. Hanson (1786-1819), "Maryland"
* Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842), "Delaware"
* William Hunter (1774-1849), "Rhode Island"
* Rufus King (1755-1827), "New York"
* Jeremiah Mason (1768-1848), "New Hampshire" …resigned June 16 1817.
* Prentiss Mellen (1764-1840), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, June 5 1818.
* Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), "Massachusetts"
* Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838), "Vermont"
* Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826), "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
* Joel Abbott (1776-1826), "Georgia"
* Heman Allen (1779-1852), "Vermont" …resigned April 20 1818.
* Richard C. Anderson, Jr. (1788-1826), "Kentucky"
* William Anderson (1762-1829), "Pennsylvania"
* Archibald Austin (1772-1837), "Virginia"
* Henry Baldwin (1780-1844), "Pennsylvania"
* William Lee Ball (1781-1824), "Virginia"
* Levi Barber (1777-1833), "Ohio"
* Philip P. Barbour (1783-1841), "Virginia"
* Burwell Bassett (1764-1841), "Virginia"
* Ephraim Bateman (1780-1829), "New Jersey"
* Philemon Beecher (1775-1839), "Ohio"
* Joseph Bellinger (1773-1830), "South Carolina"
* Benjamin Bennet (1764-1840), "New Jersey"
* Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), "New Jersey"
* William G. Blount (1784-1827), "Tennessee"
* Andrew Boden ( -1835), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph H. Bryan (1782-1839), "North Carolina"
* William A. Burwell (1780-1821), "Virginia"
* Josiah Butler (1779-1854), "New Hampshire"
* Thomas Butler (1785-1847), "Louisiana" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.
* John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), "South Carolina" …resigned November 3 1817.
* John W. Campbell (1782-1833), "Ohio"
* Clifton Clagett (1762-1829), "New Hampshire"
* Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856), "Tennessee"
* Henry Clay (1777-1852), "Kentucky"
* Thomas W. Cobb (1784-1830), "Georgia"
* Oliver C. Comstock (1780-1860), "New York"
* Zadock Cook (1769-1863), "Georgia"
* Samuel C. Crafts (1768-1853), "Vermont"
* Joel Crawford (1783-1858), "Georgia"
* Daniel Cruger (1780-1843), "New York"
* Thomas Culbreth (1786-1843), "Maryland" :D-E-F
* Joseph Desha (1768-1842), "Kentucky"
* John R. Drake (1782-1857), "New York"
* Elias Earle (1762-1823), "South Carolina"
* Weldon N. Edwards (1788-1873), "North Carolina"
* Benjamin Ellicott (1765-1827), "New York"
* James Ervin (1778-1841), "South Carolina"
* Charles Fisher (1789-1849), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 11 1819.
* John Floyd (1783-1837), "Virginia"
* Walter Folger, Jr. (1765-1849), "Massachusetts"
* Daniel M. Forney (1784-1847), "North Carolina" …resigned in 1818.
* John Forsyth (1780-1841), "Georgia" …resigned November 23 1818.
* Timothy Fuller (1778-1835), "Massachusetts" :G-H-I
* Joshua Gage (1763-1831), "Massachusetts"
* Robert S. Garnett (1789-1840), "Virginia"
* Sylvester Gilbert (1755-1846), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 18 1818.
* Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818), "Virginia" …died February 21 1818.
* Salma Hale (1787-1866), "New Hampshire"
* Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), "North Carolina"
* Willard Hall (1780-1875), "Delaware"
* William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), "Ohio"
* Josiah Hasbrouck (1755-1821), "New York"
* William Hendricks (1782-1850), "Indiana"
* John Herkimer (1773-1848), "New York"
* Samuel Herrick (1779-1852), "Ohio"
* Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* Peter Hitchcock (1781-1853), "Ohio"
* Samuel Hogg (1783-1842), "Tennessee"
* John Holmes (1773-1843), "Massachusetts"
* Jacob Hostetter (1754-1831), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.
* Thomas H. Hubbard (1781-1857), "New York"
* William Hunter (1754-1827), "Vermont"
* Samuel D. Ingham (1779-1860), "Pennsylvania" …resigned July 6 1818.
* William Irving (1766-1821), "New York" :J-K-L
* James Johnson ( -1825), "Virginia"
* Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), "Kentucky"
* Francis Jones ( - ), "Tennessee"
* Charles Kinsey (1773-1849), "New Jersey"
* Dorrance Kirtland (1770-1840), "New York"
* Thomas Lawyer (1785-1868), "New York"
* William J. Lewis (1766-1828), "Virginia"
* Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.
* John Linn (1763-1821), "New Jersey"
* Peter Little (1775-1830), "Maryland"
* Arthur Livermore (1766-1853), "New Hampshire"
* William Lowndes (1782-1822), "South Carolina" :M-N-O
* William Maclay (1765-1825), "Pennsylvania"
* William P. Maclay (1774-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* David Marchand (1776-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* George W. L. Marr (1779-1856), "Tennessee"
* William McCoy ( -1864), "Virginia"
* John McLean (1791-1830), "Illinois" …newly admitted state, seated December 4 1818.
* Orsamus C. Merrill (1775-1865), "Vermont"
* Henry Middleton (1770-1846), "South Carolina"
* Stephen D. Miller (1787-1838), "South Carolina"
* Robert Moore (1778-1831), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Moore (1774-1861), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.
* Marcus Morton (1784-1864), "Massachusetts"
* George Mumford ( -1818), "North Carolina" …died December 31 1818.
* John Murray (1768-1834), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1817.
* Hugh Nelson (1768-1836), "Virginia"
* Thomas M. Nelson (1782-1853), "Virginia"
* Wilson Nesbitt ( -1861), "South Carolina"
* Anthony New (1747-1833), "Kentucky"
* Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), "Virginia"
* Alexander Ogle (1766-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* James Owen (1784-1865), "North Carolina" :P-Q-R
* John Palmer (1785-1840), "New York"
* Albion K. Parris (1788-1857), "Massachusetts" …resigned February 3 1818.
* John F. Parrott (1767-1836), "New Hampshire"
* Thomas Patterson (1764-1841), "Pennsylvania"
* John Pegram (1773-1831), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.
* James Pleasants (1769-1836), "Virginia"
* George Poindexter (1779-1853), "Mississippi" …newly admitted state, seated December 15 1817.
* James Porter (1787-1839), "New York"
* Tunstall Quarles (1770c-1855), "Kentucky"
* Philip Reed (1760-1829), "Maryland"
* Robert R. Reid (1789-1841), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 18 1819.
* John Rhea (1753-1832), "Tennessee"
* Charles Rich (1771-1824), "Vermont"
* Mark Richards (1760-1844), "Vermont"
* Samuel Ringgold (1770-1829), "Maryland"
* George Robertson (1790-1874), "Kentucky"
* Thomas B. Robertson (1779-1828), "Louisiana" …resigned April 20 1818.
* Thomas J. Rogers (1781-1832), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 24 1818.
* John Ross (1770-1834), "Pennsylvania" …resigned February 24 1818.:S-T-U-V
* Zabdiel Sampson (1781-1828), "Massachusetts"
* John Savage (1779-1863), "New York"
* Lemuel Sawyer (1777-1852), "North Carolina"
* David Scott "Pennsylvania" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* Tredwell Scudder (1778-1834), "New York"
* Thomas Settle (1789-1857), "North Carolina"
* Adam Seybert (1773-1825), "Pennsylvania"
* Henry Shaw (1788-1857), "Massachusetts"
* Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850), "Massachusetts"
* Eldred Simkins (1779-1831), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 9 1818.
* Ballard Smith ( - ), "Virginia"
* James S. Smith (1790-1859), "North Carolina"
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* Alexander Smyth (1765-1830), "Virginia"
* Henry Southard (1747-1842), "New Jersey"
* Jacob Spangler (1767-1843), "Pennsylvania" …resigned April 20 1818.
* Thomas Speed (1768-1842), "Kentucky"
* John C. Spencer (1788-1855), "New York"
* George F. Strother (1783-1840), "Virginia"
* James Tallmadge, Jr. (1778-1853), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect, seated December 1 1817.
* Christian Tarr (1765-1833), "Pennsylvania"
* John W. Taylor (1784-1854), "New York"
* William Terrell (1778-1855), "Georgia"
* Caleb Tompkins (1759-1846), "New York"
* George Townsend (1769-1844), "New York"
* David Trimble (1782-1842), "Kentucky"
* Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848), "Virginia"
* Starling Tucker (1770-1834), "South Carolina"
* John Tyler (1790-1862), "Virginia"
* Nathaniel Upham (1774-1829), "New Hampshire" :W-X-Y-Z
* David Walker ( -1820), "Kentucky"
* Felix Walker (1753-1828), "North Carolina"
* James M. Wallace (1750-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* Peter H. Wendover (1768-1834), "New York"
* John Whiteside (1773-1830), "Pennsylvania"
* James W. Wilkin (1762-1845), "New York"
* Isaac Williams, Jr. (1777-1860), "New York"
* Lewis Williams (1782-1842), "North Carolina"
* William Wilson ( - ), "Pennsylvania"

