19th United States Congress

19th United States Congress
18th ← → 20th
United States Capitol (1827)
March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827
Members	48 senators 213 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Jackson Men
Senate President	John C. Calhoun (DR)
House majority	Anti-Jackson
House Speaker	John W. Taylor (DR)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1825 – March 9, 1825 1st: December 5, 1825 – May 22, 1826 2nd: December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1827

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.

Major events

Main articles: 1825 in the United States, 1826 in the United States, and 1827 in the United States

• March 4, 1825: John Quincy Adams inaugurated as President of the United States
• October 26, 1825: The Erie Canal opened, providing passage from Albany, New York to Buffalo and Lake Erie.
• July 4, 1826: Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the 50th Anniversary of America's Independence

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1789-1901 § 19th United States Congress

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Treaties signed

• November 7, 1825: Treaty of St. Louis: 1,400 Missouri Shawnees were forcibly relocated from Missouri to Kansas
• January 24, 1826: Treaty of Washington between the United States government and the Creek National Council, in which they ceded much of their land in Georgia

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

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Anti- Jacksonian (A)	Jacksonian (J)	Other
End of previous congress	16	12	20	48	0
Begin	20	25	0	45	3
End	23			48	0
Final voting share	47.9%	52.1%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	20	27	1	48	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Anti- Jacksonian (A)	Jacksonian (J)	Other
End of previous congress	87	71	55	213	0
Begin	108	105	0	213	0
End	110	103
Final voting share	51.6%	48.4%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	102	110	0	212	1

Leadership

President of the Senate
John C. Calhoun

Senate

• President: John C. Calhoun (J)
• President pro tempore: John Gaillard (J), until December 4, 1825
  • Nathaniel Macon (J), from May 20, 1826

House of Representatives

• Speaker: John W. Taylor (A)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1826; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1828; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1830.

Alabama

• 2. William R. D. King (J)
• 3. Henry H. Chambers (J), until January 24, 1826
  • Israel Pickens (J), February 17, 1826 – November 27, 1826
  • John McKinley (J), from November 27, 1826

Connecticut

• 1. Henry W. Edwards (J)
• 3. Calvin Willey (A), from May 4, 1825

Delaware

• 2. Nicholas Van Dyke (A), until May 21, 1826
  • Daniel Rodney (A), November 8, 1826 – January 12, 1827
  • Henry M. Ridgely (J), from January 23, 1827
• 1. Thomas Clayton (A)

Georgia

• 2. Thomas W. Cobb (J)
• 3. John Macpherson Berrien (J)

Illinois

• 2. Jesse B. Thomas (A)
• 3. Elias K. Kane (J)

Indiana

• 1. James Noble (A)
• 3. William Hendricks (A)

Kentucky

• 2. Richard M. Johnson (J)
• 3. John Rowan (J)

Louisiana

• 3. Josiah S. Johnston (A)
• 2. Dominique J. Bouligny (A)

Maine

• 2. John Chandler (J)
• 1. John Holmes (A)

Maryland

• 3. Edward Lloyd (J), until January 14, 1826
  • Ezekiel F. Chambers (A), from January 24, 1826
• 1. Samuel Smith (J)

Massachusetts

• 1. Elijah H. Mills (A)
• 2. James Lloyd (A), died May 23, 1826
  • Nathaniel Silsbee (A), from May 31, 1826

Mississippi

• 2. Thomas H. Williams (J)
• 1. David Holmes (J), until September 25, 1825
  • Powhatan Ellis (J), September 28, 1825 – January 28, 1826
  • Thomas B. Reed (J), from January 28, 1826

Missouri

• 3. David Barton (A)
• 1. Thomas H. Benton (J)

New Hampshire

• 2. Samuel Bell (A)
• 3. Levi Woodbury (J), from March 16, 1825

New Jersey

• 2. Mahlon Dickerson (J)
• 1. Joseph McIlvaine (A), until August 19, 1826
  • Ephraim Bateman (A), from November 10, 1826

New York

• 1. Martin Van Buren (J)
• 3. Nathan Sanford (A), from January 14, 1826

North Carolina

• 3. Nathaniel Macon (J)
• 2. John Branch (J)

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Ruggles (A)
• 3. William Henry Harrison (A)

Pennsylvania

• 1. William Findlay (J)
• 3. William Marks (A)

