12th United States Congress - Membership Changes

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1 Dates of sessions
2 Membership changes
- 2.1 Senate
- 2.2 House of Representatives
3 References
4 External links

The Twelfth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1811 to March 3, 1813, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President James Madison.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.

Main article: 12th United States Congress

See also: 12th United States Congress - political parties

See also: 12th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House elections, 1810

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1811 - March 3, 1813

First session: November 4, 1811 - July 6, 1812
Second session: November 2, 1812 - March 3, 1813 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 11th Congress
Next congress: 13th Congress

[edit] Membership changes

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

replacements: 1
- Democratic-Republicans: no net change
- Federalists: no net change
deaths: 0
resignations: 4
interim appointments: 1
seats of newly admitted states: 2
vacancies:1
Total seats with changes: 6

House of Representatives

replacements: 3
- Democratic-Republicans: no net change
- Federalists: no net change
deaths: 2
resignations: 5
contested election: 1
seats of newly admitted states: 1
vacancies: 1
Total seats with changes: 10

[edit] Senate

State		Reason for Change		Successor's selection
Delaware class 2	James A. Bayard Fed.	Resignation. Senator James A. Bayard resigned March 3, 1813.	vacant	seat not filled in this Congress
Louisiana class 2	vacant	Newly admitted state. Louisiana was admitted to the union April 30, 1812.	Jean N. Destréhan Dem.-Rep.	elected September 3, 1812
Louisiana class 2	Jean N. Destréhan Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Senator Jean N. Destréhan resigned October 1, 1812, never having qualified.	Thomas Posey Dem.-Rep.	appointed October 8, 1812
Louisiana class 2	Thomas Posey Dem.-Rep.	Interim appointment. William W. Bibb was elected November 6, 1813.	James Brown Dem.-Rep.	elected February 5, 1813
Louisiana class 3	vacant	Newly admitted state. Louisiana was admitted to the union April 30, 1812.	Allan B. Magruder Dem.-Rep.	elected September 3, 1812
Massachusetts class 2	vacant	Vacancy. Vacancy in this class	Joseph B. Varnum Dem.-Rep.	elected June 8, 1811
Rhode Island class 1	Christopher G. Champlin Fed.	Resignation. Senator Christopher G. Champlin resigned October 2, 1811.	William Hunter Fed.	elected October 28, 1811
Tennessee class 2	Jenkin Whiteside Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Senator Jenkin Whiteside resigned October 8, 1811.	George W. Campbell Dem.-Rep.	elected October 8, 1811

[edit] House of Representatives

State		Reason for Change		Successor's selection
Georgia 2nd at-large	Howell Cobb Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Representative Howell Cobb resigned before October 5, 1812.	William Barnett Dem.-Rep.	seated November 27, 1812
Louisiana at-large	vacant	Newly admitted state. Louisiana was admitted to the union April 30, 1812.	Thomas B. Robertson Dem.-Rep.	seated December 23, 1812
Maryland 6th	John Montgomery Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Representative John Montgomery resigned before Congress assembled.	Stevenson Archer Dem.-Rep.	seated November 4, 1811
Maryland 7th	vacant	Vacancy. Vacancy from previous Congress	Robert Wright Dem.-Rep.
Massachusetts 4th	Joseph B. Varnum Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Representative Joseph B. Varnum resigned June 29, 1811, having been elected Senator	William M. Richardson Dem.-Rep.	seated January 22, 1812
Massachusetts 17th	Barzillai Gannett Dem.-Rep.	Resignation. Representative Barzillai Gannett resigned in 1812, never having qualified.	Francis Carr Dem.-Rep.	seated June 3, 1812
New York 6th	Robert Le Roy Livingston Fed.	Resignation. Representative Robert Le Roy Livingston resigned May 6, 1812.	Thomas P. Grosvenor Fed.	seated January 29, 1813
North Carolina 3rd	Thomas Blount Dem.-Rep.	Death. Representative Thomas Blount died February 7, 1812.	William Kennedy Dem.-Rep.	seated January 30, 1813
Pennsylvania 9th	John Smilie Dem.-Rep.	Death. Representative John Smilie died December 30, 1812.	vacant	seat not filled in this Congress
Virginia 8th	John P. Hungerford Dem.-Rep.	Contested election. Representative John P. Hungerford served until November 29, 1811.	John Taliaferro Dem.-Rep.	seated November 29, 1811

[edit] References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.