16th United States Congress - political parties

[
United States Capitol] The Sixteenth 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 1819 to March 3 1821, during the last 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 1819 - March 3 1821
*First session: December 6 1819 - May 15 1820
*Second session: November 13 1820 - March 3 1821 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "15th Congress"
Next congress: "17th 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"
* James Brown (1766-1835), "Louisiana"
* John Chandler (1762-1841), "Maine" …newly admitted state, elected June 14 1820.
* Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), "New Jersey"
* John H. Eaton (1790-1856), "Tennessee"
* Ninian Edwards (1775-1833), "Illinois"
* John Elliott (1773-1827), "Georgia"
* John W. Eppes (1773-1823), "Virginia" …resigned December 4 1819.:G-L
* John Gaillard (1765-1826), "South Carolina"
* David Holmes (1769-1832), "Mississippi" …appointed to fill vacancy August 30 1820, subsequently elected.
* John Holmes (1773-1843), "Maine" …newly admitted state, elected June 13 1820.
* Henry Johnson (1783-1864), "Louisiana"
* Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy in preceding Congress, December 10 1819.
* William R. King (1786-1853), "Alabama" …newly admitted state, elected December 14 1819.
* Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), "Rhode Island" …elected to fill vacancy, January 9 1821.
* James Lanman (1767-1841), "Connecticut"
* Walter Leake (1762-1825), "Mississippi" …resigned May 15 1820.
* Edward Lloyd (1779-1834), "Maryland" ...elected to fill vacancy in class, December 21 1819.
* William Logan (1776-1822), "Kentucky" …resigned May 28 1820.
* 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" …elected to fill vacancy, December 21 1819.
* James Pleasants (1769-1836), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, December 10 1819.
* Jonathan Roberts (1771-1854), "Pennsylvania"
* Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), "Ohio" :S-Z
* Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), "New York"
* William Smith (1762-1840), "South Carolina"
* Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), "New Jersey" …appointed to fill vacancy January 26 1821, subsequently elected.
* Montfort Stokes (1762-1842), "North Carolina"
* Isham Talbot (1773-1837), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy, October 19 1820.
* Waller Taylor (1786-1826), "Indiana"
* Jesse B. Thomas (1777-1853), "Illinois"
* William A. Trimble (1786-1821), "Ohio"
* Freeman Walker (1780-1827), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy in preceding Congress, November 6 1819.
* John W. Walker (1783-1823), "Alabama" …newly admitted state, elected December 14 1819.
* John Williams (1778-1837), "Tennessee"
* Thomas H. Williams (1780-1840), "Mississippi"
* James J. Wilson (1775-1824), "New Jersey" …resigned January 8 1821.

