20th United States Congress

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox United States Congress The 20th 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 Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1827, to March 4, 1829, during the third and fourth years of John Quincy Adams's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1820 United States census. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.

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Major events

December 3, 1828: U.S. presidential election, 1828: Challenger Andrew Jackson beat incumbent John Quincy Adams and was elected President of the United States

Major legislation

May 24, 1828: Tariff of Abominations, ch. 111, Template:USStat

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

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House of Representatives

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Leadership

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Senate

President: John C. Calhoun (J)
President pro tempore: Samuel Smith (J)

House of Representatives

Speaker: Andrew Stevenson (J)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district.

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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, facing re-election in 1832; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1828; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1830. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2

Alabama

Template:Party stripe2. William R. King (J)

Template:Party stripe3. John McKinley (J)

Connecticut

Template:Party stripe1. Samuel A. Foot (NR)

Template:Party stripe3. Calvin Willey (NR)

Delaware

Template:Party stripe1. Louis McLane (J)

Template:Party stripe2. Henry M. Ridgely (J)

Georgia

Template:Party stripe2. Thomas W. Cobb (J), until November 7, 1828

Template:Party stripe Oliver H. Prince (J), from November 7, 1828

Template:Party stripe3. John Macpherson Berrien (J)

Illinois

Template:Party stripe2. Jesse B. Thomas (NR)

Template:Party stripe3. Elias K. Kane (J)

Indiana

Template:Party stripe1. James Noble (NR)

Template:Party stripe3. William Hendricks (NR)

Kentucky

Template:Party stripe2. Richard M. Johnson (J)

Template:Party stripe3. John Rowan (J)

Louisiana

Template:Party stripe2. Dominique J. Bouligny (NR)

Template:Party stripe3. Josiah S. Johnston (NR)

Maine

Template:Party stripe1. Albion K. Parris (J), until August 26, 1828

Template:Party stripe John Holmes (NR), from January 15, 1829

Template:Party stripe2. John Chandler (J)

Maryland

Template:Party stripe1. Samuel Smith (J)

Template:Party stripe3. Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR)

Massachusetts

Template:Party stripe1. Daniel Webster (NR), from June 8, 1827

Template:Party stripe2. Nathaniel Silsbee (NR)

Mississippi

Template:Party stripe1. Powhatan Ellis (J)

Template:Party stripe2. Thomas H. Williams (J)

Missouri

Template:Party stripe1. Thomas H. Benton (J)

Template:Party stripe3. David Barton (NR)

New Hampshire

Template:Party stripe2. Samuel Bell (NR)

Template:Party stripe3. Levi Woodbury (J)

New Jersey

Template:Party stripe1. Ephraim Bateman (NR), until January 12, 1829

Template:Party stripe Mahlon Dickerson (J), from January 30, 1829

Template:Party stripe2. Mahlon Dickerson (J), until January 30, 1829, vacant thereafter

New York

Template:Party stripe1. Martin Van Buren (J), until December 20, 1828

Template:Party stripe Charles E. Dudley (J), from January 15, 1829

Template:Party stripe3. Nathan Sanford (NR)

North Carolina

Template:Party stripe2. John Branch (J)

Template:Party stripe3. Nathaniel Macon (J), until November 14, 1828

Template:Party stripe James Iredell Jr. (J), from December 15, 1828

Ohio

Template:Party stripe1. Benjamin Ruggles (NR)

Template:Party stripe3. William Henry Harrison (NR), until May 20, 1828

Template:Party stripe Jacob Burnet (NR), from December 10, 1828

Pennsylvania

Template:Party stripe1. Isaac D. Barnard (J)

Template:Party stripe3. William Marks (NR)

Rhode Island

Template:Party stripe1. Asher Robbins (NR)

Template:Party stripe2. Nehemiah R. Knight (NR)

South Carolina

Template:Party stripe2. Robert Y. Hayne (J)

Template:Party stripe3. William Smith (J)

Tennessee

Template:Party stripe1. John H. Eaton (J)

Template:Party stripe2. Hugh Lawson White (J)

Vermont

Template:Party stripe1. Horatio Seymour (NR)

Template:Party stripe3. Dudley Chase (NR)

Virginia

Template:Party stripe1. John Tyler (J)

Template:Party stripe2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J)

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Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 20th Congress in March 1827. Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend

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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

Alabama

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Gabriel Moore (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John McKee (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George W. Owen (J)

Connecticut

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Baldwin (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Noyes Barber (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ralph I. Ingersoll (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Orange Merwin (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Elisha Phelps (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. David Plant (NR)

Delaware

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Kensey Johns Jr. (NR), from October 2, 1827

Georgia

Two representatives replacing those who had resigned were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Edward F. Tattnall (J), until sometime in 1827

Template:Party stripe George R. Gilmer (J), from October 1, 1827

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Forsyth (J), until November 7, 1827

Template:Party stripe Richard Henry Wilde (J), from November 17, 1827

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Wiley Thompson (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Wilson Lumpkin (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles E. Haynes (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Tomlinson Fort (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Floyd (J)

Illinois

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph Duncan (J)

Indiana

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas H. Blake (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jonathan Jennings (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Oliver H. Smith (J)

Kentucky

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry Daniel (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Metcalfe (NR), until June 1, 1828

Template:Party stripe John Chambers (NR), from December 1, 1828

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Clark (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert P. Letcher (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert L. McHatton (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph Lecompte (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas P. Moore (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Richard A. Buckner (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles A. Wickliffe (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joel Yancey (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William S. Young (NR), until September 20, 1827

Template:Party stripe John Calhoon (NR), November 5, 1827 – November 7, 1827

Template:Party stripe Thomas Chilton (J), from December 22, 1827

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Chittenden Lyon (J)

Louisiana

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Edward Livingston (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry H. Gurley (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William L. Brent (NR)

Maine

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Burleigh (NR), until July 2, 1827

Template:Party stripe Rufus McIntire (J), from September 10, 1827

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Anderson (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph F. Wingate (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Peleg Sprague (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James W. Ripley (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jeremiah O'Brien (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Butman (NR)

Maryland

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Clement Dorsey (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John C. Weems (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George C. Washington (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Michael C. Sprigg (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Barney (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Peter Little (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Levin Gale (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John L. Kerr (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ephraim K. Wilson (NR)

Massachusetts

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel Webster (NR), until May 30, 1827

Template:Party stripe Benjamin Gorham (NR), from July 23, 1827

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin W. Crowninshield (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Varnum (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Edward Everett (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Davis (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Locke (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel C. Allen (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Isaac C. Bates (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry W. Dwight (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Bailey (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph Richardson (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James L. Hodges (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Reed Jr. (NR)

Mississippi

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Haile (J), until September 12, 1828

Template:Party stripe Thomas Hinds (J), from October 21, 1828

Missouri

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Edward Bates (NR)

New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. David Barker Jr. (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ichabod Bartlett (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Titus Brown (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jonathan Harvey (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph Healy (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Whipple Jr. (NR)

New Jersey

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lewis Condict (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George Holcombe (J), until January 14, 1828

Template:Party stripe James F. Randolph (NR), from December 1, 1828

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Isaac Pierson (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Swan (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Hedge Thompson (NR), until July 23, 1828

Template:Party stripe Thomas Sinnickson (NR), from December 1, 1828

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ebenezer Tucker (NR)

New York

There were three plural districts: the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, and the 3rd had three representatives.

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Silas Wood (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John J. Wood (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Churchill C. Cambreleng (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jeromus Johnson (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Gulian C. Verplanck (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Aaron Ward (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas J. Oakley (J), until May 9, 1828

Template:Party stripe Thomas Taber II (J), from November 5, 1828

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Hallock Jr. (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George O. Belden (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Strong (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John D. Dickinson (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Stephen Van Rensselaer (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Selah R. Hobbie (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John I. De Graff (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Chase (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry R. Storrs (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Michael Hoffman (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry Markell (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John W. Taylor (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry C. Martindale (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Richard Keese (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Rudolph Bunner (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Silas Wright Jr. (J), until February 16, 1829, vacant thereafter

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John C. Clark (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John G. Stower (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jonas Earll Jr. (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Nathaniel Garrow (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. David Woodcock (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Dudley Marvin (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Maynard (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel D. Barnard (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Magee (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. David E. Evans (J), until May 2, 1827

Template:Party stripe Phineas L. Tracy (NR), from November 5, 1827

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel G. Garnsey (J)

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North Carolina

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lemuel Sawyer (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Willis Alston (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas H. Hall (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John H. Bryan (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Gabriel Holmes (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel Turner (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Culpepper (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel L. Barringer (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Augustine H. Shepperd (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Long (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry W. Connor (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel P. Carson (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lewis Williams (NR)

Ohio

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Findlay (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Woods (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William McLean (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph Vance (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Russell (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Creighton Jr. (NR), until sometime in 1828

Template:Party stripe Francis S. Muhlenberg (NR), from December 19, 1828

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel F. Vinton (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Wilson (NR), until June 6, 1827

