List of Senate Members of the 17th United States Congress

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The senators in the 17th Congress of the United States were one-third in 1820 and 1821, 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 17th Congress ran from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823. Its first session was from December 3, 1821 to May 8, 1822 in Washington, DC , the second period from December 2, 1822 to March 3, 1823.

Composition and changes

At the end of his term in office, there were 38 Republicans (now mostly called the Democratic Republican Party ) and eight federalists in the 16th Congress . In the election, the federalists lost three seats to the Republicans, one more seat because the Delaware parliament was unable to agree on a candidate. For the same reason, the previously Republican seats of Pennsylvania and Tennessee initially remained vacant. This resulted in a majority of 39 Republicans against four federalists, three seats were vacant. One of the vacant seats was filled before the beginning of the first session, and Missouri became the 24th state to join the Union. With Republicans winning all of these elections, their majority rose to 42 to four. The two remaining vacant seats could also be won by Republicans, so that a majority of 44 Republicans sat across from the four federalists for most of the 17th Congress. The by-elections caused by two deaths and several resignations did not change that. The seat of Caesar A. Rodney , who resigned at the end of January 1823, was not reoccupied until the end of the 17th Congress, so that in the end there were 43 Republicans and four Federalists in the Senate, one seat was 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. Daniel D. Tompkins served as Vice President during the 17th Congress . 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 2, 1821, John Gaillard, elected by the 16th Congress, was president pro tempore; he continued to hold office from December 3 to December 27, 1821, from February 1 to December 2 1822, from February 19 to the end of the Congress on March 3, 1823, and in the 18th Congress to November 30, 1823.

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, 1827, 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 resigned December 12, 1822
William Kelly republican Alabama III December 12, 1822 252 elected to succeed Walker
Elijah Boardman republican Connecticut I. March 4, 1821 242
James Lanman republican Connecticut III March 4, 1819 224
Caesar A. Rodney republican Delaware I. Jan. 24, 1822 251 resigned January 29, 1823
Nicholas Van Dyke federalist Delaware II March 4, 1817 211
Freeman Walker republican Georgia II Nov 6, 1819 229 resigned August 6, 1821
Nicholas Ware republican Georgia II Nov 10, 1821 248 elected to succeed Walker
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
Isham Talbot republican Kentucky III Oct. 19, 1820 188 earlier in the 13th to 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
William Pinkney republican Maryland I. Dec. 21, 1819 234 died February 25, 1822
Samuel Smith republican Maryland I. December 16, 1822 114 elected to replace Pinkney
earlier in the 8th through 13th Congress
Edward Lloyd republican Maryland III Dec. 21, 1819 235
Elijah H. Mills federalist Massachusetts I. June 12, 1820 236
Harrison G. Otis federalist Massachusetts II March 4, 1817 210 resigned May 30, 1822
James Lloyd federalist Massachusetts II June 5, 1822 144 elected to replace Otis
earlier in the 10th to 13th Congresses
David Holmes republican Mississippi I. Aug 30, 1820 239
Thomas Hill Williams republican Mississippi II Dec 10, 1817 215
Thomas Hart Benton republican Missouri I. Aug 10, 1821 247
David Barton republican Missouri III Aug 10, 1821 246
David L. Morril republican New Hampshire II March 4, 1817 209
John Fabyan Parrott republican New Hampshire III March 4, 1819 227
Samuel L. Southard republican New Jersey I. Jan. 24, 1821 241
Mahlon Dickerson republican New Jersey II March 4, 1817 207
Martin Van Buren republican new York I. March 4, 1821 245
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
William A. Trimble republican Ohio III March 4, 1819 228 died December 13, 1821
Ethan Allen Brown republican Ohio III Jan. 3, 1822 250 Elected to succeed Trimble
William Findlay republican Pennsylvania I. Dec 10, 1821 249
Walter Lowrie republican Pennsylvania III March 4, 1819 226
James De Wolf republican Rhode Island I. March 4, 1821 243
Nehemiah R. Knight republican Rhode Island II Jan. 9, 1821 240
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
Horatio Seymour republican Vermont I. March 4, 1821 244
William A. Palmer republican Vermont III Oct. 20, 1818 219
James Barbour republican Virginia I. Jan. 2, 1815 186
James Pleasants republican Virginia II Dec 10, 1819 231 resigned December 15, 1822
John Taylor republican Virginia II Dec 18, 1822 038 elected to succeed Pleasants
earlier in 2nd, 3rd and 8th Congresses

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