20th United States Congress - political parties

The Twentieth 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 1827 to March 3 1829, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President John Quincy Adams.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. Both chambers had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

Main article: 20th United States Congress
See also: 20th United States Congress - Membership Changes
See also: 20th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House elections, 1826

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1827 - March 3 1829

  • First session: December 3 1827 - May 26 1828
  • Second session: December 1 1828 - March 3 1829 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 19th Congress
Next congress: 21st Congress

Party summary

Senate
  • Democratic: 27 (majority)
  • National Republican: 21

TOTAL members: 48
House of Representatives
  • Democratic: 113 (majority)
  • National Republican: 100

TOTAL members: 213

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Adams Democratic-Republican

A-F
  • David Barton (1783-1837), Missouri
  • Ephraim Bateman (1780-1829), New Jersey …resigned January 12 1829.
  • Samuel Bell (1770-1850), New Hampshire
  • Dominique J. Bouligny (1773-1833), Louisiana
  • Jacob Burnet (1770-1853), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, December 10 1828.
  • Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788-1867), Maryland
  • Dudley Chase (1771-1846), Vermont
  • Samuel A. Foote (1780-1846), Connecticut
G-L
  • William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), Ohio …resigned May 20 1828.
  • William Hendricks (1782-1850), Indiana
  • John Holmes (1773-1843), Maine …elected to fill vacancy, January 15 1829.
  • Josiah S. Johnston (1784-1833), Louisiana
  • Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), Rhode Island
M-R
  • William Marks (1778-1858), Pennsylvania
  • James Noble (1785-1831), Indiana
  • Asher Robbins (1757-1845), Rhode Island
  • Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), Ohio
S-Z
  • Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), New York
  • Horatio Seymour (1778-1857), Vermont
  • Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850), Massachusetts
  • Jesse B. Thomas (1777-1853), Illinois
  • Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy in class, May 30 1827.
  • Calvin Willey (1776-1858), Connecticut

Jackson Democratic-Republican

A-F
  • Isaac D. Barnard (1791-1834), Pennsylvania
  • Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Missouri
  • John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Georgia
  • John Branch (1782-1863), North Carolina
  • John Chandler (1762-1841), Maine
  • Thomas W. Cobb (1784-1830), Georgia …resigned in 1828.
  • Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), New Jersey …elected to fill vacancy, February 9 1829.
  • Charles E. Dudley (1780-1841), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 15 1829.
  • John H. Eaton (1790-1856), Tennessee
  • Powhatan Ellis (1790-1863), Mississippi
G-L
  • Robert Y. Hayne (1791-1839), South Carolina
  • James Iredell, Jr. (1788-1853), North Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, December 15 1828.
  • Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Kentucky
  • Elias K. Kane (1794-1835), Illinois
  • William R. D. King (1786-1853), Alabama
M-R
  • Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), North Carolina …resigned November 14 1828.
  • John McKinley (1780-1852), Alabama
  • Louis McLane (1786-1857), Delaware
  • Albion K. Parris (1788-1857), Maine …resigned August 26 1828.
  • Oliver H. Prince (1787-1837), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy, November 7 1828.
  • Henry M. Ridgely (1779-1847), Delaware
  • John Rowan (1773-1843), Kentucky
S-Z
  • Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Maryland
  • William Smith (1762-1840), South Carolina
  • Littleton W. Tazewell (1774-1860), Virginia
  • John Tyler (1790-1862), Virginia
  • Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), New York …resigned December 20 1828.
  • Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), Tennessee
  • Thomas H. Williams (1780-1840), Mississippi
  • Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), New Hampshire

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Adams Democratic-Republican

A-B-C
  • Samuel C. Allen (1772-1842), Massachusetts
  • Samuel Anderson (1773-1850), Pennsylvania
  • William Armstrong (1782-1865), Virginia
  • John Bailey (1786-1835), Massachusetts
  • John Baldwin (1772-1850), Connecticut
  • Noyes Barber (1781-1844), Connecticut
  • David Barker, Jr. (1797-1834), New Hampshire
  • Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), New York
  • John Barney (1785-1857), Maryland
  • Ichabod Bartlett (1786-1853), New Hampshire
  • Mordecai Bartley (1783-1870), Ohio
  • Edward Bates (1793-1869), Missouri
  • Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Massachusetts
  • Philemon Beecher (1775-1839), Ohio
  • Thomas H. Blake (1792-1849), Indiana
  • William L. Brent (1784-1848), Louisiana
  • Titus Brown (1786-1849), New Hampshire
  • John H. Bryan (1798-1870), North Carolina
  • Daniel A. A. Buck (1789-1841), Vermont
  • Richard A. Buckner (1763-1847), Kentucky
  • Tristam Burges (1770-1853), Rhode Island
  • William Burleigh (1785-1827), Maine …died July 2 1827, before Congress assembled.
  • Samuel Butman (1788-1864), Maine
  • John Calhoon (1797- ), Kentucky …contested elected to fill vacancy, resigned.
  • John Chambers (1780-1852), Kentucky …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1828.
  • Samuel Chase ( -1838), New York
  • James Clark (1770-1839), Kentucky
  • Lewis Condict (1772-1862), New Jersey
  • William Creighton, Jr. (1778-1851), Ohio …resigned in 1828.
  • Benjamin W. Crowninshield (1772-1851), Massachusetts
  • John Culpepper (1761-1841), North Carolina
D-E-F
  • John Davenport (1788-1855), Ohio
  • John Davis (1787-1854), Massachusetts
  • John D. Dickinson (1767-1841), New York
  • Clement Dorsey (1778-1848), Maryland
  • Henry W. Dwight (1788-1845), Massachusetts
  • Edward Everett (1794-1865), Massachusetts
G-H-I
  • Daniel G. Garnsey (1779-1851), New York
  • Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1827.
  • Henry H. Gurley (1788-1833), Louisiana
  • Joseph Healy (1776-1861), New Hampshire
  • James L. Hodges (1790-1846), Massachusetts
  • Jonathan Hunt (1787-1832), Vermont
  • Ralph I. Ingersoll (1789-1872), Connecticut
J-K-L
  • Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834), Indiana
  • Kensey Johns, Jr. (1791-1857), Delaware
  • John L. Kerr (1780-1844), Maryland
  • Joseph Lawrence (1786-1842), Pennsylvania
  • Isaac Leffler (1788-1866), Virginia
  • Robert P. Letcher (1788-1861), Kentucky
  • Peter Little (1775-1830), Maryland
  • John Locke (1764-1855), Massachusetts
  • John Long (1785-1857), North Carolina
M-N-O
  • Rollin C. Mallary (1784-1831), Vermont
  • Henry Markell (1792-1831), New York
  • Henry C. Martindale (1780-1860), New York
  • Dudley Marvin (1786-1856), New York
  • Lewis Maxwell (1790-1862), Virginia
  • John Maynard ( -1850), New York
  • William McLean (1794-1839), Ohio
  • Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), Virginia
  • Orange Merwin (1777-1853), Connecticut
  • Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855), Kentucky …resigned June 1 1828.
  • Charles Miner (1780-1865), Pennsylvania
  • Francis S. Muhlenberg (1795-1831), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19 1828.
  • Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), Virginia
  • Jeremiah O'Brien (1778-1858), Maine
P-Q-R
  • Dutee J. Pearce (1789-1849), Rhode Island
  • Elisha Phelps (1779-1847), Connecticut
  • Isaac Pierson (1770-1833), New Jersey
  • David Plant (1783-1851), Connecticut
  • James F. Randolph (1791-1872), New Jersey …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1828.
  • John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), Massachusetts
  • Joseph Richardson (1778-1871), Massachusetts
S-T-U-V
  • John Sergeant (1779-1852), Pennsylvania
  • Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873), New Jersey …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1828.
  • John Sloane (1779-1856), Ohio
  • Peleg Sprague (1793-1880), Maine
  • Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Pennsylvania
  • Henry R. Storrs (1787-1837), New York
  • James Strong (1783-1847), New York
  • Samuel Swan (1771-1844), New Jersey
  • Benjamin Swift (1781-1847), Vermont
  • John Taliaferro (1768-1852), Virginia
  • John W. Taylor (1784-1854), New York
  • Hedge Thompson (1780-1828), New Jersey …died July 23 1828.
  • Phineas L. Tracy (1786-1876), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1827.
  • Ebenezer Tucker (1758-1845), New Jersey
  • Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839), New York
  • Joseph Vance (1786-1852), Ohio
  • John Varnum (1778-1836), Massachusetts
  • Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Ohio
W-X-Y-Z
  • George E. Wales (1792-1860), Vermont
  • Aaron Ward (1790-1867), New York
  • George C. Washington (1789-1854), Maryland
  • Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Massachusetts …resigned May 30 1827, before Congress assembled.
  • Thomas Whipple, Jr. (1787-1835), New Hampshire
  • Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), Ohio
  • Lewis Williams (1782-1842), North Carolina
  • Ephraim K. Wilson (1771-1834), Maryland
  • James Wilson (1779-1868), Pennsylvania
  • William Wilson (1773-1827), Ohio …died June 6 1827, before Congress assembled
  • Joseph F. Wingate (1786- ), Maine
  • Silas Wood (1769-1847), New York
  • David Woodcock (1785-1835), New York
  • John Woods (1794-1855), Ohio
  • John C. Wright (1783-1861), Ohio
  • William S. Young (1790-1827), Kentucky …died September 20 1827, before Congress assembled.

