TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1829, TO MARCH 3, 1831

FIRST SESSION—December 7, 1829, to May 31, 1830 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1830, to March 3, 1831 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1829, to March 17, 1829

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —JOHN C. CALHOUN, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—SAMUEL SMITH, 1 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—WALTER LOWRIE, 2 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—MOUNTJOY BAYLY, of Maryland

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—, 3 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, 4 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOHN O. DUNN, of District of Columbia DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN BIRCH, of Maryland

ALABAMA , 6 Wilmington John M. Clayton, Dover SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE , 13 Brookville William R. King, Selma Kensey Johns, Jr., New Castle John McKinley, Florence , Madison REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES GEORGIA SENATORS , Boonville Robert E. B. Baylor, Tuscaloosa , Charlestown John Macpherson Berrien, 7 Savannah Clement C. Clay, Huntsville , Lawrenceburg Dixon H. Lewis, Montgomery John Forsyth, 8 Augusta George M. Troup, Dublin REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE CONNECTICUT SENATORS Thomas F. Foster, Greensboro SENATORS Charles E. Haynes, Sparta John Rowan, Louisville Calvin Willey, Tolland Henry G. Lamar, 9 Macon George M. Bibb, Yellow Banks Samuel A. Foote, Cheshire Wilson Lumpkin, Monroe REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Wiley Thompson, Elberton , Elizabethtown Noyes Barber, Groton James M. Wayne, Savannah James Clark, Winchester William W. Ellsworth, Hartford Richard H. Wilde, Augusta Nicholas D. Coleman, Washington Henry Daniel, Mount Sterling Jabez W. Huntington, Litchfield ILLINOIS Ralph I. Ingersoll, New Haven , Columbia SENATORS William L. Storrs, Middletown Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings Ebenezer Young, Killingly Center Elias K. Kane, Kaskaskia , Stanford John McLean, 10 Shawneetown , New Castle David J. Baker, 11 Shawneetown Robert P. Letcher, Lancaster 12 John M. Robinson, Carmi , Eddyville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles A. Wickliffe, Bardstown Louis McLane, 5 Wilmington Joseph Duncan, Brownsville , Glasgow

1 Elected March 13, 1829 (special session of the Senate); 6 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Louis 10 Died October 14, 1830. May 29, 1830; March 1, 1831; Littleton W. Tazewell, of McLane, and took his seat January 13, 1830. 11 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of John Virginia, was first elected on the last-named date, but 7 Resigned March 9, 1829. McLean, and took his seat December 6, 1830. declined to serve. 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John 2 Reelected December 14, 1829. Macpherson Berrien, and took his seat December 8, 1829. McLean, and took his seat January 4, 1831. 3 9 Reelected December 7, 1829. Elected to fill vacancy caused by failure of Representa- 13 Died February 26, 1831. 4 Reelected December 7, 1829. tive-elect George R. Gilmer to signify his acceptance, and 5 Resigned April 16, 1829. took his seat December 7, 1829.

