List of Senate Members of the 15th United States Congress

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The senators in the 15th Congress of the United States were one-third in 1816 and 1817 re-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 15th Congress ran from March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1819, its first session took place from December 1, 1817 to April 20, 1818 in Washington, DC , the second period from November 16, 1818 to March 3, 1819. Before that, a special session took place from March 4 to 6, 1817.

Composition and changes

In the 14th Congress sat at the end of his term of office 25 Republicans (today mostly called the Democratic Republican Party ) and 13 federalists . In the election, two seats went from the Republicans to the Federalists and vice versa, so that the majority did not change at first. A by-election in New Hampshire shifted this to 26 to 12 before the first session. After Mississippi became the 20th and Illinois the 21st state in the Union, where four Republicans were elected, their majority increased to 30 12 off. Since two Republican senators resigned shortly before the end of Congress without a successor having been elected, the majority at the end of the 15th Congress fell to 28 to 12, with two seats vacant.

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. During the 15th Congress, Daniel D. Tompkins served as Vice President. 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. On March 4, 1817, John Gaillard, elected by the 14th Congress, was pro tempore, he also held the office from March 6, 1817 to February 18, 1818 and from March 31, 1818 to January 5, 1819. From February 15, 1819 to the end of Congress on March 3, 1819 and in the 16th Congress to December 5, 1819, James Barbour was President pro tempore.

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, 1823 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
Nicholas Van Dyke federalist Delaware II March 4, 1817 211
George Troup republican Georgia II Nov 13, 1816 197 resigned September 23, 1818
John Forsyth republican Georgia II Nov 23, 1818 220 elected to succeed Troup
, resigned February 17, 1819
Charles Tait republican Georgia III Nov 27, 1809 154
Jesse B. Thomas republican Illinois II 3 Dec 1818 221
Ninian Edwards republican Illinois III 3 Dec 1818 222
James Noble republican Indiana I. Dec 11, 1816 201
Waller Taylor republican Indiana III Dec 11, 1816 202
John J. Crittenden republican Kentucky II March 4, 1817 206 resigned March 3, 1819
Isham Talbot republican Kentucky III Feb. 2, 1815 188
William CC Claiborne republican Louisiana II March 4, 1817 205 died November 23, 1817
Henry Johnson republican Louisiana II Jan. 12, 1818 216 elected to succeed Claiborne
Eligius Fromentin republican Louisiana III March 4, 1813 171
Alexander Contee Hanson federalist Maryland I. Dec. 20, 1816 203
Robert Henry Goldsborough federalist Maryland III May 21, 1813 177
Eli P. Ashmun federalist Massachusetts I. June 12, 1816 196 resigned May 10, 1818
Prentiss Mellen federalist Massachusetts I. June 5, 1818 217 elected to succeed Ashum
Harrison G. Otis federalist Massachusetts II March 4, 1817 210
Walter Leake republican Mississippi I. Dec 10, 1817 214
Thomas Hill Williams republican Mississippi II Dec 10, 1817 215
David L. Morril republican New Hampshire II March 4, 1817 209
Jeremiah Mason federalist New Hampshire III June 10, 1813 178 resigned June 16, 1817
Clement Storer republican New Hampshire III June 27, 1817 212 elected to succeed Mason
James J. Wilson republican New Jersey I. March 4, 1815 191
Mahlon Dickerson republican New Jersey II March 4, 1817 207
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
Montfort Stokes republican North Carolina II Dec. 4, 1816 200
Nathaniel Macon republican North Carolina III Dec. 5, 1815 193
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
James Burrill federalist Rhode Island II March 4, 1817 204
William Smith republican South carolina II Dec. 4, 1816 199
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 Congresses
resigned April 20, 1818
John Henry Eaton republican Tennessee I. 5th Sep 1818 218 appointed to succeed Campbell
John Williams republican Tennessee II Oct 10, 1815 192
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 resigned November 3, 1817
James Fisk republican Vermont III Nov 4, 1817 213 elected to succeed Chase
, resigned January 8, 1818
William A. Palmer republican Vermont III Oct. 20, 1818 219 elected to succeed Fisk
James Barbour republican Virginia I. Jan. 2, 1815 186 President pro tempore
John Wayles Eppes republican Virginia II March 4, 1817 208

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. ↑ President Pro Tempore on senate.gov, accessed June 18, 2020
  4. ↑ A Chronological Listing of US Senators , US Senate, PDF (approx. 356 kB), accessed June 19, 2020