16th United States Congress

{{short description|1819–1821 U.S. Congress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox United States Congress |number = 16th |start = March 4, 1819 |end = March 4, 1821 |vp = Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) |pro tem = James Barbour (DR) John Gaillard (DR) |speaker = Henry Clay (DR) John W. Taylor (DR) |senators = 46 |reps = 186 |delegates = 3 |s-majority = Democratic-Republican |h-majority = Democratic-Republican |sessionnumber1 = 1st |sessionstart1 = December 6, 1819 |sessionend1 = May 15, 1820 |sessionnumber2 = 2nd |sessionstart2 = November 13, 1820 |sessionend2 = March 3, 1821 |previous = 15th |next = 17th | image=USCapitol1827A.gif | imagedate= 1827 }} The '''16th 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 Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1819, to March 4, 1821, during the third and fourth years of James Monroe'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|1819 in the United States|1820 in the United States|1821 in the United States}} * A "speech for Buncombe County, North Carolina" given by North Carolina representative Felix Walker in 1820 was credited with introducing into the language the term "bunkum".<ref name="ahd">{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/61/46/D0064600.html |title=debunk |work=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth edition |year=2000 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |access-date=January 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406173424/http://www.bartleby.com/61/46/D0064600.html |archive-date=2008-04-06 }}</ref> * March 6, 1819: ''McCulloch v. Maryland'': Supreme Court ruled that the Bank of the United States is constitutional. * July 3, 1820: United States House of Representatives elections, 1820 began in Louisiana * August 7, 1820: 1820 United States census conducted, eventually determining a population of 9,638,453, of which 1,538,022 were slaves. * November 13–15, 1820: A special election for the House speakership takes 22 ballots. * December 3, 1820: U.S. presidential election, 1820: James Monroe was re-elected, virtually unopposed.

== Major legislation == {{main|List of United States federal legislation#16th United States Congress}}

* March 6, 1820: Missouri Compromise, Sess. 1, ch. 22, {{USStat|3|545}} * April 24, 1820: Land Act of 1820, Sess. 1, ch. 51, {{USStat|3|566}}

=== Proposed but not enacted === * Tallmadge Amendment would allow Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but would also implement gradual emancipation in Missouri. The amendment passed the House of Representatives, but not the Senate. The Tallmadge Amendment led to the passage of the Missouri Compromise.

== Treaties == *February 22, 1819: Adams-Onís Treaty (Transcontinental Treaty of 1819): Spain ceded Florida to the United States.

==States admitted== * December 14, 1819: Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state, {{USStat|3|492}}. * March 15, 1820: Maine was admitted as the 23rd state. It was formerly the District of Maine, part of Massachusetts, {{USStat|3|544}}.

==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 each of the new states of Alabama and Maine. {{US Congress party summary | congress = 16

| seats_vacant_last = 2 | seats_vacant_begin = 4 | seats_vacant_end = 0 | seats_vacant_next = 2

}}

===House of Representatives=== During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Alabama and one seat was reapportioned from Massachusetts to the new state of Maine. For the beginning of the next congress, six more seats from Massachusetts would be reapportioned to Maine. {{USCongress Party summary | congress=16 | party1=Democratic-Republican | party2=Federalist | abb1=DR | abb2=F

| seats1_last=146 | seats2_last=39 | seats_vacant_last=0

| seats1_begin=155 | seats2_begin=28 | seats_vacant_begin=2

| seats1_end=155 | seats2_end=27 | seats_vacant_end=5

| seats1_next=150 | seats2_next=31 | seats_vacant_next=5

}}

==Leadership== [[File:DTompkins.png|thumb|right|175px|President of the Senate Daniel D. Tompkins]]

===Senate=== *President: Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) *President pro tempore: James Barbour, (DR), until December 26, 1819 ** John Gaillard, (DR), elected January 25, 1820

===House of Representatives=== *Speaker: Henry Clay (DR), resigned October 28, 1820<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=037/llac037.db&recNum=213 |title=Proceedings and Debates of the House of Representatives of the United States at the Second Session of the Sixteenth Congress Begun at the City of Washington, Monday, November 13, 1820 |journal=Annuals of Congress |date=November 1820 |pages=434–435}}</ref> ** John Taylor, (DR), elected November 15, 1820, on the 22nd ballot<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=037/llac037.db&recNum=215 |title=Election of Speaker |journal=Annuals of Congress |date=November 1820 |page=437}}</ref>

==Members== This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district.