=Federalist=

:A-Z
* James Burrill, Jr. (1772-1820), "Rhode Island" …died December 25 1820.
* Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), "Connecticut"
* Alexander C. Hanson (1786-1819), "Maryland" ...died April 23 1819.
* Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842), "Delaware"
* William Hunter (1774-1849), "Rhode Island"
* Rufus King (1755-1827), "New York"
* Prentiss Mellen (1764-1840), "Massachusetts" …resigned May 15 1820.
* Elijah H. Mills (1776-1829), "Massachusetts" ...elected to fill vacancy, June 12 1820.
* 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"
* Mark Alexander (1792-1883), "Virginia"
* Nathaniel Allen (1780-1832), "New York"
* Robert Allen (1778-1844), "Tennessee"
* Richard C. Anderson, Jr. (1788-1826), "Kentucky"
* Stevenson Archer (1786-1848), "Maryland"
* William S. Archer (1789-1855), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 18 1820.
* Caleb Baker (1762-1849), "New York"
* Henry Baldwin (1780-1844), "Pennsylvania"
* William Lee Ball (1781-1824), "Virginia"
* Philip P. Barbour (1783-1841), "Virginia"
* Ephraim Bateman (1780-1829), "New Jersey"
* Philemon Beecher (1775-1839), "Ohio"
* William S. Blackledge (1793-1857), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 7 1821.
* Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), "New Jersey"
* Andrew Boden ( -1835), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph Brevard (1766-1821), "South Carolina"
* William Brown (1779-1833), "Kentucky"
* Henry Brush (1778-1855), "Ohio"
* Henry H. Bryan (1786-1835), "Tennessee"
* Joseph Buffum, Jr. (1784-1874), "New Hampshire"
* Hutchins G. Burton (1782-1836), "North Carolina"
* William A. Burwell (1780-1821), "Virginia" …died February 16 1821.
* Josiah Butler (1779-1854), "New Hampshire"
* Thomas Butler (1785-1847), "Louisiana"
* John W. Campbell (1782-1833), "Ohio"
* Newton Cannon (1781-1841), "Tennessee"
* Walter Case (1776-1859), "New York"
* Clifton Clagett (1762-1829), "New Hampshire"
* Robert Clark (1777-1837), "New York"
* Henry Clay (1777-1852), "Kentucky"
* Thomas W. Cobb (1784-1830), "Georgia"
* John Cocke (1772-1854), "Tennessee"
* John Condit (1755-1834), "New Jersey" …resigned November 4 1819.
* Daniel P. Cook (1794-1827), "Illinois"
* Samuel C. Crafts (1768-1853), "Vermont"
* Joel Crawford (1783-1858), "Georgia"
* John Crowell (1780-1846), "Alabama" …newly admitted state, seated December 14 1819.
* Thomas Culbreth (1786-1843), "Maryland"
* Joshua Cushman (1761-1834), "Massachusetts"
* John A. Cuthbert (1788-1881), "Georgia" :D-E-F
* William Darlington (1782-1863), "Pennsylvania"
* Jacob H. De Witt (1784-1867), "New York"
* George Denison (1790-1831), "Pennsylvania"
* Edward Dowse (1756-1828), "Massachusetts" …resigned May 26 1820.
* Elias Earle (1762-1823), "South Carolina"
* Samuel Eddy (1769-1839), "Rhode Island"
* Henry W. Edwards (1779-1847), "Connecticut"
* Weldon N. Edwards (1788-1873), "North Carolina"
* James Ervin (1778-1841), "South Carolina"
* William Eustis (1753-1825), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.:G-H-I
* John Fay (1773-1855), "New York"
* Charles Fisher (1789-1849), "North Carolina"
* John Floyd (1783-1837), "Virginia"
* Walter Folger, Jr. (1765-1849), "Massachusetts"
* William D. Ford (1779-1833), "New York"
* Samuel A. Foote (1780-1846), "Connecticut"
* Timothy Fuller (1778-1835), "Massachusetts"
* David Fullerton (1772-1843), "Pennsylvania" …resigned May 15 1820.
* Robert S. Garnett (1789-1840), "Virginia"
* Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1820.
* John C. Gray (1783-1823), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.
* Ezra C. Gross (1787-1829), "New York"
* Samuel Gross (1776-1839), "Pennsylvania"
* James Guyon, Jr. (1778-1846), "New York" …contested election, seated January 14 1820.
* Aaron Hackley, Jr. (1783-1868), "New York"
* George Hall (1770-1840), "New York"
* Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), "North Carolina"
* Willard Hall (1780-1875), "Delaware" …resigned January 22 1819.
* Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), "Kentucky"
* Nathaniel Hazard (1776-1820), "Rhode Island" …died December 17 1820.
* William Hendricks (1782-1850), "Indiana"
* Samuel Herrick (1779-1852), "Ohio"
* Jacob Hibshman (1772-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), "Pennsylvania" …resigned December 1820.
* Mark L. Hill (1772-1842), "Massachusetts"
* Aaron Hobart (1787-1858), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 18 1820.
* John Holmes (1773-1843), "Massachusetts" …resigned March 15 1820.
* Charles Hooks (1768-1843), "North Carolina"
* Jacob Hostetter (1754-1831), "Pennsylvania" :J-K-L
* Edward B. Jackson (1793-1826), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.
* Francis Johnson (1776-1842), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.
* James Johnson ( -1825), "Virginia" …resigned February 1 1820.
* Francis Jones ( - ), "Tennessee"
* James Jones (1772-1848), "Virginia"
* Joseph Kent (1779-1837), "Maryland"
* Charles Kinsey (1773-1849), "New Jersey" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 16 1820.
* Martin Kinsley (1754-1835), "Massachusetts"
* Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829), "Massachusetts"
* John Linn (1763-1821), "New Jersey" …died January 5 1821.
* Peter Little (1775-1830), "Maryland"
* Arthur Livermore (1766-1853), "New Hampshire"
* William Lowndes (1782-1822), "South Carolina"
* Joseph S. Lyman (1785-1821), "New York" :M-N-O
* William P. Maclay (1774-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* Rollin C. Mallary (1784-1831), "Vermont" …contested election, seated January 13 1820.
* David Marchand (1776-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* William McCoy ( -1864), "Virginia"
* John McCreary (1761c-1833), "South Carolina"
* Alney McLean (1779-1841), "Kentucky"
* Ezra Meech (1773-1856), "Vermont"
* Henry Meigs (1782-1861), "New York"
* Orsamus C. Merrill (1775-1865), "Vermont" …contested election, served until January 12 1820.
* Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855), "Kentucky"
* Robert Monell (1786-1860), "New York"
* Thomas Montgomery (1779-1828), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.
* Robert Moore (1778-1831), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Moore (2634857467-34534), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas L. Moore ( -1862), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.
* Marcus Morton (1784-1864), "Massachusetts"
* Jonathan O. Moseley (1762-1838), "Connecticut"
* John Murray (1768-1834), "Pennsylvania"
* Hugh Nelson (1768-1836), "Virginia"
* Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), "Virginia"
* James Overstreet (1773-1822), "South Carolina" :P-Q-R
* James Parker (1768-1837), "Massachusetts"
* Severn E. Parker (1787-1836), "Virginia"
* Thomas Patterson (1764-1841), "Pennsylvania"
* Harmanus Peek (1782-1838), "New York"
* Elisha Phelps (1779-1847), "Connecticut"
* Robert Philson (1759-1831), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), "South Carolina"
* Nathaniel Pitcher (1777-1836), "New York"
* James Pleasants (1769-1836), "Virginia" …resigned December 14 1819.
* William Plumer, Jr. (1789-1854), "New Hampshire"
* Tunstall Quarles (1770c-1855), "Kentucky" …resigned June 15 1820.
* John Randolph (1773-1833), "Virginia"
* Christopher Rankin (1788-1826), "Mississippi"
* Robert R. Reid (1789-1841), "Georgia"
* John Rhea (1753-1832), "Tennessee"
* Charles Rich (1771-1824), "Vermont"
* Mark Richards (1760-1844), "Vermont"
* Jonathan Richmond (1774-1853), "New York"
* Samuel Ringgold (1770-1829), "Maryland"
* George Robertson (1790-1874), "Kentucky"
* Thomas J. Rogers (1781-1832), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas R. Ross (1788-1869), "Ohio"
* John Russ (1767-1833), "Connecticut" :S-T-U-V
* Ebenezer Sage (1755-1834), "New York" …contested election, never qualified.
* Zabdiel Sampson (1781-1828), "Massachusetts" …resigned July 26 1820.
* Lemuel Sawyer (1777-1852), "North Carolina"
* Thomas Settle (1789-1857), "North Carolina"
* Henry Shaw (1788-1857), "Massachusetts"
* Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850), "Massachusetts"
* Eldred Simkins (1779-1831), "South Carolina"
* John Sloane (1779-1856), "Ohio"
* Ballard Smith ( - ), "Virginia"
* Bernard Smith (1776-1835), "New Jersey"
* James S. Smith (1790-1859), "North Carolina"
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* Alexander Smyth (1765-1830), "Virginia"
* Henry Southard (1747-1842), "New Jersey"
* James Stevens (1768-1835), "Connecticut"
* Randall S. Street (1780-1841), "New York"
* William Strong (1763-1840), "Vermont"
* George F. Strother (1783-1840), "Virginia" …resigned February 10 1820.
* Christian Tarr (1765-1833), "Pennsylvania"
* John W. Taylor (1784-1854), "New York"
* William Terrell (1778-1855), "Georgia"
* Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), "Connecticut"
* Caleb Tompkins (1759-1846), "New York"
* David Trimble (1782-1842), "Kentucky"
* George Tucker (1775-1861), "Virginia"
* Starling Tucker (1770-1834), "South Carolina"
* John Tyler (1790-1862), "Virginia"
* Daniel Udree (1751-1828), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 8 1821
* Nathaniel Upham (1774-1829), "New Hampshire" :W-X-Y-Z
* David Walker ( -1820), "Kentucky" …died March 1 1820.
* Felix Walker (1753-1828), "North Carolina"
* James M. Wallace (1750-1823), "Pennsylvania"
* Peter H. Wendover (1768-1834), "New York"
* Jared Williams (1766-1831), "Virginia"
* Lewis Williams (1782-1842), "North Carolina"
* Silas Wood (1769-1847), "New York"

