List of Senate Members of the 16th United States Congress

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The senators in the 16th Congress of the United States were one-third in 1818 and 1819 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 16th Congress ran from March 4, 1819 to March 3, 1821. Its first session was from December 6, 1819 to May 15, 1820 in Washington, DC , the second period from November 13, 1820 to March 3, 1821.

Composition and changes

At the end of his term in office, the 15th Congress had 28 Republicans (now mostly called the Democratic Republican Party ) and 12 Federalists , two seats were vacant. In the election, the federalists lost one seat to the Republicans and two more seats because the parliaments of Maryland and New York could not initially agree on a candidate. That increased the majority of Republicans to 29 to nine, with four seats vacant. In by-elections and through the new seats in Alabama , which became the 22nd state in the Union , the Republicans gained six seats by the end of 1819, the federalists lost one seat, so that the Republican majority rose to 35 to eight. The federalists were able to win back the vacant seat in New York, but the two new seats of the 23rd state of Maine went to the Republicans, whose majority was 37 to nine at the end of 1820. Since the Republican Nehemiah R. Knight was elected to succeed the late Federalist James Burrill in Rhode Island , the majority of Republicans rose to 38 against eight federalists by the end of the 16th 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. During the 16th 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. From March 4 to December 5, 1819, James Barbour, elected by the 14th Congress, was pro tempore president, and he continued to hold office from December 6 to December 26, 1819. From January 25, 1820 to the end of the Congress on March 3, 1821 and in the 17th Congress to December 2, 1821, John Gaillard 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, 1825. 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
William R. King republican Alabama II Dec 14, 1819 232
John Williams Walker republican Alabama III Dec 14, 1819 233
Samuel W. Dana federalist Connecticut I. May 10, 1810 157
James Lanman republican Connecticut III March 4, 1819 224
Outerbridge Horsey federalist Delaware I. Jan. 12, 1810 156
Nicholas Van Dyke federalist Delaware II March 4, 1817 211
Freeman Walker republican Georgia II Nov 6, 1819 229
John Elliott republican Georgia III March 4, 1819 223
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
Richard mentor Johnson republican Kentucky II Dec 10, 1819 230
William Logan republican Kentucky III March 4, 1819 225 resigned May 28, 1820
Isham Talbot republican Kentucky III Oct. 19, 1820 188 elected to replace Logan
earlier in 13th-15th Congress
Henry Johnson republican Louisiana II Jan. 12, 1818 216
James Brown republican Louisiana III March 4, 1819 168 earlier in the 12th to 14th Congress
John Holmes republican Maine I. June 13, 1820 237
John Chandler republican Maine II June 14, 1820 238
Alexander Contee Hanson federalist Maryland I. Dec. 20, 1816 203 died April 23, 1819
William Pinkney republican Maryland I. Dec. 21, 1819 234 elected to succeed Hanson
Edward Lloyd republican Maryland III Dec. 21, 1819 235
Prentiss Mellen federalist Massachusetts I. June 5, 1818 217 resigned May 15, 1820
Elijah H. Mills federalist Massachusetts I. June 12, 1820 236 elected to succeed Mellen
Harrison G. Otis federalist Massachusetts II March 4, 1817 210
Walter Leake republican Mississippi I. Dec 10, 1817 214 resigned May 15, 1820
David Holmes republican Mississippi I. Aug 30, 1820 239 appointed to succeed Leake
Thomas Hill Williams republican Mississippi II Dec 10, 1817 215
David L. Morril republican New Hampshire II March 4, 1817 209
John Fabyan Parrott republican New Hampshire III March 4, 1819 227
James J. Wilson republican New Jersey I. March 4, 1815 191 resigned January 8, 1821
Samuel L. Southard republican New Jersey I. Jan. 24, 1821 241 appointed to succeed Wilson
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 Seat temporarily vacant
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
William A. Trimble republican Ohio III March 4, 1819 228
Jonathan Roberts republican Pennsylvania I. Feb. 24, 1814 181
Walter Lowrie republican Pennsylvania III March 4, 1819 226
William Hunter federalist Rhode Island I. Oct. 28, 1811 164
James Burrill federalist Rhode Island II March 4, 1817 204 died December 25, 1820
Nehemiah R. Knight republican Rhode Island II Jan. 9, 1821 240 elected to succeed Burrill
William Smith republican South carolina II Dec. 4, 1816 199
John Gaillard republican South carolina III Dec 6, 1804 125 President pro tempore
John Henry Eaton republican Tennessee I. 5th Sep 1818 218
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
William A. Palmer republican Vermont III Oct. 20, 1818 219
James Barbour republican Virginia I. Jan. 2, 1815 186 President pro tempore
John Wayles Eppes republican Virginia II March 4, 1817 208 resigned December 4, 1819
James Pleasants republican Virginia II Dec 10, 1819 231 elected to succeed Eppes

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