Jackson Democratic-Republican

A-B-C
  • William Addams (1777-1858), Pennsylvania
  • Mark Alexander (1792-1883), Virginia
  • Robert Allen (1794-1859), Virginia
  • Willis Alston (1769-1837), North Carolina
  • John Anderson (1792-1853), Maine
  • William S. Archer (1789-1855), Virginia
  • John S. Barbour (1790-1855), Virginia
  • Philip P. Barbour (1783-1841), Virginia
  • Stephen Barlow (1779-1845), Pennsylvania
  • Daniel L. Barringer (1788-1852), North Carolina
  • Burwell Bassett (1764-1841), Virginia
  • George O. Belden (1797-1833), New York
  • John Bell (1797-1869), Tennessee
  • John Blair (1790-1863), Tennessee
  • James Buchanan (1791-1868), Pennsylvania
  • Rudolph Bunner (1779-1837), New York
  • Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), New York
  • Samuel P. Carson (1798-1838), North Carolina
  • John Carter (1792-1850), South Carolina
  • Thomas Chilton (1798-1854), Kentucky …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 11 1828.
  • Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), Virginia
  • John C. Clark (1793-1852), New York
  • Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), North Carolina
  • Richard Coulter (1788-1852), Pennsylvania
  • David Crockett (1786-1836), Tennessee
D-E-F
  • Henry Daniel (1786-1873), Kentucky
  • Thomas Davenport ( -1838), Virginia
  • Warren R. Davis (1793-1835), South Carolina
  • John I. De Graff (1783-1848), New York
  • Robert Desha (1791-1849), Tennessee
  • William Drayton (1776-1846), South Carolina
  • Joseph Duncan (1794-1844), Illinois
  • Jonas Earll, Jr. (1786-1846), New York
  • David E. Evans (1788-1850), New York …resigned May 2 1827, before Congress assembled.
  • James Findlay (1770-1835), Ohio
  • John Floyd (1769-1839), Georgia
  • John Floyd (1783-1837), Virginia
  • John Forsyth (1780-1841), Georgia …resigned November 7 1827.
  • Tomlinson Fort (1787-1859), Georgia
  • Chauncey Forward (1793-1839), Pennsylvania
  • Joseph Fry, Jr. (1781-1860), Pennsylvania
G-H-I
  • Levin Gale (1784-1834), Maryland
  • Nathaniel Garrow (1780-1841), New York
  • George R. Gilmer (1790-1859), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1827.
  • Innis Green (1776-1839), Pennsylvania
  • William Haile (1797-1837), Mississippi …resigned September 12 1828.
  • Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), North Carolina
  • John Hallock, Jr. (1783-1840), New York
  • James Hamilton, Jr. (1786-1857), South Carolina
  • Jonathan Harvey (1780-1859), New Hampshire
  • Charles E. Haynes (1784-1841), Georgia
  • Thomas Hinds (1780-1840), Mississippi …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8 1828.
  • Selah R. Hobbie (1797-1854), New York
  • Michael Hoffman (1787-1848), New York
  • George Holcombe (1786-1828), New Jersey …died January 14 1828.
  • Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829), North Carolina
  • Samuel D. Ingham (1779-1860), Pennsylvania
  • Jacob C. Isacks ( - ), Tennessee
J-K-L
  • Jeromus Johnson (1775-1846), New York
