House of Representatives

During this congress one House seat was added for each of the new states of Arkansas and Michigan.

Leadership

Senate

• President: Martin Van Buren
  Martin Van Buren
  Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....
  
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• President pro tempore
  President pro tempore of the United States Senate
  The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...
  
  : William R. King
  William R. King
  William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...
  
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House of Representatives

• Speaker
  Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
  
  : James K. Polk
  James K. Polk
  James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...
  
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Members

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

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

Classes of United States Senators

The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...

, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

Alabama 

• 2. William R. D. King
  William R. King
  William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...
  
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• 3. Gabriel Moore
  Gabriel Moore
  Gabriel Moore was a Democratic-Republican politician from Alabama, born in Stokes County, North Carolina. Moore's most prominent role was as fifth Governor of the US state of Alabama from 1829 to 1831; he also was the second Representative of the state of Alabama, and the first Representative of...
  
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Arkansas 

• 2. William S. Fulton
  William Savin Fulton
  William Savin Fulton was an American lawyer and politician from Little Rock, Arkansas. He served as Governor of the Arkansas Territory and United States Senator for Arkansas....
  
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• 3. Ambrose H. Sevier
  Ambrose Hundley Sevier
  Ambrose Hundley Sevier was a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Arkansas.Ambrose Hundley Sevier was born near Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County, Tennessee. Sevier moved to Missouri in 1820 and to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1821.In Arkansas he became clerk of the Territorial...
  
   (J), from September 18, 1836

Connecticut 

• 3. Gideon Tomlinson
  Gideon Tomlinson
  Gideon Tomlinson was a United States Senator, United States Representative, and the 25th Governor for the state of Connecticut....
  
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• 1. Nathan Smith
  Nathan Smith (senator)
  Nathan Smith was a United States Senator from Connecticut, and was the brother of Nathaniel Smith and uncle of Truman Smith. He was born in Woodbury, Connecticut and received a modest education. He read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1792 and commenced the practice of his profession in New...
  
   (AJ), until December 6, 1835
  • John M. Niles
    John Milton Niles
    John Milton Niles was a lawyer, editor, author and politician from Connecticut, serving in the United States Senate and as United States Postmaster General 1840 to 1841....
    
     (J), from December 21, 1835

Delaware 

• 2. John M. Clayton
  John M. Clayton
  John Middleton Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Secretary of State....
  
   (AJ), until December 29, 1836
  • Thomas Clayton
    Thomas Clayton
    Thomas Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the...
    
     (AJ), from January 9, 1837
• 1. Arnold Naudain
  Arnold Naudain
  Dr. Arnold Snow Naudain was an American physician and politician from Odessa, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and a member of the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S...
  
   (AJ), until June 16, 1836
  • Richard H. Bayard
    Richard H. Bayard
    Richard Henry Bayard was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as the first Mayor of Wilmington, Chief Justice of the Delaware Superior Court, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:Bayard...
    
     (AJ), from June 17, 1836

Georgia 

• 2. John P. King
  John Pendleton King
  John Pendleton King was a United States Senator from Georgia.Born in Glasgow, Kentucky, King moved in infancy with his parents to Bedford County, Tennessee, and then to Augusta, Georgia, in 1815. He graduated from the Academy of Richmond County in Augusta, and studied law. He was admitted to the...
  
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• 3. Alfred Cuthbert
  Alfred Cuthbert
  Alfred Cuthbert was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.-Biography:Cuthbert was born in Savannah, he was instructed by private tutors and graduated from Princeton College in 1803...
  
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Illinois 

• 3. Elias K. Kane
  Elias Kane
  Elias Kent Kane was one of the first U.S. Senators from Illinois.He was born in New York City, attended the public schools, and graduated from Yale College in 1813....
  
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  • William L. D. Ewing
    William Lee D. Ewing
    William Lee Davidson Ewing was a politician from Illinois who served partial terms as the fifth governor of the state and as U.S. Senator....
    
     (J), from December 30, 1835
• 2. John M. Robinson
  John M. Robinson
  John McCracken Robinson was a United States Senator from Illinois.Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, he attended the common schools and graduated from Transylvania University at Lexington. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar and began practice in Carmi, Illinois in 1818...
  
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Indiana 

• 3. William Hendricks
  William Hendricks
  William Hendricks was a Democratic-Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1822, the third Governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825, and an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. Senate from 1825 to 1837. He led much of his family into politics and founded one of the largest...
  
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• 1. John Tipton
  John Tipton
  John Shields Tipton was an American politician.Tipton was born in what is now Sevier County, Tennessee. His father was killed by Native Americans. His great uncle, also named John, was a prominent man in the area...
  
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Kentucky 

• 3. Henry Clay
  Henry Clay
  Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...
  
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• 2. John J. Crittenden
  John J. Crittenden
  John Jordan Crittenden was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison and Millard Fillmore...
  
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Louisiana 

• 3. Alexander Porter
  Alexander Porter
  Alexander Porter was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1801 with an uncle, who settled in Nashville, Tennessee...
  
   (AJ), until January 5, 1837
  • Alexander Mouton
    Alexander Mouton
    Alexandre Mouton was a United States Senator and the 11th Governor of Louisiana.-Early life:He was born in Attakapas district into a wealthy plantation owning Acadian family. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown College...
    
     (J), from January 12, 1837
• 2. Robert C. Nicholas
  Robert C. Nicholas
  Robert Carter Nicholas was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Hanover, Virginia, he served in the War of 1812 as a captain and major...
  
   (J), from January 13, 1836

Maine 

• 1. Ether Shepley
  Ether Shepley
  Ether Shepley was an American politician.Shepley, a Democratic-Republican, served in the Maine State House before becoming one of the state's U.S. Senators. Shepley resigned from the Senate after two years to become a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.Shepley was born in Groton,...
  
   (J), until March 3, 1836
  • Judah Dana
    Judah Dana
    Judah Dana was a Maine statesman and U.S. Senator.He was born either in Connecticut or Vermont. He was a grandson of the American Revolutionary War Gen. Israel Putnam....
    
     (J), from December 7, 1836
• 2. John Ruggles
  John Ruggles
  John Ruggles was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. He served in several important state legislative and judicial positions before serving in the U.S. Senate....
  
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Maryland 

• 3. Robert H. Goldsborough
  Robert Henry Goldsborough
  Robert Henry Goldsborough was an American politician from Talbot County, Maryland.Goldsborough was born at "Myrtle Grove" near Easton, Maryland. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland in 1795...
  
   (AJ), until October 5, 1836
  • John S. Spence
    John S. Spence
    John Selby Spence was an American politician.Born near Snow Hill, Maryland, Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1809 and practiced in Worcester County, Maryland...
    
     (AJ), from December 31, 1836
• 1. Joseph Kent
  Joseph Kent
  Joseph Kent , a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837...
  
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Massachusetts 

• 1. Daniel Webster
  Daniel Webster
  Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests...
  
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• 2. John Davis
  John Davis (Massachusetts Governor)
  John Davis was an American lawyer, businessman and politician.-Early life:John Davis was born in Northborough, Massachusetts...
  
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Michigan 

• 1. Lucius Lyon
  Lucius Lyon
  Lucius Lyon was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan. He was born in Shelburne, Vermont, where he received a common school education and studied engineering and surveying...
  
   (J), from January 26, 1837
• 2. John Norvell
  John Norvell
  John Norvell was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan.-History:Norvell was born in Danville, Kentucky, then still a part of Virginia, where he attended the common schools....
  
   (J), from January 26, 1837

Mississippi 

• 1. John Black
  John Black (U.S. Senator)
  John Black was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi, most notably serving in the United States Senate as a Whig from 1832 to 1838.-Biography:...
  
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• 2. Robert J. Walker
  Robert J. Walker
  Robert John Walker was an American economist and statesman.- Early life and education :Born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, the son of a judge. He lived in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania from 1806 to 1814, where his father was presiding judge of the judicial district. Walker was educated at the...
  
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Missouri 

• 1. Thomas H. Benton
  Thomas Hart Benton (senator)
  Thomas Hart Benton , nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms...
  
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• 3. Lewis F. Linn
  Lewis F. Linn
  Lewis Fields Linn was a Jacksonian Democratic U.S. Senator for the state of Missouri born in Kentucky. He served in that role from 1833 to 1843. Four states named counties in his honor: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon. West Linn, Oregon and Linnton, Oregon also get their name from the ex-senator...
  
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New Hampshire 

• 3. Isaac Hill
  Isaac Hill
  Isaac Hill was an American publisher, editor, and politician from Concord, New Hampshire. Born in 1789 in West Cambridge, Massachusetts, he represented New Hampshire in the United States Senate and later served as governor...
  
