TWENTIETH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1827, TO MARCH 3, 1829 FIRST SESSION—December 3, 1827, to May 26, 1828 SECOND SESSION—December 1, 1828, to March 3, 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 Louis McLane, Wilmington INDIANA REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS SENATORS Kensey Johns, Jr., 5 New Castle William R. King, Selma James Noble, Brookville John McKinley, Huntsville GEORGIA William Hendricks, Madison REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES John McKee, Tuscaloosa Thomas W. Cobb, 6 Greensboro Thomas H. Blake, Terre Haute Gabriel Moore, Huntsville Oliver H. Prince, 7 Macon Jonathan Jennings, Charlestown George W. Owen, Claiborne John Macpherson Berrien, Savannah Oliver H. Smith, Connersville REPRESENTATIVES CONNECTICUT John Floyd, Jefferson KENTUCKY SENATORS John Forsyth, 8 Augusta SENATORS Calvin Willey, Tolland Richard H. Wilde, 9 Augusta Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings Samuel A. Foote, Cheshire Tomlinson Fort, Milledgeville John Rowan, Louisville Charles E. Haynes, Sparta REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Wilson Lumpkin, Madison Richard A. Buckner, Greensburg John Baldwin, Windham 10 Edward F. Tattnall, Savannah William S. Young, 12 Elizabethtown Noyes Barber, Groton 11 George R. Gilmer, Lexington 13 Ralph I. Ingersoll, New Haven John Calhoon, Hardinsburg Wiley Thompson, Elberton 14 Orange Merwin, New Milford Thomas Chilton, Elizabethtown Elisha Phelps, Simsbury ILLINOIS James Clark, Winchester David Plant, Stratford Henry Daniel, Mount Sterling SENATORS Joseph Lecompte, New Castle Jesse B. Thomas, Edwardsville Robert P. Letcher, Lancaster DELAWARE Elias K. Kane, Kaskaskia Chittenden Lyon, Eddyville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Robert McHatton, Georgetown Henry M. Ridgely, Dover Joseph Duncan, Brownsville Thomas Metcalfe, 15 Carlisle 1 Elected May 15, 1828. Nathaniel Macon, of North 7 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thomas 12 Died September 20, 1827, before Congress assembled. Carolina, was first elected on the same day, but declined W. Cobb, and took his seat December 1, 1828. 13 John Calhoon and Thomas Chilton were candidates to serve. 8 Resigned effective November 7, 1827, before Congress to fill vacancy caused by death of William S. Young, and 2 Reelected December 10, 1827. assembled, having been elected governor. the vote of one county being thrown out, the certificate 9 3 Elected December 3, 1827. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John of election was given to Mr. Calhoon; by mutual agree- 4 Forsyth, and took his seat January 14, 1828. Reelected December 3, 1827. 10 ment Calhoon resigned and both contestants then peti- 5 Resigned before Congress assembled. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- 11 tioned the governor for a new election. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ed- 14 resentative-elect Louis McLane in preceding Congress, and ward Tattnall, and took his seat December 3, 1827; re- Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John took his seat December 3, 1827. elected to the Twenty-first Congress, but failed to signify Calhoon, and took his seat January 11, 1828. 6 Resigned in 1828. his acceptance. 15 Resigned June 1, 1828. [ 98 ] TWENTIETH CONGRESS 99 John Chambers, 16 Washington Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Salem NEW YORK Thomas P. Moore, Harrodsburg John Davis, Worcester SENATORS Charles A. Wickliffe, Bardstown Henry W. Dwight, Stockbridge Martin Van Buren, 33 Albany Joel Yancey, Glasgow Edward Everett, Cambridge Charles E. Dudley, 34 Albany James L. Hodges, Taunton Nathan Sanford, Albany LOUISIANA John Locke, Ashby REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS John Reed, Yarmouth Josiah S. Johnston, Alexandria Joseph Richardson, Hingham Daniel D. Barnard, Rochester Dominique Bouligny, New Orleans John Varnum, Haverhill George O. Belden, Monticello 23 Rudolph Bunner, Oswego REPRESENTATIVES Daniel Webster, Boston Benjamin Gorham, 24 Boston Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York William L. Brent, St. Martinsville City Henry H. Gurley, Baton Rouge MISSISSIPPI Samuel Chase, Cooperstown Edward Livingston, New Orleans SENATORS John C. Clark, Bainbridge David E. Evans, 35 Batavia MAINE Thomas H. Williams, Washington 36 Powhatan Ellis, Winchester Phineas L. Tracy, Batavia SENATORS John I. De Graff, Schenectady John Chandler, Monmouth REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John D. Dickinson, Troy Albion K. Parris, 17 Portland William Haile, 25 Woodville Jonas Earll, Jr., Onondaga John Holmes, 18 Alfred Thomas Hinds, 26 Greenville Daniel G. Garnsey, Fredonia Nathaniel Garrow, Auburn REPRESENTATIVES MISSOURI John Anderson, Portland John Hallock, Jr., Ridgebury SENATORS Samuel Butman, Dixmont Selah R. Hobbie, Delhi William Burleigh, 19 South Berwick David Barton, St. Louis Michael Hoffman, Herkimer Rufus McIntire, 20 Parsonsfield Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis Jeromus Johnson, New York City Jeremiah O’Brien, Machias REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Richard Keese, Keeseville James W. Ripley, Fryeburg Edward Bates, St. Louis John Magee, Bath Peleg Sprague, 21 Hallowell Henry Markell, Palatine Joseph F. Wingate, Bath NEW HAMPSHIRE Henry C. Martindale, Sandy Hill SENATORS Dudley Marvin, Canandaigua MARYLAND John Maynard, Ovid Village Samuel Bell, Chester 37 SENATORS Thomas J. Oakley, Poughkeepsie Levi Woodbury, Portsmouth Thomas Taber, 2d., 38 Dover Samuel Smith, Baltimore REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Henry R. Storrs, Whitestown Ezekiel F. Chambers, Chestertown David Barker, Jr., Rochester John G. Stower, Hamilton REPRESENTATIVES Ichabod Bartlett, Portsmouth James Strong, Hudson John Barney, Baltimore Titus Brown, Francestown John W. Taylor, Ballston Spa Clement Dorsey, Chaptico Jonathan Harvey, Sutton Stephen Van Rensselaer, Albany Levin Gale, Elkton Joseph Healy, Washington Gulian C. Verplanck, New York City John L. Kerr, Easton Thomas Whipple, Jr., Wentworth Aaron Ward, Mount Pleasant Peter Little, Freedom John J. Wood, Clarkstown Michael C. Sprigg, Frostburg NEW JERSEY Silas Wood, Huntington George C. Washington, Rockville SENATORS David Woodcock, Ithaca John C. Weems, Waterloo Ephraim Bateman, 27 Cedarville Silas Wright, Jr., 39 Canton Ephraim K. Wilson, Snow Hill Mahlon Dickerson, 28 Succasunna NORTH CAROLINA MASSACHUSETTS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Lewis Condict, Morristown SENATORS SENATORS 40 George Holcombe, 29 Allentown Nathaniel Macon, Warrenton 41 Nathaniel Silsbee, Salem James F. Randolph, 30 New Brunswick James Iredell, Edenton 22 Daniel Webster, Boston Isaac Pierson, Orange John Branch, Enfield REPRESENTATIVES Hedge Thompson, 31 Salem REPRESENTATIVES Samuel C. Allen, Greenfield Thomas Sinnickson, 32 Salem Willis Alston, Hyde Park John Baily, Milton Samuel Swan, Somerville Daniel L. Barringer, Raleigh Isaac C. Bates, Northampton Ebenezer Tucker, Tuckerton John H. Bryan, New Bern 16 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thom- 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 30 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of George as Metcalfe, and took his seat December 1, 1828. liam Haile, and took his seat December 8, 1828. Holcombe, and took his seat December 1, 1828. 17 Resigned August 26, 1828. 27 A remonstrance against the legality of his election 31 Died July 23, 1828. 18 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Albion was considered by a select committee of five Senators; 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Hedge K. Parris, and took his seat January 26, 1829. it revealed that, as chairman of the joint convention of Thompson, and took his seat December 1, 1828. 19 Died July 2, 1827, before Congress assembled. the general assembly of New Jersey, Mr. Bateman had 33 Resigned December 20, 1828. 20 34 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William voted for himself for Senator, had broken a tie vote there- Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Martin Burleigh, and took his seat December 3, 1827. by, and upon such state of facts the certificate had been Van Buren, and took his seat January 29, 1829. 21 Reelected to the Twenty-first Congress, but resigned, 35 Resigned May 2, 1827, before Congress assembled. having been elected Senator. issued to him; May 22, 1828, the committee reported, that, 36 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of David 22 Elected to fill vacancy in the term beginning March in its opinion, he had only exercised a legal right by thus E. Evans, and took his seat December 3, 1827. 4, 1827, caused by failure of legislature to elect, and took voting, and, upon its request, was discharged; resigned 37 Resigned May 9, 1828. his seat December 17, 1827. January 12, 1829. 38 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thom- 23 Resigned May 30, 1827, before Congress assembled, 28 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ephra- as J. Oakley, and took his seat December 1, 1828. having been elected Senator. im Bateman, and took his seat February 9, 1829; resigned 39 Resigned February 16, 1829. 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Daniel January 30, 1829 (see footnote 27); vacancy in this class 40 Resigned November 14, 1828. Webster, and took his seat December 3, 1827. from January 30, 1829, to March 3, 1829. 41 Elected to fill