Rhode Island

• 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (A)
• 1. James De Wolf (A), until October 31, 1825
  • Asher Robbins (A), from October 31, 1825

South Carolina

• 3. John Gaillard (J), until February 26, 1826
  • William Harper (J), March 8, 1826 – November 29, 1826
  • William Smith (J), from November 29, 1826
• 2. Robert Y. Hayne (J)

Tennessee

• 1. John H. Eaton (J)
• 2. Andrew Jackson (J), until October 14, 1825
  • Hugh Lawson White (J), from October 28, 1825

Vermont

• 1. Horatio Seymour (A)
• 3. Dudley Chase (A)

Virginia

• 2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J)
• 1. James Barbour (J), until March 7, 1825
  • John Randolph (J), from December 26, 1825

House of Representatives

Alabama

(3 Jacksonians)

• 1. Gabriel Moore (J)
• 2. John McKee (J)
• 3. George W. Owen (J)

Connecticut

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(6 Adams)

• At-large. John Baldwin (A)
• At-large. Noyes Barber (A)
• At-large. Ralph I. Ingersoll (A)
• At-large. Orange Merwin (A)
• At-large. Elisha Phelps (A)
• At-large. Gideon Tomlinson (A)

Delaware

(1 Jacksonian)

• At-large. Louis McLane (J)

Georgia

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(7 Jacksonians)

• At-large. George Cary (J)
• At-large. Alfred Cuthbert (J)
• At-large. John Forsyth (J)
• At-large. Charles E. Haynes (J)
• At-large. James Meriwether (J)
• At-large. Edward F. Tattnall (J)
• At-large. Wiley Thompson (J)

Illinois

(1 Adams)

• At-large. Daniel P. Cook (A)

Indiana

(2-1 Adams)

• 1. Ratliff Boon (J)
• 2. Jonathan Jennings (A)
• 3. John Test (A)

Kentucky

(5-5 split)

• 1. David Trimble (A)
• 2. Thomas Metcalfe (A)
• 3. Henry Clay (A), until March 6, 1825
  • James Clark (A), from August 1, 1825
• 4. Robert P. Letcher (A)
• 5. James Johnson (J), until August 13, 1826
  • Robert L. McHatton (J), installed December 7, 1826
• 6. Joseph Lecompte (J)
• 7. Thomas P. Moore (J)
• 8. Richard A. Buckner (A)
• 9. Charles A. Wickliffe (J)
• 10. Francis Johnson (A)
• 11. William S. Young (A)
• 12. Robert P. Henry (J), until August 25, 1826
  • John F. Henry (A), from December 11, 1826

Louisiana

(2-1 Adams)

• 1. Edward Livingston (J)
• 2. Henry H. Gurley (A)
• 3. William L. Brent (A)

Maine

(7 Adams)

• 1. William Burleigh (A)
• 2. John Anderson (J)
• 3. Ebenezer Herrick (A)
• 4. Peleg Sprague (A)
• 5. Enoch Lincoln (A), until 1826 (before September 11, 1826 -- [data missing])
  • James W. Ripley (J), from September 11, 1826
• 6. Jeremiah O'Brien (A)
• 7. David Kidder (A)

Maryland

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
(7-2 Adams)

• 1. Clement Dorsey (A)
• 2. Joseph Kent (A), until January 6, 1826
  • John C. Weems (J), from February 1, 1826
• 3. George Peter (J)
• 4. Thomas C. Worthington (A)
• 5. John Barney (A)
• 5. Peter Little (A)
• 6. George E. Mitchell (J)
• 7. John L. Kerr (A)
• 8. Robert N. Martin (A)

Massachusetts

(12-1 Adams)

• 1. Daniel Webster (A)
• 2. Benjamin W. Crowninshield (A)
• 3. John Varnum (A)
• 4. Edward Everett (A)
• 5. John Davis (A)
• 6. John Locke (A)
• 7. Samuel C. Allen (A)
• 8. Samuel Lathrop (A)
• 9. Henry W. Dwight (A)
• 10. John Bailey (A)
• 11. Aaron Hobart (A)
• 12. Francis Baylies (J)
• 13. John Reed, Jr. (A)

Mississippi

(1 Jacksonian)

• At-large. Christopher Rankin (J), until March 14, 1826
  • William Haile (J), from July 10, 1826

Missouri

(1 Adams)

• At-large. John Scott (A)

