10th United States Congress
Encyclopedia

House of Representatives

Senate

  • President: George Clinton
    George Clinton (vice president)
    George Clinton was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the fourth Vice President of the United States , serving under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. He and John C...

     (DR)
  • President pro tempore
    President pro tempore of the United States Senate
    The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...

    : Samuel Smith
    Samuel Smith (Maryland)
    Samuel Smith was a United States Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith.-Biography:...

     (DR), elected April 16, 1808
    • Stephen R. Bradley
      Stephen R. Bradley
      Stephen Row Bradley was an American politician.Bradley was born in Wallingford, Connecticut. His parents were Moses and Mary Bradley, members of prominent New England families who had arrived from England in the 17th century. Bradley spent his childhood in Wallingford and studied at Yale,...

       (DR), elected December 28, 1808
    • John Milledge (DR), elected January 30, 1809

House of Representatives

  • Speaker
    Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
    The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...

    : Joseph Bradley Varnum
    Joseph Bradley Varnum
    Joseph Bradley Varnum was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from Massachusetts.-Biography:...

     (DR)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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
Classes of United States Senators
The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...

, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 Senators' terms ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1808; Class 2 Senators' terms began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1810; and Class 3 Senators' terms began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1812.

Connecticut 

  • 1. James Hillhouse
    James Hillhouse
    James Hillhouse was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House and Senate...

     (F)
  • 3. Uriah Tracy
    Uriah Tracy
    Uriah Tracy was an American politician from Connecticut who served in both the House of Representatives and the Senate....

     (F), until July 19, 1807
    • Chauncey Goodrich
      Chauncey Goodrich
      Chauncey Goodrich was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator and a representative.-Biography:...

       (F), from October 25, 1807

Delaware 

  • 1. Samuel White (F)
  • 2. James A. Bayard
    James A. Bayard (elder)
    James Asheton Bayard II was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:Bayard was born in Philadelphia,...

     (F)

Georgia 

  • 2. Abraham Baldwin
    Abraham Baldwin
    Abraham Baldwin was an American politician, Patriot, and Founding Father from the U.S. state of Georgia. Baldwin was a Georgia representative in the Continental Congress and served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate after the adoption of the Constitution.-Minister:After...

     (DR), until March 4, 1807
    • George Jones
      George Jones (U.S. Senator)
      George Jones was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born in Savannah, he received an academic training, studied medicine with his father, and practiced for a number of years. He participated in the American Revolutionary War and during 1780 and 1781 was imprisoned upon an English ship...

       (DR), August 27, 1807 – November 7, 1807
    • William H. Crawford
      William H. Crawford
      William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824.-Political...

       (DR), from November 7, 1807
  • 3. John Milledge (DR)

Kentucky 

  • 2. Buckner Thruston
    Buckner Thruston
    Buckner Thruston was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Senator from Kentucky, and later a long-serving a United States federal judge.-Early life, education, and career:...

     (DR)
  • 3. John Pope
    John Pope (politician)
    John Pope was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory....

     (DR)

Maryland 

  • 1. Samuel Smith
    Samuel Smith (Maryland)
    Samuel Smith was a United States Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith.-Biography:...

     (DR)
  • 3. Philip Reed
    Philip Reed
    Philip Reed was a United States Senator representing Maryland from 1806 to 1813.Born near Chestertown, Maryland, in 1760, Reed completed preparatory studies and served with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of captain of infantry...

     (DR)

Massachusetts 

  • 2. Timothy Pickering
    Timothy Pickering
    Timothy Pickering was a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third United States Secretary of State, serving in that office from 1795 to 1800 under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.-Early years:Pickering was born in Salem, Massachusetts to...

     (F)
  • 1. John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...

     (F), until June 8, 1808
    • James Lloyd
      James Lloyd (Massachusetts)
      James Lloyd was a Federalist United States Senator from Massachusetts during the early years of the United States....

       (F), from June 9, 1808

New Hampshire 

  • 2. Nicholas Gilman
    Nicholas Gilman
    Nicholas Gilman, Jr. was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the U.S. Constitution, representing New Hampshire. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives during the first four...

     (DR)
  • 3. Nahum Parker
    Nahum Parker
    Nahum Parker was a United States Senator from New Hampshire.Parker was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. During the Revolutionary War he served in the Continental Army at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777...

     (DR)

New Jersey 

  • 1. John Condit
    John Condit
    John Condit was a United States Representative and a United States Senator from New Jersey and father of United States Representative Silas Condit....

     (DR)
  • 2. Aaron Kitchell
    Aaron Kitchell
    Aaron Kitchell was a blacksmith and politician from Hanover Township, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate....

     (DR)

New York 

  • 3. John Smith
    John Smith (New York)
    John Smith was an American politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Rev. Caleb Smith, a minister at Orange, New Jersey...

     (DR)
  • 1. Samuel L. Mitchill
    Samuel Latham Mitchill
    Samuel Latham Mitchill was an American physician, naturalist, and politician from New York. He was born in Hempstead, New York...

     (DR)


North Carolina 

  • 2. James Turner
    James Turner
    James Turner was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1802 to 1805. He later served as a U.S. senator between 1805 and 1816....

     (DR)
  • 3. Jesse Franklin
    Jesse Franklin
    Jesse Franklin was the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1799 and 1805 and between 1807 and 1813. He later served as the 20th Governor of North Carolina from 1820 to 1821....

     (DR)

Ohio 

  • 1. John Smith
    John Smith (Ohio Senator)
    John Smith was one of the first two U.S. Senators from the state of Ohio. He reluctantly resigned from the Senate under charges of alleged complicity in the Burr conspiracy....

     (DR), until April 25, 1808
    • Return J. Meigs, Jr.
      Return J. Meigs, Jr.
      Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the fourth Governor of Ohio, fifth United States Postmaster General, and as a U.S. Senator.-Biography:...

       (DR), from December 12, 1808
  • 3. Edward Tiffin
    Edward Tiffin
    Edward Tiffin was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio, and first Governor of the state.-Biography:Sources indicate that he was born in Carlisle; however he may have been born in or near Workington — also in the then county of Cumberland, England...

