14th United States Congress

{{Short description|1815–1817 legislative term}} {{Use American English|date = March 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date = March 2019}} {{more footnotes|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox United States Congress |number = 14th |start = March 4, 1815 |end = March 3, 1817 |vp = Vacant{{efn|President pro tempore John Gaillard acted his duties as the President of the Senate.}} |pro tem = John Gaillard (DR) |speaker = Henry Clay (DR) |senators = 38 |reps = 183 |delegates = 4 |s-majority = Democratic-Republican |h-majority = Democratic-Republican |sessionnumber1 = 1st |sessionstart1 = December 4, 1815 |sessionend1 = April 30, 1816 |sessionnumber2 = 2nd |sessionstart2 = December 2, 1816 |sessionend2 = March 3, 1817 |previous = 13th |next = 15th | image = BrickCapitol.jpg | imagename = The Old Brick Capitol, the temporary Capitol while the U.S. Capitol was being renovated after the Burning of Washington. | imagedate= pictured here around 1861 in use as a Civil War prison }} The '''14th United States Congress''' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in the Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817, during the seventh and eighth years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1810 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority. {{TOClimit|2}}

==Major events== {{Main|1815 in the United States|1816 in the United States|1817 in the United States}} * November 1816: James Monroe defeated Rufus King in the U.S. presidential election. [[Image:Henry Clay.JPG|thumb|175px|Speaker of the House<br>Henry Clay]] * According to abolitionist Jesse Torrey, "One of the members of the house of representatives (Mr. ADGATE,) related to me, while at Washington, the following fact: — "That during the last session of congress, (1815–16,) as several members were standing in the street, near the new capitol, a drove of manacled coloured people were passing by; and when just opposite one of them elevating his manacles as high as he could reach, commenced singing the favorite national song, ''<nowiki/>'Hail Columbia! happy land!'<nowiki/>'' &c."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Torrey |first=Jesse |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitureofdom1817torr/page/38/mode/2up |title=A portraiture of domestic slavery in the United States |date=1817 |publisher=John Bioren, printer |others=Boston Public Library |location=Philadelphia |pages=39–40}}</ref>

==Major legislation== {{main|List of United States federal legislation#14th United States Congress}} * April 10, 1816: Establishment of the Second Bank of the United States * April 27, 1816: Dallas tariff

=== Proposed, but not enacted === * March 3, 1817: Bonus Bill of 1817 (vetoed)

== Treaties == * August 24, 1816: Treaty of St. Louis signed

== States admitted and territories organized == * December 11, 1816: Indiana was admitted as the 19th state, {{USStat|3|399}} * March 3, 1817: Alabama Territory was created from a portion of the Mississippi Territory

==Party summary== The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

=== Senate === During this congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of Indiana. {{US Congress party summary | congress = 14

| party1 = Democratic-Republican | abb1 = DR | seats1_last = 25 | seats1_begin = 22 | seats1_end = 25 | seats1_next = 25

| party2 = Federalist | abb2 = F | seats2_last = 10 | seats2_begin = 11 | seats2_end = 13 | seats2_next = 13

| seats_vacant_last = 1 | seats_vacant_begin = 3 | seats_vacant_end = 0 | seats_vacant_next = 0

}}

=== House of Representatives === During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Indiana. {{US Congress party summary | congress = 14

| party1 = Democratic-Republican | abb1 = DR | seats1_last = 115 | seats1_begin = 114 | seats1_end = 119 | seats1_next = 142

| party2 = Federalist | abb2 = F | seats2_last = 67 | seats2_begin = 63 | seats2_end = 63 | seats2_next = 38

| seats_vacant_last = 0 | seats_vacant_begin = 5 | seats_vacant_end = 1 | seats_vacant_next = 3

}}

==Leadership==

=== Senate === * President: Vacant * President pro tempore: John Gaillard (DR) of South Carolina, first elected December 4, 1815

=== House of Representatives === * Speaker: Henry Clay (DR) of Kentucky

== Members == This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district. :''Skip to House of Representatives, below''

