14th United States Congress

The 14th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in the Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1815, to March 4, 1817, during the seventh and eighth years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1810 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.

Major events

 * November 1816: James Monroe defeated Rufus King in the U.S. presidential election.

Major legislation

 * April 10, 1816: Establishment of the Second Bank of the United States
 * April 27, 1816: Dallas tariff

Proposed, but not enacted

 * March 3, 1817: Bonus Bill of 1817 (vetoed)

Treaties

 * August 24, 1816: Treaty of St. Louis signed

States admitted and territories organized

 * December 11, 1816: Indiana was admitted as the 19th state,
 * March 3, 1817: Alabama Territory was created from a portion of the Mississippi Territory

Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate
During this congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of Indiana.

House of Representatives
During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Indiana.

Senate

 * President: Vacant
 * President pro tempore: John Gaillard (DR) of South Carolina, first elected December 4, 1815

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Henry Clay (DR) of Kentucky

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district.
 * Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1820; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1816; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1818.

Connecticut

 * 1. Samuel W. Dana (F)
 * 3. David Daggett (F)

Delaware

 * 1. Outerbridge Horsey (F)
 * 2. William H. Wells (F)

Georgia

 * 2. William W. Bibb (DR), until November 9, 1816
 * George Troup (DR), from November 13, 1816
 * 3. Charles Tait (DR)

Indiana

 * 1. James Noble (DR), from December 11, 1816
 * 3. Waller Taylor (DR), from December 11, 1816

Kentucky

 * 2. William T. Barry (DR), until May 1, 1816
 * Martin D. Hardin (F), from November 13, 1816
 * 3. Isham Talbot (DR)

Louisiana

 * 2. James Brown (DR)
 * 3. Eligius Fromentin (DR)

Maryland

 * 1. Robert Goodloe Harper (F), January 1816 – December 1816
 * Alexander C. Hanson (F), from December 20, 1816
 * 3. Robert H. Goldsborough (F)

Massachusetts

 * 1. Christopher Gore (F), until May 30, 1816
 * Eli P. Ashmun (F), from June 12, 1816
 * 2. Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Thomas W. Thompson (F)
 * 3. Jeremiah Mason (F)

New Jersey

 * 1. James J. Wilson (DR)
 * 2. John Condit (DR)

New York

 * 1. Nathan Sanford (DR)
 * 3. Rufus King (F)

North Carolina

 * 2. James Turner (DR), until November 21, 1816
 * Montfort Stokes (DR), from December 4, 1816
 * 3. Francis Locke Jr. (DR), until December 5, 1815
 * Nathaniel Macon (DR), from December 13, 1815

Ohio

 * 1. Benjamin Ruggles (DR)
 * 3. Jeremiah Morrow (DR)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Jonathan Roberts (DR)
 * 3. Abner Lacock (DR)

Rhode Island

 * 1. William Hunter (F)
 * 2. Jeremiah B. Howell (DR)

South Carolina

 * 2. John Taylor (DR), until November 1816
 * William Smith (DR), from December 4, 1816
 * 3. John Gaillard (DR)

Tennessee

 * 1. George W. Campbell (DR), from October 10, 1815
 * 2. Jesse Wharton (DR), until October 10, 1815
 * John Williams (DR), from October 10, 1815

Vermont

 * 1. Isaac Tichenor (F)
 * 3. Dudley Chase (DR)

Virginia

 * 1. James Barbour (DR)
 * 2. Armistead T. Mason (DR), from January 3, 1816



Connecticut
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Epaphroditus Champion (F)
 * At-large. John Davenport (F)
 * At-large. Lyman Law (F)
 * At-large. Jonathan O. Moseley (F)
 * At-large. Timothy Pitkin (F)
 * At-large. Lewis B. Sturges (F)
 * At-large. Benjamin Tallmadge (F)

Delaware
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Thomas Clayton (F)
 * At-large. Thomas Cooper (F)