=Federalist=

:A-F
* Benjamin Adams (1764-1837), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel C. Allen (1772-1842), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas Bayly (1775-1829), "Maryland"
* John L. Boss, Jr. (1780-1819), "Rhode Island"
* Edward Colston (1786-1852), "Virginia"
* John P. Cushman (1784-1848), "New York"
* Isaac Darlington (1781-1839), "Pennsylvania"
* William Davidson (1778-1857), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1818.:G-L
* John C. Herbert (1775-1846), "Maryland"
* Uriel Holmes (1764-1827), "Connecticut" …resigned in 1818.
* Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* Ebenezer Huntington (1754-1834), "Connecticut" :M-R
* James B. Mason (1775-1819), "Rhode Island"
* Jonathan Mason (1756-1831), "Massachusetts"
* Louis McLane (1786-1857), "Delaware"
* Alexander McMillan ( -1817), "North Carolina" …died before Congress assembled.
* Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), "Virginia"
* Elijah H. Mills (1776-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Jonathan O. Moseley (1762-1838), "Connecticut"
* Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838), "Massachusetts"
* David A. Ogden (1770-1829), "New York"
* Benjamin Orr (1772-1828), "Massachusetts"
* Levi Pawling (1773-1845), "Pennsylvania"
* George Peter (1779-1861), "Maryland"
* James Pindall (1783c-1825), "Virginia"
* Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847), "Connecticut"
* Thomas Rice (1768-1854), "Massachusetts"
* Nathaniel Ruggles (1761-1819), "Massachusetts" :S-Z
* Philip J. Schuyler (1768-1835), "New York"
* John Sergeant (1779-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel B. Sherwood (1767-1833), "Connecticut"
* Jesse Slocumb (1780-1820), "North Carolina"
* James Stewart (1775-1821), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26 1818.
* Henry R. Storrs (1787-1837), "New York"
* Solomon Strong (1780-1850), "Massachusetts"
* Philip Stuart (1760-1830), "Maryland"
* Nathaniel Terry (1768-1844), "Connecticut"
* Rensselaer Westerlo (1776-1851), "New York"
* Ezekiel Whitman (1776-1866), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas S. Williams (1777-1861), "Connecticut"
* John Wilson (1777-1848), "Massachusetts"

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]