15th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Fifteenth 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 1817 to March 3 1819, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President James Monroe.

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.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 15th United States Congress

See also: 15th United States Congress - Membership Changes

See also: 15th United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1816

Dates of sessions

March 4 1817 - March 3 1819

• Special session of the Senate: March 4 1817 - March 6 1817
• First session: December 1 1817 - April 20 1818
• Second session: November 16 1818 - March 3 1819 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 14th Congress
Next congress: 16th Congress

Members

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.

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.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Connecticut

Senate

• 1: Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), Federalist
• 3: David Daggett (1764-1851), Federalist

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• : Uriel Holmes (1764-1827), Federalist …resigned in 1818.

  Sylvester Gilbert (1755-1846), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 18 1818.

• : Ebenezer Huntington (1754-1834), Federalist

• : Jonathan O. Moseley (1762-1838), Federalist

• : Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847), Federalist

• : Samuel B. Sherwood (1767-1833), Federalist

• : Nathaniel Terry (1768-1844), Federalist

• : Thomas S. Williams (1777-1861), Federalist

Delaware

Senate

• 1: Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842), Federalist
• 2: Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826), Federalist

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : Willard Hall (1780-1875), Democratic-Republican

• : Louis McLane (1786-1857), Federalist

Georgia

Senate

• 3: Charles Tait (1768-1835), Democratic-Republican
• 2: George M. Troup (1780-1856), Democratic-Republican …resigned September 23 1818.

  John Forsyth (1780-1841), Democratic-Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, November 23 1818, resigned February 17 1819.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Joel Abbott (1776-1826), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas W. Cobb (1784-1830), Democratic-Republican

• : Zadock Cook (1769-1863), Democratic-Republican

• : Joel Crawford (1783-1858), Democratic-Republican

• : John Forsyth (1780-1841), Democratic-Republican …resigned November 23 1818.

  Robert R. Reid (1789-1841), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 18 1819.

• : William Terrell (1778-1855), Democratic-Republican

Illinois

Senate

• 2: Jesse B. Thomas (1777-1853), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected December 3 1818.
• 3: Ninian Edwards (1775-1833), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected December 3 1818.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : John McLean (1791-1830), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, seated December 4 1818.

Indiana

Senate

• 1: James Noble (1785-1831), Democratic-Republican
• 3: Waller Taylor (1786-1826), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : William Hendricks (1782-1850), Democratic-Republican

Kentucky

Senate

• 3: Isham Talbot (1773-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 2: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Democratic-Republican …resigned March 3 1819.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• : David Trimble (1782-1842), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry Clay (1777-1852), Democratic-Republican

• : Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Desha (1768-1842), Democratic-Republican

• : Anthony New (1747-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : David Walker ( -1820), Democratic-Republican

• : George Robertson (1790-1874), Democratic-Republican

• : Richard C. Anderson, Jr. (1788-1826), Democratic-Republican

• : Tunstall Quarles (1770c-1855), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Speed (1768-1842), Democratic-Republican

Louisiana

Senate

• 3: Eligius Fromentin (unknown-1822), Democratic-Republican
• 2: William C. C. Claiborne (1775-1817), Democratic-Republican …died November 23 1817, never having qualified.

  Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 12 1818.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : Thomas B. Robertson (1779-1828), Democratic-Republican …resigned April 20 1818.

  Thomas Butler (1785-1847), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.

Maryland

Senate

• 3: Robert H. Goldsborough (1779-1836), Federalist
• 1: Alexander C. Hanson (1786-1819), Federalist

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• : Philip Stuart (1760-1830), Federalist

• : John C. Herbert (1775-1846), Federalist

• : George Peter (1779-1861), Federalist

• : Samuel Ringgold (1770-1829), Democratic-Republican

• : Peter Little (1775-1830), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Democratic-Republican

• : Philip Reed (1760-1829), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Culbreth (1786-1843), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Bayly (1775-1829), Federalist

Massachusetts

Senate

• 1: Eli P. Ashmun (1770-1819), Federalist …resigned May 10 1818.

  Prentiss Mellen (1764-1840), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, June 5 1818.

• 2: Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), Federalist

House of Representatives (20 seats)

• : Jonathan Mason (1756-1831), Federalist

• : Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850), Democratic-Republican

• : Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838), Federalist

• : Timothy Fuller (1778-1835), Democratic-Republican

• : Elijah H. Mills (1776-1829), Federalist

• : Samuel C. Allen (1772-1842), Federalist

• : Henry Shaw (1788-1857), Democratic-Republican

• : Zabdiel Sampson (1781-1828), Democratic-Republican

• : Walter Folger, Jr. (1765-1849), Democratic-Republican

• : Marcus Morton (1784-1864), Democratic-Republican

• : Benjamin Adams (1764-1837), Federalist

• : Solomon Strong (1780-1850), Federalist

• : Nathaniel Ruggles (1761-1819), Federalist

• : John Holmes (1773-1843), Democratic-Republican

• : Ezekiel Whitman (1776-1866), Federalist

• : Benjamin Orr (1772-1828), Federalist

• : John Wilson (1777-1848), Federalist

• : Thomas Rice (1768-1854), Federalist

• : Joshua Gage (1763-1831), Democratic-Republican

• : Albion K. Parris (1788-1857), Democratic-Republican …resigned February 3 1818.

  Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.

Mississippi

Senate

• 1: Walter Leake (1762-1825), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected December 10 1817.
• 2: Thomas H. Williams (1780-1840), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, elected December 10 1817.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : George Poindexter (1779-1853), Democratic-Republican …newly admitted state, seated December 15 1817.

New Hampshire

Senate

• 3: Jeremiah Mason (1768-1848), Federalist …resigned June 16 1817.

  Clement Storer (1760-1830), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, June 27 1817.

• 2: David L. Morril (1772-1849), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Josiah Butler (1779-1854), Democratic-Republican

• : Clifton Clagett (1762-1829), Democratic-Republican

• : Salma Hale (1787-1866), Democratic-Republican

• : Arthur Livermore (1766-1853), Democratic-Republican

• : John F. Parrott (1767-1836), Democratic-Republican

• : Nathaniel Upham (1774-1829), Democratic-Republican

New Jersey

Senate

• 1: James J. Wilson (1775-1824), Democratic-Republican
• 2: Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Ephraim Bateman (1780-1829), Democratic-Republican

• : Benjamin Bennet (1764-1840), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), Democratic-Republican

• : Charles Kinsey (1773-1849), Democratic-Republican

• : John Linn (1763-1821), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry Southard (1747-1842), Democratic-Republican

New York

Senate

• 3: Rufus King (1755-1827), Federalist
• 1: Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (27 seats)

• : Tredwell Scudder (1778-1834), Democratic-Republican

• : George Townsend (1769-1844), Democratic-Republican

• : William Irving (1766-1821), Democratic-Republican

• : Peter H. Wendover (1768-1834), Democratic-Republican

• : Caleb Tompkins (1759-1846), Democratic-Republican

• : James Tallmadge, Jr. (1778-1853), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect, seated December 1 1817.

• : Philip J. Schuyler (1768-1835), Federalist

• : James W. Wilkin (1762-1845), Democratic-Republican

• : Josiah Hasbrouck (1755-1821), Democratic-Republican

• : Dorrance Kirtland (1770-1840), Democratic-Republican

• : Rensselaer Westerlo (1776-1851), Federalist

• : John P. Cushman (1784-1848), Federalist

• : John W. Taylor (1784-1854), Democratic-Republican

• : John Palmer (1785-1840), Democratic-Republican

• : John Savage (1779-1863), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Lawyer (1785-1868), Democratic-Republican

• : John Herkimer (1773-1848), Democratic-Republican

• : John R. Drake (1782-1857), Democratic-Republican

• : Isaac Williams, Jr. (1777-1860), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry R. Storrs (1787-1837), Federalist

• : Thomas H. Hubbard (1781-1857), Democratic-Republican

• : David A. Ogden (1770-1829), Federalist

• : James Porter (1787-1839), Democratic-Republican

• : Oliver C. Comstock (1780-1860), Democratic-Republican

• : Daniel Cruger (1780-1843), Democratic-Republican

• : Benjamin Ellicott (1765-1827), Democratic-Republican

• : John C. Spencer (1788-1855), Democratic-Republican

North Carolina

Senate

• 3: Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 2: Montfort Stokes (1762-1842), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• : Lemuel Sawyer (1777-1852), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph H. Bryan (1782-1839), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), Democratic-Republican

• : Jesse Slocumb (1780-1820), Federalist

• : James Owen (1784-1865), Democratic-Republican

• : Weldon N. Edwards (1788-1873), Democratic-Republican

• : Alexander McMillan ( -1817), Federalist …died before Congress assembled.

  James Stewart (1775-1821), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26 1818.

• : James S. Smith (1790-1859), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Settle (1789-1857), Democratic-Republican

• : George Mumford ( -1818), Democratic-Republican …died December 31 1818.

  Charles Fisher (1789-1849), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 11 1819.

• : Daniel M. Forney (1784-1847), Democratic-Republican …resigned in 1818.

  William Davidson (1778-1857), Federalist …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1818.

• : Felix Walker (1753-1828), Democratic-Republican

• : Lewis Williams (1782-1842), Democratic-Republican

Ohio

Senate

• 3: Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), Democratic-Republican
• 1: Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : John W. Campbell (1782-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : Levi Barber (1777-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel Herrick (1779-1852), Democratic-Republican

• : Philemon Beecher (1775-1839), Democratic-Republican

• : Peter Hitchcock (1781-1853), Democratic-Republican

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 3: Abner Lacock (1770-1837), Democratic-Republican
• 1: Jonathan Roberts (1771-1854), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (23 seats)

• : William Anderson (1762-1829), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842), Federalist

• : John Sergeant (1779-1852), Federalist

• : Adam Seybert (1773-1825), Democratic-Republican

• : Isaac Darlington (1781-1839), Federalist

• : Levi Pawling (1773-1845), Federalist

• : James M. Wallace (1750-1823), Democratic-Republican

• : John Whiteside (1773-1830), Democratic-Republican

• : Jacob Spangler (1767-1843), Democratic-Republican …resigned April 20 1818.