=Federalist=

:A-F
* Benjamin Adams (1764-1837), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel C. Allen (1772-1842), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas Bayly (1775-1829), "Maryland"
* John Culpepper (1761-1841), "North Carolina"
* Joseph Dane (1778-1858), "Maine" …newly admitted state, seated December 11 1820.
* William Davidson (1778-1857), "North Carolina"
* John D. Dickinson (1767-1841), "New York"
* Samuel Edwards (1785-1850), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas Forrest (1747-1825), "Pennsylvania" :G-L
* Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* Jonas Kendall (1757-1844), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel Lathrop (1772-1846), "Massachusetts" :M-R
* Jonathan Mason (1756-1831), "Massachusetts" …resigned May 15 1820.
* Thomas G. McCullough (1785-1848), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.
* Louis McLane (1786-1857), "Delaware"
* Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), "Virginia"
* Raphael Neale ( -1833), "Maryland"
* Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838), "Massachusetts"
* James Pindall (1783c-1825), "Virginia" …resigned July 26 1820.:S-Z
* John Sergeant (1779-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* Jesse Slocumb (1780-1820), "North Carolina" …died December 20 1821.
* Henry R. Storrs (1787-1837), "New York"
* James Strong (1783-1847), "New York"
* Albert H. Tracy (1793-1859), "New York"
* Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774-1852), "New York"
* Thomas Van Swearingen (1784-1822), "Virginia"
* Henry R. Warfield (1774-1839), "Maryland"
* Ezekiel Whitman (1776-1866), "Massachusetts"

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]