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21st United States Congress
	; ; 20th ←; → 22nd; ;
	; ; United States Capitol (1827);
March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831
Senate President	; John C. Calhoun (J)
Senate Pres. pro tem	; Samuel Smith (J)
House Speaker	; Andrew Stevenson (J)
Members	; 48 senators; 213 representatives; 3 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	; Jacksonian;
House Majority	; Jacksonian;
Sessions
	; Special (Senate): March 4, 1829 – March 17, 1829; 1st: December 7, 1829 – May 31, 1830; 2nd: December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1831

The Twenty-first 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, 1829, to March 4, 1831, during the first two years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.

6 Members
- 6.1 Senate
  - 6.1.1 Alabama
  - 6.1.2 Connecticut
  - 6.1.3 Delaware
  - 6.1.4 Georgia
  - 6.1.5 Illinois
  - 6.1.6 Indiana
  - 6.1.7 Kentucky
  - 6.1.8 Louisiana
  - 6.1.9 Maine
  - 6.1.10 Maryland
  - 6.1.11 Massachusetts
  - 6.1.12 Mississippi
  - 6.1.13 Missouri
  - 6.1.14 New Hampshire
  - 6.1.15 New Jersey
  - 6.1.16 New York
  - 6.1.17 North Carolina
  - 6.1.18 Ohio
  - 6.1.19 Pennsylvania
  - 6.1.20 Rhode Island
  - 6.1.21 South Carolina
  - 6.1.22 Tennessee
  - 6.1.23 Vermont
  - 6.1.24 Virginia
- 6.2 House of Representatives
  - 6.2.1 Alabama
  - 6.2.2 Connecticut
  - 6.2.3 Delaware
  - 6.2.4 Georgia
  - 6.2.5 Illinois
  - 6.2.6 Indiana
  - 6.2.7 Kentucky
  - 6.2.8 Louisiana
  - 6.2.9 Maine
  - 6.2.10 Maryland
  - 6.2.11 Massachusetts
  - 6.2.12 Mississippi
  - 6.2.13 Missouri
  - 6.2.14 New Hampshire
  - 6.2.15 New Jersey
  - 6.2.16 New York
  - 6.2.17 North Carolina
  - 6.2.18 Ohio
  - 6.2.19 Pennsylvania
  - 6.2.20 Rhode Island
  - 6.2.21 South Carolina
  - 6.2.22 Tennessee
  - 6.2.23 Vermont
  - 6.2.24 Virginia
  - 6.2.25 Non-voting members

7 Changes in membership
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives

8 Committees
- 8.1 Senate
- 8.2 House of Representatives
- 8.3 Joint committees

9 Employees
- 9.1 Senate
- 9.2 House of Representatives

10 See also

11 References

12 External links

Major events

March 4, 1829: Andrew Jackson inaugurated President

March 4, 1829: Andrew Jackson became President of the United States

Major legislation

May 28, 1830: Indian Removal Act, ch. 148, 4 Stat. 411

Not enacted

May 27, 1830: Maysville Road Bill vetoed

Treaties

September 27, 1830: The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty after the passage of the Indian Removal Act, is signed with the Choctaw.

February 24, 1831: Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek proclaimed.

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

President of the Senate
John C. Calhoun.

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Anti- Jacksonian (Anti-J)	Jacksonian (J)	Other
End of the previous congress	21	27	0	48	0

Begin	22	26	0	48	0
End	22	25	0	47	1
Final voting share	7001468000000000000♠46.8%	7001532000000000000♠53.2%	5000000000000000000♠0.0%

Beginning of the next congress	21	24	2 (Nullifier)	47	1

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)				Total	Vacant

	Anti- Jacksonian (Anti-J)	Anti- Masonic (Anti-M)	Jacksonian (J)	Other
End of the previous congress	101	0	111	0	212	1

Begin	72	4	135	0	211	2
End	72	6	134	0	212	1
Final voting share	7001340000000000000♠34.0%	7000280000000099999♠2.8%	7001632000000000000♠63.2%	5000000000000000000♠0.0%

Beginning of the next congress	64	16	128	4 (Nullifier)	212	1

Leadership

President pro tempore
Samuel Smith.

