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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 14th United States Congress listed by seniority. For the most part, representatives are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office. [1]
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they compose the legislature of the United States.
The Fourteenth 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 Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 14th Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). Seats and party affiliations on similar lists for other Congresses will be different for certain members.
This article describes the criteria for seniority in the House of Representatives and sets out the list of members by seniority. It is prepared on the basis of the interpretation of seniority applied to the House of Representatives in the current congress. In the absence of information to the contrary, it is presumed that the twenty-first-century practice is identical to the seniority customs used during the 14th Congress. [2]
Seniority in the House, for Congressmen with unbroken service, depends on the date on which the members first term began. That date is either the start of the Congress (4 March in odd numbered years, for the era up to and including the 73rd Congress starting in 1933) or the date of a special election during the Congress. Since many members start serving on the same day as others, ranking between them is based on alphabetical order by the last name of the congressman.
Congressmen, in early Congresses, were often elected after the legal start of the Congress. Such representatives are attributed with unbroken seniority, from the legal start of the congressional term, if they were the first person elected to a seat in a Congress. The date of the election is indicated in a note.
The seniority date is normally taken from the members entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, except where the date given is the legal start of the Congress and the actual election (for someone who was not the first person elected to the seat in that Congress) was later. The date of election is taken from United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997. In a few instances the latter work provides dates, for the start and end of terms, which correct those in the Biographical Directory.
The Biographical Directory normally uses the date of a special election, as the seniority date. However, mostly in early Congresses, the date of the member taking his seat can be the one given. The date of the special election is mentioned in a note to the list below, when that date is not used as the seniority date by the Biographical Directory.
Representatives who returned to the House, after having previously served, are credited with service equal to one less than the total number of terms they served. When a representative has served a prior term of less than two terms (i.e. prior term minus one equals less than one), he is ranked above all others whose service begins on the same day.
In this Congress the only formal leader was the Speaker of the House. A Speakership ballot was held on December 4, 1815 and Henry Clay (DR-KY) was re-elected for a third consecutive Congress (although he had resigned on January 19, 1814 so his service had not been continuous).
The title Dean of the House (sometimes known, in the nineteenth century, as Father of the House) was held by the member with the longest continuous service. It was not a leadership position.
The House created its first standing committee, on April 13, 1789. There were twelve standing committees, listed in the rules initially used by the 14th Congress. Seven additional committees were added during the Congress.
Committees, in this period, were normally appointed for a session at a time by the Speaker. However the resolution of March 30, 1816, which created the committees on departmental expenditures and Expenditures on Public Buildings, provided for those standing committees to be appointed for the whole Congress.
This list refers to the standing committees of the House in the 14th Congress, the year of establishment as a standing committee, the number of members assigned to the committee and the dates of appointment in each session (or if appropriate for the Congress), the end of the session (if appropriate) and its chairman. Chairmen, who were re-appointed after serving in the previous Congress, are indicated by an *. [3]
The first session was December 4, 1815-April 30, 1816 (148 days) and the second session was December 2, 1816-March 3, 1817 (92 days).
