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K:\Fm Andrew\11 to 20\19.Xml NINETEENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1825, TO MARCH 3, 1827 FIRST SESSION—December 5, 1825, to May 22, 1826 SECOND SESSION—December 4, 1826, to March 3, 1827 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1825, to March 9, 1825 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—JOHN C. CALHOUN, of South Carolina PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—JOHN GAILLARD, 1 of South Carolina; NATHANIEL MACON, 2 of North Carolina SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—CHARLES CUTTS, of New Hampshire; WALTER LOWRIE, 3 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—MOUNTJOY BAYLY, of Maryland SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JOHN W. TAYLOR, 4 of New York CLERK OF THE HOUSE—MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, 5 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOHN O. DUNN, of District of Columbia DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN BIRCH, of Maryland ALABAMA DELAWARE Elias K. Kane, Kaskaskia SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS Nicholas Van Dyke, 10 New Castle Daniel P. Cook, Edwardsville William R. King, Cahaba 11 6 Daniel Rodney, Wilmington Henry H. Chambers, Madison Henry M. Ridgely, 12 Dover INDIANA Israel Pickens, 7 Cahaba Thomas Clayton, Dover 8 SENATORS John McKinley, Huntsville REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE James Noble, Brookville REPRESENTATIVES Louis McLane, 13 Wilmington William Hendricks, Madison John McKee, Tuscaloosa REPRESENTATIVES Gabriel Moore, Huntsville GEORGIA George W. Owen, Claiborne SENATORS Ratliff Boon, Boonville Thomas W. Cobb, Greensboro Jonathan Jennings, Charlestown CONNECTICUT John Macpherson Berrien, Savannah John Test, Brookville REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE SENATORS George Cary, Appling KENTUCKY Henry W. Edwards, New Haven Alfred Cuthbert, Eatonton SENATORS Calvin Willey, 9 Tolland John Forsyth, Augusta Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings Charles E. Haynes, Sparta John Rowan, Louisville REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE James Meriwether, Athens John Baldwin, Windham Edward F. Tattnall, Savannah REPRESENTATIVES Noyes Barber, Groton Wiley Thompson, Elberton Richard A. Buckner, Greensburg Ralph I. Ingersoll, New Haven Henry Clay, 14 Lexington Orange Merwin, New Milford ILLINOIS James Clark, 15 Winchester Elisha Phelps, Simsbury SENATORS Robert P. Henry, 16 Hopkinsville Gideon Tomlinson, Fairfield Jesse B. Thomas, Edwardsville John F. Henry, 17 Hopkinsville 1 Elected March 9, 1825 (special session of the Senate). 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Henry Cham- 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Nicholas 2 Elected May 20, 1826; January 2, 1827; and March bers, and took his seat December 21, 1826. Van Dyke, and took his seat January 23, 1827. 2, 1827. 9 Elected for term commencing March 4, 1825; took his 13 Reelected to the Twentieth Congress, but resigned, 3 Elected December 12, 1825. seat December 5, 1825. James Lanman was appointed, having been elected Senator. 4 Elected December 5, 1825. but the Senate, on March 5, 1825, would not permit him 14 Resigned March 6, 1825, before Congress assembled. 15 5 Reelected December 5, 1825. to qualify; vacancy in this class from March 4, 1825, to Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Henry 6 May 4, 1825, because of recess of legislature. Clay, and took his seat December 5, 1825. Died January 24, 1826. 10 16 7 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Henry Died May 21, 1826. Died August 25, 1826. 11 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Nicholas 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Robert P. Chambers, and took his seat April 10, 1826. Van Dyke, and took his seat December 4, 1826. Henry, and took his seat December 11, 1826. [ 95 ] 96 Biographical Directory KENTUCKY—Continued James Lloyd, 26 Boston Daniel Garrison, Salem Nathaniel Silsbee, 27 Salem George Holcombe, Allentown REPRESENTATIVES—Continued REPRESENTATIVES Samuel Swan, Somerville Francis Johnson, Bowling Green Samuel C. Allen, Greenfield Ebenezer Tucker, Tuckerton James Johnson, 18 Great Crossings John Bailey, Milton Robert McHatton, 19 Georgetown Francis Baylies, Taunton NEW YORK Robert P. Letcher, Lancaster Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Salem SENATORS Thomas Metcalfe, Carlisle Martin Van Buren, Albany Thomas P. Moore, Harrodsburg John Davis, Worcester Nathan Sanford, 36 Albany David Trimble, Mount Sterling Henry W. Dwight, Stockbridge Charles A. Wickliffe, Bardstown Edward Everett, Cambridge REPRESENTATIVES William S. Young, Elizabethtown Aaron Hobart, East Bridgewater Parmenio Adams, Batavia Joseph Lecompte, New Castle Samuel Lathrop, West Springfield William G. Angel, Burlington John Locke, Ashby Henry Ashley, Catskill LOUISIANA John Reed, Yarmouth Luther Badger, Janesville SENATORS John Varnum, Haverhill Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York Josiah S. Johnston, Alexandria Daniel