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11th United States Congress
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United States Capitol (1800)
March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811
Members34 senators
142 representatives
3 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic-Republican
Senate PresidentGeorge Clinton
House majorityDemocratic-Republican
House SpeakerJoseph Bradley Varnum
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1809 – March 7, 1809
1st: May 22, 1809 – June 28, 1809
2nd: November 27, 1809 – May 1, 1810
3rd: December 3, 1810 – March 3, 1811

The Eleventh 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, 1809 to March 4, 1811, during the first two years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.

Major events

Main articles: 1809 in the United States, 1810 in the United States, and 1811 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 11th United States Congress

Proposed Constitutional amendments

See also: List of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution
  • May 1, 1810: Titles of Nobility Amendment: Proposed to strip United States citizenship from any citizen who accepted a title of nobility from a foreign country. Although approved by this Congress, it was never ratified by the states.[1]

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
Democratic-
Republican
(DR) 		Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 28 6 34 0
Begin 26 7 33 1
End 8 340
Final voting share 76.5% 23.5%
Beginning of next congress 28 6 34 0

House of Representatives

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic-
Republican
(DR) 		Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 115 27 142 0
Begin 94 48 142 0
End 47 1411
Final voting share 66.7% 33.3%
Beginning of next congress 106 36 142 0

Leadership

President of the Senate George Clinton (as painted in 1814)

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

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

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 1808 and United States Senate elections, 1808

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 began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1814; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1810; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1812.

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Joseph Bradley Varnum

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their districts.

Changes in membership

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

Senate

There were 8 resignations, 2 deaths, 1 interim appointment, and 1 vacancy from before this Congress.


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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | Ohio
(3) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Edward Tiffin (DR) resigned at the end of the previous Congress.
Successor was appointed to continue the term. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Stanley Griswold (DR) | Seated May 18, 1809 |- | New Jersey
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Aaron Kitchell (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 12, 1809.
Successor was appointed to continue the term and subsequently elected to finish the term. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Condit (DR) | Seated March 21, 1809 |- | Tennessee
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Daniel Smith (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 31, 1809.
Successor was elected to finish the term. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Jenkin Whiteside (DR) | Seated April 11, 1809 |- | Rhode Island
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Francis Malbone (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 4, 1809.
Successor was elected to finish the term. | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Christopher G. Champlin (F) | Seated June 26, 1809 |- | Delaware
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel White (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 4, 1809.
Successor was appointed to continue the term and subsequently elected to finish the term. | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Outerbridge Horsey (F) | Seated January 12, 1810 |- | Georgia
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Milledge (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 14, 1809.
Successor was elected to finish the term. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Charles Tait (DR) | Seated November 27, 1809 |- | Ohio
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Stanley Griswold (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Appointee was not elected to finish the term.
Successor elected December 11, 1809. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Alexander Campbell (DR) | Seated December 11, 1809 |- | Kentucky
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Buckner Thruston (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Appointed judge of the US District Court of the District of Columbia December 18, 1809 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Henry Clay (DR) | Seated November 4, 1810 |- | New Hampshire
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Nahum Parker (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 1, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Charles Cutts (DR) | Seated June 21, 1810 |- | Connecticut
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | James Hillhouse (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 10, 1810 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel W. Dana (F) | Seated December 4, 1810 |- | Ohio
(1) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Return J. Meigs, Jr. (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned on or before December 10, 1810, to become Governor of Ohio | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Worthington (DR) | Seated December 15, 1810 |- | South Carolina
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Sumter (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 16, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Taylor (DR) | Seated December 31, 1810 Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

House of Representatives

Of the voting members, there were 12 resignations, 1 death, and 1 change due to a contested election.


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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | Indiana Territory | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | failure to elect | Jonathan Jennings | Seated November 27, 1809 |- | Pennsylvania
1st | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Benjamin Say (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June, 1809 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Adam Seybert (DR) | Seated October 10, 1809 |- | Massachusetts
7th | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | William Baylies (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election June 28, 1809 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Charles Turner, Jr. (DR) | June 28, 1809 |- | Virginia
21st | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Wilson C. Nicholas (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 27, 1809 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | David S. Garland (DR) | Seated January 17, 1810 |- | Maryland
7th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Brown (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Robert Wright (DR) | Seated November 29, 1810 |- | Massachusetts
10th | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Jabez Upham (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1810 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Joseph Allen (F) | October 8, 1810 |- | New York
2nd | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William Denning (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Samuel L. Mitchill (DR) | December 4, 1810 |- | Kentucky
5th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Benjamin Howard (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 10, 1810, after becoming Governor of Louisiana Territory | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William T. Barry (DR) | Seated August 8, 1810 |- | Connecticut
At-large | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel W. Dana (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 10, 1810, after being elected to US Senate | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Ebenezer Huntington (F) | October 11, 1810 |- | Maryland
4th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Roger Nelson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 14, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Samuel Ringgold (DR) | Seated October 15, 1810 |- | Massachusetts
11th | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | William Stedman (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 16, 1810 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Abijah Bigelow (F) | October 8, 1810 |- | New Jersey
At-large | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James Cox (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 12, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John A. Scudder (DR) | Seated October 31, 1810 |- | Virginia
1st | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John G. Jackson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 28, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William McKinley (DR) | Seated December 21, 1810 |- | South Carolina
1st | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Robert Marion (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 4, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Langdon Cheves (DR) | Seated December 31, 1810 |- | South Carolina
4th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Taylor (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1810, after becoming US Senator | Vacant | Not filled for remainder of term |}

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

References

  1. ^ James J. Kilpatrick, ed. (1961). The Constitution of the United States and Amendments Thereto. Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government. p. 65.
  2. ^ Denning never took his seat, and eventually resigned. Apparently he did not send a letter of resignation to the House, but communicated his resignation either to the Governor of New York or the Secretary of State of New York. Almost all old State records were destroyed by a fire which broke out at the New York State Capitol during the United States Senate election in New York, 1911, so that the exact date is possibly no longer to ascertain. Certain is that he resigned in time to have the vacancy filled at the annual State election in late April 1810 when the regular congressional elections were held.
  • 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)
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