Senate

President: John C. Calhoun (J)

President pro tempore: Samuel Smith (J)

House of Representatives

Speaker: Andrew Stevenson (J)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1832; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1830.

Alabama

2. William R. D. King (J)

3. John McKinley (J)

Connecticut

3. Calvin Willey (Anti-J)

1. Samuel A. Foote (Anti-J)

Delaware

1. Louis McLane (J), until April 16, 1829
- Arnold Naudain (Anti-J), from January 7, 1830

2. John M. Clayton (Anti-J)

Georgia

3. John M. Berrien (J), until March 9, 1829
- John Forsyth (J), from November 9, 1829

2. George Troup (J)

Illinois

3. Elias Kane (J)

2. John McLean (J), until October 14, 1830
- David J. Baker (J), November 12, 1830 – December 11, 1830
- John M. Robinson (J), from December 11, 1830

Indiana

1. James Noble (Anti-J), until February 26, 1831, vacant for remainder of term

3. William Hendricks (Anti-J)

Kentucky

3. John Rowan (J)

2. George M. Bibb (J)

Louisiana

3. Josiah S. Johnston (Anti-J)

2. Edward Livingston (J)

Maine

1. John Holmes (Anti-J)

2. Peleg Sprague (Anti-J)

Maryland

1. Samuel Smith (J)

3. Ezekiel F. Chambers (Anti-J)

Massachusetts

2. Nathaniel Silsbee (Anti-J)

1. Daniel Webster (Anti-J)

Mississippi

1. Powhatan Ellis (J)

2. Thomas B. Reed (J), until November 26, 1829
- Robert H. Adams (J), January 6, 1830 – July 2, 1830
- George Poindexter (J), from October 15, 1830

Missouri

3. David Barton (Anti-J)

1. Thomas H. Benton (J)

New Hampshire

2. Samuel Bell (Anti-J)

3. Levi Woodbury (J)

New Jersey

1. Mahlon Dickerson (J)

2. Theodore Frelinghuysen (Anti-J)

New York

3. Nathan Sanford (Anti-J)

1. Charles E. Dudley (J)

North Carolina

2. John Branch (J), until March 9, 1829
- Bedford Brown (J), from December 9, 1829

3. James Iredell, Jr. (J)

Ohio

1. Benjamin Ruggles (Anti-J)

3. Jacob Burnet (Anti-J)

Pennsylvania

3. William Marks (Anti-J)

1. Isaac D. Barnard (J)

Rhode Island

2. Nehemiah R. Knight (Anti-J)

1. Asher Robbins (Anti-J)

South Carolina

2. Robert Y. Hayne (J)

3. William Smith (J)

Tennessee

1. John Eaton (J), until March 9, 1829
- Felix Grundy (J), from October 19, 1829

2. Hugh Lawson White (J)

Vermont

1. Horatio Seymour (Anti-J)

3. Dudley Chase (Anti-J)

Virginia

2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J)

1. John Tyler (J)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

(3 Jacksonians)

1. Clement C. Clay (J)

2. Robert E. B. Baylor (J)

3. Dixon H. Lewis (J)

Connecticut

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(6 Anti-Jacksonians)

At-large. Noyes Barber (Anti-J)

At-large. William W. Ellsworth (Anti-J)

At-large. Jabez W. Huntington (Anti-J)

At-large. Ralph I. Ingersoll (Anti-J)

At-large. William L. Storrs (Anti-J)

At-large. Ebenezer Young (Anti-J)

Delaware

(1 Anti-Jacksonian)

At-large. Kensey Johns, Jr. (Anti-J)

Georgia

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(7 Jacksonians)

At-large. Thomas F. Foster (J)

At-large. Charles E. Haynes (J)

At-large. Henry G. Lamar (J), from December 7, 1829

At-large. Wilson Lumpkin (J)

At-large. Wiley Thompson (J)

At-large. James M. Wayne (J)

At-large. Richard Henry Wilde (J)

Illinois

(1 Jacksonian)

At-large. Joseph Duncan (J)

Indiana

(2-1 Anti-Jacksonian)

1. Ratliff Boon (J)

2. Jonathan Jennings (Anti-J)

3. John Test (Anti-J)

Kentucky

(10-2 Jacksonian)

