Almanac
Elections were held the first Tuesday of October. U.S. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two year term. The General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators, who also took office March 4, but for a six year term.
| Public Offices | ||||||
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| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1817 | March 3, 1819 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1819 | March 3, 1821 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1821 | March 3, 1823 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1823 | March 3, 1825 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | March 4, 1825 | March 3, 1827 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislative | Washington | March 4, 1827 | April 16, 1829 | ||
| Minister Plenipotentiary | Executive | London | April 18, 1829 | June 13, 1831 | United Kingdom | |
| U.S. Secretary of the Treasury | Executive | Washington | August 8, 1831 | May 28, 1833 | resigned | |
| U.S. Secretary of State | Executive | Washington | May 29, 1833 | June 30, 1834 | resigned | |
| Minister Plenipotentiary | Executive | London | June 16, 1845 | August 18, 1846 | United Kingdom | |
| United States Congressional service | ||||||
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| Dates | Congress | Chamber | Majority | President | Committees | Class/District |
| 1817–1819 | 15th | U.S. House | Republican | James Monroe | Commerce and Manufacturers | 1st at-large |
| 1819–1821 | 16th | U.S. House | Republican | James Monroe | Commerce (1st session) Ways and Means (2nd session) |
1st at-large |
| 1821–1823 | 17th | U.S. House | Republican | James Monroe | Naval Affairs (1st session) Ways and Means (2nd session) |
1st at-large |
| 1823–1825 | 18th | U.S. House | Republican | James Monroe | Ways and Means | at-large |
| 1825–1827 | 19th | U.S. House | National Republican | John Quincy Adams | Ways and Means | at-large |
| 1827–1829 | 20th | U.S. Senate | Democratic | John Quincy Adams | Commerce, Finance | class 1 |
| 1829–1831 | 21st | U.S. Senate | Democratic | Andrew Jackson | Commerce, Finance | class 1 |
| Election results | |||||||||||
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| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1816 | U.S. Representative | Louis McLane Caleb Rodney |
Federalist | 3,580 3,433 |
24% 23% |
Willard Hall Caesar A. Rodney |
Republican | 3,534 3,521 |
24% 24% |
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| 1818 | U.S. Representative | Louis McLane Thomas Clayton |
Federalist | 3,098 2,902 |
26% 25% |
Willard Hall George Read, II |
Republican | 3,007 2,810 |
25% 24% |
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| 1820 | U.S. Representative | Louis McLane John Mitchell |
Federalist | 3,918 3,500 |
26% 23% |
Caesar A. Rodney Willard Hall |
Republican | 4,029 3,525 |
27% 24% |
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| 1822 | U.S. Representative | Louis McLane | Federalist | 4,110 | 54% | Arnold Naudain | Republican | 3,466 | 46% | ||
| 1824 | U.S. Representative | Louis McLane | Federalist | 3,387 | 52% | Arnold Naudain | Republican | 3,163 | 48% | ||
| 1826 | U.S. Representative | Louis McLane | Federalist | 4,630 | 54% | Arnold Naudain | Republican | 3,931 | 46% | ||
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