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Standing Committees, chairmen only
There were 17 standing committees during the 19th Congress, with 5 members each. Committees were reconstitued with each session of congress. Some members served on the committees during both sessions, while others served only one. Chairmanships also often changed from one session to the next, and committee seniority was determined independent of a member's political party.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee
 * 1) Nathaniel Macon (J-NC), Chairman
 * 2) Nathan Sanford (A-NY), Chairman

Senate Finance Committee
 * 1) Samuel Smith (J-MD), Chairman

Senate Commerce Committee
 * 1) James Lloyd (A-MA), Chairman
 * 2) Josiah S. Johnston (A-LA), Chairman

Senate Manufactures Committee
 * 1) Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ), Chairman

Senate Agriculture Committee
 * 1) William Findlay (J-PA), Chairman
 * 2) Calvin Willey (A-CT), Chairman

Senate Military Affairs Committee
 * 1) William Henry Harrison (A-OH), Chairman

Militia
 * 1) John Chandler (J-ME), Chairman

Senate Naval Affairs Committee
 * 1) Robert Y. Hayne (J-SC), Chairman

Senate Public Lands Committee
 * 1) David Barton (A-MO), Chairman

Standing Committees
There were 17 standing committees during the 19th Congress, with 5 members each. Committees were reconstitued with each session of congress. Some members served on the committees during both sessions, while others served only one. Chairmanships also often changed from one session to the next, and committee seniority was determined independent of a member's political party.

Foreign Relations


 * 1) Nathaniel Macon (J-NC), Chairman
 * 2) Littleton W. Tazewell (J-VA)
 * 3) John Gaillard (J-SC)
 * 4) Elijah H. Mills (A-MA)
 * 5) Hugh Lawson White (J-TN)


 * 1) Nathan Sanford (A-NY), Chairman
 * 2) Littleton W. Tazewell (J-VA)
 * 3) Nathaniel Macon (J-NC)
 * 4) Samuel Bell (A-NH)
 * 5) Henry H. Chambers (J-AL)

Finance


 * 1) Samuel Smith (J-MD), Chairman
 * 2) John M. Berrien (J-GA)
 * 3) John Holmes (A-ME)
 * 4) Robert Y. Hayne (J-SC)
 * 5) Levi Woodbury (J-NH)


 * 1) Samuel Smith (J-MD), Chairman
 * 2) John Holmes (A-ME)
 * 3) Hugh Lawson White (J-TN)
 * 4) William Smith (J-SC)
 * 5) Dudley Chase (A-VT)

Commerce


 * 1) James Lloyd (A-MA), Chairman
 * 2) Nicholas Van Dyke (A-DE)
 * 3) Josiah S. Johnston (A-LA)
 * 4) Thomas H. Williams (J-MS)
 * 5) Henry W. Edwards (J-CT)


 * 1) Josiah S. Johnston (A-LA), Chairman
 * 2) Nathaniel Silsbee (A-MA)
 * 3) Henry W. Edwards (J-CT)
 * 4) Levi Woodbury (J-NH)
 * 5) John Rowan (J-KY)

Manufactures


 * 1) Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ), Chairman
 * 2) Benjamin Ruggles (A-OH)
 * 3) William Findlay (J-PA)
 * 4) James Lloyd (A-MA)
 * 5) Thomas Clayton (A-DE)


 * 1) Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ), Chairman
 * 2) Benjamin Ruggles (A-OH)
 * 3) Thomas Clayton (A-DE)
 * 4) Thomas B. Reed (J-MS)
 * 5) Nehemiah R. Knight (A-RI)

Agriculture


 * 1) William Findlay (J-PA), Chairman
 * 2) Edward Lloyd (J-MD)
 * 3) John Branch (J-NC)
 * 4) Levi Woodbury (J-NH), 2nd
 * 5) Dominique J. Bouligny (A-LA)


 * 1) Calvin Willey (A-CT), Chairman
 * 2) John Branch (J-NC)
 * 3) Dominique J. Bouligny (A-LA)
 * 4) Ephraim Bateman (A-NJ)
 * 5) Daniel Rodney (A-DE)

Military Affairs


 * 1) William Henry Harrison (A-OH), Chairman
 * 2) Thomas H. Benton (J-MO)
 * 3) John Chandler (J-ME)
 * 4) William Hendricks (A-IN)
 * 5) Richard M. Johnson (J-KY)


 * 1) William Henry Harrison (A-OH), Chairman
 * 2) John Chandler (J-ME)
 * 3) Thomas H. Benton (J-MO)
 * 4) Richard M. Johnson (J-KY)
 * 5) William Marks (A-PA)

19th Congress
Note: Committees members were reassigned with each new session of Congress.

20th Congress
<!--Note: Committees members were reassigned with each new session of Congress.

That Mr. Macon, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Tazewell, Mr. Bell, and Mr. White, be the Committee on Foreign Relations.

That Mr. Smith, of Maryland, Mr. M'Lane, Mr. Parris, Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, and Mr. Branch, be the Committee on Finance.

That Mr. Woodbury, Mr. Silsbee, Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, Mr. M'Lane, and Mr. Williams, be the Committee on Commerce.

That Mr. Dickerson, Mr. Knight, Mr. Ruggles, Mr. Ridgely, and Mr. Barnard, be the Committee on Manufactures.

