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43 unusual facts about 16th United States Congress


Aaron Hobart

Hobart was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zabdiel Sampson.

Alvin Bronson

During the War of 1812, several of Bronson's ships were used by the U.S. Navy to transport supplies on Lake Ontario, and the loss of the schooner Penelope during the Battle of Oswego led to a claim for compensation that was denied first by the New York Supreme Court, and then by the House of Representatives in 1821.

Arthur Livermore

Elected as a Democratic-Republican as United States Representative for New Hampshire to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, Livermore served from March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821.

Benjamin Hardin

He was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817) and reelected as a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823).

Caleb Tompkins

Tompkins was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1821).

Cowles Mead

He was unsuccessful candidate for election to the 16th United States Congress in 1818.

Daniel Udree

He was elected to the 16th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Hiester and served from December 26, 1820 to March 3, 1821.

David Fullerton

Fullerton was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served until his resignation on May 15, 1820.

Debunker

The American Heritage Dictionary traces the passage of the words bunk (noun), debunk (verb) and debunker (noun) into American English in 1923 as a belated outgrowth of "bunkum", of which the first recorded use was in 1828, apparently related to a poorly received "speech for Buncombe County, North Carolina" given by North Carolina representative Felix Walker during the 16th United States Congress (1819–1821).

Edward B. Jackson

Jackson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Pindall and reelected to the Seventeenth Congress and served from October 23, 1820, to March 3, 1823.

Edward Dowse

Dowse was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1819, until May 26, 1820, when he resigned.

Enoch Lincoln

He was reelected to the Sixteenth Congress and served from November 4, 1818, to March 3, 1821.

Ezra C. Gross

Gross was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 16th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821.

Henry Meigs

Meigs was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821).

Henry Ridgely Warfield

He later settled in Frederick, Maryland, and was elected to the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1819 to March 3, 1825 as a Federalist representative.

Isaac Darlington

He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1818 to the Sixteenth congress.

Jacob H. De Witt

De Witt was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821).

James Brown Mason

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818 to the Sixteenth Congress.

James Guyon, Jr.

Sage did not take or claim the seat, and Guyon, Jr., successfully contested the election, was seated on January 14, 1820, in the 16th United States Congress, and held office until March 3, 1821.

James Overstreet

Overstreet was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1819, until his death May 24, 1822, at China Grove, North Carolina, while en route to his home from Washington, D.C..

John Alfred Cuthbert

in 1818, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican Representative from Georgia to the 16th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1819, until March 3, 1821.

John Fay

Fay was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 16th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821.

John Sloane

Sloane was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1829).

Maine's 1st congressional district special election, 1820

Under the act admitting Maine as a state, seven seats were moved from Massachusetts to Maine for the 17th Congress, and any vacancies in the 16th Congress that arose in seats held by residents of Maine were to be filled by residents of the new state.

Nathaniel Hazard

Hazard was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1819, until his death in Washington, D.C., on December 17, 1820.

Peter H. Wendover

Wendover was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821).

Randall S. Street

Street was elected as a Federalist to the 16th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821.

Robert Monell

Monell was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 16th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821.

Robert Philson

Philson served as associate judge of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, for twenty years, and also served as a one-term congressman during the 16th United States Congress.

Samuel Eddy

Eddy was elected as Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, and reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825).

Samuel Edwards

Edwards was elected as Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, elected as a Jackson Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress.

Samuel Lathrop

Lathrop was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, reelected as an Adams-Clay Federalist to the Eighteenth Congress and as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1827).

Thomas Forrest

He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture during the 16th United States Congress.

Thomas Grubb McCullough

McCullough was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Fullerton.

Thomas R. Ross

Ross was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825).

United States Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures

Other subjects included the welfare of sick and disabled seamen between the 15th and 17th Congress, and harbor improvements such as lighthouses between the 16th and 18th Congress.

Vermont's 2nd congressional district

After the 16th Congress, Vermont returned to electing Congressmen from districts.

Vermont's 4th congressional district

After the 16th Congress, Vermont returned to electing Congressmen from districts

Walter Case

Case was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 16th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821.

William Plumer, Jr.

Plumer was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1825).

William Terrell

Terrell was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives, serving in the 15th and 16th Congresses serving from March 4, 1817, until March 3, 1821.

William Woodbridge

Woodbridge became Michigan Territory's first Delegate, serving in the 16th Congress from March 4, 1819, to his resignation on August 9, 1820 due to illness in his family.

Zabdiel Sampson

Sampson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1817, to July 26, 1820 when he resigned.