12th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Twelfth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1811 to March 3 1813, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President James Madison.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 12th United States Congress
See also: 12th United States Congress - Membership Changes
See also: 12th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1810

Dates of sessions

March 4 1811 - March 3 1813

  • First session: November 4 1811 - July 6 1812
  • Second session: November 2 1812 - March 3 1813 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 11th Congress
Next congress: 13th Congress

Members

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1814; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1816; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1812

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Connecticut

Senate
  • 3: Chauncey Goodrich (1759-1815), Federalist
  • 1: Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), Federalist
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834), Federalist

  • : John Davenport (1752-1830), Federalist

  • : Lyman Law (1770-1842), Federalist

  • : Jonathan O. Moseley (1762-1838), Federalist

  • : Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847), Federalist

  • : Lewis B. Sturges (1763-1844), Federalist

  • : Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), Federalist

Delaware

Senate
  • 2: James A. Bayard (1767-1815), Federalist …resigned March 3 1813.
  • 1: Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842), Federalist
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Henry M. Ridgely (1779-1847), Federalist

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: William H. Crawford (1772-1834), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: Charles Tait (1768-1835), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : William W. Bibb (1781-1820), Democratic-Republican

  • : Howell Cobb (1772-1818), Democratic-Republican …resigned before October 5 1812.

    William Barnett (1761-1832), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1812.

  • : Bolling Hall (1767-1836), Democratic-Republican

  • : George M. Troup (1780-1856), Democratic-Republican

Kentucky

Senate
  • 3: John Pope (1770-1845), Democratic-Republican
  • 2: George M. Bibb (1776-1859), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Anthony New (1747-1833), Democratic-Republican

  • : Samuel McKee (1774-1826), Democratic-Republican

  • : Stephen Ormsby (1759-1844), Democratic-Republican

  • : Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Democratic-Republican

  • : Henry Clay (1777-1852), Democratic-Republican

  • : Joseph Desha (1768-1842), Democratic-Republican

Louisiana

Senate
  • 3: Allan B. Magruder (1775-1822), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected September 3 1812.
  • 2: Jean N. Destréhan (1754-1823), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected September 3 1812, resigned October 1 1812, never having qualified.
    Thomas Posey (1750-1818), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, October 8 1812.
    James Brown (1766-1835), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, February 5 1813.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Thomas B. Robertson (1779-1828), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, seated December 23 1812.

Maryland

Senate
  • 1: Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: Philip Reed (1760-1829), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : Philip Stuart (1760-1830), Federalist

  • : Joseph Kent (1779-1837), Democratic-Republican

  • : Philip B. Key (1757-1815), Federalist

  • : Samuel Ringgold (1770-1829), Democratic-Republican

  • : Peter Little (1775-1830), Democratic-Republican

  • : Alexander McKim (1748-1832), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Montgomery (1764-1828), Democratic-Republican …resigned before Congress assembled.

    Stevenson Archer (1786-1848), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 4 1811.

  • : Robert Wright (1752-1826), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy.

  • : Charles Goldsborough (1765-1834), Federalist

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 1: James Lloyd (1769-1831), Federalist
  • 2: Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1751-1821), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, June 8 1811.
House of Representatives (17 seats)

  • : Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), Federalist

  • : William Reed (1776-1837), Federalist

  • : Leonard White (1767-1849), Federalist

  • : Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1751-1821), Democratic-Republican …resigned June 29 1811, having been elected Senator

    William M. Richardson (1774-1838), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 22 1812.

  • : William Ely (1765-1817), Federalist

  • : Samuel Taggart (1754-1825), Federalist

  • : Charles Turner, Jr. (1760-1839), Democratic-Republican

  • : Isaiah L. Green (1761-1841), Democratic-Republican

  • : Laban Wheaton (1754-1846), Federalist

  • : Elijah Brigham (1751-1816), Federalist

  • : Abijah Bigelow (1775-1860), Federalist

  • : Ezekiel Bacon (1776-1870), Democratic-Republican

  • : Ebenezer Seaver (1763-1844), Democratic-Republican

  • : Richard Cutts (1771-1845), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Widgery (1753c-1822), Democratic-Republican

  • : Peleg Tallman (1764-1840), Democratic-Republican

  • : Barzillai Gannett (1764-1832), Democratic-Republican …resigned in 1812, never having qualified.

    Francis Carr (1751-1821), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 3 1812.

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 2: Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: Charles Cutts (1769-1846), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Josiah Bartlett, Jr. (1768-1838), Democratic-Republican

  • : Samuel Dinsmoor (1766-1835), Democratic-Republican

  • : Obed Hall (1757-1828), Democratic-Republican

  • : John A. Harper (1779-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : George Sullivan (1771-1838), Federalist

New Jersey

Senate
  • 1: John Lambert (1746-1823), Democratic-Republican
  • 2: John Condit (1755-1834), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Adam Boyd (1746-1835), Democratic-Republican

  • : Lewis Condict (1772-1862), Democratic-Republican

  • : Jacob Hufty ( -1814), Democratic-Republican

  • : George C. Maxwell (1771-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Morgan (1756-1822), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Newbold (1760-1823), Democratic-Republican

New York

Senate
  • 3: John Smith (1752-1816), Democratic-Republican
  • 1: Obadiah German (1766-1842), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (17 seats)

  • : Ebenezer Sage (1755-1834), Democratic-Republican

  • : Samuel L. Mitchill (1764-1831), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Paulding, Jr. (1770-1854), Democratic-Republican

  • : Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762-1848), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Emott (1771-1850), Federalist

  • : Thomas B. Cooke (1778-1853), Democratic-Republican

  • : Asa Fitch (1765-1843), Federalist

  • : Robert Le Roy Livingston (1778-1836), Federalist …resigned May 6 1812.

    Thomas P. Grosvenor (1778-1817), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 29 1813.

  • : Harmanus Bleecker (1779-1849), Federalist

  • : Benjamin Pond (1768-1814), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Sammons (1762-1838), Democratic-Republican

  • : Silas Stow (1773-1827), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas R. Gold (1764-1827), Federalist

  • : Arunah Metcalf (1771-1848), Democratic-Republican

  • : Uri Tracy (1764-1838), Democratic-Republican

  • : Daniel Avery (1766-1842), Democratic-Republican

  • : Peter B. Porter (1773-1844), Democratic-Republican

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: James Turner (1766-1824), Democratic-Republican
  • 3: Jesse Franklin (1760-1823), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (12 seats)

  • : Lemuel Sawyer (1777-1852), Democratic-Republican

  • : Willis Alston (1769-1837), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Blount (1759-1812), Democratic-Republican …died February 7 1812.

    William Kennedy ( - ) Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 30 1813.

  • : William Blackledge ( -1828), Democratic-Republican

  • : William R. King (1786-1853), Democratic-Republican

  • : Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican

  • : Archibald McBryde (1766-1816), Federalist

  • : Richard Stanford (1767-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Cochran (1767c-1813), Democratic-Republican

  • : Joseph Pearson (1776-1834), Federalist

  • : Israel Pickens (1780-1827), Democratic-Republican

  • : Meshack Franklin (1772-1839), Democratic-Republican

Ohio

Senate
  • 3: Alexander Campbell (1779-1857), Democratic-Republican
  • 1: Thomas Worthington (1773-1827), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), Democratic-Republican

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 3: Andrew Gregg (1755-1835), Democratic-Republican
  • 1: Michael Leib (1760-1822), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (18 seats)

  • : William Anderson (1762-1829), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Milnor (1773-1844), Federalist

  • : Adam Seybert (1773-1825), Democratic-Republican

  • : Robert Brown (1744-1823), Democratic-Republican

  • : Jonathan Roberts (1771-1854), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Rodman (1757-1824), Democratic-Republican

  • : Roger Davis (1762-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : John M. Hyneman (1771c-1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : Joseph Lefever (1760-1826), Democratic-Republican

  • : David Bard (1744-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : Robert Whitehill (1738-1813), Democratic-Republican

  • : George Smith ( - ), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Crawford (1760-1823), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Piper (1774-1852), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Findley (1741/1742-1821), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Smilie (1741-1812), Democratic-Republican …died December 30 1812.

  • : Aaron Lyle (1759-1825), Democratic-Republican

  • : Abner Lacock (1770-1837), Democratic-Republican

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 1: Christopher G. Champlin (1768-1840), Federalist …resigned October 2 1811.
    William Hunter (1774-1849), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, October 28 1811.
  • 2: Jeremiah B. Howell (1771-1822), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Richard Jackson, Jr. (1764-1838), Federalist

  • : Elisha R. Potter (1764-1835), Federalist

South Carolina

Senate
  • 3: John Gaillard (1765-1826), Democratic-Republican
  • 2: John Taylor (1770-1832), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : Langdon Cheves (1776-1857), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Butler, Sr. (1759-1821), Democratic-Republican

  • : David R. Williams (1776-1830), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Lowndes (1782-1822), Democratic-Republican

  • : Richard Winn (1750-1818), Democratic-Republican

  • : John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Moore (1759-1822), Democratic-Republican

  • : Elias Earle (1762-1823), Democratic-Republican

Tennessee

Senate
  • 1: Joseph Anderson (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
  • 2: Jenkin Whiteside (1772-1822), Democratic-Republican …resigned October 8 1811.
    George W. Campbell (1769-1848), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, October 8 1811.
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : John Rhea (1753-1832), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Sevier (1745-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Democratic-Republican

Vermont

Senate
  • 3: Stephen R. Bradley (1754-1830), Democratic-Republican
  • 1: Jonathan Robinson (1756-1819), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Samuel Shaw (1768-1827), Democratic-Republican

  • : William Strong (1763-1840), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Fisk (1763-1844), Democratic-Republican

  • : Martin Chittenden (1763-1840), Federalist

Virginia

Senate
  • 2: William B. Giles (1762-1830), Democratic-Republican
  • 1: Richard Brent (1757-1814), Democratic-Republican
House of Representatives (22 seats)

  • : Thomas Wilson (1765-1826), Federalist

  • : John Baker ( -1823), Federalist

  • : John Smith (1750-1836), Democratic-Republican

  • : William McCoy ( -1864), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Breckinridge (1763-1833), Federalist

  • : Daniel Sheffey (1770-1830), Federalist

  • : Joseph Lewis, Jr. (1772-1834), Federalist

  • : John P. Hungerford (1761-1833), Democratic-Republican …contested election, served until November 29 1811.

    John Taliaferro (1768-1852), Democratic-Republican …contested election, seated December 2 1811.

  • : Aylett Hawes (1768-1833), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Dawson (1762-1814), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Roane (1766-1838), Democratic-Republican

  • : Burwell Bassett (1764-1841), Democratic-Republican

  • : William A. Burwell (1780-1821), Democratic-Republican

  • : Matthew Clay (1754-1815), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Randolph (1773-1833), Democratic-Republican

  • : James Pleasants (1769-1836), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Gholson, Jr. ( -1816), Democratic-Republican

  • : Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818), Democratic-Republican

  • : Edwin Gray (1743- ), Democratic-Republican

  • : Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), Democratic-Republican

  • : Hugh Nelson (1768-1836), Democratic-Republican

  • : John Clopton (1756-1816), Democratic-Republican

Delegates

Illinois Territory

  • : Shadrack Bond (1773-1832), …new territory, seated December 3 1812.

Indiana Territory

  • : Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834),

Mississippi Territory

  • : George Poindexter (1779-1853),

Missouri Territory

  • : Edward Hempstead (1780-1817), …new territory, seated January 4 1813.


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