=== Senate === {{main|List of United States senators in the 14th Congress}} 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 with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1820; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1816; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1818. {{col-begin}} {{col-break}}

==== Connecticut ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. Samuel W. Dana (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}3. David Daggett (F)

==== Delaware ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. Outerbridge Horsey (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}2. William H. Wells (F)

==== Georgia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. William W. Bibb (DR), until November 9, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}George Troup (DR), from November 13, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Charles Tait (DR)

==== Indiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. James Noble (DR), from December 11, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Waller Taylor (DR), from December 11, 1816

==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. William T. Barry (DR), until May 1, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}Martin D. Hardin (F), from November 13, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Isham Talbot (DR)

==== Louisiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. James Brown (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Eligius Fromentin (DR)

==== Maryland ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. Robert Goodloe Harper (F), January 1816 – December 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}Alexander C. Hanson (F), from December 20, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}3. Robert H. Goldsborough (F)

==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. Christopher Gore (F), until May 30, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}Eli P. Ashmun (F), from June 12, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR)

==== New Hampshire ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}2. Thomas W. Thompson (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}3. Jeremiah Mason (F)

==== New Jersey ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. James J. Wilson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. John Condit (DR) {{col-break}}

==== New York ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. Nathan Sanford (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}3. Rufus King (F)

==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. James Turner (DR), until November 21, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Montfort Stokes (DR), from December 4, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Francis Locke Jr. (DR), until December 5, 1815 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Nathaniel Macon (DR), from December 13, 1815

==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. Benjamin Ruggles (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Jeremiah Morrow (DR)

==== Pennsylvania ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. Jonathan Roberts (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Abner Lacock (DR)

==== Rhode Island ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. William Hunter (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Jeremiah B. Howell (DR)

==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. John Taylor (DR), until November 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}William Smith (DR), from December 4, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. John Gaillard (DR)

==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. George W. Campbell (DR), from October 10, 1815 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Jesse Wharton (DR), until October 10, 1815 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}John Williams (DR), from October 10, 1815

==== Vermont ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. Isaac Tichenor (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Dudley Chase (DR)

==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. James Barbour (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Armistead T. Mason (DR), from January 3, 1816 {{col-break}} thumb|375px|Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 14th Congress in March 1815. Indiana's senators were not seated until December 11, 1816. {{legend|#0044aa|2 Democratic-Republicans}} {{legend|#660080|1 Democratic-Republican and 1 Federalist}} {{legend|#aa0000|2 Federalists}} {{col-end}}

=== House of Representatives === {{main|List of United States representatives in the 14th Congress}} {{col-begin}} {{col-break}}

==== Connecticut ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Epaphroditus Champion (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. John Davenport (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Lyman Law (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Jonathan O. Moseley (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Timothy Pitkin (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Lewis B. Sturges (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Benjamin Tallmadge (F)

==== Delaware ==== Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Delaware|AL|E}}. Thomas Clayton (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Delaware|AL|E}}. Thomas Cooper (F)

==== Georgia ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. Alfred Cuthbert (DR), until November 9, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Zadock Cook (DR), from December 2, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. John Forsyth (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. Bolling Hall (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. Wilson Lumpkin (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. Thomas Telfair (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. Richard Henry Wilde (DR)

==== Indiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Indiana|AL|E}}. William Hendricks (DR), from December 11, 1816 (newly admitted state)

==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|1|E}}. James Clark (DR), until August 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Thomas Fletcher (DR), from December 2, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|2|E}}. Henry Clay (DR), from October 30, 1815 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|3|E}}. Richard M. Johnson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|4|E}}. Joseph Desha (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|5|E}}. Alney McLean (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|6|E}}. Solomon P. Sharp (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|7|E}}. Samuel McKee (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|8|E}}. Stephen Ormsby (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|9|E}}. Micah Taul (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|10|E}}. Benjamin Hardin (DR)

==== Louisiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Louisiana|AL|E}}. Thomas B. Robertson (DR)

