Twenty-first United States Congress

Dates of Sessions

• The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from December 7, 1829 to May 31, 1830.
• The second session took place in Washington, DC from December 6, 1830 to March 3, 1831.

In addition, the Senate was called into special session by outgoing President John Quincy Adams for incoming President Andrew Jackson and met from March 4, 1829 to March 17, 1829.

Major political events

Members of the Twenty-first United States Congress

• Robert Huntington Adams (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• Mark Alexander (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Robert Allen (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Willis Alston (Representative), Jacksonian, NC
• John Anderson (Representative), Jacksonian, ME
• William G. Angel (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• William Segar Archer (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Armstrong (Representative), -, VA
• Benedict Arnold (Politician) (Representative), -, NY
• John Bailey (Representative), -, MA
• David Jewett Baker (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Noyes Barber (Representative), -, CT
• John Strode Barbour (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Philip Pendleton Barbour (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Isaac Dutton Barnard (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
• Robert Woodward Barnwell (Representative), -, SC
• Daniel Laurens Barringer (Representative), -, NC
• Mordecai Bartley (Representative), -, OH
• David Barton (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MO
• Isaac Chapman Bates (Representative), Whig, MA
• Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (Representative), Jacksonian, AL
• Thomas Beekman (Representative), -, NY
• John Bell (Representative), Whig, TN
• Samuel Bell (Senator), Anti-Jackson, NH
• Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Jacksonian, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Jacksonian, GA
• George Mortimer Bibb (Senator), Republican, KY
• John Biddle (Delegate), Michigan Territory
• James Blair (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• John Blair (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Abraham Bockee (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Ratliff Boon (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Peter I. Borst (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Thomas Tyler Bouldin (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• John Branch (Senator), Crawford Republican, NC
• John Brodhead (Representative), Jacksonian, NH
• Bedford Brown (Senator), Jacksonian, NC
• Elias Brown (Representative), Jacksonian, MD
• James Buchanan (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Tristam Burges (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, RI
• Jacob Burnet (Senator), Adams, OH
• Samuel Butman (Representative), -, ME
• William Cahoon (Representative), Anti Mason, VT
• Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Campbell (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• Samuel Price Carson (Representative), -, NC
• Ezekiel Forman Chambers (Senator), Adams, MD
• Thomas Chandler (Representative), Jacksonian, NH
• Dudley Chase (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VT
• Timothy Childs (Representative), Anti Mason, NY
• Thomas Chilton (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, KY
• Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, VA
• James Clark (Representative), Republican, KY
• Clement Comer Clay (Representative), Democrat, AL
• John Middleton Clayton (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• Richard Coke, Jr. (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Nicholas Daniel Coleman (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• Lewis Condict (Representative), Republican, NJ
• Henry William Connor (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Richard Matlack Cooper (Representative), -, NJ
• Richard Coulter (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Henry Booth Cowles (Representative), -, NY
• Hector Craig (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Robert Craig (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Joseph Halsey Crane (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Hartley Crawford (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• William Creighton, Jr. (Representative), Republican, OH
• Jacob Crocheron (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• David Crockett (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, TN
• Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (Representative), -, MA
• Henry Daniel (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• Thomas Davenport (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, VA
• John Davis (Representative), Whig, MA
• Warren Ransom Davis (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• Charles Gerrit DeWitt (Representative), -, NY
• Edmund Deberry (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, NC
• Harmar Denny (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Robert Desha (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Mahlon Dickerson (Senator), Jacksonian, NJ
• John Dean Dickinson (Representative), -, NY
• Philip Doddridge (Representative), -, VA
• Clement Dorsey (Representative), -, MD
• Joseph Draper (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• William Drayton (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• Charles Edward Dudley (Senator), Jacksonian, NY
• Edward Bishop Dudley (Representative), -, NC
• Joseph Duncan (Representative), Jacksonian, IL
