19th United States Congress

The 19th 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 Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1827, during the first two years of John Quincy Adams's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1820 United States census. The Senate had a majority of Jackson Men, while the House had an Anti-Jackson (pro-Adams) majority.

Major events

 * March 4, 1825: John Quincy Adams inaugurated as President of the United States
 * October 26, 1825: The Erie Canal opened, providing passage from Albany, New York, to Buffalo and Lake Erie.
 * July 4, 1826: Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the 50th Anniversary of America's Independence

Treaties signed

 * November 7, 1825: Treaty of St. Louis: 1,400 Missouri Shawnees were forcibly relocated from Missouri to Kansas
 * January 24, 1826: Treaty of Washington between the United States government and the Creek National Council, in which they ceded much of their land in Georgia

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

 * President: John C. Calhoun (J)
 * President pro tempore: John Gaillard (J), until December 4, 1825
 * Nathaniel Macon (J), from May 20, 1826

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: John W. Taylor (A)

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district.

(J) following a name means the member was of the Jackson faction. (A) that the person was a member of the Adams (anti-Jackson) faction.


 * 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 ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1826/1827; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1828/1829; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1830/1831.

Alabama

 * 2. William R. D. King (J)
 * 3. Henry H. Chambers (J), until January 24, 1826
 * Israel Pickens (J), February 17, 1826 – November 27, 1826
 * John McKinley (J), from November 27, 1826

Connecticut

 * 1. Henry W. Edwards (J)
 * 3. Calvin Willey (A), from May 4, 1825

Delaware

 * 1. Thomas Clayton (A)
 * 2. Nicholas Van Dyke (A), until May 21, 1826
 * Daniel Rodney (A), November 8, 1826 – January 12, 1827
 * Henry M. Ridgely (J), from January 23, 1827

Georgia

 * 2. Thomas W. Cobb (J)
 * 3. John Macpherson Berrien (J)

Illinois

 * 2. Jesse B. Thomas (A)
 * 3. Elias K. Kane (J)

Indiana

 * 1. James Noble (A)
 * 3. William Hendricks (A)

Kentucky

 * 2. Richard M. Johnson (J)
 * 3. John Rowan (J)

Louisiana

 * 2. Dominique J. Bouligny (A)
 * 3. Josiah S. Johnston (A)

Maine

 * 1. John Holmes (A)
 * 2. John Chandler (J)

Maryland

 * 1. Samuel Smith (J)
 * 3. Edward Lloyd (J), until January 14, 1826
 * Ezekiel F. Chambers (A), from January 24, 1826

Massachusetts

 * 1. Elijah H. Mills (A)
 * 2. James Lloyd (A), until May 23, 1826
 * Nathaniel Silsbee (A), from May 31, 1826

Mississippi

 * 1. David Holmes (J), until September 25, 1825
 * Powhatan Ellis (J), September 28, 1825 – January 28, 1826
 * Thomas B. Reed (J), from January 28, 1826
 * 2. Thomas H. Williams (J)

Missouri

 * 1. Thomas H. Benton (J)
 * 3. David Barton (A)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Samuel Bell (A)
 * 3. Levi Woodbury (J), from March 16, 1825

New Jersey

 * 1. Joseph McIlvaine (A), until August 19, 1826
 * Ephraim Bateman (A), from November 10, 1826
 * 2. Mahlon Dickerson (J)

New York

 * 1. Martin Van Buren (J)
 * 3. Nathan Sanford (A), from January 14, 1826

North Carolina

 * 2. John Branch (J)
 * 3. Nathaniel Macon (J)

Ohio

 * 1. Benjamin Ruggles (A)
 * 3. William Henry Harrison (A)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. William Findlay (J)
 * 3. William Marks (A)

Rhode Island

 * 1. James DeWolf (A), until October 31, 1825
 * Asher Robbins (A), from October 31, 1825
 * 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (A)

South Carolina

 * 2. Robert Y. Hayne (J)
 * 3. John Gaillard (J), until February 26, 1826
 * William Harper (J), March 8, 1826 – November 29, 1826
 * William Smith (J), from November 29, 1826

Tennessee

 * 1. John H. Eaton (J)
 * 2. Andrew Jackson (J), until October 14, 1825
 * Hugh Lawson White (J), from October 28, 1825

Vermont

 * 1. Horatio Seymour (A)
 * 3. Dudley Chase (A)

Virginia

 * 1. James Barbour (J), until March 7, 1825
 * John Randolph (J), from December 26, 1825
 * 2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J)



Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Gabriel Moore (J)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. John McKee (J)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. George W. Owen (J)

Connecticut
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. John Baldwin (A)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Noyes Barber (A)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Ralph I. Ingersoll (A)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Orange Merwin (A)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Elisha Phelps (A)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Gideon Tomlinson (A)

Delaware

 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Louis McLane (J)

Georgia
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. George Cary (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Alfred Cuthbert (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. John Forsyth (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Charles E. Haynes (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. James Meriwether (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Edward F. Tattnall (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Wiley Thompson (J)

Illinois

 * Illinois's at-large congressional district. Daniel P. Cook (A)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Ratliff Boon (J)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Jonathan Jennings (A)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. John Test (A)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. David Trimble (A)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Thomas Metcalfe (A)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Henry Clay (A), until March 6, 1825
 * James Clark (A), from August 1, 1825
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Robert P. Letcher (A)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. James Johnson (J), until August 13, 1826
 * Robert L. McHatton (J), from December 7, 1826
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Joseph Lecompte (J)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Thomas P. Moore (J)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Richard A. Buckner (A)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Charles A. Wickliffe (J)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Francis Johnson (A)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. William S. Young (A)
 * Kentucky's 12th congressional district. Robert P. Henry (J), until August 25, 1826
 * John F. Henry (A), from December 11, 1826

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Edward Livingston (J)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Henry H. Gurley (A)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. William L. Brent (A)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. William Burleigh (A)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. John Anderson (J)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Ebenezer Herrick (A)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. Peleg Sprague (A)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district. Enoch Lincoln (A), until 1826 (before September 11, 1826, )
 * James W. Ripley (J), from September 11, 1826
 * Maine's 6th congressional district. Jeremiah O'Brien (A)
 * Maine's 7th congressional district. David Kidder (A)

Maryland
The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Clement Dorsey (A)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Joseph Kent (A), until January 6, 1826
 * John C. Weems (J), from February 1, 1826
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. George Peter (J)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Thomas C. Worthington (A)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. John Barney (A)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Peter Little (A)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. George E. Mitchell (J)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. John L. Kerr (A)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. Robert N. Martin (A)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Daniel Webster (A)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Benjamin W. Crowninshield (A)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. John Varnum (A)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Edward Everett (A)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. John Davis (A)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. John Locke (A)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Samuel C. Allen (A)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Samuel Lathrop (A)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Henry W. Dwight (A)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. John Bailey (A)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. Aaron Hobart (A)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. Francis Baylies (J)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. John Reed Jr. (A)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district. Christopher Rankin (J), until March 14, 1826
 * William Haile (J), from July 10, 1826

Missouri

 * Missouri's at-large congressional district. John Scott (A)

New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Ichabod Bartlett (A)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Titus Brown (A)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Nehemiah Eastman (A)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Jonathan Harvey (J)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Joseph Healy (A)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Thomas Whipple Jr. (A)

New Jersey
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. George Cassedy (J)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Lewis Condict (A)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Daniel Garrison (J)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. George Holcombe (J)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Samuel Swan (A)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Ebenezer Tucker (A)

New York
There were three plural districts: the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, the 3rd had three representatives.
 * New York's 1st congressional district. Silas Wood (A)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Joshua Sands (A)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Churchill C. Cambreleng (J)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Jeromus Johnson (J)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Gulian C. Verplanck (J)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Aaron Ward (A)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Bartow White (A)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. John Hallock Jr. (J)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Abraham B. Hasbrouck (A)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. James Strong (A)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. William McManus (A)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Stephen Van Rensselaer (A)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Henry Ashley (J)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. William Dietz (J)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. William G. Angel (J)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Henry R. Storrs (A)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Michael Hoffman (J)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Henry Markell (A)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. John W. Taylor (A)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Henry C. Martindale (A)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Henry H. Ross (A)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Nicoll Fosdick (A)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Egbert Ten Eyck (J), until December 15, 1825
 * Daniel Hugunin Jr. (A), from December 15, 1825
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Elias Whitmore (A)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. John Miller (A)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Luther Badger (A)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Charles Kellogg (A)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Charles Humphrey (A)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Dudley Marvin (A)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Robert S. Rose (A)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Moses Hayden (A)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Timothy H. Porter (A)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. Parmenio Adams (A)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Daniel G. Garnsey (J)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Lemuel Sawyer (J)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Willis Alston (J)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Richard Hines (J)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. John H. Bryan (J)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Gabriel Holmes (J)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Weldon N. Edwards (J)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Archibald McNeill (J)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Willie P. Mangum (J), until March 18, 1826
 * Daniel L. Barringer (J), from December 4, 1826
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Romulus M. Saunders (J)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. John Long (A)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Henry W. Connor (J)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. Samuel P. Carson (J)
 * North Carolina's 13th congressional district. Lewis Williams (A)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. James Findlay (J)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. John Woods (A)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. William McLean (A)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Joseph Vance (A)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. John W. Campbell (A)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. John Thomson (J)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Samuel F. Vinton (A)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. William Wilson (A)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Philemon Beecher (A)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. David Jennings (A), until May 25, 1826
 * Thomas Shannon (A), from December 4, 1826
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. John C. Wright (A)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. John Sloane (A)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Elisha Whittlesey (A)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Mordecai Bartley (A)

