19th Congress of the United States

The 19th Congress of the United States , made up of the House and Senate , was the legislature of the United States . His legislative period lasted from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1827. All members of the House of Representatives and a third of the senators ( Class III ) were elected in the 1824 congressional elections. This resulted in a majority in the Senate for the supporters of Andrew Jackson , the Jacksonians named after him . In the House of Representatives, their opponents, the anti-Jacksonians , were in the majority. The congress met in the American capital Washington, DC At that time the United States consisted of 24 states. President was John Quincy Adams . The distribution of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1820 census .

Important events

See also 1825 1826 and 1827

• March 4, 1825: beginning of the legislative period of the 19th Congress. At the same time, John Quincy Adams will be inducted into his new office as US President. He takes over from James Monroe . Adams was only elected by Congress in February 1825. This type of election became necessary because none of the candidates (including Andrew Jackson) in the 1824 regular election had received a sufficient majority. See also presidential elections of 1824 .
• During the legislature and beyond, the political climate in the United States changes. The Era of Good Feelings is over. There is a heated argument between the political camps. On one side are Andrew Jackson and his supporters and on the other side his political opponents, led by President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay .
• October 26, 1825: Opening of the Erie Canal .
• July 4, 1826: On the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, former Presidents and co-authors of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, die .
• 1826 The Jacksonians win a majority in both houses in the congressional elections .

Composition according to parties

senate

• Jacksonians: 25
• Anti-Jacksonians: Jan.
• Others (0
• Vacant: 0

Total: 48 at the end of the legislative period.

House of Representatives

• Jacksonians: 103
• Anti-Jacksonians: 110
• Others (0
• Vacant: 0

Total: 213 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 : John C. Calhoun (J)
• President pro tempore : John Gaillard (J) until December 4, 1825, then Nathaniel Macon (J)

House of Representatives

• House Speaker : John W. Taylor (AJ)

Senate members

The following senators represented their respective states in the 19th Congress:

Alabama 2. William R. King (J) 3. Henry H. Chambers (J) until January 24, 1826 Israel Pickens (J) from February 17 to November 27, 1826 John McKinley (J) from November 27, 1826 Connecticut 1. Henry W. Edwards (J) 3. Calvin Willey (AJ) from May 4, 1825 Delaware 1. Thomas Clayton (AJ) 2. Nicholas Van Dyke (AJ) until May 21, 1826 Daniel Rodney from November 8, 1826 to January 12, 1827 Henry M. Ridgely (J) from January 23, 1827 Georgia Thomas W. Cobb (J) 3. John MacPherson Berrien (J) Illinois 2. Jesse B. Thomas (AJ) 3. Elias Kane (J) Indiana 1. James Noble (AJ) 3. William Hendricks (AJ) Kentucky 2. Richard Mentor Johnson (J) 3. John Rowan (J) Louisiana 2. Charles Bouligny (AJ) 3. Josiah S. Johnston (AJ) Maine 1. John Holmes (AJ) 2. John Chandler (J) Maryland 1. Samuel Smith (J) 3. Edward Lloyd (J) until January 14, 1826 Ezekiel F. Chambers (AJ) from January 24, 1826 Massachusetts 1. Elijah H. Mills (AJ) 2. James Lloyd (AJ) until May 23, 1826 Nathaniel Silsbee (AJ) from May 31, 1826 Mississippi 1. David Holmes (J) until September 25, 1825 Powhatan Ellis (J) between September 28, 1825 and January 28, 1826 Thomas Buck Reed (J) from January 28, 1826 2. Thomas Hill Williams (J)

Missouri 1. Thomas Hart Benton (J) 3. David Barton (AJ) New Hampshire 2. Samuel Bell (AJ) 3. Levi Woodbury (J) from March 16, 1825 New Jersey 1. Joseph McIlvaine (AJ) until August 19, 1826 Ephraim Bateman (AJ) from November 10, 1826 2. Mahlon Dickerson (J) new York 1. Martin Van Buren (J) 3. Nathan Sanford (AJ) from January 14, 1826 North Carolina 2. John Branch (J) 3. Nathaniel Macon (J) Ohio 1. Benjamin Ruggles (AJ) 3. William Henry Harrison (AJ) Pennsylvania 1. William Findlay (J) 3. William Marks (AJ) Rhode Island 1. James De Wolf (AJ) until October 31, 1825 Asher Robbins (AJ) from October 31, 1825 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (AJ) South carolina 2. Robert Young Hayne (J) 3. John Gaillard (J) until February 26, 1826 William Harper (J) between March 8 and November 29, 1826 William Smith (J) from November 29, 1826 Tennessee 1. John Henry Eaton (J) 2. Andrew Jackson (J) until October 14, 1825 Hugh Lawson White (J) from October 28, 1825 Vermont 1. Horatio Seymour (AJ) 3. Dudley Chase (AJ) Virginia 1. James Barbour (J) until March 7, 1825 John Randolph (J) from December 26, 1825 2. Littleton Waller Tazewell (J)

