FIFTEENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1817, TO MARCH 3, 1819 FIRST SESSION—December 1, 1817, to April 20, 1818 SECOND SESSION—November 16, 1818, to March 3, 1819 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1817, to March 6, 1817 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—JOHN GAILLARD, 1 of South Carolina; JAMES BARBOUR, 2 of Virginia SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—CHARLES CUTTS, of New Hampshire SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—MOUNTJOY BAYLY, of Maryland SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—HENRY CLAY, 3 of Kentucky 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 CONNECTICUT George M. Troup, 7 Dublin KENTUCKY 8 SENATORS John Forsyth, Augusta SENATORS Samuel W. Dana, Middlesex REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Isham Talbot, Frankfort David Daggett, New Haven Joel Abbot, Washington John J. Crittenden, 15 Russellville REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Thomas W. Cobb, Lexington REPRESENTATIVES 5 Zadock Cook, Watkinsville Uriel Holmes, Litchfield Richard C. Anderson, Jr., Louisville 6 Joel Crawford, Milledgeville Sylvester Gilbert, Hebron Henry Clay, Lexington Ebenezer Huntington, Norwich John Forsyth, 9 Augusta Robert R. Reid, 10 Augusta Joseph Desha, Mays Lick Jonathan O. Moseley, East Haddam Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings Timothy Pitkin, Farmington William Terrell, Sparta Anthony New, Elkton Samuel B. Sherwood, Saugatuck Tunstall Quarles, Somerset Nathaniel Terry, Hartford ILLINOIS 11 George Robertson, Lancaster Thomas S. Williams, Hartford SENATORS Thomas Speed, Bardstown Jesse B. Thomas, 12 Edwardsville David Trimble, Mount Sterling DELAWARE Ninian Edwards, 13 Edwardsville SENATORS David Walker, Russellville REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Outerbridge Horsey, Wilmington John McLean, 14 Shawneetown LOUISIANA Nicholas Van Dyke, New Castle SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE INDIANA Willard Hall, Dover Eligius Fromentin, New Orleans SENATORS 16 Louis McLane, Wilmington William C. C. Claiborne, New James Noble, Brookville Orleans GEORGIA Waller Taylor, Vincennes Henry Johnson, 17 Donaldsonville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles Tait, Elbert William Hendricks, Madison Thomas B. Robertson, 18 New Orleans 1 Continuing from preceding session; elected March 6, 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George 12 Took his seat December 4, 1818; term to expire, as 1817 (special session of the Senate); March 31, 1818. M. Troup, and took his seat November 23, 1818; resigned determined by lot, March 3, 1823. 2 Elected February 15, 1819. February 17, 1819, having been appointed minister to 13 Took his seat December 4, 1818; term to expire, as 3 Reelected December 1, 1817. Spain. determined by lot, March 3, 1819. 4 Reelected December 1, 1817. 9 Resigned, effective November 23, 1818, having been 14 Took his seat December 4, 1818. 5 Resigned in 1818. elected Senator. 15 Resigned March 3, 1819. 16 6 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Uriel 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John Died November 23, 1817, never having qualified. 17 Holmes, and took his seat November 16, 1818. Forsyth, and took his seat February 18, 1819. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 7 Resigned September 23, 1818. 11 Admitted as a State into the Union December 3, 1818. C. Claiborne, and took his seat February 26, 1818. 18 Resigned April 20, 1818. [ 83 ] 84 Biographical Directory LOUISIANA—Continued Thomas H. Williams, 26 Washington Caleb Tompkins, White Plains REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE George Townsend, Oyster Bay REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE—Continued George Poindexter, 27 Woodville Peter H. Wendover, New York City Thomas Butler, 19 St. Francisville Rensselaer Westerlo, Albany NEW HAMPSHIRE James W. Wilkin, Goshen MARYLAND SENATORS Isaac Williams, Jr., Cooperstown Jeremiah Mason, 28 Portsmouth SENATORS Clement Storer, 29 Portsmouth NORTH CAROLINA Robert H. Goldsborough, Easton David L. Morril, Goffstown SENATORS Alexander C. Hanson, Elkridge REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Nathaniel Macon, Warrenton Montfort Stokes, Wilkesboro REPRESENTATIVES Josiah Butler, South Deerfield Thomas Bayly, Princess Anne Clifton Clagett, Amherst REPRESENTATIVES Thomas Culbreth, Denton Salma Hale, Keene Joseph H. Bryan, Windsor John C. Herbert, Vannsville Arthur Livermore, Plymouth Weldon N. Edwards, Warrenton Peter Little, Freedom John F. Parrott, Portsmouth Daniel M. Forney, 31 Lincolnton George Peter, Darnestown Nathaniel Upham, Rochester William Davidson, 32 Charlotte Thomas H. Hall, Tarboro Philip Reed, Chestertown NEW JERSEY Samuel Ringgold, Hagerstown Alexander McMillan 33 SENATORS Samuel Smith, Baltimore James Stewart, 34 Laurinburg Philip Stuart, Port