11th United States Congress

The 11th United States Congress , made up of the House and Senate , was the United States' legislature . Its legislative period lasted from March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1811. All members of the House of Representatives and a third of the senators ( Class I ) were elected in 1808 in the congressional elections. This resulted in a majority for the Democratic Republican Party in both chambers . The congress met in the American capital Washington, DC At that time the United States consisted of 17 states. President was James Madison . The distribution of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1800 census .

Important events

See also 1809, 1810 and 1811

• March 4, 1809: beginning of the legislative period of the 11th Congress. At the same time, James Madison, who was also elected in 1808, was introduced to his new office as US President. He replaces Thomas Jefferson .
• June 23, 1810: Johann Jakob Astor founds the Pacific Fur Company .
• September 23, 1810: West Florida declares independence from Spain. On October 27, the area is incorporated into the United States.
• 1810: The Democratic-Republican Party defends its majority in both chambers in the congressional elections.
• 1810: The first steamboat travels on the Ohio River .

The main laws

During the session of the 11th Congress, the following federal laws were passed ( see also: Legislative procedure ):

• May 1, 1810: Macon's Bill Number 2

Composition according to parties

senate

• Democratic Republican Party: 26
• Federalist Party : 8
• Others (0
• Vacant: 0

Total: 34 at the end of the legislative period

House of Representatives

• Democratic Republican Party: 94
• Federalist Party: 47
• Others (0
• Vacant: 1

Total: 142 at the end of the legislative period

There were also three congressional delegates who were not entitled to vote

Public officials

senate

• President of the Senate : George Clinton (DR)
• President pro tempore : Andrew Gregg (DR) until February 28, 1810, then John Gaillard until February 23, 1811 and then John Pope (DR)

House of Representatives

• House Speaker : Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR)

Senate members

→ Main article : List of Senate members in the 11th United States Congress

The following senators represented their respective states in the eleventh Congress:

Connecticut 1. James Hillhouse (F) until July 10, 1810 Samuel W. Dana (F) from December 4, 1810 3. Chauncey Goodrich (F) Delaware 1. Samuel White (F) through November 4, 1809 Outerbridge Horsey (F) from January 12, 1810 2. James A. Bayard (F) Georgia 2. William Harris Crawford (DR) 3. John Milledge (DR) until November 14, 1809 Charles Tait (DR) from November 27, 1809 Kentucky 2. Buckner Thruston (DR) until December 11, 1809 Henry Clay (DR) from November 4, 1810 3. John Pope (DR) Maryland 1. Samuel Smith (DR) 3. Philip Reed (DR) Massachusetts 1. James Lloyd (F) 2. Timothy Pickering (F) New Hampshire 2. Nicholas Gilman (DR) 3. Nahum Parker (DR) until June 1, 1810 Charles Cutts (F) from June 21, 1810 New Jersey 1. John Lambert (DR) 2. Aaron Kitchell (DR) until March 12, 1809 John Condit (DR) from March 21, 1809

new York 1. Obadiah German (DR) 3. John Smith (DR) North Carolina 2. James Turner (DR) 3. Jesse Franklin (DR) Ohio 1. Return Meigs (DR) by December 1810 Thomas Worthington (DR) from December 15, 1810 3. Stanley Griswold (DR) May 18 to December 11, 1809 Alexander Campbell from December 11, 1809 Pennsylvania 1. Michael Leib (DR) 3. Andrew Gregg (DR) Rhode Island 1. Francis Malbone (F) until June 4, 1809 Christopher G. Champlin (F) from June 26, 1809 2. Elisha Mathewson (DR) South carolina 2. Thomas Sumter (DR) until December 16, 1810 John Taylor from December 31, 1810 3. John Gaillard (DR) Tennessee 1 Joseph Anderson (DR) 2. Daniel Smith (DR) through March 31, 1809 Jenkin Whiteside (DR) from April 11, 1809 Vermont 1. Jonathan Robinson (DR) 3. Stephen R. Bradley (DR) Virginia 1. Richard Brent (DR) 2. William Branch Giles (DR)

Members of the House of Representatives

The following congressmen represented the interests of their respective states in the eleventh congress:

Connecticut All MPs were state-elected. Epaphroditus Champion (F) Samuel W. Dana (F) until May 10, 1810 Ebenezer Huntington (F) from October 11, 1810 John Davenport (F) Jonathan O. Moseley (F) Timothy Pitkin (F) Lewis B. Sturges (F) Benjamin Tallmadge (F) Delaware Nicholas Van Dyke (F) (elected nationally) Georgia All MPs were elected state-wide. William Wyatt Bibb (DR) Howell Cobb (DR) Dennis Smelt (DR) George Troup (DR) Kentucky Six constituencies 1. Matthew Lyon (DR) 2. Samuel McKee (DR) 3. Henry Crist (DR) 4. Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) 5. Benjamin Howard (DR) until April 10, 1810 William T. Barry (DR) from August 8, 1810 6. Joseph Desha (DR) Maryland Eight constituencies. The fifth electoral district had two MPs. 1. John Campbell (F) 2. Archibald Van Horne (DR) 3. Philip Barton Key (F) 4. Roger Nelson (DR) until May 14, 1810 Samuel Ringgold (DR) from October 15, 1810 5. Alexander McKim (DR) 5. Nicholas Ruxton Moore (DR) 6. John Montgomery (DR) 7. John Brown until 1810, exact date unknown Robert Wright (DR) from November 29, 1810 8. Charles Goldsborough (F) Massachusetts Seventeen constituencies 1. Josiah Quincy III (F) 2. Benjamin Pickman (F) 3. Edward St. Loe Livermore (F) 4. Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) 5. William Ely (F) 6. Samuel Taggart (F) 7. William Baylies (F) until June 28, 1809 Charles Turner (DR) from June 28, 1809 8. Gideon Gardner (DR) 9. Laban Wheaton (F) 10. Jabez Upham (F) until 1810, exact date unknown Joseph Allen (F) from October 8, 1810 11. William Stedman (F) until July 16, 1810 Abijah Bigelow (F) from October 8, 1810 12. Ezekiel Bacon (DR) 13. Ebenezer Seaver (DR) 14. Richard Cutts (DR) 15. Ezekiel Whitman (F) 16. Orchard Cook (DR) 17 Barzillai Gannett (DR) New Hampshire All MPs were state-elected. Daniel Blaisdell (F) John Curtis Chamberlain (F) William Hale (F) Nathaniel Appleton Haven (F) James Wilson (F) New Jersey All MPs were elected state-wide. Adam Boyd (DR) James Cox (DR) until September 12, 1810 John A. Scudder (DR) from October 31, 1810 William Helms (DR) Thomas Newbold (DR) Jacob Hufty (DR) Henry Southard (DR) New York Fifteen constituencies. The second and sixth constituencies each had two MPs. 1. Ebenezer Sage (DR) 2A. Gurdon S. Mumford (DR) 2 B. William Denning (DR) until the end of April 1810 Samuel Latham Mitchill (DR) from December 4, 1810 3. Jonathan Fisk (DR) 4. James Emott (F) 5. Barent Gardenier (F) 6A. Herman Knickerbocker (F) 6B. Robert Le Roy Livingston (F) 7. Killian K. Van Rensselaer (F) 8. John Thompson (DR) 9. Thomas Sammons (DR) 10. John Nicholson (DR) 11. Thomas R. Gold (F) 12. Erastus root (DR) 13. Uri Tracy (DR) 14. Vincent Mathews (F) 15. Peter Buell Porter (DR)

North Carolina Twelve constituencies 1. Lemuel Sawyer (DR) 2. Willis Alston (DR) 3. William Kennedy (DR) 4. John Stanly (F) 5. Thomas Kenan (DR) 6. Nathaniel Macon (DR) 7. Archibald McBryde (F) 8. Richard Stanford (DR) 9. James Cochran (DR) 10. Joseph Pearson (F) 11. James Holland (DR) 12. Meshack Franklin (DR) Ohio Jeremiah Morrow (DR) elected nationwide Pennsylvania Eleven constituencies. The first three constituencies had three MPs, the fourth two. The rest one each. 1A. William Anderson (DR) 1B John Porter (DR) 1C. Benjamin Say (DR) until June 1809 Adam Seybert (DR) from October 10, 1809 2A. Robert Brown (DR) 2 B. William Milnor (F) 2C. John Ross (DR) 3A. Daniel Hiester (DR) 3B. Robert Jenkins (F) 3C. Matthias Richards (DR) 4A. David Bard (DR) 4B Robert Whitehill (DR) 5. George Smith (DR) 6. William Crawford (DR) 7. John Rea (DR) 8. William Findley (DR) 9. John Smilie (DR) 10. Aaron Lyle (DR) 11 Samuel Smith (DR) Rhode Island All MPs were state-elected. Richard Jackson (F) Elisha Reynolds Potter (F) South Carolina Eight constituencies 1. Robert Marion (DR) until October 4, 1810 Langdon Cheves (DR) from December 31, 1810 2. William Butler (DR) 3. Robert Witherspoon (DR) 4. John Taylor (DR) until December 30, 1810, then vacant 5. Richard Winn (DR) 6. Joseph Calhoun (DR) 7. Thomas Moore (DR) 8. Lemuel J. Alston (DR) Tennessee Three constituencies 1. John Rhea (DR) 2. Robert Weakley (DR) 3. Pleasant Moorman Miller (DR) Vermont four constituencies 1. Samuel Shaw (DR) 2. Jonathan Hatch Hubbard (F) 3. William Chamberlain (F) 4. Martin Chittenden (F) Virginia 22 constituencies 1. John George Jackson (DR) until September 28, 1810 William McKinley (DR) from December 21, 1810 2. James Stephenson (F) 3. John Smith (DR) 4. Jacob Swoope (F) 5. James Breckinridge (F) 6. Daniel Sheffey (F) 7. Joseph Lewis (F) 8. Walter Jones (DR) 9. John Love (DR) 10. John Dawson (DR) 11. John Roane (DR) 12. Burwell Bassett (DR) 13. William A. Burwell (DR) 14. Matthew Clay (DR) 15. John Randolph (DR) 16. John Wayles Eppes (DR) 17. Thomas Gholson (DR) 18. Peterson Goodwyn (DR) 19. Edwin Gray (DR) 20. Thomas Newton (DR) 21. Wilson Cary Nicholas (DR) until November 27, 1809 David S. Garland (DR) from January 17, 1810 22. John Clopton (DR)

Members of the House of Representatives who are not entitled to vote:

• George Poindexter Mississippi Territory
• Jonathan Jennings Indiana Territory as of November 27, 1809
• Julien de Lallande Poydras Orleans Territory

Web links

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• bioguide.congress.gov (by entering 11 under Year OR Congress: you get a list of the members of the 11th Congress with a link to the official biographies; English)