11th United States Congress
Template:Short description Template:Infobox United States Congress The 11th 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 Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1809, to March 4, 1811, during the first two years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1800 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
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Major events
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- March 4, 1809: James Madison became President of the United States
- October 27, 1810: Annexation of West Florida from Spain
Major legislation
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- May 1, 1810: Macon's Bill Number 2, ch. 39, 2 Stat. 605
Constitutional amendments
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- 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 2 Stat. 613
- 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
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House of Representatives
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Leadership
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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.
Senate
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House of Representatives
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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.
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| Ohio
(3)
| Vacant
| Edward Tiffin (DR) resigned at the end of the previous Congress.
Successor was appointed to continue the term.
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Stanley Griswold (DR)
| Seated May 18, 1809
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| New Jersey
(2)
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Aaron Kitchell (DR)
| Resigned March 12, 1809.
Successor was appointed to continue the term and subsequently elected to finish the term.
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Condit (DR)
| Seated March 21, 1809
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| Tennessee
(2)
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Daniel Smith (DR)
| Resigned March 31, 1809.
Successor was elected April 11, 1809, to finish the term.
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Jenkin Whiteside (DR)
| Seated April 11, 1809
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| Rhode Island
(1)
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Francis Malbone (F)
| Died June 4, 1809.
Successor was elected to finish the term.
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Christopher G. Champlin (F)
| Seated June 26, 1809
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| Delaware
(1)
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel White (F)
| Died November 4, 1809.
Successor was appointed to continue the term and subsequently elected to finish the term.
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Outerbridge Horsey (F)
| Seated January 12, 1810
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| Georgia
(3)
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Milledge (DR)
| Resigned November 14, 1809.
Successor was elected to finish the term.
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Charles Tait (DR)
| Seated November 27, 1809
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| Ohio
(3)
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Stanley Griswold (DR)
| Appointee was not elected to finish the term.
Successor elected December 11, 1809.
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Alexander Campbell (DR)
| Seated December 11, 1809
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| Kentucky
(2)
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Buckner Thruston (DR)
| Appointed judge of the US District Court of the District of Columbia December 18, 1809
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Henry Clay (DR)
| Seated November 4, 1810
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| New Hampshire
(3)
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Nahum Parker (DR)
| Resigned June 1, 1810
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Charles Cutts (F)
| Seated June 21, 1810
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| Connecticut
(1)
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | James Hillhouse (F)
| Resigned June 10, 1810
| style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel W. Dana (F)
| Seated December 4, 1810
|-
| Ohio
(1)
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Return J. Meigs Jr. (DR)
| Resigned on or before December 10, 1810, to become Governor of Ohio
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Worthington (DR)
| Seated December 15, 1810
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| South Carolina
(2)
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | Thomas Sumter (DR)
| Resigned December 16, 1810
| style="background-color:#AACC99" | 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.
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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | failure to elect | Jonathan Jennings | Seated November 27, 1809
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Benjamin Say (DR) | Resigned June, 1809 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Adam Seybert (DR) | Seated October 10, 1809
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | William Baylies (F) | Lost contested election June 28, 1809 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Charles Turner Jr. (DR) | June 28, 1809
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Wilson C. Nicholas (DR) | Resigned November 27, 1809 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | David S. Garland (DR) | Seated January 17, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John Brown (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Robert Wright (DR) | Seated November 29, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Jabez Upham (F) | Resigned sometime in 1810 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Joseph Allen (F) | October 8, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William Denning (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Samuel L. Mitchill (DR) | December 4, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Benjamin Howard (DR) | Resigned April 10, 1810, after becoming Governor of Louisiana Territory | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William T. Barry (DR) | Seated August 8, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Samuel W. Dana (F) | Resigned May 10, 1810, after being elected to US Senate | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Ebenezer Huntington (F) | October 11, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Roger Nelson (DR) | Resigned May 14, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Samuel Ringgold (DR) | Seated October 15, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | William Stedman (F) | Resigned July 16, 1810 | style="background-color:#F6D6C9" | Abijah Bigelow (F) | October 8, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | James Cox (DR) | Died September 12, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John A. Scudder (DR) | Seated October 31, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | John G. Jackson (DR) | Resigned September 28, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | William McKinley (DR) | Seated December 21, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Robert Marion (DR) | Resigned December 4, 1810 | style="background-color:#AACC99" | Langdon Cheves (DR) | Seated December 31, 1810
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:#AACC99" | 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
Legislative branch agency directors
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
- Clerk: Patrick Magruder
- Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton
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- Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn
See also
- 1808 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1810 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
Notes
References
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- ↑ 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 regular congressional elections were held.
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