TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1829, TO MARCH 3, 1831 FIRST SESSION—December 7, 1829, to May 31, 1830 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1830, to March 3, 1831 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1829, to March 17, 1829 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—JOHN C. CALHOUN, of South Carolina PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—SAMUEL SMITH, 1 of Maryland SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—WALTER LOWRIE, 2 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—MOUNTJOY BAYLY, of Maryland SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—ANDREW STEVENSON, 3 of Virginia CLERK OF THE HOUSE—MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, 4 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOHN O. DUNN, of District of Columbia DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN BIRCH, of Maryland ALABAMA Arnold Naudain, 6 Wilmington INDIANA John M. Clayton, Dover SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE James Noble, 13 Brookville William R. King, Selma Kensey Johns, Jr., New Castle John McKinley, Florence William Hendricks, Madison REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES GEORGIA SENATORS Ratliff Boon, Boonville Robert E. B. Baylor, Tuscaloosa Jonathan Jennings, Charlestown John Macpherson Berrien, 7 Savannah Clement C. Clay, Huntsville John Test, Lawrenceburg Dixon H. Lewis, Montgomery John Forsyth, 8 Augusta George M. Troup, Dublin KENTUCKY REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE CONNECTICUT SENATORS Thomas F. Foster, Greensboro SENATORS Charles E. Haynes, Sparta John Rowan, Louisville Calvin Willey, Tolland Henry G. Lamar, 9 Macon George M. Bibb, Yellow Banks Samuel A. Foote, Cheshire Wilson Lumpkin, Monroe REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Wiley Thompson, Elberton Thomas Chilton, Elizabethtown Noyes Barber, Groton James M. Wayne, Savannah James Clark, Winchester William W. Ellsworth, Hartford Richard H. Wilde, Augusta Nicholas D. Coleman, Washington Henry Daniel, Mount Sterling Jabez W. Huntington, Litchfield ILLINOIS Ralph I. Ingersoll, New Haven Nathan Gaither, Columbia SENATORS William L. Storrs, Middletown Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings Ebenezer Young, Killingly Center Elias K. Kane, Kaskaskia John Kincaid, Stanford John McLean, 10 Shawneetown Joseph Lecompte, New Castle David J. Baker, 11 Shawneetown Robert P. Letcher, Lancaster DELAWARE 12 John M. Robinson, Carmi Chittenden Lyon, Eddyville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles A. Wickliffe, Bardstown Louis McLane, 5 Wilmington Joseph Duncan, Brownsville Joel Yancey, Glasgow 1 Elected March 13, 1829 (special session of the Senate); 6 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Louis 10 Died October 14, 1830. May 29, 1830; March 1, 1831; Littleton W. Tazewell, of McLane, and took his seat January 13, 1830. 11 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of John Virginia, was first elected on the last-named date, but 7 Resigned March 9, 1829. McLean, and took his seat December 6, 1830. declined to serve. 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John 2 Reelected December 14, 1829. Macpherson Berrien, and took his seat December 8, 1829. McLean, and took his seat January 4, 1831. 3 9 Reelected December 7, 1829. Elected to fill vacancy caused by failure of Representa- 13 Died February 26, 1831. 4 Reelected December 7, 1829. tive-elect George R. Gilmer to signify his acceptance, and 5 Resigned April 16, 1829. took his seat December 7, 1829. [ 101 ] 102 Biographical Directory LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI George Fisher, 20 Oswego 21 SENATORS SENATORS Silas Wright, Jr., Canton Jonah Sanford, 22 Oswego Josiah S. Johnston, Alexandria Powhatan Ellis, Winchester Jehiel H. Halsey, Lodi Edward Livingston, New Orleans 17 Thomas B. Reed, Natchez Joseph Hawkins, Henderson REPRESENTATIVES Robert H. Adams, 18 Natchez 19 Michael Hoffman, Herkimer Henry H. Gurley, Baton Rouge George Poindexter, Natchez Perkins King, Freehold Walter H. Overton, Alexandria REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE James Lent, Newtown Edward D. White, Donaldsonville Thomas Hinds, Greenville John Magee, Bath Henry C. Martindale, Sandy Hill MAINE MISSOURI Henry B. Cowles, Carmel SENATORS SENATORS Hector Craig, 23 Craigville John Holmes, Alfred David Barton, St. Louis Samuel W. Eager, 24 Montgomery Peleg Sprague, Hallowell Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis Jacob Crocheron, Smithfield REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles G. De Witt, Kingston John D. Dickinson, Troy John Anderson, Portland Spencer D. Pettis, Fayette Samuel Butman, Dixmont Thomas Maxwell, Elmira 25 George Evans, 14 Gardiner Robert Monell, Greene NEW HAMPSHIRE Ebenezer F. Norton, Buffalo Leonard Jarvis, Ellsworth SENATORS Rufus McIntire, Parsonsfield Gershom Powers, Auburn Samuel Bell, Chester James W. Ripley, 15 Fryeburg Robert S. Rose, Geneva Levi Woodbury, Portsmouth