The Green Papers: Political Party Breakdown of the 16th Congress of the United States, 1819-1821

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President	Party	Congress	United States Senate	House of Representatives
	Republican	Federalist	other	vacancies	Republican	Federalist	other
Monroe	Republican	16th 1819-1821	36^CP	8
16th CONGRESS- in General SENATE: 36 Republicans, 8 Federalists ALABAMA was admitted as the 22nd State of the Union on 14 December 1819; as Alabama's 2 Senators were elected by the General Assembly of the State and Alabama's 1 Congressman was elected by the People within that State before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819], Alabama's Senators and Congressman are, therefore, counted among the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives elected to that Congress. MAINE was admitted as the 23rd State of the Union on 15 March 1820: as this was after the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819], Maine's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 16th Congress; however, as Maine was- prior to achieving Statehood- a portion of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Maine's 7 Congressmen were originally elected to Congress as having been among the 20 Congressmen elected from Massachusetts to the 16th Congress and they are, therefore, counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress. 16th CONGRESS- United States SENATE Freeman Walker, a Republican, was elected on 6 November 1819 by the General Assembly of the State of GEORGIA to the Class 2 seat (term ending 3 March 1823) from that State vacated by the resignation of Senator John Forsyth on 17 February 1819, during the preceding Congress, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819]; Senator Walker, therefore, is counted among the 36 Republicans elected to the Senate of the 16th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1819]. Richard M. Johnson, a Republican, was elected on 10 December 1819 by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of KENTUCKY to the Class 2 seat (term ending 3 March 1823) from that State vacated by the resignation of Senator John J. Crittenden on 3 March 1819, at the end of the preceding Congress, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819]; Senator Johnson is, therefore, counted among the 36 Republicans elected to the 16th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1819]. Edward Lloyd, a Republican, was elected on 21 December 1819 by the General Assembly of the State of MARYLAND to the Class 3 seat (term: 4 March 1819 to 3 March 1825) from that State, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819]; Senator Lloyd is, therefore, counted among the 36 Republicans elected to the 16th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1819].

President

Party

Congress

United States Senate

House of Representatives

Republican

Federalist

other

vacancies

Republican

Federalist

other

Monroe

Republican

16th 1819-1821

36^CP

16th CONGRESS- in General

SENATE: 36 Republicans, 8 Federalists

ALABAMA was admitted as the 22nd State of the Union on 14 December 1819; as Alabama's 2 Senators were elected by the General Assembly of the State and Alabama's 1 Congressman was elected by the People within that State before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819], Alabama's Senators and Congressman are, therefore, counted among the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives elected to that Congress.

MAINE was admitted as the 23rd State of the Union on 15 March 1820: as this was after the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819], Maine's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 16th Congress; however, as Maine was- prior to achieving Statehood- a portion of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Maine's 7 Congressmen were originally elected to Congress as having been among the 20 Congressmen elected from Massachusetts to the 16th Congress and they are, therefore, counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress.

16th CONGRESS- United States SENATE

Freeman Walker, a Republican, was elected on 6 November 1819 by the General Assembly of the State of GEORGIA to the Class 2 seat (term ending 3 March 1823) from that State vacated by the resignation of Senator John Forsyth on 17 February 1819, during the preceding Congress, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819]; Senator Walker, therefore, is counted among the 36 Republicans elected to the Senate of the 16th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1819].

Richard M. Johnson, a Republican, was elected on 10 December 1819 by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of KENTUCKY to the Class 2 seat (term ending 3 March 1823) from that State vacated by the resignation of Senator John J. Crittenden on 3 March 1819, at the end of the preceding Congress, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819]; Senator Johnson is, therefore, counted among the 36 Republicans elected to the 16th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1819].

Edward Lloyd, a Republican, was elected on 21 December 1819 by the General Assembly of the State of MARYLAND to the Class 3 seat (term: 4 March 1819 to 3 March 1825) from that State, before the end of the odd-numbered year in which the 16th Congress took office [this being 1819]; Senator Lloyd is, therefore, counted among the 36 Republicans elected to the 16th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1819].

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