     (DR)

Pennsylvania 

  • 1. Samuel Maclay
    Samuel Maclay
    Samuel Maclay was an American surveyor, farmer, and politician from Union County, Pennsylvania. He served in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and the United States Senate.-Biography:...

     (DR), until January 4, 1809
    • Michael Leib
      Michael Leib
      Michael Leib was an American physician, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and philosopher born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served Pennsylvania in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S...

       (DR), from January 9, 1809
  • 3. Andrew Gregg (DR)

Rhode Island 

  • 1. Benjamin Howland
    Benjamin Howland
    Benjamin Howland was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Tiverton, he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, was collector of taxes in 1801, town auditor in 1802, and town moderator in 1805...

     (DR)
  • 2. James Fenner
    James Fenner
    James Fenner was an American politician who served as an United States Senator as well as the seventh, 11th and 17th Governor of Rhode Island . He was the son of Arthur Fenner, the fourth governor of Rhode Island.Fenner was born in Providence, Rhode Island...

     (DR), until September 1807
    • Elisha Mathewson
      Elisha Mathewson
      Elisha Mathewson was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Scituate, Rhode Island, he pursued an academic course and was justice of the peace of Scituate. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in 1821 was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and served as speaker...

       (DR), from October 26, 1807

South Carolina 

  • 2. Thomas Sumter
    Thomas Sumter
    Thomas Sumter nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock" , was a hero of the American Revolution and went on to become a longtime member of the Congress of the United States.-Early life:Thomas Sumter was born near Charlottesville in Hanover County, Virginia in 1734...

     (DR)
  • 3. John Gaillard
    John Gaillard
    John Gaillard was a U.S. Senator from South Carolina.Gaillard was born in St. Stephen's district, South Carolina on September 5, 1765. He was of Huguenot descent. He was elected to the United States Senate in place of Pierce Butler, who resigned, and served from January 31, 1805 until his death....

     (DR)

Tennessee 

  • 1. Joseph Anderson
    Joseph Anderson
    Joseph Inslee Anderson was an American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1799 to 1815, and later as the first Comptroller of the United States Treasury...

     (DR)
  • 2. Daniel Smith
    Daniel Smith (surveyor)
    Daniel Smith was a surveyor, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and twice a United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:...

     (DR)

Vermont 

  • 3. Stephen R. Bradley
    Stephen R. Bradley
    Stephen Row Bradley was an American politician.Bradley was born in Wallingford, Connecticut. His parents were Moses and Mary Bradley, members of prominent New England families who had arrived from England in the 17th century. Bradley spent his childhood in Wallingford and studied at Yale,...

     (DR)
  • 1. Israel Smith
    Israel Smith
    Israel Smith was an American lawyer and politician who held a wide variety of positions in the state of Vermont....

     (DR), until October 1, 1807
    • Jonathan Robinson
      Jonathan Robinson
      Jonathan Robinson was an American jurist and politician from the state of Vermont.Robinson was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts. He moved with his family to Bennington, Vermont at the age of 5. Robinson did not enter politics until he was about 30 years old, when his brother, Moses Robinson became...

       (DR), from October 10, 1807

Virginia 

  • 2. William B. Giles
    William Branch Giles
    William Branch Giles ; the name is pronounced jyles) was an American statesman, long-term Senator from Virginia, and the 24th Governor of Virginia...

     (DR)
  • 1. Andrew Moore (DR)


House of Representatives

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

Connecticut 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Epaphroditus Champion
Epaphroditus Champion
Epaphroditus Champion was a U.S. Congressman from Connecticut, serving from 1807 to 1818. He was born in Colchester on April 6, 1756 and educated by private tutors and in the common schools....

 (F). Samuel W. Dana
Samuel W. Dana
Samuel Whittlesey Dana was an American lawyer and politician from Middletown, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate....

 (F). John Davenport
John Davenport (Connecticut)
John Davenport was a United States Representative from Connecticut.-Biography:Born in Stamford, he pursued academic studies, and graduated from Yale College in 1770. He engaged in teaching there in 1773 and 1774; he also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1773, practicing in Stamford...

 (F). Jonathan O. Moseley
Jonathan O. Moseley
Jonathan Ogden Moseley was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut. He was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, the only child of Thomas Moseley, a physician, and Phebe Ogden...

 (F). Timothy Pitkin
Timothy Pitkin
Timothy Pitkin was an American lawyer, politician, and historian....

 (F). Lewis B. Sturges
Lewis B. Sturges
Lewis Burr Sturges was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut from 1805 to 1817. He was born in Fairfield, Conn., the son of Jonathan Sturges, who also served in the House....

 (F). Benjamin Tallmadge
Benjamin Tallmadge
Benjamin Tallmadge was a member of the United States House of Representatives. His birth date is alternately listed as February 25, 1754....

 (F)

Delaware 

. Nicholas Van Dyke (F), from October 6, 1807

Georgia 

. William W. Bibb
William Wyatt Bibb
William Wyatt Bibb was a United States Senator from Georgia and the first Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama. Bibb County, Alabama, and Bibb County, Georgia, are named for him....

 (DR). Howell Cobb (DR). Dennis Smelt
Dennis Smelt
Dennis Smelt was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born near Savannah, Georgia around 1750. He received a limited schooling but participated in the American Revolutionary War....

 (DR). George M. Troup
George Troup
George Michael Troup was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the Georgia General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and Senate before becoming the 32nd Governor of Georgia for two terms and then returning to the Senate...

 (DR)

Kentucky 

. Matthew Lyon
Matthew Lyon
Matthew Lyon , father of Chittenden Lyon and great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn, was a printer, farmer, soldier and politician, serving as a United States Representative from both Vermont and Kentucky....

 (DR). John Boyle
John Boyle (congressman)
John Boyle was a United States federal judge and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives....

 (DR). John Rowan (DR). Richard M. Johnson
Richard Mentor Johnson
Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren . He was the only vice-president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S...

