List of Senate Members of the 14th United States Congress

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The senators in the 14th Congress of the United States were one-third in 1814 and 1815, newly elected. Before the 17th Amendment was passed in 1913, the Senate was not directly elected, but the Senators were appointed by the state parliaments. Each state elects two senators who belong to different classes . The term of office is six years, every two years one of the three classes is elected for the seats. Two thirds of the Senate therefore consists of senators whose term of office is still in force.

The term of office of the 13th Congress ran from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817, its first session was held from December 4, 1815 to April 30, 1816 in Washington, DC , the second period from December 2, 1816 to March 3, 1817.

Composition and changes

At the end of his term in office, there were 26 Republicans in the 13th Congress (now usually called the Democratic Republican Party ) and ten federalists . The Republican William Branch Giles of Virginia resigned at the end of the 13th Congress, two more seats were lost to the Republicans because the parliaments of Maryland and Tennessee could not agree, and another seat went to the federalists. This dropped the majority of Republicans to 22 to 11, and three seats were vacant. The Republican Francis Locke , who was elected Senator by the North Carolina Parliament in 1814 against his express will, did not take his seat. He resigned shortly after the first session began. Since an election had now taken place in Tennessee, the majority of Republicans was 23 to 11. After the other two vacant seats were also filled by the end of January 1816, there were 24 Republicans and 12 Federalists in the Senate. In the by-elections of 1816, the federalists were able to win one seat. The Republicans received both seats in Indiana , which became the 19th state to join the union . That put the majority of Republicans at 25-13 at the end of the 14th Congress.

Special functions

Under the United States Constitution , the vice president is the chairman of the Senate without being a member. In the event of a tie, his vote is decisive. The office was vacant during the 14th Congress after Vice President Elbridge Gerry died on November 23, 1814. Contrary to current practice, the vice president actually presided over the Senate meetings until the late 19th century. A senator was elected pro tempore president, who assumed the chairmanship in the absence of the vice-president. From March 4 to December 3, 1815, John Gaillard, elected by the 13th Congress, was pro tempore President, on December 4, 1815 he was confirmed in this office and remained so until the end of the Congress on March 3, 1817 as well as in 15th Congress until March 4, 1817. With Gerry's death, Gaillard would have been the successor to the President according to the rules at that time , had he been canceled.

List of Senators

Under Party it is noted whether a senator is assigned to the Federalist Party or the Republican Party , under State the lists of the senators of the respective state are linked. The regular term of office depends on the senate class : Senators of class I were elected until March 3, 1821, those of class II until March 3, 1817 and those of class III until March 3, 1819. The date indicates when the corresponding Senator was admitted to the Senate, any previous terms of office not taken into account. Under Sen. is the consecutive number of the senators in chronological order; the lower this is, the greater the senator's seniority .

senator Political party Country class date Sen. annotation
Samuel W. Dana federalist Connecticut I. May 10, 1810 157
David Daggett federalist Connecticut III May 13, 1813 176
Outerbridge Horsey federalist Delaware I. Jan. 12, 1810 156
William H. Wells federalist Delaware II May 28, 1813 082 earlier in the 5th to 9th Congress
William Wyatt Bibb republican Georgia II Nov 6, 1813 179 resigned November 9, 1816
George Troup republican Georgia II Nov 13, 1816 197 elected to succeed Bibb
Charles Tait republican Georgia III Nov 27, 1809 154
James Noble republican Indiana I. Dec 11, 1816 201
Waller Taylor republican Indiana III Dec 11, 1816 202
William T. Barry republican Kentucky II Feb. 2, 1815 187 resigned May 1, 1816
Martin D. Hardin federalist Kentucky II Nov 13, 1816 198 elected to succeed Barry
Isham Talbot republican Kentucky III Feb. 2, 1815 188
James Brown republican Louisiana II Feb 5, 1813 168
Eligius Fromentin republican Louisiana III March 4, 1813 171
Robert Goodloe Harper federalist Maryland I. Jan. 29, 1816 195 resigned December 6, 1816
Alexander Contee Hanson federalist Maryland I. Dec. 20, 1816 203 elected to succeed Harper
Robert Henry Goldsborough federalist Maryland III May 21, 1813 177
Christopher Gore federalist Massachusetts I. May 5, 1813 175 resigned May 30, 1816
Eli P. Ashmun federalist Massachusetts I. June 12, 1816 196 elected to succeed Gore
Joseph B. Varnum republican Massachusetts II June 29, 1811 162 a
Thomas W. Thompson federalist New Hampshire II June 24, 1814 183
Jeremiah Mason federalist New Hampshire III June 10, 1813 178
James J. Wilson republican New Jersey I. March 4, 1815 191
John Condit republican New Jersey II March 21, 1809 117 earlier in the 8th to 10th Congress
Nathan Sanford republican new York I. March 4, 1815 190
Rufus King federalist new York III March 4, 1813 022nd earlier in the 1st to 4th Congress
James Turner republican North Carolina II 22 Dec 1805 130 b resigned November 21, 1816
Montfort Stokes republican North Carolina II Dec. 4, 1816 200 elected to succeed Turner
Francis Locke republican North Carolina III Dec 1814 180 c resigned December 5, 1815
Nathaniel Macon republican North Carolina III Dec. 5, 1815 193 elected to succeed Locke
Benjamin Ruggles republican Ohio I. March 4, 1815 189
Jeremiah Morrow republican Ohio III March 4, 1813 173
Jonathan Roberts republican Pennsylvania I. Feb. 24, 1814 181
Abner Lacock republican Pennsylvania III March 4, 1813 172
William Hunter federalist Rhode Island I. Oct. 28, 1811 164
Jeremiah B. Howell republican Rhode Island II March 4, 1811 161
John Taylor republican South carolina II Dec 31, 1810 159 resigned in November 1816
William Smith republican South carolina II Dec. 4, 1816 199 elected to succeed Taylor
John Gaillard republican South carolina III Dec 6, 1804 125 President pro tempore
George W. Campbell republican Tennessee I. Oct 10, 1815 163 earlier in the 12th and 13th Congress
Jesse Wharton republican Tennessee II March 17, 1814 182 appointed
John Williams republican Tennessee II Oct 10, 1815 192 elected to succeed Wharton
Isaac Tichenor federalist Vermont I. March 4, 1815 065 earlier in the 4th and 5th Congress
Dudley Chase republican Vermont III March 4, 1813 170
James Barbour republican Virginia I. Jan. 2, 1815 186
Armistead Thomson Mason republican Virginia II Jan. 3, 1816 194
  • Republicans called members of the mostly as today Democratic-Republican Party or Jeffersonian Republicans party designated
  • a) Varnum is included in the list of the Senate when he took office on June 8th, but this is wrong according to all other sources
  • b) Turner is on the Senate list when he took office March 4, but all other sources indicate that this is incorrect
  • c) Locke was elected against his will and never took office, so there is no exact date

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dates of Sessions of the Congress , senate.gov, accessed July 18, 2020
  2. ^ Party Division , www.senate.gov, accessed October 8, 2019
  3. ^ A New Nation Votes, North Carolina 1814 U.S. Senate, Special, Ballot 11 , January 11, 2012, accessed July 17, 2020
  4. ↑ President Pro Tempore on senate.gov, accessed June 18, 2020
  5. ↑ A Chronological Listing of US Senators , US Senate, PDF (approx. 356 kB), accessed June 19, 2020