15th United States Congress

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15th United States Congress
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The Old Brick Capitol, the temporary Capitol while the U.S. Capitol was being renovated after the Burning of Washington. (pictured here around 1861 in use as a Civil War prison)
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
Members42 senators
185 representatives
3 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic-Republican
Senate PresidentDaniel D. Tompkins (DR)
House majorityDemocratic-Republican
House SpeakerHenry Clay (DR)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1817 – March 6, 1817
1st: December 1, 1817 – April 20, 1818
2nd: November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1819

The Fifteenth 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, 1817, to March 4, 1819, during the first two years of James Monroe'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.

Major events

Main articles: 1817 in the United States, 1818 in the United States, and 1819 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 15th United States Congress

Treaties

States admitted and territories created

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

During this congress, two Senate seats were added for each of the new states of Mississippi and Illinois.

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic-
Republican
(DR) 		Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 25 13 38 0
Begin 25 13 38 0
End 28 12 402
Final voting share 70.0% 30.0%
Beginning of next congress 30 10 40 2

House of Representatives

During this congress, one House seat was added for each of the new states of Mississippi and Illinois.

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic-
Republican
(DR) 		Federalist
(F)
End of previous congress 136 46 182 1
Begin 142 38 180 3
End 146 39 1850
Final voting share 78.9% 21.1%
Beginning of next congress 158 25 183 2

Leadership

President of the Senate
Daniel D. Tompkins

Senate

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Henry Clay

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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1820; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1822; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1818.

House of Representatives

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

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | New Hampshire
(3) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Jeremiah Mason (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 16, 1817 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Clement Storer (DR) | Seated June 27, 1817 |- | Vermont
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Dudley Chase (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 3, 1817, to become Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James Fisk (DR) | Seated November 4, 1817 |- | Louisiana
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William C. C. Claiborne (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 23, 1817 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Henry Johnson (DR) | Seated January 12, 1818 |- | Mississippi
(1) | rowspan=2 | New seats | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Walter Leake (DR) | rowspan=2 | Installed December 10, 1817 |- | Mississippi
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas H. Williams (DR) |- | Vermont
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James Fisk (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 8, 1818, to become Vermont Collector of Customs.
Winner elected October 20, 1818. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William A. Palmer (DR) | Seated October 20, 1818 |- | Tennessee
(1) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | George W. Campbell (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 20, 1818, to become Ambassador to Russia | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Eaton (DR) | Seated September 5, 1818 |- | Massachusetts
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Eli P. Ashmun (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 10, 1818.
Winner elected June 5, 1818. | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Prentiss Mellen (F) | Seated June 5, 1818 |- | Georgia
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | George Troup (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 23, 1818, to run for Governor of Georgia.
Winner elected September 23, 1818. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Forsyth (DR) | Seated November 23, 1818 |- | Illinois
(2) | rowspan=2 | New seats | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Jesse B. Thomas (DR) | rowspan=2 | Installed December 3, 1818 |- | Illinois
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Ninian Edwards (DR) |- | Georgia
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Forsyth (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 17, 1819, to become U.S. Minister to Spain.
Winner was elected in the next Congress. | colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Not filled until next Congress |- | Kentucky
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John J. Crittenden (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1819, to return to private practice.
Winner was elected in the next Congress. |}

House of Representatives

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | nowrap | New York
4th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep.-elect Henry B. Lee died before this Congress began | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James Tallmadge, Jr. (DR) | Seated June 6, 1817 |- | Missouri Territory
At-large | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant from March 4, 1817, to August 4, 1817 | John Scott | Seated August 4, 1817 |- | Pennsylvania
10th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep.-elect David Scott resigned before this Congress began | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Murray (DR) | Seated October 14, 1817 |- | North Carolina
7th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep.-elect Alexander McMillan died before this Congress began | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James Stewart (DR) | Seated January 5, 1818 |- | South Carolina
6th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John C. Calhoun (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 3, 1817, after being appointed United States Secretary of War | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Eldred Simkins (DR) | Seated January 24, 1818 |- | nowrap | Mississippi Territory
At-large | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" |Seat remained vacant until Mississippi was admitted to the Union December 10, 1817 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:#AACC99" | George Poindexter (DR) | rowspan=2 | Seated December 10, 1817 |- | Mississippi
At-large |- | Connecticut
At-large | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Uriel Holmes (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1818 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Sylvester Gilbert (DR) | Seated November 16, 1818 |- | North Carolina
11th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Daniel Forney (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1818 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | William Davidson (F) | Seated December 2, 1818 |- | Alabama Territory
At-large | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | The first delegate from this new territory was not seated until January 29, 1818. | John Crowell | Seated January 29, 1818 |- | Massachusetts
20th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Albion K. Parris (DR | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 3, 1818 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Enoch Lincoln (DR) | Seated November 4, 1818 |- | Virginia
19th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Peterson Goodwyn (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 21, 1818 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Pegram (DR) | Seated April 21, 1818 |- | Pennsylvania
6th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Ross (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 24, 1818, to become President Judge of Pennsylvania's 7th Judicial Circuit | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas J. Rogers (DR) | Seated March 3, 1818 |- | Louisiana
At-large | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas B. Robertson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 20, 1818 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Butler (DR) | Seated November 16, 1818 |- | Pennsylvania
4th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Jacob Spangler (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 20, 1818 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Jacob Hostetter (DR) | Seated November 16, 1818 |- | Pennsylvania
6th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Samuel D. Ingham (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 6, 1818 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Samuel Moore (DR) | Seated October 13, 1818 |- | Georgia
At-large | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Forsyth (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 23, 1818, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Robert R. Reid (DR) | Seated February 18, 1819 |- | Illinois Territory
At-large | rowspan=2 | Nathaniel Pope | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Pope's term ended November 30, 1818, and the seat remained vacant until Illinois was admitted to the Union December 3, 1818 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:#AACC99" | John McLean (DR) | rowspan=2 | Seated December 3, 1818 |- | Illinois
At-large |- | North Carolina
10th | style="background-color:#AACC99" | George Mumford (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 31, 1818 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Charles Fisher (DR) | Seated February 11, 1819 |}

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

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)

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