 (DR). Benjamin Howard (DR). Joseph Desha
Joseph Desha
Joseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth Governor of Kentucky. Desha was the first Kentucky governor not to have served in the Revolutionary War. He did, however, serve under William Henry Harrison and "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War, and lost two brothers in battle...

 (DR)

Maryland 

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.. John Campbell
John Campbell (1765–1828)
John Campbell was a United States Representative from Maryland. Born near Port Tobacco, he studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced...

 (F). Archibald Van Horne
Archibald Van Horne
Archibald Van Horne was an American politician.Van Horne was appointed adjutant of the Fourteenth Regiment of the Maryland Militia on April 18, 1798 and was commissioned captain on May 26, 1802. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1801 to 1803 and 1805, and served as speaker...

 (DR). Philip B. Key (F). Roger Nelson (DR). William McCreery (DR). Nicholas R. Moore (DR). John Montgomery
John Montgomery (Maryland politician)
John Montgomery was an American lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland. He represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. Congress from 1807 until 1811, and later served as the Attorney General of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore .-References:...

 (DR). Edward Lloyd
Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland)
Edward Lloyd V served as the 13th Governor of Maryland from 1809 to 1811, and as a United States Senator from Maryland between 1819 and 1826. He also served as a U.S...

 (DR). Charles Goldsborough
Charles Goldsborough
Charles Goldsborough served as the 16th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States in 1819.Goldsborough was born at "Hunting Creek", near Cambridge, Maryland, and pursued an academic course. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784 and began to study law...

 (F)

Massachusetts 

. Josiah Quincy
Josiah Quincy III
Josiah Quincy III was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives , Mayor of Boston , and President of Harvard University...

 (F). Jacob Crowninshield
Jacob Crowninshield
Jacob Crowninshield was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and appointee to the position of U.S. Secretary of the Navy, which he never filled. His brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield did successfully hold the post; the Crowninshield family in general was prominent in early American...

 (DR), until April 15, 1808
    • Joseph Story
      Joseph Story
      Joseph Story was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to 1845. He is most remembered today for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and The Amistad, along with his magisterial Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, first...

       (DR), from May 23, 1808. Edward St. Loe Livermore
      Edward St. Loe Livermore
      Edward St. Loe Livermore, son of Samuel Livermore and brother of Arthur Livermore), was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on April 5, 1762...

       (F). Joseph Bradley Varnum
      Joseph Bradley Varnum
      Joseph Bradley Varnum was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from Massachusetts.-Biography:...

       (DR). William Ely
      William Ely
      William Ely was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life:Ely was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts on August 14, 1765...

       (F). Samuel Taggart
      Samuel Taggart
      Samuel Taggart was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Derry, New Hampshire on March 24, 1754. He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1774. Taggart studied theology and was licensed to preach...

       (F). Joseph Barker
      Joseph Barker (Massachusetts)
      Joseph Barker was an American Congregationalist minister who represented Massachusetts's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from March 1805 to March 1809....

       (DR). Isaiah L. Green
      Isaiah L. Green
      Isaiah Lewis Green was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, Green pursued classical studies, and graduated from Harvard in 1781.He studied law....

       (DR). Josiah Dean
      Josiah Dean
      Josiah Dean was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Raynham, Massachusetts, Dean attended the common schools.He engaged in the rolling-mill and shipbuilding business.Selectman in 1781.Town clerk in 1805....

       (DR). Jabez Upham
      Jabez Upham
      Jabez Upham was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of George Baxter Upham, and cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham.Born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, Upham graduated from Harvard University in 1785....

       (F). William Stedman
      William Stedman
      William Stedman was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Stedman was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1784. After this he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1787 and practiced in Lancaster, Charlestown, and Worcester. He was appointed...

       (F). Barnabas Bidwell
      Barnabas Bidwell
      Barnabas Bidwell was a dual Canadian and American politician of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.Bidwell was born to Adonijah Bidwell and Jemima Devotion in Township No. 1 , and graduated from Yale College in 1785. He later attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island...

       (DR), until July 13, 1807
    • Ezekiel Bacon
      Ezekiel Bacon
      Ezekiel Bacon was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York.-Life:...

       (DR), from September 16, 1807. Ebenezer Seaver
      Ebenezer Seaver
      Ebenezer Seaver was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Seaver graduated from Harvard University in 1784.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

       (DR). Richard Cutts
      Richard Cutts
      Richard Cutts was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born on Cutts Island, Saco, Massachusetts , he attended rural schools and Phillips Academy, Andover. He graduated from Harvard University in 1790, studied law, and engaged extensively in navigation and commercial pursuits...

       (DR). Daniel Ilsley
      Daniel Ilsley
      Daniel Ilsley was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Falmouth, Maine , Ilsley received a liberal schooling. He became a distiller and was also interested in shipping...

       (DR). Orchard Cook
      Orchard Cook
      Orchard Cook was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Cook attended the public schools, and engaged in mercantile pursuits....

       (DR). John Chandler
      John Chandler
      John Chandler was an American politician and soldier of Maine. The political career of Chandler, a Democratic-Republican, was interspersed with his involvement in the state militia during both the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812.Chandler was born in Epping, New Hampshire, the brother of...

       (DR)

New Hampshire 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Peter Carleton
Peter Carleton
Peter Carleton was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits. During the American Revolutionary War, he served in a Massachusetts regiment...

 (DR). Daniel M. Durell (DR). Francis Gardner
Francis Gardner
Francis Gardner was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, the son of the Rev. Francis Gardner...

 (DR). Jedediah K. Smith
Jedediah K. Smith
Jedediah Kilburn Smith was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Amherst, New Hampshire, Smith completed preparatory studies, then studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Amherst in 1800...

 (DR). Clement Storer
Clement Storer
Clement Storer was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Kennebunk, Maine, he completed preparatory studies, studied medicine in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and in Europe, engaged in the practice of medicine in Portsmouth, and was captain of militia and held...

