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This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 19th 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 Nineteenth 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, 1825, to March 4, 1827, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President John Quincy Adams. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. The Senate had a majority of Jackson Men, while the House had an Anti-Jackson (pro-Adams) majority.
As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 19th Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827). 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 19th 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 election was held on December 5, 1825. John W. Taylor (A-NY) was elected on the second ballot. He had previously been Speaker for the second session of the 16th Congress (1820–21).
Candidate | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot |
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John W. Taylor (A-NY) | 89 | 99 |
John W. Campbell (A-OH) | 41 | 42 |
Louis McLane (J-DE) | 36 | 44 |
Andrew Stevenson (J-VA) | 17 | 05 |
John Condict (A-NJ) | 06 | ... |
Scattering | 05 | 03 |
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 formal leadership position.
The House created its first standing committee, on April 13, 1789. There were twenty-five standing committees, listed in the rules used by the 19th Congress. During the Congress two new standing committees were created.
On December 9, 1825, a Committee on Revolutionary Pensions was set up (with a change of name to Military Pensions on December 13, 1825). The existing Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, was also renamed as the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, on December 13.
A second new standing committee, on the Territories, was named on December 13, 1823.
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 19th 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 *. [4]
The first session was December 5, 1825-May 22, 1826 (169 days) and the second session was December 4, 1826-March 3, 1827 (90 days).
No. | Committee | From | Mbrs | Term | Chairman |
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1 | Accounts | 1805 | 3 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *Samuel C. Allen (A-MA) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
2 | Agriculture | 1820 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *Stephen Van Rensselaer (A-NY) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
3 | Claims | 1794 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *Lewis Williams (A-NC) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
4 | Commerce | 1795 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *Thomas Newton, Jr. (A-VA) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | Gideon Tomlinson (A-CT) | ||||
5 | District of Columbia | 1808 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *Joseph Kent (A-MD) (a) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | Mark Alexander (J-VA) | ||||
6 | Elections | 1789 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *John Sloane (A-OH) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
7 | Expenditures in the Navy Department | 1816 | 3 | December 7, 1825-March 3, 1827 | Jeremiah O'Brien (A-ME) |
8 | Expenditures in the Post Office Department | 1816 | 3 | December 7, 1825-March 3, 1827 | William Wilson (A-OH) |
9 | Expenditures in the State Department | 1816 | 3 | December 7, 1825-March 3, 1827 | John Bailey (A-MA) |
10 | Expenditures in the Treasury Department | 1816 | 3 | December 7, 1825-March 3, 1827 | William Burleigh (A-ME) |
11 | Expenditures in the War Department | 1816 | 3 | December 7, 1825-March 3, 1827 | John Mattocks (A-VT) |
12 | Expenditures on Public Buildings | 1816 | 3 | December 7, 1825-March 3, 1827 | Joseph Johnson (J-VA) |
13 | Foreign Affairs | 1822 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *John Forsyth (J-GA) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
14 | Indian Affairs | 1821 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *John Cocke (J-TN) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
15 | Judiciary | 1813 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *Daniel Webster (A-MA) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
16 | Manufactures | 1819 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | Rollin C. Mallary (A-VT) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
17 | Military Affairs | 1822 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *James Hamilton, Jr. (J-SC) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | Joseph Vance (A-OH) | ||||
18 | Military Pensions | 1825 | 7 | December 9, 1825-May 22, 1826 | Tristram Burges (A-RI) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
19 | Naval Affairs | 1822 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | Henry A. Storrs (A-NY) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
20 | Post Office and Post Roads | 1808 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | Samuel D. Ingham (J-PA) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
21 | Private Land Claims | 1816 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *John W. Campbell (A-OH) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | Richard A. Buckner (A-KY) | ||||
22 | Public Expenditures | 1814 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | Weldon N. Edwards (J-NC) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
23 | Public Lands | 1805 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *Christopher Rankin (J-MS) (b) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | John Scott (A-MO) | ||||
24 | Revisal and Unfinished Business | 1795 | 3 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | Thomas P. Moore (J-KY) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
25 | Revolutionary Claims | 1813 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *Peter Little (A-MD) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | Robert Allen (J-TN) | ||||
26 | Territories | 1825 | 7 | December 13, 1825-May 22, 1826 | James Strong (A-NY) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
27 | Ways and Means | 1802 | 7 | December 7, 1825-May 22, 1826 | *Louis McLane (J-DE) |
December 6, 1826-March 3, 1827 | |||||
Notes:-
A numerical rank is assigned to each of the 213 members initially elected to the 19th 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.
Five representatives-elect were not sworn in, as they resigned (NH-al:Miller,KY-3,PA-16:Allison,SC-1,VA-5). The list below includes the representatives-elect (with name in italics), with the seniority they would have held if sworn in. James Miller of New Hampshire was elected as a Democratic-Republican candidate. As Miller never served in Congress, his allegiance at the time of the 19th Congress has not been ascertained.
Party designations, of Representatives, used in this article (except for James Miller) are A for Adams (a supporter of President John Quincy Adams) and J for Jacksonian (an ally of Andrew Jackson). Territorial Delegates have not been given a party label, as the Biographical Directory does not specify a party for Delegates in this Congress. Designations used for past service, in the 4th to 18th Congresses, are (DR) for Democratic-Republican members and (F) for Federalist representatives. For the 18th Congress only, each party is further divided based upon the presidential candidates supported. The prefixes used are A- for Adams-Clay supporters, C- for the followers of Crawford and J- for the Jackson men.
John Quincy Adams was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States Secretary of State from 1817 to 1825. During his long diplomatic and political career, Adams also served as an ambassador, and represented Massachusetts as a United States Senator and as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was the eldest son of John Adams, who served as the second US president from 1797 to 1801. Initially a Federalist like his father, he won election to the presidency as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and in the mid-1830s became affiliated with the Whig Party.
Andrew Jackson was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress. As president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the "common man" against a "corrupt aristocracy" and to preserve the Union.
Rank | Representative | Party | District | Seniority date | Notes |
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Thirteen consecutive terms | |||||
1 | Thomas Newton, Jr. | A | VA-1 | March 4, 1801 | Previously served (DR) 1801-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. Dean of the House. Chairman: Commerce (1825–26). |
Twelve non-consecutive terms | |||||
2 | John Randolph | J | VA-5 | March 4, 1819 | Previously served (DR) 1799-1813, 1815–17, 1819–23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. Resigned, as Representative-elect, to become U.S. Senator: December 26, 1825. Last term while serving in the House until 20th Congress. [5] |
Nine non-consecutive terms | |||||
3 | Willis Alston | J | NC-2 | March 4, 1825 | Previously served (DR) 1799-1815 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. |
4 | Burwell Bassett | J | VA-8 | March 4, 1821 | Previously served (DR) 1805-13, 1815–19, 1821–23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. |
Eight consecutive terms | |||||
5 | William McCoy | J | VA-19 | March 4, 1811 | Previously served (DR) 1811-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. |
Seven consecutive terms | |||||
6 | John W. Taylor | A | NY-17 | March 4, 1813 | Previously served (DR) 1813-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Speaker of the House. |
Seven non-consecutive terms | |||||
7 | Lemuel Sawyer | J | NC-1 | March 4, 1825 | Previously served (DR) 1807-13 and 1817-23 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. |
8 | Peter Little | A | MD-5 | September 2, 1816 | Previously served (DR) 1811-13, September 2, 1816–23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Revolutionary Claims (1825–26). |
9 | Henry Clay | A | KY-3 | March 4, 1823 | Previously served (DR) 1811-January 19, 1814, 1815, October 30, 1815–21 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Resigned, as Representative-elect, to become U.S. Secretary of State: March 6, 1825. [6] |
Six consecutive terms | |||||
10 | Lewis Williams | A | NC-13 | March 4, 1815 | Previously served (DR) 1815-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. Chairman: Claims. |
11 | Weldon N. Edwards | J | NC-6 | February 7, 1816 | Previously served (DR) February 7, 1816–23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. Chairman: Public Expenditures. Last term while serving in the House. |
Six non-consecutive terms | |||||
12 | Joseph Kent | A | MD-2 | March 4, 1819 | Previously served (DR) 1811-15, 1819–23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: District of Columbia (1825–26). Resigned, to become Governor: January 6, 1826. |
13 | Lewis Condict | A | NJ-al | October 9, 1821 | Previously served (DR) 1811-17, October 9, 1821–23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. |
