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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, 3 Stat. 399
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.
Leadership
= 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.
= House of Representatives
=Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
= Senate
== House of Representatives
=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
Employees
= 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: [data missing]
Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn
See also
1814 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
1814–15 United States Senate elections
1814–15 United States House of Representatives elections
1816 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
1816 United States presidential election
1816–17 United States Senate elections
1816–17 United States House of Representatives elections
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
Congressional Directory for the 14th Congress, 2nd Session.
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