 (DR)

New Jersey 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Ezra Darby
Ezra Darby
Ezra Darby was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Darby attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (DR), until January 27, 1808
    • Adam Boyd
      Adam Boyd (New Jersey)
      Adam Boyd was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Mendham, he moved to Bergen County and to Hackensack a few years later. He was a member of the Bergen County board of freeholders and justices in 1773, 1784, 1791, 1794, and 1798, and was sheriff of Bergen County from 1778 to...

       (DR), from March 8, 1808. William Helms
      William Helms
      William Helms was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Sussex County, he served during the Revolutionary War as second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain, and was brevetted major on September 30, 1783...

       (DR). John Lambert
      John Lambert (politician)
      John Lambert , was a New Jersey politician who served as a Representative, a U.S. Senator and as Acting Governor of New Jersey....

       (DR). Thomas Newbold
      Thomas Newbold
      Thomas Newbold was a U.S. Democratic-Republican politician.He was born in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1797. He then became involved in banking...

       (DR). James Sloan
      James Sloan (congressman)
      James Sloan was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Born in that State, Sloan engaged in agricultural pursuits.Assessor of Newton township for several years.Held several other local offices....

       (DR). Henry Southard
      Henry Southard
      Henry Southard was a United States Representative from the state of New Jersey.Southard was born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He moved with his parents to Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 1755, where he attended the common schools and worked on a farm. Later, Southard served as a private and...

       (DR)

New York 

. Samuel Riker
Samuel Riker
Samuel Riker was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was born on April 8, 1743 in Newtown, Long Island, New York into a family of Dutch origin. His great-grandfather Abraham Ryker was born in the Netherlands and settled in New...

 (DR). and . Joint district with two seats.
    • Gurdon S. Mumford
      Gurdon S. Mumford
      Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford was a United States Representative from New York.Born in New London, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and was a private secretary to Benjamin Franklin during the latter part of his official residence in Paris. He returned with Franklin to America in 1785 and...

       (DR)
    • George Clinton, Jr. (DR). Philip Van Cortlandt
      Philip Van Cortlandt
      Philip Van Cortlandt was an American surveyor, landowner, and politician from Westchester County, New York.During the Revolutionary War, Colonel Cortlandt commanded the 2nd New York Regiment in the Continental Army...

       (DR). John Blake, Jr.
      John Blake, Jr. (politician)
      John Blake Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:Born in Ulster County, Blake attended the public schools and during the Revolutionary War served in the New York State Militia...

       (DR). Daniel C. Verplanck
      Daniel C. Verplanck
      Daniel Crommelin Verplanck was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he was educated under private tutors and graduated from Columbia College in New York City in 1788...

       (DR). Barent Gardenier
      Barent Gardenier
      Barent Gardenier was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a United States Representative from 1807 to 1811.-Life:...

       (F). James I. Van Alen
      James I. Van Alen
      James Isaac Van Alen was a United States Representative from New York and a half brother of U.S. President Martin Van Buren.-Biography:...

       (DR). Killian K. Van Rensselaer (F). Josiah Masters
      Josiah Masters
      Josiah Masters was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he was graduated from Yale College in 1783. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York...

       (DR). John Thompson (DR). David Thomas
      David Thomas (New York)
      See David Thomas for similarly named peopleDavid Thomas was an American politician.-Life:...

       (DR), until February 17, 1808
    • Nathan Wilson
      Nathan Wilson
      Nathan Wilson was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he moved with his family to Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where he attended school...

       (DR), from November 7, 1808. Peter Swart
      Peter Swart
      Peter Swart was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Schoharie, he attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in New York and commenced the practice of law in Schoharie...

       (DR). John Russell
      John Russell (New York)
      John Russell was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Branford, Connecticut, he attended the public school, moved to New York State, studied medicine, and practiced a short time in Cooperstown, New York...

       (DR). William Kirkpatrick
      William Kirkpatrick (New York politician)
      William Kirkpatrick was a United States Representative from New York.Kirkpatrick was born in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, he graduated from Princeton College in 1788, studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and commenced practice in Whitestown, Oneida County, New York...

       (DR). Reuben Humphrey
      Reuben Humphrey
      Reuben Humphrey was a United States Representative from New York. Born in West Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, he completed preparatory studies and enlisted in the Revolutionary War as a private. He was mustered out as a captain, and held several local offices...

       (DR). John Harris
      John Harris (New York)
      John Harris was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.John Harris was born at Harris Ferry, Pennsylvania . He moved to Aurelius, New York, in 1789, and operated the first ferry across Cayuga Lake...

       (DR)

North Carolina 

. Lemuel Sawyer
Lemuel Sawyer
Lemuel Sawyer was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Camden County, near Elizabeth City, North Carolina; attended Flatbush Academy, Long Island, New York, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1799; attended the University of...

 (DR). Willis Alston
Willis Alston
Willis Alston was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1825 and 1831.Born near Littleton, North Carolina in Halifax County, Alston was said to have attended Princeton College, though no records exist of his enrollment, and engaged in agricultural pursuits...

 (DR). Thomas Blount (DR). William Blackledge
William Blackledge
William Blackledge was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1803 and 1809 and between 1811 and 1813....

 (DR). Thomas Kenan (DR). Nathaniel Macon
Nathaniel Macon
Nathaniel Macon was a spokesman for the Old Republican faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that wanted to strictly limit the United States federal government. Macon was born near Warrenton, North Carolina, and attended the College of New Jersey and served briefly in the American...

 (DR). John Culpepper
John Culpepper
John Culpepper was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., in 1761; attended the public schools; became a minister in the Baptist Church; presented credentials as a Federalist Member-elect to the Tenth Congress and served from March 4, 1807,...

 (F), until January 2, 1808, and then from February 23, 1808. Richard Stanford
Richard Stanford
Richard Stanford was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1797 and 1816.-Biography:...

 (DR). Marmaduke Williams
Marmaduke Williams
Marmaduke Williams was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1803 to 1809.Born in Caswell County, North Carolina, Williams studied law and was admitted to the North Carolina bar. He was elected to the North Carolina State Senate, serving 1802, and then was elected that...