  • Richard Keese (1794-1883), New York
  • Adam King (1790-1835), Pennsylvania
  • George Kremer (1775-1854), Pennsylvania
  • Pryor Lea (1794-1879), Tennessee
  • Joseph Lecompte (1797-1851), Kentucky
  • Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Louisiana
  • Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), Georgia
  • Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842), Kentucky
M-N-O
  • John Magee (1794-1868), New York
  • John H. Marable (1786-1844), Tennessee
  • William D. Martin (1789-1833), South Carolina
  • William McCoy ( -1864), Virginia
  • George McDuffie (1790-1851), South Carolina
  • Robert L. McHatton (1788-1835), Kentucky
  • Rufus McIntire (1784-1866), Maine …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1827
  • Samuel McKean (1787-1841), Pennsylvania
  • John McKee (1771-1832), Alabama
  • Daniel H. Miller ( -1846), Pennsylvania
  • James C. Mitchell (1786-1843), Tennessee
  • John Mitchell (1781-1849), Pennsylvania
  • Thomas R. Mitchell (1783-1837), South Carolina
  • Gabriel Moore (1785-1845), Alabama
  • Thomas P. Moore (1797-1853), Kentucky
  • William T. Nuckolls (1801-1855), South Carolina
  • Thomas J. Oakley (1783-1857), New York …resigned May 9 1828.
  • Robert Orr, Jr. (1786-1876), Pennsylvania
  • George W. Owen (1796-1837), Alabama
P-Q-R
  • James K. Polk (1795-1849), Tennessee
  • William Ramsey (1779-1831), Pennsylvania
  • John Randolph (1773-1833), Virginia
  • James W. Ripley (1786-1835), Maine
  • William C. Rives (1793-1868), Virginia
  • John Roane (1766-1838), Virginia
  • William Russell (1782-1845), Ohio
S-T-U-V
  • Lemuel Sawyer (1777-1852), North Carolina
  • Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), North Carolina
  • Oliver H. Smith (1794-1859), Indiana
  • Alexander Smyth (1765-1830), Virginia
  • Michael C. Sprigg (1791-1845), Maryland
  • William Stanbery (1788-1873), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1827.
  • John B. Sterigere (1793-1852), Pennsylvania
  • Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), Virginia
  • James S. Stevenson (1780-1831), Pennsylvania
  • John G. Stower ( - ), New York
  • Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), Pennsylvania
  • Thomas Taber, II (1785-1862), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1828.
  • Edward F. Tattnall (1788-1832), Georgia …resigned before Congress assembled.
  • Wiley Thompson (1781-1835), Georgia
  • James Trezvant ( -1841), Virginia
  • Starling Tucker (1770-1834), South Carolina
  • Daniel Turner (1796-1860), North Carolina
  • Espy Van Horne (1795-1829), Pennsylvania
  • Gulian C. Verplanck (1786-1870), New York
W-X-Y-Z
  • John C. Weems (1778-1862), Maryland
  • Charles A. Wickliffe (1788-1869), Kentucky
  • Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 14 1828.
  • George Wolf (1777-1840), Pennsylvania
  • John J. Wood (1784-1874), New York
  • Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), New York …resigned February 16 1829.
  • Joel Yancey (1773-1838), Kentucky