14 | John Forsyth | J | GA-al | March 4, 1823 | Previously served (DR) 1813-November 23, 1818 (resigned as Representative to 15th and Representative-elect to 16th Congress) and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Foreign Affairs. |
Five consecutive terms | |||||
15 | Samuel C. Allen | A | MA-7 | March 4, 1817 | Previously served (F) 1817-23 and (A-F) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Accounts. |
16 | John W. Campbell | A | OH-5 | Previously served (DR) 1817-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Private Land Claims (1825–26). Last term. | |
17 | John Floyd | J | VA-20 | Previously served (DR) 1817-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. | |
18 | Robert S. Garnett | J | VA-12 | Previously served (DR) 1817-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. Last term while serving in the House. | |
19 | Louis McLane | J | DE-al | Previously served (F) 1817-23 and (C-F) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Ways and Means. Last term while in the House (elected to 20th Congress but resigned). | |
20 | Charles F. Mercer | A | VA-14 | Previously served (F) 1817-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. | |
21 | David Trimble | A | KY-1 | Previously served (DR) 1817-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
22 | Starling Tucker | J | SC-9 | Previously served (DR) 1817-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
23 | Enoch Lincoln | A | ME-5 | November 4, 1818 | Previously served (DR-MA) November 4, 1818–21, 1821–23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Resigned while still serving in the House in 1826. |
Five non-consecutive terms | |||||
24 | Joseph Hemphill | J | PA-2 | March 4, 1819 | Previously served (F) 1801-03, 1819–23 and (J-F) 1823-25. Resigned: 1826. Last term while serving in the House until 21st Congress. |
25 | Edward Livingston | J | LA-1 | March 4, 1823 | Previously served (DR-NY) 1795-1801 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. |
26 | John Reed, Jr. | A | MA-13 | March 4, 1821 | Previously served (F) 1813-17, 1821–23 and (A-F) 1823-25 while in the House. |
27 | Alfred Cuthbert | J | GA-al | March 4, 1821 | Previously served (DR) December 13, 1813-November 9, 1816, 1821–23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
28 | Samuel D. Ingham | J | PA-8 | October 8, 1822 | Previously served (DR) 1813-July 6, 1818, October 8, 1822–23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Post Office and Post Roads. |
Four consecutive terms | |||||
29 | Mark Alexander | J | VA-4 | March 4, 1819 | Previously served (DR) 1819-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25) while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. Chairman: District of Columbia (1826–27). |
30 | Robert Allen | J | TN-5 | Previously served (DR) 1819-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1825. Chairman: Revolutionary Claims (1826–27). Last term while serving in the House. | |
31 | John Cocke | J | TN-2 | Previously served (DR) 1819-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1825. Chairman: Indian Affairs. Last term while serving in the House. | |
32 | Daniel P. Cook | A | IL-al | Previously served (DR) 1819-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25. Last term while serving in the House. | |
33 | Samuel Edwards | J | PA-4 | Previously served (F) 1819-23 and (J-F) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
34 | Samuel Lathrop | A | MA-8 | Previously served (F) 1819-23 and (A-F) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 4, 1825. Last term while serving in the House. | |
35 | Thomas Metcalfe | A | KY-2 | Previously served (DR) 1819-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
36 | Christopher Rankin | J | MS-al | Previously served (DR) 1819-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Public Lands (1825–26). Died while still serving in the House.: March 14, 1826. | |
37 | John Sloane | A | OH-12 | Previously served (DR) 1819-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Elections. | |
38 | Gideon Tomlinson | A | CT-al | Previously served (DR) 1819-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 4, 1825. Chairman: Commerce (1826–27). Last term while serving in the House. | |
39 | Silas Wood | A | NY-1 | Previously served (F) 1819-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
40 | William S. Archer | J | VA-3 | January 3, 1820 | Previously served (DR) January 3, 1820–23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. |
41 | Rollin C. Mallary | A | VT-2 | January 13, 1820 | Previously served (DR) January 13, 1820–23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Manufactures |
