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TENTH CONGRESS , 1807, TO MARCH 3, 1809

FIRST SESSION—October 26, 1807, to April 25, 1808 SECOND SESSION—November 7, 1808, to March 3, 1809

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —GEORGE CLINTON, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—SAMUEL SMITH, 1 of ; STEPHEN R. BRADLEY, 2 of ; , 3 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—SAMUEL A. OTIS, of 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—JOHN BECKLEY, of ; PATRICK MAGRUDER, 5 of Maryland SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH WHEATON, of ; THOMAS DUNN, 6 of Maryland DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS CLAXTON

CONNECTICUT GEORGIA MARYLAND SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS , 11 Augusta Samuel Smith, Baltimore , New Haven Philip Reed, Chestertown , 7 Litchfield George Jones, 12 Savannah , 8 Hartford William H. Crawford, 13 Lexington REPRESENTATIVES John Milledge, Augusta John Campbell, Port Tobacco REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Charles Goldsborough, Cambridge REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Epaphroditus Champion, East Philip B. Key, 14 Rockville Haddam William W. Bibb, Petersburg Edward Lloyd, Wye Mills Samuel W. Dana, Middlesex Howell Cobb, Louisville William McCreery, 15 Reisterstown John Davenport, Stamford Dennis Smelt, Savannah John Montgomery, Bel Air Jonathan O. Moseley, East Haddam George M. Troup, Dublin Nicholas R. Moore, Ruxton Timothy Pitkin, Farmington Roger Nelson, Frederick Lewis B. Sturges, Fairfield Archibald Van Horne , Litchfield SENATORS MASSACHUSETTS , Lexington SENATORS John Pope, Springfield , Wendham 16 SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES , 17 Samuel White, Wilmington , Lancaster James Lloyd, Boston James A. Bayard, Wilmington , Mays Lick REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin Howard, Lexington , 18 Stockbridge REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings , 19 Pittsfield James M. Broom, 9 Wilmington Matthew Lyon, Eddyville Joseph Barker, Middleboro Nicholas Van Dyke, 10 New Castle John Rowan, Louisville , Monmouth

1 Elected April 16, 1808. 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James him entitled to his seat was passed by a vote of 57 to 2 Elected December 28, 1808. M. Broom, and took his seat December 2, 1807. 52, March 18, 1808. 3 Elected January 30, 1809. 11 Died March 4, 1807. 15 Election unsuccessfully contested by Joshua Barney. 4 Elected October 26, 1807. 12 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Abraham 16 Resigned June 8, 1808. 5 Elected October 26, 1807. Baldwin, and took his seat October 26, 1807. 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 6 Elected October 27, 1807. 13 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Abraham Quincy Adams, and took his seat November 7, 1808. 7 Died July 19, 1807. Baldwin, and took his seat December 9, 1807. 18 8 14 Resigned July 13, 1807, before Congress assembled. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Uriah Tracy, Election was questioned upon the grounds that he 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Bar- and took his seat November 27, 1807. was not a resident of the district from which elected and 9 Resigned before Congress assembled. that he was a British pensioner; a resolution declaring nabas Bidwell, and took his seat November 2, 1807.

