14th United States Congress
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:More footnotes Template:Infobox United States Congress The 14th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in the Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1815, to March 4, 1817, during the seventh and eighth years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1810 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority. Template:TOClimit
Major events
- November 1816: James Monroe defeated Rufus King in the U.S. presidential election.
Henry Clay
- According to abolitionist Jesse Torrey, "One of the members of the house of representatives (Mr. ADGATE,) related to me, while at Washington, the following fact: — "That during the last session of congress, (1815–16,) as several members were standing in the street, near the new capitol, a drove of manacled coloured people were passing by; and when just opposite one of them elevating his manacles as high as he could reach, commenced singing the favorite national song, 'Hail Columbia! happy land!' &c."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Major legislation
- April 10, 1816: Establishment of the Second Bank of the United States
- April 27, 1816: Dallas tariff
Proposed, but not enacted
- March 3, 1817: Bonus Bill of 1817 (vetoed)
Treaties
- August 24, 1816: Treaty of St. Louis signed
States admitted and territories organized
- December 11, 1816: Indiana was admitted as the 19th state, Template:USStat
- March 3, 1817: Alabama Territory was created from a portion of the Mississippi Territory
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
During this congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of Indiana. Template:US Congress party summary
House of Representatives
During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Indiana. Template:US Congress party summary
Leadership
Senate
- President: Vacant
- President pro tempore: John Gaillard (DR) of South Carolina, first elected December 4, 1815
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Henry Clay (DR) of Kentucky
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district.
Senate
Template:Main 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 with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1820; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1816; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1818. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break
- Template:Party stripe2. William W. Bibb (DR), until November 9, 1816
- Template:Party stripeGeorge Troup (DR), from November 13, 1816
- Template:Party stripe3. Charles Tait (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. James Noble (DR), from December 11, 1816
- Template:Party stripe3. Waller Taylor (DR), from December 11, 1816
- Template:Party stripe2. William T. Barry (DR), until May 1, 1816
- Template:Party stripeMartin D. Hardin (F), from November 13, 1816
- Template:Party stripe3. Isham Talbot (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. Robert Goodloe Harper (F), January 1816 – December 1816
- Template:Party stripeAlexander C. Hanson (F), from December 20, 1816
- Template:Party stripe3. Robert H. Goldsborough (F)
- Template:Party stripe1. Christopher Gore (F), until May 30, 1816
- Template:Party stripeEli P. Ashmun (F), from June 12, 1816
- Template:Party stripe2. Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. James J. Wilson (DR)
- Template:Party stripe2. John Condit (DR)
- Template:Party stripe2. James Turner (DR), until November 21, 1816
- Template:Party stripeMontfort Stokes (DR), from December 4, 1816
- Template:Party stripe3. Francis Locke Jr. (DR), until December 5, 1815
- Template:Party stripeNathaniel Macon (DR), from December 13, 1815
- Template:Party stripe2. John Taylor (DR), until November 1816
- Template:Party stripeWilliam Smith (DR), from December 4, 1816
- Template:Party stripe3. John Gaillard (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. George W. Campbell (DR), from October 10, 1815
- Template:Party stripe2. Jesse Wharton (DR), until October 10, 1815
- Template:Party stripeJohn Williams (DR), from October 10, 1815
- Template:Party stripe1. James Barbour (DR)
- Template:Party stripe2. Armistead T. Mason (DR), from January 3, 1816
House of Representatives
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All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Epaphroditus Champion (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Davenport (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lyman Law (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan O. Moseley (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy Pitkin (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis B. Sturges (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Tallmadge (F)
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Clayton (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Cooper (F)
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred Cuthbert (DR), until November 9, 1816
- Template:Party stripeZadock Cook (DR), from December 2, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Forsyth (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bolling Hall (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Wilson Lumpkin (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Telfair (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Henry Wilde (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Hendricks (DR), from December 11, 1816 (newly admitted state)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Clark (DR), until August 1816
- Template:Party stripeThomas Fletcher (DR), from December 2, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Clay (DR), from October 30, 1815
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard M. Johnson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Desha (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alney McLean (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Solomon P. Sharp (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel McKee (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen Ormsby (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Micah Taul (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Hardin (DR)
The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Philip Stuart (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John C. Herbert (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander C. Hanson (F), until ????, 1816
- Template:Party stripeGeorge Peter (F), from October 7, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Baer Jr. (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nicholas R. Moore (DR), until ????, 1815
- Template:Party stripeSamuel Smith (DR), from February 4, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Pinkney (DR), until April 18, 1816
- Template:Party stripePeter Little (DR), from December 2, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stevenson Archer (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Wright (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Goldsborough (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Artemas Ward Jr. (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy Pickering (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jeremiah Nelson (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Asahel Stearns (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elijah H. Mills (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Taggart (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Hulbert (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Baylies (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Reed Jr. (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Laban Wheaton (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elijah Brigham (F), until February 22, 1816
- Template:Party stripeBenjamin Adams (F), from December 2, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Solomon Strong (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathaniel Ruggles (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cyrus King (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Bradbury (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Brown (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Carr (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Rice (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel S. Conner (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albion K. Parris (DR)
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles H. Atherton (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bradbury Cilley (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Hale (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Roger Vose (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Webster (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jeduthun Wilcox (F)
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ezra Baker (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ephraim Bateman (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Bennet (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis Condict (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Southard (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Ward (DR)
There were six plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th, 20th & 21st, each had two representatives.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Crocheron (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Townsend (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Irving (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter H. Wendover (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan Ward (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham H. Schenck (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas P. Grosvenor (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan Fisk (DR), until March ????, 1815
- Template:Party stripeJames W. Wilkin (DR), from December 4, 1815
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Betts (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Erastus Root (DR), from December 26, 1815
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Lovett (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hosea Moffitt (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Taylor (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Asa Adgate (DR), from December 7, 1815
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Savage (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John B. Yates (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Cady (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Birdsall (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jabez D. Hammond (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas R. Gold (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Westel Willoughby Jr. (DR), from December 13, 1815
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Moss Kent (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Victory Birdseye (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Oliver C. Comstock (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Enos T. Throop (DR), until June 4, 1816
- Template:Party stripeDaniel Avery (DR), from December 3, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Micah Brooks (DR),
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter B. Porter (DR), until January 23, 1816
- Template:Party stripeArchibald S. Clarke (DR), from December 2, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Murfree (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph H. Bryan (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James W. Clark (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Gaston (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William R. King (DR), until November 4, 1816
- Template:Party stripeCharles Hooks (DR), from December 2, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathaniel Macon (DR), until December 13, 1815
- Template:Party stripeWeldon N. Edwards (DR), from February 7, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Culpepper (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Stanford (DR), until April 9, 1816
- Template:Party stripeSamuel Dickens (DR), from December 2, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bartlett Yancey (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William C. Love (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel M. Forney (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Israel Pickens (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis Williams (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John McLean (DR), until ????, 1816
- Template:Party stripeWilliam Henry Harrison (DR), from December 2, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Alexander (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Creighton Jr. (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Caldwell (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Kilbourne (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Clendenin (DR)
There were six plural districts, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 10th had two representatives each, the 1st had four representatives.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Hopkinson (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Milnor (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Smith (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan Williams (DR), until May 16, 1815
- Template:Party stripeJohn Sergeant (F), from December 6, 1815
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Darlington (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Hahn (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James M. Wallace (DR), from October 10, 1815
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Whiteside (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh Glasgow (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Crawford (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Maclay (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel D. Ingham (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Ross (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Hiester (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Piper (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Bard (DR), until March 12, 1815
- Template:Party stripeThomas Burnside (DR), from December 11, 1815, until April ????, 1816
- Template:Party stripeWilliam P. Maclay (DR), from December 3, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jared Irwin (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Wilson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Findley (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Aaron Lyle (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac Griffin (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Woods (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Wilson (DR)
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John L. Boss Jr. (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James B. Mason (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Middleton (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Lowndes (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Huger (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John J. Chappell (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Woodward (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John C. Calhoun (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Taylor (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Moore (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Mayrant (DR), until October 21, 1816
- Template:Party stripeStephen D. Miller (DR), from January 2, 1817
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Powell (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Sevier (DR), until September 24, 1815
- Template:Party stripeWilliam G. Blount (DR), from January 8, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac Thomas (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bennett H. Henderson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Newton Cannon (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James B. Reynolds (DR)
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Chipman (F), until May 5, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Luther Jewett (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chauncey Langdon (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Asa Lyon (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Marsh (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Noyes (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Jackson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Magnus Tate (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry St. George Tucker (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William McCoy (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Breckinridge (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Sheffey (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ballard Smith (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Lewis Jr. (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John P. Hungerford (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Aylett Hawes (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Philip P. Barbour (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Roane (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Burwell Bassett (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William A. Burwell (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Matthew Clay (DR), until May 27, 1815
- Template:Party stripeJohn Kerr (DR), from December 5, 1815
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Randolph (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Pleasants (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Gholson Jr. (DR), until July 4, 1816
- Template:Party stripeThomas M. Nelson (DR), from December 6, 1816
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peterson Goodwyn (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Johnson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Newton Jr. (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh Nelson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Clopton (DR), until September 11, 1816
- Template:Party stripeJohn Tyler (DR), from December 17, 1816
Non-voting members
- Template:Ushr. Benjamin Stephenson
- Template:Ushr. Jonathan Jennings, until December 11, 1816
- Template:Ushr. William Lattimore
- Template:Ushr. Rufus Easton, until August 5, 1816
- John Scott, August 6, 1816 – January 13, 1817
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
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| Tennessee
(1)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | For unknown reasons, a Senator was not elected until after the term began.
Winner elected October 10, 1815.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | George W. Campbell (DR)
| Took seat October 10, 1815
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| Tennessee
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Jesse Wharton (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Appointee was not elected to finish the term.
Successor elected October 10, 1815.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Williams (DR)
| Seated October 10, 1815
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| North Carolina
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Francis Locke Jr.
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned when successor was elected, having never qualified.
Successor elected December 5, 1815 to finish term.<ref name="NC3B">Template:Cite web</ref>
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Nathaniel Macon (DR)
| Seated December 13, 1815
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| Virginia
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Resignation of William B. Giles (DR) in the previous congress.
Successor elected January 3, 1816 to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Armistead T. Mason (DR)
| Took seat January 3, 1816
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| Maryland
(1)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Legislature failed to elect in time for the term.
Successor elected January 29, 1816 for the term.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Template:Party shading/Federalist | Robert G. Harper (F)
| Took seat January 29, 1816
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| Kentucky
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| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William T. Barry (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1816 after being appointed to a judicial position.
Successor appointed November 13, 1816, to continue the term and then finished the term either by special election or by the appointment.
| Template:Party shading/Federalist | Martin D. Hardin (F)
| Seated November 13, 1816
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| Massachusetts
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Federalist | Christopher Gore (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 30, 1816.
Successor elected June 12, 1816, to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Federalist | Eli P. Ashmun (F)
| Seated June 12, 1816
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| South Carolina
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Taylor (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 1816.
Successor elected December 4, 1816, to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Smith (DR)
| Seated December 4, 1816
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| Georgia
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William W. Bibb (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 9, 1816 after being appointed Governor of Alabama Territory.
Successor elected November 13, 1816, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | George Troup (DR)
| Seated November 13, 1816
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| North Carolina
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James Turner (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 21, 1816 due to ill health.
Successor elected December 4, 1816, to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Montfort Stokes (DR)
| Seated December 4, 1816
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| Maryland
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Federalist | Robert G. Harper (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 6, 1816.
Successor elected December 20, 1816, to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Federalist | Alexander C. Hanson (F)
| Seated December 20, 1816
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| Indiana
(1)
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| rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James Noble (DR)
| rowspan=2 | Seated December 11, 1816
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| Indiana
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| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Waller Taylor (DR)
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House of Representatives
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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Member-elect Benjamin Pond died during previous congress | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Asa Adgate (DR) | December 7, 1815
|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Amos Ellmaker resigned on July 3, 1815, upon State appointment as judge | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James M. Wallace (DR) | December 4, 1815
|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Seat declared vacant by the governor, “caused by the acceptance of Henry Clay to sign a commercial convention as Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain”, but Clay was elected to fill his own vacancy | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Henry Clay (DR) | December 4, 1815
|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Credentials for incumbent William S. Smith (F) were issued by the Secretary of State of New York, but Smith did not take or claim the seat, contested by Willoughby Jr. | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Westel Willoughby Jr. (DR) | December 13, 1815
|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Credentials for John Adams (F) were issued by the Secretary of State of New York, but Adams did not take or claim the seat, contested by Root | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Erastus Root (DR) | December 26, 1815
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Nicholas R. Moore (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1815 before Congress convened | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Samuel Smith (DR) | February 4, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Jonathan Fisk (DR) | Resigned sometime in March, 1815, upon appointment as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James W. Wilkin (DR) | December 4, 1815
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | David Bard (DR) | Died March 12, 1815 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Thomas Burnside (DR) | December 11, 1815
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Jonathan Williams (DR) | Died May 16, 1815 | Template:Party shading/Federalist | John Sergeant (F) | December 6, 1815
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Matthew Clay (DR) | Died May 27, 1815 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Kerr (DR) | December 5, 1815
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Sevier (DR) | Died September 24, 1815 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William G. Blount (DR) | January 8, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Nathaniel Macon (DR) | Resigned December 13, 1815, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Weldon N. Edwards (DR) | February 7, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Alexander C. Hanson (F) | Resigned sometime in 1816 | Template:Party shading/Federalist | George Peter (F) | October 7, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John McLean (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Henry Harrison (DR) | December 2, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Peter B. Porter (DR) | Resigned January 23, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Archibald S. Clarke (DR) | December 2, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Elijah Brigham (F) | Died February 22, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Benjamin Adams (F) | December 2, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Thomas Burnside (DR) | Resigned April, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William P. Maclay (DR) | December 3, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Richard Stanford (DR) | Died April 9, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Samuel Dickens (DR) | December 2, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Pinkney (DR) | Resigned April 18, 1816, upon appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Peter Little (DR) | December 2, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Daniel Chipman (F) | Resigned May 5, 1816 | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Enos T. Throop (DR) | Resigned June 4, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Daniel Avery (DR) | December 3, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Thomas Gholson Jr. (DR) | Died July 4, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Thomas M. Nelson (DR) | December 4, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James Clark (DR) | Resigned sometime in August, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Thomas Fletcher (DR) | December 2, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Rufus Easton | Served throughout the first session; Scott presented credentials at the beginning of the second session and was contested by Easton | John Scott | December 2, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Benjamin Stephenson | Term ended September 3, 1816 | Nathaniel Pope | December 2, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Clopton (DR) | Died September 11, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Tyler (DR) | December 17, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Mayrant (DR) | Resigned October 21, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Stephen D. Miller (DR) | January 2, 1817
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William R. King (DR) | Resigned November 4, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Charles Hooks (DR) | December 2, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Alfred Cuthbert (DR) | Resigned November 9, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Zadock Cook (DR) | January 23, 1817
|- | Template:Ushr | Jonathan Jennings (Territorial delegate) | Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Hendricks (DR) | December 11, 1816
|- | Template:Ushr | John Scott | His election was contested by his predecessor Easton. On January 13, 1817, the election was declared illegal, but the seat was declared vacant. | Vacant until next Congress
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Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
- Attorney General's Office (Select)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Abner Lacock)
- Claims (Chairman: Jonathan Roberts)
- Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: William Hunter)
- Compensation of Members of Congress (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Armistead Mason)
- Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eligius Fromentin)
- Finance (Select)
- Indiana Admission to the Union (Select)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Dudley Chase)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: John Williams)
- Militia (Chairman: Joseph Varnum)
- Memorial of the Mississippi Territory (Chairman: N/A)
- National University (Chairman: N/A)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles Tait)
- Pensions (Chairman: Jeremiah Howell)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James J. Wilson)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Jeremiah Morrow)
- Slave Trade (Select)
- Weights and Measures (Select)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: John McLean then Peter Little)
- Assent of Congress to an Act of the Virginia Legislature (Select)
- Attorney General's Office (Select)
- Banks of the District of Columbia (Select)
- Berkshire Association (Select)
- Bible Society of Philadelphia (Select)
- Bonus of the National Banks (Select)
- Bounty Lands Communication (Select)
- Claims (Chairman: Bartlett Yancey)
- Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Thomas Newton Jr.)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Henry S. Tucker)
- Elections (Chairman: John W. Taylor)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Stevenson Archer)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Newton Cannon)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John B. Yates)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Samuel Smith)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Erastus Root)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Lewis Condict)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Hugh Nelson)
- Pensions and Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: John J. Chappell)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Samuel D. Ingham)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Solomon P. Sharp)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: William H. Murfree then Israel Pickens)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas B. Robertson)
- Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Lewis Condict)
- Rules (Select)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Ways and Means (Chairman: William Lowndes)
- Whole
Joint committees
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: Benjamin Latrobe, from April 6, 1815
- Librarian of Congress: George Watterston
Senate
- Chaplain: Jesse Lee (Methodist), until December 8, 1815
- John Glendie (Presbyterian), elected December 8, 1815
- Sereno Edwards Dwight, (Congregationalist) elected December 16, 1816
- Secretary: Charles Cutts
- Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Obadiah B. Brown (Baptist), until December 7, 1815
- Spencer H. Cone (Baptist), December 7, 1815 – December 2, 1816
- Burgiss Allison (Baptist), elected December 2, 1816
- Clerk: Thomas Dougherty
- Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton
- Reading Clerks: Template:Dm
- Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn
See also
- 1814 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1816 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)