No. | Committee | From | Mbrs | Appointed | Chairman |
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1 | Accounts | 1805 | 3 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | John McLean (DR-OH) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | Peter Little (DR-MD) | ||||
2 | Claims | 1794 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | *Bartlett Yancey (DR-NC) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
3 | Commerce and Manufactures | 1795 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | *Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR-VA) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
4 | District of Columbia | 1808 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | Henry S. Tucker (DR-VA) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
5 | Elections | 1789 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | John W. Taylor (DR-NY) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
6 | Expenditures in the Navy Department | 1816 | 3 | March 30, 1816-March 3, 1817 | Stevenson Archer (DR-MD) |
7 | Expenditures in the Post Office Department | 1816 | 3 | March 30, 1816-March 3, 1817 | Newton Cannon (DR-TN) |
8 | Expenditures in the State Department | 1816 | 3 | March 30, 1816-March 3, 1817 | John B. Yates (DR-NY) |
9 | Expenditures in the Treasury Department | 1816 | 3 | March 30, 1816-March 3, 1817 | Samuel Smith (DR-MD) |
10 | Expenditures in the War Department | 1816 | 3 | March 30, 1816-March 3, 1817 | Erastus Root (DR-NY) |
11 | Expenditures on Public Buildings | 1816 | 3 | March 30, 1816-March 3, 1817 | Lewis Condict (DR-NJ) |
12 | Judiciary | 1813 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | Hugh Nelson (DR-VA) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
13 | Pensions and Revolutionary Claims | 1813 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | *John J. Chappell (DR-SC) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
14 | Post Office and Post Roads | 1808 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | Samuel D. Ingham (DR-PA) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
15 | Private Land Claims | 1816 | 5 | December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | Solomon P. Sharp (DR-KY) |
16 | Public Expenditures | 1814 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | William H. Murfree (DR-NC) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | Israel Pickens (DR-NC) | ||||
17 | Public Lands | 1805 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | Thomas B. Robertson (DR-LA) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
18 | Revisal and Unfinished Business | 1795 | 3 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | Lewis Condict (DR-NJ) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
19 | Ways and Means | 1802 | 7 | December 6, 1815-April 30, 1816 | William Lowndes (DR-SC) |
December 3, 1816-March 3, 1817 | |||||
A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 182 members initially elected to the 14th Congress. Other members, who were not the first person elected to a seat but who joined the House during the Congress, are not assigned a number (except for the representative from the newly admitted state of Indiana, who is assigned the number 183).
Ten representatives-elect were not sworn in. Five of them died, three resigned and two did not qualify and were unseated after an election challenge. In addition Henry Clay (DR-KY) had his seat declared vacant, as he undertook a diplomatic task inconsistent with being a congressman. However, Henry Clay was re-elected to fill the vacancy and so was able to be sworn in. The list below includes the Representatives-elect (with name in italics), with the seniority they would have held if sworn in.
Party designations used in this article are DR for Democratic-Republican members and F for Federalist representatives. Designations used for service in the first three congresses are (A) for Anti-Administration members and (P) for Pro-Administration representatives.
Rank | Representative | Party | District | Seniority date | Notes |
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Thirteen consecutive terms | |||||
1 | Nathaniel Macon | DR | NC-6 | March 4, 1791 | (A) 1791-95. Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Dean of the House (1815). Resigned, to become US Senator: December 13, 1815. |
Eleven non-consecutive terms | |||||
