14th United States Congress

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14th United States Congress
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The Old Brick Capitol, the temporary Capitol while the U.S. Capitol was being renovated after the Burning of Washington. (pictured here around 1861 in use as a Civil War prison)
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Members38 senators
183 representatives
4 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic-Republican
Senate PresidentVacant[a]
House majorityDemocratic-Republican
House SpeakerHenry Clay (DR)
Sessions
1st: December 4, 1815 – April 30, 1816
2nd: December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817

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.

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Major events

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Speaker of the House
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, 'Hail Columbia! happy land!' &c."[1]

Major legislation

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Proposed, but not enacted

Treaties

States admitted and territories organized

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.

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
[[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(DR) 		[[Federalist Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(F)
End of [[Script error: No such module "Ordinal". United States Congress|previous congress]] 25 10 35 1
Begin 22 11 33 3
End 25 13 380
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House of Representatives

During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Indiana.

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
[[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(DR) 		[[Federalist Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(F)
End of [[Script error: No such module "Ordinal". United States Congress|previous congress]] 115 67 182 0
Begin 114 63 177 5
End 119 1821
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Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

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

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House of Representatives

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

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|- | Tennessee
(1) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | For unknown reasons, a Senator was not elected until after the term began.
Winner elected October 10, 1815. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | George W. Campbell (DR) | Took seat October 10, 1815

|- | Tennessee
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Jesse Wharton (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Appointee was not elected to finish the term.
Successor elected October 10, 1815.
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Williams (DR) | Seated October 10, 1815

|- | North Carolina
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Francis Locke Jr. | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned when successor was elected, having never qualified.
Successor elected December 5, 1815 to finish term.[2] | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Nathaniel Macon (DR) | Seated December 13, 1815

|- | Virginia
(2) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Resignation of William B. Giles (DR) in the previous congress.
Successor elected January 3, 1816 to finish the term. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Armistead T. Mason (DR) | Took seat January 3, 1816

|- | Maryland
(1) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Legislature failed to elect in time for the term.
Successor elected January 29, 1816 for the term.[3] | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Robert G. Harper (F) | Took seat January 29, 1816

|- | Kentucky
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William T. Barry (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1816 after being appointed to a judicial position.
Successor appointed November 13, 1816, to continue the term and then finished the term either by special election or by the appointment. | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Martin D. Hardin (F) | Seated November 13, 1816

|- | Massachusetts
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Christopher Gore (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 30, 1816.
Successor elected June 12, 1816, to finish the term. | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Eli P. Ashmun (F) | Seated June 12, 1816

|- | South Carolina
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Taylor (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 1816.
Successor elected December 4, 1816, to finish the term. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William Smith (DR) | Seated December 4, 1816

|- | Georgia
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William W. Bibb (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 9, 1816 after being appointed Governor of Alabama Territory.
Successor elected November 13, 1816, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | George Troup (DR) | Seated November 13, 1816

|- | North Carolina
(2) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James Turner (DR) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 21, 1816 due to ill health.
Successor elected December 4, 1816, to finish the term. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Montfort Stokes (DR) | Seated December 4, 1816

|- | Maryland
(1) | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Robert G. Harper (F) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 6, 1816.
Successor elected December 20, 1816, to finish the term. | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Alexander C. Hanson (F) | Seated December 20, 1816

|- | Indiana
(1) | rowspan=2 | New seats | rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James Noble (DR) | rowspan=2 | Seated December 11, 1816

|- | Indiana
(3) | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Waller Taylor (DR) |}

House of Representatives

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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Member-elect Benjamin Pond died during previous congress | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Asa Adgate (DR) | December 7, 1815

|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Amos Ellmaker resigned on July 3, 1815, upon State appointment as judge | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James M. Wallace (DR) | December 4, 1815

|- | Template:Ushr | 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 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Henry Clay (DR) | December 4, 1815

|- | Template:Ushr | 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. | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Westel Willoughby Jr. (DR) | December 13, 1815

|- | Template:Ushr | 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 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Erastus Root (DR) | December 26, 1815

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Nicholas R. Moore (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1815 before Congress convened | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Samuel Smith (DR) | February 4, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Jonathan Fisk (DR) | Resigned sometime in March, 1815, upon appointment as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James W. Wilkin (DR) | December 4, 1815

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | David Bard (DR) | Died March 12, 1815 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Burnside (DR) | December 11, 1815

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Jonathan Williams (DR) | Died May 16, 1815 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | John Sergeant (F) | December 6, 1815

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Matthew Clay (DR) | Died May 27, 1815 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Kerr (DR) | December 5, 1815

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Sevier (DR) | Died September 24, 1815 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William G. Blount (DR) | January 8, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Nathaniel Macon (DR) | Resigned December 13, 1815, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Weldon N. Edwards (DR) | February 7, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Alexander C. Hanson (F) | Resigned sometime in 1816 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | George Peter (F) | October 7, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John McLean (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William Henry Harrison (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Peter B. Porter (DR) | Resigned January 23, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Archibald S. Clarke (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Elijah Brigham (F) | Died February 22, 1816 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Benjamin Adams (F) | December 2, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Burnside (DR) | Resigned April, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William P. Maclay (DR) | December 3, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Richard Stanford (DR) | Died April 9, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Samuel Dickens (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William Pinkney (DR) | Resigned April 18, 1816, upon appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Peter Little (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Daniel Chipman (F) | Resigned May 5, 1816 | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Enos T. Throop (DR) | Resigned June 4, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Daniel Avery (DR) | December 3, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Gholson Jr. (DR) | Died July 4, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas M. Nelson (DR) | December 4, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James Clark (DR) | Resigned sometime in August, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Fletcher (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | 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

|- | Template:Ushr | Benjamin Stephenson | Term ended September 3, 1816 | Nathaniel Pope | December 2, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Clopton (DR) | Died September 11, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Tyler (DR) | December 17, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William Mayrant (DR) | Resigned October 21, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Stephen D. Miller (DR) | January 2, 1817

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William R. King (DR) | Resigned November 4, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Charles Hooks (DR) | December 2, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Alfred Cuthbert (DR) | Resigned November 9, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Zadock Cook (DR) | January 23, 1817

|- | Template:Ushr | Jonathan Jennings (Territorial delegate) | Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William Hendricks (DR) | December 11, 1816

|- | Template:Ushr | 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

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Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

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  1. ^ President pro tempore John Gaillard acted his duties as the President of the Senate.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Torrey, Jesse (1817). A portraiture of domestic slavery in the United States. Boston Public Library. Philadelphia: John Bioren, printer. pp. 39–40.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NC US Senate – Special Election". Our Campaigns. January 6, 2008. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MD US Senate". Our Campaigns. August 29, 2004. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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