20th United States Congress

The 20th 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, 1827, to March 4, 1829, during the third and fourth years of John Quincy Adams's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1820 United States census. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.

Major events

 * December 3, 1828: U.S. presidential election, 1828: Challenger Andrew Jackson beat incumbent John Quincy Adams and was elected President of the United States

Major legislation

 * May 24, 1828: Tariff of Abominations, ch. 111,

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: Samuel Smith (J)

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Andrew Stevenson (J)

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and members of the House 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, facing re-election in 1832; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1828; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1830.

Alabama

 * 2. William R. King (J)
 * 3. John McKinley (J)

Connecticut

 * 1. Samuel A. Foot (NR)
 * 3. Calvin Willey (NR)

Delaware

 * 1. Louis McLane (J)
 * 2. Henry M. Ridgely (J)

Georgia

 * 2. Thomas W. Cobb (J), until November 7, 1828
 * Oliver H. Prince (J), from November 7, 1828
 * 3. John Macpherson Berrien (J)

Illinois

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

Indiana

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

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

Maine

 * 1. Albion K. Parris (J), until August 26, 1828
 * John Holmes (NR), from January 15, 1829
 * 2. John Chandler (J)

Maryland

 * 1. Samuel Smith (J)
 * 3. Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR)

Massachusetts

 * 1. Daniel Webster (NR), from June 8, 1827
 * 2. Nathaniel Silsbee (NR)

Mississippi

 * 1. Powhatan Ellis (J)
 * 2. Thomas H. Williams (J)

Missouri

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

New Hampshire

 * 2. Samuel Bell (NR)
 * 3. Levi Woodbury (J)

New Jersey

 * 1. Ephraim Bateman (NR), until January 12, 1829
 * Mahlon Dickerson (J), from January 30, 1829
 * 2. Mahlon Dickerson (J), until January 30, 1829, vacant thereafter

New York

 * 1. Martin Van Buren (J), until December 20, 1828
 * Charles E. Dudley (J), from January 15, 1829
 * 3. Nathan Sanford (NR)

North Carolina

 * 2. John Branch (J)
 * 3. Nathaniel Macon (J), until November 14, 1828
 * James Iredell Jr. (J), from December 15, 1828

Ohio

 * 1. Benjamin Ruggles (NR)
 * 3. William Henry Harrison (NR), until May 20, 1828
 * Jacob Burnet (NR), from December 10, 1828

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Isaac D. Barnard (J)
 * 3. William Marks (NR)

Rhode Island

 * 1. Asher Robbins (NR)
 * 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (NR)

South Carolina

 * 2. Robert Y. Hayne (J)
 * 3. William Smith (J)

Tennessee

 * 1. John H. Eaton (J)
 * 2. Hugh Lawson White (J)

Vermont

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

Virginia

 * 1. John Tyler (J)
 * 2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J)



House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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.
 * At-large. John Baldwin (NR)
 * At-large. Noyes Barber (NR)
 * At-large. Ralph I. Ingersoll (NR)
 * At-large. Orange Merwin (NR)
 * At-large. Elisha Phelps (NR)
 * At-large. David Plant (NR)

Delaware

 * At-large. Kensey Johns Jr. (NR), from October 2, 1827

Georgia
Two representatives replacing those who had resigned were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Edward F. Tattnall (J), until sometime in 1827
 * George R. Gilmer (J), from October 1, 1827
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. John Forsyth (J), until November 7, 1827
 * Richard Henry Wilde (J), from November 17, 1827
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Wiley Thompson (J)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Wilson Lumpkin (J)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. Charles E. Haynes (J)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. Tomlinson Fort (J)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. John Floyd (J)

Illinois

 * At-large. Joseph Duncan (J)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Thomas H. Blake (NR)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Jonathan Jennings (NR)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Oliver H. Smith (J)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Henry Daniel (J)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Thomas Metcalfe (NR), until June 1, 1828
 * John Chambers (NR), from December 1, 1828
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. James Clark (NR)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Robert P. Letcher (NR)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Robert L. McHatton (J)
 * 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 (NR)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Charles A. Wickliffe (J)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Joel Yancey (J)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. William S. Young (NR), until September 20, 1827
 * John Calhoon (NR), November 5, 1827 – November 7, 1827
 * Thomas Chilton (J), from December 22, 1827
 * Kentucky's 12th congressional district. Chittenden Lyon (J)

Louisiana

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

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. William Burleigh (NR), until July 2, 1827
 * Rufus McIntire (J), from September 10, 1827
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. John Anderson (J)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Joseph F. Wingate (NR)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. Peleg Sprague (NR)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district. James W. Ripley (J)
 * Maine's 6th congressional district. Jeremiah O'Brien (NR)
 * Maine's 7th congressional district. Samuel Butman (NR)

Maryland
The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Clement Dorsey (NR)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. John C. Weems (J)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. George C. Washington (NR)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Michael C. Sprigg (J)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. John Barney (NR)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Peter Little (NR)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Levin Gale (J)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. John L. Kerr (NR)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. Ephraim K. Wilson (NR)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Daniel Webster (NR), until May 30, 1827
 * Benjamin Gorham (NR), from July 23, 1827
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Benjamin W. Crowninshield (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. John Varnum (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Edward Everett (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. John Davis (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. John Locke (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Samuel C. Allen (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Isaac C. Bates (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Henry W. Dwight (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. John Bailey (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. Joseph Richardson (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. James L. Hodges (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. John Reed Jr. (NR)

Mississippi

 * At-large. William Haile (J), until September 12, 1828
 * Thomas Hinds (J), from October 21, 1828

Missouri

 * At-large. Edward Bates (NR)

New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. David Barker Jr. (NR)
 * At-large. Ichabod Bartlett (NR)
 * At-large. Titus Brown (NR)
 * At-large. Jonathan Harvey (J)
 * At-large. Joseph Healy (NR)
 * At-large. Thomas Whipple Jr. (NR)

New Jersey
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Lewis Condict (NR)
 * At-large. George Holcombe (J), until January 14, 1828
 * James F. Randolph (NR), from December 1, 1828
 * At-large. Isaac Pierson (NR)
 * At-large. Samuel Swan (NR)
 * At-large. Hedge Thompson (NR), until July 23, 1828
 * Thomas Sinnickson (NR), from December 1, 1828
 * At-large. Ebenezer Tucker (NR)

New York
There were three plural districts: the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, and the 3rd had three representatives.
 * New York's 1st congressional district. Silas Wood (NR)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. John J. Wood (J)
 * 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 (NR)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Thomas J. Oakley (J), until May 9, 1828
 * Thomas Taber II (J), from November 5, 1828
 * New York's 6th congressional district. John Hallock Jr. (J)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. George O. Belden (J)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. James Strong (NR)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. John D. Dickinson (NR)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Stephen Van Rensselaer (NR)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Selah R. Hobbie (J)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. John I. De Graff (J)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Samuel Chase (NR)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Henry R. Storrs (NR)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Michael Hoffman (J)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Henry Markell (NR)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. John W. Taylor (NR)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Henry C. Martindale (NR)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Richard Keese (J)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Rudolph Bunner (J)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Silas Wright Jr. (J), until February 16, 1829, vacant thereafter
 * New York's 21st congressional district. John C. Clark (J)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. John G. Stower (J)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Jonas Earll Jr. (J)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Nathaniel Garrow (J)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. David Woodcock (NR)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Dudley Marvin (NR)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. John Maynard (NR)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Daniel D. Barnard (NR)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. John Magee (J)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. David E. Evans (J), until May 2, 1827
 * Phineas L. Tracy (NR), from November 5, 1827
 * 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. Thomas H. Hall (J)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. John H. Bryan (NR)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Gabriel Holmes (J)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Daniel Turner (J)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. John Culpepper (NR)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Daniel L. Barringer (J)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Augustine H. Shepperd (J)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. John Long (NR)
 * 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 (NR)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. James Findlay (J)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. John Woods (NR)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. William McLean (NR)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Joseph Vance (NR)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. William Russell (J)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. William Creighton Jr. (NR), until sometime in 1828
 * Francis S. Muhlenberg (NR), from December 19, 1828
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Samuel F. Vinton (NR)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. William Wilson (NR), until June 6, 1827
 * William Stanbery (J), from October 9, 1827
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Philemon Beecher (NR)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. John Davenport (NR)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. John C. Wright (NR)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. John Sloane (NR)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Elisha Whittlesey (NR)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Mordecai Bartley (NR)

Pennsylvania
There were six plural districts: the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, and the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Joel B. Sutherland (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. John Sergeant (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Daniel H. Miller (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Samuel Anderson (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. James Buchanan (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Charles Miner (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. John B. Sterigere (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Innis Green (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. William Addams (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Joseph Fry Jr. (J)
 * 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. Adam King (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. William Ramsey (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. James Wilson (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. John Mitchell (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Chauncey Forward (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Andrew Stewart (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Joseph Lawrence (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Robert Orr Jr. (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. James S. Stevenson (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Richard Coulter (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Stephen Barlow (J)

Rhode Island
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Tristam Burges (NR)
 * At-large. Dutee J. Pearce (NR)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. William Drayton (J)
 * 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. William D. Martin (J)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. George McDuffie (J)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. Warren R. Davis (J)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. William T. Nuckolls (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. Pryor Lea (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 Desha (J)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. James K. Polk (J)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. John Bell (J)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. John H. Marable (J)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Davy Crockett (J)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. Jonathan Hunt (NR)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. Rollin C. Mallary (NR)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district. George E. Wales (NR)
 * Vermont's 4th congressional district. Benjamin Swift (NR)
 * Vermont's 5th congressional district. Daniel A. A. Buck (NR)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Thomas Newton Jr. (NR)
 * 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)
 * 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. Philip P. Barbour (J)
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district. John Roane (J)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district. John Taliaferro (NR)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district. Charles F. Mercer (NR)
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district. John S. Barbour (J)
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district. William Armstrong (NR)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district. Robert Allen (J)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district. Isaac Leffler (NR)
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district. William McCoy (J)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district. John Floyd (J)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district. Lewis Maxwell (NR)
 * Virginia's 22nd congressional district. Alexander Smyth (J)

Non-voting members

 * Arkansas Territory's at-large congressional district. Henry W. Conway, until November 9, 1827
 * Ambrose H. Sevier, from February 13, 1828
 * Florida Territory's at-large congressional district. Joseph M. White
 * Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district. Austin E. Wing (NR)

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

Senate

 * Replacements: 6
 * National Republican (NR): no net change
 * Jacksonian (J): no net change
 * Deaths: 0
 * Resignations: 7
 * Interim appointments: 0
 * Total seats with changes: 8


 * Massachusetts (1)
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant because legislature had failed to elect. Winner was elected June 8, 1827.
 * | Daniel Webster (NR)
 * Installed December 17, 1827
 * Ohio (3)
 * | William Henry Harrison (NR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 20, 1828, to become U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Gran Colombia. A special election was held December 10, 1828.
 * | Jacob Burnet (NR)
 * Installed December 10, 1828
 * Maine (1)
 * | Albion K. Parris (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 26, 1828, after being appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. A special election was held January 15, 1829.
 * | John Holmes (NR)
 * Installed January 15, 1829
 * Georgia (2)
 * | Thomas W. Cobb (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned before November 7, 1828. A special election was held November 7, 1828.
 * | Oliver H. Prince (J)
 * Installed November 7, 1828
 * North Carolina (3)
 * | Nathaniel Macon (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 14, 1828. A special election was held December 15, 1828.
 * | James Iredell Jr. (J)
 * Installed December 15, 1828
 * New York (1)
 * | Martin Van Buren (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 20, 1828, to become Governor of New York. A special election was held January 15, 1829.
 * | Charles E. Dudley (J)
 * Installed January 15, 1829
 * New Jersey (1)
 * | Ephraim Bateman (NR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 12, 1829, due to failing health. A special election was held January 30, 1829.
 * | Mahlon Dickerson (J)
 * Installed January 30, 1829
 * New Jersey (2)
 * | Mahlon Dickerson (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 30, 1829, after being elected to New Jersey's Class 1 U.S. Senate seat.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled in this Congress
 * }
 * Installed January 30, 1829
 * New Jersey (2)
 * | Mahlon Dickerson (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 30, 1829, after being elected to New Jersey's Class 1 U.S. Senate seat.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled in this Congress
 * }
 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 9
 * National Republican (NR): 1-seat net loss
 * Jacksonian (J): 1-seat net gain
 * Deaths: 5
 * Resignations: 9
 * Contested election: 1
 * Total seats with changes: 15


 * Georgia's 1st congressional district
 * | Edward F. Tattnall (J)
 * Resigned some time in 1827 before the assembling of Congress
 * | George R. Gilmer (J)
 * Seated October 1, 1827
 * Seated October 1, 1827


 * Delaware's at-large congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Louis McLane (J) resigned despite winning reelection in 1826 after being elected to the US Senate.
 * | Kensey Johns Jr. (NR)
 * Seated October 2, 1827
 * Seated October 2, 1827


 * New York's 29th congressional district
 * | David E. Evans (J)
 * Resigned May 2, 1827
 * | Phineas L. Tracy (NR)
 * Seated November 5, 1827
 * Seated November 5, 1827


 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
 * | Daniel Webster (NR)
 * Resigned May 30, 1827, to run for the US Senate
 * | Benjamin Gorham (NR)
 * Seated July 23, 1827
 * Seated July 23, 1827


 * Ohio's 8th congressional district
 * | William Wilson (NR)
 * Died June 6, 1827
 * | William Stanbery (J)
 * Seated October 9, 1827
 * Seated October 9, 1827


 * Maine's 1st congressional district
 * | William Burleigh (NR)
 * Died July 2, 1827
 * | Rufus McIntire (J)
 * Seated September 10, 1827
 * Seated September 10, 1827


 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district
 * | William S. Young (NR)
 * Died September 20, 1827
 * | John Calhoon (NR)
 * Seated November 5, 1827
 * Seated November 5, 1827


 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district
 * | John Calhoon (NR)
 * Resigned November 7, 1827, to avoid an election dispute
 * | Thomas Chilton (J)
 * Seated December 22, 1827
 * Seated December 22, 1827


 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district
 * | John Forsyth (J)
 * Resigned November 7, 1827, after being elected Governor of Georgia
 * | Richard H. Wilde (J)
 * Seated November 17, 1827
 * Seated November 17, 1827


 * Arkansas Territory's at-large congressional district
 * Henry W. Conway
 * Died November 9, 1827
 * Ambrose H. Sevier
 * Seated February 13, 1828
 * Seated February 13, 1828


 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district
 * | George Holcombe (J)
 * Died January 14, 1828
 * | James F. Randolph (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1828
 * Seated December 1, 1828


 * New York's 5th congressional district
 * | Thomas J. Oakley (J)
 * Resigned May 9, 1828, after being appointed judge of the Superior Court of New York City
 * | Thomas Taber II (J)
 * Seated November 5, 1828
 * Seated November 5, 1828


 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district
 * | Thomas Metcalfe (NR)
 * Resigned June 1, 1828, after being elected Governor of Kentucky
 * | John Chambers (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1828
 * Seated December 1, 1828


 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district
 * | Hedge Thompson (NR)
 * Died July 23, 1828
 * | Thomas Sinnickson (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1828
 * Seated December 1, 1828


 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district
 * | William Haile (J)
 * Resigned September 12, 1828
 * | Thomas Hinds (J)
 * Seated October 21, 1828
 * Seated October 21, 1828


 * Ohio's 6th congressional district
 * | William Creighton Jr. (NR)
 * Resigned before December 19, 1828, after being nominated as a judge to district court
 * | Francis S. Muhlenberg (NR)
 * Seated December 19, 1828
 * Seated December 19, 1828


 * New York's 20th congressional district
 * | Silas Wright (J)
 * Resigned February 16, 1829
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * Not filled this Congress


 * }

Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

 * Agriculture (Chairman: John Branch)
 * Alabama Land Purchase (Select)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Elias Kane)
 * Claims (Chairman: Benjamin Ruggles)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Levi Woodbury)
 * Debt Imprisonment Abolition (Select)
 * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: John Eaton)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William Marks)
 * Finance (Chairman: Samuel Smith)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Nathaniel Macon then Littleton Tazewell)
 * French Spoilations (Select)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton then Hugh Lawson White)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Martin Van Buren then John M. Berrien)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Samuel Smith)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: William Henry Harrison then Thomas Hart Benton)
 * 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 Smith)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: David Barton)
 * Revolutionary Officers (Select)
 * Roads and Canals (Select) (Chairman: William Hendricks)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Vaccination (Select)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: Samuel C. Allen)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: Stephen Van Rensselaer)
 * Assault on the President's Secretary (Select)
 * American Colonization Society (Select)
 * Claims (Chairman: Lewis Williams)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Churchill C. Cambreleng)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Mark Alexander)
 * Elections (Chairman: John Sloane)
 * Ethics (Chairman: N/A)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Peter Little)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Gabriel Holmes)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John Blair)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Thomas H. Hall)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Charles Eaton Haynes)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Michael C. Sprigg)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Edward Everett)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: William McLean)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Philip P. Barbour)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Rollin C. Mallary)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hamilton Jr.)
 * Military Pensions (Chairman: Tristam Burges)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Michael Hoffman)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Samuel D. Ingham then Samuel McKean)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Richard Aylett Buckner)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Jeromus Johnson)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Jacob C. Isacks)
 * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Dutee J. Pearce)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: George Wolf)
 * Rules (Select)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: James Strong)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: George McDuffie)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Enrolled Bills
 * The Library
 * To Prepare a Code of Laws for the District of Columbia

Legislative branch agency directors

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

Senate

 * Chaplain: William Ryland (Methodist)
 * Secretary: Walter Lowrie
 * 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