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H. Doc. 108-222 ELEVENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1809, TO MARCH 3, 1811 FIRST SESSION—May 22, 1809, to June 28, 1809 SECOND SESSION—November 27, 1809, to May 1, 1810 THIRD SESSION—December 3, 1810, to March 3, 1811 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1809, to March 7, 1809 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—GEORGE CLINTON, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—ANDREW GREGG, 1 of Pennsylvania; JOHN GAILLARD, 2 of South Carolina; JOHN POPE, 3 of Kentucky SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—SAMUEL A. OTIS, of Massachusetts SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—JAMES MATHERS, of New York SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JOSEPH B. VARNUM, 4 of Massachusetts CLERK OF THE HOUSE—PATRICK MAGRUDER, 5 of Maryland SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS DUNN, of Maryland DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS CLAXTON CONNECTICUT GEORGIA Matthew Lyon, Eddyville SENATORS SENATORS Samuel McKee, Lancaster James Hillhouse, 6 New Haven John Milledge, 12 Augusta Samuel W. Dana, 7 Middlesex 13 Charles Tait, Elbert MARYLAND Chauncey Goodrich, Hartford William H. Crawford, Lexington REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE SENATORS Epaphroditus Champion, East William W. Bibb, Petersburg Haddam Howell Cobb, Louisville Samuel Smith, Baltimore 8 Samuel W. Dana, Middlesex Dennis Smelt, Savannah Philip Reed, Chestertown 9 Ebenezer Huntington, Norwich George M. Troup, Dublin John Davenport, Stamford REPRESENTATIVES Jonathan O. Moseley, East Haddam KENTUCKY Timothy Pitkin, Farmington John Brown, 18 Centerville SENATORS Lewis B. Sturges, Fairfield Robert Wright, 19 Queenstown Benjamin Tallmadge, Litchfield Buckner Thruston, 14 Lexington Henry Clay, 15 Lexington John Campbell, Port Tobacco DELAWARE John Pope, Springfield Charles Goldsborough, Cambridge SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Philip B. Key, Rockville Samuel White, 10 Wilmington 16 Benjamin Howard, Lexington Alexander McKim, Baltimore Outerbridge Horsey, 11 Wilmington William T. Barry, 17 Lexington James A. Bayard, Wilmington Henry Crist, Shepherdsville John Montgomery, Bel Air REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Joseph Desha, Mays Lick Nicholas R. Moore, Ruxton Nicholas Van Dyke, New Castle Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings 1 Elected June 26, 1809. 9 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Samuel 15 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 2 Elected February 28, 1810; reelected April 17, 1810. W. Dana, and took his seat December 3, 1810. Buckner Thruston, and took his seat February 5, 1810. 3 Elected February 23, 1811. 10 Died November 4, 1809. 16 Resigned April 10, 1810, to become governor of Upper 4 Reelected May 22, 1809. 11 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Samuel Louisiana. 5 Reelected May 22, 1809. White, and took his seat January 29, 1810. 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ben- 6 Resigned June 10, 1810. 12 Resigned November 14, 1809. jamin Howard, and took his seat December 13, 1810. 18 7 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James 13 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John Resigned in 1810, before the commencement of the Twelfth Congress, to which he had been reelected. Hillhouse, and took seat December 4, 1810. Milledge, and took his seat December 28, 1809. 19 8 Resigned in May, 1810, having been elected Senator. 14 Resigned December 18, 1809. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John Brown, and took his seat December 3, 1810. [ 71 ] 72 Biographical Directory MARYLAND—Continued James Cox, 32 Monmouth PENNSYLVANIA John A. Scudder, 33 Monmouth REPRESENTATIVES—Continued William Helms, Hackettstown SENATORS Roger Nelson, 20 Frederick Thomas Newbold Andrew Gregg, Pennvalley Samuel Ringgold, 21 Hagerstown Henry Southard, Baskingridge Michael Leib, Philadelphia Archibald Van Horne Jacob Hufty, Salem REPRESENTATIVES MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK William Anderson, Chester SENATORS SENATORS David Bard, Frankstown John Smith, Mastic Robert Brown, Weaversville Timothy Pickering, Wendham Obadiah German, Norwich James Lloyd, Boston William Crawford, Gettysburg REPRESENTATIVES William Findley, Youngstown REPRESENTATIVES William Denning, 34 New York City Daniel Hiester, West Chester Ezekiel Bacon, Pittsfield Samuel L. Mitchill, 35 New York City Robert Jenkins, Churchtown William Baylies, 22 Bridgewater James Emott, Albany Aaron Lyle, West Middletown Charles Turner, Jr., 23 Scituate Jonathan Fisk, Newburgh William Milnor, Philadelphia Orchard Cook, Wiscasset Barent Gardenier, Kingston John Porter, Philadelphia Thomas R. Gold, Whitestown Richard Cutts, Pepperelboro John Rea, Chambersburg Herman Knickerbocker, Schaghticoke William Ely, Springfield Matthias Richards, Pottstown Gideon Gardner, Nantucket Robert Le Roy Livingston, Hudson Vincent Mathews, Elmira John Ross, Easton Barzillai Gannett, Gardiner 40 Gurdon S. Mumford, New York City Benjamin Say, Philadelphia Edward St. Loe Livermore, 41 John Nicholson, Herkimer Adam Seybert, Philadelphia Newburyport Peter B. Porter, Buffalo John Smilie, Fayette Benjamin Pickman, Jr., Salem Erastus Root, Delhi George Smith Josiah Quincy, Boston Ebenezer Sage, Sag Harbor Samuel Smith, Erie Ebenezer Seaver, Roxbury Thomas Sammons, Johnstown Robert Whitehill, Camp Hill William Stedman, 24 Worcester John Thompson, Stillwater Abijah Bigelow, 25 Leominster Uri Tracy, Oxford Samuel Taggart, Colerain Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Albany RHODE ISLAND 26 Jabez Upham, Brookfield SENATORS Joseph Allen, 27 Worcester NORTH CAROLINA Elisha Mathewson, Scituate Joseph B. Varnum, Dracut SENATORS Francis Malbone, 42 Newport Laban Wheaton, Easton James Turner, Warrenton Christopher G. Champlin, 43 Newport Ezekiel Whitman, Portland Jesse Franklin REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE NEW HAMPSHIRE Willis Alston, Greenville Richard Jackson, Jr., Providence SENATORS James Cochran, Roxboro Elisha R. Potter, Kingston Nicholas Gilman, Exeter Meshack Franklin, Scullcamp James Holland Nahum Parker, 28 Fitzwilliam 29 Thomas Kenan, Kenansville SOUTH CAROLINA Charles Cutts, Portsmouth William Kennedy, Washington REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Nathaniel Macon, Warrenton SENATORS Daniel Blaisdell, Canaan Archibald McBryde, Carthage Thomas Sumter, 44 Stateburg John C. Chamberlain, Charlestown Joseph Pearson, Salisbury John Taylor, 45 Columbia William Hale, Dover Lemuel Sawyer, Elizabeth City John Gaillard, Charleston Nathaniel A. Haven, Portsmouth Richard Stanford, Hawfields James Wilson, Peterboro John Stanly, New Bern REPRESENTATIVES Lemuel J. Alston, Greenville NEW JERSEY OHIO William Butler, Saluda SENATORS Joseph Calhoun, Calhoun Mills SENATORS Return J. Meigs, Jr., 36 Marietta Robert Marion, 46 Charleston 30 Aaron Kitchell, Hanover Thomas Worthington, 37 Chillicothe Langdon Cheves, 47 Charleston 31 John Condit, Orange Stanley Griswold 38 Thomas Moore, Prices Store John Lambert, Lambertville Alexander Campbell, 39 Ripley John Taylor, 48 Columbia REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Richard Winn, Winnsboro Adam Boyd, Hackensack Jeremiah Morrow, Montgomery Robert Witherspoon, Mayesville 20 Resigned May 14, 1810. 31 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 40 Resigned June, 1809. 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Roger Aaron Kitchill, and took his seat May 24, 1809; subse- 41 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ben- Nelson, and took his seat December 7, 1810. quently elected. jamin Say, and took his seat November 27, 1809. 22 Served until June 28, 1809; succeeded by Charles 32 Died September 12, 1810. 42 Died June 4, 1809. 33 Turner, Jr., who contested his election. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James Cox, 43 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Francis 23 Successfully contested the election of William Baylies, and took his seat December 3, 1810. 34 Malbone, and took his seat January 12, 1810. and took his seat June 28, 1809. Resigned before qualifying. 44 24 35 Resigned December 16, 1810. Resigned July 16, 1810. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 45 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- liam Denning, and took his seat December 4, 1810. Elected on December 19, 1810, to fill vacancy caused liam Stedman, and took his seat December 14, 1810. 36 Resigned May 1, 1810. by resignation of Thomas Sumter, and took his seat De- 26 Resigned in 1810. 37 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Return cember 31, 1810. 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Jabez J. Meigs, Jr., and took his seat January 8, 1811. 46 Resigned December 4, 1810. Upham, and took his seat December 13, 1810. 38 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ed- 47 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Robert 28 Resigned June 1, 1810. ward Tiffin in preceding Congress, and took his seat June Marion, and took his seat January 24, 1811. 29 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Nahum 2, 1809. 48 Resigned December 30, 1810, having been elected Sen- Parker, and took his seat December 4, 1810. 39 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ed- ator. 30 Resigned March 12, 1809. ward Tiffin, and took his seat January 12, 1810. ELEVENTH CONGRESS 73 TENNESSEE VIRGINIA Wilson C. Nicholas, 54 Charlottesville 55 SENATORS David S. Garland, Clifford SENATORS John Randolph, Charlotte William B. Giles, Ladore Joseph Anderson, 49 Mayesville John Roane, Uppowac Richard Brent, Aquia Daniel Smith, 50 Hendersonville Daniel Sheffey, Wythe Jenkin Whiteside, 51 Knoxville REPRESENTATIVES John Smith, Winchester Burwell Bassett, Williamsburg REPRESENTATIVES James Stephenson, Martinsburg James Breckinridge, Fincastle Jacob Swoope Pleasant M. Miller, Knoxville William A. Burwell,
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