42 | Francis Johnson | A | KY-10 | November 13, 1820 | Previously served (DR) November 13, 1820–23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
43 | Aaron Hobart | A | MA-11 | November 24, 1820 | Previously served (DR) November 24, 1820–23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
Four non-consecutive terms | |||||
44 | Philemon Beecher | A | OH-9 | March 4, 1823 | Previously served (F) 1817-21 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. |
45 | Henry R. Storrs | A | NY-14 | Previously served (F) 1817-21 and (A-F) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Naval Affairs. | |
46 | Daniel Webster | A | MA-1 | Previously served (F-NH) 1813-17 and (A-F) 1823-25. Chairman: Judiciary. | |
47 | John Taliaferro | A | VA-13 | March 24, 1824 | Previously served (DR) 1801-03, December 2, 1811–13 and (C-DR) March 24, 1824-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. |
Three consecutive terms | |||||
48 | Noyes Barber | A | CT-al | March 4, 1821 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 4, 1825. |
49 | Francis Baylies | J | MA-12 | Previously served (F) 1821-23 and (J-F) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term. | |
50 | James Buchanan | J | PA-4 | Previously served (F) 1821-23 and (J-F) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
51 | Churchill C. Cambreleng | J | NY-3 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
52 | George Cassedy | J | NJ-al | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25. Last term while serving in the House. | |
53 | Henry W. Connor | J | NC-11 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. | |
54 | Henry W. Dwight | A | MA-9 | Previously served (F) 1821-23 and (A-F) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
55 | Patrick Farrelly | J | PA-18 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Died while still serving in the House.: January 12, 1826. | |
56 | Joseph Gist | J | SC-7 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
57 | Ebenezer Herrick | A | ME-3 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: September 12, 1825. Last term while serving in the House. | |
58 | George Holcombe | J | NJ-al | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
59 | John Long | A | NC-10 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. | |
60 | George McDuffie | J | SC-5 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
61 | James S. Mitchell | J | PA-10 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
62 | Gabriel Moore | J | AL-1 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 1, 1825. | |
63 | George Plumer | J | PA-17 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
64 | Joel R. Poinsett | J | SC-1 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Resigned, as Representative-elect: March 7, 1825. [7] | |
65 | Romulus M. Saunders | J | NC-9 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. Last term while serving in the House until 27th Congress. | |
66 | William Smith | J | VA-21 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. Last term while serving in the House. | |
67 | Andrew Stevenson | J | VA-9 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. | |
68 | Andrew Stewart | J | PA-14 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
69 | Samuel Swan | A | NJ-al | ||
70 | Edward F. Tattnall | J | GA-al | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
71 | Wiley Thompson | J | GA-al | ||
72 | Joseph Vance | A | OH-4 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Military Affairs (1826–27). | |
73 | Thomas Whipple, Jr. | A | NH-al | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
74 | John Wilson | J | SC-6 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
75 | John Scott | A | MO-al | August 10, 1821 | Previously served Delegate August 6, 1816-January 13, 1817 and August 4, 1817–21; Representative (DR) August 10, 1821–23 and (A-DR) 1823-25. Chairman: Public Lands (1826–27). Last term while serving in the House. |
76 | John Findlay | J | PA-11 | October 9, 1821 | Previously served (DR) October 9, 1821–23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
77 | Stephen Van Rensselaer | A | NY-10 | February 27, 1822 | Previously served (F) February 27, 1822–23 and (A-F) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Agriculture. |
78 | Jonathan Jennings | A | IN-2 | December 2, 1822 | Previously served Delegate November 27, 1809-December 11, 1816; Representative (DR) December 2, 1822–23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 |
79 | Andrew R. Govan | J | SC-4 | December 4, 1822 | Previously served (DR) December 4, 1822–23 and (J-DR) 1823-25. Last term. |