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Orchard Cook, Wiscasset Samuel Riker, Newtown John Pugh, Doylestown , 20 Salem John Russell, Cooperstown John Rea, Chambersburg , 21 Salem Peter Swart, Schoharie , Chester , Pepperelboro David Thomas, 24 Salem , Pottstown , Raynham Nathan Wilson, 25 Salem , Fayette , Springfield John Thompson, Stillwater Samuel Smith, Erie Isaiah L. Green, Barnstable James I. Van Alen, Kinderhook Robert Whitehill, Camp Hill Daniel Ilsley, Falmouth Philip Van Cortlandt, Croton Daniel Montgomery, Jr. Edward St. Loe Livermore, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Albany Newburyport Daniel C. Verplanck, Fishkill RHODE ISLAND Josiah Quincy, Boston SENATORS , Roxbury Benjamin Howland, Tiverton , Worcester SENATORS , 34 Providence , Colerain James Turner, Warrenton Elisha Mathewson, 35 Scituate , Brookfield , Warrenton Joseph B. Varnum, Dracut REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES Nehemiah Knight, 36 Cranston Evan S. Alexander, Salisbury Richard Jackson, Jr., 37 Providence Willis Alston, Greenville SENATORS Isaac Wilbour, Little Compton William Blackledge, Spring Hill , Exeter Thomas Blount, Tarboro Nahum Parker, Fitzwilliam 26 John Culpepper, Allenton SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Meshack Franklin, Scullcamp Thomas Sumter, Stateburg Peter Carleton, Landaff James Holland , Charleston Daniel M. Durell, Dover Thomas Kenan, Kenansville Francis Gardner, Keene , Warrenton REPRESENTATIVES Jedediah K. Smith, Amherst Lemuel Sawyer, Elizabeth City Lemuel J. Alston, Greenville Clement Storer, Portsmouth Richard Stanford, Hawfields William Butler, Saluda Marmaduke Williams Joseph Calhoun, 38 Calhoun Mills Robert Marion, Charleston SENATORS Thomas Moore, Prices Store John Taylor, Columbia , Orange SENATORS David R. Williams, Society Hill , Hanover John Smith, 27 Columbia 28 Richard Winn, Winnsboro REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Return J. Meigs, Jr., Marietta 29 Ezra Darby, 22 Scotch Plains Edward Tiffin, Chillicothe 23 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Adam Boyd, Hackensack SENATORS William Helms, Hackettstown , Montgomery , Winnsboro John Lambert, Lambertville Daniel Smith, Hendersonville Thomas Newbold REPRESENTATIVES James Sloan SENATORS Henry Southard, Baskingridge , 30 Lewisburg George W. Campbell, Nashville , 31 John Rhea, Sullivan NEW YORK , Pennvalley Jesse Wharton, Nashville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES VERMONT John Smith, Mastic , Frankstown SENATORS Samuel L. Mitchill, Robert Brown, Weaversville REPRESENTATIVES , 32 Philadelphia Stephen R. Bradley, Westminster 39 John Blake, Jr., Montgomery , 33 Philadelphia Israel Smith, Rutland 40 George Clinton, Jr., New York City , Youngstown Jonathan Robinson, Bennington Barent Gardenier, Kingston , Parker Ford REPRESENTATIVES John Harris, Aurelias William Hoge, Washington Martin Chittenden, Williston Reuben Humphrey, Marcellus Robert Jenkins, Churchtown James Elliott, Brattleboro William Kirkpatrick, Salina James Kelly, Philadelphia James Fisk, Barre Josiah Masters, Schaghticoke William Milnor, Philadelphia James Witherell, 41 Fair Haven Gurdon S. Mumford, New York City John Porter, Philadelphia Samuel Shaw, 42 Castleton

20 Died April 15, 1808. April 25, 1808. ( Election, Expul- 36 Died June 13, 1808. 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Jacob sion and Censure Cases, 1793–1990, pp. 29–30.) 37 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Nehemiah Crowninshield, and took his seat December 20, 1808. 28 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John Knight, and took his seat November 11, 1808. 22 Died January 28, 1808. Smith, and took his seat January 6, 1809. 38 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Ezra Darby, 29 Resigned March 3, 1809. tive-elect Levi Casey in preceding Congress, and took his 30 and took his seat April 1, 1808. Resigned January 4, 1809. seat October 26, 1807. 24 Resigned May 1, 1808. 31 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sam- 39 Resigned October 1, 1807, having been elected gov- 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of David uel Maclay, and took his seat January 19, 1809. Thomas, and took his seat November 7, 1808. 32 Resigned in 1808. ernor. 26 Election contested by Duncan McFarland; the House 33 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph 40 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Israel on January 2, 1808, declared the seat vacant on account Clay, and took his seat November 16, 1808. Smith, and took his seat October 26, 1807. of irregularities; subsequently elected, and took his seat 34 Resigned in September 1807, having been elected gov- 41 Resigned May 1, 1808. February 23, 1808. ernor. 42 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James 27 Tried by Senate for complicity with , but 35 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James Witherell, and took his seat November 8, 1808. resolution of expulsion negatived April 9, 1808; resigned Fenner, and took his seat November 20, 1807. 70 Biographical Directory

VIRGINIA Peterson Goodwyn, Petersburg INDIANA TERRITORY SENATORS Edwin Gray DELEGATE William B. Giles, Ladore David Holmes, Winchester John G. Jackson, Clarksburg Benjamin Parke, 45 Vincennes Andrew Moore, Lexington Jesse B. Thomas, 46 Lawrenceburg REPRESENTATIVES Walter Jones Joseph Lewis, Jr., Upperville Burwell Bassett, Williamsburg MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY William A. Burwell, Rocky Mount John Love, Alexandria John Claiborne, 43 Brunswick John Morrow DELEGATE Thomas Gholson, Jr., 44 Brunswick Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk , Woodville Matthew Clay, Halifax Wilson C. Nicholas, Charlottesville , Tunstall John Randolph, Charlotte TERRITORY OF ORLEANS John Dawson John Smith, Winchester John W. Eppes, Charles City , Christiansburg DELEGATE James M. Garnett, Loretto Alexander Wilson Daniel Clark, New Orleans

43 Died October 9, 1808. 45 Resigned March 1, 1808. 44 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John Clai- 46 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ben- borne, and took his seat November 7, 1808. jamin Parke, and took his seat December 1, 1808.