That Mr. Branch, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bouligny, Mr. Willey, and Mr. Barnard, be the Committee on Agriculture.

That Mr. Harrison, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Benton, Mr. Chandler, and Mr. Hendricks, be the Committee on Military Affairs.

That Mr. Chandler, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Marks, Mr. M'Kinley, and Mr. Tyler, be the Committee on the Militia.

That Mr. Hayne, Mr. Robbins, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Tazewell, and Mr. Woodbury, be the Committee on Naval Affairs.

That Mr. Barton, Mr. King, Mr. Eaton, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Kane, be the Committee on Public Lands.

That Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, Mr. Berrien, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Kane, and Mr. Thomas, be the Committee on Private Land Claims.

That Mr. Benton, Mr. Foot, Mr. King, Mr. Cobb, and Mr. White, be the Committee on Indian Affairs.

That Mr. Ruggles, Mr. Bell, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Chase, and Mr. Rowan, be the Committee of Claims.

That Mr. Van Buren, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Berrien, Mr. Rowan, and Mr. Hayne, be the Committee on the Judiciary.

That Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Silsbee, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, and Mr. Tyler, be the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

That Mr. Noble, Mr. Chase, Mr. Marks, Mr. Cobb, and Mr. Foot, be the Committee on Pensions.

That Mr. Eaton, Mr. Bouligny, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Noble, and Mr. Ridgely, be the Committee on the District of Columbia.

That Mr. Kane, Mr. Hendricks, and Mr. Chambers, be the Committee on the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.

That Mr. Marks, Mr. Parris, and Mr. Willey, be the Committee on Engrossed Bills.

Resolved, That a Select Committee, to consist of five members, be appointed to revise and arrange the Rules of the Senate, and to report the same, with such amendments as they may deem proper.

Ordered, That Mr. Ridgely, Mr. Ruggles, Mr. King, Mr. Macon, and Mr. Foot, be the Committee.

Abolish Imprisonment for Debt, was read the second time, and considered as in committee of the whole; and Ordered, That Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Berrien, Mr. Macon, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Tyler, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. McLane, be the Committee.

Select Committee to consist of five members, be appointed on the subject of Roads and Canals, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. Ordered, That Mr. Hendricks, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chase, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. King, be the Committee.

French spoliations, prior to the year 1800, and Resolved, That it be referred to a select committee, to consist of five members, to consider and report thereon, by bill or otherwise. Ordered, That Mr. Tyler, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Sanford, be the committee.

Ordered, That Mr. Tazewell, Mr. Sanford, Mr. White, Mr. Berrien, and Mr. Bell, be the Committee on Foreign Relations.

That Mr. Smith, of Maryland, Mr. McLane, Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, Mr. Branch, and Mr. Silsbee, be the Committee on Finance.

That Mr. Woodbury, Mr. Silsbee, Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, Mr. Williams, and Mr. McLane, be the Committee on Commerce.

That Mr. Dickerson, Mr. Ruggles, Mr. Knight, Mr. Bernard, and Mr. Ridgely, be the Committee on Manufactures; and

That Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bouligny, Mr. Willey, Mr. Marks, and Mr. Chambers, be the Committee on Agriculture.

Ordered, That Mr. Benton, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Chandler, and Mr. Hendricks, be the Committee on Military Affairs;

That Mr. Chandler, Mr. Marks, Mr. Tyler, Mr. McKinley, and Mr. Branch, be the Committee on the Militia;

That Mr. Hayne, Mr. Robbins, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Woodbury, and Mr. Tazewell, be the Committee on Naval Affairs;

That Mr. Barton, Mr. King, Mr. Eaton, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Kane, be the Committee on Public Lands;

That Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Kane, and Mr. Barton, be the Committee on Private Land Claims;

That Mr. White, Mr. Foot, Mr. King, Mr. Prince, and Mr. Benton, be the Committee on Indian Affairs;

That Mr. Ruggles, Mr. Bell, Mr. Chase, Mr. Rowan, and Mr. Webster, be the Committee of Claims;

That Mr. Berrien, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Webster, Mr. Rowan, and Mr. Hayne, be the Committee on the Judiciary;

That Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Tyler, Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, and Mr. Silsbee, be the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads;

That Mr. Noble, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chase, Mr. Foot, and Mr. Prince, be the Committee on Pensions;

Resolved, That a select committee, to consist of five members, be appointed on the subject of Roads and Canals, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Ordered, That Mr. Hendricks, Mr. King, Mr. Tyler, Mr. Kane, and Mr. McLane, be the Committee.

Mr. Tyler presented the petition of George Taylor, praying to be indemnified for losses sustained by French spoliations, prior to the year 1800, and

Resolved, That it be referred to a select committee, to consist of five members, to consider and report thereon, by bill or otherwise.

Ordered, That Mr. Tyler, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Sanford, be the committee.

That Mr. Eaton, Mr. Bouligny, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Noble, and Mr. Ridgely, be the Committee on the District of Columbia;

That Mr. Kane, Mr. Hendricks, and Mr. Chambers, be the Committee to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate;

That Mr. Marks, Mr. Willey, and Mr. Bateman, be the Committee on Engrossed Bills.-->