The Green Papers: Political Party Breakdown of the 14th Congress of the United States, 1815-1817

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President	Party	Congress	United States Senate	House of Representatives
	Republican	Federalist	other	vacancies	Republican	Federalist	other
Madison	Republican	14th 1815-1817	22^CP	12		2
14th CONGRESS- in General SENATE: 22 Republicans, 12 Federalists, 2 vacancies INDIANA was admitted as the 19th State of the Union on 11 December 1816: as this was well after the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815], Indiana's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 14th Congress; neither is Indiana's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress. 14th CONGRESS- United States SENATE The SENATE of the 14th Congress included 2 vacancies, as follows: 1 vacancy from the State of MARYLAND, the General Assembly of the State having failed to elect someone to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1821) from that State before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815]. 1 vacancy from the Commonwealth of VIRGINIA, Senator William B. Giles having resigned from the Class 2 seat (term ending 3 March 1817) from that State on 3 March 1815, at the end of the preceding Congress, along with the General Assembly of the Commonwealth having subsequently failed to elect his successor before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815]. Francis Locke, a Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of NORTH CAROLINA to the Class 3 seat (term ending 3 March 1819) from that State vacated by the resignation of Senator David Stone on 24 December 1814, during the preceding Congress: however, Senator-elect Locke never qualified and, therefore, never took his seat in the Senate; his successor, Nathaniel Macon, also a Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the State on 5 December 1815, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815]. Nevertheless, it is Locke who clearly was the intended Senator-elect for that vacant seat as of the start of the 14th Congress [4 March 1815] and, therefore, he (and not the future Senator Macon) is counted among the 22 Republicans elected to the Senate of that Congress. George W. Campbell, a Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of TENNESSEE to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1821) from that State on 10 October 1815, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815]. Senator Campbell, therefore, is counted among the 22 Republicans elected to the Senate of the 14th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1815] due to a failure of the legilsature to elect.

President

Party

Congress

United States Senate

House of Representatives

Republican

Federalist

other

vacancies

Republican

Federalist

other

Madison

Republican

14th 1815-1817

22^CP

14th CONGRESS- in General

SENATE: 22 Republicans, 12 Federalists, 2 vacancies

INDIANA was admitted as the 19th State of the Union on 11 December 1816: as this was well after the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815], Indiana's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 14th Congress; neither is Indiana's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress.

14th CONGRESS- United States SENATE

The SENATE of the 14th Congress included 2 vacancies, as follows:

1 vacancy from the State of MARYLAND, the General Assembly of the State having failed to elect someone to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1821) from that State before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815].
1 vacancy from the Commonwealth of VIRGINIA, Senator William B. Giles having resigned from the Class 2 seat (term ending 3 March 1817) from that State on 3 March 1815, at the end of the preceding Congress, along with the General Assembly of the Commonwealth having subsequently failed to elect his successor before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815].

Francis Locke, a Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of NORTH CAROLINA to the Class 3 seat (term ending 3 March 1819) from that State vacated by the resignation of Senator David Stone on 24 December 1814, during the preceding Congress: however, Senator-elect Locke never qualified and, therefore, never took his seat in the Senate; his successor, Nathaniel Macon, also a Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the State on 5 December 1815, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815]. Nevertheless, it is Locke who clearly was the intended Senator-elect for that vacant seat as of the start of the 14th Congress [4 March 1815] and, therefore, he (and not the future Senator Macon) is counted among the 22 Republicans elected to the Senate of that Congress.

George W. Campbell, a Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of TENNESSEE to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1821) from that State on 10 October 1815, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 14th Congress took office [this being 1815]. Senator Campbell, therefore, is counted among the 22 Republicans elected to the Senate of the 14th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1815] due to a failure of the legilsature to elect.

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