==== Maryland ==== The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives. : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|1|E}}. Philip Stuart (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|2|E}}. John C. Herbert (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|3|E}}. Alexander C. Hanson (F), until ????, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}George Peter (F), from October 7, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|4|E}}. George Baer Jr. (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|5|E}}. Nicholas R. Moore (DR), until ????, 1815 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Samuel Smith (DR), from February 4, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|5|E}}. William Pinkney (DR), until April 18, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Peter Little (DR), from December 2, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|6|E}}. Stevenson Archer (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|7|E}}. Robert Wright (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|8|E}}. Charles Goldsborough (F)

==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|1|E}}. Artemas Ward Jr. (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|2|E}}. Timothy Pickering (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|3|E}}. Jeremiah Nelson (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|4|E}}. Asahel Stearns (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|5|E}}. Elijah H. Mills (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|6|E}}. Samuel Taggart (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|7|E}}. John W. Hulbert (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|8|E}}. William Baylies (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|9|E}}. John Reed Jr. (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|10|E}}. Laban Wheaton (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|11|E}}. Elijah Brigham (F), until February 22, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}Benjamin Adams (F), from December 2, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|12|E}}. Solomon Strong (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|13|E}}. Nathaniel Ruggles (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|14|E}}. Cyrus King (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|15|E}}. George Bradbury (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|16|E}}. Benjamin Brown (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|17|E}}. James Carr (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|18|E}}. Thomas Rice (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|19|E}}. Samuel S. Conner (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|20|E}}. Albion K. Parris (DR)

==== New Hampshire ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Charles H. Atherton (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Bradbury Cilley (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. William Hale (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Roger Vose (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Daniel Webster (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Jeduthun Wilcox (F)

==== New Jersey ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Ezra Baker (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Ephraim Bateman (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Benjamin Bennet (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Lewis Condict (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Henry Southard (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Thomas Ward (DR)

==== New York ==== There were six plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th, 20th & 21st, each had two representatives. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|1|E}}. Henry Crocheron (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|1|E}}. George Townsend (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|2|E}}. William Irving (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|2|E}}. Peter H. Wendover (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|3|E}}. Jonathan Ward (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|4|E}}. Abraham H. Schenck (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|5|E}}. Thomas P. Grosvenor (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|6|E}}. Jonathan Fisk (DR), until March ????, 1815 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}James W. Wilkin (DR), from December 4, 1815 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|7|E}}. Samuel Betts (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|8|E}}. Erastus Root (DR), from December 26, 1815 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|9|E}}. John Lovett (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|10|E}}. Hosea Moffitt (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|11|E}}. John W. Taylor (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|12|E}}. Asa Adgate (DR), from December 7, 1815 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|12|E}}. John Savage (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|13|E}}. John B. Yates (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|14|E}}. Daniel Cady (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|15|E}}. James Birdsall (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|15|E}}. Jabez D. Hammond (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|16|E}}. Thomas R. Gold (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|17|E}}. Westel Willoughby Jr. (DR), from December 13, 1815 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|18|E}}. Moss Kent (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|19|E}}. Victory Birdseye (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|20|E}}. Oliver C. Comstock (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|20|E}}. Enos T. Throop (DR), until June 4, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Daniel Avery (DR), from December 3, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|21|E}}. Micah Brooks (DR), : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|21|E}}. Peter B. Porter (DR), until January 23, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Archibald S. Clarke (DR), from December 2, 1816 {{col-break}}

==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|1|E}}. William H. Murfree (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|2|E}}. Joseph H. Bryan (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|3|E}}. James W. Clark (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|4|E}}. William Gaston (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|5|E}}. William R. King (DR), until November 4, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Charles Hooks (DR), from December 2, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|6|E}}. Nathaniel Macon (DR), until December 13, 1815 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Weldon N. Edwards (DR), from February 7, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|7|E}}. John Culpepper (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|8|E}}. Richard Stanford (DR), until April 9, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Samuel Dickens (DR), from December 2, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|9|E}}. Bartlett Yancey (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|10|E}}. William C. Love (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|11|E}}. Daniel M. Forney (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|12|E}}. Israel Pickens (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|13|E}}. Lewis Williams (DR)