2 | William Findley | DR | PA-11 | March 4, 1803 | Previously served (A) 1791-95 and (DR) 1795-99 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
Ten consecutive terms | |||||
3 | Richard Stanford | DR | NC-8 | March 4, 1797 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Dean of the House (1815–16). Died on April 9, 1816 while still serving as a member of the House. |
Ten non-consecutive terms | |||||
4 | John Clopton | DR | VA-23 | March 4, 1801 | Previously served (DR) 1795-99 while serving as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Died on September 11, 1816 while still serving as a member of the House. |
Nine consecutive terms | |||||
5 | John Davenport | F | CT-al | March 4, 1799 | Dean of the House (1816–17). Last term while still serving as a member of the House. |
Nine non-consecutive terms | |||||
6 | David Bard | DR | PA-9 | March 4, 1803 | Previously served (DR) 1795-99 while as a member of the House. Died, as Representative-elect: March 12, 1815. [4] |
7 | Matthew Clay | DR | VA-15 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (DR) 1797-1813 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Died, as Representative-elect: May 27, 1815. [5] |
Eight consecutive terms | |||||
8 | Thomas Newton, Jr. | DR | VA-21 | March 4, 1801 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Chairman: Commerce and Manufactures. |
9 | Benjamin Tallmadge | F | CT-al | September 21, 1801 | Last term |
Eight non-consecutive terms | |||||
10 | John Randolph | DR | VA-16 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (DR) 1799-1813 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
Seven consecutive terms | |||||
11 | Peterson Goodwyn | DR | VA-19 | March 4, 1803 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815 |
12 | Joseph Lewis, Jr. | F | VA-8 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
13 | Samuel Taggart | F | MA-6 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
Six consecutive terms | |||||
14 | Charles Goldsborough | F | MD-8 | March 4, 1805 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
15 | Jonathan O. Moseley | F | CT-al | ||
16 | Timothy Pitkin | F | CT-al | September 16, 1805 | |
17 | Lewis B. Sturges | F | CT-al | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
18 | William A. Burwell | DR | VA-14 | December 1, 1806 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815 |
Six non-consecutive terms | |||||
19 | Nicholas R. Moore | DR | MD-5 | March 4, 1813 | Previously served (DR) 1803-11 while as a member of the House. Resigned, as Representative-elect: 1815 or 1816. [6] |
20 | Thomas Moore | DR | SC-8 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (DR) 1801-13 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
21 | Henry Southard | DR | NJ-al | Previously served (DR) 1801-11 while as a member of the House. | |
22 | John G. Jackson | DR | VA-1 | March 4, 1813 | Previously served (DR) 1803-September 28, 1810. Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
Five consecutive terms | |||||
23 | Epaphroditus Champion | F | CT-al | March 4, 1807 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
24 | Joseph Desha | DR | KY-4 | ||
25 | Richard M. Johnson | DR | KY-3 | ||
26 | Thomas Gholson, Jr. | DR | VA-18 | November 7, 1808 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Died July 4, 1816 while still serving as a member of the House. |
Five non-consecutive terms | |||||
27 | Burwell Bassett | DR | VA-13 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (DR) 1805-13 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1815. |
28 | Joseph Hiester | DR | PA-7 | Previously served (DR) December 1, 1798 – 1805 while as a member of the House | |
Four consecutive terms | |||||
29 | James Breckinridge | F | VA-5 | March 4, 1809 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
30 | William Crawford | DR | PA-5 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
31 | Aaron Lyle | DR | PA-12 | ||
32 | Samuel McKee | DR | KY-7 | ||
33 | Daniel Sheffey | F | VA-6 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
34 | Laban Wheaton | F | MA-10 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
35 | Robert Wright | DR | MD-7 | November 29, 1810 | Last term while serving as a member of the House until 17th Congress |
Four non-consecutive terms | |||||
36 | Benjamin Huger | F | SC-3 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (F) 1799-1805 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