Members of the House of Representatives

The following congressmen represented the interests of their respective states in the 19th Congress:

Alabama 3 constituencies 1. Gabriel Moore (J) 2. John McKee (J) 3. George Washington Owen (J) Connecticut All MPs were state-elected. Noyes Barber (AJ) John Baldwin (AJ) Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (AJ) Orange Merwin (AJ) Gideon Tomlinson (AJ) Elisha Phelps (AJ) Delaware state-wide choice Louis McLane (J) Georgia All MPs were elected state-wide. George Cary (J) Alfred Cuthbert (J) John Forsyth (J) Charles Eaton Haynes (J) James Meriwether (J) Edward Fenwick Tattnall (J) Wiley Thompson (J) Illinois State Election Daniel Pope Cook (AJ) Indiana 3 constituencies 1. Ratliff Boon (J) 2. Jonathan Jennings (AJ) 3. John Test (AJ) Kentucky 12 constituencies 1. David Trimble (AJ) 2. Thomas Metcalfe (AJ) 3. Henry Clay (AJ) until March 6, 1825 James Clark (AJ) from August 1, 1825 4. Robert Letcher (AJ) 5. James Johnson (J) until August 13, 1826 Robert L. McHatton (J) from December 7, 1826 6. Joseph Lecompte (J) 7. Thomas Patrick Moore (J) 8. Richard Aylett Buckner (AJ) 9. Charles A. Wickliffe (J) 10. Francis Johnson (AJ) 11. William Singleton Young (AJ) 12. Robert Pryor Henry (J) until August 25, 1826 John Flournoy Henry (AJ) from December 11, 1826 Louisiana 3 constituencies 1. Edward Livingston (J) 2. Henry Hosford Gurley (AJ) 3. William Leigh Brent (AJ) Maine 7 constituencies 1. William Burleigh (AJ) 2. John Anderson (J) 3. Ebenezer Herrick (AJ) 4. Peleg Sprague (AJ) 5. Enoch Lincoln (AJ) until 1826, exact date unknown James Wheelock Ripley (J) from September 11, 1826 6. Jeremiah O'Brien (AJ) 7. David Kidder (AJ) Maryland 8 constituencies. The fifth electoral district had two MPs. 1. Clement Dorsey (AJ) 2. Joseph Kent (AJ) until January 6, 1826 John Crompton Weems (J) from February 1, 1826 3. George Peter (J) 4. Thomas Contee Worthington (AJ) 5A. John Barney (AJ) 5B. Peter Little (AJ) 6. George Edward Mitchell (J) 7. John Leeds Kerr (AJ) 8. Robert N. Martin (AJ) Massachusetts 13 constituencies 1. Daniel Webster (AJ) 2. Benjamin Crowninshield (AJ) 3. John Varnum (AJ) 4. Edward Everett (AJ) 5. John Davis (AJ) 6. John Locke (AJ) 7. Samuel Clesson Allen (AJ) 8. Samuel Lathrop (AJ) 9. Henry W. Dwight (AJ) 10. John Bailey (AJ) 11. Aaron Hobart (AJ) 12. Francis Baylies (J) 13. John Reed (AJ) Mississippi State Election Christopher Rankin (J) until March 14, 1826 William Haile (J) from July 10, 1826 Missouri John Scott (AJ) New Hampshire All MPs were state-elected. Ichabod Bartlett (AJ) Titus Brown (AJ) Nehemiah Eastman (AJ) Jonathan Harvey (J) Joseph Healy (AJ) Thomas Whipple (AJ) New Jersey All MPs were elected state-wide George Cassedy (J) Lewis Condict (AJ) Daniel Garrison (J) George Holcombe (J) Samuel Swan (AJ) Ebenezer Tucker (AJ) New York 30 constituencies. The 3rd electoral district had three MPs and the 20th and 26th two each. 1. Silas Wood (AJ) 2. Joshua Sands (AJ) 3A. Churchill C. Cambreleng (J) 3B. Jeromus Johnson (J) 3C. Gulian C. Verplanck (J) 4. Aaron Ward (AJ) 5. Bartow White (AJ) 6. John Hallock (J) 7. Abraham B. Hasbrouck (AJ) 8. James Strong (AJ) 9. William McManus (AJ) 10. Stephen Van Rensselaer III. (AJ) 11. Henry Ashley (J) 12. William Dietz (J) 13. William G. Angel (J) 14. Henry R. Storrs (AJ) 15. Michael Hoffman (J) 16. Henry Markell (AJ) 17. John W. Taylor (AJ) 18. Henry C. Martindale (AJ) 19. Henry H. Ross (AJ) 20A. Nicoll Fosdick (AJ) 20B. Egbert Ten Eyck (J) until December 15, 1825 Daniel Hugunin (AJ) from December 15, 1825 21. Elias Whitmore (AJ) 22. John Miller (AJ) 23. Luther Badger (AJ) 24. Charles Kellogg (AJ) 25. Charles Humphrey (AJ) 26A. Dudley Marvin (AJ) 26B. Robert S. Rose (AJ) 27 Moses Hayden (AJ) 28. Timothy H. Porter (AJ) 29. Parmenio Adams (AJ) 30. Daniel G. Garnsey (J)

