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 UNITED STATES—DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—JOHN GAILLARD, 1 of South Carolina 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—PHILIP P. BARBOUR, 2 of Virginia CLERK OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS DOUGHERTY, 3 of Kentucky; MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, 4 of Pennsylvania 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 Isham Talbot, 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 Benjamin Hardin, 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 DELAWARE 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. [ 89 ] 90 Biographical Directory LOUISIANA—Continued Samuel Lathrop, West Springfield Peter Sharpe, 35 New York City Jeremiah Nelson, Newburyport Cadwallader D. Colden, 36 New York SENATORS—Continued John Reed, Yarmouth City James Brown, New Orleans Jonathan Russell, Mendon Alfred Conkling, Canajoharie REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John D. Dickinson, Troy Josiah S. Johnston, Alexandria MISSISSIPPI John Gebhard, Schoharie SENATORS James Hawkes, Richfield MAINE Thomas H. Williams, Washington Thomas H. Hubbard, Hamilton SENATORS David Holmes, Washington Joseph Kirkland, Utica Elisha Litchfield, Delphi John Chandler, Monmouth REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Richard McCarty, Coxsackie John Holmes, Alfred Christopher Rankin, Natchez John J. Morgan, New York City REPRESENTATIVES 28 Walter Patterson, Livingston Joshua Cushman, 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 Enoch Lincoln, Paris REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Elijah Spencer, Benton 18 Ezekiel Whitman, 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 Stephen Van Rensselaer, 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 William Pinkney, 20 Baltimore Silas Wood, Huntington Samuel Smith, 21 Baltimore Josiah Butler, South Deerfield David Woodcock, Ithaca Matthew Harvey, Hopkinton REPRESENTATIVES Aaron Matson, Stoddard NORTH CAROLINA Thomas Bayly, Princess Anne William Plumer, Jr., Epping 22 Jeremiah Cosden, Elkton Nathaniel Upham, Rochester SENATORS 23 Philip Reed, Chestertown Thomas Whipple, Jr., Wentworth Nathaniel Macon, Monroe Joseph Kent, Bladensburg Montfort Stokes, Wilkesboro Peter Little, Freedom NEW JERSEY 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 Ephraim Bateman, Cedarville Weldon N. Edwards, Warrenton George Cassedy, Hackensack Thomas H. Hall, Tarboro MASSACHUSETTS Lewis Condict, Morristown Charles Hooks, Dublin George Holcombe, Allentown John Long, Longs Mills SENATORS Archibald McNeill, McNeills Store Harrison Gray Otis, 26 Boston 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 Gideon Barstow, Salem Rufus King, New York City OHIO Martin Van Buren, Albany Francis Baylies, Taunton SENATORS Lewis Bigelow, Petersham REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin Ruggles, St. Clairsville Henry W. Dwight, Stockbridge Selah Tuthill, 33 Goshen William A. Trimble, 39 Hillsboro William Eustis, Boston Charles Borland, Jr., 34 Wardsbridge Ethan Allen Brown, 40 Cincinnati Timothy Fuller, Boston Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York Benjamin Gorham, Boston City REPRESENTATIVES Aaron Hobart, 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 James Pleasants, 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,