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===Senate=== {{main|List of United States senators in the 16th 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1820; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1822; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1824. {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

==== Alabama ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. William R. King (DR), from December 14, 1819 (newly admitted state) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. John W. Walker (DR), from December 14, 1819 (newly admitted state)

==== Connecticut ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. Samuel W. Dana (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. James Lanman (DR)

==== Delaware ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. Outerbridge Horsey (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}2. Nicholas Van Dyke (F)

==== Georgia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Freeman Walker (DR), from November 6, 1819 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. John Elliott (DR)

==== Illinois ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Jesse B. Thomas (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Ninian Edwards (DR)

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

==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Richard M. Johnson (DR), from December 10, 1819 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. William Logan (DR), until May 28, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Isham Talbot (DR), from October 19, 1820

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

==== Maine ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. John Holmes (DR), from June 13, 1820 (newly admitted state) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. John Chandler (DR), from June 14, 1820 (newly admitted state)

==== Maryland ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. Alexander C. Hanson (F), until April 23, 1819 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}William Pinkney (DR), from December 21, 1819 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Edward Lloyd (DR), from December 21, 1819

==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. Prentiss Mellen (F), until May 15, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}Elijah H. Mills (F), from June 12, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}2. Harrison Gray Otis (F)

==== Mississippi ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. Walter Leake (DR), until May 15, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}David Holmes (DR), from August 30, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Thomas H. Williams (DR)

==== New Hampshire ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. David L. Morril (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. John F. Parrott (DR)

==== New Jersey ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. James J. Wilson (DR), until January 8, 1821 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Samuel L. Southard (DR), from January 26, 1821 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Mahlon Dickerson (DR)

==== New York ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. Nathan Sanford (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}3. Rufus King (F), from January 25, 1820

==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. Montfort Stokes (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. Nathaniel Macon (DR)

==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. Benjamin Ruggles (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. William A. Trimble (DR)

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

==== Rhode Island ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}1. William Hunter (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}2. James Burrill Jr. (F), until December 25, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Nehemiah R. Knight (DR), from January 9, 1821

==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. William Smith (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}3. John Gaillard (DR)

==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. John H. Eaton (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. John Williams (DR)

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

==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}1. James Barbour (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}2. John W. Eppes (DR), until December 4, 1819 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}James Pleasants (DR), from December 10, 1819 {{col-break}} thumb|375px|Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 16th Congress in March 1819. The senators from Alabama and Maine were not seated until later in the Congress. {{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 16th Congress}} {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

==== Alabama ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Alabama|AL|E}}. John Crowell (DR), from December 14, 1819 (newly admitted state)

==== Connecticut ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Henry W. Edwards (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Samuel A. Foote (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Jonathan O. Moseley (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Elisha Phelps (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. John Russ (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. James Stevens (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Connecticut|AL|E}}. Gideon Tomlinson (DR)

==== Delaware ==== Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Delaware|AL|E}}. Willard Hall (DR), until January 22, 1821, vacant thereafter : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Delaware|AL|E}}. Louis McLane (F)

==== Georgia ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. Joel Abbot (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. Thomas W. Cobb (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. Joel Crawford (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. John A. Cuthbert (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. Robert R. Reid (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|E}}. William Terrell (DR)

==== Illinois ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Illinois|AL|E}}. Daniel P. Cook (DR)

==== Indiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Indiana|AL|E}}. William Hendricks (DR)

==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|1|E}}. David Trimble (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|2|E}}. Henry Clay (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|3|E}}. William Brown (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|4|E}}. Thomas Metcalfe (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|5|E}}. Alney McLean (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|6|E}}. David Walker (DR), until March 1, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Francis Johnson (DR), from November 13, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|7|E}}. George Robertson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|8|E}}. Richard C. Anderson Jr. (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|9|E}}. Tunstal Quarles (DR), until June 15, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Thomas Montgomery (DR), from November 13, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Kentucky|10|E}}. Benjamin Hardin (DR)

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

==== Maine ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Maine|AL|X}}. Joseph Dane (F), seated December 11, 1820 (newly admitted state){{efn|Joseph Dane (Maine) was elected November 7, 1820.}}