1. Henry Daniel (J)

2. Nicholas D. Coleman (J)

3. James Clark (Anti-J)

4. Robert P. Letcher (Anti-J)

5. Richard M. Johnson (J)

6. Joseph Lecompte (J)

7. John Kincaid (J)

8. Nathan Gaither (J)

9. Charles A. Wickliffe (J)

10. Joel Yancey (J)

11. Thomas Chilton (J)

12. Chittenden Lyon (J)

Louisiana

(2-1 Anti-Jacksonian)

1. Edward D. White (Anti-J)

2. Henry H. Gurley (Anti-J)

3. Walter H. Overton (J)

Maine

(4-3 Jacksonian)

1. Rufus McIntire (J)

2. John Anderson (J)

3. Joseph F. Wingate (Anti-J)

4. George Evans (Anti-J), from July 20, 1829

5. James W. Ripley (J), until March 12, 1830
- Cornelius Holland (J), from December 6, 1830

6. Leonard Jarvis (J)

7. Samuel Butman (Anti-J)

Maryland

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
(6-3 Jacksonian)

1. Clement Dorsey (Anti-J)

2. Benedict J. Semmes (Anti-J)

3. George C. Washington (Anti-J)

4. Michael C. Sprigg (J)

5. Elias Brown (J)

5. Benjamin C. Howard (J)

6. George E. Mitchell (J), from December 7, 1829

7. Richard Spencer (J)

8. Ephraim K. Wilson (J)

Massachusetts

(13 Anti-Jacksonians)

1. Benjamin Gorham (Anti-J)

2. Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Anti-J)

3. John Varnum (Anti-J)

4. Edward Everett (Anti-J)

5. John Davis (Anti-J)

6. Joseph G. Kendall (Anti-J)

7. George J. Grennell, Jr. (Anti-J)

8. Isaac C. Bates (Anti-J)

9. Henry W. Dwight (Anti-J)

10. John Bailey (Anti-J)

11. Joseph Richardson (Anti-J)

12. James L. Hodges (Anti-J)

13. John Reed, Jr. (Anti-J)

Mississippi

(1 Jacksonian)

At-large. Thomas Hinds (J)

Missouri

(1 Jacksonian)

At-large. Spencer D. Pettis (J)

New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(6 Jacksonians)

At-large. John Brodhead (J)

At-large. Thomas Chandler (J)

At-large. Joseph Hammons (J)

At-large. Jonathan Harvey (J)

At-large. Henry Hubbard (J)

At-large. John W. Weeks (J)

New Jersey

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(6 Anti-Jacksonians)

At-large. Lewis Condict (Anti-J)

At-large. Richard M. Cooper (Anti-J)

At-large. Thomas H. Hughes (Anti-J)

At-large. Isaac Pierson (Anti-J)

At-large. James F. Randolph (Anti-J)

At-large. Samuel Swan (Anti-J)

New York

There were three plural districts, the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, the 3rd had three representatives.
(19-12 Jacksonian, 3 Anti-Masonics)

1. James Lent (J)

2. Jacob Crocheron (J)

3. Churchill C. Cambreleng (J)

3. Gulian C. Verplanck (J)

3. Campbell P. White (J)

4. Henry B. Cowles (Anti-J)

5. Abraham Bockee (J)

6. Hector Craig (J), until July 12, 1830
- Samuel W. Eager (Anti-J), from November 2, 1830

7. Charles G. DeWitt (J)

8. James Strong (Anti-J)

9. John D. Dickinson (Anti-J)

10. Ambrose Spencer (Anti-J)

11. Perkins King (J)

12. Peter I. Borst (J)

13. William G. Angel (J)

14. Henry R. Storrs (Anti-J)

15. Michael Hoffman (J)

16. Benedict Arnold (Anti-J)

17. John W. Taylor (Anti-J)

18. Henry C. Martindale (Anti-J)

19. Isaac Finch (Anti-J)

20. Joseph Hawkins (Anti-J)

20. George Fisher (Anti-J), until February 5, 1830
- Jonah Sanford (J), from November 3, 1830

21. Robert Monell (J), until February 21, 1831, vacant thereafter

22. Thomas Beekman (Anti-J)

23. Jonas Earll, Jr. (J)

24. Gershom Powers (J)

25. Thomas Maxwell (J)

26. Jehiel H. Halsey (J)

26. Robert S. Rose (Anti-M)

27. Timothy Childs (Anti-M)

28. John Magee (J)

29. Phineas L. Tracy (Anti-M)

30. Ebenezer F. Norton (J)

North Carolina

(10-3 Jacksonian)