Georgia
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Alfred Cuthbert (DR), until November 9, 1816
 * Zadock Cook (DR), from December 2, 1816
 * At-large. John Forsyth (DR)
 * At-large. Bolling Hall (DR)
 * At-large. Wilson Lumpkin (DR)
 * At-large. Thomas Telfair (DR)
 * At-large. Richard Henry Wilde (DR)

Indiana

 * At-large. William Hendricks (DR), from December 11, 1816 (newly admitted state)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. James Clark (DR), until August 1816
 * Thomas Fletcher (DR), from December 2, 1816
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Henry Clay (DR), from October 30, 1815
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Richard M. Johnson (DR)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Joseph Desha (DR)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Alney McLean (DR)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Solomon P. Sharp (DR)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Samuel McKee (DR)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Stephen Ormsby (DR)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Micah Taul (DR)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Benjamin Hardin (DR)

Louisiana

 * At-large. Thomas B. Robertson (DR)

Maryland
The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Philip Stuart (F)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. John C. Herbert (F)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Alexander C. Hanson (F), until ????, 1816
 * George Peter (F), from October 7, 1816
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. George Baer Jr. (F)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Nicholas R. Moore (DR), until ????, 1815
 * Samuel Smith (DR), from February 4, 1816
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. William Pinkney (DR), until April 18, 1816
 * Peter Little (DR), from December 2, 1816
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Stevenson Archer (DR)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Robert Wright (DR)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. Charles Goldsborough (F)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Artemas Ward Jr. (F)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Timothy Pickering (F)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Jeremiah Nelson (F)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Asahel Stearns (F)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Elijah H. Mills (F)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Samuel Taggart (F)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. John W. Hulbert (F)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. William Baylies (F)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. John Reed Jr. (F)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Laban Wheaton (F)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. Elijah Brigham (F), until February 22, 1816
 * Benjamin Adams (F), from December 2, 1816
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. Solomon Strong (F)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. Nathaniel Ruggles (F)
 * Massachusetts's 14th congressional district. Cyrus King (F)
 * Massachusetts's 15th congressional district. George Bradbury (F)
 * Massachusetts's 16th congressional district. Benjamin Brown (F)
 * Massachusetts's 17th congressional district. James Carr (F)
 * Massachusetts's 18th congressional district. Thomas Rice (F)
 * Massachusetts's 19th congressional district. Samuel S. Conner (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 20th congressional district. Albion K. Parris (DR)

New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Charles H. Atherton (F)
 * At-large. Bradbury Cilley (F)
 * At-large. William Hale (F)
 * At-large. Roger Vose (F)
 * At-large. Daniel Webster (F)
 * At-large. Jeduthun Wilcox (F)

New Jersey
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Ezra Baker (DR)
 * At-large. Ephraim Bateman (DR)
 * At-large. Benjamin Bennet (DR)
 * At-large. Lewis Condict (DR)
 * At-large. Henry Southard (DR)
 * At-large. Thomas Ward (DR)

New York
There were six plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th, 20th & 21st, each had two representatives.
 * New York's 1st congressional district. Henry Crocheron (DR)
 * New York's 1st congressional district. George Townsend (DR)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. William Irving (DR)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Peter H. Wendover (DR)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Jonathan Ward (DR)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Abraham H. Schenck (DR)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Thomas P. Grosvenor (F)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Jonathan Fisk (DR), until March ????, 1815
 * James W. Wilkin (DR), from December 4, 1815
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Samuel Betts (DR)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Erastus Root (DR), from December 26, 1815
 * New York's 9th congressional district. John Lovett (F)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Hosea Moffitt (F)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. John W. Taylor (DR)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Asa Adgate (DR), from December 7, 1815
 * New York's 12th congressional district. John Savage (DR)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. John B. Yates (DR)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Daniel Cady (F)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. James Birdsall (DR)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Jabez D. Hammond (DR)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Thomas R. Gold (F)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Westel Willoughby Jr. (DR), from December 13, 1815
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Moss Kent (F)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Victory Birdseye (DR)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Oliver C. Comstock (DR)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Enos T. Throop (DR), until June 4, 1816
 * Daniel Avery (DR), from December 3, 1816
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Micah Brooks (DR),
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Peter B. Porter (DR), until January 23, 1816
 * Archibald S. Clarke (DR), from December 2, 1816

