SIXTEENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1819, TO MARCH 3, 1821

FIRST SESSION—December 6, 1819, to May 15, 1820 SECOND SESSION—November 13, 1820, to March 3, 1821

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

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—, 2 of ; JOHN W. TAYLOR, 3 of New York CLERK OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS DOUGHERTY, 4 of Kentucky SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS DUNN, of Maryland DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS CLAXTON

ALABAMA 5 Nicholas Van Dyke, New Castle , Vincennes REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS Willard Hall, 9 Dover 6 , Madison John W. Walker, Huntsville Louis McLane, Wilmington William R. King, 7 Cahaba KENTUCKY REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS John Crowell, 8 St. Stephens SENATORS William Logan, 11 Shelbyville John Elliott, Sunbury , 12 Frankfort Freeman Walker, 10 Augusta Richard M. Johnson, 13 Great REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Crossings SENATORS Joel Abbot, Washington REPRESENTATIVES Samuel W. Dana, Middlesex Thomas W. Cobb, Lexington Richard C. Anderson, Jr., Louisville James Lanman, Norwich Joel Crawford, Milledgeville William Brown, Cynthiana REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John A. Cuthbert, Eatonton Henry Clay, Lexington Robert R. Reid, Augusta Henry W. Edwards, New Haven , Bardstown William Terrell, Sparta 14 Samuel A. Foote, Cheshire David Walker, Russellville Jonathan O. Moseley, East Francis Johnson, 15 Bowling Green Thomas Metcalfe, Carlisle Haddam SENATORS Elisha Phelps, Simsbury Tunstall Quarles, 16 Somerset John Russ, Hartford Jesse B. Thomas, Edwardsville Thomas Montgomery, 17 Stanford Ninian Edwards, Edwardsville James Stevens, Stamford George Robertson, Lancaster Gideon Tomlinson, Fairfield REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE David Trimble, Mount Sterling Daniel P. Cook, Edwardsville Alney McLean, Greenville LOUISIANA SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS Outerbridge Horsey, Wilmington , Brookville Henry Johnson, Donaldsonville

1 Elected January 25, 1820. 8 Took his seat December 14, 1819. 13 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 2 Reelected December 6, 1819; resigned as Speaker Octo- 9 Resigned January 22, 1821. J. Crittenden in preceding Congress, and took his seat ber 28, 1820. 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John January 3, 1820. 3 Elected November 15, 1820. Forsyth in preceding Congress, and took his seat Decem- 14 Died March 1, 1820. 4 Reelected December 6, 1819. ber 15, 1819; vacancy in this class from February 18, 15 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of David Walk- 5 Admitted as a State into the Union December 14, 1819. 6 1819, to November 5, 1819. er, and took his seat November 13, 1820. Took his seat December 14, 1819; term to expire, as 11 Resigned May 28, 1820. 16 Resigned, effective June 15, 1820. determined by lot, March 3, 1825. 12 17 7 Took his seat December 22, 1819; term to expire, as Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of determined by lot, March 3, 1823. liam Logan, and took his seat November 27, 1820. Tunstall Quarles, and took his seat November 13, 1820.

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James Brown, New Orleans Jonathan Mason, 32 , 33 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE , Boston REPRESENTATIVES , Taunton Thomas Butler, St. Francisville Nathaniel Allen, Richmond , Newburyport Caleb Baker, Elmira 18 James Parker, Gardner Zabdiel Sampson, 34 Plymouth Walter Case, Newbury SENATORS , 35 Hanover Robert Clark, Roseville , 19 Monmouth Henry Shaw, Lanesboro Jacob H. De Witt, Kingston John Homes, 20 Alfred , Salem John D. Dickinson, Troy REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE 21 , Portland John Fay, Northampton William D. Ford, Watertown Joseph Dane, 22 Kennebunk MISSISSIPPI Ezra C. Gross, Elizabeth MARYLAND SENATORS Aaron Hackley, Jr., Herkimer 36 George Hall, Onondaga SENATORS Walter Leake, Bay St. Louis David Holmes, 37 Washington Joseph S. Lyman, Cooperstown Alexander C. Hanson, 23 Elkridge Thomas H. Williams, Washington Henry Meigs, New York City , 24 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Robert Monell, Greene Edward Lloyd, 25 Easton Hermanus Peek, Schenectady Christopher Rankin, Natchez REPRESENTATIVES Nathaniel Pitcher, Sandy Hill Stevenson Archer, Bel Air NEW HAMPSHIRE Jonathan Richmond, Aurora 43 Thomas Bayly, Princess Anne SENATORS Ebenezer Sage, Sag Harbor Thomas Culbreth, Denton James Guyon, Jr., 44 Richmond David L. Morril, Goffstown Henry R. Storrs, Whitestown Joseph Kent, Bladensburg John F. Parrott, Portsmouth Randall S. Street, Poughkeepsie Peter Little, Freedom REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Raphael Neale, Leonardtown James Strong, Hudson Samuel Ringgold, Hagerstown Joseph Buffum, Jr., Westmoreland John W. Taylor, Ballston Spa Samuel Smith, Baltimore Josiah Butler, South Deerfield Caleb Tompkins, White Plains Clifton Clagett, Amherst Henry R. Warfield, Middleburg Albert H. Tracy, Buffalo , Plymouth Solomon Van Rensselaer, Albany , Jr., Epping Peter H. Wendover, New York City Nathaniel Upham, Rochester SENATORS Silas Wood, Huntington Harrison Gray Otis, Boston , 26 Portland SENATORS SENATORS Elijah H. Mills, 27 Northampton James J. Wilson, 38 Trenton REPRESENTATIVES 28 Samuel L. Southard, 39 Trenton , Monroe Benjamin Adams, Uxbridge , Succasunna Montfort Stokes, Wilkesboro Samuel C. Allen, Northfield REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES , Winslow , Cedarville Hutchins G. Burton, Halifax , 29 Dedham Joseph Bloomfield, Burlington John Culpepper, Wadesboro , 30 Boston John Condit, 40 Orange William Davidson, Charlotte Walter Folger, Jr., Nantucket , 41 Paterson Weldon N. Edwards, Warrenton , Boston John Linn, 42 Monroe Charles Fisher, Salisbury Mark L. Hill, Phippsburg Bernard Smith, New Brunswick Thomas H. Hall, Tarboro John Holmes, 31 Alfred Henry Southard, Baskingridge Charles Hooks, Dublin , Leominster Lemuel Sawyer, Elizabeth City , Hampden NEW YORK Thomas Settle, Lenox Castle , West Springfield SENATORS Jesse Slocumb, 45 Waynesborough , Paris , New York City William S. Blackledge, 46 New Bern

18 Admitted as a State into the Union March 15, 1820. ing in the new State of Maine, and took his seat December 31 Resigned March 15, 1820; subsequently elected Sen- Previous to March 3, 1820, Maine was a part of Massachu- 11, 1820. (See footnote 21.) ator from Maine. (See footnote 28.) setts, and was called the ‘‘District of Maine’’ and its Rep- 23 Died April 23, 1819. 32 Resigned May 15, 1820. resentatives were numbered with those of Massachusetts; 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Alexander 33 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Jona- by compact between the two States, Maine became a sepa- C. Hanson, and took his seat January 4, 1820. than Mason, and took his seat November 27, 1820. rate and independent State, and by act of Congress of 25 Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1819, and 34 Resigned July 26, 1820. March 3, 1820, was admitted into the Union as such the took his seat December 27, 1819; vacancy in this class 35 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Zabdiel admission to date from the 15th of the same month. from March 4, 1819, to December 20, 1819. Sampson, and took his seat December 18, 1820. 36 19 Took his seat November 13, 1820; term to expire, as 26 Resigned May 15, 1820. Resigned May 15, 1820. 37 determined by lot, March 3, 1823. 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 20 Took his seat November 13, 1820; term to expire, as Prentiss Mellen, and took his seat December 1, 1820. Walter Leake, and took his seat November 13, 1820; sub- 28 sequently elected. determined by lot, March 3, 1821. The act of Congress approved April 7, 1820, provided 38 21 Resigned January 8, 1821. The act of Congress approved April 7, 1820, provided ‘‘That in the election of Representatives in the Seven- 39 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of ‘‘That in the election of Representatives in the Seven- teenth Congress, the State of Massachusetts shall be enti- James J. Wilson, and took his seat on February 16, 1821; teenth Congress, the State of Massachusetts shall be enti- tled to choose 13 Representatives only; and the State of subsequently elected. tled to choose 13 Representatives only; and the State of Maine shall be entitled to choose seven Representatives, 40 Resigned November 4, 1819, having been appointed Maine shall be entitled to choose seven Representatives, That if the seat of any of the Representatives in the assistant collector of customs. That if the seat of any of the Representatives in the present Congress (Sixteenth), who were elected in and 41 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John present Congress (Sixteenth), who were elected in and under the authority of the State of Massachusetts, and Condit, and took his seat February 16, 1820. under the authority of the State of Massachusetts, and who are now inhabitants of the State of Maine, shall 42 Died January 5, 1821. who are now inhabitants of the State of Maine, shall be vacated by death, resignation, or otherwise, such va- 43 Never appeared to claim seat; succeeded by James be vacated by death, resignation, or otherwise, such va- cancy shall be supplied by a successor, who shall, at the Guyon, Jr., who contested his election. cancy shall be supplied by a successor, who shall, at the time of his election, be an inhabitant of the State of 44 Successfully contested the election of Ebenezer Sage, time of his election, be an inhabitant of the State of Maine.’’ and took his seat January 14, 1820. Maine.’’ 29 Resigned May 26, 1820. 45 Died December 20, 1820. 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 30 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ed- 46 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Jesse Holmes, a Representative from Massachusetts, but resid- ward Dowse, and took his seat November 13, 1820. Slocumb, and took his seat February 7, 1821. 88 Biographical Directory

