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14th United States Congress
14th United States Congress
The Fourteenth 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 3 1817, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President James Madison.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
Dates of sessions
March 4 1815 - March 3 1817- First session: December 4 1815 - April 30 1816
- Second session: December 2 1816 - March 3 1817 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 13th Congress
Next congress: 15th Congress
Party summary
Indiana was newly admitted to the union and first represented as a state in this Congress.The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
TOTAL members: 38 |
TOTAL members: 183 |
Leadership
- Senate
- Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- vacant
- President pro tempore of the Senate:
- John Gaillard, Democratic-Republican of South Carolina, first elected December 4 1815
- House of Representatives
Major events
- Main article: Events of 1815; Events of 1816; Events of 1817
Major legislation
- April 10 1816 - Second Bank of the United States, ch. 94,
- December 11 1816 Indiana was admitted as a state into the Union.
- March 3 1817 Alabama Territory was created from a portion of the Mississippi Territory
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.- See also: United States House elections, 1814
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 reelection in 1820; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1816; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1818.- See also: United States Senators
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
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Officers
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Notes
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
External links
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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