• Henry Williams Dwight (Representative), -, MA
• Samuel Watkins Eager (Representative), -, NY
• Jonas Earll, Jr. (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• John Henry Eaton (Senator), Jacksonian, TN
• Powhatan Ellis (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• William Wolcott Ellsworth (Representative), -, CT
• George Evans (Representative), Whig, ME
• Joshua Evans, Jr. (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Edward Everett (Representative), Whig, MA
• Horace Everett (Representative), Whig, VT
• Isaac Finch (Representative), -, NY
• James Findlay (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• George Fisher (Representative), -, NY
• Samuel Augustus Foot (Senator), Anti-Jackson, CT
• Samuel Augustus Foote (Senator), Anti-Jackson, CT
• James Ford (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• John Forsyth (Senator), Republican, GA
• Chauncey Forward (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Thomas Flournoy Foster (Representative), Whig, GA
• Theodore Frelinghuysen (Senator), Anti-Jackson, NJ
• Joseph Fry, Jr. (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Nathan Gaither (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• John Gilmore (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• John Milton Goodenow (Representative), -, OH
• William Fitzhugh Gordon (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Benjamin Gorham (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, MA
• Innis Green (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• George Grennell, Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
• Felix Grundy (Senator), Jacksonian, TN
• Henry Hosford Gurley (Representative), -, LA
• Thomas H. Hall (Representative), Jacksonian, NC
• Jehiel Howell Halsey (Representative), -, NY
• Joseph Hammons (Representative), Jacksonian, NH
• Jonathan Harvey (Representative), -, NH
• Joseph Hawkins (Representative), Adams Democrat, NY
• Robert Young Hayne (Senator), Jacksonian, SC
• Charles Eaton Haynes (Representative), -, GA
• Joseph Hemphill (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• William Hendricks (Senator), Adams, IN
• Thomas Hinds (Representative), Democrat, MS
• James Leonard Hodges (Representative), -, MA
• Michael Hoffman (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Cornelius Holland (Representative), Jacksonian, ME
• Gabriel Holmes (Representative), -, NC
• John Holmes (Senator), Adams, ME
• Benjamin Chew Howard (Representative), Jacksonian, MD
• Henry Hubbard (Representative), Jacksonian, NH
• Thomas Hurst Hughes (Representative), -, NJ
• Jonathan Hunt (Representative), -, VT
• Jabez Williams Huntington (Representative), Whig, CT
• Peter Ihrie, Jr. (Representative), -, PA
• Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (Representative), -, CT
• Samuel Delucenna Ingham (Representative), Jackson, PA
• James Iredell (Senator), Jacksonian, NC
• William W. Irvin (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• Thomas Irwin (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Jacob C. Isacks (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Leonard Jarvis (Representative), Jacksonian, ME
• Jonathan Jennings (Representative), -, IN
• Kensey Johns, Jr. (Representative), -, DE
• Cave Johnson (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Richard Mentor Johnson (Representative), Republican, KY
• Josiah Stoddard Johnston (Senator), Anti-Jackson, LA
• Elias Kent Kane (Senator), Jacksonian, IL
• Joseph Gowing Kendall (Representative), -, MA
• William Kennon, Sr. (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• John Kincaid (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• Adam King (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Perkins King (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Jacksonian, AL
• Nehemiah Rice Knight (Senator), Anti-Jackson, RI
• Henry Graybill Lamar (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• Pryor Lea (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Humphrey Howe Leavitt (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• Joseph Lecompte (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• George Gray Leiper (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• James Lent (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Robert Perkins Letcher (Representative), -, KY
• Dixon Hall Lewis (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Edward Livingston (Senator), Jacksonian, LA
• George Loyall (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Wilson Lumpkin (Representative), -, GA
• Chittenden Lyon (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• John Magee (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Rollin Carolas Mallary (Representative), -, VT
• William Marks (Senator), Adams, PA
• Alem Marr (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• William Dickinson Martin (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• Henry Clinton Martindale (Representative), Anti Mason, NY
• Lewis Maxwell (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, VA
• Thomas Maxwell (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• William McCoy (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• William McCreery (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• George McDuffie (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Rufus McIntire (Representative), Jacksonian, ME
• John McKinley (Senator), Jacksonian, AL
• Louis McLane (Senator), Jacksonian, DE
• John McLean (Senator), Jacksonian, IL
• Charles Fenton Mercer (Representative), Whig, VA
• Daniel H. Miller (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• George Edward Mitchell (Representative), Jacksonian, MD
• Robert Monell (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Arnold Naudain (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• Thomas Newton, Jr. (Representative), Republican, VA
• James Noble (Senator), Anti-Jackson, IN
• Ebenezer Foote Norton (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• William Thompson Nuckolls (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• Walter Hampden Overton (Representative), Jacksonian, LA
• John Mercer Patton (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Dutee Jerauld Pearce (Representative), Anti Mason, RI
• Spencer Darwin Pettis (Representative), Jacksonian, MO
• Isaac Pierson (Representative), -, NJ
• George Poindexter (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• James Knox Polk (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Robert Potter (Representative), Jacksonian, NC
• Gershom Powers (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• William Ramsey (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• James Fitz Randolph (Representative), -, NJ
• John Reed Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
• Thomas Buck Reed (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• Abraham Rencher (Representative), Whig, NC
• Joseph Richardson (Representative), -, MA
• James Wheelock Ripley (Representative), Jacksonian, ME
• William Cabell Rives (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• John Roane (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Asher Robbins (Senator), Anti-Jackson, RI
• John McCracken Robinson (Senator), Jacksonian, IL
• Robert Selden Rose (Representative), Anti Mason, NY
• John Rowan (Senator), Jacksonian, KY
• Benjamin Ruggles (Senator), Anti-Jackson, OH
• William Russell (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• Jonah Sanford (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Nathan Sanford (Senator), Anti-Jackson, NY
• John Scott (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Benedict Joseph Semmes (Representative), -, MD
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Delegate), Democrat, Arkansas Territory
• Horatio Seymour (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VT
• William Biddle Shepard (Representative), Whig, NC
• Augustine Henry Shepperd (Representative), Whig, NC
• James Shields (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• Thomas Hale Sill (Representative), -, PA
• Nathaniel Silsbee (Senator), Adams, MA
• Samuel Smith (Senator), Jacksonian, MD
• Samuel A. Smith (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• William Smith (Senator), Republican, SC
• Alexander Smyth (Representative), Republican, VA
• Jesse Speight (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Ambrose Spencer (Representative), -, NY
• Richard Spencer (Representative), Jacksonian, MD
• Peleg Sprague (Senator), Anti-Jackson, ME
• Michael Cresap Sprigg (Representative), Jacksonian, MD
• William Stanbery (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, OH
• James Israel Standifer (Representative), Whig, TN
• Philander Stephens (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• John Benton Sterigere (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Andrew Stevenson (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Henry Randolph Storrs (Representative), Federalist, NY
• William Lucius Storrs (Representative), Whig, CT
• James Strong (Representative), -, NY
• Joel Barlow Sutherland (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Samuel Swan (Representative), -, NJ
• Benjamin Swift (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Taliaferro (Representative), Republican, VA
• John W. Taylor (Representative), Republican, NY
• Littleton Waller Tazewell (Senator), Jackson Republican, VA
• John Test (Representative), -, IN
• Wiley Thompson (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• John Thomson (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• Phineas Lyman Tracy (Representative), Anti Mason, NY
• James Trezvant (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• George Michael Troup (Senator), Republican, GA
• Starling Tucker (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• John Tyler (Senator), Jacksonian, VA
• Joseph Vance (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, OH
• John Varnum (Representative), -, MA
• Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Samuel Finley Vinton (Representative), Whig, OH
• George Corbin Washington (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, MD
• James Moore Wayne (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MA
• John Wingate Weeks (Representative), Jacksonian, NH
• Campbell Patrick White (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Edward Douglass White (Representative), Whig, LA
• Hugh Lawson White (Senator), Jacksonian, TN
• Joseph M. White (Delegate), Florida Territory
• Elisha Whittlesey (Representative), Whig, OH
• Charles Anderson Wickliffe (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• Richard Henry Wilde (Representative), Republican, GA
• William Wilkins (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Calvin Willey (Senator), Adams, CT
• Lewis Williams (Representative), Whig, NC
• Ephraim King Wilson (Representative), Jacksonian, MD
• Joseph Ferdinand Wingate (Representative), -, ME
• George Wolf (Representative), -, PA
• Levi Woodbury (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
• Joel Yancey (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• Ebenezer Young (Representative), -, CT

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