1. William B. Shepard (Anti-J)

2. Willis Alston (J)

3. Thomas H. Hall (J)

4. Jesse Speight (J)

5. Gabriel Holmes (J), until September 26, 1829
- Edward B. Dudley (J), from November 10, 1829

6. Robert Potter (J)

7. Edmund Deberry (Anti-J)

8. Daniel L. Barringer (J)

9. Augustine H. Shepperd (J)

10. Abraham Rencher (J)

11. Henry W. Connor (J)

12. Samuel P. Carson (J)

13. Lewis Williams (Anti-J)

Ohio

(8-5 Jacksonian)

1. James Findlay (J)

2. James Shields (J)

3. Joseph H. Crane (Anti-J)

4. Joseph Vance (Anti-J)

5. William Russell (J)

6. William Creighton, Jr. (Anti-J)

7. Samuel F. Vinton (Anti-J)

8. William Stanbery (J)

9. William W. Irvin (J)

10. William Kennon, Sr. (J)

11. John M. Goodenow (J), until April 9, 1830
- Humphrey H. Leavitt (J), from December 6, 1830

12. John Thomson (J)

13. Elisha Whittlesey (Anti-J)

14. Mordecai Bartley (Anti-J)

Pennsylvania

There were six plural districts, the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.
(24-1 Jacksonian)

1. Joel B. Sutherland (J)

2. Joseph Hemphill (J)

3. Daniel H. Miller (J)

4. James Buchanan (J)

4. Joshua Evans, Jr. (J)

4. George G. Leiper (J)

5. John B. Sterigere (J)

6. Innis Green (J)

7. Joseph Fry, Jr. (J)

7. Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (J)

8. Samuel D. Ingham (J), until March 1829
- Peter Ihrie, Jr. (J), from October 13, 1829

8. George Wolf (J), until ????, 1829
- Samuel A. Smith (J), from October 13, 1829

9. James Ford (J)

9. Alem Marr (J)

9. Philander Stephens (J)

10. Adam King (J)

11. Thomas H. Crawford (J)

11. William Ramsey (J)

12. John Scott (J)

13. Chauncey Forward (J)

14. Thomas Irwin (J)

15. William McCreery (J)

16. Harmar Denny (Anti-M), from December 15, 1829, after William Wilkins resigned before qualifying

16. John Gilmore (J)

17. Richard Coulter (J)

18. Thomas H. Sill (Anti-J)

Rhode Island

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(2 Anti-Jacksonians)

At-large. Tristam Burges (Anti-J)

At-large. Dutee J. Pearce (Anti-J)

South Carolina

(9 Jacksonians)

1. William Drayton (J)

2. Robert W. Barnwell (J)

3. John Campbell (J)

4. William D. Martin (J)

5. George McDuffie (J)

6. Warren R. Davis (J)

7. William T. Nuckolls (J)

8. James Blair (J)

9. Starling Tucker (J)

Tennessee

(8-1 Jacksonian)

1. John Blair (J)

2. Pryor Lea (J)

3. James I. Standifer (J)

4. Jacob C. Isacks (J)

5. Robert Desha (J)

6. James K. Polk (J)

7. John Bell (J)

8. Cave Johnson (J)

9. David Crockett (Anti-J)

Vermont

(4-1 Anti-Jacksonian)

1. Jonathan Hunt (Anti-J)

2. Rollin C. Mallary (Anti-J)

3. Horace Everett (Anti-J)

4. Benjamin Swift (Anti-J)

5. William Cahoon (Anti-M)

Virginia

(16-6 Jacksonian)

1. Thomas Newton, Jr. (Anti-J), until March 9, 1830
- George Loyall (J), from March 9, 1830

2. James Trezvant (J)

3. William S. Archer (J)

4. Mark Alexander (J)

5. Thomas T. Bouldin (J)

6. Thomas Davenport (J)

7. Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J)