Pennsylvania
There were six plural districts: the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. John Wurts (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Joseph Hemphill (J), until 1826 (before October 10, 1826 — )
 * Thomas Kittera (A), from October 10, 1826
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Daniel H. Miller (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. James Buchanan (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Samuel Edwards (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Charles Miner (A)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Philip S. Markley (A)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Robert Harris (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. William Addams (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Henry Wilson (J), until August 14, 1826
 * Jacob Krebs (J), from December 4, 1826
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Samuel D. Ingham (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. George Wolf (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. George Kremer (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Samuel McKean (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Espy Van Horne (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. James S. Mitchell (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. John Findlay (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. James Wilson (A)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. John Mitchell (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Alexander Thomson (J), until May 1, 1826
 * Chauncey Forward (J), from December 4, 1826
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Andrew Stewart (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Joseph Lawrence (A)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. James Allison Jr. (J), until August 26, 1825 (before the assembling of Congress)
 * Robert Orr Jr. (J), from October 11, 1825
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. James S. Stevenson (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. George Plumer (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Patrick Farrelly (J), until January 12, 1826
 * Thomas H. Sill (A), from March 14, 1826

Rhode Island
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district. Tristam Burges (A)
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district. Dutee J. Pearce (A)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Joel R. Poinsett (J), until March 7, 1825
 * William Drayton (J), from May 17, 1825
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. James Hamilton Jr. (J)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Thomas R. Mitchell (J)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Andrew R. Govan (J)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. George McDuffie (J)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. John Wilson (J)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. Joseph Gist (J)
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district. John Carter (J)
 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district. Starling Tucker (J)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. John Blair (J)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. John Cocke (J)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. James C. Mitchell (J)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Jacob C. Isacks (J)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Robert Allen (J)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. James K. Polk (J)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Samuel Houston (J)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. John H. Marable (J)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Adam R. Alexander (J)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. William C. Bradley (A)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. Rollin C. Mallary (A)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district. George E. Wales (A)
 * Vermont's 4th congressional district. Ezra Meech (J)
 * Vermont's 5th congressional district. John Mattocks (A)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Thomas Newton Jr. (A)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. James Trezvant (J)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. William S. Archer (J)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Mark Alexander (J)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. John Randolph (J), until December 26, 1825
 * George W. Crump (J), from January 21, 1826
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Thomas Davenport (J)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Burwell Bassett (J)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. Andrew Stevenson (J)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. William C. Rives (J)
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district. Robert Taylor (A)
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district. Robert S. Garnett (J)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district. John Taliaferro (A)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district. Charles F. Mercer (A)
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district. John S. Barbour (J)
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district. William Armstrong (A)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district. Alfred H. Powell (A)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district. Joseph Johnson (J)
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district. William McCoy (J)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district. John Floyd (J)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district. William Smith (J)
 * Virginia's 22nd congressional district. Benjamin Estil (A)

Non-voting members

 * Arkansas Territory's at-large congressional district. Henry W. Conway
 * Florida Territory's at-large congressional district. Joseph M. White
 * Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district. Austin E. Wing

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

Senate

 * Replacements: 7
 * Anti-Jacksonian (A): 3-seat net gain
 * Jacksonian (J): no net change
 * Deaths: 4
 * Resignations: 6
 * Interim appointments: 4
 * Total seats with changes: 13


 * New Hampshire (3)
 * Vacant
 * Seat remained vacant
 * | Levi Woodbury (J)
 * Installed March 16, 1825
 * Installed March 16, 1825


 * Connecticut (3)
 * Vacant
 * Seat remained vacant
 * | Calvin Willey (A)
 * Installed May 4, 1825
 * Installed May 4, 1825


 * New York (3)
 * Vacant
 * Seat remained vacant
 * | Nathan Sanford (A)
 * Installed January 14, 1826, after resigning as Chancellor of New York
 * Installed January 14, 1826, after resigning as Chancellor of New York


 * Virginia (1)
 * | James Barbour (J)
 * Resigned March 7, 1825, after being appointed US Secretary of War
 * | John Randolph (J)
 * Appointed December 26, 1825
 * Appointed December 26, 1825


 * Mississippi (1)
 * | David Holmes (J)
 * Resigned September 25, 1825, after being elected Governor of Mississippi
 * | Powhatan Ellis (J)
 * Appointed September 28, 1825
 * Appointed September 28, 1825


 * Tennessee (2)
 * | Andrew Jackson (J)
 * Resigned October 14, 1825
 * | Hugh Lawson White (J)
 * Installed October 28, 1825
 * Installed October 28, 1825


 * Rhode Island (1)
 * | James De Wolf (A)
 * Resigned October 31, 1825
 * | Asher Robbins (A)
 * Appointed October 31, 1825
 * Appointed October 31, 1825


 * Maryland (3)
 * | Edward Lloyd (J)
 * Resigned January 14, 1826, after being elected to the Maryland State Senate
 * | Ezekiel F. Chambers (A)
 * Elected January 24, 1826
 * Elected January 24, 1826


 * Alabama (3)
 * | Henry H. Chambers (J)
 * Died January 24, 1826
 * | Israel Pickens (J)
 * Appointed February 17, 1826
 * Appointed February 17, 1826


 * Mississippi (1)
 * | Powhatan Ellis (J)
 * Successor elected January 28, 1826
 * | Thomas B. Reed (J)
 * Installed January 28, 1826
 * Installed January 28, 1826


 * South Carolina (3)
 * | John Gaillard (J)
 * Died February 26, 1826
 * | William Harper (J)
 * Appointed March 8, 1826
 * Appointed March 8, 1826


 * Delaware (2)
 * | Nicholas Van Dyke (A)
 * Died May 21, 1826
 * | Daniel Rodney (A)
 * Appointed November 8, 1826
 * Appointed November 8, 1826


 * Massachusetts (2)
 * | James Lloyd (A)
 * Resigned May 23, 1826
 * | Nathaniel Silsbee (A)
 * Installed May 31, 1826
 * Installed May 31, 1826


 * New Jersey (1)
 * | Joseph McIlvaine (A)
 * Died August 19, 1826
 * | Ephraim Bateman(A)
 * Installed November 10, 1826
 * Installed November 10, 1826


 * Alabama (3)
 * | Israel Pickens (J)
 * Successor elected November 27, 1826
 * | John McKinley (J)
 * Installed November 27, 1826
 * Installed November 27, 1826


 * South Carolina (3)
 * | William Harper (J)
 * Successor elected November 29, 1826
 * | William Smith (J)
 * Installed November 29, 1826
 * Installed November 29, 1826


 * Delaware (2)
 * | Daniel Rodney (A)
 * Resigned January 12, 1827, after successor was elected
 * | Henry M. Ridgely (J)
 * Installed January 23, 1827
 * Installed January 23, 1827


 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 11
 * Anti-Jackson: 1 seat net gain
 * Jackson: 1 seat net loss
 * Deaths: 5
 * Resignations: 10
 * Contested election: 1
 * Total seats with changes: 16


 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
 * | Henry Clay (A)
 * Resigned March 6, 1825, after being appointed US Secretary of State
 * | James Clark (A)
 * Seated August 1, 1825
 * Seated August 1, 1825


 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district
 * | Joel R. Poinsett (J)
 * Resigned March 7, 1825, after being appointed Minister to Mexico
 * | William Drayton (J)
 * Seated May 17, 1825
 * Seated May 17, 1825


 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district
 * | James Allison Jr. (J)
 * Resigned August 26, 1825 before the assembling of Congress
 * | Robert Orr Jr. (J)
 * Seated October 11, 1825
 * Seated October 11, 1825


 * New York's 20th congressional district
 * | Egbert Ten Eyck (J)
 * Lost contested election December 15, 1825
 * | Daniel Hugunin Jr. (A)
 * Seated December 15, 1825
 * Seated December 15, 1825


 * Virginia's 5th congressional district
 * | John Randolph (J)
 * Resigned December 26, 1825, after being appointed to the US Senate
 * | George W. Crump (J)
 * Seated January 21, 1826
 * Seated January 21, 1826


 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district
 * | Joseph Kent (A)
 * Resigned January 6, 1826, after being elected Governor of Maryland
 * | John C. Weems (J)
 * Seated February 1, 1826
 * Seated February 1, 1826


 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
 * | Patrick Farrelly (J)
 * Died January 12, 1826
 * | Thomas H. Sill (A)
 * Seated March 14, 1826
 * Seated March 14, 1826


 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district
 * | Christopher Rankin (J)
 * Died March 14, 1826
 * | William Haile (J)
 * Seated July 10, 1826
 * Seated July 10, 1826


 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district
 * | Willie P. Mangum (J)
 * Resigned March 18, 1826
 * | Daniel L. Barringer (J)
 * Seated December 4, 1826
 * Seated December 4, 1826


 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
 * | Alexander Thomson (J)
 * Resigned May 1, 1826
 * | Chauncey Forward (J)
 * Seated December 4, 1826
 * Seated December 4, 1826


 * Ohio's 10th congressional district
 * | David Jennings (A)
 * Resigned May 25, 1826
 * | Thomas Shannon (A)
 * Seated December 4, 1826
 * Seated December 4, 1826


 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district
 * | James Johnson (J)
 * Died August 13, 1826
 * | Robert L. McHatton (J)
 * Seated December 7, 1826
 * Seated December 7, 1826


 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
 * | Henry Wilson (J)
 * Died August 14, 1826
 * | Jacob Krebs (J)
 * Seated December 4, 1826
 * Seated December 4, 1826


 * Kentucky's 12th congressional district
 * | Robert P. Henry (J)
 * Died August 25, 1826
 * | John F. Henry (A)
 * Seated December 11, 1826
 * Seated December 11, 1826


 * Maine's 5th congressional district
 * | Enoch Lincoln (A)
 * Resigned before September 11, 1826
 * | James W. Ripley (J)
 * Seated September 11, 1826
 * Seated September 11, 1826


 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
 * | Joseph Hemphill (J)
 * Resigned before October 10, 1826
 * | Thomas Kittera (A)
 * Seated October 10, 1826
 * Seated October 10, 1826


 * }

Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

 * Agriculture (Chairman: William Findlay then Calvin Willey)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Horatio Seymour then Elias Kane)
 * Bankruptcy (Select)
 * Claims (Chairman: Benjamin Ruggles)
 * Commerce (Chairman: James Lloyd then Josiah S. Johnston)
 * Debt Imprisonment Abolition (Select)
 * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Edward Lloyd then Ezekiel F. Chambers)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William Marks)
 * Finance (Chairman: Samuel Smith)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Nathaniel Macon then Littleton Tazewell)
 * French Spoilations (Select)
 * Georgia and the Creek Indians (Select)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Martin Van Buren)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Mahlon Dickerson)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: William Henry Harrison)
 * Militia (Chairman: John Chandler)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Robert Y. Hayne)
 * Pensions (Chairman: James Noble)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Richard M. Johnson)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: William South)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: David Barton)
 * Roads and Canals (Select) (Chairman: William Hendricks)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: Samuel C. Allen)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: Stephen Van Rensselaer)
 * American Colonization Society (Select)
 * Apportionment of Representatives (Select)
 * Bills of Exchange (Select)
 * Claims (Chairman: Lewis Williams)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Thomas Newton Jr. then Gideon Tomlinson)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Mark Alexander)
 * Elections (Chairman: John Sloane)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Jeremiah O'Brien)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William Wilson)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John Bailey)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William Burleigh)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John Mattocks)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Joseph Johnson)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: John Forsyth)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: John Cocke)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Daniel Webster)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Rollin C. Mallary)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hamilton Jr.)
 * Military Pensions (Chairman: Tristram Burges)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Henry R. Storrs)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Samuel D. Ingham)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Weldon N. Edwards)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Christopher Rankin then John Scott)
 * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Thomas P. Moore)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Robert Allen)
 * Rules (Select)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: James Strong)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: Louis McLane)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Enrolled Bills
 * The Library
 * Police and Preservation of the Capital

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: Charles Bulfinch
 * Librarian of Congress: George Watterston

Senate

 * Chaplain: Charles P. McIlvaine (Episcopal), until December 12, 1825
 * William Staughton (Baptist), elected December 12, 1825
 * William Ryland (Methodist), elected December 8, 1826
 * Secretary: Charles Cutts, until December 12, 1825
 * Walter Lowrie, elected December 12, 1825
 * Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: Reuben Post (Presbyterian)
 * Clerk: Matthew St. Clair Clarke
 * Doorkeeper: Benjamin Birch
 * Reading Clerks:
 * Sergeant at Arms: John O. Dunn