11th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1809 in the United States, 1810 in the United States, 1811 in the United States

• March 4, 1809: James Madison became President of the United States
• October 27, 1810: Annexation of West Florida from Spain

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#11th United States Congress

• May 1, 1810: Macon's Bill Number 2, ch. 39,

Constitutional amendments

• May 1, 1810: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution that would strip United States citizenship from any citizen who accepted a title of nobility from a foreign country, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
  • This amendment, commonly known as the Titles of Nobility Amendment, has not been ratified and is still pending before the states.

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

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: George Clinton (DR)
• President pro tempore: John Milledge (DR)
  • Andrew Gregg (DR), from June 26, 1809
  • John Gaillard (DR), from February 28, 1810
  • John Pope (DR), from February 23, 1811

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Joseph B. Varnum (DR)

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

Main article: List of United States senators in the 11th Congress

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 1814; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1810; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1812.

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. James Hillhouse (F), until June 10, 1810 :: Samuel W. Dana (F), from December 4, 1810 : 3. Chauncey Goodrich (F)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

: 1. Samuel White (F), until November 4, 1809 :: Outerbridge Horsey (F), from January 12, 1810 : 2. James A. Bayard (F)

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

: 2. William H. Crawford (DR) : 3. John Milledge (DR), until November 14, 1809 :: Charles Tait (DR), from November 27, 1809

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: 2. Buckner Thruston (DR), until December 18, 1809 :: Henry Clay (DR), from November 4, 1810 : 3. John Pope (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

: 1. Samuel Smith (DR) : 3. Philip Reed (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: 1. James Lloyd (F) : 2. Timothy Pickering (F)

[[List of United States senators from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: 2. Nicholas Gilman (DR) : 3. Nahum Parker (DR), until June 1, 1810 :: Charles Cutts (F), from June 21, 1810

[[List of United States senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: 1. John Lambert (DR) : 2. Aaron Kitchell (DR), until March 12, 1809 :: John Condit (DR), from March 21, 1809

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

: 1. Obadiah German (DR) : 3. John Smith (DR)

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: 2. James Turner (DR) : 3. Jesse Franklin (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|Ohio]]

: 1. Return J. Meigs Jr. (DR), until December 10, 1810, or before :: Thomas Worthington (DR), from December 15, 1810 : 3. Stanley Griswold (DR), May 18, 1809 – December 11, 1809 :: Alexander Campbell (DR), from December 11, 1809

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: 1. Michael Leib (DR) : 3. Andrew Gregg (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: 1. Francis Malbone (F), until June 4, 1809 :: Christopher G. Champlin (F), from June 26, 1809 : 2. Elisha Mathewson (DR)

[[List of United States senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: 2. Thomas Sumter (DR), until December 16, 1810 :: John Taylor (DR), from December 31, 1810 : 3. John Gaillard (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: 1. Joseph Anderson (DR) : 2. Daniel Smith (DR), until March 31, 1809 :: Jenkin Whiteside (DR), from April 11, 1809

[[List of United States senators from Vermont|Vermont]]

: 1. Jonathan Robinson (DR) : 3. Stephen R. Bradley (DR)

[[List of United States senators from Virginia|Virginia]]

: 1. Richard Brent (DR) : 2. William B. Giles (DR)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 11th Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their districts.

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Epaphroditus Champion (F) : . Samuel W. Dana (F), until May 10, 1810 :: Ebenezer Huntington (F), from October 11, 1810 : . John Davenport (F) : . Jonathan O. Moseley (F) : . Timothy Pitkin (F) : . Lewis B. Sturges (F) : . Benjamin Tallmadge (F)

[[List of United States representatives from Delaware|Delaware]]

: . Nicholas Van Dyke (F)

[[List of United States representatives from Georgia|Georgia]]