NORTH CAROLINA—Continued James Burrill, Jr., 51 Providence William Lee Ball, Nuttsville Nehemiah R. Knight, 52 Providence REPRESENTATIVES—Continued Philip P. Barbour, Lucketsville REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE William A. Burwell, 58 Rocky Mount James S. Smith, Hillsboro Samuel Eddy, Providence John Floyd, Newbern Felix Walker, Waynesville Nathaniel Hazard, 53 Newport Lewis Williams, Panther Creek Robert S. Garnett, Lloyds 59 SOUTH CAROLINA James Johnson, Lawrenceville John C. Gray, 60 Courtland OHIO SENATORS James Jones, Hendersonville SENATORS John Gaillard, Pendleton Benjamin Ruggles, St. Clairsville William Smith, Pinckneyville William McCoy, Franklin William A. Trimble, Hillsboro REPRESENTATIVES Charles F. Mercer, Aldie REPRESENTATIVES Hugh Nelson, Milton Joseph Brevard, Camden Philemon Beecher, Lancaster Elias Earle, Centerville Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk Henry Brush, Chillicothe James Ervin, Darlington Severn E. Parker, Eastville John W. Campbell, West Union William Lowndes, Jacksonboro James Pindall, 61 Clarksburg Samuel Herrick, Zanesville John McCreary, Cedar Shoals Edward B. Jackson, 62 Clarksburg Thomas R. Ross, Lebanon James Overstreet, King Creek 63 John Sloane, Wooster , Goochland Charles Pinckney, Charleston William S. Archer, 64 Amelia Eldred Simkins, Edgefield John Randolph, Charlotte Starling Tucker, Mountain Shoals SENATORS Ballard Smith, Lewisburg Jonathan Roberts, Norristown Alexander Smyth, Wythe 65 Walter Lowrie, Butler SENATORS George F. Strother, Culpeper REPRESENTATIVES John Williams, Knoxville Thomas L. Moore, 66 Warrenton Henry Baldwin, Pittsburgh John H. Eaton, Nashville George Tucker, Lynchburg Andrew Boden, Carlisle REPRESENTATIVES , Charles City William Darlington, West Chester Thomas Van Swearingen, George Denison, Wilkes-Barre Robert Allen, Carthage Shepherdstown Samuel Edwards, Chester Henry H. Bryan, Palmyra Thomas Forrest, Germantown , Harpeth Jared Williams, Newton David Fullerton, 47 Greencastle John Cocke, Rutledge 48 Francis Jones, Winchester Thomas G. McCullough, ALABAMA TERRITORY 67 Chambersburg , Sullivan Samuel Gross, Trappe DELEGATE Joseph Hemphill, VERMONT Jacob Hibshman, Ephrata SENATORS Vacant Jacob Hostetter, Hanover Isaac Tichenor, Bennington William P. Maclay, Lewistown William A. Palmer, Danville ARKANSAS TERRITORY 68 David Marchand, Greensburg REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Robert Moore, Beavertown Samuel C. Crafts, Craftsbury Samuel Moore, Doylestown DELEGATE John Murray, Milton Ezra Meech, Charlotte James W. Bates, 69 Arkansas Orsamus C. Merrill, 54 Bennington Thomas Patterson, West 55 Middletown Rollin C. Mallary, Poultney 70 Robert Philson, Somerset Charles Rich, Shoreham TERRITORY Thomas J. Rogers, Easton Mark Richards, Westminster John Sergeant, Philadelphia William Strong, Hartford DELEGATE 71 Christian Tarr, Brownsville VIRGINIA William W. Woodbridge, Joseph Hiester, 49 Reading Solomon Sibley, 72 Detroit Daniel Udree, 50 Reading SENATORS James M. Wallace, Hummelstown James Barbour, Barboursville John W. Eppes, 56 Charles City TERRITORY OF James Pleasants, 57 Goochland SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATE , Newport Mark Alexander, Lombardy Grove John Scott, Ste. Genevieve

47 Resigned May 15, 1820. 56 Resigned December 4, 1819. 66 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George 48 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of David 57 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John F. Strother, and took his seat November 13, 1820. Fullerton, and took his seat November 13, 1820. W. Eppes, and took his seat December 14, 1819. 67 Granted statehood December 14, 1819. 49 Resigned in December 1820, having been elected gov- 58 Died February 16, 1821. 68 Formed from a portion of lands of the Territory of ernor of Pennsylvania. 59 Resigned February 1, 1820. Missouri and granted a Delegate in Congress by Act of 50 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph 60 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James March 2, 1819. Hiester, and took his seat January 8, 1821. Johnson, and took his seat November 13, 1820. 69 51 61 Took his seat March 2, 1820. Died December 25, 1820. Resigned July 26, 1820. 70 Formed by act approved January 11, 1805, from a 52 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James 62 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James Burrill, Jr., and took his seat January 20, 1821. Pindall, and took his seat November 13, 1820. portion of lands of with Detroit as the 53 Died December 17, 1820. 63 Resigned December 14, 1819, having been elected Sen- seat of government. 71 54 Served until January 12, 1820; succeeded by Rollin ator. Took his seat March 2, 1820; resigned August 9, 1820. C. Mallary, who contested his election. 64 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James 72 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 55 Successfully contested the election of Orsamus C. Mer- Pleasants, and took his seat January 18, 1820. liam W. Woodbridge, and took his seat November 20, rill, and took his seat January 13, 1820. 65 Resigned February 10, 1820. 1820.