Cornelius Holland, 16 Canton Ambrose Spencer, Albany Joseph F. Wingate, Bath REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE James Strong, Hudson John Brodhead, Newmarket Henry R. Storrs, Whitestown MARYLAND Thomas Chandler, Hillsboro John W. Taylor, Ballston Spa Phineas L. Tracy, Batavia SENATORS Joseph Hammons, Farmington Jonathan Harvey, Sutton Gulian C. Verplanck, New York City Samuel Smith, Baltimore Campbell P. White, New York City Ezekiel F. Chambers, Chestertown Henry Hubbard, Charlestown John W. Weeks, Lancaster REPRESENTATIVES NORTH CAROLINA Elias Brown, Freedom NEW JERSEY SENATORS Clement Dorsey, Chaptico SENATORS John Branch, 26 Enfield Benjamin C. Howard, Baltimore Mahlon Dickerson, Succasunna Bedford Brown, 27 Browns Store George E. Mitchell, Elkton James Iredell, Edenton Benedict J. Semmes, Piscataway Theodore Frelinghuysen, Newark Richard Spencer, Easton REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES Michael C. Sprigg, Frostburg Lewis Condict, Morristown Willis Alston, Hyde Park George C. Washington, Rockville Richard M. Cooper, Camden Daniel L. Barringer, Raleigh Ephraim K. Wilson, Snow Hill Thomas H. Hughes, Cold Spring Samuel P. Carson, Pleasant Garden Isaac Pierson, Orange Henry W. Connor, Sherrills Ford MASSACHUSETTS James F. Randolph, New Brunswick Edmund Deberry, Lawrenceville SENATORS Samuel Swan, Somerville Thomas H. Hall, Tarboro Gabriel Holmes, 28 Clinton Nathaniel Silsbee, Salem 29 Daniel Webster, Boston NEW YORK Edward B. Dudley, Wilmington SENATORS Robert Potter, Oxford REPRESENTATIVES Abraham Rencher, Pittsboro John Bailey, Milton Nathan Sanford, Albany Charles E. Dudley, Albany William B. Shepard, Elizabeth City Isaac C. Bates, Northampton Augustine H. Shepperd, Germantown Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Salem REPRESENTATIVES Jesse Speight, Stantonsburg John Davis, Worcester William G. Angel, Burlington Lewis Williams, Panther Creek Henry W. Dwight, Stockbridge Benedict Arnold, Amsterdam Edward Everett, Charlestown Thomas Beekman, Peterboro OHIO Benjamin Gorham, Boston Abraham Bockee, Federal Store SENATORS George Grennell, Jr., Greenfield Peter I. Borst, Middleburg James L. Hodges, Taunton Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York Benjamin Ruggles, St. Clairsville Joseph G. Kendall, Leominster City Jacob Burnet, Cincinnati John Reed, Yarmouth Timothy Childs, Rochester REPRESENTATIVES Joseph Richardson, Hingham Jonas Earll, Jr., Onondaga Mordecai Bartley, Mansfield John Varnum, Haverhill Isaac Finch, Jay Joseph H. Crane, Dayton 14 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- 19 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by deaths of Thomas 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Hector resentative-elect Peleg Sprague in preceding Congress, B. Reed and Robert H. Adams, and took his seat December Craig, and took his seat December 6, 1830. and took his seat December 7, 1829. 6, 1830; subsequently elected. 25 Resigned February 21, 1831. 15 Election unsuccessfully contested by Reuel Washburn; 20 Served until February 5, 1830; election successfully 26 Resigned March 9, 1829, having been appointed Sec- resigned March 12, 1830. contested by Silas Wright, Jr. retary of the Navy. 16 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James Successfully contested the election of George Fisher, 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John W. Ripley, and took his seat December 6, 1830. but resigned March 9, 1830, never having qualified, pre- 17 Branch, and took his seat December 28, 1829. Died November 26, 1829. ferring to continue as comptroller of the State. 28 18 22 Died September 26, 1829, before Congress assembled. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Silas 29 B. Reed, and took his seat February 8, 1830; died July Wright, Jr., and took his seat December 6, 1830. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Gabriel 2, 1830. 23 Resigned July 12, 1830. Holmes, and took his seat December 14, 1829. TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS 103 William Creighton, Jr., Chillicothe Asher Robbins, Newport John Tyler, Charles City James Findlay, Cincinnati REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John M. Goodenow, 30 Steubenville Tristam Burges, Providence REPRESENTATIVES 31 Humphrey H. Leavitt, Steubenville Dutee J. Pearce, Newport Mark Alexander, Lombardy Grove William W. Irvin, Lancaster Robert Allen, Mount Jackson William Kennon, Sr., St. Clairsville SOUTH CAROLINA William Russell, West Union William S. Archer, Elk Hill SENATORS James Shields, Dicks Mills William Armstrong, Romney William Stanbery, Newark Robert Y. Hayne, Charleston William Smith, Charleston John S. Barbour, Culpeper John Thomson, New Lisbon 41 REPRESENTATIVES Philip P. Barbour, Gordonsville Joseph Vance, Urbana 42 Samuel F. Vinton, Gallipolis Robert W. Barnwell, Beaufort John M. Patton, Fredericksburg Elisha Whittlesey, Canfield James Blair, Camden Thomas T. Bouldin, Charlotte John Campbell, Brownsville Nathaniel H. Clairborne, Rocky Mount