Dates of Sessions

• First session: December 4, 1815 to April 30, 1816
• Second session: December 2, 1816 to March 3, 1817

Major political events

Major legislation

Members of the Fourteenth United States Congress

• Benjamin Adams (Representative), Federalist, MA
• John Adams (Representative), Republican, NY
• Asa Adgate (Representative), Republican, NY
• John Alexander (Representative), Republican, OH
• Stevenson Archer (Representative), Republican, MD
• Eli Porter Ashmun (Senator), Federalist, MA
• Charles Humphrey Atherton (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Daniel Avery (Representative), Republican, NY
• George Baer, Jr. (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Ezra Baker (Representative), Republican, NJ
• James Barbour (Senator), Republican, VA
• Philip Pendleton Barbour (Representative), Republican, VA
• David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA
• William Taylor Barry (Senator), Republican, KY
• Burwell Bassett (Representative), Republican, VA
• Ephraim Bateman (Representative), -, NJ
• William Baylies (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Benjamin Bennet (Representative), Republican, NJ
• Samuel Rossiter Betts (Representative), Republican, NY
• William Wyatt Bibb (Senator), Republican, GA
• James Birdsall (Representative), Republican, NY
• Victory Birdseye (Representative), Republican, NY
• William Grainger Blount (Representative), Republican, TN
• John Linscom Boss, Jr. (Representative), Federalist, RI
• George Bradbury (Representative), Federalist, MA
• James Breckinridge (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Elijah Brigham (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Micah Brooks (Representative), Republican, NY
• Benjamin Brown (Representative), Federalist, MA
• James Brown (Senator), Republican, LA
• Joseph Hunter Bryan (Representative), Republican, NC
• Thomas Burnside (Representative), Republican, PA
• William Armisted Burwell (Representative), Republican, VA
• Daniel Cady (Representative), Federalist, NY
• James Caldwell (Representative), Republican, OH
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Representative), Republican, SC
• George Washington Campbell (Senator), Republican, TN
• Newton Cannon (Representative), Republican, TN
• James Carr (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Epaphroditus Champion (Representative), Federalist, CT
• John Joel Chappell (Representative), Republican, SC
• Dudley Chase (Senator), Republican, VT
• Daniel Chipman (Representative), Federalist, VT
• Bradbury Cilley (Representative), Federalist, NH
• James Clark (Representative), Republican, KY
• James West Clark (Representative), Republican, NC
• Archibald Smith Clarke (Representative), Republican, NY
• Henry Clay (Representative), Republican, KY
• Matthew Clay (Representative), Republican, VA
• Thomas Clayton (Representative), Federalist, DE
• David Clendenin (Representative), Republican, OH
• John Clopton (Representative), Republican, VA
• Oliver Cromwell Comstock (Representative), Republican, NY
• Lewis Condict (Representative), Republican, NJ
• John Condit (Senator), Republican, NJ
• Samuel Shepard Conner (Representative), Republican, MA
• Zadock Cook (Representative), Republican, GA
• Thomas Cooper (Representative), Federalist, DE
• William Crawford (Representative), Republican, PA
• William Creighton, Jr. (Representative), Republican, OH
• Henry Crocheron (Representative), Republican, NY
• John Culpepper (Representative), Federalist, NC
• Alfred Cuthbert (Representative), Republican, GA
• David Daggett (Senator), Federalist, CT
• Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Senator), Federalist, CT
• William Darlington (Representative), Republican, PA
• John Davenport (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Joseph Desha (Representative), Republican, KY
• Samuel Dickens (Representative), Republican, NC
• Rufus Easton (Delegate), -, Missouri Territory
• Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (Representative), Republican, NC
• Amos Ellmaker (Representative), -, PA
• William Findley (Representative), Republican, PA
• Jonathan Fisk (Representative), Republican, NY
• Thomas Fletcher (Representative), Republican, KY
• Daniel Munroe Forney (Representative), Republican, NC
• John Forsyth (Representative), Republican, GA
• Eligius Fromentin (Senator), Republican, LA
• John Gaillard (Senator), Republican, SC
• William Gaston (Representative), Federalist, NC
• Thomas Gholson, Jr. (Representative), Republican, VA
• Hugh Glasgow (Representative), Republican, PA
• Thomas Ruggles Gold (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Charles Goldsborough (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Peterson Goodwyn (Representative), Republican, VA
• Christopher Gore (Senator), Federalist, MA
• Isaac Griffin (Representative), Republican, PA
• Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (Representative), Federalist, NY
• John Hahn (Representative), Republican, PA
• William Hale (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Bolling Hall (Representative), Republican, GA
• Jabez Delno Hammond (Representative), Republican, NY
• Alexander Contee Hanson (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Benjamin Hardin (Representative), Republican, KY
• Martin D Hardin (Senator), Federalist, KY
• Robert Goodloe Harper (Senator), Federalist, MD
• William Henry Harrison (Representative), -, OH
• Aylett Hawes (Representative), Republican, VA
• Bennett H. Henderson (Representative), Republican, TN
• William Hendricks (Representative), -, IN
• John Carlyle Herbert (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Joseph Hiester (Representative), Republican, PA
• Charles Hooks (Representative), Republican, NC
• Joseph Hopkinson (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Outerbridge Horsey (Senator), Federalist, DE
• Jeremiah Brown Howell (Senator), Republican, RI
• Benjamin Huger (Representative), Federalist, SC
• John Whitefield Hulbert (Representative), Federalist, MA
• John Pratt Hungerford (Representative), Republican, VA
• William Hunter (Senator), Federalist, RI