80 | John Carter | J | SC-8 | December 11, 1822 | Previously served (DR) December 11, 1822–23 and (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. |
81 | James Hamilton, Jr. | J | SC-2 | December 13, 1822 | Previously served (DR) December 13, 1822–23 and (J-DR) 1823-25. Chairman: Military Affairs (1825–26). |
82 | John C. Wright | A | OH-11 | March 4, 1823 | Previously served (DR) 17th Congress, but resigned before term started and (A-DR) 1823-25 |
Three non-consecutive terms | |||||
83 | William C. Bradley | A | VT-1 | March 4, 1823 | Previously served (DR) 1813-15 and (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
84 | James Strong | A | NY-8 | Previously served (F) 1819-21 and (A-F) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Territories. | |
85 | George Peter | J | MD-3 | March 4, 1825 | Previously served (F) October 7, 1816-19 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. |
Two consecutive terms | |||||
86 | Adam R. Alexander | J | TN-9 | March 4, 1823 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1825. Last term while serving in the House. |
87 | James Allison, Jr. | J | PA-16 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Resigned, as Representative-elect: August 26, 1825. [8] | |
88 | John S. Barbour | J | VA-15 | Previously served (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. | |
89 | Ichabod Bartlett | A | NH-al | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
90 | Mordecai Bartley | A | OH-14 | ||
91 | John Blair | J | TN-1 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1825. | |
92 | William L. Brent | A | LA-3 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
93 | Richard A. Buckner | A | KY-8 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Private Land Claims (1826–27). | |
94 | William Burleigh | A | ME-1 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Expenditures in the Treasury Department. | |
95 | George Cary | J | GA-al | Previously served (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
96 | Benjamin W. Crowninshield | A | MA-2 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
97 | Daniel Garrison | J | NJ-al | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
98 | Henry H. Gurley | A | LA-2 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
99 | Robert Harris | J | PA-6 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
100 | Moses Hayden | A | NY-27 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
101 | Robert P. Henry | J | KY-12 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Died: August 25, 1826 while serving in the House. | |
102 | Samuel Houston | J | TN-7 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1825. Last term while serving in the House. | |
103 | Jacob C. Isacks | J | TN-4 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1825. | |
104 | Joseph Johnson | J | VA-18 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. Chairman: Expenditures on Public Buildings. Last term until 22nd Congress. | |
105 | David Kidder | A | ME-7 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
106 | George Kremer | J | PA-9 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
107 | Robert P. Letcher | A | KY-4 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
108 | John Locke | A | MA-6 | ||
109 | Willie P. Mangum | J | NC-8 | Previously served (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. Resigned while still serving in the House.: March 18, 1826. | |
110 | Philip S. Markley | A | PA-5 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. | |
111 | Henry C. Martindale | A | NY-18 | Previously served (A-F) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
112 | Dudley Marvin | A | NY-26 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
113 | Samuel McKean | J | PA-9 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 | |
114 | John McKee | J | AL-2 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 1, 1825. | |
115 | William McLean | A | OH-3 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
116 | Daniel H. Miller | J | PA-3 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
117 | George E. Mitchell | J | MD-6 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House until 21st Congress. | |
118 | Thomas P. Moore | J | KY-7 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25. Chairman: Revisal and Unfinished Business. | |
119 | Jeremiah O'Brien | A | ME-6 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Expenditures in the Navy Department. | |
120 | George W. Owen | J | AL-3 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 1, 1825. | |
121 | William C. Rives | J | VA-10 | Previously served (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 1825. | |
122 | Robert S. Rose | A | NY-26 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25. Last term until 21st Congress. | |
123 | Egbert E. Ten Eyck | J | NY-20 | Previously served (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Unseated, after an election contest: December 15, 1825. [9] | |
124 | John Test | A | IN-3 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House until 21st Congress. | |
125 | Samuel F. Vinton | A | OH-7 | Previously served (A-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
126 | Elisha Whittlesey | A | OH-13 | ||
127 | Charles A. Wickliffe | J | KY-9 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
128 | Henry Wilson | J | PA-7 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Died while still serving in the House: August 14, 1826. | |
129 | James Wilson | A | PA-11 | Previously served (J-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. | |
130 | William Wilson | A | OH-8 | Previously served (C-DR) 1823-25 while in the House. Chairman: Expenditures in the Post Office Department. | |
131 | Parmenio Adams | A | NY-29 | January 7, 1824 | Previously served (A-DR) January 7, 1824-25. Last term. |
132 | Alexander Thomson | J | PA-13 | December 6, 1824 | Previously served (J-DR) December 6, 1824-25 while in the House. Resigned while still serving in the House: May 1, 1826. |
133 | George Wolf | J | PA-8 | December 9, 1824 | Previously served (J-DR) December 9, 1824–25 while in the House. |
134 | John Bailey | A | MA-10 | December 13, 1824 | Previously served (A-DR) December 13, 1824-25 while in the House. Chairman: Expenditures in the State Department. |
Two non-consecutive terms | |||||
135 | John Mattocks | A | VT-5 | March 4, 1825 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 while in the House. Chairman:Expenditures in the War Department. Last term while serving in the House until 27th Congress. |
136 | Archibald McNeill | J | NC-7 | Previously served (F) 1821-23 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. Last term while serving in the House. | |
137 | Ezra Meech | J | VT-4 | Previously served (DR) 1819-21 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House | |
138 | Thomas R. Mitchell | J | SC-3 | Previously served (DR) 1821-23 while in the House. | |
139 | Elisha Phelps | A | CT-al | Previously served (DR) 1819-21 while in the House. Elected to this Congress: April 4, 1825. | |
140 | Joshua Sands | A | NY-2 | Previously served (F) 1803-05. Last term while serving in the House. | |
One term | |||||
141 | William Addams | J | PA-7 | March 4, 1825 | |
142 | John Anderson | J | ME-2 | ||
143 | William G. Angel | J | NY-13 | Only term while serving in the House until 21st Congress. | |
144 | William Armstrong | A | VA-16 | Elected to this Congress: April 1825 | |
145 | Henry Ashley | J | NY-11 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
146 | Luther Badger | A | NY-23 | ||
147 | John Baldwin | A | CT-al | Elected to this Congress: April 4, 1825 | |
148 | John Barney | A | MD-5 | ||
149 | Ratliff Boon | J | IN-1 | Only term while serving in the House until 21st Congress | |
150 | John H. Bryan | J | NC-4 | Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825 | |
151 | Tristam Burges | A | RI-al | Elected to this Congress: August 30, 1825. Chairman: Military Pensions. | |
152 | Samuel P. Carson | J | NC-12 | Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825 | |
153 | Nathaniel H. Claiborne | J | VA-7 | Elected to this Congress: April 1825 | |
154 | Thomas Davenport | J | VA-6 | ||
155 | John Davis | A | MA-5 | Elected to this Congress: August 1, 1825 | |
156 | William Dietz | J | NY-12 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
157 | Clement Dorsey | A | MD-1 | ||
158 | Nehemiah Eastman | A | NH-al | Only term while serving in the House | |
159 | Benjamin Estil | A | VA-22 | Elected to this Congress: April 1825. Only term while serving in the House. | |
160 | Edward Everett | A | MA-4 | ||
161 | James Findlay | J | OH-1 | ||
162 | Nicoll Fosdick | A | NY-20 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
163 | Daniel G. Garnsey | J | NY-30 | ||
164 | John Hallock, Jr. | J | NY-6 | ||
165 | Jonathan Harvey | J | NH-al | ||
166 | Abraham B. Hasbrouck | A | NY-7 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
167 | Charles E. Haynes | J | GA-al | ||
168 | Joseph Healy | A | NH-al | Elected to this Congress: March 8, 1825 | |
169 | Richard Hines | J | NC-3 | Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825. Only term while serving in the House. | |
170 | Michael Hoffman | J | NY-15 | ||
171 | Gabriel Holmes | J | NC-5 | Elected to this Congress: August 11, 1825 | |
172 | Charles Humphrey | A | NY-25 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
173 | Ralph I. Ingersoll | A | CT-al | Elected to this Congress: April 4, 1825 | |
