21st United States Congress - political parties

[
United States Capitol] The Twenty-first 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 1829 to March 3 1831, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. Both chambers had a Jacksonian or Democratic 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 1829 - March 3 1831
*Special session of the Senate: March 4 1829 – March 17 1829
*First session: December 7 1829 - May 31 1830
*Second session: December 6 1830 - March 3 1831 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "20th Congress"
Next congress: "22nd Congress"

Party summary

enate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

=Democratic=

:A-F
* Robert H. Adams (1792-1830), "Mississippi" …elected to fill vacancy January 6 1830, died July 2 1830.
* David J. Baker (1792-1869), "Illinois" …appointed to fill vacancy, November 12 1830.
* Isaac D. Barnard (1791-1834), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), "Missouri"
* John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856), "Georgia" …resigned March 9 1829.
* George M. Bibb (1776-1859), "Kentucky"
* John Branch (1782-1863), "North Carolina" …resigned March 9 1829.
* Bedford Brown (1795-1870), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, December 9 1829.
* Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), "New Jersey"
* Charles E. Dudley (1780-1841), "New York"
* John H. Eaton (1790-1856), "Tennessee" …resigned March 9 1829.
* Powhatan Ellis (1790-1863), "Mississippi"
* John Forsyth (1780-1841), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, November 9 1829.:G-L
* Felix Grundy (1777-1840), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy, October 19 1829.
* Robert Y. Hayne (1791-1839), "South Carolina"
* James Iredell, Jr. (1788-1853), "North Carolina"
* Elias K. Kane (1794-1835), "Illinois"
* William R. D. King (1786-1853), "Alabama"
* Edward Livingston (1764-1836), "Louisiana" :M-R
* John McKinley (1780-1852), "Alabama"
* Louis McLane (1786-1857), "Delaware" …resigned April 16 1829.
* John McLean (1791-1830), "Illinois" …died October 14 1830.
* George Poindexter (1779-1853), "Mississippi" …appointed to fill vacancy, October 15 1830, subsequently elected.
* Thomas B. Reed (1787-1829), "Mississippi" …died November 26 1829.
* John M. Robinson (1794-1843), "Illinois" …elected to fill vacancy, December 11 1830.
* John Rowan (1773-1843), "Kentucky" :S-Z
* Samuel Smith (1752-1839), "Maryland"
* William Smith (1762-1840), "South Carolina"
* Littleton W. Tazewell (1774-1860), "Virginia"
* George M. Troup (1780-1856), "Georgia"
* John Tyler (1790-1862), "Virginia"
* Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), "Tennessee"
* Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), "New Hampshire"

National Republican

:A-F
* David Barton (1783-1837), "Missouri"
* Samuel Bell (1770-1850), "New Hampshire"
* Jacob Burnet (1770-1853), "Ohio"
* Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788-1867), "Maryland"
* Dudley Chase (1771-1846), "Vermont"
* John M. Clayton (1796-1856), "Delaware"
* Samuel A. Foote (1780-1846), "Connecticut"
* Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862), "New Jersey" :G-L
* William Hendricks (1782-1850), "Indiana"
* John Holmes (1773-1843), "Maine"
* Josiah S. Johnston (1784-1833), "Louisiana"
* Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), "Rhode Island" :M-R
* William Marks (1778-1858), "Pennsylvania"
* Arnold Naudain (1790-1872), "Delaware" …elected to fill vacancy, January 7 1830.
* James Noble (1785-1831), "Indiana" …died February 26 1831.
* Asher Robbins (1757-1845), "Rhode Island"
* Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), "Ohio" :S-Z
* Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), "New York"
* Horatio Seymour (1778-1857), "Vermont"
* Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850), "Massachusetts"
* Peleg Sprague (1793-1880), "Maine"
* Daniel Webster (1782-1852), "Massachusetts"
* Calvin Willey (1776-1858), "Connecticut"

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

=Democratic=

:A-B-C
* Mark Alexander (1792-1883), "Virginia"
* Robert Allen (1794-1859), "Virginia"
* Willis Alston (1769-1837), "North Carolina"
* John Anderson (1792-1853), "Maine"
* William G. Angel (1790-1858), "New York"
* William S. Archer (1789-1855), "Virginia"
* John S. Barbour (1790-1855), "Virginia"
* Philip P. Barbour (1783-1841), "Virginia" …resigned October 15 1830.
* Robert W. Barnwell (1801-1882), "South Carolina"
* Daniel L. Barringer (1788-1852), "North Carolina"
* Robert E. B. Baylor (1793-1874), "Alabama"
* John Bell (1797-1869), "Tennessee"
* James Blair (1790c-1834), "South Carolina"
* John Blair (1790-1863), "Tennessee"
* Abraham Bockee (1784-1865), "New York"
* Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), "Indiana"
* Peter I. Borst (1797-1848), "New York"
* Thomas T. Bouldin (1781-1834), "Virginia"
* John Brodhead (1770-1838), "New Hampshire"
* Elias Brown (1793-1857), "Maryland"
* James Buchanan (1791-1868), "Pennsylvania"
* Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), "New York"
* John Campbell ( -1845), "South Carolina"
* Samuel P. Carson (1798-1838), "North Carolina"
* Thomas Chandler (1772-1866), "New Hampshire"
* Thomas Chilton (1798-1854), "Kentucky"
* Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), "Virginia"
* Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), "Alabama"
* Richard Coke, Jr. (1790-1851), "Virginia"
* Nicholas D. Coleman (1800-1874), "Kentucky"
* Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), "North Carolina"
* Richard Coulter (1788-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* Hector Craig (1775-1842), "New York" …resigned July 12 1830.
* Robert Craig (1792-1852), "Virginia"
* Thomas H. Crawford (1786-1863), "Pennsylvania"
* Jacob Crocheron (1774-1849), "New York" :D-E-F
* Henry Daniel (1786-1873), "Kentucky"
* Thomas Davenport ( -1838), "Virginia"
* Warren R. Davis (1793-1835), "South Carolina"
* Charles G. DeWitt (1789-1839), "New York"
* Robert Desha (1791-1849), "Tennessee"
* Joseph Draper (1794-1834), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1830.
* William Drayton (1776-1846), "South Carolina"
* Edward B. Dudley (1789-1855), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 14 1829.
* Joseph Duncan (1794-1844), "Illinois"
* Jonas Earll, Jr. (1786-1846), "New York"
* Joshua Evans, Jr. (1777-1846), "Pennsylvania"
* James Findlay (1770-1835), "Ohio"
* George Fisher (1788-1861), "New York" …contested election, served until February 5 1830.
* James Ford (1783-1859), "Pennsylvania"
* Chauncey Forward (1793-1839), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas F. Foster (1790-1848), "Georgia"
* Joseph Fry, Jr. (1781-1860), "Pennsylvania" :G-H-I
* Nathan Gaither (1788-1862), "Kentucky"
* John Gilmore (1780-1845), "Pennsylvania"
* John M. Goodenow (1782-1838), "Ohio" …resigned April 9 1830, before Congress assembled.
* William F. Gordon (1787-1858), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 25 1830.
* Innis Green (1776-1839), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), "North Carolina"
* Jehiel H. Halsey (1788-1867), "New York"
* Joseph Hammons (1787-1836), "New Hampshire"
* Jonathan Harvey (1780-1859), "New Hampshire"
* Charles E. Haynes (1784-1841), "Georgia"
* Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas Hinds (1780-1840), "Mississippi"
* Michael Hoffman (1787-1848), "New York"
* Cornelius Holland (1783-1870), "Maine" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1830.
* Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829), "North Carolina" …died September 26 1829, before Congress assembled.
* Benjamin C. Howard (1791-1872), "Maryland"
* Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), "New Hampshire"
* Peter Ihrie, Jr. (1796-1871), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1829.
* Samuel D. Ingham (1779-1860), "Pennsylvania" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* William W. Irvin (1778c-1842), "Ohio"