8. Richard Coke, Jr. (J)

9. Andrew Stevenson (J)

10. William C. Rives (J), until ????, 1829
- William F. Gordon (J), from January 25, 1830

11. Philip P. Barbour (J), until October 15, 1830
- John M. Patton (J), from November 25, 1830

12. John Roane (J)

13. John Taliaferro (Anti-J)

14. Charles F. Mercer (Anti-J)

15. John S. Barbour (J)

16. William Armstrong (Anti-J)

17. Robert Allen (J)

18. Philip Doddridge (Anti-J)

19. William McCoy (J)

20. Robert Craig (J)

21. Lewis Maxwell (Anti-J)

22. Alexander Smyth (J), until April 17, 1830
- Joseph Draper (J), from December 6, 1830

Non-voting members

(no representation)

Arkansas Territory. Ambrose H. Sevier

Florida Territory. Joseph M. White

Michigan Territory. John Biddle, until February 21, 1831, vacant thereafter

Speaker of the House
Andrew Stevenson.

Changes in membership

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

Senate

Replacements: 4
- Jacksonians (J): no net change
- Anti-Jacksonians (AJ): no net change

Deaths: 4

Resignations: 4

Interim appointments: 1

Total seats with changes: 7

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Georgia (3)	John M. Berrien (J)	Resigned March 9, 1829, to become U.S. Attorney General. Successor elected November 9, 1829.	John Forsyth (J)	Installed November 9, 1829
North Carolina (2)	John Branch (J)	Resigned March 9, 1829, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of the Navy. Successor elected December 9, 1829.	Bedford Brown (J)	Installed December 9, 1829
Tennessee (1)	John Eaton (J)	Resigned March 9, 1829, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of War. Successor elected October 19, 1829.	Felix Grundy (J)	Installed October 19, 1829
Delaware (1)	Louis McLane (J)	Resigned April 29, 1829, to become U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom. Successor elected January 7, 1830.	Arnold Naudain (AJ)	Installed January 7, 1830
Mississippi (2)	Thomas B. Reed (J)	Died November 26, 1829. Successor elected January 6, 1830.	Robert H. Adams (J)	Installed January 6, 1830
Mississippi (2)	Robert H. Adams (J)	Died July 2, 1830. Successor appointed October 15, 1830, to continue the term, and subsequently elected.	George Poindexter (J)	Installed October 15, 1830
Illinois (2)	John McLean (J)	Died October 14, 1830. Successor appointed November 12, 1830, to continue the term.	David J. Baker (J)	Installed November 12, 1830
Illinois (2)	David J. Baker (J)	Appointee retired with elected successor qualified. Successor elected December 11, 1830.	John M. Robinson (J)	Installed December 11, 1830
Indiana (1)	James Noble (AJ)	Died February 26, 1831. Seat filled next Congress.	Vacant	Not filled this Congress

House of Representatives

Replacements: 5
- Jacksonians (J): 1 seat net loss
- Anti-Jacksonian (AJ): 1 seat net gain