==== Maryland ==== The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives. : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|1|E}}. Raphael Neale (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|2|E}}. Joseph Kent (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|3|E}}. Henry R. Warfield (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|4|E}}. Samuel Ringgold (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|5|E}}. Peter Little (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|5|E}}. Samuel Smith (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|6|E}}. Stevenson Archer (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|7|E}}. Thomas Culbreth (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Maryland|8|E}}. Thomas Bayly (F)

==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|1|E}}. Jonathan Mason (F), until May 15, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Benjamin Gorham (DR), from November 27, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|2|E}}. Nathaniel Silsbee (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|3|E}}. Jeremiah Nelson (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|4|E}}. Timothy Fuller (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|5|E}}. Samuel Lathrop (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|6|E}}. Samuel C. Allen (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|7|E}}. Henry Shaw (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|8|E}}. Zabdiel Sampson (DR), until July 26, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Aaron Hobart (DR), from December 18, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|9|E}}. Walter Folger Jr. (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|10|E}}. Marcus Morton (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|11|E}}. Benjamin Adams (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|12|E}}. Jonas Kendall (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|13|E}}. Edward Dowse (DR), until May 26, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}William Eustis (DR), from November 13, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|14|E}}. John Holmes (DR), until March 15, 1820, vacant thereafter : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|15|E}}. Ezekiel Whitman (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|16|E}}. Mark L. Hill (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|17|E}}. Martin Kinsley (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|18|E}}. James Parker (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|19|E}}. Joshua Cushman (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|20|E}}. Enoch Lincoln (DR)

==== Mississippi ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Mississippi|AL|E}}. Christopher Rankin (DR)

==== New Hampshire ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Joseph Buffum Jr. (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Josiah Butler (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Clifton Clagett (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Arthur Livermore (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. William Plumer Jr. (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|AL|E}}. Nathaniel Upham (DR)

==== New Jersey ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Ephraim Bateman (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Joseph Bloomfield (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. John Condit (DR), until November 4, 1819 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Charles Kinsey (DR), from February 16, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. John Linn (DR), until January 5, 1821, vacant thereafter : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Bernard Smith (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New Jersey|AL|E}}. Henry Southard (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}}. James Guyon Jr. (DR), from January 14, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|1|E}}. Silas Wood (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|2|E}}. Henry Meigs (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}}. Caleb Tompkins (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|4|E}}. Randall S. Street (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|5|E}}. James Strong (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|6|E}}. Walter Case (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|7|E}}. Jacob H. De Witt (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|8|E}}. Robert Clark (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|9|E}}. Solomon Van Rensselaer (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|10|E}}. John D. Dickinson (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}}. Ezra C. Gross (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|12|E}}. Nathaniel Pitcher (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|13|E}}. Harmanus Peek (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|14|E}}. John Fay (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|15|E}}. Joseph S. Lyman (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|15|E}}. Robert Monell (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|New York|16|E}}. Henry R. Storrs (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|17|E}}. Aaron Hackley Jr. (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|18|E}}. William D. Ford (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|19|E}}. George Hall (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|20|E}}. Caleb Baker (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|20|E}}. Jonathan Richmond (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|21|E}}. Nathaniel Allen (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|New York|21|E}}. Albert H. Tracy (DR)

==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|1|E}}. Lemuel Sawyer (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|2|E}}. Hutchins G. Burton (DR), from December 6, 1819 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|3|E}}. Thomas H. Hall (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|4|E}}. Jesse Slocumb (F), until December 20, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}William S. Blackledge (DR), from February 7, 1821 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|5|E}}. Charles Hooks (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|6|E}}. Weldon N. Edwards (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|7|E}}. John Culpepper (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|8|E}}. James S. Smith (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|9|E}}. Thomas Settle (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|10|E}}. Charles Fisher (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|11|E}}. William Davidson (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|12|E}}. Felix Walker (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|North Carolina|13|E}}. Lewis Williams (DR)

==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|1|E}}. Thomas R. Ross (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|2|E}}. John W. Campbell (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|3|E}}. Henry Brush (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|4|E}}. Samuel Herrick (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|5|E}}. Philemon Beecher (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|6|E}}. John Sloane (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}}. Samuel Edwards (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|E}}. Thomas Forrest (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|E}}. Joseph Hemphill (F) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|E}}. John Sergeant (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|E}}. William Darlington (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|E}}. Samuel Gross (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|3|E}}. Jacob Hibshman (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|3|E}}. James M. Wallace (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|4|E}}. Jacob Hostetter (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|E}}. Andrew Boden (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|E}}. David Fullerton (DR), until May 15, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}Thomas G. McCullough (F), from November 13, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|6|E}}. Samuel Moore (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|6|E}}. Thomas J. Rogers (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|E}}. Joseph Hiester (DR), until December 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Daniel Udree (DR), from January 8, 1821 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|8|E}}. Robert Philson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|9|E}}. William P. Maclay (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|10|E}}. George Denison (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|10|E}}. John Murray (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|11|E}}. David Marchand (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|12|E}}. Thomas Patterson (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|13|E}}. Christian Tarr (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|14|E}}. Henry Baldwin (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|15|E}}. Robert Moore (DR)

==== Rhode Island ==== Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|AL|E}}. Samuel Eddy (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|AL|E}}. Nathaniel Hazard (DR), until December 17, 1820; vacant thereafter

==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|1|E}}. Charles Pinckney (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|2|E}}. William Lowndes (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|3|E}}. James Ervin (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|4|E}}. James Overstreet (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|5|E}}. Starling Tucker (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|6|E}}. Eldred Simkins (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|7|E}}. Elias Earle (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|8|E}}. John McCreary (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|South Carolina|9|E}}. Joseph Brevard (DR)

==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|1|E}}. John Rhea (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|2|E}}. John Cocke (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|3|E}}. Francis Jones (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|4|E}}. Robert Allen (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|5|E}}. Newton Cannon (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Tennessee|6|E}}. Henry H. Bryan (DR)

==== Vermont ==== All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Samuel C. Crafts (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Ezra Meech (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Orsamus C. Merrill (DR), until January 12, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Rollin C. Mallary (DR), from January 13, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Charles Rich (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. Mark Richards (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Vermont|AL|E}}. William Strong (DR)

==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|1|E}}. James Pindall (F), until July 26, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Edward B. Jackson (DR), from November 13, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|2|E}}. Thomas Van Swearingen (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|3|E}}. Jared Williams (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|4|E}}. William McCoy (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|5|E}}. John Floyd (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|6|E}}. Alexander Smyth (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|7|E}}. Ballard Smith (DR) : {{Party stripe|Federalist Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|8|E}}. Charles F. Mercer (F) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|9|E}}. William Lee Ball (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|10|E}}. George F. Strother (DR), until February 10, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}Thomas L. Moore (DR), from November 13, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|11|E}}. Philip P. Barbour (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|12|E}}. Robert S. Garnett (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|13|E}}. Severn E. Parker (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|14|E}}. William A. Burwell (DR), until February 16, 1821, vacant for remainder of term : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|15|E}}. George Tucker (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|16|E}}. John Randolph (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|17|E}}. James Pleasants (DR), until December 14, 1819 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}William S. Archer (DR), from January 18, 1820 : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|18|E}}. Mark Alexander (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|19|E}}. James Jones (DR) : {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|20|E}}. James Johnson (DR), until February 1, 1820 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic-Republican Party}}John C. Gray (DR), from November 13, 1820 : {{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 Tyler (DR)

==== Non-voting members ==== : {{ushr|Alabama Territory|AL|Alabama Territory}}: Vacant until statehood : {{ushr|Arkansas Territory|AL|Arkansas Territory}}. James W. Bates, from December 21, 1819 : {{ushr|Michigan Territory|AL|Michigan Territory}}. William Woodbridge, until August 9, 1820 :: Solomon Sibley, from November 20, 1820 : {{ushr|Missouri Territory|AL|Missouri Territory}}. John Scott {{col-end}}

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

=== Senate === There were 5 resignations, 2 deaths, 2 vacancies before the Congress, and 4 new seats. The Democratic-Republicans had a 7-seat net gain and the Federalists had a 1-seat net loss.

{{See also|List of special elections to the United States Senate}} {{Ordinal US Congress change|Senate}}

|- | Georgia (2) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | John Forsyth had resigned before the beginning of the Congress. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Freeman Walker (DR) | Elected November 6, 1819 |- | Kentucky (2) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | John J. Crittenden had resigned before the beginning of the Congress. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) | Elected December 10, 1819 |- | Maryland (3) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Legislature did not elect until after the term began. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Edward Lloyd (DR) | Elected December 14, 1819, and qualified December 21, 1819 |- | New York (3) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Legislature failed to elect, held late election. | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Rufus King (F) | Elected January 8, 1820, and qualified January 25, 1820 |- | Maryland (1) | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Alexander C. Hanson (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 23, 1819 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William Pinkney (DR) | Elected December 21, 1819 |- | Virginia (2) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John W. Eppes (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 4, 1819 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James Pleasants (DR) | Elected December 10, 1819 |- | Alabama (2) | rowspan=2 | New seats | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Alabama was admitted to the Union December 14, 1819. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John W. Walker (DR) | Elected December 14, 1819 |- | Alabama (3) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William R. King (DR) | Elected December 14, 1819 |- | Maine (2) | rowspan=2 | New seats | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" |Maine was admitted to the Union March 15, 1820. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Holmes (DR) | Elected June 13, 1820 |- | Maine (1) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Chandler (DR) | Elected June 14, 1820 |- | Massachusetts (1) | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Prentiss Mellen (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 15, 1820 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Elijah H. Mills (F) | Elected June 12, 1820 |- | Mississippi (1) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Walter Leake (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 15, 1820, after becoming US Marshal for Mississippi | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | David Holmes (DR) | Appointed August 30, 1820 |- | Kentucky (3) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William Logan (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 28, 1820, to run for Governor of Kentucky | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Isham Talbot (DR) | Elected October 19, 1820 |- | Rhode Island (2) | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | James Burrill Jr. (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Nehemiah R. Knight (DR) | Elected January 9, 1821 |- | New Jersey (1) | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James J. Wilson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 8, 1821 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Samuel L. Southard (DR) | Appointed January 26, 1821 |}

=== House of Representatives === {{main|List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives}} There were 13 resignations, 5 deaths, 2 contested elections, and 2 new seats. The Democratic-Republicans had a 1-seat net gain and the Federalists had no net change.

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

|- | {{ushr|North Carolina|2|North Carolina 2nd}} | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Hutchins G. Burton (DR) | Seated December 6, 1819 |- | {{ushr|Alabama Territory|AL|Alabama Territory}} | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant until statehood | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Crowell (DR) | rowspan=2 | Seated December 14, 1819 |- | {{ushr|Alabama|AL|Alabama at-large}} |- | {{ushr|Arkansas Territory|AL|Arkansas Territory}} | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Arkansas Territory organized July 4, 1819 | James W. Bates | Seated December 21, 1819 |- | {{ushr|New York|1|New York 1st}} | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election. Representative-elect Ebenezer Sage never qualified. | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James Guyon Jr. (DR) | Seated January 14, 1820 |- | {{ushr|New Jersey|1|New Jersey at-large}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Condit (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 4, 1819 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Charles Kinsey (DR) | Seated February 16, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Virginia|17|Virginia 17th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James Pleasants (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 14, 1819 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William S. Archer (DR) | Seated January 18, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Vermont|1|Vermont 1st}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Orsamus C. Merrill (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election, served until January 12, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Rollin C. Mallary (DR) | Seated January 13, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Virginia|20|Virginia 20th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | James Johnson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 1, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John C. Gray (DR) | Seated November 13, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Virginia|10|Virginia 10th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | George F. Strother (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 10, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Thomas L. Moore (DR) | Seated November 13, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Kentucky|6|Kentucky 6th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | David Walker (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 1, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Francis Johnson (DR) | Seated November 13, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|14|Massachusetts 14th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Holmes (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 15, 1820, to become U.S. Senator from Maine. | District moved to Maine | District inactive until 1903 |- | {{ushr|Maine|AL|Maine at-large}} | New seat | style="font-size:80%" | Massachusetts's 14th district became Maine's at-large district | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Joseph Dane (F) | Seated November 6, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|1|Massachusetts 1st}} | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Jonathan Mason (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 15, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Benjamin Gorham (DR) | Seated November 27, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|Pennsylvania 5th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | David Fullerton (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 15, 1820 | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Thomas G. McCullough (F) | rowspan= 4 | Seated November 13, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|13|Massachusetts 13th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Edward Dowse (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 26, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William Eustis (DR) |- | {{ushr|Kentucky|9|Kentucky 9th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Tunstall Quarles (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 15, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Thomas Montgomery (DR) |- | {{ushr|Virginia|1|Virginia 1st}} | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | James Pindall (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 26, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Edward B. Jackson (DR) |- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|8|Massachusetts 8th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Zabdiel Sampson (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 26, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Aaron Hobart (DR) | Seated December 18, 1820

|- | {{ushr|Michigan Territory|AL|Michigan Territory}} | William Woodbridge | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 9, 1820 | Solomon Sibley | Seated November 20, 1820 |- | {{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|Pennsylvania 7th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Joseph Hiester (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in December 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Daniel Udree (DR) | Seated January 8, 1821 |- | {{ushr|Rhode Island|2|Rhode Island at-large}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Nathaniel Hazard (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 17, 1820 | Vacant | Not filled in this Congress |- | {{ushr|North Carolina|4|North Carolina 4th}} | {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Jesse Slocumb (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 20, 1820 | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William S. Blackledge (DR) | Seated February 7, 1821 |- | {{ushr|New Jersey|2|New Jersey at-large}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | John Linn (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 5, 1821 | Vacant | Not filled in this Congress |- | {{ushr|Delaware|AL|Delaware at-large}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Willard Hall (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 22, 1821 | Vacant | Not filled in this Congress |- | {{ushr|Virginia|14|Virginia 14th}} | {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | William A. Burwell (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 16, 1821 | Vacant | Not filled in this Congress |}

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

===Senate===

* Amendments to the Constitution (Select) * American Colonization Society (Select) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Jonathan Roberts) * Claims (Chairman: Jonathan Roberts then James J. Wilson) * Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Nathan Sanford then Mahlon Dickerson) * Constitution of the State of Alabama (Select) * District of Columbia (Chairman: Outerbridge Horsey) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Prentiss Mellen) * Finance (Chairman: Nathan Sanford) * Foreign Relations (Chairman: James Brown then James Barbour) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: David Holmes) * Judiciary (Chairman: William Smith) * Land Commissioner Reports (Select) * Military Affairs (Chairman: John Williams) * Militia (Chairman: James Noble) * Missouri's Admission to the Union (Select) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: James Pleasants) * Pensions (Chairman: Nicholas Van Dyke then James Noble) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Montfort Stokes) * Public Buildings (Select) * Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas Hill Williams then Jesse B. Thomas) * Purchase of Fire Engines (Select) * Reduction of Congressional Salaries (Select) * Roads and Canals (Select) (Chairman: Rufus King) * Whole

===House of Representatives===

* Accounts (Chairman: James S. Smith) * Agriculture (Chairman: Thomas Forrest) * Apportionment of Representatives (Select) * Army Appropriations Inquiry (Select) * Bank of the United States (Select) * Brownstown Treaty (Select) * Claims (Chairman: Lewis Williams) * Commerce (Chairman: Thomas Newton Jr.) * District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph Kent) * Elections (Chairman: John W. Taylor then David Trimble) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Stevenson Archer) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Arthur Livermore) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John Holmes) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: David Trimble) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Henry Brush) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Henry Meigs) * Judiciary (Chairman: John Sergeant) * Manufactures (Chairman: Henry Baldwin) * Pensions and Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: John Rhea) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Arthur Livermore) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: John W. Campbell) * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Eldred Simkins) * Public Lands (Chairman: Richard C. Anderson Jr.) * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Marcus Morton) * Rules (Select) * Standards of Official Conduct * Ways and Means (Chairman: Samuel Smith) * Whole

===Joint committees===

* Enrolled Bills * Investigate Safety of Roofs over Senate and House Wings of the Capitol * The Library

==Officers== === Legislative branch agency directors === *Architect of the Capitol: Charles Bulfinch *Librarian of Congress: George Watterston

=== Senate === * Chaplain: John Clark (Presbyterian), until December 9, 1819 ** Reuben Post (Presbyterian), elected December 9, 1819 ** William Ryland (Methodist), elected November 17, 1820 * Secretary: Charles Cutts * Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

=== House of Representatives === * Chaplain: Burgiss Allison (Baptist), until November 16, 1820 ** John N. Campbell (Presbyterian), elected November 16, 1820 * Clerk: Thomas Dougherty * Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton * Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn

== See also == * 1818 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1818–19 United States Senate elections ** 1818–19 United States House of Representatives elections * 1820 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1820 United States presidential election ** 1820–21 United States Senate elections ** 1820–21 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]

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