New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(5-1 Adams)

• At-large. Ichabod Bartlett (A)
• At-large. Titus Brown (A)
• At-large. Nehemiah Eastman (A)
• At-large. Jonathan Harvey (J)
• At-large. Joseph Healy (A)
• At-large. Thomas Whipple, Jr. (A)

New Jersey

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(3-3 split)

• At-large. George Cassedy (J)
• At-large. Lewis Condict (A)
• At-large. Daniel Garrison (J)
• At-large. George Holcombe (J)
• At-large. Samuel Swan (A)
• At-large. Ebenezer Tucker (A)

New York

There were three plural districts, the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, the 3rd had three representatives.
(24-10 Jacksonian)

• 1. Silas Wood (A)
• 2. Joshua Sands (A)
• 3. Churchill C. Cambreleng (J)
• 3. Jeromus Johnson (J)
• 3. Gulian C. Verplanck (J)
• 4. Aaron Ward (A)
• 5. Bartow White (A)
• 6. John Hallock, Jr. (J)
• 7. Abraham B. Hasbrouck (A)
• 8. James Strong (A)
• 9. William McManus (A)
• 10. Stephen Van Rensselaer (A)
• 11. Henry Ashley (J)
• 12. William Dietz (J)
• 13. William G. Angel (J)
• 14. Henry R. Storrs (A)
• 15. Michael Hoffman (J)
• 16. Henry Markell (A)
• 17. John W. Taylor (A)
• 18. Henry C. Martindale (A)
• 19. Henry H. Ross (A)
• 20. Nicoll Fosdick (A)
• 20. Egbert Ten Eyck (J), until December 15, 1825
  • Daniel Hugunin, Jr. (A), from December 15, 1825
• 21. Elias Whitmore (A)
• 22. John Miller (A)
• 23. Luther Badger (A)
• 24. Charles Kellogg (A)
• 25. Charles Humphrey (A)
• 26. Dudley Marvin (A)
• 26. Robert S. Rose (A)
• 27. Moses Hayden (A)
• 28. Timothy H. Porter (A)
• 29. Parmenio Adams (A)
• 30. Daniel G. Garnsey (J)

North Carolina

(11-2 Jacksonian)

• 1. Lemuel Sawyer (J)
• 2. Willis Alston (J)
• 3. Richard Hines (J)
• 4. John H. Bryan (J)
• 5. Gabriel Holmes (J)
• 6. Weldon N. Edwards (J)
• 7. Archibald McNeill (J)
• 8. Willie P. Mangum (J), until March 18, 1826
  • Daniel L. Barringer (J), from December 4, 1826
• 9. Romulus M. Saunders (J)
• 10. John Long (A)
• 11. Henry W. Connor (J)
• 12. Samuel P. Carson (J)
• 13. Lewis Williams (A)

Ohio

(12-2 Adams)

• 1. James Findlay (J)
• 2. John Woods (A)
• 3. William McLean (A)
• 4. Joseph Vance (A)
• 5. John W. Campbell (A)
• 6. John Thomson (J)
• 7. Samuel F. Vinton (A)
• 8. William Wilson (A)
• 9. Philemon Beecher (A)
• 10. David Jennings (A), until May 25, 1826
  • Thomas Shannon (A), from December 4, 1826
• 11. John C. Wright (A)
• 12. John Sloane (A)
• 13. Elisha Whittlesey (A)
• 14. Mordecai Bartley (A)

Pennsylvania

There were six plural districts, the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.
(12-4 Jacksonian)

• 1. John Wurts (J)
• 2. Joseph Hemphill (J), until 1826 (before October 10, 1826 — [data missing])
  • Thomas Kittera (A), from October 10, 1826
• 3. Daniel H. Miller (J)
• 4. James Buchanan (J)
• 4. Samuel Edwards (J)
• 4. Charles Miner (A)
• 5. Philip S. Markley (A)
• 6. Robert Harris (J)
• 7. William Addams (J)
• 7. Henry Wilson (J), until August 14, 1826
  • Jacob Krebs (J), from December 4, 1826
• 8. Samuel D. Ingham (J)
• 8. George Wolf (J)
• 9. George Kremer (J)
• 9. Samuel McKean (J)
• 9. Espy Van Horne (J)
• 10. James S. Mitchell (J)
• 11. John Findlay (J)
• 11. James Wilson (A)
• 12. John Mitchell (J)
• 13. Alexander Thomson (J), until May 1, 1826
  • Chauncey Forward (J), from December 4, 1826
• 14. Andrew Stewart (J)
• 15. Joseph Lawrence (A)
• 16. James Allison, Jr. (J), until 1825 (before the assembling of Congress)— [data missing])
  • Robert Orr, Jr. (J), from October 11, 1825
• 16. James S. Stevenson (J)
• 17. George Plumer (J)
• 18. Patrick Farrelly (J), until January 12, 1826
  • Thomas H. Sill (A), from March 14, 1826