Deaths: 2

Resignations: 10

Contested election: 2

Total seats with changes: 15

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Maine 4th	Vacant	Peleg Sprague resigned in previous Congress	George Evans (AJ)	Seated July 20, 1829
Pennsylvania 16th	Vacant	William Wilkins resigned before qualifying	Harmar Denny (AM)	Seated December 15, 1829
Pennsylvania 8th	George Wolf (J)	Resigned in 1829 before the convening of Congress	Samuel A. Smith (J)	Seated October 13, 1829
Virginia 10th	William C. Rives (J)	Resigned some time in 1829	William F. Gordon (J)	Seated January 25, 1830
Pennsylvania 8th	Samuel D. Ingham (J)	Resigned in March 1829 after being appointed Secretary of the Treasury	Peter Ihrie, Jr. (J)	Seated October 13, 1829
North Carolina 5th	Gabriel Holmes (J)	Died September 26, 1829	Edward B. Dudley (J)	Seated November 10, 1829
New York 20th	George Fisher (AJ)	Lost contested election February 5, 1830, to Silas Wright who in turn failed to qualify	Jonah Sanford (J)	Seated November 3, 1830
Virginia 1st	Thomas Newton, Jr. (AJ)	Lost contested election March 9, 1830	George Loyall (J)	Seated March 9, 1830
Maine 5th	James W. Ripley (J)	Resigned March 12, 1830	Cornelius Holland (J)	Seated December 6, 1830
Ohio 11th	John M. Goodenow (J)	Resigned April 9, 1830, after being appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio	Humphrey H. Leavitt (J)	Seated December 6, 1830
Virginia 22nd	Alexander Smyth (J)	Died April 17, 1830	Joseph Draper (J)	Seated December 6, 1830
New York 6th	Hector Craig (J)	Resigned July 12, 1830	Samuel W. Eager (AJ)	Seated November 2, 1830
Virginia 11th	Philip P. Barbour (J)	Resigned October 15, 1830, after being appointed judge of US Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Virginia	John M. Patton (J)	Seated November 25, 1830
New York 21st	Robert Monell (J)	Resigned February 21, 1831	Vacant	Not filled this term
Michigan Territory At-large	John Biddle	Resigned February 21, 1831	Vacant	Not filled this term

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

Accounts of James Monroe (Select)

Agriculture

Amending the Constitution on the Election of the President and Vice President (Select)

Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate

Claims

Commerce

Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)

District of Columbia

Dueling (Select)

Finance

Foreign Relations

French Spoilations (Select)

Impeachment of James H. Peck (Select)

Indian Affairs

Judiciary

Manufactures

Memorial of the Manufacturers Iron (Select)

Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)

Military Affairs

Militia

Naval Affairs

Nomination of Amos Kendall (Select)

Pensions

Post Office Department (Select)

Post Office and Post Roads

Private Land Claims

Public Lands

Roads and Canals (Select)

Tariff Regulation (Select)

Whole

House of Representatives

Accounts

Agriculture

American Colonization Society (Select)

Claims

Commerce

District of Columbia

Elections

Establishing an Assay Office in the Gold Region (Select)

Expenditures in the Navy Department

Expenditures in the Post Office Department

Expenditures in the State Department

Expenditures in the Treasury Department

Expenditures in the War Department

Expenditures on Public Buildings

Foreign Affairs

Indian Affairs

Manufactures

Military Affairs

Military Pensions

Naval Affairs

Post Office and Post Roads

Public Expenditures

Public Lands

Revisal and Unfinished Business

Revolutionary Claims

Rules (Select)

Standards of Official Conduct

Territories

Ways and Means

Whole

Joint committees

Enrolled Bills

Employees

Architect of the Capitol: Charles Bulfinch, until June 25, 1829 (office abolished)

Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

Chaplain: William Ryland (Methodist)
- Henry V. Johns (Episcopalian), elected December 14, 1829

Secretary: Walter Lowrie

Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

House of Representatives

Chaplain: Reuben Post (Presbyterian)
- Ralph R. Gurley (Presbyterian), elected December 6, 1830

Clerk: Matthew St. Clair Clarke

Doorkeeper: Benjamin Birch

Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing.]

Sergeant at Arms: John O. Dunn

References

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Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links

From American Memory at the Library of Congress:

Statutes at Large, 1789-1875

Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress

House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress

Congressional Directory for the 21st Congress, 1st Session.

Other U.S. government websites:

House Document No. 108-222 from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774–2005)

House History from the U.S. House of Representatives

Statistics and Lists from the U.S. Senate

[clerk21-1] 21st Congress from the Office of the Clerk website

21st United States Congress
20th ← → 22nd
United States Capitol (1827)
March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831
Senate President	John C. Calhoun (J)
Senate Pres. pro tem	Samuel Smith (J)
House Speaker	Andrew Stevenson (J)
Members	48 senators 213 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Jacksonian
House Majority	Jacksonian
Sessions
Special (Senate): March 4, 1829 – March 17, 1829 1st^[1]: December 7, 1829 – May 31, 1830 2nd: December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1831

21st United States Congress

Contents

Major events

Major legislation

Not enacted

Treaties

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

Alabama

Connecticut

Delaware

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Mississippi

Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Vermont

Virginia

House of Representatives

Alabama

Connecticut

Delaware

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Mississippi

Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Vermont

Virginia

Non-voting members

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

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