 (DR). Evan S. Alexander
Evan Shelby Alexander
Evan Shelby Alexander was a United States Democratic-Republican Party Congressman from North Carolina between 1806 and 1809....

 (DR). James Holland (DR). Meshack Franklin
Meshack Franklin
Meshack Franklin was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Surry County, North Carolina, in 1772; Brother of Jesse Franklin...

 (DR)

Pennsylvania 

There were four plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd had three representatives each, the 4th had two representatives.. Joseph Clay
Joseph Clay
Joseph Clay was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Clay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses, and served until his resignation after March 28, 1808. He was also...

 (DR), until March 28, 1808
    • Benjamin Say
      Benjamin Say
      Benjamin Say was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Benjamin Say was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1780 and practiced in that city. He also worked as an apothecary...

       (DR), from November 16, 1808. John Porter
      John Porter (politician)
      John Porter was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from December 8, 1806, to March 4, 1811. He was born in Pennsylvania, but his birth date is unknown. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Michael Leib...

       (DR). Jacob Richards
      Jacob Richards
      Jacob Richards was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jacob Richards was born near Chester, Pennsylvania...

       (DR). Robert Brown
      Robert Brown (Pennsylvania)
      Robert Brown was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Weaversville, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools and was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade...

       (DR). William Milnor
      William Milnor
      William Milnor was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia....

       (F). John Pugh
      John Pugh (Pennsylvania)
      John Pugh was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Pugh was born in Hilltown Township, Pennsylvania. He briefly served in the American Revolutionary War as a captain in the Pennsylvania militia. He engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits, and served as justice of...

       (DR). John Hiester
      John Hiester
      John Hiester was an American military and political leader from the Revolutionary War era to the early 19th Century. He was a member of the Hiester Family political dynasty....

       (DR). Robert Jenkins
      Robert Jenkins (Pennsylvania)
      Robert Jenkins was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Jenkins was born in Windsor Forges, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the select school of Dr. Robert Smith of Pequea...

       (F). Matthias Richards
      Matthias Richards
      Matthias Richards was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:...

       (DR). David Bard
      David Bard
      David Bard was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born at Carroll's Delight, Adams County, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Princeton College in 1773....

       (DR). Robert Whitehill
      Robert Whitehill (Pennsylvania)
      Robert Whitehill was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Whitehill was born in Pequea, Pennsylvania. He settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania...

       (DR). Daniel Montgomery, Jr.
      Daniel Montgomery, Jr.
      Daniel Montgomery, Jr. was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Daniel Montgomery, Jr., was born in Londonderry, Pennsylvania. He moved to Danville, Pennsylvania, and was the chief promoter of turnpike roads in the section around Danville...

       (DR). James Kelly
      James Kelly (U.S. representative)
      James Kelly was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1805–1809 for the Federalist Party, Pennsylvania....

       (F). John Rea
      John Rea (politician)
      John Rea was an early 19th century American politician. Rea was born at "Rea’s Mansion," near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania...

       (DR). William Findley
      William Findley
      William Findley was an Irish-born farmer and politician from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House from 1791 until 1799 and from 1803 to 1817.-Early years:William Findley was born in Ulster, Ireland and...

       (DR). John Smilie
      John Smilie
      John Smilie was an American politician from Fayette, Pennsylvania.He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House from 1793 until 1795 and from 1799 to 1812. Smilie was a prominent Jeffersonian, and was identified with the "'Quid" branch of the party...

       (DR). William Hoge
      William Hoge
      William Hoge was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Hoge was born near Hogestown, Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling and moved to western Pennsylvania in 1782, where he and his brother John founded the town of Washington, Pennsylvania...

       (DR). Samuel Smith
      Samuel Smith (Pennsylvania)
      Samuel Smith was an early 19th century member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district.Smith was a Democratic-Republican who served as an associate judge of Erie County, Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1805...

       (DR)

Rhode Island 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Nehemiah Knight
Nehemiah Knight
Nehemiah Knight was a United States Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Knightsville within the town of Cranston, now a suburb of Providence. He attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was town clerk from 1773 to 1800...

 (DR), until June 13, 1808
    • Richard Jackson, Jr.
      Richard Jackson, Jr.
      Richard Jackson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Jackson completed preparatory studies in the schools of Providence and Pomfret, Connecticut....

       (F), from November 11, 1808. Isaac Wilbour
      Isaac Wilbour
      Isaac Wilbour was an American politician from Rhode Island holding several offices, including the sixth Governor of the state....

       (DR)

South Carolina 

. Robert Marion
Robert Marion
Robert Marion was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born 1766 in Berkeley District, South Carolina, Marion pursued an academic course, and was graduated from the University of the State of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784.He owned and managed plantation at Belle Isle, South...

 (DR). William Butler, Sr. (DR). David R. Williams
David Rogerson Williams
David Rogerson Williams was a Representative in the United States Congress and the 45th Governor of South Carolina from 1814 to 1816.-Early life and career:...

 (DR). John Taylor (DR). Richard Winn
Richard Winn
Richard Winn was an American merchant, surveyor, and politician from Winnsboro, South Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he was an officer in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment. After the regiment was captured at Charleston, he served in a militia partisan unit under Thomas Sumter...

 (DR). Joseph Calhoun
Joseph Calhoun
Joseph Calhoun was a Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives...

 (DR), from June 2, 1807. Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore (Congressman)
Thomas Moore was a member of the United State House of Representatives and planter from South Carolina.Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Moore served in the during the Revolutionary War, taking part in the Battle of Cowpens at the age of 16. He served in the South Carolina House of...

 (DR). Lemuel J. Alston
Lemuel J. Alston
Lemuel James Alston was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in the eastern part of Granville County, North Carolina, Alston moved to South Carolina after the Revolutionary War and settled near Greens Mill, which soon became the town of Greenville, South Carolina. He studied law and was...

 (DR)

Tennessee 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. John Rhea
John Rhea
John Rhea was an American soldier and politician of the early 19th century who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. Rhea County, Tennessee is named for him.-Early years:...