• Samuel Delucenna Ingham (Representative), Republican (Jeffersonian), PA
• William Irving (Representative), Republican, NY
• Jared Irwin (Representative), Republican, PA
• John George Jackson (Representative), Republican, VA
• Jonathan Jennings (Delegate), -, Indiana Territory
• Luther Jewett (Representative), Federalist, VT
• James Johnson (Representative), Republican, VA
• Richard Mentor Johnson (Representative), Republican, KY
• Moss Kent (Representative), Federalist, NY
• John Kerr (Representative), Republican, VA
• James Kilbourne (Representative), Republican, OH
• Cyrus King (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Rufus King (Senator), Federalist, NY
• William Rufus de Vane King (Representative), Republican, NC
• Abner Lacock (Senator), Republican, PA
• Chauncey Langdon (Representative), Federalist, VT
• William Lattimore (Delegate), -, Mississippi Territory
• Lyman Law (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Joseph Lewis, Jr. (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Peter Little (Representative), Republican, MD
• Francis Locke (Senator), Unknown, NC
• William Carter Love (Representative), Republican, NC
• John Lovett (Representative), Federalist, NY
• William Lowndes (Representative), Republican, SC
• Wilson Lumpkin (Representative), -, GA
• Aaron Lyle (Representative), Republican, PA
• Asa Lyon (Representative), Federalist, VT
• William Maclay (Representative), Republican, PA
• William Plunkett Maclay (Representative), Republican, PA
• Nathaniel Macon (Representative), Republican, NC
• Othniel Charles Marsh (Representative), Federalist, VT
• Armistead Thomson Mason (Senator), Republican, VA
• James Brown Mason (Representative), Federalist, RI
• Jeremiah Mason (Senator), Federalist, NH
• William Mayrant (Representative), Republican, SC
• William McCoy (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Samuel McKee (Representative), Republican, KY
• Alney McLean (Representative), Republican, KY
• John McLean (Representative), Republican, OH
• Henry Middleton (Representative), Republican, SC
• Stephen Decatur Miller (Representative), Nullifier, SC
• Elijah Hunt Mills (Representative), Federalist, MA
• William Milnor (Representative), Federalist, PA
• Hosea Moffitt (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Nicholas Ruxton Moore (Representative), Republican, MD
• Thomas Moore (Representative), Republican, SC
• Jeremiah Morrow (Senator), Republican, OH
• Jonathan Ogden Moseley (Representative), Federalist, CT
• William Hardy Murfree (Representative), Republican, NC
• Hugh Nelson (Representative), Republican, VA
• Jeremiah Nelson (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Thomas Maduit Nelson (Representative), Republican, VA
• Thomas Newton, Jr. (Representative), Republican, VA
• James Noble (Senator), Republican, IN
• John Noyes (Representative), Federalist, VT
• Stephen Ormsby (Representative), Republican, KY
• Albion Keith Parris (Representative), Republican, MA
• George Peter (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Israel Pickens (Representative), Republican, NC
• Timothy Pickering (Representative), Federalist, MA
• William Pinkney (Representative), Republican, MD
• William Piper (Representative), Republican, PA
• Timothy Pitkin (Representative), Federalist, CT
• James Pleasants (Representative), Republican, VA
• Nathaniel Pope (Delegate), -, Illinois Territory
• Peter Buell Porter (Representative), Republican, NY
• Samuel Powell (Representative), Republican, TN
• John Randolph (Representative), -, VA
• John Reed Jr. (Representative), Federalist, MA
• James B. Reynolds (Representative), Republican, TN
• Thomas Rice (Representative), Federalist, MA
• William Henry Roane (Representative), Republican, VA
• Jonathan Roberts (Senator), Republican, PA
• Thomas Bolling Robertson (Representative), Republican, LA
• Erastus Root (Representative), Republican, NY
• John Ross (Representative), Republican, PA
• Benjamin Ruggles (Senator), Republican, OH
• Nathaniel Ruggles (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Nathan Sanford (Senator), Republican, NY
• John Savage (Representative), Republican, NY
• Abraham Henry Schenck (Representative), Republican, NY
• John Scott (Delegate), -, Missouri Territory
• John Sergeant (Representative), Federalist, PA
• John Sevier (Representative), Republican, TN
• Solomon P. Sharp (Representative), Republican, KY
• Daniel Sheffey (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Ballard Smith (Representative), Republican, VA
• Samuel Smith (Representative), Republican, MD
• Thomas Smith (Representative), Federalist, PA
• William Smith (Senator), Republican, SC
• William Stephens Smith (Representative), Federalist, NY
• Henry Southard (Representative), Republican, NJ
• Richard Stanford (Representative), Republican, NC
• Asahel Stearns (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Benjamin Stephenson (Delegate), -, Illinois Territory
• Montfort Stokes (Senator), Republican, NC
• Solomon Strong (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Philip Stuart (Representative), Federalist, MD
• Lewis Burr Sturges (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Samuel Taggart (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Charles Tait (Senator), Republican, GA
• Isham Talbot (Senator), Republican, KY
• Benjamin Tallmadge (Representative), Federalist, CT
• Magnus Tate (Representative), Federalist, VA
• Micah Taul (Representative), Republican, KY
• John Taylor (Representative), Republican, SC
• John Taylor (Senator), Republican, SC
• John W. Taylor (Representative), Republican, NY
• Waller Taylor (Senator), Republican, IN
• Thomas Telfair (Representative), Republican, GA
• Isaac Thomas (Representative), Republican, TN
• Thomas Weston Thompson (Senator), Federalist, NH
• Enos Thompson Throop (Representative), Republican, NY
• Isaac Tichenor (Senator), Federalist, VT
• George Townsend (Representative), Republican, NY
• George Michael Troup (Senator), Republican, GA
• Henry St. George Tucker (Representative), Republican, VA
• James Turner (Senator), Republican, NC

• John Tyler (Representative), Republican, VA
• Joseph Bradley Varnum (Senator), Republican, MA
• Roger Vose (Representative), Federalist, NH
• James M. Wallace (Representative), Republican, PA
• Artemas Ward, Jr. (Representative), Federalist, MA
• Jonathan Ward (Representative), Republican, NY
• Thomas Ward (Representative), Republican, NJ
• Daniel Webster (Representative), Federalist, NH
• William Hill Wells (Senator), Federalist, DE
• Peter Hercules Wendover (Representative), Republican, NY
• Jesse Wharton (Senator), Republican, TN
• Laban Wheaton (Representative), Federalist, MA
• John Whiteside (Representative), Republican, PA
• Jeduthun Wilcox (Representative), Federalist, NH
• Richard Henry Wilde (Representative), Republican, GA
• James Whitney Wilkin (Representative), Republican, NY
• John Williams (Senator), Republican, TN
• Jonathan Williams (Representative), -, PA
• Lewis Williams (Representative), Republican, NC
• Westel Willoughby, Jr. (Representative), Republican, NY
• James Jefferson Wilson (Senator), Republican, NJ
• Thomas Wilson (Representative), Republican, PA
• William Wilson (Representative), Republican, PA
• John Woods (Representative), Federalist, PA
• William Woodward (Representative), Republican, SC
• Robert Wright (Representative), Republican, MD
• Bartlett Yancey (Representative), Republican, NC
• John Barentse Yates (Representative), Republican, NY

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