Template:Party stripe William Stanbery (J), from October 9, 1827

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Philemon Beecher (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Davenport (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John C. Wright (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Sloane (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Elisha Whittlesey (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Mordecai Bartley (NR)

Pennsylvania

There were six plural districts: the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, and the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joel B. Sutherland (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Sergeant (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel H. Miller (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Anderson (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Buchanan (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles Miner (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John B. Sterigere (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Innis Green (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Addams (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph Fry Jr. (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel D. Ingham (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George Wolf (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George Kremer (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel McKean (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Espy Van Horne (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Adam King (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Ramsey (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Wilson (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Mitchell (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Chauncey Forward (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Andrew Stewart (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph Lawrence (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert Orr Jr. (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James S. Stevenson (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Richard Coulter (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Stephen Barlow (J)

Rhode Island

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Tristam Burges (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Dutee J. Pearce (NR)

South Carolina

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Drayton (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Hamilton Jr. (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas R. Mitchell (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William D. Martin (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George McDuffie (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Warren R. Davis (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William T. Nuckolls (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Carter (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Starling Tucker (J)

Tennessee

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Blair (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Pryor Lea (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James C. Mitchell (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jacob C. Isacks (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert Desha (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James K. Polk (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Bell (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John H. Marable (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Davy Crockett (J)

Vermont

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jonathan Hunt (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Rollin C. Mallary (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George E. Wales (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin Swift (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel A. A. Buck (NR)

Virginia

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Newton Jr. (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Trezvant (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William S. Archer (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Mark Alexander (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Randolph (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Davenport (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Burwell Bassett (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Andrew Stevenson (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William C. Rives (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Philip P. Barbour (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Roane (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Taliaferro (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles F. Mercer (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John S. Barbour (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Armstrong (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert Allen (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Isaac Leffler (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William McCoy (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Floyd (J)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lewis Maxwell (NR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Alexander Smyth (J)

Non-voting members

Template:0 Template:Ushr. Henry W. Conway, until November 9, 1827

Template:0 Ambrose H. Sevier, from February 13, 1828

Template:0 Template:Ushr. Joseph M. White

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Austin E. Wing (NR)

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Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

Replacements: 6
- National Republican (NR): no net change
- Jacksonian (J): no net change
Deaths: 0
Resignations: 7
Interim appointments: 0
Total seats with changes: 8

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|- | Massachusetts
(1) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant because legislature had failed to elect.
Winner was elected June 8, 1827. | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Daniel Webster (NR) | Installed December 17, 1827 |- | Ohio
(3) | Template:Party shading/National Republican | William Henry Harrison (NR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 20, 1828, to become U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Gran Colombia.
A special election was held December 10, 1828. | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Jacob Burnet (NR) | Installed December 10, 1828 |- | Maine
(1) | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Albion K. Parris (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 26, 1828, after being appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
A special election was held January 15, 1829. | Template:Party shading/National Republican | John Holmes (NR) | Installed January 15, 1829 |- | Georgia
(2) | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Thomas W. Cobb (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned before November 7, 1828.
A special election was held November 7, 1828. | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Oliver H. Prince (J) | Installed November 7, 1828 |- | North Carolina
(3) | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Nathaniel Macon (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 14, 1828.
A special election was held December 15, 1828. | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | James Iredell Jr. (J) | Installed December 15, 1828 |- | New York
(1) | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Martin Van Buren (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 20, 1828, to become Governor of New York.
A special election was held January 15, 1829. | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Charles E. Dudley (J) | Installed January 15, 1829 |- | New Jersey
(1) | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Ephraim Bateman (NR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 12, 1829, due to failing health.
A special election was held January 30, 1829. | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Mahlon Dickerson (J) | Installed January 30, 1829 |- | New Jersey
(2) | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Mahlon Dickerson (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 30, 1829, after being elected to New Jersey's Class 1 U.S. Senate seat. | Vacant | Not filled in this Congress |}

House of Representatives

Replacements: 9
- National Republican (NR): 1-seat net loss
- Jacksonian (J): 1-seat net gain
Deaths: 5
Resignations: 9
Contested election: 1
Total seats with changes: 15

Template:Main Template:Ordinal US Congress change |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Edward F. Tattnall (J) | Resigned some time in 1827 before the assembling of Congress | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | George R. Gilmer (J) | Seated October 1, 1827

|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Louis McLane (J) resigned despite winning reelection in 1826 after being elected to the US Senate. | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Kensey Johns Jr. (NR) | Seated October 2, 1827

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | David E. Evans (J) | Resigned May 2, 1827 | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Phineas L. Tracy (NR) | Seated November 5, 1827

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Daniel Webster (NR) | Resigned May 30, 1827, to run for the US Senate | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Benjamin Gorham (NR) | Seated July 23, 1827

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/National Republican | William Wilson (NR) | Died June 6, 1827 | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | William Stanbery (J) | Seated October 9, 1827

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/National Republican | William Burleigh (NR) | Died July 2, 1827 | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Rufus McIntire (J) | Seated September 10, 1827

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/National Republican | William S. Young (NR) | Died September 20, 1827 | Template:Party shading/National Republican | John Calhoon (NR) | Seated November 5, 1827

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/National Republican | John Calhoon (NR) | Resigned November 7, 1827, to avoid an election dispute | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Thomas Chilton (J) | Seated December 22, 1827

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | John Forsyth (J) | Resigned November 7, 1827, after being elected Governor of Georgia | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Richard H. Wilde (J) | Seated November 17, 1827

|- | Template:Ushr | Henry W. Conway | Died November 9, 1827 | Ambrose H. Sevier | Seated February 13, 1828

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | George Holcombe (J) | Died January 14, 1828 | Template:Party shading/National Republican | James F. Randolph (NR) | Seated December 1, 1828

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Thomas J. Oakley (J) | Resigned May 9, 1828, after being appointed judge of the Superior Court of New York City | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Thomas Taber II (J) | Seated November 5, 1828

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Thomas Metcalfe (NR) | Resigned June 1, 1828, after being elected Governor of Kentucky | Template:Party shading/National Republican | John Chambers (NR) | Seated December 1, 1828

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Hedge Thompson (NR) | Died July 23, 1828 | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Thomas Sinnickson (NR) | Seated December 1, 1828

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | William Haile (J) | Resigned September 12, 1828 | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Thomas Hinds (J) | Seated October 21, 1828

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/National Republican | William Creighton Jr. (NR) | Resigned before December 19, 1828, after being nominated as a judge to district court | Template:Party shading/National Republican | Francis S. Muhlenberg (NR) | Seated December 19, 1828

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Silas Wright (J) | Resigned February 16, 1829 | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

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Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

Agriculture (Chairman: John Branch)
Alabama Land Purchase (Select)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Elias Kane)
Claims (Chairman: Benjamin Ruggles)
Commerce (Chairman: Levi Woodbury)
Debt Imprisonment Abolition (Select)
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
District of Columbia (Chairman: John Eaton)
Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William Marks)
Finance (Chairman: Samuel Smith)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: Nathaniel Macon then Littleton Tazewell)
French Spoilations (Select)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton then Hugh Lawson White)
Judiciary (Chairman: Martin Van Buren then John M. Berrien)
Manufactures (Chairman: Samuel Smith)
Military Affairs (Chairman: William Henry Harrison then Thomas Hart Benton)
Militia (Chairman: John Chandler)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Robert Y. Hayne)
Pensions (Chairman: James Noble)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Richard M. Johnson)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: William Smith)
Public Lands (Chairman: David Barton)
Revolutionary Officers (Select)
Roads and Canals (Select) (Chairman: William Hendricks)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Vaccination (Select)
Whole

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: Samuel C. Allen)
Agriculture (Chairman: Stephen Van Rensselaer)
Assault on the President's Secretary (Select)
American Colonization Society (Select)
Claims (Chairman: Lewis Williams)
Commerce (Chairman: Churchill C. Cambreleng)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Mark Alexander)
Elections (Chairman: John Sloane)
Ethics (Chairman: N/A)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Peter Little)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Gabriel Holmes)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John Blair)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Thomas H. Hall)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Charles Eaton Haynes)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Michael C. Sprigg)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Edward Everett)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: William McLean)
Judiciary (Chairman: Philip P. Barbour)
Manufactures (Chairman: Rollin C. Mallary)
Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hamilton Jr.)
Military Pensions (Chairman: Tristam Burges)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Michael Hoffman)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Samuel D. Ingham then Samuel McKean)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Richard Aylett Buckner)
Public Expenditures (Chairman: Jeromus Johnson)
Public Lands (Chairman: Jacob C. Isacks)
Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Dutee J. Pearce)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: George Wolf)
Rules (Select)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: James Strong)
Ways and Means (Chairman: George McDuffie)
Whole

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

1826 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1826–27 United States Senate elections
- 1826–27 United States House of Representatives elections
1828 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

Notes

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References

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External links

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20th United States Congress