Tobacco James J. Wilson, Trenton George Mumford, 35 Salisbury Mahlon Dickerson, Succasunna Charles Fisher, 36 Salisbury REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE James Owen, Elizabethtown MASSACHUSETTS Ephraim Bateman, Cedarsville Lemuel Sawyer, Elizabeth City SENATORS Benjamin Bennet, Middletown Thomas Settle, Lenox Castle Jesse Slocumb, Waynesborough Eli P. Ashmun, 20 Northampton Joseph Bloomfield, Burlington James S. Smith, Hillsboro Prentiss Mellen, 21 Portland Charles Kinsey, Paterson Felix Walker, Waynesville Harrison Gray Otis, Boston John Linn, Monroe Henry Southard, Baskingridge Lewis Williams, Panther Creek REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin Adams, Uxbridge NEW YORK OHIO Samuel C. Allen, Greenfield SENATORS SENATORS Walter Folger, Jr., Nantucket Rufus King, New York City Jeremiah Morrow, Montgomery Timothy Fuller, Boston Nathan Sanford, New York City Benjamin Ruggles, St. Clairsville Joshua Gage, Augusta REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES John Holmes, Alfred Oliver C. Comstock, Trumansburg Levi Barber, Point Harmer Jonathan Mason, Boston Daniel Cruger, Bath Philemon Beecher, Lancaster Elijah H. Mills, Northampton John P. Cushman, Troy John W. Campbell, West Union Marcus Morton, Taunton John R. Drake, Owego William Henry Harrison, Cincinnati Jeremiah Nelson, Newburyport Benjamin Ellicott, Batavia Samuel Herrick, 37 Zanesville Benjamin Orr, Brunswick Josiah Hasbrouck, New Paltz Peter Hitchcock, Burton Albion K. Parris, 22 Paris John Herkimer, Danube Enoch Lincoln, 23 Paris Thomas H. Hubbard, Hamilton PENNSYLVANIA Thomas Rice, Augusta William Irving, New York City SENATORS Nathaniel Ruggles, Boston Dorrance Kirtland, Coxsackie Zabdiel Sampson, Plymouth Thomas Lawyer, Cobleskill Abner Lacock, Beavertown Henry Shaw, Lanesboro David A. Ogden, Madrid Jonathan Roberts, Norristown Nathaniel Silsbee, Salem John Palmer, Plattsburg REPRESENTATIVES Solomon Strong, Westminster James Porter, Skaneateles William Anderson, Chester Ezekiel Whitman, Portland John Savage, Salem Henry Baldwin, Pittsburgh John Wilson, Belfast Philip J. Schuyler, Rhinebeck Andrew Boden, Carlisle Tredwell Scudder, Islip Isaac Darlington, West Chester MISSISSIPPI 24 John C. Spencer, Canandaigua Joseph Hiester, Reading Henry R. Storrs, Whitestown Joseph Hopkinson, Philadelphia SENATORS James Tallmadge, Jr., 30 Poughkeepsie Samuel D. Ingham, 38 New Hope Walter Leake, 25 Red Bluff John W. Taylor, Ballston Spa Samuel Moore, 39 Doylestown 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thom- 28 Resigned June 16, 1817. 36 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of George as B. Robertson, and took his seat November 16, 1818. 29 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Jere- Mumford, and took his seat February 11, 1819. 20 Resigned May 10, 1818. miah Mason, and took his seat December 1, 1817. 37 Election unsuccessfully contested by Charles Ham- 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Eli 30 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- mond. This case was one of a number in the same Con- P. Ashmun, and took his seat November 16, 1818. tive-elect Henry B. Lee (February 18, 1817, before the gress that have been frequently referred to as determining 22 Resigned February 3, 1818. beginning of the congressional term), and took his seat the rights of a Representative-elect to hold a Federal office 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Albion December 1, 1817. after the 4th of March—the day of the beginning of the K. Parris, and took his seat November 16, 1818. 31 24 Admitted as a State into the Union December 10, Resigned in 1818. congressional term to which they were elected. They are 1817. 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Daniel reported at length in Clark & Hall’s publication, and also 25 Took his seat December 11, 1817; term to expire, as M. Forney, and took his seat December 2, 1818. in the Digest of House Election Cases, edition of 1901, determined by lot, March 3, 1821. 33 Died before Congress assembled. pp. 70-74. 26 Took his seat December 11, 1817; term to expire, as 34 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Alexander 38 Resigned July 6, 1818. determined by lot, March 3, 1823. McMillan, and took his seat January 26, 1818. 39 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sam- 27 Took his seat December 15, 1817. 35 Died December 31, 1818. uel D. Ingham, and took his seat November 16, 1818. FIFTEENTH CONGRESS 85 William Maclay, Fannetsburg Wilson Nesbitt, New Hope Philip P. Barbour, Orange William P. Maclay, Lewistown John C. Calhoun, 46 Willington Burwell Bassett, Williamsburg David Marchand, Greensburg Eldred Simkins, 47 Edgefield William A. Burwell, Rocky Mount Robert Moore, Beavertown Starling Tucker, Mountain Shoals Edward Colston, Martinsburg Alexander Ogle, Somerset John Floyd, Newbern Thomas Patterson, West Middleton TENNESSEE Robert S.