Webster, Boston City William Dietz, Schoharie Dominique Bouligny, New Orleans MISSISSIPPI REPRESENTATIVES Nicoll Fosdick, Morristown William L. Brent, St. Martinsville SENATORS Daniel G. Garnsey, Fredonia Henry H. Gurley, Baton Rouge Thomas H. Williams, Washington John Hallock, Jr., Ridgebury Edward Livingston, New Orleans David Holmes, 28 Washington Abraham B. Hasbrouck, Kingston Powhatan Ellis, 29 Winchester Moses Hayden, York MAINE Thomas B. Reed, 30 Natchez Michael Hoffman, Herkimer SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles Humphrey, Ithaca John Chandler, Monmouth Christopher Rankin, 31 Natchez Jeromus Johnson, New York City John Holmes, Alfred William Haile, 32 Woodville Charles Kellogg, Kelloggsville REPRESENTATIVES William McManus, Troy MISSOURI Henry Markell, Palatine John Anderson, Portland Henry C. Martindale, Sandy Hill William Burleigh, South Berwick SENATORS Dudley Marvin, Canandaigua Ebenezer Herrick, Bowdoinham David Barton, St. Louis John Miller, Truxton David Kiddler, Norridgewock Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis Timothy H. Porter, Olean Enoch Lincoln, 20 Paris REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Robert S. Rose, Geneva James W. Ripley, 21 Fryeburg Jeremiah O’Brien, Machias John Scott, Ste. Genevieve Henry H. Ross, Essex Peleg Sprague, Hallowell Joshua Sands, Brooklyn NEW HAMPSHIRE Henry R. Storrs, Whitestown MARYLAND SENATORS James Strong, Hudson SENATORS John W. Taylor, Ballston Spa Samuel Bell, Chester 37 22 33 Egbert Ten Eyck, Watertown Edward Lloyd, Easton Levi Woodbury, Portsmouth 38 23 Daniel Hugunin, Jr., Oswego Ezekiel F. Chambers, Chestertown REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Samuel Smith, Baltimore Stephen Van Rensselaer, Albany Ichabod Bartlett, Portsmouth Gulian C. Verplanck, New York City REPRESENTATIVES Titus Brown, Francestown Aaron Ward, Mount Pleasant John Barney, Baltimore Nehemiah Eastman, Farmington Bartow White, Fishkill Clement Dorsey, Chaptico Jonathan Harvey, Sutton Elias Whitmore, Windsor 24 Joseph Kent, Bladensburg Joseph Healy, Washington Silas Wood, Huntington John C. Weems, 25 Waterloo Thomas Whipple, Jr., Wentworth John L. Kerr, Easton NORTH CAROLINA Peter Little, Freedom NEW JERSEY SENATORS Robert N. Martin, Princess Anne SENATORS George E. Mitchell, Elkton Nathaniel Macon, Monroe George Peter, Darnestown Mahlon Dickerson, Succasunna John Branch, Enfield 34 Thomas C. Worthington, Frederick Joseph McIlvaine, Burlington REPRESENTATIVES 35 Ephraim Bateman, Cedarville Willis Alston, Hyde Park MASSACHUSETTS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John H. Bryan, New Bern SENATORS George Cassedy, Hackensack Samuel P. Carson, Pleasant Garden Elijah H. Mills, Northampton Lewis Condict, Morristown Henry W. Connor, Sherrills Ford 18 Died August 14, 1826. 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph 33 Elected to fill vacancy in term commencing March 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James John- Kent, and took his seat February 7, 1826. 4, 1825, and took his seat December 5, 1825; vacancy son, and took his seat December 7, 1826. 26 Resigned May 23, 1826. in this class from March 4, 1825, to June 15, 1825. 20 Resigned in January, 1826, having been elected gov- 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James 34 Died August 19, 1826. ernor of Maine. Lloyd, and took his seat December 4, 1826. 35 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Joseph 28 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Enoch Resigned September 25, 1825. McIlvaine, and took his seat December 7, 1826. 29 36 Lincoln, and took his seat December 4, 1826. Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Elected to fill vacancy in term commencing March 22 David Holmes, and took his seat December 12, 1825. 4, 1825, and took his seat January 31, 1826; vacancy Resigned in January 1826. 30 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of David in this class from March 4, 1825, to January 14, 1826. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ed- Holmes, and took his seat March 11, 1826. 37 Served until December 15, 1825; succeeded by Daniel ward Lloyd, and took his seat February 22, 1826. 31 Died March 14, 1826. Hugunin, Jr., who contested his election. 24 Resigned January 6, 1826, having been elected gov- 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Christopher 38 Successfully contested the election of Egbert Ten ernor of Maryland. Rankin, and took his seat December 4, 1826. Eyck, and took his seat December 15, 1825. NINETEENTH CONGRESS 97 Weldon N. Edwards, Warrenton James S. Mitchell, Rossville James C. Mitchell, Athens Richard Hines, Edgecombe John Mitchell, Bellefonte James K. Polk, Columbia Gabriel Holmes, Clinton George Plumer, Robbstown John Long, Longs Mills James S. Stevenson, Pittsburgh VERMONT Archibald McNeill, McNeills Store Andrew Stewart, Uniontown SENATORS Willie P. Mangum, 39 Red Mountain Alexander Thomson, 49 Bedford Horatio Seymour, Middlebury Daniel L. Barringer, 40 Raleigh Chauncey Forward, 50 Somerset Dudley Chase, Randolph Romulus
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