==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|1|E}}. John McLean (DR), until ????, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}William Henry Harrison (DR), from December 2, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|2|E}}. John Alexander (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|3|E}}. William Creighton Jr. (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|4|E}}. James Caldwell (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|5|E}}. James Kilbourne (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|6|E}}. David Clendenin (DR)

==== Pennsylvania ==== There were six plural districts, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 10th had two representatives each, the 1st had four representatives. : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|E}}. Joseph Hopkinson (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|E}}. William Milnor (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|E}}. Thomas Smith (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|E}}. Jonathan Williams (DR), until May 16, 1815 :: {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}John Sergeant (F), from December 6, 1815 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|E}}. William Darlington (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|E}}. John Hahn (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|3|E}}. James M. Wallace (DR), from October 10, 1815 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|3|E}}. John Whiteside (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|4|E}}. Hugh Glasgow (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|E}}. William Crawford (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|E}}. William Maclay (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|6|E}}. Samuel D. Ingham (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|6|E}}. John Ross (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|E}}. Joseph Hiester (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|8|E}}. William Piper (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|9|E}}. David Bard (DR), until March 12, 1815 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Thomas Burnside (DR), from December 11, 1815, until April ????, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}William P. Maclay (DR), from December 3, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|10|E}}. Jared Irwin (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|10|E}}. William Wilson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|11|E}}. William Findley (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|12|E}}. Aaron Lyle (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|13|E}}. Isaac Griffin (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|14|E}}. John Woods (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|15|E}}. Thomas Wilson (DR)

==== Rhode Island ==== Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|AL|E}}. John L. Boss Jr. (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|AL|E}}. James B. Mason (F)

==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|1|E}}. Henry Middleton (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|2|E}}. William Lowndes (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|3|E}}. Benjamin Huger (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|4|E}}. John J. Chappell (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|5|E}}. William Woodward (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|6|E}}. John C. Calhoun (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|7|E}}. John Taylor (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|8|E}}. Thomas Moore (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|9|E}}. William Mayrant (DR), until October 21, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Stephen D. Miller (DR), from January 2, 1817

==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|1|E}}. Samuel Powell (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|2|E}}. John Sevier (DR), until September 24, 1815 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}William G. Blount (DR), from January 8, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|3|E}}. Isaac Thomas (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|4|E}}. Bennett H. Henderson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|5|E}}. Newton Cannon (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|6|E}}. James B. Reynolds (DR)

==== Vermont ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Daniel Chipman (F), until May 5, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Luther Jewett (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Chauncey Langdon (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Asa Lyon (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Charles Marsh (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. John Noyes (F)

==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|1|E}}. John G. Jackson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|2|E}}. Magnus Tate (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|3|E}}. Henry St. George Tucker (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|4|E}}. William McCoy (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|5|E}}. James Breckinridge (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|6|E}}. Daniel Sheffey (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|7|E}}. Ballard Smith (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|8|E}}. Joseph Lewis Jr. (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|9|E}}. John P. Hungerford (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|10|E}}. Aylett Hawes (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|11|E}}. Philip P. Barbour (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|12|E}}. William H. Roane (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|13|E}}. Burwell Bassett (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|14|E}}. William A. Burwell (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|15|E}}. Matthew Clay (DR), until May 27, 1815 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}John Kerr (DR), from December 5, 1815 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|16|E}}. John Randolph (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|17|E}}. James Pleasants (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|18|E}}. Thomas Gholson Jr. (DR), until July 4, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Thomas M. Nelson (DR), from December 6, 1816 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|19|E}}. Peterson Goodwyn (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|20|E}}. James Johnson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|21|E}}. Thomas Newton Jr. (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|22|E}}. Hugh Nelson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|23|E}}. John Clopton (DR), until September 11, 1816 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}John Tyler (DR), from December 17, 1816

==== Non-voting members ==== : {{ushr|Illinois Territory|AL|Illinois Territory}}. Benjamin Stephenson :: Nathaniel Pope : {{ushr|Indiana Territory|AL|Indiana Territory}}. Jonathan Jennings, until December 11, 1816 : {{ushr|Mississippi Territory|AL|Mississippi Territory}}. William Lattimore : {{ushr|Missouri Territory|AL|Missouri Territory}}. Rufus Easton, until August 5, 1816 :: John Scott, August 6, 1816 – January 13, 1817 {{col-end}}

==Changes in membership== The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

=== Senate ===

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|- | Tennessee<br />(1) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | For unknown reasons, a Senator was not elected until after the term began.<br/>Winner elected '''October 10, 1815.''' | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | George W. Campbell (DR) | Took seat October 10, 1815

|- | Tennessee<br />(2) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Jesse Wharton (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Appointee was not elected to finish the term.<br/>Successor elected '''October 10, 1815.'''<br/> | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Williams (DR) | Seated October 10, 1815

|- | North Carolina<br />(3) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Francis Locke Jr. | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned when successor was elected, having never qualified.<br/>Successor elected '''December 5, 1815''' to finish term.<ref name="NC3B">{{cite web | title= NC US Senate – Special Election | url= https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=273868 | work= Our Campaigns | date= January 6, 2008 | access-date= February 24, 2015 | archive-date= November 27, 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201127094920/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=273868 | url-status= live }}</ref> | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Nathaniel Macon (DR) | Seated December 13, 1815

|- | Virginia<br />(2) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Resignation of William B. Giles (DR) in the previous congress.<br/>Successor elected '''January 3, 1816''' to finish the term. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Armistead T. Mason (DR) | Took seat January 3, 1816

|- | Maryland<br />(1) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Legislature failed to elect in time for the term.<br/>Successor elected '''January 29, 1816''' for the term.<ref>{{cite web | work=Our Campaigns | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122673 | title=MD US Senate | date=August 29, 2004 | access-date=February 27, 2015 | archive-date=November 26, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126231552/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122673 | url-status=live }}</ref> | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Robert G. Harper (F) | Took seat January 29, 1816

|- | Kentucky<br />(2) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William T. Barry (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned '''May 1, 1816''' after being appointed to a judicial position.<br/>Successor appointed November 13, 1816, to continue the term and then finished the term either by special election or by the appointment. | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Martin D. Hardin (F) | Seated November 13, 1816

|- | Massachusetts<br />(1) | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Christopher Gore (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned '''May 30, 1816'''.<br/>Successor elected June 12, 1816, to finish the term. | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Eli P. Ashmun (F) | Seated June 12, 1816

|- | South Carolina<br />(2) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Taylor (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned '''November 1816'''.<br/>Successor elected December 4, 1816, to finish the term. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William Smith (DR) | Seated December 4, 1816

|- | Georgia<br />(2) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William W. Bibb (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned '''November 9, 1816''' after being appointed Governor of Alabama Territory.<br/>Successor elected November 13, 1816, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | George Troup (DR) | Seated November 13, 1816

|- | North Carolina<br />(2) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James Turner (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned '''November 21, 1816''' due to ill health.<br/>Successor elected December 4, 1816, to finish the term. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Montfort Stokes (DR) | Seated December 4, 1816

|- | Maryland<br />(1) | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Robert G. Harper (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned '''December 6, 1816'''.<br/>Successor elected December 20, 1816, to finish the term. | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Alexander C. Hanson (F) | Seated December 20, 1816

|- | Indiana<br />(1) | rowspan=2 | New seats | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Indiana was admitted to the Union on '''December 11, 1816'''. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James Noble (DR) | rowspan=2 | Seated December 11, 1816

|- | Indiana<br />(3) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Waller Taylor (DR) |}

