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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 —GEORGE CLINTON, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—, 1 of ; , 2 of ; JOHN POPE, 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—PATRICK MAGRUDER, 5 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS DUNN, of Maryland DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS CLAXTON

CONNECTICUT Matthew Lyon, Eddyville SENATORS SENATORS Samuel McKee, Lancaster , 6 New Haven , 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 , 14 Lexington , 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 , Shepherdsville John Montgomery, Bel Air REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE , 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.

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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 , Archibald Van Horne Jacob Hufty, Salem REPRESENTATIVES MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK William Anderson, Chester SENATORS SENATORS , Frankstown John Smith, Mastic Robert Brown, Weaversville , Wendham Obadiah German, Norwich James Lloyd, , Gettysburg REPRESENTATIVES , Youngstown REPRESENTATIVES William Denning, 34 New York City , West Chester , Pittsfield Samuel L. Mitchill, 35 New York City Robert Jenkins, Churchtown , 22 Bridgewater James Emott, Albany Aaron Lyle, West Middletown Charles Turner, Jr., 23 Scituate Jonathan Fisk, Newburgh , Philadelphia , Wiscasset Barent Gardenier, Kingston John Porter, Philadelphia Thomas R. Gold, Whitestown , Pepperelboro John Rea, Chambersburg Herman Knickerbocker, Schaghticoke , Springfield Matthias Richards, Pottstown Gideon , Robert Le Roy Livingston, Hudson Vincent Mathews, Elmira John Ross, Easton Barzillai Gannett, Gardiner 40 Gurdon S. Mumford, New York City , Philadelphia Edward St. Loe Livermore, 41 John Nicholson, Herkimer , Philadelphia Newburyport Peter B. Porter, Buffalo , Fayette Benjamin Pickman, Jr., Salem Erastus Root, Delhi George Smith Josiah Quincy, Boston Ebenezer Sage, Sag Harbor Samuel Smith, Erie , Roxbury Thomas Sammons, Johnstown Robert Whitehill, Camp Hill , 24 Worcester John Thompson, Stillwater , 25 Leominster Uri Tracy, Oxford , Colerain Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Albany RHODE ISLAND 26 , Brookfield SENATORS Joseph Allen, 27 Worcester NORTH CAROLINA Elisha Mathewson, Scituate Joseph B. Varnum, Dracut SENATORS Francis Malbone, 42 Newport , Easton James Turner, Warrenton Christopher G. Champlin, 43 Newport , Portland REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Willis Alston, Greenville Richard Jackson, Jr., Providence SENATORS James Cochran, Roxboro Elisha R. Potter, Kingston , Exeter Meshack Franklin, Scullcamp James Holland Nahum Parker, 28 Fitzwilliam 29 Thomas Kenan, Kenansville SOUTH CAROLINA , Portsmouth William Kennedy, Washington REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE , Warrenton SENATORS Daniel Blaisdell, Canaan Archibald McBryde, Carthage , 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 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 , 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 , 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 Wilson C. Nicholas, 54 Charlottesville 55 SENATORS David S. Garland, Clifford SENATORS John Randolph, Charlotte William B. Giles, Ladore , 49 Mayesville John Roane, Uppowac Richard Brent, Aquia , 50 Hendersonville Daniel Sheffey, Wythe Jenkin Whiteside, 51 Knoxville REPRESENTATIVES John Smith, Winchester , Williamsburg REPRESENTATIVES James Stephenson, Martinsburg James Breckinridge, Fincastle Jacob Swoope Pleasant M. Miller, Knoxville William A. Burwell, Rocky Mount John Rhea, Sullivan Matthew Clay, Halifax INDIANA TERRITORY Robert Weakley, Nashville John Clopton, Tunstall John G. Jackson, 52 Clarksburg DELEGATE VERMONT William McKinley 53 Jonathan Jennings, 56 Charlestown SENATORS John Dawson Stephen R. Bradley, Westminster John W. Eppes, Charles City TERRITORY Jonathan Robinson, Bennington Thomas Gholson, Jr., Brunswick DELEGATE Peterson Goodwyn, Petersburg , Woodville REPRESENTATIVES Edwin Gray William Chamberlain, Peacham Walter Jones Martin Chittenden, Williston Joseph Lewis, Jr., Upperville TERRITORY OF ORLEANS Jonathan H. Hubbard, Windsor John Love, Alexandria DELEGATE Samuel Shaw, Castleton Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk Julien de L. Poydras, New Orleans

49 Appointed to fill vacancy in term commencing March 51 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Daniel 54 Resigned November 27, 1809. 4, 1809, caused by failure of legislature to elect; subse- Smith, and took his seat May 26, 1809. 55 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wilson quently elected, and took his seat May 22, 1809. 52 Resigned September 28, 1810. C. Nicholas, and took his seat January 17, 1810. 50 Resigned March 31, 1809. 53 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 56 Took his seat November 27, 1809; election unsuccess- G. Jackson, and took his seat December 21, 1810. fully contested by Thomas Randolph.