14th United States Congress - Membership Changes

The Fourteenth 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 the old Brick Capitol in Washington, DC from March 4 1815 to March 3 1817, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President James Madison.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.

See also: 14th United States Congress - political parties
See also: 14th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House elections, 1814

Dates of sessions

March 4 1815 - March 3 1817

  • First session: December 4 1815 - April 30 1816
  • Second session: December 2 1816 - March 3 1817 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 13th Congress
Next congress: 15th Congress

Membership changes

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

Senate
  • replacements: 6
    • Democratic-Republicans: 1 seat net loss
    • Federalists: 1 seat net gain
  • deaths: 0
  • resignations: 7
  • interim appointment: 1
  • seats of newly admitted states 2
  • Total seats with changes: 12
House of Representatives
  • replacements: 15
    • Democratic-Republicans: no net change
    • Federalists: no net change
  • deaths: 9
  • resignations: 16
  • contested election: 2
  • seats of newly admitted states: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 27

Senate

State

Outgoing Senator

Reason for Change

Successor

Georgia
class 2

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William W. Bibb
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Senator William W. Bibb resigned November 9 1816.

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Indiana
class 1

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vacant

New state.
Indiana was admitted to the Union December 11 1816.

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Indiana
class 3

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vacant

New state.
Indiana was admitted to the Union December 11 1816.

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Kentucky
class 2

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William T. Barry
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Senator William T. Barry resigned May 1 1816.

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Maryland
class 1

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vacant

Vacancy.
vacancy in this class from March 4 1815 until January 29 1816.

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Maryland
class 1

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Robert G. Harper
Fed.

Resignation.
Senator Robert G. Harper resigned December 6 1816

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Massachusetts
class 1

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Christopher Gore
Fed.

Resignation.
Senator Christopher Gore resigned May 30 1816.

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North Carolina
class 2

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James Turner
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Senator James Turner resigned June 16 1817.

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North Carolina
class 3

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Francis Locke
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Senator Jeremiah Mason resigned December 5 1815, never having qualified.

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South Carolina
class 1

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John Taylor
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Senator John Taylor resigned November 1816.

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Tennessee
class 1

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vacant

Vacancy.
vacancy in this class from March 4 1815 until October 10 1815.

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Tennessee
class 2

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Jesse Wharton
Fed.

Interim appointment.
Senator Jesse Wharton served until October 10 1815.

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Virginia
class 2

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vacant

Vacancy.
vacancy in this class from March 4 1815 until January 3 1816.

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House of Representatives

State

Outgoing Representative

Reason for Change

Successor

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Alfred Cuthbert
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Alfred Cuthbert resigned November 9 1816.

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vacant

New state.
Indiana was admitted to the Union December 11 1816.

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James Clark
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative James Clark resigned in 1816.

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Alexander C. Hanson
Fed.

Resignation.
Representative Alexander C. Hanson resigned in 1816.

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William Pinkney
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative William Pinkney resigned April 18 1816.

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Nicholas R. Moore
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Nicholas R. Moore resigned in 1815, before Congress assembled.

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Elijah Brigham
Fed.

Death.
Representative Elijah Brigham died February 22 1816.

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Jonathan Fisk
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Jonathan Fisk resigned March 1815, before Congress assembled.

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John Adams
Dem.-Rep.

Contested election.
Representative John Adams served until December 26 1815.

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Benjamin Pond
Dem.-Rep.

Death.
Representative-elect Benjamin Pond died October 6 1814, before Congress assembled.

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William S. Smith
Dem.-Rep.

Contested election.
William S. Smith never claimed the seat.

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Enos T. Throop
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Enos T. Throop resigned June 4 1816.

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Peter B. Porter
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Peter B. Porter resigned January 23 1816.

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William R. King
Dem.-Rep.

Resigned.
Representative William R. King resigned November 4 1816.

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Nathaniel Macon
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Nathaniel Macon resigned December 13 1815.

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Richard Stanford
Dem.-Rep.

Death.
Representative Richard Stanford died April 9 1816.

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John McLean
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative John McLean resigned in 1816.

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Jonathan Williams
Dem.-Rep.

Death.
Representative Jonathan Williams died May 16 1815, before Congress assembled.

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Amos Ellmaker
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Amos Ellmaker resigned July 3 1815, never having qualified.

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David Bard
Dem.-Rep.

Death.
Representative David Bard died March 12 1815.

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Thomas Burnside
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Thomas Burnside resigned April 1816.

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John Woods
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative John Woods never qualified due to illness.

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William Mayrant
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative William Mayrant resigned October 21 1816.

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John Sevier
Dem.-Rep.

Death.
Representative John Sevier died September 24 1815, before Congress assembled.

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Daniel Chipman
Dem.-Rep.

Resignation.
Representative Daniel Chipman resigned May 5 1816.

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Matthew Clay
Dem.-Rep.

Death.
Representative Matthew Clay died May 27 1815, before Congress assembled.

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Thomas Gholson, Jr.
Dem.-Rep.

Death.
Representative Thomas Gholson, Jr. died July 4 1816.

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John Clopton
Dem.-Rep.

Death.
Representative John Clopton died September 11 1816.

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