37 | John Sevier | DR | TN-2 | March 4, 1811 | Previously served (NC-P) June 16, 1790-91 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: August 3–4, 1815. Died, as Representative-elect: September 24, 1815. [7] |
38 | John Culpepper | F | NC-7 | March 4, 1813 | Previously served (F) 1807-January 2, 1808 and February 23, 1808-09 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House until 16th Congress. |
Three consecutive terms | |||||
39 | Elijah Brigham | F | MA-11 | March 4, 1811 | Died while still serving as a member of the House: February 22, 1816 |
40 | John C. Calhoun | DR | SC-6 | ||
41 | Lewis Condict | DR | NJ-al | Chairman: Revisal and Unfinished Business. Chairman: Expenditures on Public Buildings. Last term while serving as a member of the House until 17th Congress. | |
42 | Bolling Hall | DR | GA-al | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
43 | Aylett Hawes | DR | VA-10 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
44 | William R. King | DR | NC-5 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Resigned while still serving as a member of the House: November 4, 1816. | |
45 | Lyman Law | F | CT-al | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
46 | William Lowndes | DR | SC-2 | Chairman: Ways and Means | |
47 | William McCoy | DR | VA-4 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815 | |
48 | Hugh Nelson | DR | VA-22 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Chairman: Judiciary. | |
49 | Israel Pickens | DR | NC-12 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Chairman: Public Expenditures (1816–17). Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
50 | William Piper | DR | PA-8 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
51 | James Pleasants | DR | VA-17 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815 | |
52 | Philip Stuart | F | MD-1 | ||
53 | Stevenson Archer | DR | MD-6 | October 26, 1811 | Chairman: Expenditures in the Navy Department (1816–17). Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
54 | Henry Clay | DR | KY-2 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (DR) 1811-January 19, 1814 while as a member of the House. Seat declared vacant, as Representative-elect: 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House until re-elected to 14th Congress. |
55 | Thomas B. Robertson | DR | LA-al | April 30, 1812 | Chairman: Public Lands |
56 | John P. Hungerford | DR | VA-9 | March 4, 1813 | Previously served (DR) March 4-November 29, 1811 while as a member of the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
57 | Thomas P. Grosvenor | F | NY-5 | January 29, 1813 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
Three non-consecutive terms | |||||
58 | George Baer, Jr. | F | MD-4 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (F) 1797-1801 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
59 | Jonathan Fisk | DR | NY-6 | March 4, 1813 | Previously served (DR) 1809-11 while as a member of the House. Resigned, as Representative-elect: March 1815. |
60 | Thomas R. Gold | F | NY-16 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (F) 1809-13 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
61 | William Hale | F | NH-al | March 4, 1813 | Previously served (F) 1809-11. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
62 | William Milnor | F | PA-1 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served 1807-11 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House until 17th Congress. |
63 | Peter B. Porter | DR | NY-21 | Previously served (DR) 1809-13 while as a member of the House. Resigned while still serving as a member of the House: January 23, 1816. | |
64 | Stephen Ormsby | DR | KY-8 | April 20, 1813 | Previously served (DR) 1811-13 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
65 | William Baylies | F | MA-8 | March 4, 1813 | Previously served (F) March 4-June 28, 1809 while as a member of the House. Last term while serving as a member of the House until 23rd Congress. |
Two consecutive terms | |||||
66 | John Alexander | DR | OH-2 | March 4, 1813 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
67 | George Bradbury | F | MA-15 | ||
68 | James Caldwell | DR | OH-4 | ||
69 | John J. Chappell | DR | SC-4 | Chairman: Pensions and Revolutionary Claims. Last term. | |
70 | Bradbury Cilley | F | NH-al | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
71 | James Clark | DR | KY-1 | Resigned 1816. Last term while as a member of the House until 19th Congress. | |
72 | Oliver C. Comstock | DR | NY-20 | ||
73 | Thomas Cooper | F | DE-al | Last term while serving in the House. | |
74 | John Forsyth | DR | GA-al | ||
75 | William Gaston | F | NC-4 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Last term while serving in the House. | |
76 | Hugh Glasgow | DR | PA-4 | Last term while serving in the House. | |
77 | Alexander C. Hanson | F | MD-3 | Resigned, as Representative-elect: October 1816 | |
78 | Samuel D. Ingham | DR | PA-6 | Chairman: Post Office and Post Roads | |
79 | Jared Irwin | DR | PA-10 | Last term while serving as a member of the House | |
80 | James Johnson | DR | VA-20 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815 | |
81 | Moss Kent | F | NY-18 | Last term while serving as a member of the House | |
82 | James Kilbourne | DR | OH-5 | ||
83 | Cyrus King | F | MA-14 | ||
84 | John Lovett | F | NY-9 | ||
85 | John McLean | DR | OH-1 | Chairman: Accounts (1815–16). Resigned in 1816 while still serving as a member of the House | |
86 | Hosea Moffitt | F | NY-10 | Last term while serving as a member of the House | |
87 | William H. Murfree | DR | NC-1 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Chairman: Public Expenditures (1815–16). Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
88 | Timothy Pickering | F | MA-2 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
89 | John Reed, Jr. | F | MA-9 | Last term while serving as a member of the House until 17th Congress | |
90 | Nathaniel Ruggles | F | MA-13 | ||
91 | Solomon P. Sharp | DR | KY-6 | Chairman: Private Land Claims (1816–17). Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
92 | William S. Smith | F | NY-17 | Unseated, as Representative-elect, on election contest: December 13, 1815. | |
93 | John W. Taylor | DR | NY-11 | Chairman: Elections | |
94 | Thomas Telfair | DR | GA-al | Last term while serving as a member of the House | |
95 | Roger Vose | F | NH-al | Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
96 | Artemas Ward, Jr. | F | MA-1 | ||
97 | Thomas Ward | DR | NJ-al | ||
98 | Daniel Webster | F | NH-al | ||
99 | Jeduthun Wilcox | F | NH-al | ||
100 | Bartlett Yancey | DR | NC-9 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Chairman: Claims. Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
101 | William Creighton, Jr. | DR | OH-3 | May 4, 1813 | Last term while serving as a member of the House until 20th Congress |
102 | Thomas Wilson | DR | PA-15 | Last term while serving as a member of the House | |
103 | Isaac Griffin | DR | PA-13 | May 24, 1813 | |
104 | Alfred Cuthbert | DR | GA-al | December 13, 1813 | Resigned: November 9, 1816. Last term while serving as a member of the House until 17th Congress. |
105 | William Irving | DR | NY-2 | January 22, 1814 | |
106 | Newton Cannon | DR | TN-5 | September 16, 1814 | Elected to this Congress: August 3–4, 1815. Chairman: Expenditures in the Post Office Department (1816–17). Last term while serving as a member of the House until 16th Congress. |
107 | Philip P. Barbour | DR | VA-11 | September 19, 1814 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815 |
108 | John W. Hulbert | F | MA-7 | September 26, 1814 | Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
109 | David Clendenin | DR | OH-6 | October 11, 1814 | |
Two non-consecutive terms | |||||
110 | Jeremiah Nelson | F | MA-3 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (F) 1805-07 while serving as a member of the House. |
111 | Benjamin Pond | DR | NY-12 | Previously served (DR) 1811-13 while as a member of the House. Died, as Representative-elect: October 6, 1814. | |
112 | John Ross | DR | PA-6 | Previously served (DR) 1809-11 while serving as a member of the House | |
113 | William Pinkney | DR | MD-5 | Previously served (P) March 4-November, 1791 while as a member of the House. Resigned on April 18, 1816 while still serving as a member of the House. | |
One term | |||||
114 | John Adams | DR | NY-8 | March 4, 1815 | Unseated, as Representative-elect, after election contest: December 26, 1815. Only term while serving as a member of the House until 23rd Congress. |
115 | Charles H. Atherton | F | NH-al | Only term while serving as a member of the House | |
116 | Ezra Baker | DR | NJ-al | ||
117 | Ephraim Bateman | DR | NJ-al | ||
118 | Benjamin Bennet | DR | NJ-al | ||
119 | Samuel R. Betts | DR | NY-7 | Only term while serving as a member of the House | |
120 | James Birdsall | DR | NY-15 | ||
121 | Victory Birdseye | DR | NY-19 | Only term while serving as a member of the House until 27th Congress | |
122 | John L. Boss, Jr. | F | RI-al | ||
123 | Micah Brooks | DR | NY-21 | Only term while serving as a member of the House | |
124 | Benjamin Brown | F | MA-16 | ||
125 | Joseph H. Bryan | DR | NC-2 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815 | |
126 | Daniel Cady | F | NY-14 | Only term while serving as a member of the House | |
127 | James Carr | F | MA-17 | ||
128 | Daniel Chipman | F | VT-al | Resigned on May 5, 1816 while still serving as a member of the House. | |
129 | James W. Clark | DR | NC-3 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
130 | Thomas Clayton | F | DE-al | Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
131 | Samuel S. Conner | DR | MA-19 | ||
132 | Henry Crocheron | DR | NY-1 | ||
133 | William Darlington | DR | PA-2 | Only term while serving as a member of the House until 16th Congress | |
134 | Amos Ellmaker | DR | PA-3 | Resigned as Representative-elect: July 3, 1815 [8] | |
135 | Daniel M. Forney | DR | NC-11 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815 | |
136 | John Hahn | DR | PA-2 | Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
137 | Jabez D. Hammond | DR | NY-15 | ||
138 | Benjamin Hardin | DR | KY-10 | Only term while serving as a member of the House until 16th Congress | |
139 | Bennett H. Henderson | DR | TN-4 | Elected to this Congress: August 3–4, 1815. Only term. | |
140 | John C. Herbert | F | MD-2 | ||
141 | Joseph Hopkinson | F | PA-1 | ||
142 | Luther Jewett | F | VT-al | Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
143 | Chauncey Langdon | F | VT-al | ||
144 | William C. Love | DR | NC-10 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815. Only term. | |
145 | Wilson Lumpkin | DR | GA-al | Only term while serving as a member of the House until 20th Congress | |
146 | Asa Lyon | F | VT-al | Only term while serving as a member of the House | |
147 | William Maclay | DR | PA-5 | ||
148 | Charles Marsh | F | VT-al | Only term while serving as a member of the House | |
149 | James B. Mason | F | RI-al | ||
150 | William Mayrant | DR | SC-9 | Resigned on October 21, 1816 while still serving as a member of the House | |
151 | Alney McLean | DR | KY-5 | Only term while serving as a member of the House until 16th Congress | |
152 | Henry Middleton | DR | SC-1 | ||
153 | Elijah H. Mills | F | MA-5 | ||
154 | John Noyes | F | VT-al | Only term while serving as a member of the House | |
155 | Albion K. Parris | DR | MA-20 | ||
156 | Samuel Powell | DR | TN-1 | Elected to this Congress: August 3–4, 1815. Only term while serving as a member of the House | |
157 | James B. Reynolds | DR | TN-6 | Elected to this Congress: August 3–4, 1815. Only term until 18th Congress while serving as a member of the House | |
158 | Thomas Rice | F | MA-18 | ||
159 | William H. Roane | DR | VA-12 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
160 | John Savage | DR | NY-12 | ||
161 | Abraham H. Schenck | DR | NY-4 | Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
162 | Ballard Smith | DR | VA-7 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815 | |
163 | Thomas Smith | F | PA-1 | Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
164 | Asahel Stearns | F | MA-4 | ||
165 | Solomon Strong | F | MA-12 | ||
166 | Magnus Tate | F | VA-2 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
167 | Micah Taul | DR | KY-9 | Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
168 | John Taylor | DR | SC-7 | ||
169 | Isaac Thomas | DR | TN-3 | Elected to this Congress: August 3–4, 1815. Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
170 | Enos T. Throop | DR | NY-20 | Resigned while still serving as a member of the House: June 4, 1816 | |
171 | George Townsend | DR | NY-1 | ||
172 | Henry S. Tucker | DR | VA-3 | Elected to this Congress: April 1815. Chairman: District of Columbia. | |
173 | Jonathan Ward | DR | NY-3 | Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
174 | Peter H. Wendover | DR | NY-2 | ||
175 | John Whiteside | DR | PA-3 | ||
176 | Richard H. Wilde | DR | GA-al | Only term while serving as a member of the House until 18th Congress | |
177 | Jonathan Williams | F | PA-1 | Died, as Representative-elect: May 16, 1815 [9] | |
178 | Lewis Williams | DR | NC-13 | Elected to this Congress: August 10, 1815 | |
179 | William Wilson | DR | PA-10 | ||
180 | John Woods | F | PA-14 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
181 | William Woodward | DR | SC-5 | ||
182 | John B. Yates | DR | NY-13 | Chairman: Expenditures in the State Department (1816–17). Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
Members joining the House, after the start of the Congress [10] | |||||
... | Asa Adgate | DR | NY-12 | June 7, 1815 | Special election: April 25–27, 1815. Last term while serving in the House. |
... | James W. Wilkin | DR | NY-6 | Special election: April 25–27, 1815 | |
... | Thomas Burnside | DR | PA-9 | October 10, 1815 | Special election. Resigned while still serving as a member of the House: April 1816. |
... | John Sergeant | F | PA-1 | Special election | |
... | James M. Wallace | DR | PA-3 | ||
... | Henry Clay | DR | KY-2 | October 30, 1815 | Previously served (DR) 1811-January 19, 1814 and 1815. Special election (to replace himself). Speaker of the House. [11] |
... | John Kerr | DR | VA-15 | Previously served (DR) 1813-15. Special election: October 15–16, 23, 1815. Last term while serving as a member of the House. | |
... | William G. Blount | DR | TN-2 | December 8, 1815 | Special election: December 7–8, 1815 |
... | Westel Willoughby, Jr. | DR | NY-17 | December 13, 1815 | Seated after election contest. Only term while serving in the House. |
... | Erastus Root | DR | NY-8 | December 26, 1815 | Previously served (DR) 1803-05 and 1809-11 while as a member of the House. Seated after election contest. Chairman: Expenditures in the War Department (1816–17). Last term while serving as a member of the House until 22nd Congress. |
... | Samuel Smith | DR | MD-5 | January 31, 1816 | Previously served (A) 1793-95 and (DR) 1795-1803 while as a member of the House. Special election: January 27, 1816. Chairman: Expenditures in the Treasury Department (1816–17). |
... | Weldon N. Edwards | DR | NC-6 | February 7, 1816 | Special election: January 22, 1816 |
... | Peter Little | DR | MD-5 | September 2, 1816 | Previously served (DR) 1811-13 while as a member of the House. Special election: September 3, 1816. Chairman: Accounts (1816–17). |
... | Daniel Avery | DR | NY-20 | September 30, 1816 | Previously served (DR) 1811-15. Special election: August 27–29, 1816. Last term while serving as a member of the House. |
... | George Peter | F | MD-3 | October 7, 1816 | Special election |
... | William H. Harrison | DR | OH-1 | October 8, 1816 | Previously served as Northwest Territory Delegate 1799-May 14, 1800. Special election. |
... | William P. Maclay | DR | PA-9 | Special election | |
... | Benjamin Adams | F | MA-11 | December 2, 1816 | Special election: August 26, 1816 |
... | Archibald S. Clarke | DR | NY-21 | Special election: April 30-May 2, 1816. Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
... | Zadock Cook | DR | GA-al | Special election | |
... | Samuel Dickens | DR | NC-8 | Special election: August 8, 1816. Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
... | Thomas Fletcher | DR | KY-1 | Special election: August 5, 1816. Only term while serving as a member of the House. | |
... | Charles Hooks | DR | NC-5 | Special election: August 8, 1816. Only term while serving as a member of the House until 16th Congress. | |
... | Thomas M. Nelson | DR | VA-18 | December 4, 1816 | Special election: October 1816 |
183 | William Hendricks | DR | IN-al | December 11, 1816 | First Representative from new state. Elected to this Congress: August 5, 1816. |
... | John Tyler | DR | VA-23 | December 17, 1816 | Special election: November 1816 |
... | Stephen D. Miller | DR | SC-9 | January 2, 1817 | Special election: November 25–26, 1816 |
Non voting members | |||||
a | Jonathan Jennings | - | IN-al | November 27, 1809 | Delegate from Indiana Territory. IN admitted: December 11, 1816. Last term until Representative in 17th Congress. |
b | William Lattimore | - | MS-al | March 4, 1813 | Delegate from Mississippi Territory. Formerly served 1803-07. Last term while serving in the House. |
c | Rufus Easton | - | MO-al | September 17, 1814 | Delegate from Missouri Territory until August 6, 1816. |
d | Benjamin Stephenson | - | IL-al | November 4, 1814 | Delegate from Illinois Territory until term expired. Last term while serving in the House. |
e | John Scott | - | MO-al | August 6, 1816 | Delegate from Missouri Territory until unseated: January 13, 1817. |
f | Nathaniel Pope | - | IL-al | September 5, 1816 | Delegate from Illinois Territory |
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