Rhode Island

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(2 Adams)

• At-large. Tristam Burges (A)
• At-large. Dutee J. Pearce (A)

South Carolina

(9 Jacksonians)

• 1. Joel R. Poinsett (J), until March 7, 1825
  • William Drayton (J), from May 17, 1825
• 2. James Hamilton, Jr. (J)
• 3. Thomas R. Mitchell (J)
• 4. Andrew R. Govan (J)
• 5. George McDuffie (J)
• 6. John Wilson (J)
• 7. Joseph Gist (J)
• 8. John Carter (J)
• 9. Starling Tucker (J)

Tennessee

(9 Jacksonians)

• 1. John Blair (J)
• 2. John Cocke (J)
• 3. James C. Mitchell (J)
• 4. Jacob C. Isacks (J)
• 5. Robert Allen (J)
• 6. James K. Polk (J)
• 7. Samuel Houston (J)
• 8. John H. Marable (J)
• 9. Adam R. Alexander (J)

Vermont

(4-1 Adams)

• 1. William C. Bradley (A)
• 2. Rollin C. Mallary (A)
• 3. George E. Wales (A)
• 4. Ezra Meech (J)
• 5. John Mattocks (A)

Virginia

(15-7 Jacksonian)

• 1. Thomas Newton, Jr. (A)
• 2. James Trezvant (J)
• 3. William S. Archer (J)
• 4. Mark Alexander (J)
• 5. John Randolph (J), until December 26, 1825
  • George W. Crump (J), from January 21, 1826
• 6. Thomas Davenport (J)
• 7. Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J)
• 8. Burwell Bassett (J)
• 9. Andrew Stevenson (J)
• 10. William C. Rives (J)
• 11. Robert Taylor (A)
• 12. Robert S. Garnett (J)
• 13. John Taliaferro (A)
• 14. Charles F. Mercer (A)
• 15. John S. Barbour (J)
• 16. William Armstrong (A)
• 17. Alfred H. Powell (A)
• 18. Joseph Johnson (J)
• 19. William McCoy (J)
• 20. John Floyd (J)
• 21. William Smith (J)
• 22. Benjamin Estil (A)

Non-voting members

(No representation)

• Arkansas Territory. Henry W. Conway
• Florida Territory. Joseph M. White
• Michigan Territory. Austin E. Wing

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• replacements: 7
  • Adams (A): 3-seat net gain
  • Jacksonian (J): no net change
• deaths: 4
• resignations: 6
• interim appointments: 4
• Total seats with changes: 13

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

|- | New Hampshire
(3) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Levi Woodbury (J) | Installed March 16, 1825 |- | Connecticut
(3) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Calvin Willey (A) | Installed May 4, 1825 |- | New York
(3) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Nathan Sanford (A) | Installed January 14, 1826 after resigning as Chancellor of New York |- | Virginia
(1) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | James Barbour (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 7, 1825 after being appointed US Secretary of War | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | John Randolph (J) | Appointed December 26, 1825 |- | Mississippi
(1) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | David Holmes (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 25, 1825 after being elected Governor of Mississippi | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Powhatan Ellis (J) | Appointed September 28, 1825 |- | Tennessee
(2) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Andrew Jackson (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 14, 1825 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Hugh Lawson White (J) | Installed October 28, 1825 |- | Rhode Island
(1) | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | James De Wolf (A) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 31, 1825 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Asher Robbins (A) | Appointed October 31, 1825 |- | Maryland
(3) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Edward Lloyd (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 14, 1826 after being elected to the Maryland State Senate | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Ezekiel F. Chambers (A) | Elected January 24, 1826 |- | Alabama
(3) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Henry H. Chambers (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 24, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Israel Pickens (J) | Appointed February 17, 1826 |- | Mississippi
(1) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Powhatan Ellis (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected January 28, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Thomas B. Reed (J) | Installed January 28, 1826 |- | South Carolina
(3) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | John Gaillard (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 26, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | William Harper (J) | Appointed March 8, 1826 |- | Delaware
(2) | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Nicholas Van Dyke (A) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 21, 1826 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Daniel Rodney (A) | Appointed November 8, 1826 |- | Massachusetts
(2) | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | James Lloyd (A) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 23, 1826 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Nathaniel Silsbee (A) | Installed May 31, 1826 |- | New Jersey
(1) | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Joseph McIlvaine (A) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 19, 1826 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Ephraim Bateman(A) | Installed November 10, 1826 |- | Alabama
(3) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Israel Pickens (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 27, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | John McKinley (J) | Installed November 27, 1826 |- | South Carolina
(3) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | William Harper (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 29, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | William Smith (J) | Installed November 29, 1826 |- | Delaware
(2) | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Daniel Rodney (A) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 12, 1827 after successor was elected | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Henry M. Ridgely (A) | Installed January 23, 1827 |}

House of Representatives

• replacements: 11
  • Anti-Jackson: 1 seat net gain
  • Jackson Men: 1 seat net loss
• deaths: 5
• resignations: 10
• contested election: 1
• Total seats with changes: 16

Main article: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

|- | Pennsylvania
16th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | James Allison, Jr. (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in 1825 before the assembling of Congress | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Robert Orr, Jr. (J) | Seated October 11, 1825 |- | Kentucky
3rd | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Henry Clay (A) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 6, 1825 after being appointed US Secretary of State | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | James Clark (A) | Seated August 1, 1825 |- | South Carolina
1st | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Joel R. Poinsett (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 7, 1825 after being appointed Minister to Mexico | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | William Drayton (J) | Seated May 17, 1825 |- | New York
20th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Egbert Ten Eyck (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election December 15, 1825 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Daniel Hugunin, Jr. (A) | Seated December 15, 1825 |- | Virginia
5th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | John Randolph (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 26, 1825 after being appointed to the US Senate | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | George W. Crump (J) | Seated January 21, 1826 |- | Maryland
2nd | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Joseph Kent (A) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 6, 1826 after being elected Governor of Maryland | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | John C. Weems (J) | Seated February 1, 1826 |- | Pennsylvania
18th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Patrick Farrelly (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 12, 1826 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Thomas H. Sill (A) | Seated March 14, 1826 |- | Mississippi
At-large | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Christopher Rankin (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 14, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | William Haile (J) | Seated July 10, 1826 |- | North Carolina
8th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Willie P. Mangum (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 18, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Daniel L. Barringer (J) | Seated December 4, 1826 |- | Pennsylvania
13th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Alexander Thomson (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Chauncey Forward (J) | Seated December 4, 1826 |- | Ohio
10th | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | David Jennings (A) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 25, 1826 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Thomas Shannon (A) | Seated December 4, 1826 |- | Kentucky
5th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | James Johnson (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 13, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Robert L. McHatton (J) | Seated December 7, 1826 |- | Pennsylvania
7th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Henry Wilson (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 14, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Jacob Krebs (J) | Seated December 4, 1826 |- | Kentucky
12th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Robert P. Henry (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 25, 1826 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | John F. Henry (A) | Seated December 11, 1826 |- | Maine
5th | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Enoch Lincoln (A) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned before September 11, 1826 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | James W. Ripley (J) | Seated September 11, 1826 |- | Pennsylvania
2nd | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Joseph Hemphill (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned before October 10, 1826 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Thomas Kittera (A) | Seated October 10, 1826 |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

House of Representatives

• Whole

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Charles Bulfinch
• Librarian of Congress: George Watterston

Senate

• Chaplain: William Staughton (Baptist), elected December 12, 1825
  • William Ryland (Methodist), elected December 8, 1826
• Secretary of the Senate: Charles Cutts, until December 12, 1825
  • Walter Lowrie, elected December 12, 1825
• Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Reuben Post (Presbyterian)
• Clerk: Matthew St. Clair Clarke
• Doorkeeper: Benjamin Birch
• Sergeant at Arms: John O. Dunn

See also

• United States elections, 1824 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1824
  • United States Senate elections, 1824 and 1825
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1825
• United States elections, 1826 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1826 and 1827
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1826

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists