The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1810 United States census.

The members William Smith, John Gaillard, Joseph Gist, John Wilson, George McDuffie, Starling Tucker, James Overstreet, Thomas R. Mitchell, William Lowndes, Joel Roberts Poinsett, and James Blair were described as being "outspokenly pro-British" in their outlook.

All of whom signed a "letter of brotherhood and solidarity" addressed to British Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh in 1822.

The same letter harshly condemned the actions of France and specifically those of King Louis XVIII.

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress.