16th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Sixteenth 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 1819 to March 3 1821, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President James Monroe.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.

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

Main article: 16th United States Congress

See also: 16th United States Congress - Membership Changes

See also: 16th United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1818

Dates of sessions

March 4 1819 - March 3 1821

• First session: December 6 1819 - May 15 1820
• Second session: November 13 1820 - March 3 1821 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 15th Congress
Next congress: 17th 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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1820; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1822; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1824.

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.

Alabama

Senate

• 3: John W. Walker (1783-1823), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected December 14 1819.
• 2: William R. King (1786-1853), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected December 14 1819.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: John Crowell (1780-1846), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, seated December 14 1819.

Connecticut

Senate

• 1: Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), Federalist
• 3: James Lanman (1767-1841), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• : Henry W. Edwards (1779-1847), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel A. Foote (1780-1846), Democratic-Republican

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

• : Elisha Phelps (1779-1847), Democratic-Republican

• : John Russ (1767-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : James Stevens (1768-1835), Democratic-Republican

• : Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), Democratic-Republican

Delaware

Senate

• 1: Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842), Federalist
• 2: Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826), Federalist

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : Willard Hall (1780-1875), Democratic-Republican …resigned January 22 1819.

• : Louis McLane (1786-1857), Federalist

Georgia

Senate

• 3: John Elliott (1773-1827), Democratic-Republican
• 2: Freeman Walker (1780-1827), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy in preceding Congress, November 6 1819.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Joel Abbott (1776-1826), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas W. Cobb (1784-1830), Democratic-Republican

• : Joel Crawford (1783-1858), Democratic-Republican

• : John A. Cuthbert (1788-1881), Democratic-Republican

• : Robert R. Reid (1789-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : William Terrell (1778-1855), Democratic-Republican

Illinois

Senate

• 2: Jesse B. Thomas (1777-1853), Democratic-Republican
• 3: Ninian Edwards (1775-1833), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : Daniel P. Cook (1794-1827), Democratic-Republican

Indiana

Senate

• 1: James Noble (1785-1831), Democratic-Republican
• 3: Waller Taylor (1786-1826), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : William Hendricks (1782-1850), Democratic-Republican

Kentucky

Senate

• 3: William Logan (1776-1822), Democratic-Republican …resigned May 28 1820.

  Isham Talbot (1773-1837), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, October 19 1820.

• 2: Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy in preceding Congress, December 10 1819.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• : David Trimble (1782-1842), Democratic-Republican

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

• : William Brown (1779-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855), Democratic-Republican

• : Alney McLean (1779-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : David Walker ( -1820), Democratic-Republican …died March 1 1820.

  Francis Johnson (1776-1842), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.

• : George Robertson (1790-1874), Democratic-Republican

• : Richard C. Anderson, Jr. (1788-1826), Democratic-Republican

• : Tunstall Quarles (1770c-1855), Democratic-Republican …resigned June 15 1820.

  Thomas Montgomery (1779-1828), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.

• : Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), Democratic-Republican

Louisiana

Senate

• 2: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Democratic-Republican
• 3: James Brown (1766-1835), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : Thomas Butler (1785-1847), Democratic-Republican

Maine

Senate

• 2: John Chandler (1762-1841), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected June 14 1820.
• 1: John Holmes (1773-1843), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected June 13 1820.

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• : Joseph Dane (1778-1858), Federalist …newly admitted state, seated December 11 1820.

Maryland

Senate

• 1: Alexander C. Hanson (1786-1819), Federalist ...died April 23 1819.

  William Pinkney (1764-1822), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, December 21 1819.

• 3: Edward Lloyd (1779-1834), Democratic-Republican ...elected to fill vacancy in class, December 21 1819.

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• : Raphael Neale ( -1833), Federalist

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

• : Henry R. Warfield (1774-1839), Federalist

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

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

• : Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Democratic-Republican

• : Stevenson Archer (1786-1848), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Culbreth (1786-1843), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Bayly (1775-1829), Federalist

Massachusetts

Senate

• 2: Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), Federalist
• 1: Prentiss Mellen (1764-1840), Federalist …resigned May 15 1820.

  Elijah H. Mills (1776-1829), Federalist ...elected to fill vacancy, June 12 1820.

House of Representatives (20 seats)

• : Jonathan Mason (1756-1831), Federalist …resigned May 15 1820.

  Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 27 1820.

• : Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850), Democratic-Republican

• : Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838), Federalist

• : Timothy Fuller (1778-1835), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel Lathrop (1772-1846), Federalist

• : Samuel C. Allen (1772-1842), Federalist

• : Henry Shaw (1788-1857), Democratic-Republican

• : Zabdiel Sampson (1781-1828), Democratic-Republican …resigned July 26 1820.

  Aaron Hobart (1787-1858), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 18 1820.

• : Walter Folger, Jr. (1765-1849), Democratic-Republican

• : Marcus Morton (1784-1864), Democratic-Republican

• : Benjamin Adams (1764-1837), Federalist

• : Jonas Kendall (1757-1844), Federalist

• : Edward Dowse (1756-1828), Democratic-Republican …resigned May 26 1820.

  William Eustis (1753-1825), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.

• : John Holmes (1773-1843), Democratic-Republican …resigned March 15 1820.

• : Ezekiel Whitman (1776-1866), Federalist

• : Mark L. Hill (1772-1842), Democratic-Republican

• : Martin Kinsley (1754-1835), Democratic-Republican

• : James Parker (1768-1837), Democratic-Republican

• : Joshua Cushman (1761-1834), Democratic-Republican

• : Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829), Democratic-Republican

Mississippi

Senate

• 1: Walter Leake (1762-1825), Democratic-Republican …resigned May 15 1820.

  David Holmes (1769-1832), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy August 30 1820, subsequently elected.

• 2: Thomas H. Williams (1780-1840), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : Christopher Rankin (1788-1826), Democratic-Republican

New Hampshire

Senate

• 2: David L. Morril (1772-1849), Democratic-Republican
• 3: John F. Parrott (1767-1836), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Joseph Buffum, Jr. (1784-1874), Democratic-Republican

• : Josiah Butler (1779-1854), Democratic-Republican

• : Clifton Clagett (1762-1829), Democratic-Republican

• : Arthur Livermore (1766-1853), Democratic-Republican

• : William Plumer, Jr. (1789-1854), Democratic-Republican

• : Nathaniel Upham (1774-1829), Democratic-Republican

New Jersey

Senate

• 1: James J. Wilson (1775-1824), Democratic-Republican …resigned January 8 1821.

  Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy January 26 1821, subsequently elected.

• 2: Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Ephraim Bateman (1780-1829), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), Democratic-Republican

• : John Condit (1755-1834), Democratic-Republican …resigned November 4 1819.

  Charles Kinsey (1773-1849), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 16 1820.

• : John Linn (1763-1821), Democratic-Republican …died January 5 1821.

• : Bernard Smith (1776-1835), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry Southard (1747-1842), Democratic-Republican

New York

Senate

• 3: Rufus King (1755-1827), Federalist
• 1: Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (27 seats)

• : Ebenezer Sage (1755-1834), Democratic-Republican …contested election, never qualified.

  James Guyon, Jr. (1778-1846), Democratic-Republican …contested election, seated January 14 1820.

• : Silas Wood (1769-1847), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry Meigs (1782-1861), Democratic-Republican

• : Peter H. Wendover (1768-1834), Democratic-Republican

• : Caleb Tompkins (1759-1846), Democratic-Republican

• : Randall S. Street (1780-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : James Strong (1783-1847), Federalist

• : Walter Case (1776-1859), Democratic-Republican

• : Jacob H. De Witt (1784-1867), Democratic-Republican

• : Robert Clark (1777-1837), Democratic-Republican

• : Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774-1852), Federalist

• : John D. Dickinson (1767-1841), Federalist

• : John W. Taylor (1784-1854), Democratic-Republican

• : Ezra C. Gross (1787-1829), Democratic-Republican

• : Nathaniel Pitcher (1777-1836), ''Democratic-Republican

• : Harmanus Peek (1782-1838), Democratic-Republican

• : John Fay (1773-1855), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph S. Lyman (1785-1821), Democratic-Republican

• : Robert Monell (1786-1860), ''Democratic-Republican

• : Henry R. Storrs (1787-1837), Federalist

• : Aaron Hackley, Jr. (1783-1868), Democratic-Republican

• : William D. Ford (1779-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : George Hall (1770-1840), Democratic-Republican

• : Caleb Baker (1762-1849), Democratic-Republican

• : Jonathan Richmond (1774-1853), Democratic-Republican

• : Nathaniel Allen (1780-1832), Democratic-Republican

• : Albert H. Tracy (1793-1859), Federalist

North Carolina

Senate

• 3: Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 2: Montfort Stokes (1762-1842), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (13 seats)

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

• : Hutchins G. Burton (1782-1836), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), Democratic-Republican

• : Jesse Slocumb (1780-1820), Federalist …died December 20 1821.

  William S. Blackledge (1793-1857), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 7 1821.

• : Charles Hooks (1768-1843), Democratic-Republican

• : Weldon N. Edwards (1788-1873), Democratic-Republican

• : John Culpepper (1761-1841), Federalist

• : James S. Smith (1790-1859), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Settle (1789-1857), Democratic-Republican

• : Charles Fisher (1789-1849), Democratic-Republican

• : William Davidson (1778-1857), Federalist

• : Felix Walker (1753-1828), Democratic-Republican

• : Lewis Williams (1782-1842), Democratic-Republican

Ohio

Senate

• 1: Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), Democratic-Republican
• 3: William A. Trimble (1786-1821), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Thomas R. Ross (1788-1869), Democratic-Republican

• : John W. Campbell (1782-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry Brush (1778-1855), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel Herrick (1779-1852), Democratic-Republican

• : Philemon Beecher (1775-1839), Democratic-Republican

• : John Sloane (1779-1856), Democratic-Republican

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 1: Jonathan Roberts (1771-1854), Democratic-Republican
• 3: Walter Lowrie (1784-1868), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (23 seats)

• : Samuel Edwards (1785-1850), Federalist

• : Thomas Forrest (1747-1825), Federalist

• : Joseph Hemphill (1770-1842), Federalist

• : John Sergeant (1779-1852), Federalist

• : William Darlington (1782-1863), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel Gross (1776-1839), Democratic-Republican

• : Jacob Hibshman (1772-1852), Democratic-Republican

• : James M. Wallace (1750-1823), Democratic-Republican

• : Jacob Hostetter (1754-1831), Democratic-Republican

• : Andrew Boden ( -1835), Democratic-Republican

• : David Fullerton (1772-1843), Democratic-Republican …resigned May 15 1820.

  Thomas G. McCullough (1785-1848), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.

• : Samuel Moore (1774-1861), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas J. Rogers (1781-1832), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), Democratic-Republican …resigned December 1820.

  Daniel Udree (1751-1828), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 8 1821

• : Robert Philson (1759-1831), Democratic-Republican

• : William P. Maclay (1774-1842), Democratic-Republican

• : George Denison (1790-1831), Democratic-Republican

• : John Murray (1768-1834), Democratic-Republican

• : David Marchand (1776-1832), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Patterson (1764-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : Christian Tarr (1765-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry Baldwin (1780-1844), Democratic-Republican

• : Robert Moore (1778-1831), Democratic-Republican

Rhode Island

Senate

• 1: William Hunter (1774-1849), Federalist
• 2: James Burrill, Jr. (1772-1820), Federalist …died December 25 1820.

  Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 9 1821.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : Samuel Eddy (1769-1839), Democratic-Republican

• : Nathaniel Hazard (1776-1820), Democratic-Republican …died December 17 1820.

South Carolina

Senate

• 3: John Gaillard (1765-1826), Democratic-Republican
• 2: William Smith (1762-1840), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• : Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), Democratic-Republican

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

• : James Ervin (1778-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : James Overstreet (1773-1822), Democratic-Republican

• : Starling Tucker (1770-1834), ''Democratic-Republican

• : Eldred Simkins (1779-1831), Democratic-Republican

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

• : John McCreary (1761c-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Brevard (1766-1821), Democratic-Republican

Tennessee

Senate

• 2: John Williams (1778-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 1: John H. Eaton (1790-1856), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

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

• : John Cocke (1772-1854), Democratic-Republican

• : Francis Jones ( - ), Democratic-Republican

• : Robert Allen (1778-1844), Democratic-Republican

• : Newton Cannon (1781-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry H. Bryan (1786-1835), Democratic-Republican

Vermont

Senate

• 1: Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838), Federalist
• 3: William A. Palmer (1781-1860), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Samuel C. Crafts (1768-1853), Democratic-Republican

• : Ezra Meech (1773-1856), Democratic-Republican

• : Orsamus C. Merrill (1775-1865), Democratic-Republican …contested election, served until January 12 1820.

  Rollin C. Mallary (1784-1831), Democratic-Republican …contested election, seated January 13 1820.

• : Charles Rich (1771-1824), Democratic-Republican

• : Mark Richards (1760-1844), Democratic-Republican

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

Virginia

Senate

• 1: James Barbour (1775-1842), Democratic-Republican
• 2: John W. Eppes (1773-1823), Democratic-Republican …resigned December 4 1819.

  James Pleasants (1769-1836), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, December 10 1819.

House of Representatives (23 seats)

• : James Pindall (1783c-1825), Federalist …resigned July 26 1820.

  Edward B. Jackson (1793-1826), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.

• : Thomas Van Swearingen (1784-1822), Federalist

• : Jared Williams (1766-1831), Democratic-Republican

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

• : John Floyd (1783-1837), Democratic-Republican

• : Alexander Smyth (1765-1830), Democratic-Republican

• : Ballard Smith ( - ), Democratic-Republican

• : Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), Federalist

• : William Lee Ball (1781-1824), Democratic-Republican

• : George F. Strother (1783-1840), Democratic-Republican …resigned February 10 1820.

  Thomas L. Moore ( -1862), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.

• : Philip P. Barbour (1783-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : Robert S. Garnett (1789-1840), Democratic-Republican

• : Severn E. Parker (1787-1836), Democratic-Republican

• : William A. Burwell (1780-1821), Democratic-Republican …died February 16 1821.

• : George Tucker (1775-1861), Democratic-Republican

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

• : James Pleasants (1769-1836), Democratic-Republican …resigned December 14 1819.

  William S. Archer (1789-1855), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 18 1820.

• : Mark Alexander (1792-1883), Democratic-Republican

• : James Jones (1772-1848), Democratic-Republican

• : James Johnson ( -1825), Democratic-Republican …resigned February 1 1820.

  John C. Gray (1783-1823), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 13 1820.

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

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

• : John Tyler (1790-1862), Democratic-Republican

Delegates

Arkansas Territory

• : James W. Bates (1788-1846), …seated March 2 1820.

Michigan Territory

• : Solomon Sibley (1769-1846), …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 20 1820.

  William Woodbridge (1780-1861), …seated March 2 1820, resigned August 9 1820

Missouri Territory

• : John Scott (1785-1861)

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists