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20 unusual facts about 15th United States Congress


Armistead Thomson Mason

He then moved to Loudoun County, Virginia where he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Fifteenth Congress (1817).

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.

Caleb Tompkins

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

Dorrance Kirtland

Kirtland was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819).

Enoch Lincoln

In November 1818 Lincoln was elected as a Democratic-Republican, representing the Maine district, to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Albion K. Parris.

Isaac Griffin

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1816 to the Fifteenth Congress.

Isaac Williams, Jr.

Williams was elected again, to the 15th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1819.

Jacob Hostetter

He was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jacob Spangler.

Jacob Spangler

Spangler was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and served until his resignation on April 20, 1818.

Joel Crawford

Crawford was elected to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican during the 15th United States Congress.

John Herkimer

Herkimer was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 15th and the 18th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819; and from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825.

John P. Cushman

In 1817, Cushman was elected as a Federalist to the 15th United States Congress with 54.98% of the popular vote, topping the incumbent Hosea Moffitt, a fellow Federalist.

John R. Drake

Drake was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 15th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819.

Peter H. Wendover

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

Philip Jeremiah Schuyler

He was elected as a Federalist to the 15th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1817, to March 4, 1819.

Thomas Lawyer

Lawyer was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 15th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819.

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.

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.

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.

Zadock Cook

He was reelected to the 15th Congress and served from December 2, 1816, to March 3, 1819.