 (DR). George W. Campbell
George W. Campbell
George Washington Campbell was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, U.S...

 (DR). Jesse Wharton
Jesse Wharton
Jesse Wharton was an attorney who briefly represented Tennessee in each house of Congress.-Biography:Wharton was born in Albemarle County, Virginia and studied law and was admitted to the Virginia bar. Moving to Tennessee, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from that...

 (DR)

Vermont 

. James Witherell
James Witherell
James Witherell was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts. After completing preparatory studies, he served in the Continental Army 1775-1783 during the American Revolutionary War. He entered service as a private and rose to the rank of Adjutant in...

 (DR), until May 1, 1808
    • Samuel Shaw
      Samuel Shaw
      Samuel Shaw was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Dighton, Massachusetts. He received a limited schooling as a youth. He moved to Putney, Vermont and studied medicine and commenced practice in Castleton in 1789.Shaw was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives...

       (DR), from September 6, 1808. James Elliott
      James Elliott (politician)
      James Elliott was a Massachusetts local and a Vermont representative. He fought in the Northwest Indian War of 1793 in Ohio, studied law afterward, and upon getting admitted to the bar in 1803, he began practicing in Brattleboro, Vermont. He was elected to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses...

       (F). James Fisk
      James Fisk (politician)
      James Fisk was a politician from Vermont who was elected to the United States Senate and the House of Representatives...

       (DR). Martin Chittenden
      Martin Chittenden
      Martin Chittenden was the seventh Governor of Vermont during a crucial portion of the War of 1812.Chittenden was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, and moved to Vermont in 1776 in the wake of the founding of the town of Williston by his father, Thomas Chittenden. In 1789, Martin Chittenden graduated...

       (F)

Virginia 

. John G. Jackson
John G. Jackson (politician)
John George Jackson was a U.S. Representative and federal judge from Virginia, the son of George Jackson, brother of Edward B...

 (DR). John Morrow
John Morrow (Virginia)
John Morrow was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Morrow was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses .-Source:...

 (DR). John Smith
John Smith (Virginia)
John Smith was a United States Representative from Virginia; born at Shooter's Hill, near Locust Hill, Middlesex County, Va., May 7, 1750; moved to Frederick County, Va., in 1773 and engaged in planting at Hackwood, near Winchester; commissioned a justice of the peace in 1773; served in Dunmore's...

 (DR). David Holmes
David Holmes (politician)
David Holmes was the last governor of the Mississippi Territory and the first governor of the State of Mississippi.-Career:...

 (DR). Alexander Wilson (DR). Abram Trigg
Abram Trigg
Abram Trigg was an American farmer and politician from Bedford County, Virginia. He fought with the Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War and represented Virginia 6th congressional district in the U.S. Congress from 1797 until 1804....

 (DR). Joseph Lewis, Jr.
Joseph Lewis, Jr.
Joseph Lewis, Jr. was an 18th century and 19th century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Virginia, Lewis served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1799 to 1803. He was then elected a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives in 1802, serving from 1803 to 1817...

 (F). Walter Jones (DR). John Love
John Love (congressman)
John Love was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Growing up, Love pursued in an academic course, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1801, commencing practice in Alexandria, Virginia...

 (DR). John Dawson (DR). James M. Garnett
James M. Garnett
James Mercer Garnett was a nineteenth century politician and planter from Virginia. He was the brother of Robert S. Garnett, the first cousin of Charles F. Mercer, and the grandfather of Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett....

 (DR). Burwell Bassett
Burwell Bassett
Burwell Bassett, Jr. was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1787 to 1789, and the Virginia Senate from 1794 to 1805.-Biography:...

 (DR). William A. Burwell
William A. Burwell
William Armisted Burwell was a nineteenth century congressman and presidential secretary from Virginia....

 (DR). Matthew Clay
Matthew Clay
Matthew Clay was a United States Representative from Virginia. Born in Halifax County , during the American Revolutionary War he entered the Ninth Virginia Regiment on October 1, 1776...

 (DR). John Randolph
John Randolph of Roanoke
John Randolph , known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives , the Senate , and also as Minister to Russia...

 (DR). John W. Eppes
John Wayles Eppes
John Wayles Eppes was an attorney, a United States Representative and a Senator from Virginia. One of the planter class, he married his first cousin Maria Jefferson, the youngest surviving daughter of Martha Wayles Skelton and Thomas Jefferson...

 (DR). John Claiborne
John Claiborne
John Claiborne He was a son of Thomas Claiborne and brother of Thomas Claiborne . He was a Representative from Virginia; born in Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1777; pursued academic studies; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1798 and...

 (DR), until October 9, 1808
    • Thomas Gholson, Jr.
      Thomas Gholson, Jr.
      Thomas Gholson, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Virginia from 1808 to 1816 in the United States House of Representatives from both Virginia's 18th congressional district and Virginia's 17th congressional district both now obsolete congressional districts...

       (DR), from November 7, 1808. Peterson Goodwyn
      Peterson Goodwyn
      Peterson Goodwyn was a soldier, politician and planter from Virginia.Born at "Martins" near Petersburg, Virginia, Goodwyn was education by private teachers as a child and went on to complete his preparatory studies...

       (DR). Edwin Gray
      Edwin Gray
      Edwin Gray was an 18th century and 19th century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Southampton County, Virginia, Gray attended the College of William and Mary and later served in the House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775...

       (DR). Thomas Newton, Jr.
      Thomas Newton, Jr.
      Thomas Newton, Jr. was an American politician. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia.Newton was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1796 to 1799. He served as a Democratic-Republican in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1801 to March 9, 1830.-External links:*...

       (DR). Wilson C. Nicholas
      Wilson Cary Nicholas
      Wilson Cary Nicholas was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1799 to 1804 and was the 19th Governor of Virginia from 1814 to 1816....

       (DR). John Clopton
      John Clopton
      John Clopton was a United States Representative from Virginia. Born in St. Peter's Parish , his father was William Clopton and his mother was Elizabeth Dorrell Ford , he graduated from the College of Philadelphia in 1776...