* Thomas Irwin (1785-1870), "Pennsylvania"
* Jacob C. Isacks ( - ), "Tennessee" :J-K-L
* Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), "Maine"
* Cave Johnson (1793-1866), "Tennessee"
* Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), "Kentucky"
* William Kennon, Sr. (1793-1881), "Ohio"
* John Kincaid (1791-1873), "Kentucky"
* Adam King (1790-1835), "Pennsylvania"
* Perkins King (1784-1857), "New York"
* Henry G. Lamar (1798-1861), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1829.
* Pryor Lea (1794-1879), "Tennessee"
* Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796-1873), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1830.
* Joseph Lecompte (1797-1851), "Kentucky"
* George G. Leiper (1786-1868), "Pennsylvania"
* James Lent (1782-1833), "New York"
* Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), "Alabama"
* George Loyall (1789-1868), "Virginia" …contested election, seated March 9 1830.
* Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), "Georgia"
* Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842), "Kentucky" :M-N-O
* John Magee (1794-1868), "New York"
* Alem Marr (1787-1843), "Pennsylvania"
* William D. Martin (1789-1833), "South Carolina"
* Thomas Maxwell (1792-1864), "New York"
* William McCoy ( -1864), "Virginia"
* William McCreery (1786-1841), "Pennsylvania"
* George McDuffie (1790-1851), "South Carolina"
* Rufus McIntire (1784-1866), "Maine"
* Daniel H. Miller ( -1846), "Pennsylvania"
* George E. Mitchell (1781-1832), "Maryland"
* Robert Monell (1786-1860), "New York" …resigned February 21 1830.
* Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), "Pennsylvania"
* Ebenezer F. Norton (1774-1851), "New York"
* William T. Nuckolls (1801-1855), "South Carolina"
* Walter H. Overton (1788-1845), "Louisiana" :P-Q-R
* John M. Patton (1797-1858), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1830.
* Spencer D. Pettis (1802-1829), "Missouri"
* James K. Polk (1795-1849), "Tennessee"
* Robert Potter (1800c-1842), "North Carolina"
* Gershom Powers (1789-1831), "New York"
* William Ramsey (1779-1831), "Pennsylvania"
* Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), "North Carolina"
* James W. Ripley (1786-1835), "Maine" …resigned March 12 1830.
* William C. Rives (1793-1868), "Virginia" …resigned in 1829.
* John Roane (1766-1838), "Virginia"
* William Russell (1782-1845), "Ohio" :S-T-U-V
* Jonah Sanford (1790-1867), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1830.
* John Scott (1784-1850), "Pennsylvania"
* Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), "North Carolina"
* James Shields (1762-1831), "Ohio"
* Samuel A. Smith (1795-1861), "Pennsylvania" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1829.
* Alexander Smyth (1765-1830), "Virginia" …died April 17 1830.
* Jesse Speight (1795-1847), "North Carolina"
* Richard Spencer (1796-1868), "Maryland"
* Michael C. Sprigg (1791-1845), "Maryland"
* William Stanbery (1788-1873), "Ohio"
* James I. Standifer (1782-1837), "Tennessee"
* Philander Stephens (1788-1842), "Pennsylvania"
* John B. Sterigere (1793-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), "Virginia"
* Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), "Pennsylvania"
* Wiley Thompson (1781-1835), "Georgia"
* John Thomson (1780-1852), "Ohio"
* James Trezvant ( -1841), "Virginia"
* Starling Tucker (1770-1834), "South Carolina"
* Gulian C. Verplanck (1786-1870), "New York" :W-X-Y-Z
* James M. Wayne (1790-1867), "Georgia"
* John W. Weeks (1781-1853), "New Hampshire"
* Campbell P. White (1787-1859), "New York"
* Charles A. Wickliffe (1788-1869), "Kentucky"
* Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847), "Georgia"
* William Wilkins (1779-1865), "Pennsylvania" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* Ephraim K. Wilson (1771-1834), "Maryland"
* George Wolf (1777-1840), "Pennsylvania" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* Joel Yancey (1773-1838), "Kentucky"