: . William W. Bibb (DR) : . Howell Cobb (DR) : . Dennis Smelt (DR) : . George M. Troup (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . Matthew Lyon (DR) : . Samuel McKee (DR) : . Henry Crist (DR) : . Richard M. Johnson (DR) : . Benjamin Howard (DR), until April 10, 1810 :: William T. Barry (DR), from August 8, 1810 : . Joseph Desha (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from Maryland|Maryland]]

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives. : . John Campbell (F) : . Archibald Van Horne (DR) : . Philip B. Key (F) : . Roger Nelson (DR), until May 14, 1810 :: Samuel Ringgold (DR), from October 15, 1810 : . Alexander McKim (DR) : . Nicholas R. Moore (DR) : . John Montgomery (DR) : . John Brown (DR), until sometime in 1810 () :: Robert Wright (DR), from November 29, 1810 : . Charles Goldsborough (F)

[[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: . Josiah Quincy (F) : . Benjamin Pickman Jr. (F) : . Edward St. Loe Livermore (F) : . Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR) : . William Ely (F) : . Samuel Taggart (F) : . William Baylies (F), until June 28, 1809 :: Charles Turner Jr. (DR), from June 28, 1809 : . Gideon Gardner (DR) : . Laban Wheaton (F) : . Jabez Upham (F), until sometime in 1810 () :: Joseph Allen (F), from October 8, 1810 : . William Stedman (F), until July 16, 1810 :: Abijah Bigelow (F), from October 8, 1810 : . Ezekiel Bacon (DR) : . Ebenezer Seaver (DR) : . Richard Cutts (DR) : . Ezekiel Whitman (F) : . Orchard Cook (DR) : . Barzillai Gannett (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: . Daniel Blaisdell (F) : . John C. Chamberlain (F) : . William Hale (F) : . Nathaniel A. Haven (F) : . James Wilson (F)

[[List of United States representatives from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: . Adam Boyd (DR) : . James Cox (DR), until September 12, 1810 :: John A. Scudder (DR), from October 31, 1810 : . William Helms (DR) : . Jacob Hufty (DR) : . Thomas Newbold (DR) : . Henry Southard (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from New York|New York]]

There were two plural districts, the 2nd & 6th, each had two representatives. : . Ebenezer Sage (DR) : . William Denning (DR), until sometime before late April 1810 :: Samuel L. Mitchill (DR), from December 4, 1810 : . Gurdon S. Mumford (DR) : . Jonathan Fisk (DR) : . James Emott (F) : . Barent Gardenier (F) : . Herman Knickerbocker (F) : . Robert Le Roy Livingston (F) : . Killian K. Van Rensselaer (F) : . John Thompson (DR) : . Thomas Sammons (F) : . John Nicholson (DR) : . Thomas R. Gold (F) : . Erastus Root (DR) : . Uri Tracy (DR) : . Vincent Mathews (F) : . Peter B. Porter (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: . Lemuel Sawyer (DR) : . Willis Alston (DR) : . William Kennedy (DR) : . John Stanly (F) : . Thomas Kenan (DR) : . Nathaniel Macon (DR) : . Archibald McBryde (F) : . Richard Stanford (DR) : . James Cochran (DR) : . Joseph Pearson (F) : . James Holland (DR) : . Meshack Franklin (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from Ohio|Ohio]]

: . Jeremiah Morrow (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

There were four plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd had three representatives each, the 4th had two representatives. : . William Anderson (DR) : . John Porter (DR) : . Benjamin Say (DR), until sometime in June 1809 () :: Adam Seybert (DR), from October 10, 1809 : . Robert Brown (DR) : . William Milnor (F) : . John Ross (DR) : . Daniel Hiester (DR) : . Robert Jenkins (F) : . Matthias Richards (DR) : . David Bard (DR) : . Robert Whitehill (DR) : . George Smith (DR) : . William Crawford (DR) : . John Rea (DR) : . William Findley (DR) : . John Smilie (DR) : . Aaron Lyle (DR) : . Samuel Smith (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Richard Jackson Jr. (F) : . Elisha R. Potter (F)

[[List of United States representatives from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: . Robert Marion (DR), until December 4, 1810 :: Langdon Cheves (DR), from December 31, 1810 : . William Butler Sr. (DR) : . Robert Witherspoon (DR) : . John Taylor (DR), until December 30, 1810, vacant thereafter : . Richard Winn (DR) : . Joseph Calhoun (DR) : . Thomas Moore (DR) : . Lemuel J. Alston (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: . John Rhea (DR) : . Robert Weakley (DR) : . Pleasant M. Miller (DR)

[[List of United States representatives from Vermont|Vermont]]

: . Samuel Shaw (DR) : . Jonathan H. Hubbard (F) : . William Chamberlain (F) : . Martin Chittenden (F)

[[List of United States representatives from Virginia|Virginia]]

: . John G. Jackson (DR), until September 28, 1810 :: William McKinley (DR), from December 21, 1810 : . James Stephenson (F) : . John Smith (DR) : . Jacob Swoope (F) : . James Breckinridge (F) : . Daniel Sheffey (F) : . Joseph Lewis Jr. (F) : . Walter Jones (DR) : . John Love (DR) : . John Dawson (DR) : . John Roane (DR) : . Burwell Bassett (DR) : . William A. Burwell (DR) : . Matthew Clay (DR) : . John Randolph (DR) : . John W. Eppes (DR) : . Thomas Gholson Jr. (DR) : . Peterson Goodwyn (DR) : . Edwin Gray (DR) : . Thomas Newton Jr. (DR) : . Wilson C. Nicholas (DR), until November 27, 1809 :: David S. Garland (DR), from January 17, 1810 : . John Clopton (DR)

Non-voting members

: . Jonathan Jennings, from November 27, 1809 : . George Poindexter : . Julien De L. Poydras

Changes in membership

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

Senate

There were 8 resignations, 2 deaths, 1 interim appointment, and 1 vacancy from before this Congress.

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

|- | Ohio (3) | Vacant | Edward Tiffin (DR) resigned at the end of the previous Congress. Successor was appointed to continue the term. | | Stanley Griswold (DR) | Seated May 18, 1809

|- | New Jersey (2) | | Aaron Kitchell (DR) | Resigned March 12, 1809. Successor was appointed to continue the term and subsequently elected to finish the term. | | John Condit (DR) | Seated March 21, 1809

|- | Tennessee (2) | | Daniel Smith (DR) | Resigned March 31, 1809. Successor was elected April 11, 1809, to finish the term. | | Jenkin Whiteside (DR) | Seated April 11, 1809

|- | Rhode Island (1) | | Francis Malbone (F) | Died June 4, 1809. Successor was elected to finish the term. | | Christopher G. Champlin (F) | Seated June 26, 1809

|- | Delaware (1) | | Samuel White (F) | Died November 4, 1809. Successor was appointed to continue the term and subsequently elected to finish the term. | | Outerbridge Horsey (F) | Seated January 12, 1810

|- | Georgia (3) | | John Milledge (DR) | Resigned November 14, 1809. Successor was elected to finish the term. | | Charles Tait (DR) | Seated November 27, 1809

|- | Ohio (3) | | Stanley Griswold (DR) | Appointee was not elected to finish the term. Successor elected December 11, 1809. | | Alexander Campbell (DR) | Seated December 11, 1809

|- | Kentucky (2) | | Buckner Thruston (DR) | Appointed judge of the US District Court of the District of Columbia December 18, 1809 | | Henry Clay (DR) | Seated November 4, 1810

|- | New Hampshire (3) | | Nahum Parker (DR) | Resigned June 1, 1810 | | Charles Cutts (F) | Seated June 21, 1810

|- | Connecticut (1) | | James Hillhouse (F) | Resigned June 10, 1810 | | Samuel W. Dana (F) | Seated December 4, 1810

|- | Ohio (1) | | Return J. Meigs Jr. (DR) | Resigned on or before December 10, 1810, to become Governor of Ohio | | Thomas Worthington (DR) | Seated December 15, 1810

|- | South Carolina (2) | | Thomas Sumter (DR) | Resigned December 16, 1810 | | John Taylor (DR) | Seated December 31, 1810

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House of Representatives

Of the voting members, there were 12 resignations, 1 death, and 1 change due to a contested election.

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

Main article: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

|- | | Vacant | failure to elect | Jonathan Jennings | Seated November 27, 1809

|- | | | Benjamin Say (DR) | Resigned June, 1809 | | Adam Seybert (DR) | Seated October 10, 1809

|- | | | William Baylies (F) | Lost contested election June 28, 1809 | | Charles Turner Jr. (DR) | June 28, 1809

|- | | | Wilson C. Nicholas (DR) | Resigned November 27, 1809 | | David S. Garland (DR) | Seated January 17, 1810

|- | | | John Brown (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1810 | | Robert Wright (DR) | Seated November 29, 1810

|- | | | Jabez Upham (F) | Resigned sometime in 1810 | | Joseph Allen (F) | October 8, 1810

|- | | | William Denning (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1810 | | Samuel L. Mitchill (DR) | December 4, 1810

|- | | | Benjamin Howard (DR) | Resigned April 10, 1810, after becoming Governor of Louisiana Territory | | William T. Barry (DR) | Seated August 8, 1810

|- | | | Samuel W. Dana (F) | Resigned May 10, 1810, after being elected to US Senate | | Ebenezer Huntington (F) | October 11, 1810

|- | | | Roger Nelson (DR) | Resigned May 14, 1810 | | Samuel Ringgold (DR) | Seated October 15, 1810

|- | | | William Stedman (F) | Resigned July 16, 1810 | | Abijah Bigelow (F) | October 8, 1810

|- | | | James Cox (DR) | Died September 12, 1810 | | John A. Scudder (DR) | Seated October 31, 1810

|- | | | John G. Jackson (DR) | Resigned September 28, 1810 | | William McKinley (DR) | Seated December 21, 1810

|- | | | Robert Marion (DR) | Resigned December 4, 1810 | | Langdon Cheves (DR) | Seated December 31, 1810

|- | | | John Taylor (DR) | Resigned December 30, 1810, after becoming US Senator | Vacant | Not filled for remainder of term |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: N/A)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Nicholas Gilman)
• National University (Chairman: N/A)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Nicholas R. Moore then William Milnor then Nicholas R. Moore)
• Arms Exports (Select)
• Claims (Chairman: Richard M. Johnson then Erastus Root)
• Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Thomas Newton Jr.)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John Love then Archibald Van Horne)
• Elections (Chairman: William Findley)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John Rhea)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Jeremiah Morrow)
• Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Henry Southard)
• Rules (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Ways and Means (Chairman: John W. Eppes)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: James Turner)
• The Library (Chairman: N/A)

Employees

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|Legislative branch agency]] directors

• Architect of the Capitol: Benjamin Latrobe
• Librarian of Congress: Patrick Magruder

Senate

• Chaplain: James J. Wilmer (Episcopalian), until December 5, 1809
  • Obadiah B. Brown (Baptist), from December 5, 1809
  • Walter D. Addison (Episcopalian), from December 12, 1810
• Secretary: Samuel A. Otis
• Sergeant at Arms: James Mathers

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Robert Elliott, Baptist, until May 27, 1809
  • Jesse Lee, Methodist, from May 27, 1809
• Clerk: Patrick Magruder
• Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton
• Reading Clerks:
• Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn

Notes

References

References

1. Denning never took his seat, and eventually resigned. Apparently he did not send a letter of resignation to the House, but communicated his resignation either to the [[Governor of New York]] or the [[Secretary of State of New York]]. Almost all old State records were destroyed by a fire which broke out at the [[New York State Capitol]] during the [[1911 United States Senate election in New York]], so that the exact date is possibly no longer to ascertain. Certain is that he resigned in time to have the vacancy filled at the annual State election in late April 1810 when the [[United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1810. regular congressional elections]] were held.