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. William H. Murfree (DR)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Joseph H. Bryan (DR)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. James W. Clark (DR)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. William Gaston (F)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. William R. King (DR), until November 4, 1816
 * Charles Hooks (DR), from December 2, 1816
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Nathaniel Macon (DR), until December 13, 1815
 * Weldon N. Edwards (DR), from February 7, 1816
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. John Culpepper (F)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Richard Stanford (DR), until April 9, 1816
 * Samuel Dickens (DR), from December 2, 1816
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Bartlett Yancey (DR)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. William C. Love (DR)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Daniel M. Forney (DR)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. Israel Pickens (DR)
 * North Carolina's 13th congressional district. Lewis Williams (DR)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. John McLean (DR), until ????, 1816
 * William Henry Harrison (DR), from December 2, 1816
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. John Alexander (DR)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. William Creighton Jr. (DR)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. James Caldwell (DR)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. James Kilbourne (DR)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. David Clendenin (DR)

Pennsylvania
There were six plural districts, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 10th had two representatives each, the 1st had four representatives.
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Joseph Hopkinson (F)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. William Milnor (F)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Thomas Smith (F)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Jonathan Williams (DR), until May 16, 1815
 * John Sergeant (F), from December 6, 1815
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. William Darlington (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. John Hahn (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. James M. Wallace (DR), from October 10, 1815
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. John Whiteside (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Hugh Glasgow (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. William Crawford (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. William Maclay (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Samuel D. Ingham (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. John Ross (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Joseph Hiester (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. William Piper (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. David Bard (DR), until March 12, 1815
 * Thomas Burnside (DR), from December 11, 1815, until April ????, 1816
 * William P. Maclay (DR), from December 3, 1816
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Jared Irwin (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. William Wilson (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. William Findley (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Aaron Lyle (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Isaac Griffin (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. John Woods (F)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Thomas Wilson (DR)

Rhode Island
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. John L. Boss Jr. (F)
 * At-large. James B. Mason (F)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Henry Middleton (DR)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. William Lowndes (DR)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Benjamin Huger (F)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. John J. Chappell (DR)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. William Woodward (DR)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. John C. Calhoun (DR)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. John Taylor (DR)
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district. Thomas Moore (DR)
 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district. William Mayrant (DR), until October 21, 1816
 * Stephen D. Miller (DR), from January 2, 1817

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Samuel Powell (DR)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. John Sevier (DR), until September 24, 1815
 * William G. Blount (DR), from January 8, 1816
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Isaac Thomas (DR)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Bennett H. Henderson (DR)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Newton Cannon (DR)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. James B. Reynolds (DR)

Vermont
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Daniel Chipman (F), until May 5, 1816
 * At-large. Luther Jewett (F)
 * At-large. Chauncey Langdon (F)
 * At-large. Asa Lyon (F)
 * At-large. Charles Marsh (F)
 * At-large. John Noyes (F)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. John G. Jackson (DR)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Magnus Tate (F)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Henry St. George Tucker (DR)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. William McCoy (DR)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. James Breckinridge (F)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Daniel Sheffey (F)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Ballard Smith (DR)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Joseph Lewis Jr. (F)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. John P. Hungerford (DR)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Aylett Hawes (DR)
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district. Philip P. Barbour (DR)
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district. William H. Roane (DR)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district. Burwell Bassett (DR)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district. William A. Burwell (DR)
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district. Matthew Clay (DR), until May 27, 1815
 * John Kerr (DR), from December 5, 1815
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district. John Randolph (DR)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district. James Pleasants (DR)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district. Thomas Gholson Jr. (DR), until July 4, 1816
 * Thomas M. Nelson (DR), from December 6, 1816
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district. Peterson Goodwyn (DR)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district. James Johnson (DR)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district. Thomas Newton Jr. (DR)
 * Virginia's 22nd congressional district. Hugh Nelson (DR)
 * Virginia's 23rd congressional district. John Clopton (DR), until September 11, 1816
 * John Tyler (DR), from December 17, 1816

Non-voting members

 * Illinois Territory's at-large congressional district. Benjamin Stephenson
 * Nathaniel Pope
 * Indiana Territory's at-large congressional district. Jonathan Jennings, until December 11, 1816
 * Mississippi Territory's at-large congressional district. William Lattimore
 * Missouri Territory's at-large congressional district. Rufus Easton, until August 5, 1816
 * John Scott, August 6, 1816 – January 13, 1817

Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate
(1)
 * Tennessee
 * Tennessee
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | For unknown reasons, a Senator was not elected until after the term began. Winner elected October 10, 1815.
 * | George W. Campbell (DR)
 * Took seat October 10, 1815

(2)
 * Tennessee
 * Tennessee
 * | Jesse Wharton (DR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Appointee was not elected to finish the term. Successor elected October 10, 1815.
 * | John Williams (DR)
 * Seated October 10, 1815

(3)
 * North Carolina
 * North Carolina
 * | Francis Locke Jr.
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned when successor was elected, having never qualified. Successor elected December 5, 1815 to finish term.
 * | Nathaniel Macon (DR)
 * Seated December 13, 1815

(2)
 * Virginia
 * Virginia
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resignation of William B. Giles (DR) in the previous congress. Successor elected January 3, 1816 to finish the term.
 * | Armistead T. Mason (DR)
 * Took seat January 3, 1816

(1)
 * Maryland
 * Maryland
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Legislature failed to elect in time for the term. Successor elected January 29, 1816 for the term.
 * | Robert G. Harper (F)
 * Took seat January 29, 1816

(2)
 * Kentucky
 * Kentucky
 * | William T. Barry (DR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1816 after being appointed to a judicial position. Successor appointed November 13, 1816, to continue the term and then finished the term either by special election or by the appointment.
 * | Martin D. Hardin (F)
 * Seated November 13, 1816

(1)
 * Massachusetts
 * Massachusetts
 * | Christopher Gore (F)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 30, 1816. Successor elected June 12, 1816, to finish the term.
 * | Eli P. Ashmun (F)
 * Seated June 12, 1816

(2)
 * South Carolina
 * South Carolina
 * | John Taylor (DR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 1816. Successor elected December 4, 1816, to finish the term.
 * | William Smith (DR)
 * Seated December 4, 1816

(2)
 * Georgia
 * Georgia
 * | William W. Bibb (DR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 9, 1816 after being appointed Governor of Alabama Territory. Successor elected November 13, 1816, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.
 * | George Troup (DR)
 * Seated November 13, 1816

(2)
 * North Carolina
 * North Carolina
 * | James Turner (DR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 21, 1816 due to ill health. Successor elected December 4, 1816, to finish the term.
 * | Montfort Stokes (DR)
 * Seated December 4, 1816

(1)
 * Maryland
 * Maryland
 * | Robert G. Harper (F)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 6, 1816. Successor elected December 20, 1816, to finish the term.
 * | Alexander C. Hanson (F)
 * Seated December 20, 1816

(1)
 * Indiana
 * Indiana
 * rowspan=2 | New seats
 * rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816.
 * | James Noble (DR)
 * rowspan=2 | Seated December 11, 1816

(3)
 * Indiana
 * Indiana
 * | Waller Taylor (DR)
 * }

House of Representatives

 * New York's 12th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Member-elect Benjamin Pond died during previous congress
 * | Asa Adgate (DR)
 * December 7, 1815
 * December 7, 1815


 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Amos Ellmaker resigned on July 3, 1815, upon State appointment as judge
 * | James M. Wallace (DR)
 * December 4, 1815
 * December 4, 1815


 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Seat declared vacant by the governor, “caused by the acceptance of Henry Clay to sign a commercial convention as Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain”, but Clay was elected to fill his own vacancy
 * | Henry Clay (DR)
 * December 4, 1815
 * December 4, 1815


 * New York's 17th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Credentials for incumbent William S. Smith (F) were issued by the Secretary of State of New York, but Smith did not take or claim the seat, contested by Willoughby Jr.
 * | Westel Willoughby Jr. (DR)
 * December 13, 1815
 * December 13, 1815


 * New York's 8th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Credentials for John Adams (F) were issued by the Secretary of State of New York, but Adams did not take or claim the seat, contested by Root
 * | Erastus Root (DR)
 * December 26, 1815
 * December 26, 1815


 * Maryland's 5th congressional district
 * | Nicholas R. Moore (DR)
 * Resigned sometime in 1815 before Congress convened
 * | Samuel Smith (DR)
 * February 4, 1816
 * February 4, 1816


 * New York's 6th congressional district
 * | Jonathan Fisk (DR)
 * Resigned sometime in March, 1815, upon appointment as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
 * | James W. Wilkin (DR)
 * December 4, 1815
 * December 4, 1815


 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district
 * | David Bard (DR)
 * Died March 12, 1815
 * | Thomas Burnside (DR)
 * December 11, 1815
 * December 11, 1815


 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district
 * | Jonathan Williams (DR)
 * Died May 16, 1815
 * | John Sergeant (F)
 * December 6, 1815
 * December 6, 1815


 * Virginia's 15th congressional district
 * | Matthew Clay (DR)
 * Died May 27, 1815
 * | John Kerr (DR)
 * December 5, 1815
 * December 5, 1815


 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district
 * | John Sevier (DR)
 * Died September 24, 1815
 * | William G. Blount (DR)
 * January 8, 1816
 * January 8, 1816


 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * | Nathaniel Macon (DR)
 * Resigned December 13, 1815, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
 * | Weldon N. Edwards (DR)
 * February 7, 1816
 * February 7, 1816


 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district
 * | Alexander C. Hanson (F)
 * Resigned sometime in 1816
 * | George Peter (F)
 * October 7, 1816
 * October 7, 1816


 * Ohio's 1st congressional district
 * | John McLean (DR)
 * Resigned sometime in 1816
 * | William Henry Harrison (DR)
 * December 2, 1816
 * December 2, 1816


 * New York's 21st congressional district
 * | Peter B. Porter (DR)
 * Resigned January 23, 1816
 * | Archibald S. Clarke (DR)
 * December 2, 1816
 * December 2, 1816


 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
 * | Elijah Brigham (F)
 * Died February 22, 1816
 * | Benjamin Adams (F)
 * December 2, 1816
 * December 2, 1816


 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district
 * | Thomas Burnside (DR)
 * Resigned April, 1816
 * | William P. Maclay (DR)
 * December 3, 1816
 * December 3, 1816


 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district
 * | Richard Stanford (DR)
 * Died April 9, 1816
 * | Samuel Dickens (DR)
 * December 2, 1816
 * December 2, 1816


 * Maryland's 5th congressional district
 * | William Pinkney (DR)
 * Resigned April 18, 1816, upon appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia
 * | Peter Little (DR)
 * December 2, 1816
 * December 2, 1816


 * Vermont At-large
 * | Daniel Chipman (F)
 * Resigned May 5, 1816
 * colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress
 * colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress


 * New York's 20th congressional district
 * | Enos T. Throop (DR)
 * Resigned June 4, 1816
 * | Daniel Avery (DR)
 * December 3, 1816
 * December 3, 1816


 * Virginia's 18th congressional district
 * | Thomas Gholson Jr. (DR)
 * Died July 4, 1816
 * | Thomas M. Nelson (DR)
 * December 4, 1816
 * December 4, 1816


 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district
 * | James Clark (DR)
 * Resigned sometime in August, 1816
 * | Thomas Fletcher (DR)
 * December 2, 1816
 * December 2, 1816


 * Missouri Territory At-large
 * Rufus Easton
 * Served throughout the first session; Scott presented credentials at the beginning of the second session and was contested by Easton
 * John Scott
 * December 2, 1816
 * December 2, 1816


 * Illinois Territory At-large
 * Benjamin Stephenson
 * Term ended September 3, 1816
 * Nathaniel Pope
 * December 2, 1816
 * December 2, 1816


 * Virginia's 23rd congressional district
 * | John Clopton (DR)
 * Died September 11, 1816
 * | John Tyler (DR)
 * December 17, 1816
 * December 17, 1816


 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district
 * | William Mayrant (DR)
 * Resigned October 21, 1816
 * | Stephen D. Miller (DR)
 * January 2, 1817
 * January 2, 1817


 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district
 * | William R. King (DR)
 * Resigned November 4, 1816
 * | Charles Hooks (DR)
 * December 2, 1816
 * December 2, 1816


 * Georgia At-large
 * | Alfred Cuthbert (DR)
 * Resigned November 9, 1816
 * | Zadock Cook (DR)
 * January 23, 1817
 * January 23, 1817


 * Indiana Territory At-large
 * Jonathan Jennings (Territorial delegate)
 * Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816
 * | William Hendricks (DR)
 * December 11, 1816
 * December 11, 1816


 * Missouri Territory At-large
 * John Scott
 * His election was contested by his predecessor Easton. On January 13, 1817, the election was declared illegal, but the seat was declared vacant.
 * Vacant until next Congress
 * Vacant until next Congress


 * }

Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

 * Attorney General's Office (Select)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Abner Lacock)
 * Claims (Chairman: Jonathan Roberts)
 * Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: William Hunter)
 * Compensation of Members of Congress (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Armistead Mason)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eligius Fromentin)
 * Finance (Select)
 * Indiana Admission to the Union (Select)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Dudley Chase)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: John Williams)
 * Militia (Chairman: Joseph Varnum)
 * Memorial of the Mississippi Territory (Chairman: N/A)
 * National University (Chairman: N/A)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles Tait)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Jeremiah Howell)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James J. Wilson)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Jeremiah Morrow)
 * Slave Trade (Select)
 * Weights and Measures (Select)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: John McLean then Peter Little)
 * Assent of Congress to an Act of the Virginia Legislature (Select)
 * Attorney General's Office (Select)
 * Banks of the District of Columbia (Select)
 * Berkshire Association (Select)
 * Bible Society of Philadelphia (Select)
 * Bonus of the National Banks (Select)
 * Bounty Lands Communication (Select)
 * Claims (Chairman: Bartlett Yancey)
 * Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Thomas Newton Jr.)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Henry S. Tucker)
 * Elections (Chairman: John W. Taylor)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Stevenson Archer)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Newton Cannon)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John B. Yates)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Samuel Smith)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Erastus Root)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Lewis Condict)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Hugh Nelson)
 * Pensions and Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: John J. Chappell)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Samuel D. Ingham)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Solomon P. Sharp)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: William H. Murfree then Israel Pickens)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas B. Robertson)
 * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Lewis Condict)
 * Rules (Select)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: William Lowndes)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Enrolled Bills

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: Benjamin Latrobe, from April 6, 1815
 * Librarian of Congress: George Watterston

Senate

 * Chaplain: Jesse Lee (Methodist), until December 8, 1815
 * John Glendie (Presbyterian), elected December 8, 1815
 * Sereno Edwards Dwight, (Congregationalist) elected December 16, 1816
 * Secretary: Charles Cutts
 * Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: Obadiah B. Brown (Baptist), until December 7, 1815
 * Spencer H. Cone (Baptist), December 7, 1815 – December 2, 1816
 * Burgiss Allison (Baptist), elected December 2, 1816
 * Clerk: Thomas Dougherty
 * Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton
 * Reading Clerks:
 * Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn