19TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS


The 'Nineteenth United States Congress' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1825 to March 3 1827, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President John Quincy Adams.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. The Senate had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority, and the House had an Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican majority.

Contents
Dates of sessions
Party summary
Leadership
Major events
Major legislation
Members
Senate
House of Representatives
Delegates
Changes in membership
Officers
Notes
References
External links

Dates of sessions


March 4 1825 - March 3 1827

★ Special session of the Senate: March 4 1825March 9 1825

★ First session: December 5 1825 - May 22 1826

★ Second session: December 4 1826 - March 3 1827 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: ''18th Congress''

Next congress: ''20th Congress''

Party summary


The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
:'Senate'
Democratic '' (D) '': 26 ''(majority)''
National Republican '' (NR) '': 22'TOTAL members: 48'
:'House of Representatives'
Democratic '' (D) '': 104
National Republican '' (NR) '': 109 ''(majority)'''TOTAL members: 213'

Leadership


President of the Senate
Vice President
John C. Calhoun

:'Senate'

Vice President of the United States ''(President of the Senate)'':


John C. Calhoun, ''Democrat'' of South Carolina

President ''pro tempore'' of the Senate:


John Gaillard, ''Democrat'' of South Carolina, elected March 9 1825


Nathaniel Macon, ''Democrat'' of North Carolina, first elected May 20 1826
:'House of Representatives'

Speaker of the House


John W. Taylor, ''National Republican'' of New York, elected December 5 1825

Major events


:''Main article: Events of 1825; Events of 1826; Events of 1827''

March 4 1825 John Quincy Adams became President of the United States

Major legislation


:''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 19th Congress

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: 19th United States Congress - political parties''
:''See also: 19th United States Congress - State Delegations''
:''See also: United States House elections, 1824''
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.
:''See also:
:''See also:
:'Alabama'
★ 2: William R. D. King ''(J-DR)''
★ 3: Henry H. Chambers ''(J-DR)''
★ : Israel Pickens ''(J-DR)''
★ : John McKinley ''(J-DR)'' :'Connecticut'
★ 1: Henry W. Edwards ''(J-DR)''
★ 3: Calvin Willey ''(A-DR)'' :'Delaware'
★ 2: Nicholas Van Dyke ''(A-DR)''
★ : Daniel Rodney ''(A-DR)''
★ : Henry M. Ridgely ''(J-DR)''
★ 1: Thomas Clayton ''(A-DR)'' :'Georgia'
★ 2: Thomas W. Cobb ''(J-DR)''
★ 3: John Macpherson Berrien ''(J-DR)'' :'Illinois'
★ 2: Jesse B. Thomas ''(A-DR)''
★ 3: Elias K. Kane ''(J-DR)'' :'Indiana'
★ 1: James Noble ''(A-DR)''
★ 3: William Hendricks ''(A-DR)'' :'Kentucky'
★ 2: Richard M. Johnson ''(J-DR)''
★ 3: John Rowan ''(J-DR)'' :'Louisiana'
★ 3: Josiah S. Johnston ''(A-DR)''
★ 2: Dominique J. Bouligny ''(A-DR)''
:'Maine'
★ 2: John Chandler ''(J-DR)''
★ 1: John Holmes ''(A-DR)'' :'Maryland'
★ 3: Edward Lloyd ''(J-DR)''
★ : Ezekiel F. Chambers ''(A-DR)''
★ 1: Samuel Smith ''(J-DR)'' :'Massachusetts'
★ 1: Elijah H. Mills ''(A-DR)''
★ 2: James Lloyd ''(A-DR)''
★ : Nathaniel Silsbee ''(A-DR)'' :'Mississippi'
★ 2: Thomas H. Williams ''(J-DR)''
★ 1: David Holmes ''(J-DR)''
★ : Powhatan Ellis ''(J-DR)''
★ : Thomas B. Reed ''(J-DR)'' :'Missouri'
★ 3: David Barton ''(A-DR)''
★ 1: Thomas H. Benton ''(J-DR)'' :'New Hampshire'
★ 2: Samuel Bell ''(A-DR)''
★ 3: Levi Woodbury ''(J-DR)'' :'New Jersey'
★ 2: Mahlon Dickerson ''(J-DR)''
★ 1: Joseph McIlvaine ''(A-DR)''
★ : Ephraim Bateman ''(A-DR)'' :'New York'
★ 1: Martin Van Buren ''(J-DR)''
★ 3: Nathan Sanford ''(A-DR)''
:'North Carolina'
★ 3: Nathaniel Macon ''(J-DR)''
★ 2: John Branch ''(J-DR)'' :'Ohio'
★ 1: Benjamin Ruggles ''(A-DR)''
★ 3: William Henry Harrison ''(A-DR)'' :'Pennsylvania'
★ 1: William Findlay ''(J-DR)''
★ 3: William Marks ''(A-DR)'' :'Rhode Island'
★ 2: Nehemiah R. Knight ''(A-DR)''
★ 1: James De Wolf ''(A-DR)''
★ : Asher Robbins ''(A-DR)'' :'South Carolina'
★ 3: John Gaillard ''(J-DR)''
★ : William Harper ''(J-DR)''
★ : William Smith ''(J-DR)''
★ 2: Robert Y. Hayne ''(J-DR)'' :'Tennessee'
★ 1: John H. Eaton ''(J-DR)''
★ 2: Andrew Jackson ''(J-DR)''
★ : Hugh Lawson White ''(J-DR)'' :'Vermont'
★ 1: Horatio Seymour ''(A-DR)''
★ 3: Dudley Chase ''(A-DR)'' :'Virginia'
★ 2: Littleton W. Tazewell ''(J-DR)''
★ 1: James Barbour ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Randolph ''(J-DR)''
President ''pro tempore''
John Gaillard
President ''pro tempore''
Nathaniel Macon

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
:''See also:
:''See also:
:'Alabama'
★ : Gabriel Moore ''(J-DR)''
★ : John McKee ''(J-DR)''
★ : George W. Owen ''(J-DR)'' :'Connecticut' [1]
★ : John Baldwin ''(A-DR)''
★ : Noyes Barber ''(A-DR)''
★ : Ralph I. Ingersoll ''(A-DR)''
★ : Orange Merwin ''(A-DR)''
★ : Elisha Phelps ''(A-DR)''
★ : Gideon Tomlinson ''(A-DR)'' :'Delaware'
★ : Louis McLane ''(J-DR)'' :'Georgia' [1]
★ : George Cary ''(J-DR)''
★ : Alfred Cuthbert ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Forsyth ''(J-DR)''
★ : Charles E. Haynes ''(J-DR)''
★ : James Meriwether ''(J-DR)''
★ : Edward F. Tattnall ''(J-DR)''
★ : Wiley Thompson ''(J-DR)'' :'Illinois'
★ : Daniel P. Cook ''(A-DR)'' :'Indiana'
★ : Ratliff Boon ''(J-DR)''
★ : Jonathan Jennings ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Test ''(A-DR)'' :'Kentucky'
★ : David Trimble ''(A-DR)''
★ : Thomas Metcalfe ''(A-DR)''
★ : Henry Clay ''(A-DR)''
★ : James Clark ''(A-DR)''
★ : Robert P. Letcher ''(A-DR)''
★ : James Johnson ''(J-DR)''
★ : Robert L. McHatton ''(J-DR)''
★ : Joseph Lecompte ''(J-DR)''
★ : Thomas P. Moore ''(J-DR)''
★ : Richard A. Buckner ''(A-DR)''
★ : Charles A. Wickliffe ''(J-DR)''
★ : Francis Johnson ''(A-DR)''
★ : William S. Young ''(A-DR)''
★ : Robert P. Henry ''(J-DR)''
★ : John F. Henry ''(A-DR)'' :'Louisiana'
★ : Edward Livingston ''(J-DR)''
★ : Henry H. Gurley ''(A-DR)''
★ : William L. Brent ''(A-DR)'' :'Maine'
★ : William Burleigh ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Anderson ''(J-DR)''
★ : Ebenezer Herrick ''(A-DR)''
★ : Peleg Sprague ''(A-DR)''
★ : Enoch Lincoln ''(A-DR)''
★ : James W. Ripley ''(J-DR)''
★ : Jeremiah O'Brien ''(A-DR)''
★ : David Kidder ''(A-DR)'' :'Maryland' [3]
★ : Clement Dorsey ''(A-DR)''
★ : Joseph Kent ''(A-DR)''
★ : John C. Weems ''(J-DR)''
★ : George Peter ''(J-DR)''
★ : Thomas C. Worthington ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Barney ''(A-DR)''
★ : Peter Little ''(A-DR)''
★ : George E. Mitchell ''(J-DR)''
★ : John L. Kerr ''(A-DR)''
★ : Robert N. Martin ''(A-DR)'' :'Massachusetts'
★ : Daniel Webster ''(A-DR)''
★ : Benjamin W. Crowninshield ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Varnum ''(A-DR)''
★ : Edward Everett ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Davis ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Locke ''(A-DR)''
★ : Samuel C. Allen ''(A-DR)''
★ : Samuel Lathrop ''(A-DR)''
★ : Henry W. Dwight ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Bailey ''(A-DR)''
★ : Aaron Hobart ''(A-DR)''
★ : Francis Baylies ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Reed, Jr. ''(A-DR)'' :'Mississippi'
★ : Christopher Rankin ''(J-DR)''
★ : William Haile ''(J-DR)''
:'Missouri'
★ : John Scott ''(A-DR)'' :'New Hampshire' [1]
★ : Ichabod Bartlett ''(A-DR)''
★ : Titus Brown ''(A-DR)''
★ : Nehemiah Eastman ''(A-DR)''
★ : Jonathan Harvey ''(J-DR)''
★ : Joseph Healy ''(A-DR)''
★ : Thomas Whipple, Jr. ''(A-DR)'' :'New Jersey' [1]
★ : George Cassedy ''(J-DR)''
★ : Lewis Condict ''(A-DR)''
★ : Daniel Garrison ''(J-DR)''
★ : George Holcombe ''(J-DR)''
★ : Samuel Swan ''(A-DR)''
★ : Ebenezer Tucker ''(A-DR)'' :'New York' [6]
★ : Silas Wood ''(A-DR)''
★ : Joshua Sands ''(A-DR)''
★ : Churchill C. Cambreleng ''(J-DR)''
★ : Jeromus Johnson ''(J-DR)''
★ : Gulian C. Verplanck ''(J-DR)''
★ : Aaron Ward ''(A-DR)''
★ : Bartow White ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Hallock, Jr. ''(J-DR)''
★ : Abraham B. Hasbrouck ''(A-DR)''
★ : James Strong ''(A-DR)''
★ : William McManus ''(A-DR)''
★ : Stephen Van Rensselaer ''(A-DR)''
★ : Henry Ashley ''(J-DR)''
★ : William Dietz ''(J-DR)''
★ : William G. Angel ''(A-DR)''
★ : Henry R. Storrs ''(A-DR)''
★ : Michael Hoffman ''(J-DR)''
★ : Henry Markell ''(A-DR)''
★ : John W. Taylor ''(A-DR)''
★ : Henry C. Martindale ''(A-DR)''
★ : Henry H. Ross ''(A-DR)''
★ : Nicoll Fosdick ''(A-DR)''
★ : Egbert E. Ten Eyck ''(J-DR)''
★ : Daniel Hugunin, Jr. ''(A-DR)''
★ : Elias Whitmore ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Miller ''(A-DR)''
★ : Luther Badger ''(A-DR)''
★ : Charles Kellogg ''(J-DR)''
★ : Charles Humphrey ''(A-DR)''
★ : Dudley Marvin ''(A-DR)''
★ : Robert S. Rose ''(A-DR)''
★ : Moses Hayden ''(A-DR)''
★ : Timothy H. Porter ''(A-DR)''
★ : Parmenio Adams ''(A-DR)''
★ : Daniel G. Garnsey ''(A-DR)'' :'North Carolina'
★ : Lemuel Sawyer ''(J-DR)''
★ : Willis Alston ''(J-DR)''
★ : Richard Hines ''(J-DR)''
★ : John H. Bryan ''(J-DR)''
★ : Gabriel Holmes ''(J-DR)''
★ : Weldon N. Edwards ''(J-DR)''
★ : Archibald McNeill ''(J-DR)''
★ : Willie P. Mangum ''(J-DR)''
★ : Daniel L. Barringer ''(J-DR)''
★ : Romulus M. Saunders ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Long ''(A-DR)''
★ : Henry W. Connor ''(J-DR)''
★ : Samuel P. Carson ''(J-DR)''
★ : Lewis Williams ''(A-DR)'' :'Ohio'
★ : James Findlay ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Woods ''(A-DR)''
★ : William McLean ''(A-DR)''
★ : Joseph Vance ''(A-DR)''
★ : John W. Campbell ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Thomson ''(J-DR)''
★ : Samuel F. Vinton ''(A-DR)''
★ : William Wilson ''(A-DR)''
★ : Philemon Beecher ''(A-DR)''
★ : David Jennings ''(A-DR)''
★ : Thomas Shannon ''(A-DR)''
★ : John C. Wright ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Sloane ''(A-DR)''
★ : Elisha Whittlesey ''(A-DR)''
★ : Mordecai Bartley ''(A-DR)''
:'Pennsylvania' [7]
★ : John Wurts ''(J-DR)''
★ : Joseph Hemphill ''(J-DR)''
★ : Thomas Kittera ''(A-DR)''
★ : Daniel H. Miller ''(J-DR)''
★ : James Buchanan ''(J-DR)''
★ : Samuel Edwards ''(J-DR)''
★ : Charles Miner ''(A-DR)''
★ : Philip S. Markley ''(A-DR)''
★ : Robert Harris ''(J-DR)''
★ : William Addams ''(J-DR)''
★ : Henry Wilson ''(J-DR)''
★ : Jacob Krebs ''(J-DR)''
★ : Samuel D. Ingham ''(J-DR)''
★ : George Wolf ''(J-DR)''
★ : George Kremer ''(J-DR)''
★ : Samuel McKean ''(J-DR)''
★ : Espy Van Horne ''(J-DR)''
★ : James S. Mitchell ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Findlay ''(J-DR)''
★ : James Wilson ''(A-DR)''
★ : John Mitchell ''(J-DR)''
★ : Alexander Thomson ''(J-DR)''
★ : Chauncey Forward ''(J-DR)''
★ : Andrew Stewart ''(J-DR)''
★ : Joseph Lawrence ''(A-DR)''
★ : James Allison, Jr. ''(J-DR)''
★ : Robert Orr, Jr. ''(J-DR)''
★ : James S. Stevenson ''(J-DR)''
★ : George Plumer ''(J-DR)''
★ : Patrick Farrelly ''(J-DR)''
★ : Thomas H. Sill ''(A-DR)'' :'Rhode Island' [8]
★ : Tristam Burges ''(A-DR)''
★ : Dutee J. Pearce ''(A-DR)'' :'South Carolina'
★ : Joel R. Poinsett ''(J-DR)''
★ : William Drayton ''(J-DR)''
★ : James Hamilton, Jr. ''(J-DR)''
★ : Thomas R. Mitchell ''(J-DR)''
★ : Andrew R. Govan ''(J-DR)''
★ : George McDuffie ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Wilson ''(J-DR)''
★ : Joseph Gist ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Carter ''(J-DR)''
★ : Starling Tucker ''(J-DR)'' :'Tennessee'
★ : John Blair ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Cocke ''(J-DR)''
★ : James C. Mitchell ''(J-DR)''
★ : Jacob C. Isacks ''(J-DR)''
★ : Robert Allen ''(J-DR)''
★ : James K. Polk ''(J-DR)''
★ : Samuel Houston ''(J-DR)''
★ : John H. Marable ''(J-DR)''
★ : Adam R. Alexander ''(J-DR)'' :'Vermont'
★ : William C. Bradley ''(A-DR)''
★ : Rollin C. Mallary ''(A-DR)''
★ : George E. Wales ''(A-DR)''
★ : Ezra Meech ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Mattocks ''(A-DR)'' :'Virginia'
★ : Thomas Newton, Jr. ''(A-DR)''
★ : James Trezvant ''(J-DR)''
★ : William S. Archer ''(J-DR)''
★ : Mark Alexander ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Randolph ''(J-DR)''
★ : George W. Crump ''(J-DR)''
★ : Thomas Davenport ''(J-DR)''
★ : Nathaniel H. Claiborne ''(J-DR)''
★ : Burwell Bassett ''(J-DR)''
★ : Andrew Stevenson ''(J-DR)''
★ : William C. Rives ''(J-DR)''
★ : Robert Taylor ''(A-DR)''
★ : Robert S. Garnett ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Taliaferro ''(A-DR)''
★ : Charles F. Mercer ''(A-DR)''
★ : John S. Barbour ''(J-DR)''
★ : William Armstrong ''(A-DR)''
★ : Alfred H. Powell ''(A-DR)''
★ : Joseph Johnson ''(J-DR)''
★ : William McCoy ''(J-DR)''
★ : John Floyd ''(J-DR)''
★ : William Smith ''(J-DR)''
★ : Benjamin Estil ''(A-DR)''
Speaker of the House
John W. Taylor
Delegates
:'Arkansas Territory'
★ : Henry W. Conway :'Florida Territory'
★ : Joseph M. White :'Michigan Territory'
★ : Austin E. Wing

Changes in membership


The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
:''See also: 19th United States Congress - Membership Changes''
:'Senate'
★ replacements: 7

National Republicans '' (NR) '': 1 seat net gain

Democrats '' (D) '': 1 seat net loss
★ deaths: 4
★ resignations: 6
★ interim appointments: 4
★ 'Total seats with changes: 13'
:'House of Representatives'
★ replacements: 11

National Republican '' (NR) '': 1 seat net gain

Democrats '' (D) '': 1 seat net loss
★ deaths: 5
★ resignations: 10
★ contested election: 1
★ 'Total seats with changes: 16'

Officers


:'Senate'
Secretary of the Senate:

Charles Cutts of New Hampshire elected October 11 1814

Walter Lowrie of Pennsylvania elected December 12 1825
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:

Mountjoy Bayly of New Hampshire, elected November 6 1811
Chaplain of the Senate

The Rev. William Staughton, ''Baptist'', elected December 12 1825

The Rev. William Ryland, ''Methodist'', elected December 8 1826:'Other'
Architect of the Capitol:

Charles Bulfinch, appointed January 8 1818
:'House of Representatives'
Clerk of the House:

Matthew S. Clarke of Pennsylvania, elected December 5 1825
Sergeant at Arms of the House:

John O. Dunn of District of Columbia, elected December 5 1825
Doorkeeper of the House:

Benjamin Birch of Maryland, elected December 5 1825
Chaplain of the House

The Rev. Reuben Post, ''Presbyterian'', elected December 5 1825

Notes


1. All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
2. All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
3. The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
4. All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
5. All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
6. There were three plural districts, the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, the 3rd had three representatives.
7. There were six plural districts, the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.
8. Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

References



The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989,

The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1982,

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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