174 | David Jennings | A | OH-10 | Resigned while still serving in the House: May 25, 1826 | |
175 | James Johnson | J | KY-5 | Died while still serving in the House: August 13, 1826 | |
176 | Jeromus Johnson | J | NY-3 | ||
177 | Charles Kellogg | J | NY-24 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
178 | John L. Kerr | A | MD-7 | ||
179 | Joseph Lawrence | A | PA-15 | ||
180 | Joseph Lecompte | J | KY-6 | ||
181 | John H. Marable | J | TN-8 | Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1825 | |
182 | Henry Markell | A | NY-16 | ||
183 | Robert N. Martin | A | MD-8 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
184 | William McManus | A | NY-9 | ||
185 | James Meriwether | J | GA-al | ||
186 | Orange Merwin | A | CT-al | Elected to this Congress: April 4, 1825 | |
187 | James Miller | DR | NH-al | Resigned, as Representative-elect: January 3, 1825 [10] | |
188 | John Miller | A | NY-22 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
189 | Charles Miner | A | PA-4 | ||
190 | James C. Mitchell | J | TN-3 | Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1825 | |
191 | John Mitchell | J | PA-12 | ||
192 | Dutee J. Pearce | A | RI-al | Elected to this Congress: November 25, 1825 | |
193 | James K. Polk | J | TN-6 | Elected to this Congress: August 4–5, 1825 | |
194 | Timothy H. Porter | A | NY-28 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
195 | Alfred H. Powell | A | VA-17 | Elected to this Congress: April 1825. Only term while serving in the House. | |
196 | Henry H. Ross | A | NY-19 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
197 | Peleg Sprague | A | ME-4 | Elected to this Congress: April 4, 1825 | |
198 | James S. Stevenson | J | PA-16 | ||
199 | Robert Taylor | A | VA-11 | Elected to this Congress: April 1825. Only term while serving in the House. | |
200 | John Thomson | J | OH-6 | Only term while serving in the House. until 21st Congress | |
201 | James Trezvant | J | VA-2 | Elected to this Congress: April 1825 | |
202 | Ebenezer Tucker | A | NJ-al | ||
203 | Espy Van Horne | J | PA-9 | ||
204 | John Varnum | A | MA-3 | ||
205 | Gulian C. Verplanck | J | NY-3 | ||
206 | George E. Wales | A | VT-3 | ||
207 | Aaron Ward | A | NY-4 | ||
208 | Bartow White | A | NY-5 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
209 | Elias Whitmore | A | NY-21 | ||
210 | John Woods | A | OH-2 | ||
211 | Thomas C. Worthington | A | MD-4 | Only term while serving in the House. | |
212 | John Wurts | J | PA-1 | ||
213 | William S. Young | A | KY-11 | ||
Members joining the House, after the start of the Congress [11] | |||||
... | Titus Brown | A | NH-al | March 8, 1825 | Special election |
... | William Drayton | J | SC-1 | May 17, 1825 | Special election: May 16–17, 1825 |
... | James Clark | A | KY-3 | August 1, 1825 | Previously served (DR) 1813-16 while in the House. Special election. |
... | Robert Orr, Jr. | J | PA-16 | October 11, 1825 | Special election |
... | Daniel Hugunin, Jr. | A | NY-20 | December 15, 1825 | Seated, after election contest. Only term while serving in the House. |
... | George W. Crump | J | VA-5 | January 21, 1826 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House. |
... | John C. Weems | J | MD-2 | February 1, 1826 | Special election |
... | Thomas H. Sill | A | PA-18 | March 14, 1826 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House until 21st Congress |
... | William Haile | J | MS-al | July 10, 1826 | Special election: July 11–12, 1826 |
... | James W. Ripley | J | ME-5 | September 11, 1826 | Special election: September 11, 1826; 2nd Trial: November 27, 1826 |
... | Thomas Kittera | A | PA-2 | October 10, 1826 | Special election. Only term while serving in the House. |
... | Daniel L. Barringer | J | NC-8 | December 4, 1826 | Special election: November 3, 1826 |
... | Chauncey Forward | J | PA-13 | Special election: October 10, 1826 | |
... | Jacob Krebs | J | PA-7 | Special election: October 10, 1826. Only term while serving in the House. | |
... | Thomas Shannon | A | OH-10 | ||
... | Robert L. McHatton | J | KY-5 | December 7, 1826 | Special election: November 6, 1826 |
... | John F. Henry | A | KY-12 | December 11, 1826 | Special election: November 20, 1826. Only term while serving in the House. |
Non voting members | |||||
a | Henry W. Conway | - | AR-al | March 4, 1823 | Delegate from Arkansas Territory |
b | Joseph M. White | - | FL-al | March 4, 1825 | Delegate from Florida Territory |
c | Austin E. Wing | - | MI-al | Delegate from Michigan Territory | |
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates from territories and the District of Columbia and Resident Commissioners from the Philippines and Puerto Rico.