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LOUISIANA George Fisher, 20 Oswego 21 SENATORS SENATORS , Jr., Canton Jonah Sanford, 22 Oswego Josiah S. Johnston, Alexandria Powhatan Ellis, Winchester Jehiel H. Halsey, Lodi , 17 Thomas B. Reed, Natchez Joseph Hawkins, Henderson REPRESENTATIVES Robert H. Adams, 18 Natchez 19 Michael Hoffman, Herkimer Henry H. Gurley, Baton Rouge , Natchez Perkins King, Freehold Walter H. Overton, Alexandria REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE James Lent, Newtown Edward D. White, Donaldsonville Thomas Hinds, Greenville John Magee, Bath Henry C. Martindale, Sandy Hill MISSOURI Henry B. Cowles, Carmel SENATORS SENATORS Hector Craig, 23 Craigville John Holmes, Alfred David Barton, St. Louis Samuel W. Eager, 24 Montgomery Peleg Sprague, Hallowell Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis Jacob Crocheron, Smithfield REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles G. De Witt, Kingston John D. Dickinson, Troy John Anderson, Portland Spencer D. Pettis, Fayette Samuel Butman, Dixmont Thomas Maxwell, Elmira 25 George Evans, 14 Gardiner Robert Monell, Greene NEW HAMPSHIRE Ebenezer F. Norton, Buffalo Leonard Jarvis, Ellsworth SENATORS Rufus McIntire, Parsonsfield Gershom Powers, Auburn Samuel Bell, Chester James W. Ripley, 15 Fryeburg Robert S. Rose, Geneva , Portsmouth Cornelius Holland, 16 Canton , Albany Joseph F. Wingate, Bath REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE James Strong, Hudson John Brodhead, Newmarket Henry R. Storrs, Whitestown MARYLAND Thomas Chandler, Hillsboro John W. Taylor, Ballston Spa Phineas L. Tracy, Batavia SENATORS Joseph Hammons, Farmington Jonathan Harvey, Sutton Gulian C. Verplanck, City Samuel Smith, Campbell P. White, Ezekiel F. Chambers, Chestertown Henry Hubbard, Charlestown John W. Weeks, Lancaster REPRESENTATIVES Elias Brown, Freedom SENATORS Clement Dorsey, Chaptico SENATORS , 26 Enfield Benjamin C. Howard, Baltimore , Succasunna , 27 Browns Store George E. Mitchell, Elkton James Iredell, Edenton Benedict J. Semmes, Piscataway , Newark Richard Spencer, Easton REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES Michael C. Sprigg, Frostburg Lewis Condict, Morristown , Hyde Park George C. Washington, Rockville Richard M. Cooper, Camden Daniel L. Barringer, Raleigh Ephraim K. Wilson, Snow Hill Thomas H. Hughes, Cold Spring Samuel P. Carson, Pleasant Garden Isaac Pierson, Orange Henry W. Connor, Sherrills Ford James F. Randolph, New Brunswick , Lawrenceville SENATORS Samuel Swan, Somerville Thomas H. Hall, Tarboro , 28 Clinton , Salem 29 , NEW YORK Edward B. Dudley, Wilmington SENATORS Robert Potter, Oxford REPRESENTATIVES Abraham Rencher, Pittsboro John Bailey, Milton , Albany Charles E. Dudley, Albany William B. Shepard, Elizabeth City Isaac C. Bates, Northampton Augustine H. Shepperd, Germantown Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Salem REPRESENTATIVES , Stantonsburg John Davis, Worcester William G. Angel, Burlington , Panther Creek Henry W. Dwight, Stockbridge Benedict Arnold, Amsterdam , Charlestown Thomas Beekman, Peterboro Benjamin Gorham, Boston , Federal Store SENATORS George Grennell, Jr., Greenfield Peter I. Borst, Middleburg James L. Hodges, Taunton Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York Benjamin Ruggles, St. Clairsville Joseph G. Kendall, Leominster City Jacob Burnet, John Reed, Yarmouth Timothy Childs, Rochester REPRESENTATIVES Joseph Richardson, Hingham Jonas Earll, Jr., Onondaga Mordecai Bartley, Mansfield John Varnum, Haverhill Isaac Finch, Jay Joseph H. Crane, Dayton

14 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- 19 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by deaths of Thomas 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Hector resentative-elect Peleg Sprague in preceding Congress, B. Reed and Robert H. Adams, and took his seat December Craig, and took his seat December 6, 1830. and took his seat December 7, 1829. 6, 1830; subsequently elected. 25 Resigned February 21, 1831. 15 Election unsuccessfully contested by Reuel Washburn; 20 Served until February 5, 1830; election successfully 26 Resigned March 9, 1829, having been appointed Sec- resigned March 12, 1830. contested by Silas Wright, Jr. retary of the Navy. 16 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James Successfully contested the election of George Fisher, 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John W. Ripley, and took his seat December 6, 1830. but resigned March 9, 1830, never having qualified, pre- 17 Branch, and took his seat December 28, 1829. Died November 26, 1829. ferring to continue as comptroller of the State. 28 18 22 Died September 26, 1829, before Congress assembled. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Silas 29 B. Reed, and took his seat February 8, 1830; died July Wright, Jr., and took his seat December 6, 1830. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Gabriel 2, 1830. 23 Resigned July 12, 1830. Holmes, and took his seat December 14, 1829. TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS 103

