SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1821, TO MARCH 3, 1823

FIRST SESSION—December 3, 1821, to May 8, 1822 SECOND SESSION—December 2, 1822, to March 3, 1823

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—JOHN GAILLARD, 1 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—, of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—MOUNTJOY BAYLY, of

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—PHILIP P. BARBOUR, 2 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS DOUGHERTY, 3 of ; MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, 4 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS DUNN, of Maryland DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN BIRCH, of Maryland

ALABAMA Caesar A. Rodney, 8 Wilmington Waller Taylor, Vincennes 9 SENATORS Daniel Rodney, Lewes REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John W. Walker, 5 Huntsville William Hendricks, 12 Madison William Kelly, 6 Huntsville GEORGIA Jonathan Jennings, 13 Charlestown Willaim R. King, Cahaba SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John Elliott, Sunbury KENTUCKY 10 Gabriel Moore, Huntsville Freeman Walker, Augusta SENATORS Nicholas Ware, 11 Richmond Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings CONNECTICUT REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE , Frankfort SENATORS Joel Abbot, Washington REPRESENTATIVES James Lanman, Norwich Alfred Cuthbert, Eatonton Wingfield Bullock, 14 Shelbyville Elijah Boardman, Litchfield George R. Gilmer, Lexington James D. Breckinridge, 15 Louisville REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Robert R. Reid, Augusta , Bardstown Noyes Barber, Groton Edward F. Tattnall, Savannah Francis Johnson, Bowling Green Daniel Burrows, Hebron Wiley Thompson, Elberton Henry W. Edwards, New Haven John T. Johnson, Georgetown Gideon Tomlinson, Fairfield ILLINOIS Thomas Metcalfe, Carlisle Thomas Montgomery, Stanford John Russ, Hartford SENATORS Ansel Sterling, Sharon Anthony New, Elkton Jesse B. Thomas, Edwardsville 16 Ebenezer Stoddard, Woodstock George Robertson, Lancaster Ninian Edwards, Edwardsville John S. Smith, 17 Richmond REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE David Trimble, Mount Sterling SENATORS Daniel P. Cook, Edwardsville Samuel H. Woodson, Lexington Nicholas Van Dyke, New Castle Caesar A. Rodney, 7 Wilmington INDIANA LOUISIANA REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE SENATORS SENATORS Louis McLane, Wilmington James Noble, Brookville Henry Johnson, Donaldsonville

1 Elected February 1, 1822; February 19, 1823. ary 29, 1823, having been appointed minister to Buenos 12 Resigned July 25, 1822. 2 Elected December 4, 1821. Aires; vacancy in this class from March 4, 1821, to Janu- 13 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 3 Reelected December 4, 1821; died in 1822. ary 23, 1822. liam Hendricks, and took his seat December 2, 1822. 4 Elected December 3, 1822; Samuel Burch, the principal 8 Resigned January 24, 1822, having been elected Sen- 14 Died October 13, 1821, before Congress assembled. clerk, acted as clerk in the interim. ator. 15 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Wingfield 5 Resigned December 12, 1822. 9 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Caesar Bullock, and took his seat January 2, 1822. 6 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John A. Rodney, and took his seat December 2, 1822. 16 10 Resigned before Congress assembled. W. Walker, and took his seat January 21, 1823. Resigned August 8, 1821. 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George 7 Elected to fill vacancy in term commencing March 4, 11 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Free- 1821, and took his seat January 24, 1822; resigned Janu- man Walker, and took his seat December 11, 1821. Robertson, and took his seat December 3, 1821.

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LOUISIANA—Continued , West Springfield Peter Sharpe, 35 , Newburyport Cadwallader D. Colden, 36 New York SENATORS—Continued John Reed, Yarmouth City James Brown, New Orleans , Mendon Alfred Conkling, Canajoharie REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John D. Dickinson, Troy Josiah S. Johnston, Alexandria MISSISSIPPI John Gebhard, Schoharie SENATORS James Hawkes, Richfield Thomas H. Williams, Washington Thomas H. Hubbard, Hamilton SENATORS David Holmes, Washington Joseph Kirkland, Utica Elisha Litchfield, Delphi , Monmouth REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Richard McCarty, Coxsackie John Holmes, Alfred Christopher Rankin, Natchez John J. Morgan, New York City REPRESENTATIVES 28 Walter Patterson, Livingston , Winslow MISSOURI Jeremiah H. Pierson, Ramapo Joseph Dane, Kennebunk SENATORS Nathaniel Pitcher, Sandy Hill Ebenezer Herrick, Bowdoinham David Barton, 29 St. Louis William B. Rochester, Bath Mark L. Hill, Phippsburg Thomas H. Benton, 30 St. Louis Charles H. Ruggles, Kingston , Paris REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Elijah Spencer, Benton 18 , Portland John Scott, 31 Ste. Genevieve Micah Sterling, Watertown Mark Harris, 19 Portland John W. Taylor, Ballston Spa William D. Williamson, Bangor NEW HAMPSHIRE Albert H. Tracy, Buffalo 37 SENATORS Solomon Van Rensselaer, Albany MARYLAND , 38 Albany David L. Morril, Goffstown SENATORS William W. Van Wyck, Fishkill John F. Parrott, Portsmouth Edward Lloyd, Easton Reuben H. Walworth, Plattsburg REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE , 20 Silas Wood, Huntington Samuel Smith, 21 Baltimore Josiah Butler, South Deerfield David Woodcock, Ithaca , Hopkinton REPRESENTATIVES Aaron Matson, Stoddard Thomas Bayly, Princess Anne , Jr., Epping 22 Jeremiah Cosden, Elkton Nathaniel Upham, Rochester SENATORS 23 Philip Reed, Chestertown Thomas Whipple, Jr., Wentworth Nathaniel Macon, Monroe , Bladensburg Montfort Stokes, Wilkesboro Peter Little, Freedom REPRESENTATIVES Raphael Neale, Leonardtown SENATORS John Nelson, Frederick William S. Blackledge, New Bern Samuel Smith, 24 Baltimore Mahlon Dickerson, Succasunna Hutchins G. Burton, Halifax 32 Isaac McKim, 25 Baltimore Samuel L. Southard, Trenton Henry W. Connor, Sherrills Ford Henry R. Warfield, Middleburg REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Josiah Crudup, Raleigh Robert Wright, Queenstown , Cedarville Weldon N. Edwards, Warrenton George Cassedy, Hackensack Thomas H. Hall, Tarboro Lewis Condict, Morristown Charles Hooks, Dublin George Holcombe, Allentown John Long, Longs Mills SENATORS Archibald McNeill, McNeills Store Harrison Gray Otis, 26 James Matlack, Woodbury Samuel Swan, Somerville Romulus M. Saunders, Milton James Lloyd, 27 Boston Lemuel Sawyer, Elizabeth City Elijah H. Mills, Northampton NEW YORK Felix Walker, Waynesville REPRESENTATIVES Lewis Williams, Panther Creek SENATORS Samuel C. Allen, Greenfield , Salem , New York City OHIO , Albany , Taunton SENATORS , Petersham REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin Ruggles, St. Clairsville Henry W. Dwight, Stockbridge Selah Tuthill, 33 Goshen William A. Trimble, 39 Hillsboro , Boston Charles Borland, Jr., 34 Wardsbridge Ethan Allen Brown, 40 Cincinnati , Boston Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York , Boston City REPRESENTATIVES , Hanover Samuel Campbell, Columbus Levi Barber, Point Harmer

18 Resigned June 1, 1822. 26 Resigned May 30, 1822. 36 Successfully contested the election of Peter Sharpe, 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ezekiel 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Har- and took his seat December 12, 1821. Whitman, and took his seat December 2, 1822. rison Gray Otis, and took his seat December 2, 1822. 37 Resigned January 14, 1822. 20 Died February 25, 1822. 28 Admitted as a State into the Union August 10, 1821. 38 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sol- 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 29 Took his seat December 3, 1821; term to expire, as omon Van Rensselaer, and took his seat March 12, 1822. Pinkney, and took his seat December 17, 1822. determined by lot, March 3, 1825. 39 22 30 Died December 13, 1821. Served until March 19, 1822; succeeded by Philip Took his seat December 6, 1821; term to expire, as 40 Reed, who contested his election. determined by lot, March 3, 1827. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 23 Successfully contested the election of Jeremiah 31 Took his seat December 3, 1821. A. Trimble, and took his seat January 15, 1822. Cosden, and took his seat March 19, 1822. 32 Resigned March 3, 1823. 24 Resigned December 17, 1822, before the commence- 33 Died September 7, 1821, before Congress assembled. ment of the Eighteenth Congress, to which he had been 34 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Selah reelected, having been elected Senator. Tuthill, and took his seat December 3, 1821. 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sam- 35 Never qualified; succeeded by Caldwallader D. Colden, uel Smith, and took his seat January 8, 1823. who contested his election. SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS 91

John W. Campbell, West Union Samuel Eddy, Providence , 64 Goochland David Chambers, 41 Zanesville John Taylor, 65 Port Royal Thomas R. Ross, Lebanon SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVES John Sloane, Wooster SENATORS Joseph Vance, 42 Urbana John Gaillard, Pendleton Mark Alexandria, Lombardy Grove William Smith, Pinckneyville William S. Archer, Amelia William L. Ball, Nuttsville PENNSYLVANIA REPRESENTATIVES Philip P. Barbour, Lucketsville SENATORS James Blair, 56 Camden Burwell Bassett, Williamsburg Walter Lowrie, Butler John Carter, 57 Camden John Floyd, Newbern 43 William Findlay, Franklinton Joseph Gist, Pinckneyville Robert S. Garnett, Lloyds REPRESENTATIVES James Overstreet, 58 King Creek Edward B. Jackson, Clarksburg Henry Baldwin, 44 Pittsburgh Andrew R. Govan, 59 Orangeburg James Jones, Hendersonville Walter Forward, 45 Pittsburgh William Lowndes, 60 Jacksonboro Jabez Leftwich, Liberty John Brown, Lewistown James Hamilton, Jr., 61 Charleston William McCoy, Franklin , Lancaster George McDuffie, Edgefield Charles F. Mercer, Aldie William Darlington, West Chester Thomas R. Mitchell, Georgetown Thomas L. Moore, Warrenton George Denison, Wilkes-Barre Joel R. Poinsett, Charleston Hugh Nelson, 66 Milton James Duncan, 46 Carlisle Starling Tucker, Mountain Shoals Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk John Findlay, 47 Chambersburg John Wilson, Golden Grove John Randolph, Charlotte , Chester Arthur Smith, Smithfield William Cox Ellis, 48 Muncy William Smith, Lewisburg Thomas Murray, Jr., 49 Milton SENATORS Alexander Smyth, Wythe Patrick Farrelly, Meadville John Williams, Knoxville , Richmond Samuel Gross, Trappe John H. Eaton, 62 Nashville George Tucker, Lynchburg , REPRESENTATIVES Thomas Van Sweringen, 67 James McSherry, Petersburg Robert Allen, Carthage Shepherdstown , 50 Philadelphia Henry H. Bryan, 63 Palmyra James Stephenson, 68 Martinsburg , 51 Philadelphia , Harpeth Jared Williams, Newton James S. Mitchell, Rossville John Cocke, Rutledge Samuel Moore, 52 Doylestown Francis Jones, Winchester ARKANSAS TERRITORY Samuel D. Ingham, 53 New Hope John Rhea, Sullivan Thomas Patterson, West Middletown DELEGATE John Phillips, Hummelstown James W. Bates, 69 Arkansas George Plumer, Robbstown SENATORS Thomas J. Rogers, Easton William A. Palmer, Danville TERRITORY OF FLORIDA 70 John Sergeant, Philadelphia , Middlebury DELEGATE Andrew Stewart, Uniontown REPRESENTATIVES John Tod, Bedford Joseph M. Hernandez, 71 St. Augustine Samuel C. Crafts, Craftsbury Ludwig Worman, 54 Pottstown Elias Keyes, Stockbridge Daniel Udree, 55 Reading Rollin C. Mallary, Poultney MICHIGAN TERRITORY RHODE ISLAND John Mattocks, Peacham DELEGATE Charles Rich, Shoreham Solomon Sibley, Detroit SENATORS Phineas White, Putney Nehemiah R. Knight, Providence 72 James De Wolf, Bristol VIRGINIA TERRITORY OF MISSOURI REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE SENATORS DELEGATE Job Durfee, Tiverton , Barboursville Vacant

41 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- 47 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James 62 Reelected for the term commencing March 4, 1821, resentative-elect John C. Wright (March 3, 1821, before Duncan, and took his seat December 12, 1821. and took his seat December 3, 1821; vacancy in this class the beginning of the congressional term), and took his 48 Resigned before Congress assembled. from March 4, 1821, to September 26, 1821, caused by seat December 3, 1821. 49 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- recess of legislature. 42 In previous issues of this publication this name ap- liam Cox Ellis, and took his seat December 12, 1821. 63 Committee on Elections reported on February 17, 50 pears as ‘‘John Vance.’’ It is believed that this is an error Resigned May 8, 1822. 1823, that he had been duly elected, but appears never arising through a printer’s blunder in the first issue of 51 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- liam Milnor, and took his seat December 2, 1822. to have taken his seat. the Congressional Directory for the Seventeenth Congress, 64 52 Resigned May 20, 1822. Resigned December 15, 1822. caused by the typesetter carrying the name of ‘‘John’’ of 53 65 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James Sloane’s down to that of ‘‘Vance.’’ The House Journal does Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sam- uel Moore, and took his seat December 2, 1822. Pleasants, and took his seat December 30, 1822. not show that a ‘‘John Vance’’ was ever a Representative 54 Died October 17, 1822. 66 Resigned January 14, 1823. from Ohio, but in the same directory, under ‘‘Alphabetical 55 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Ludwig 67 Died August 19, 1822. List of Boarding Houses with the Members in each,’’ the Worman, and took his seat December 23, 1822. 68 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas list of boarders at Miss Polk’s home included ‘‘Joseph’’ 56 Resigned May 8, 1822. Van Sweringen, and took his seat December 2, 1822. Vance, but no ‘‘John.’’ 57 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James 69 43 Election unsuccessfully contested by . Elected for term beginning March 4, 1821, and took Blair, and took his seat December 11, 1822. 70 Formed March 30, 1822, from lands ceded by Spain his seat December 17, 1821; vacancy in this class from 58 Died May 24, 1822. to the United States by treaty of Washington of February March 4, 1821, to December 9, 1821. 59 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James Over- 22, 1819, and therefore known as ‘‘East and West Florida,’’ 44 Resigned May 8, 1822. street, and took his seat December 4, 1822. 45 60 and granted a Delegate in Congress. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Henry Resigned May 8, 1822. 71 61 Took his seat January 3, 1823. Baldwin, and took his seat December 2, 1822. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 72 46 Resigned before Congress assembled. liam Lowndes, and took his seat January 6, 1823. Granted statehood August 10, 1821.