National Republican

:A-B-C
* William Armstrong (1782-1865), "Virginia"
* Benedict Arnold (1780-1849), "New York"
* John Bailey (1786-1835), "Massachusetts"
* Noyes Barber (1781-1844), "Connecticut"
* Mordecai Bartley (1783-1870), "Ohio"
* Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas Beekman ( - ), "New York"
* Tristam Burges (1770-1853), "Rhode Island"
* Samuel Butman (1788-1864), "Maine"
* James Clark (1770-1839), "Kentucky"
* Lewis Condict (1772-1862), "New Jersey"
* Richard M. Cooper (1768-1843), "New Jersey"
* Henry B. Cowles (1798-1873), "New York"
* Joseph H. Crane (1782-1851), "Ohio"
* William Creighton, Jr. (1778-1851), "Ohio"
* David Crockett (1786-1836), "Tennessee"
* Benjamin W. Crowninshield (1772-1851), "Massachusetts" :D-E-F
* John Davis (1787-1854), "Massachusetts"
* Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), "North Carolina"
* John D. Dickinson (1767-1841), "New York"
* Philip Doddridge (1773-1832), "Virginia"
* Clement Dorsey (1778-1848), "Maryland"
* Henry W. Dwight (1788-1845), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel W. Eager (1789-1860), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1830.
* William W. Ellsworth (1791-1868), "Connecticut"
* George Evans (1797-1867), "Maine" …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7 1829.
* Edward Everett (1794-1865), "Massachusetts"
* Horace Everett (1779-1851), "Vermont"
* Isaac Finch (1783-1845), "New York" :G-H-I
* Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855), "Massachusetts"
* George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), "Massachusetts"
* Henry H. Gurley (1788-1833), "Louisiana"
* Joseph Hawkins (1781-1832), "New York"
* James L. Hodges (1790-1846), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas H. Hughes (1769-1839), "New Jersey"
* Jonathan Hunt (1787-1832), "Vermont"
* Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), "Connecticut"
* Ralph I. Ingersoll (1789-1872), "Connecticut" :J-K-L
* Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834), "Indiana"
* Kensey Johns, Jr. (1791-1857), "Delaware"
* Joseph G. Kendall (1788-1847), "Massachusetts"
* Robert P. Letcher (1788-1861), "Kentucky" :M-N-O
* Rollin C. Mallary (1784-1831), "Vermont"
* Henry C. Martindale (1780-1860), "New York"
* Lewis Maxwell (1790-1862), "Virginia"
* Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), "Virginia"
* Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), "Virginia" …contested election, served until March 9 1830.:P-Q-R
* Dutee J. Pearce (1789-1849), "Rhode Island"
* Isaac Pierson (1770-1833), "New Jersey"
* James F. Randolph (1791-1872), "New Jersey"
* John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), "Massachusetts"
* Joseph Richardson (1778-1871), "Massachusetts" :S-T-U-V
* Benedict J. Semmes (1789-1863), "Maryland"
* William B. Shepard (1799-1852), "North Carolina"
* Thomas H. Sill (1783-1856), "Pennsylvania"
* Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848), "New York"
* Henry R. Storrs (1787-1837), "New York"
* William L. Storrs (1795-1861), "Connecticut"
* James Strong (1783-1847), "New York"
* Samuel Swan (1771-1844), "New Jersey"
* Benjamin Swift (1781-1847), "Vermont"
* John Taliaferro (1768-1852), "Virginia"
* John W. Taylor (1784-1854), "New York"
* John Test (1771-1849), "Indiana"
* Joseph Vance (1786-1852), "Ohio"
* John Varnum (1778-1836), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), "Ohio" :W-X-Y-Z
* George C. Washington (1789-1854), "Maryland"
* Edward D. White (1795-1847), "Louisiana"
* Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), "Ohio"
* Lewis Williams (1782-1842), "North Carolina"
* Joseph F. Wingate (1786- ), "Maine"
* Ebenezer Young (1783-1851), "Connecticut"

Anti-Masonic

:A-Z
* William Cahoon (1774-1833), "Vermont"
* Timothy Childs (1785-1847), "New York"
* Harmar Denny (1794-1852), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 30 1829.
* Robert S. Rose (1774-1835), "New York"
* Phineas L. Tracy (1786-1876), "New York"

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]