William Creighton, Jr., Chillicothe Asher Robbins, Newport , Charles City James Findlay, Cincinnati REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John M. Goodenow, 30 Steubenville Tristam Burges, Providence REPRESENTATIVES 31 Humphrey H. Leavitt, Steubenville Dutee J. Pearce, Newport Mark Alexander, Lombardy Grove William W. Irvin, Lancaster Robert Allen, Mount Jackson William Kennon, Sr., St. Clairsville SOUTH CAROLINA William Russell, West Union William S. Archer, Elk Hill SENATORS James Shields, Dicks Mills William Armstrong, Romney William Stanbery, Newark Robert Y. Hayne, Charleston William Smith, Charleston John S. Barbour, Culpeper John Thomson, New Lisbon 41 REPRESENTATIVES Philip P. Barbour, Gordonsville Joseph Vance, Urbana 42 Samuel F. Vinton, Gallipolis Robert W. Barnwell, Beaufort John M. Patton, Fredericksburg Elisha Whittlesey, Canfield James Blair, Camden Thomas T. Bouldin, Charlotte John Campbell, Brownsville Nathaniel H. Clairborne, Rocky Mount PENNSYLVANIA Warren R. Davis, Pendleton Richard Coke, Jr., Williamsburg SENATORS , Charleston Robert Craig, Montgomery William D. Martin, Barnwell William Marks, Pittsburgh Thomas Davenport, Meadville George McDuffie, Edgefield Isaac D. Barnard, West Chester Philip Doddridge, Wellsburg REPRESENTATIVES William T. Nuckolls, Hancockville Starling Tucker, Mountain Shoals Alexander Smyth, 43 Wythe , Lancaster Joseph Draper, 44 Richard Coulter, Greensburg Wythe 45 Thomas H. Crawford, Chambersburg Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk Joshua Evans, Jr., Paoli SENATORS George Loyall, 46 Norfolk James Ford, Lawrenceville John H. Eaton, 38 Nashville William C. Rivers, 47 Milton Felix Grundy, 39 Nashville Chauncey Forward, Somerset William F. Gordon, 48 Lindseys Store Joseph Fry, Jr., Fryburg , Knoxville Lewis Maxwell, Weston John Gilmore, Butler REPRESENTATIVES William McCoy, Franklin Innis Green, Dauphin John Bell, Nashville Joseph Hemphill, John Blair, Jonesboro Charles F. Mercer, Leesburg Samuel D. Ingham, 32 New Hope David Crockett, Crockett John Roane, Rumford Academy Peter Ihrie, Jr., 33 Easton Robert Desha, Gallatin Andrew Stevenson, Richmond 34 George Wolf, Easton Jacob C. Isacks, Winchester John Taliaferro, Fredericksburg Samuel A. Smith, 35 Doylestown , Clarksville James Trezvant, Jerusalem Thomas Irwin, Uniontown Pryor Lea, 40 Knoxville Adam King, York James K. Polk, Columbia George C. Leiper, Leiperville James Standifer, Mountairy Alem Marr, Danville ARKANSAS TERRITORY William McCreery, Florence DELEGATE Daniel H. Miller, Philadelphia SENATORS Henry A. P. Muhlenberg, Reading Ambrose H. Sevier, Little Rock William Ramsey, Carlisle , Middlebury John Scott, Alexandria , Randolph Thomas H. Sill, Erie REPRESENTATIVES TERRITORY OF Philander Stephens, Montrose William Cahoon, Lyndon John B. Sterigere, Norristown Horace Everett, Windsor DELEGATE Joel B. Sutherland, Philadelphia Jonathan Hunt, Brattleboro Joseph M. White, Monticello William Wilkins, 36 Pittsburgh Rollin C. Mallary, Poultney Harmar Denny, 37 Pittsburgh Benjamin Swift, St. Albans MICHIGAN TERRITORY RHODE ISLAND VIRGINIA SENATORS SENATORS DELEGATE Nehemiah R. Knight, Providence Littleton W. Tazewell, Norfolk John Biddle, 49 Detroit

30 Resigned April 9, 1830, before Congress assembled. 36 Resigned before Congress assembled. 44 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Alexander 31 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 37 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- Smyth, and took his seat December 6, 1830. M. Goodenow, and took his seat December 6, 1830. liam Wilkins, and took his seat December 30, 1829. 45 Served until March 9, 1830; succeeded by George 32 Resigned before Congress assembled. 38 Resigned March 9, 1829. Loyall, who contested his election. 33 Elected to fill in part vacancies caused by resignations 39 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 46 Successfully contested the election of Thomas Newton, of George Wolf and Samuel D. Ingham, and took his seat H. Eaton, and took his seat December 7, 1829. Jr., and took his seat March 9, 1830. 40 December 7, 1829. Election unsuccessfully contested by Thomas D. Ar- 47 Resigned in 1829, having been appointed minister to 34 Resigned before Congress assembled, having been nold. 41 . elected governor of Pennsylvania. Resigned October 15, 1830. 48 35 Elected to fill in part vacancies caused by resignations 42 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Philip Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- of George Wolf and Samuel D. Ingham, and took his seat P. Barbour, and took his seat December 6, 1830. liam C. Rives, and took his seat January 25, 1830. 49 December 7, 1829. 43 Died April 17, 1830. Resigned February 21, 1831.