  Jacob Hostetter (1754-1831), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.

• : Andrew Boden ( -1835), Democratic-Republican

• : William Maclay (1765-1825), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel D. Ingham (1779-1860), Democratic-Republican …resigned July 6 1818.

  Samuel Moore (1774-1861), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.

• : John Ross (1770-1834), Democratic-Republican …resigned February 24 1818.

  Thomas J. Rogers (1781-1832), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 24 1818.

• : Joseph Hiester (1752-1832), Democratic-Republican

• : Alexander Ogle (1766-1832), Democratic-Republican

• : William P. Maclay (1774-1842), Democratic-Republican

• : David Scott Democratic-Republican …resigned before Congress assembled.

  John Murray (1768-1834), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1817.

• : William Wilson ( - ), Democratic-Republican

• : David Marchand (1776-1832), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Patterson (1764-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : Christian Tarr (1765-1833), Democratic-Republican

• : Henry Baldwin (1780-1844), Democratic-Republican

• : Robert Moore (1778-1831), Democratic-Republican

Rhode Island

Senate

• 1: William Hunter (1774-1849), Federalist
• 2: James Burrill, Jr. (1772-1820), Federalist

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : John L. Boss, Jr. (1780-1819), Federalist

• : James B. Mason (1775-1819), Federalist

South Carolina

Senate

• 3: John Gaillard (1765-1826), Democratic-Republican
• 2: William Smith (1762-1840), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• : Henry Middleton (1770-1846), Democratic-Republican

• : William Lowndes (1782-1822), Democratic-Republican

• : James Ervin (1778-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : Joseph Bellinger (1773-1830), Democratic-Republican

• : Starling Tucker (1770-1834), ''Democratic-Republican

• : John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic-Republican …resigned November 3 1817.

  Eldred Simkins (1779-1831), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 9 1818.

• : Elias Earle (1762-1823), Democratic-Republican

• : Wilson Nesbitt ( -1861), Democratic-Republican

• : Stephen D. Miller (1787-1838), Democratic-Republican

Tennessee

Senate

• 1: George W. Campbell (1769-1848), Democratic-Republican …resigned April 20 1818.

  John H. Eaton (1790-1856), Democratic-Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, September 5 1818, subsequently elected.

• 2: John Williams (1778-1837), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : John Rhea (1753-1832), Democratic-Republican

• : William G. Blount (1784-1827), Democratic-Republican

• : Francis Jones ( - ), Democratic-Republican

• : Samuel Hogg (1783-1842), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856), Democratic-Republican

• : George W. L. Marr (1779-1856), Democratic-Republican

Vermont

Senate

• 3: Dudley Chase (1771-1846), Democratic-Republican …resigned November 3 1817.

  James Fisk (1763-1844), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, November 4 1817, resigned January 8 1818.

  William A. Palmer (1781-1860), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, October 20 1818.

• 1: Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838), Federalist

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : Heman Allen (1779-1852), Democratic-Republican …resigned April 20 1818.

• : Samuel C. Crafts (1768-1853), Democratic-Republican

• : William Hunter (1754-1827), Democratic-Republican

• : Orsamus C. Merrill (1775-1865), Democratic-Republican

• : Charles Rich (1771-1824), Democratic-Republican

• : Mark Richards (1760-1844), Democratic-Republican

Virginia

Senate

• 1: James Barbour (1775-1842), Democratic-Republican
• 2: John W. Eppes (1773-1823), Democratic-Republican

House of Representatives (23 seats)

• : James Pindall (1783c-1825), Federalist

• : Edward Colston (1786-1852), Federalist

• : Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848), Democratic-Republican

• : William McCoy ( -1864), ''Democratic-Republican

• : John Floyd (1783-1837), Democratic-Republican

• : Alexander Smyth (1765-1830), Democratic-Republican

• : Ballard Smith ( - ), Democratic-Republican

• : Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), Federalist

• : William Lee Ball (1781-1824), Democratic-Republican

• : George F. Strother (1783-1840), Democratic-Republican

• : Philip P. Barbour (1783-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : Robert S. Garnett (1789-1840), Democratic-Republican

• : Burwell Bassett (1764-1841), Democratic-Republican

• : William A. Burwell (1780-1821), Democratic-Republican

• : William J. Lewis (1766-1828), Democratic-Republican

• : Archibald Austin (1772-1837), Democratic-Republican

• : James Pleasants (1769-1836), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas M. Nelson (1782-1853), Democratic-Republican

• : Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818), Democratic-Republican …died February 21 1818.

  John Pegram (1773-1831), Democratic-Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 16 1818.

• : James Johnson ( -1825), Democratic-Republican

• : Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), Democratic-Republican

• : Hugh Nelson (1768-1836), Democratic-Republican

• : John Tyler (1790-1862), Democratic-Republican

Delegates

Alabama Territory

• : John Crowell (1780-1846), …seated March 9 1818.

Illinois Territory

• : Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850), …served until statehood, December 3 1818.

Missouri Territory

• : John Scott (1785-1861), …elected August 4 1817.

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