North Carolina 13 constituencies 1. Lemuel Sawyer (J) 2. Willis Alston (J) 3. Richard Hines (J) 4. John Heritage Bryan (J) 5. Gabriel Holmes (J) 6. Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (J) 7. Archibald McNeill (J) 8. Willie Person Mangum (J) until March 18, 1826 Daniel Laurens Barringer (J) from December 4, 1826 9. Romulus Mitchell Saunders (J) 10. John Long (AJ) 11. Henry William Connor (J) 12. Samuel Price Carson (J) 13. Lewis Williams (AJ) Ohio 14 constituencies 1. James Findlay (J) 2. John Woods (AJ) 3. William McLean (AJ) 4. Joseph Vance (AJ) 5. John Wilson Campbell (AJ) 6. John Thomson (J) 7. Samuel Finley Vinton (AJ) 8. William Wilson (AJ) 9. Philemon Beecher (AJ) 10. David Jennings (AJ) until May 25, 1826 Thomas Shannon (AJ) from December 4, 1826 11. John C. Wright (AJ) 12. John Sloane (AJ) 13. Elisha Whittlesey (AJ) 14. Mordecai Bartley (AJ) Pennsylvania 18 constituencies. The 7th, 8th, 11th and 16th electoral districts each had two MPs. The 4th and 9th even had three MPs. The rest one each. 1. John Wurts (J) 2. Joseph Hemphill (J) until 1826, exact date unknown Thomas Kittera (AJ) from October 10, 1826 3. Daniel H. Miller (J) 4A. James Buchanan (J) 4B. Samuel Edwards (J) 4C. Charles Miner (AJ) 5. Philip Swenk Markley (AJ) 6. Robert Harris (J) 7A. William Addams (J) 7B. Henry Wilson (J) until August 14, 1826 Jacob Krebs (J) from December 4, 1826 8A. Samuel D. Ingham (J) 8B. George Wolf (J) 9A. George Kremer (J) 9B. Samuel McKean (J) 9C. Espy Van Horne (J) 10. James S. Mitchell (J) 11A. John Findlay (J) 11B. James Wilson (AJ) 12. John Mitchell (J) 13. Alexander Thomson (J) until May 1, 1826 Chauncey Forward (J) from December 4, 1826 14. Andrew Stewart (J) 15. Joseph Lawrence (AJ) 16A. James Allison (J) until 1825 before the first Congressional meeting Robert Orr (J) from October 11, 1825 16B. James S. Stevenson (J) 17. George Plumer (J) 18. Patrick Farrelly (J) until January 12, 1826 Thomas Hale Sill (AJ) from March 14, 1826 Rhode Island All MPs were state-elected. Tristam Burges (AJ) Dutee Jerauld Pearce (AJ) South Carolina 9 constituencies 1. Joel Roberts Poinsett (J) until March 7, 1825 William Drayton (J) from May 17, 1825 2. James Hamilton (J) 3. Thomas R. Mitchell (J) 4. Andrew R. Govan (J) 5. George McDuffie (J) 6. John Wilson (J) 7. Joseph Gist (J) 8. John Carter (J) 9. Starling Tucker (J) Tennessee 9 constituencies 1. John Blair (J) 2. John Alexander Cocke (J) 3. James Coffield Mitchell (J) 4. Jacob C. Isacks (J) 5. Robert Allen (J) 6. James K. Polk (J) 7. Sam Houston (J) 8. John Hartwell Marable (J) 9. Adam Rankin Alexander (J) Vermont All MPs were state-elected William Czar Bradley (AJ) Rollin Carolas Mallary (AJ) George Edward Wales (AJ) Ezra Meech (J) John Mattocks (AJ) Virginia 22 constituencies 1. Thomas Newton (AJ) 2. James Trezvant (J) 3. William S. Archer (J) 4. Mark Alexander (J) 5. John Randolph (J) until December 26, 1825 George William Crump (J) from January 21, 1826 6. Thomas Davenport (J) 7. Nathaniel Claiborne (J) 8. Burwell Bassett (J) 9. Andrew Stevenson (J) 10. William Cabell Rives (J) 11. Robert Taylor (AJ) 12. Robert Garnett (J) 13. John Taliaferro (AJ) 14. Charles F. Mercer (AJ) 15. John S. Barbour (J) 16. William Armstrong (AJ) 17. Alfred H. Powell (AJ) 18. Joseph Johnson (J) 19. William McCoy (J) 20. John Floyd (J) 21. William Smith (J) 22. Benjamin Estil (AJ)

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

• Arkansas Territory : Henry Wharton Conway
• Florida Territory : Joseph M. White
• Michigan Territory : Austin Eli Wing

Web links

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• bioguide.congress.gov (by entering 19 under Year OR Congress: you get a list of the members of the 19th Congress with a link to the official biographies; English)