=== House of Representatives ===

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{{main|List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives}} {{Ordinal US Congress change|House}}

|- | {{ushr|New York|12|X}} | Vacant | Member-elect Benjamin Pond died during previous congress | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Asa Adgate (DR) | December 7, 1815

|- | {{ushr|Pennsylvania|3|X}} | Vacant | Amos Ellmaker resigned on July 3, 1815, upon State appointment as judge | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James M. Wallace (DR) | December 4, 1815

|- | {{ushr|Kentucky|2|X}} | Vacant | Seat declared vacant by the governor, “caused by the acceptance of Henry Clay to sign a commercial convention as Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain”, but Clay was elected to fill his own vacancy | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Henry Clay (DR) | December 4, 1815

|- | {{ushr|New York|17|X}} | Vacant | Credentials for incumbent William S. Smith (F) were issued by the Secretary of State of New York, but Smith did not take or claim the seat, contested by Willoughby Jr. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Westel Willoughby Jr. (DR) | December 13, 1815

|- | {{ushr|New York|8|X}} | Vacant | Credentials for John Adams (F) were issued by the Secretary of State of New York, but Adams did not take or claim the seat, contested by Root | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Erastus Root (DR) | December 26, 1815

|- | {{ushr|Maryland|5|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Nicholas R. Moore (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1815 before Congress convened | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Samuel Smith (DR) | February 4, 1816

|- | {{ushr|New York|6|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Jonathan Fisk (DR) | Resigned sometime in March, 1815, upon appointment as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James W. Wilkin (DR) | December 4, 1815

|- | {{ushr|Pennsylvania|9|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | David Bard (DR) | Died March 12, 1815 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Thomas Burnside (DR) | December 11, 1815

|- | {{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Jonathan Williams (DR) | Died May 16, 1815 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | John Sergeant (F) | December 6, 1815

|- | {{ushr|Virginia|15|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Matthew Clay (DR) | Died May 27, 1815 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Kerr (DR) | December 5, 1815

|- | {{ushr|Tennessee|2|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Sevier (DR) | Died September 24, 1815 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William G. Blount (DR) | January 8, 1816

|- | {{ushr|North Carolina|6|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Nathaniel Macon (DR) | Resigned December 13, 1815, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Weldon N. Edwards (DR) | February 7, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Maryland|3|X}} | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Alexander C. Hanson (F) | Resigned sometime in 1816 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | George Peter (F) | October 7, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Ohio|1|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John McLean (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William Henry Harrison (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | {{ushr|New York|21|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Peter B. Porter (DR) | Resigned January 23, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Archibald S. Clarke (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|11|X}} | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Elijah Brigham (F) | Died February 22, 1816 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Benjamin Adams (F) | December 2, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Pennsylvania|9|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Thomas Burnside (DR) | Resigned April, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William P. Maclay (DR) | December 3, 1816

|- | {{ushr|North Carolina|8|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Richard Stanford (DR) | Died April 9, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Samuel Dickens (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Maryland|5|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William Pinkney (DR) | Resigned April 18, 1816, upon appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Peter Little (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Vermont|AL|X}} | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Daniel Chipman (F) | Resigned May 5, 1816 | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress

|- | {{ushr|New York|20|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Enos T. Throop (DR) | Resigned June 4, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Daniel Avery (DR) | December 3, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Virginia|18|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Thomas Gholson Jr. (DR) | Died July 4, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Thomas M. Nelson (DR) | December 4, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Kentucky|1|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James Clark (DR) | Resigned sometime in August, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Thomas Fletcher (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Missouri Territory|AL|X}} | Rufus Easton | Served throughout the first session; Scott presented credentials at the beginning of the second session and was contested by Easton | John Scott | December 2, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Illinois Territory|AL|X}} | Benjamin Stephenson | Term ended September 3, 1816 | Nathaniel Pope | December 2, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Virginia|23|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Clopton (DR) | Died September 11, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Tyler (DR) | December 17, 1816

|- | {{ushr|South Carolina|9|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William Mayrant (DR) | Resigned October 21, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Stephen D. Miller (DR) | January 2, 1817

|- | {{ushr|North Carolina|5|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William R. King (DR) | Resigned November 4, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Charles Hooks (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Georgia|AL|X}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Alfred Cuthbert (DR) | Resigned November 9, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Zadock Cook (DR) | January 23, 1817

|- | {{ushr|Indiana Territory|AL|X}} | Jonathan Jennings (Territorial delegate) | Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William Hendricks (DR) | December 11, 1816

|- | {{ushr|Missouri Territory|AL|X}} | John Scott | His election was contested by his predecessor Easton. On January 13, 1817, the election was declared illegal, but the seat was declared vacant. | Vacant until next Congress

|}

==Committees== Lists of committees and their party leaders.

===Senate===

* Attorney General's Office (Select) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Abner Lacock) * Claims (Chairman: Jonathan Roberts) * Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: William Hunter) * Compensation of Members of Congress (Select) * District of Columbia (Chairman: Armistead Mason) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eligius Fromentin) * Finance (Select) * Indiana Admission to the Union (Select) * Judiciary (Chairman: Dudley Chase) * Military Affairs (Chairman: John Williams) * Militia (Chairman: Joseph Varnum) * Memorial of the Mississippi Territory (Chairman: N/A) * National University (Chairman: N/A) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles Tait) * Pensions (Chairman: Jeremiah Howell) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James J. Wilson) * Public Lands (Chairman: Jeremiah Morrow) * Slave Trade (Select) * Weights and Measures (Select) * Whole

===House of Representatives===

* Accounts (Chairman: John McLean then Peter Little) * Assent of Congress to an Act of the Virginia Legislature (Select) * Attorney General's Office (Select) * Banks of the District of Columbia (Select) * Berkshire Association (Select) * Bible Society of Philadelphia (Select) * Bonus of the National Banks (Select) * Bounty Lands Communication (Select) * Claims (Chairman: Bartlett Yancey) * Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Thomas Newton Jr.) * District of Columbia (Chairman: Henry S. Tucker) * Elections (Chairman: John W. Taylor) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Stevenson Archer) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Newton Cannon) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John B. Yates) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Samuel Smith) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Erastus Root) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Lewis Condict) * Judiciary (Chairman: Hugh Nelson) * Pensions and Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: John J. Chappell) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Samuel D. Ingham) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Solomon P. Sharp) * Public Expenditures (Chairman: William H. Murfree then Israel Pickens) * Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas B. Robertson) * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Lewis Condict) * Rules (Select) * Standards of Official Conduct * Ways and Means (Chairman: William Lowndes) * Whole

===Joint committees===

* Enrolled Bills

== Employees == === Legislative branch agency directors === * Architect of the Capitol: Benjamin Latrobe, from April 6, 1815 * Librarian of Congress: George Watterston

=== Senate === * Chaplain: Jesse Lee (Methodist), until December 8, 1815 ** John Glendie (Presbyterian), elected December 8, 1815 ** Sereno Edwards Dwight, (Congregationalist) elected December 16, 1816 * Secretary: Charles Cutts * Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

=== House of Representatives === * Chaplain: Obadiah B. Brown (Baptist), until December 7, 1815 ** Spencer H. Cone (Baptist), December 7, 1815 – December 2, 1816 ** Burgiss Allison (Baptist), elected December 2, 1816 * Clerk: Thomas Dougherty * Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton * Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn

== See also == * 1814 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1814–15 United States Senate elections ** 1814–15 United States House of Representatives elections * 1816 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1816 United States presidential election ** 1816–17 United States Senate elections ** 1816–17 United States House of Representatives elections

== Notes == {{Notelist}}

==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}} * {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}

==External links== * [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html Statutes at Large, 1789–1875] * [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsjlink.html Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress] * [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhjlink.html#anchor2 House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress] * [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History] * [https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists] * {{cite book |title=Congressional Directory for the 14th Congress, 2nd Session |url= http://www.americanantiquarian.org/images/adopt/2009/dw045.jpg }} {{USCongresses}}

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