20th United States Congress | |
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19th ← → 21st | |
March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1829 | |
Members | 48 senators 213 representatives 3 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Jacksonian |
Senate President | John C. Calhoun (J) |
House majority | Jacksonian |
House Speaker | Andrew Stevenson (J) |
Sessions | |
1st: December 3, 1827 – May 26, 1828 2nd: December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829 |
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.
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.
Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | ||
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National Republican (NR) | Jacksonian (J) | |||
End of previous congress | 23 | 25 | 48 | 0 |
Begin | 20 | 27 | 47 | 1 |
End | 21 | 26 | ||
Final voting share | 44.7% | 55.3% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 22 | 26 | 48 | 0 |
Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | |||
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National Republican (NR) | Jacksonian (J) | Other | |||
End of previous congress | 111 | 102 | 0 | 213 | 0 |
Begin | 99 | 113 | 0 | 212 | 1 |
End | |||||
Final voting share | 46.7% | 53.3% | 0.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 71 | 136 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 211 | 2 |
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and members of the House are listed by district.
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.
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
State (class) | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation [lower-alpha 2] |
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Massachusetts (1) | Vacant | Seat remained vacant because legislature had failed to elect. Winner was elected June 8, 1827. | Daniel Webster (NR) | Installed December 17, 1827 |
Ohio (3) | William Henry Harrison (NR) | Resigned May 20, 1828, to become U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Gran Colombia. A special election was held December 10, 1828. | Jacob Burnet (NR) | Installed December 10, 1828 |
Maine (1) | Albion K. Parris (J) | Resigned August 26, 1828, after being appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. A special election was held January 15, 1829. | John Holmes (NR) | Installed January 15, 1829 |
Georgia (2) | Thomas W. Cobb (J) | Resigned before November 7, 1828. A special election was held November 7, 1828. | Oliver H. Prince (J) | Installed November 7, 1828 |
North Carolina (3) | Nathaniel Macon (J) | Resigned November 14, 1828. A special election was held December 15, 1828. | James Iredell Jr. (J) | Installed December 15, 1828 |
New York (1) | Martin Van Buren (J) | Resigned December 20, 1828, to become Governor of New York. A special election was held January 15, 1829. | Charles E. Dudley (J) | Installed January 15, 1829 |
New Jersey (1) | Ephraim Bateman (NR) | Resigned January 12, 1829, due to failing health. A special election was held January 30, 1829. | Mahlon Dickerson (J) | Installed January 30, 1829 |
New Jersey (2) | Mahlon Dickerson (J) | Resigned January 30, 1829, after being elected to New Jersey's Class 1 U.S. Senate seat. | Vacant | Not filled in this Congress |
District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation [lower-alpha 2] |
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Georgia's 1st | Edward F. Tattnall (J) | Resigned some time in 1827 before the assembling of Congress | George R. Gilmer (J) | Seated October 1, 1827 |
Delaware at-large | Vacant | Louis McLane (J) resigned despite winning reelection in 1826 after being elected to the US Senate. | Kensey Johns Jr. (NR) | Seated October 2, 1827 |
New York's 29th | David E. Evans (J) | Resigned May 2, 1827 | Phineas L. Tracy (NR) | Seated November 5, 1827 |
Massachusetts's 1st | Daniel Webster (NR) | Resigned May 30, 1827, to run for the US Senate | Benjamin Gorham (NR) | Seated July 23, 1827 |
Ohio's 8th | William Wilson (NR) | Died June 6, 1827 | William Stanbery (J) | Seated October 9, 1827 |
Maine's 1st | William Burleigh (NR) | Died July 2, 1827 | Rufus McIntire (J) | Seated September 10, 1827 |
Kentucky's 11th | William S. Young (NR) | Died September 20, 1827 | John Calhoon (NR) | Seated November 5, 1827 |
Kentucky's 11th | John Calhoon (NR) | Resigned November 7, 1827, to avoid an election dispute | Thomas Chilton (J) | Seated December 22, 1827 |
Georgia's 2nd | John Forsyth (J) | Resigned November 7, 1827, after being elected Governor of Georgia | Richard H. Wilde (J) | Seated November 17, 1827 |
Arkansas Territory at-large | Henry W. Conway | Died November 9, 1827 | Ambrose H. Sevier | Seated February 13, 1828 |
New Jersey at-large | George Holcombe (J) | Died January 14, 1828 | James F. Randolph (NR) | Seated December 1, 1828 |
New York's 5th | Thomas J. Oakley (J) | Resigned May 9, 1828, after being appointed judge of the Superior Court of New York City | Thomas Taber II (J) | Seated November 5, 1828 |
Kentucky's 2nd | Thomas Metcalfe (NR) | Resigned June 1, 1828, after being elected Governor of Kentucky | John Chambers (NR) | Seated December 1, 1828 |
New Jersey at-large | Hedge Thompson (NR) | Died July 23, 1828 | Thomas Sinnickson (NR) | Seated December 1, 1828 |
Mississippi at-large | William Haile (J) | Resigned September 12, 1828 | Thomas Hinds (J) | Seated October 21, 1828 |
Ohio's 6th | William Creighton Jr. (NR) | Resigned before December 19, 1828, after being nominated as a judge to district court | Francis S. Muhlenberg (NR) | Seated December 19, 1828 |
New York's 20th | Silas Wright (J) | Resigned February 16, 1829 | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
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