19th United States Congress

1825-1827 U.S. Congress
19th United States Congress
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March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827
Members48 senators
213 representatives
3 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityJackson Men
Senate PresidentJohn C. Calhoun (DR)
House majorityAnti-Jackson
House SpeakerJohn W. Taylor (NR)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1825 – March 9, 1825
1st: December 5, 1825 – May 22, 1826
2nd: December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1827

The 19th 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 John Quincy Adams's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1820 United States census. The Senate had a majority of Jackson Men, while the House had an Anti-Jackson (pro-Adams) majority.

Major events

Major legislation

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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[a] 12[b] 20[c] 48 0
Begin 20 25 0 45 3
End 22 26 480
Final voting share 45.8% 54.2% 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[d] 71[e] 55[f] 213 0
Begin 107 106 0 213 0
End 109 104
Final voting share 51.2% 48.8% 0.0%
Beginning of next congress 102 110 0 212 1

Leadership

President of the Senate
John C. Calhoun
Speaker of the House
John W. Taylor

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district.

(J) following a name means the member was of the Jackson faction. (A) that the person was a member of the Adams (anti-Jackson) faction.

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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, facing re-election in 1826/1827; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1828/1829; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1830/1831.

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

1. Thomas Clayton (A)
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

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

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

Maine

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

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

Mississippi

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
2. Thomas H. Williams (J)

Missouri

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New York

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

North Carolina

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

Ohio

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

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

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

1. James Barbour (J), until March 7, 1825
John Randolph (J), from December 26, 1825
2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J)
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 19th Congress in March 1825.
  2 Jacksonians
  1 Jacksonian and 1 Anti-Jacksonian
  2 Anti-Jacksonians

House of Representatives

Alabama

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

Connecticut

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

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

At-large. Louis McLane (J)

Georgia

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

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

At-large. Daniel P. Cook (A)

Indiana

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

Kentucky

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), from 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

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

Maine

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.

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

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

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

Missouri

At-large. John Scott (A)

New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 August 26, 1825 (before the assembling of Congress)
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.

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

South Carolina

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

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

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

Virginia

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

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
    • Anti-Jacksonian (A): 3-seat net gain
    • Jacksonian (J): no net change
  • Deaths: 4
  • Resignations: 6
  • Interim appointments: 4
  • Total seats with changes: 13
Senate changes
State
(class)
Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[g]
New Hampshire
(3)
Vacant Seat remained vacant Levi Woodbury (J) Installed March 16, 1825
Connecticut
(3)
Vacant Seat remained vacant Calvin Willey (A) Installed May 4, 1825
New York
(3)
Vacant Seat remained vacant Nathan Sanford (A) Installed January 14, 1826, after resigning as Chancellor of New York
Virginia
(1)
James Barbour (J) Resigned March 7, 1825, after being appointed US Secretary of War John Randolph (J) Appointed December 26, 1825
Mississippi
(1)
David Holmes (J) Resigned September 25, 1825, after being elected Governor of Mississippi Powhatan Ellis (J) Appointed September 28, 1825
Tennessee
(2)
Andrew Jackson (J) Resigned October 14, 1825 Hugh Lawson White (J) Installed October 28, 1825
Rhode Island
(1)
James De Wolf (A) Resigned October 31, 1825 Asher Robbins (A) Appointed October 31, 1825
Maryland
(3)
Edward Lloyd (J) Resigned January 14, 1826, after being elected to the Maryland State Senate Ezekiel F. Chambers (A) Elected January 24, 1826
Alabama
(3)
Henry H. Chambers (J) Died January 24, 1826 Israel Pickens (J) Appointed February 17, 1826
Mississippi
(1)
Powhatan Ellis (J) Successor elected January 28, 1826 Thomas B. Reed (J) Installed January 28, 1826
South Carolina
(3)
John Gaillard (J) Died February 26, 1826 William Harper (J) Appointed March 8, 1826
Delaware
(2)
Nicholas Van Dyke (A) Died May 21, 1826 Daniel Rodney (A) Appointed November 8, 1826
Massachusetts
(2)
James Lloyd (A) Resigned May 23, 1826 Nathaniel Silsbee (A) Installed May 31, 1826
New Jersey
(1)
Joseph McIlvaine (A) Died August 19, 1826 Ephraim Bateman(A) Installed November 10, 1826
Alabama
(3)
Israel Pickens (J) Successor elected November 27, 1826 John McKinley (J) Installed November 27, 1826
South Carolina
(3)
William Harper (J) Successor elected November 29, 1826 William Smith (J) Installed November 29, 1826
Delaware
(2)
Daniel Rodney (A) Resigned January 12, 1827, after successor was elected Henry M. Ridgely (J) Installed January 23, 1827

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 11
    • Anti-Jackson: 1 seat net gain
    • Jackson: 1 seat net loss
  • Deaths: 5
  • Resignations: 10
  • Contested election: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 16
House changes
District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[g]
Kentucky
3rd
Henry Clay (A) Resigned March 6, 1825, after being appointed US Secretary of State James Clark (A) Seated August 1, 1825
South Carolina
1st
Joel R. Poinsett (J) Resigned March 7, 1825, after being appointed Minister to Mexico William Drayton (J) Seated May 17, 1825
Pennsylvania
16th
James Allison Jr. (J) Resigned August 26, 1825 before the assembling of Congress Robert Orr Jr. (J) Seated October 11, 1825
New York
20th
Egbert Ten Eyck (J) Lost contested election December 15, 1825 Daniel Hugunin Jr. (A) Seated December 15, 1825
Virginia
5th
John Randolph (J) Resigned December 26, 1825, after being appointed to the US Senate George W. Crump (J) Seated January 21, 1826
Maryland
2nd
Joseph Kent (A) Resigned January 6, 1826, after being elected Governor of Maryland John C. Weems (J) Seated February 1, 1826
Pennsylvania
18th
Patrick Farrelly (J) Died January 12, 1826 Thomas H. Sill (A) Seated March 14, 1826
Mississippi
at-large
Christopher Rankin (J) Died March 14, 1826 William Haile (J) Seated July 10, 1826
North Carolina
8th
Willie P. Mangum (J) Resigned March 18, 1826 Daniel L. Barringer (J) Seated December 4, 1826
Pennsylvania
13th
Alexander Thomson (J) Resigned May 1, 1826 Chauncey Forward (J) Seated December 4, 1826
Ohio
10th
David Jennings (A) Resigned May 25, 1826 Thomas Shannon (A) Seated December 4, 1826
Kentucky
5th
James Johnson (J) Died August 13, 1826 Robert L. McHatton (J) Seated December 7, 1826
Pennsylvania
7th
Henry Wilson (J) Died August 14, 1826 Jacob Krebs (J) Seated December 4, 1826
Kentucky
12th
Robert P. Henry (J) Died August 25, 1826 John F. Henry (A) Seated December 11, 1826
Maine
5th
Enoch Lincoln (A) Resigned before September 11, 1826 James W. Ripley (J) Seated September 11, 1826
Pennsylvania
2nd
Joseph Hemphill (J) Resigned before October 10, 1826 Thomas Kittera (A) Seated October 10, 1826

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Adams & Clay factions
  2. ^ Jackson faction
  3. ^ Crawford faction
  4. ^ Adams & Clay factions
  5. ^ Jackson faction
  6. ^ Crawford faction
  7. ^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

References

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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
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