17th United States Congress
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The 17th 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. While its term was officially March 4, 1821, to March 4, 1823, during the fifth and sixth years of James Monroe's presidency, its first session began on December 3, 1821, ending on May 8, 1822, and its second session began on December 2, 1822, to March 3, 1823. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1810 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
The members William Smith, John Gaillard, Joseph Gist, John Wilson, George McDuffie, Starling Tucker, James Overstreet, Thomas R. Mitchell, William Lowndes, Joel Roberts Poinsett, and James Blair were described as being "outspokenly pro-British" in their outlook. All of whom signed a "letter of brotherhood and solidarity" addressed to British Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh in 1822. The same letter harshly condemned the actions of France and specifically those of King Louis XVIII.<ref>Letter: Erskine College, [Due West, South Carolina], to John K. Gaillard, Double Branches, Anderson District, [South Carolina] by W. A. Thomson, 1849</ref> Template:TOC limit
Major events
- March 5, 1821: Second inauguration of James Monroe as President of the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- July 10, 1821: In accordance with the terms of the 1819 Adams–Onís Treaty, sovereignty over Spanish Florida is officially transferred to the United States from Spain.
- December 3–4, 1821: The election for the House speakership takes 12 ballots.
Major legislation
States admitted and territories organized
- August 10, 1821: Missouri was admitted as the 24th U.S. state
- March 30, 1822: Florida Territory was formed from the lands ceded by Spain known by the name East and West Florida
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 Missouri. Template:US Congress party summary
House of Representatives
For the beginning of this congress, six seats from Massachusetts were reapportioned to the new state of Maine (one seat had already moved during the previous congress), Template:USStat. During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Missouri, Template:USStat.
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Leadership
Daniel D. Tompkins
Senate
- President: Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)
- President pro tempore: John Gaillard (DR), elected December 3, 1821
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Philip P. Barbour (DR), elected December 4, 1821, on the 12th ballot
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 reelection in 1826; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1822; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1824. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break
- Template:Party stripe2. William R. King (DR)
- Template:Party stripe3. John W. Walker (DR), until December 12, 1822
- Template:Party stripeWilliam Kelly (DR), from December 12, 1822
- Template:Party stripe1. Caesar A. Rodney (DR), January 24, 1822 – January 29, 1823, vacant for remainder of term
- Template:Party stripe2. Nicholas Van Dyke (F)
- Template:Party stripe2. Freeman Walker (DR), until August 6, 1821
- Template:Party stripeNicholas Ware (DR), from November 10, 1821
- Template:Party stripe3. John Elliott (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. James Noble (DR)
- Template:Party stripe3. Waller Taylor (DR)
- Template:Party stripe2. Henry Johnson (DR)
- Template:Party stripe3. James Brown (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. John Holmes (DR)
- Template:Party stripe2. John Chandler (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. William Pinkney (DR), until February 25, 1822
- Template:Party stripeSamuel Smith (DR), from December 17, 1822
- Template:Party stripe3. Edward Lloyd (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. Elijah H. Mills (F)
- Template:Party stripe2. Harrison Gray Otis (F), until May 30, 1822
- Template:Party stripeJames Lloyd (F), from June 5, 1822
- Template:Party stripe1. Thomas H. Benton (DR), from August 10, 1821 (newly admitted state)
- Template:Party stripe3. David Barton (DR), from August 10, 1821 (newly admitted state)
- Template:Party stripe1. Benjamin Ruggles (DR)
- Template:Party stripe3. William A. Trimble (DR), until December 13, 1821
- Template:Party stripeEthan Allen Brown (DR), from January 3, 1822
- Template:Party stripe1. William Findlay (DR), from December 10, 1821
- Template:Party stripe3. Walter Lowrie (DR)
- Template:Party stripe2. William Smith (DR)
- Template:Party stripe3. John Gaillard (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. John H. Eaton (DR), from September 27, 1821<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Party stripe2. John Williams (DR)
- Template:Party stripe1. James Barbour (DR)
- Template:Party stripe2. James Pleasants (DR), until December 15, 1822
- Template:Party stripeJohn Taylor of Caroline (DR), from December 18, 1822
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House of Representatives
Template:Main The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Noyes Barber (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Burrows (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry W. Edwards (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Russ (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ansel Sterling (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ebenezer Stoddard (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gideon Tomlinson (DR)
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Louis McLane (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Caesar A. Rodney (DR), until January 24, 1822
- Template:Party stripeDaniel Rodney (F), from October 1, 1822
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joel Abbot (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred Cuthbert (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George R. Gilmer (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert R. Reid (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward F. Tattnall (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Wiley Thompson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Hendricks (DR), until July 25, 1822
- Template:Party stripeJonathan Jennings (DR), from December 2, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Trimble (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel H. Woodson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John T. Johnson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Metcalfe (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Anthony New (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis Johnson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Robertson (DR), until sometime in 1821 before the convening of Congress
- Template:Party stripeJohn S. Smith (DR), from August 6, 1821
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Wingfield Bullock (DR), until October 13, 1821
- Template:Party stripeJames D. Breckinridge (DR), from November 21, 1821
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Montgomery (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Hardin (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Dane (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ezekiel Whitman (F), until June 1, 1822
- Template:Party stripeMark Harris (DR), from December 2, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mark L. Hill (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William D. Williamson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ebenezer Herrick (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joshua Cushman (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Enoch Lincoln (DR)
The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Raphael Neale (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Kent (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry R. Warfield (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Nelson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter Little (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Smith (DR), until December 17, 1822
- Template:Party stripeIsaac McKim (DR), from January 4, 1823
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jeremiah Cosden (DR), until March 19, 1822
- Template:Party stripePhilip Reed (DR), from March 19, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Wright (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Bayly (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Gorham (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gideon Barstow (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jeremiah Nelson (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy Fuller (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Lathrop (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel C. Allen (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry W. Dwight (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Aaron Hobart (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Reed Jr. (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis Baylies (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan Russell (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis Bigelow (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Eustis (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Scott (DR), from August 10, 1821 (newly admitted state)
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Josiah Butler (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Matthew Harvey (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Aaron Matson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Plumer Jr. (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathaniel Upham (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Whipple Jr. (DR)
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ephraim Bateman (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Cassedy (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis Condict (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Holcombe (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Matlack (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Swan (DR)
There were five plural districts: the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th & 20th each had two representatives.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cadwallader D. Colden (F), from December 12, 1821
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Silas Wood (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Churchill C. Cambreleng (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John J. Morgan (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jeremiah H. Pierson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Van Wyck (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Walter Patterson (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Selah Tuthill (DR), until September 7, 1821Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeCharles Borland Jr. (DR), from December 3, 1821
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles H. Ruggles (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard McCarty (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Solomon Van Rensselaer (F), until January 14, 1822
- Template:Party stripeStephen Van Rensselaer (F), from March 12, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John D. Dickinson (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Taylor (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathaniel Pitcher (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Reuben H. Walworth (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Gebhard (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred Conkling (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Campbell (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Hawkes (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Kirkland (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. Hubbard (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Micah Sterling (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elisha Litchfield (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William B. Rochester (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Woodcock (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elijah Spencer (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert H. Tracy (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lemuel Sawyer (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hutchins G. Burton (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. Hall (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Blackledge (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Hooks (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Weldon N. Edwards (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Archibald McNeill (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Josiah Crudup (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Romulus M. Saunders (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Long (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry W. Connor (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Felix Walker (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis Williams (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas R. Ross (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Campbell (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Levi Barber (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Chambers (DR), from October 9, 1821
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Vance (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Sloane (DR)
There were six plural districts: the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 10th had two representatives each, and the 1st had four representatives.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Edwards (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Hemphill (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Milnor (F), until May 8, 1822
- Template:Party stripeThomas Forrest (F), from October 8, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Sergeant (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Darlington (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Gross (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Buchanan (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Phillips (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James S. Mitchell (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Findlay (DR), from October 9, 1821
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James McSherry (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Moore (DR), until May 20, 1822
- Template:Party stripeSamuel D. Ingham (DR), from October 8, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas J. Rogers (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ludwig Worman (F), until October 17, 1822
- Template:Party stripeDaniel Udree (DR), from October 17, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Tod (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Brown (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Denison (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Murray Jr. (DR), from October 9, 1821
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Plumer (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Patterson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Stewart (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Baldwin (DR), until May 8, 1822
- Template:Party stripeWalter Forward (DR), from October 8, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Patrick Farrelly (DR)
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Job Durfee (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Eddy (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joel R. Poinsett (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Lowndes (DR), until May 8, 1822
- Template:Party stripeJames Hamilton Jr. (DR), from December 13, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas R. Mitchell (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Overstreet (DR), until May 24, 1822
- Template:Party stripeAndrew R. Govan (DR), from December 4, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Starling Tucker (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George McDuffie (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Wilson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Gist (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Blair (DR), until May 8, 1822
- Template:Party stripeJohn Carter (DR), from December 11, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Rhea (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Cocke (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis Jones (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Allen (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Newton Cannon (DR)
- Template:Ushr. Vacant
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rollin C. Mallary (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Phineas White (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Rich (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elias Keyes (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel C. Crafts (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Mattocks (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward B. Jackson (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Van Swearingen (F), until August 19, 1822
- Template:Party stripeJames Stephenson (F), from October 28, 1822
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jared Williams (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William McCoy (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Floyd (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Smyth (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Smith (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles F. Mercer (F)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Lee Ball (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas L. Moore (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Philip P. Barbour (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert S. Garnett (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Burwell Bassett (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jabez Leftwich (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Tucker (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Randolph (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Archer (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mark Alexander (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Jones (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Arthur Smith (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Newton Jr. (DR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh Nelson (DR), until January 14, 1823, vacant thereafter
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Stevenson (DR)
Non-voting members
- Template:Ushr. James W. Bates
- Template:Ushr. Joseph M. Hernández, from September 30, 1822
- Template:Ushr. Solomon Sibley
- Template:Ushr. Vacant until statehood
Philip P. Barbour
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 5
- Democratic-Republicans: no net change
- Federalists: no net change
- Deaths: 2
- Resignations: 6
- Seats of newly admitted states: 2
- Vacancies: 3
- Total seats with changes: 12
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| Tennessee
(1)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Legislature failed to re-elect John Eaton (DR). Late election held.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Eaton (DR)
| Elected September 27, 1821
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| Pennsylvania
(1)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant at end of previous Congress
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Findlay (DR)
| Elected December 10, 1821
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| Delaware
(1)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant at end of previous Congress
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Caesar A. Rodney (DR)
| Elected January 24, 1822
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| Georgia
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Freeman Walker (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 6, 1821
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Nicholas Ware (DR)
| Elected November 10, 1821
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| Missouri
(1)
| rowspan=2 | New seats
| rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Missouri was admitted to the Union.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Thomas Hart Benton (DR)
| Elected August 10, 1821
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| Missouri
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | David Barton (DR)
| Elected August 10, 1821
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| Ohio
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William A. Trimble (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 13, 1821
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Ethan Allen Brown (DR)
| Elected January 3, 1822
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| Maryland
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Pinkney (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 25, 1822
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Samuel Smith (DR)
| Elected December 17, 1822
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| Massachusetts
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Federalist | Harrison Gray Otis (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 30, 1822, to run for Mayor of Boston
| Template:Party shading/Federalist | James Lloyd (F)
| Elected June 5, 1822
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| Alabama
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John W. Walker (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 12, 1822, due to failing health
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Kelly (DR)
| Elected December 12, 1822
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| Virginia
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James Pleasants (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 15, 1822, after being elected Governor of Virginia
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Taylor (DR)
| Elected December 18, 1822
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| Delaware
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Caesar A. Rodney (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 29, 1823, to accept a diplomatic appointment
| Vacant
| Not filled in this Congress
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House of Representatives
- Replacements: 13
- Democratic-Republicans: 1 seat net gain
- Federalists: 1 seat net loss
- Deaths: 5
- Resignations: 15
- Contested election: 2
- Seats of newly admitted states: 1
- Total seats with changes: 23
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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Henry Hunter Bryan was re-elected but did not take his seat | Vacant | |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep.-elect John C. Wright resigned his seat in the next Congress on March 3, 1821 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | David Chambers (DR) | Seated December 3, 1821 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep.-elect James Duncan resigned before Congress met | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Findlay (DR) | Seated December 12, 1821 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep.-elect William Cox Ellis resigned before Congress met | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Thomas Murray Jr. (DR) | Seated December 12, 1821 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Credentials for Peter Sharpe were issued by the Secretary of State of New York, but Sharpe never claimed or took the seat, Sharpe's election was contested by Colden, see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821 | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Cadwallader D. Colden (F) | Seated December 12, 1821 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | George Robertson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | resigned before Congress met | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John S. Smith (DR) | Seated December 3, 1821 |- | nowrap | Template:Ushr | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Scott (DR) | rowspan=2 | Seated December 3, 1821 |- | Template:Ushr |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Selah Tuthill (DR) was elected after the Congress term had already begun, and died on September 7, 1821, before Congress met. It is uncertain whether credentials were ever issued for Tuthill. | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Charles Borland Jr. (DR) | Seated December 3, 1821 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Wingfield Bullock (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 13, 1821, before Congress met | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James D. Breckinridge (DR) | Seated January 2, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Solomon Van Rensselaer (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 14, 1822, upon appointment as Postmaster of Albany | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Stephen Van Rensselaer (F) | Seated March 12, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Caesar A. Rodney (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on January 24, 1822, after being elected to the US Senate | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Daniel Rodney (F) | Seated December 2, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Jeremiah Cosden (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Cosden's election was contested by Reed | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Philip Reed (DR) | Seated March 19, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Federalist | William Milnor (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on May 8, 1822, to run for Mayor of Philadelphia | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Thomas Forrest (F) | Seated December 2, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Henry Baldwin (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on May 8, 1822 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Walter Forward (DR) | Seated December 2, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James Blair (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on May 8, 1822 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | John Carter (DR) | Seated December 11, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Lowndes (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on May 8, 1822 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James Hamilton Jr. (DR) | Seated January 6, 1823 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Samuel Moore (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on May 20, 1822 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Samuel D. Ingham (DR) | Seated December 2, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | James Overstreet (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 24, 1822 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Andrew R. Govan (DR) | Seated December 4, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Ezekiel Whitman (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on June 1, 1822, after becoming a judge of a Court of Common Pleas in Maine | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Mark Harris (DR) | Seated December 2, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | William Hendricks (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on July 25, 1822, after his election as Governor of Indiana | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Jonathan Jennings (DR) | Seated December 2, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Thomas Van Swearingen (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Died on August 19, 1822 | Template:Party shading/Federalist | James Stephenson (F) | Seated December 2, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Florida Territory was organized on March 30, 1822 | Joseph M. Hernández | Seated January 3, 1823 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Ludwig Worman (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 17, 1822 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Daniel Udree (DR) | Seated December 23, 1822 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Samuel Smith (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on December 17, 1822, after his election to the US Senate | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Isaac McKim (DR) | Seated January 8, 1823 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Hugh Nelson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on January 14, 1823, upon appointment as Minister to Spain | Vacant | |}
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
- Amendments to the Constitution (Select)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: James Lanman then Nathaniel Macon)
- Claims (Chairman: Benjamin Ruggles)
- Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Mahlon Dickerson)
- Debt Imprisonment Abolition (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: James Barbour)
- Engrossed Bills (Chairman: James Lanman)
- Finance (Chairman: John Holmes then Walter Lowrie)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: Rufus King then James Barbour)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry Johnson)
- Judiciary (Chairman: William Smith)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: John Williams)
- Militia (Chairman: James Noble)
- National Road from Cumberland to Wheeling (Select)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: James Pleasants)
- Pensions (Chairman: James Noble)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Montfort Stokes)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Jesse B. Thomas)
- Roads and Canals (Select)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Accountability of Public Moneys (Select)
- Accounts (Chairman: Samuel C. Allen)
- Agriculture (Chairman: Josiah Butler)
- Arkansas Territorial Limits (Select)
- Claims (Chairman: Lewis Williams)
- Commerce (Chairman: Thomas Newton Jr.)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph Kent)
- Elections (Chairman: John Sloane)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Samuel Edwards)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: George Denison)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Silas Wood)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Albert H. Tracy)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Starling Tucker)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Hugh Nelson)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Jonathan Russell)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Metcalfe)
- Judiciary (Chairman: John Sergeant then Hugh Nelson)
- Manufactures (Chairman: John Tod)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: William Eustis)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Timothy Fuller)
- Pensions and Revolutionary War Claims (Chairman: John Rhea)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Francis Johnson)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Samuel Campbell)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: Thomas Montgomery)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Christopher Rankin)
- Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Thomas R. Ross)
- Rules (Select)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Samuel Smith)
- Whole
Joint committees
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
Senate
- Chaplain: William Ryland (Methodist), until December 9, 1822
- Charles P. McIlvaine (Episcopalian), elected December 9, 1822
- Secretary: Charles Cutts
- Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: John Nicholson Campbell (Presbyterian), until December 10, 1821
- Jared Sparks (Unitarian), elected December 10, 1821
- John Brackenridge (Presbyterian), elected December 5, 1822
- Clerk: Thomas Dougherty (died)
- Matthew St. Clair Clarke, elected December 3, 1822
- Doorkeeper: Benjamin Birch, elected December 4, 1821
- Reading Clerks: Template:Dm
- Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn
See also
- 1820 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1822 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)