       (DR)

Non-voting members

. Benjamin Parke
Benjamin Parke
Benjamin Parke was a 19th-century American soldier and politician in the Indiana Territory and later state of Indiana.-Biography:...

, until March 1, 1808
    • Jesse B. Thomas
      Jesse B. Thomas
      Jesse Burgess Thomas was born in Shepherdstown, Virginia . He served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the tenth Congress and later served as one of Illinois's first two Senators.- Biography :...

      , from October 22, 1808. George Poindexter
      George Poindexter
      George Poindexter was an American politician, lawyer and judge from Mississippi.-Background:Poindexter was born in Louisa County, Virginia and was of Huguenot ancestry. He was orphaned early in life and had a sporadic education growing up...

      . Daniel Clark
      Daniel Clark (politician)
      Daniel Clark was the first Delegate from the Territory of Orleans to the United States House of Representatives. Born in Sligo, Ireland and educated at Eton College in England, he migrated to the United States in 1786 and settled in New Orleans, Louisiana...



Changes in membership

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

Senate

There were 5 resignations, 2 deaths, and 1 interim appointment. Neither party had a net change.
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | Abraham Baldwin
Abraham Baldwin
Abraham Baldwin was an American politician, Patriot, and Founding Father from the U.S. state of Georgia. Baldwin was a Georgia representative in the Continental Congress and served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate after the adoption of the Constitution.-Minister:After...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 4, 1807
| | George Jones
George Jones (U.S. Senator)
George Jones was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born in Savannah, he received an academic training, studied medicine with his father, and practiced for a number of years. He participated in the American Revolutionary War and during 1780 and 1781 was imprisoned upon an English ship...

 (DR)
| Appointed August 27, 1807
|-
| Connecticut
(3)
| | Uriah Tracy
Uriah Tracy
Uriah Tracy was an American politician from Connecticut who served in both the House of Representatives and the Senate....

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 19, 1807
| | Chauncey Goodrich
Chauncey Goodrich
Chauncey Goodrich was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator and a representative.-Biography:...

 (F)
| Seated October 25, 1807
|-
| Rhode Island
(2)
| | James Fenner
James Fenner
James Fenner was an American politician who served as an United States Senator as well as the seventh, 11th and 17th Governor of Rhode Island . He was the son of Arthur Fenner, the fourth governor of Rhode Island.Fenner was born in Providence, Rhode Island...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September, 1807 to become Governor of Rhode Island
| | Elisha Mathewson
Elisha Mathewson
Elisha Mathewson was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Scituate, Rhode Island, he pursued an academic course and was justice of the peace of Scituate. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in 1821 was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and served as speaker...

 (DR)
| Seated October 26, 1807
|-
| Vermont
(1)
| | Israel Smith
Israel Smith
Israel Smith was an American lawyer and politician who held a wide variety of positions in the state of Vermont....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 1, 1807 to become Governor of Vermont
Governor of Vermont
The Governor of Vermont is the governor of the U.S. state of Vermont. The governor is elected in even numbered years by direct voting for a term of two years; Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every two years, instead of every four...


| | Jonathan Robinson
Jonathan Robinson
Jonathan Robinson was an American jurist and politician from the state of Vermont.Robinson was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts. He moved with his family to Bennington, Vermont at the age of 5. Robinson did not enter politics until he was about 30 years old, when his brother, Moses Robinson became...

 (DR)
| Seated October 10, 1807
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | George Jones
George Jones (U.S. Senator)
George Jones was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born in Savannah, he received an academic training, studied medicine with his father, and practiced for a number of years. He participated in the American Revolutionary War and during 1780 and 1781 was imprisoned upon an English ship...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1807
| | William H. Crawford
William H. Crawford
William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824.-Political...

 (DR)
| Seated November 7, 1807
|-
| Ohio
(1)
| | John Smith
John Smith (Ohio Senator)
John Smith was one of the first two U.S. Senators from the state of Ohio. He reluctantly resigned from the Senate under charges of alleged complicity in the Burr conspiracy....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 25, 1808
| | Return J. Meigs, Jr.
Return J. Meigs, Jr.
Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the fourth Governor of Ohio, fifth United States Postmaster General, and as a U.S. Senator.-Biography:...

 (DR)
| Seated December 12, 1808
|-
| Massachusetts
(1)
| | John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 8, 1808
| | James Lloyd
James Lloyd (Massachusetts)
James Lloyd was a Federalist United States Senator from Massachusetts during the early years of the United States....

 (F)
| Seated June 9, 1808
|-
| Pennsylvania
(1)
| | Samuel Maclay
Samuel Maclay
Samuel Maclay was an American surveyor, farmer, and politician from Union County, Pennsylvania. He served in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and the United States Senate.-Biography:...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 4, 1809
| | Michael Leib
Michael Leib
Michael Leib was an American physician, politician, scientist, inventor, statesman, and philosopher born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served Pennsylvania in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S...

 (DR)
| Seated January 9, 1809
|}

House of Representatives

Of the voting members, there were 4 resignations, 4 deaths, and 2 vacancies from the beginning of this Congress. Democratic-Republicans had no net change and Federalists picked up 2 seats.
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Levi Casey (DR) died before the end of the preceding Congress
| | Joseph Calhoun
Joseph Calhoun
Joseph Calhoun was a Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives...

 (DR)
| Seated June 2, 1807
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | James M. Broom
James M. Broom
James Madison Broom was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware.-Early life and family:...

 (F) resigned before the beginning of this Congress
| | Nicholas Van Dyke (F)
| Seated October 6, 1807
|-
|
| | Barnabas Bidwell
Barnabas Bidwell
Barnabas Bidwell was a dual Canadian and American politician of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.Bidwell was born to Adonijah Bidwell and Jemima Devotion in Township No. 1 , and graduated from Yale College in 1785. He later attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 13, 1807 after becoming Attorney General of Massachusetts
| | Ezekiel Bacon
Ezekiel Bacon
Ezekiel Bacon was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York.-Life:...

 (DR)
| Seated September 16, 1807
|-
|
| | John Culpepper
John Culpepper
John Culpepper was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., in 1761; attended the public schools; became a minister in the Baptist Church; presented credentials as a Federalist Member-elect to the Tenth Congress and served from March 4, 1807,...

 (F)
| style="font-size:80%" | Seat declared vacant January 2, 1808
| | John Culpepper
John Culpepper
John Culpepper was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Wadesboro, Anson County, N.C., in 1761; attended the public schools; became a minister in the Baptist Church; presented credentials as a Federalist Member-elect to the Tenth Congress and served from March 4, 1807,...

 (F)
| Seated February 23, 1808
|-
|
| | Ezra Darby
Ezra Darby
Ezra Darby was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.Born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Darby attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 27, 1808
| | Adam Boyd
Adam Boyd (New Jersey)
Adam Boyd was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Mendham, he moved to Bergen County and to Hackensack a few years later. He was a member of the Bergen County board of freeholders and justices in 1773, 1784, 1791, 1794, and 1798, and was sheriff of Bergen County from 1778 to...

 (DR)
| Seated March 8, 1808
|-
|
| Benjamin Parke
Benjamin Parke
Benjamin Parke was a 19th-century American soldier and politician in the Indiana Territory and later state of Indiana.-Biography:...



| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 1, 1808
| Jesse B. Thomas
Jesse B. Thomas
Jesse Burgess Thomas was born in Shepherdstown, Virginia . He served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the tenth Congress and later served as one of Illinois's first two Senators.- Biography :...


| October 22, 1808
|-
|
| | Joseph Clay
Joseph Clay
Joseph Clay was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Clay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses, and served until his resignation after March 28, 1808. He was also...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 28, 1808
| | Benjamin Say
Benjamin Say
Benjamin Say was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Benjamin Say was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1780 and practiced in that city. He also worked as an apothecary...

 (DR)
| Seated November 16, 1808
|-
|
| | Jacob Crowninshield
Jacob Crowninshield
Jacob Crowninshield was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and appointee to the position of U.S. Secretary of the Navy, which he never filled. His brother Benjamin Williams Crowninshield did successfully hold the post; the Crowninshield family in general was prominent in early American...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 15, 1808
| | Joseph Story
Joseph Story
Joseph Story was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to 1845. He is most remembered today for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and The Amistad, along with his magisterial Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, first...

 (DR)
| Seated May 23, 1808
|-
|
| | David Thomas
David Thomas (New York)
See David Thomas for similarly named peopleDavid Thomas was an American politician.-Life:...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1808 after becoming New York State Treasurer
New York State Treasurer
The New York State Treasurer was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York between 1776 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor Al Smith, the office was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the new Department of Audit and Control headed by the...


| | Nathan Wilson
Nathan Wilson
Nathan Wilson was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he moved with his family to Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where he attended school...

 (DR)
| November 7, 1808
|-
|
| | James Witherell
James Witherell
James Witherell was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts. After completing preparatory studies, he served in the Continental Army 1775-1783 during the American Revolutionary War. He entered service as a private and rose to the rank of Adjutant in...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1808 after becoming judge of Supreme Court for Michigan Territory
Michigan Territory
The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan...


| | Samuel Shaw
Samuel Shaw
Samuel Shaw was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Dighton, Massachusetts. He received a limited schooling as a youth. He moved to Putney, Vermont and studied medicine and commenced practice in Castleton in 1789.Shaw was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives...

 (DR)
| Seated September 6, 1808
|-
|
| | Nehemiah Knight
Nehemiah Knight
Nehemiah Knight was a United States Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Knightsville within the town of Cranston, now a suburb of Providence. He attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was town clerk from 1773 to 1800...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 13, 1808
| | Richard Jackson, Jr.
Richard Jackson, Jr.
Richard Jackson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Jackson completed preparatory studies in the schools of Providence and Pomfret, Connecticut....

 (F)
| Seated November 11, 1808
|-
|
| | John Claiborne
John Claiborne
John Claiborne He was a son of Thomas Claiborne and brother of Thomas Claiborne . He was a Representative from Virginia; born in Brunswick County, Virginia, in 1777; pursued academic studies; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1798 and...

 (DR)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 9, 1808
| | Thomas Gholson, Jr.
Thomas Gholson, Jr.
Thomas Gholson, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Virginia from 1808 to 1816 in the United States House of Representatives from both Virginia's 18th congressional district and Virginia's 17th congressional district both now obsolete congressional districts...

 (DR)
| Seated November 7, 1808
|}

Senate

  • Chaplain
    Chaplain of the United States Senate
    The Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...

    : Alexander T. McCormick (Episcopalian), elected November 10, 1807
    • Robert Elliott (Presbyterian
      Presbyterianism
      Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...

      ), elected November 10, 1808
  • Secretary
    Secretary of the United States Senate
    The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...

    : Samuel A. Otis
    Samuel Allyne Otis
    Samuel A. Otis , a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., November 24, 1740; was graduated from Harvard College in 1759; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Boston; member of the state house...

  • Sergeant at Arms
    Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
    The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...

    : James Mathers
    James Mathers
    -Early life:Born in Ireland, he migrated with his family to New York City some years before the American Revolutionary War. He married Mary Maxwell and the couple had a daughter Effa baptized on 12 December, 1770 at a Presbyterian church in New York City. In the war's earliest days, Mathers joined...


House of Representatives

  • Chaplain
    Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
    The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...

    : Obadiah B. Brown, Baptist
    Baptist
    Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...

  • Clerk
    Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
    The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....

    : Patrick Magruder
    Patrick Magruder
    Patrick Magruder was the second Librarian of the United States Congress, serving from 1807 to 1815.-Biography:Magruder was born on his family’s estate, Locust Grove, near Rockville in Montgomery County, Maryland. Magruder attended Princeton College and became a lawyer...

     of Maryland
    Maryland
    Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

  • Doorkeeper
    Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
    An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...

    : Thomas Claxton
  • Sergeant at Arms
    Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
    The United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...

    : Thomas Dunn of Maryland
    Maryland
    Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...


External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK