17th United States Congress - political parties

[
United States Capitol] The Seventeenth 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 1821 to March 3 1823, during the first two years of the second 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.

:"Main article: 17th United States Congress":"See also: 17th United States Congress - Membership Changes":"See also: 17th United States Congress - State Delegations":"See also: United States House elections, 1820"

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

Dates of sessions

March 4 1821 - March 3 1823
*First session: December 3 1821 - May 8 1822
*Second session: December 2 1822 - March 3 1823 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "16th Congress"
Next congress: "18th 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.{|width=70%
-valign=top|:Senate
*Democratic-Republican: 44 "(majority)"
*Federalist: 4 TOTAL members: 48|:House of Representatives
*Democratic-Republican: 155 "(majority)"
*Federalist: 32TOTAL members: 187

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"
* David Barton (1783-1837), "Missouri" …newly admitted state, elected August 10 1821.
* Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), "Missouri" …newly admitted state, elected August 10 1821.
* Elijah Boardman (1760-1823), "Connecticut"
* Ethan Allen Brown (1776-1852), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, January 3 1822.
* James Brown (1766-1835), "Louisiana"
* John Chandler (1762-1841), "Maine"
* James De Wolf (1764-1837), "Rhode Island"
* Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), "New Jersey"
* John H. Eaton (1790-1856), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy in class, September 26 1821.
* Ninian Edwards (1775-1833), "Illinois"
* John Elliott (1773-1827), "Georgia"
* William Findlay (1768-1846), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, December 10 1821.:G-L
* John Gaillard (1765-1826), "South Carolina"
* David Holmes (1769-1832), "Mississippi"
* John Holmes (1773-1843), "Maine"
* Henry Johnson (1783-1864), "Louisiana"
* Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), "Kentucky"
* William Kelly (1786-1834), "Alabama" …elected to fill vacancy, December 12 1822.
* William R. King (1786-1853), "Alabama"
* Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), "Rhode Island"
* James Lanman (1767-1841), "Connecticut"
* Edward Lloyd (1779-1834), "Maryland"
* Walter Lowrie (1784-1868), "Pennsylvania" :M-R
* Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), "North Carolina"
* David L. Morril (1772-1849), "New Hampshire"
* James Noble (1785-1831), "Indiana"
* William A. Palmer (1781-1860), "Vermont"
* John F. Parrott (1767-1836), "New Hampshire"
* William Pinkney (1764-1822), "Maryland" …died February 25 1822.
* James Pleasants (1769-1836), "Virginia" …resigned December 15 1822.
* Caesar A. Rodney (1772-1824), "Delaware" …elected to fill vacancy, January 10 1822, resigned January 29 1823.
* Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), "Ohio" :S-Z
* Horatio Seymour (1778-1857), "Vermont"
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, December 16 1822.
* William Smith (1762-1840), "South Carolina"
* Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), "New Jersey" …resigned March 3 1823.
* Montfort Stokes (1762-1842), "North Carolina"
* Isham Talbot (1773-1837), "Kentucky"
* John Taylor (1753-1824), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, December 18 1822.
* Waller Taylor (1786-1826), "Indiana"
* Jesse B. Thomas (1777-1853), "Illinois"
* William A. Trimble (1786-1821), "Ohio" …died December 13 1821.
* Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), "New York"
* Freeman Walker (1780-1827), "Georgia" …resigned August 8 1821.
* John W. Walker (1783-1823), "Alabama" …resigned December 12 1822.
* Nicholas Ware (1769-1824), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, November 10 1821.
* John Williams (1778-1837), "Tennessee"
* Thomas H. Williams (1780-1840), "Mississippi"

=Federalist=

:A-Z
* Rufus King (1755-1827), "New York"
* James Lloyd (1769-1831), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, June 5 1822.
* Elijah H. Mills (1776-1829), "Massachusetts"
* Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), "Massachusetts" …resigned May 30 1822.
* 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"
* Mark Alexander (1792-1883), "Virginia"
* Robert Allen (1778-1844), "Tennessee"
* William S. Archer (1789-1855), "Virginia"
* Henry Baldwin (1780-1844), "Pennsylvania" …resigned May 8 1822.
* William Lee Ball (1781-1824), "Virginia"
* Levi Barber (1777-1833), "Ohio"
* Noyes Barber (1781-1844), "Connecticut"
* Philip P. Barbour (1783-1841), "Virginia"
* Gideon Barstow (1783-1852), "Massachusetts"
* Burwell Bassett (1764-1841), "Virginia"
* Ephraim Bateman (1780-1829), "New Jersey"
* William S. Blackledge (1793-1857), "North Carolina"
* James Blair (1790c-1834), "South Carolina" …resigned May 8 1822.
* Charles Borland, Jr. (1786-1852), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1821.
* James D. Breckinridge ( -1849), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 2 1822.
* John Brown (1772-1845), "Pennsylvania"
* Henry H. Bryan (1786-1835), "Tennessee"
* Wingfield Bullock ( -1821), "Kentucky" …died October 13 1821, before Congress assembled.
* Daniel Burrows (1766-1858), "Connecticut"
* Hutchins G. Burton (1782-1836), "North Carolina"
* Josiah Butler (1779-1854), "New Hampshire"
* Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), "New York"
* John W. Campbell (1782-1833), "Ohio"
* Samuel Campbell (1773-1853), "New York"
* Newton Cannon (1781-1841), "Tennessee"
* John Carter (1792-1850), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 11 1822.
* George Cassedy (1783-1842), "New Jersey"
* David Chambers (1780-1864), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1821.
* John Cocke (1772-1854), "Tennessee"
* Lewis Condict (1772-1862), "New Jersey"
* Alfred Conkling (1789-1874), "New York"
* Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), "North Carolina"
* Daniel P. Cook (1794-1827), "Illinois"
* Jeremiah Cosden (1768-1824), "Maryland" …contested election, served until March 19 1822.
* Samuel C. Crafts (1768-1853), "Vermont"
* Josiah Crudup (1791-1872), "North Carolina"
* Joshua Cushman (1761-1834), "Maine"
* Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), "Georgia" :D-E-F
* William Darlington (1782-1863), "Pennsylvania"
* George Denison (1790-1831), "Pennsylvania"
* James Duncan (1756-1844), "Pennsylvania" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* Job Durfee (1790-1847), "Rhode Island"
* Samuel Eddy (1769-1839), "Rhode Island"
* Henry W. Edwards (1779-1847), "Connecticut"
* Weldon N. Edwards (1788-1873), "North Carolina"
* William Cox Ellis (1787-1871), "Pennsylvania" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* William Eustis (1753-1825), "Massachusetts"
* Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826), "Pennsylvania"
* John Findlay (1766-1838), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12 1821.
* John Floyd (1783-1837), "Virginia"
* Walter Forward (1786-1852), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1822.
* Timothy Fuller (1778-1835), "Massachusetts" :G-H-I
* Robert S. Garnett (1789-1840), "Virginia"
* George R. Gilmer (1790-1859), "Georgia"
* Joseph Gist (1775-1836), "South Carolina"
* Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855), "Massachusetts"
* Andrew R. Govan (1794-1841), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1822.
* Samuel Gross (1776-1839), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), "North Carolina"
* James Hamilton, Jr. (1786-1857), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 6 1823.
* Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), "Kentucky"
* Mark Harris (1779-1843), "Maine" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1822.
* Matthew Harvey (1781-1866), "New Hampshire"
* James Hawkes (1776-1865), "New York"
* William Hendricks (1782-1850), "Indiana" …resigned July 25 1822.
* Ebenezer Herrick (1785-1839), "Maine"
* Mark L. Hill (1772-1842), "Maine"
* Aaron Hobart (1787-1858), "Massachusetts"
* George Holcombe (1786-1828), "New Jersey"
* Charles Hooks (1768-1843), "North Carolina"
* Thomas H. Hubbard (1781-1857), "New York"
* Samuel D. Ingham (1779-1860), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1822.:J-K-L
* Edward B. Jackson (1793-1826), "Virginia"
* Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834), "Indiana" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1822.
* Francis Johnson (1776-1842), "Kentucky"
* John T. Johnson (1788-1856), "Kentucky"
* Josiah S. Johnston (1784-1833), "Louisiana"
* Francis Jones ( - ), "Tennessee"
* James Jones (1772-1848), "Virginia"
* Joseph Kent (1779-1837), "Maryland"
* Elias Keyes (1758-1844), "Vermont"
* Jabez Leftwich (1765-1855), "Virginia"
* Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829), "Maine"
* Elisha Litchfield (1785-1859), "New York"
* Peter Little (1775-1830), "Maryland"
* John Long (1785-1857), "North Carolina"
* William Lowndes (1782-1822), "South Carolina" …resigned May 8 1822.:M-N-O
* Rollin C. Mallary (1784-1831), "Vermont"
* James Matlack (1775-1840), "New Jersey"
* Aaron Matson (1770-1855), "New Hampshire"
* John Mattocks (1777-1847), "Vermont"
* Richard McCarty (1780-1844), "New York"
* William McCoy ( -1864), "Virginia"
* George McDuffie (1790-1851), "South Carolina"
* Isaac McKim (1775-1838), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 8 1823.
* Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855), "Kentucky"
* James S. Mitchell (1784-1844), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas R. Mitchell (1783-1837), "South Carolina"
* Thomas Montgomery (1779-1828), "Kentucky"
* Gabriel Moore (1785-1845), "Alabama"
* Samuel Moore (1774-1861), "Pennsylvania" …resigned May 20 1822.
* Thomas L. Moore ( -1862), "Virginia"
* John J. Morgan (1770-1849), "New York"
* Thomas Murray, Jr. (1770-1823), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12 1821.
* Hugh Nelson (1768-1836), "Virginia" …resigned January 14 1823.
* John Nelson (1791-1860), "Maryland"
* Anthony New (1747-1833), "Kentucky"
* Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), "Virginia"
* James Overstreet (1773-1822), "South Carolina" …died May 24 1822.:P-Q-R
* Thomas Patterson (1764-1841), "Pennsylvania"
* Jeremiah H. Pierson (1766-1855), "New York"
* Nathaniel Pitcher (1777-1836), "New York"
* George Plumer (1762-1843), "Pennsylvania"
* William Plumer, Jr. (1789-1854), "New Hampshire"
* Joel R. Poinsett (1779-1851), "South Carolina"
* John Randolph (1773-1833), "Virginia"
* Christopher Rankin (1788-1826), "Mississippi"
* Philip Reed (1760-1829), "Maryland" …contested election, seated March 19 1822.
* Robert R. Reid (1789-1841), "Georgia"
* John Rhea (1753-1832), "Tennessee"
* Charles Rich (1771-1824), "Vermont"
* George Robertson (1790-1874), "Kentucky" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* William B. Rochester (1789-1838), "New York"
* Caesar A. Rodney (1772-1824), "Delaware" …resigned January 24 1822.
* Thomas J. Rogers (1781-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas R. Ross (1788-1869), "Ohio"
* John Russ (1767-1833), "Connecticut"
* Jonathan Russell (1771-1832), "Massachusetts" :S-T-U-V
* Romulus M. Saunders (1791-1867), "North Carolina"
* Lemuel Sawyer (1777-1852), "North Carolina"
* John Scott (1785-1861), "Missouri" …newly admitted state, seated December 3 1821.
* Peter Sharpe (1777-1842), "New York" …contested election, never qualified.
* John Sloane (1779-1856), "Ohio"
* Arthur Smith (1785-1853), "Virginia"
* John S. Smith (1792-1854), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1821.
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland" …resigned December 17 1822, before Congress assembled.
* William Smith ( - ), "Virginia"
* Alexander Smyth (1765-1830), "Virginia"
* Elijah Spencer (1775-1852), "New York"
* Ansel Sterling (1782-1853), "Connecticut"
* Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), "Virginia"
* Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), "Pennsylvania"
* Ebenezer Stoddard (1785-1847), "Connecticut"
* Samuel Swan (1771-1844), "New Jersey"
* Edward F. Tattnall (1788-1832), "Georgia"
* John W. Taylor (1784-1854), "New York"
* Wiley Thompson (1781-1835), "Georgia"
* John Tod (1779-1830), "Pennsylvania"
* Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), "Connecticut"
* Albert H. Tracy (1793-1859), "New York"
* David Trimble (1782-1842), "Kentucky"
* George Tucker (1775-1861), "Virginia"
* Starling Tucker (1770-1834), "South Carolina"
* Selah Tuthill (1771-1821), "New York" …died September 7 1821, before Congress assembled.
* Daniel Udree (1751-1828), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 23 1822.
* Nathaniel Upham (1774-1829), "New Hampshire"
* William W. Van Wyck (1777-1840), "New York"
* Joseph Vance (1786-1852), "Ohio" …sometimes named John Vance, probably in error.:W-X-Y-Z
* Felix Walker (1753-1828), "North Carolina"
* Reuben H. Walworth (1788-1867), "New York"
* Thomas Whipple, Jr. (1787-1835), "New Hampshire"
* Phineas White (1770-1847), "Vermont"
* Jared Williams (1766-1831), "Virginia"
* Lewis Williams (1782-1842), "North Carolina"
* William D. Williamson (1779-1846), "Maine"
* John Wilson (1773-1828), "South Carolina"
* Silas Wood (1769-1847), "New York"
* David Woodcock (1785-1835), "New York"
* Samuel H. Woodson (1777-1827), "Kentucky"
* John C. Wright (1783-1861), "Ohio" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* Robert Wright (1752-1826), "Maryland"

=Federalist=

:A-F
* Samuel C. Allen (1772-1842), "Massachusetts"
* Francis Baylies (1783-1852), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas Bayly (1775-1829), "Maryland"
* Lewis Bigelow (1785-1838), "Massachusetts"
* James Buchanan (1791-1868), "Pennsylvania"
* Cadwallader D. Colden (1769-1834), "New York" …contested election, seated December 12 1821.
* Joseph Dane (1778-1858), "Maine"
* John D. Dickinson (1767-1841), "New York"
* Henry W. Dwight (1788-1845), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel Edwards (1785-1850), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas Forrest (1747-1825), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1822.:G-L
* John Gebhard (1782-1854), "New York"
* Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph Kirkland (1770-1844), "New York"
* Samuel Lathrop (1772-1846), "Massachusetts" :M-R
* Louis McLane (1786-1857), "Delaware"
* Archibald McNeill (??-1849), "North Carolina"
* James McSherry (1776-1849), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), "Virginia"
* William Milnor (1769-1848), "Pennsylvania" …resigned May 8 1822.
* Raphael Neale ( -1833), "Maryland"
* Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838), "Massachusetts"
* Walter Patterson ( - ), "New York"
* John Phillips ( - ), "Pennsylvania"
* John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), "Massachusetts"
* Daniel Rodney (1764-1846), "Delaware" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1822.
* Charles H. Ruggles (1789-1865), "New York" :S-Z
* John Sergeant (1779-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* James Stephenson (1764-1833), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1822.
* Micah Sterling (1784-1844), "New York"
* Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774-1852), "New York" …resigned January 14 1822.
* Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 12 1822.
* Thomas Van Swearingen (1784-1822), "Virginia" …died August 19 1822.
* Henry R. Warfield (1774-1839), "Maryland"
* Ezekiel Whitman (1776-1866), "Maine" …resigned June 1 1822.
* Ludwig Worman (1761-1822), "Pennsylvania" …died October 17 1822.

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]