   (J), until May 30, 1836
  • John Page
    John Page (New Hampshire)
    John Page was an American farmer and politician from Haverhill, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the United States Senate and served as Governor of the state.-External links:*...
    
     (J), from June 8, 1836
• 2. Henry Hubbard
  Henry Hubbard
  Henry Hubbard was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835, a Senator from New Hampshire during 1835 to 1841, and the Governor of New Hampshire from 1842 to 1844.-Early life:...
  
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New Jersey 

• 1. Samuel L. Southard
  Samuel L. Southard
  Samuel Lewis Southard was a prominent U.S. statesman of the early 19th century, serving as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and the 10th Governor of New Jersey.-History:...
  
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• 2. Garret D. Wall
  Garret D. Wall
  Garret Dorset Wall was a military officer and politician from New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Middletown Township, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was licensed as an attorney in 1804 and as a counselor in 1807, and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey. He served in the War of...
  
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New York 

• 3. Silas Wright, Jr.
  Silas Wright
  Silas Wright, Jr. was an American Democratic politician. Wright was born in Amherst, Massachusetts and moved with his father to Weybridge, Vermont in 1796. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1815 and moved to Sandy Hill, New York, the next year, where he studied law, being admitted to the bar...
  
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• 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
  Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
  Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge was an American lawyer and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from New York and Governor of the Wisconsin Territory.-Early life:Tallmadge graduated from Union College in 1815...
  
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North Carolina 

• 2. Bedford Brown
  Bedford Brown
  Bedford Brown was a Democratic United States Senator from the State of North Carolina between 1829 and 1840. was born in what now is , Caswell County, North Carolina. His parents were Jethro Brown and Lucy Williamson Brown. After attending the University of North Carolina for one year, Brown was...
  
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• 3. Willie P. Mangum
  Willie Person Mangum
  Willie Person Mangum was a U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading members of the Whig party, and was a candidate for President on a Whig ticket in 1836.Mangum was born in Durham County, North Carolina...
  
   (AJ),until November 26, 1836
  • Robert Strange
    Robert Strange
    Robert Strange was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1836 and 1840.Strange was born in Manchester, Virginia. He attended New Oxford Academy and Washington College in Lexington, Virginia...
    
     (J), from December 5, 1836

Ohio 

• 3. Thomas Ewing
  Thomas Ewing
  Thomas Ewing, Sr. was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate as well as serving as the Secretary of the Treasury and the first Secretary of the Interior.-Biography:...
  
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• 1. Thomas Morris
  Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)
  Thomas Morris was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Morris enlisted as a Ranger to fight the Indians in 1793. He settled in western Ohio two years later. He began practicing law in Bethel, Ohio in 1804...
  
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Pennsylvania 

• 1. Samuel McKean
  Samuel McKean
  Samuel McKean was an American merchant and politician from Burlington, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1815 to 1819. He was in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1829 to 1830....
  
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• 3. James Buchanan
  James Buchanan
  James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....
  
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Rhode Island 

• 2. Nehemiah R. Knight
  Nehemiah R. Knight
  Nehemiah Rice Knight was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Cranston, he attended the common schools. In 1802 he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives; he moved to Providence and was clerk of the Court of Common Pleas from 1805 to 1811 and clerk of the circuit...
  
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• 1. Asher Robbins
  Asher Robbins
  Asher Robbins was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1782, was a tutor in Rhode Island College from 1782 to 1790, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1792 and began practice in Providence, Rhode Island...
  
   (AJ)

South Carolina 

• 2. John C. Calhoun
  John C. Calhoun
  John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent...
  
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• 3. William C. Preston
  William C. Preston
  William Campbell Preston was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties...
  
   (N)

Tennessee 

• 2. Hugh Lawson White
  Hugh Lawson White
  Hugh Lawson White was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. He succeeded Andrew Jackson and served in the United States Senate, representing Tennessee, from 1825 until his resignation in 1840, and was a Whig candidate for President in 1836...
  
   (AJ)
• 1. Felix Grundy
  Felix Grundy
  Felix Grundy was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator from Tennessee who also served as the 13th Attorney General of the United States.-Biography:...
  
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Vermont 

• 3. Samuel Prentiss
  Samuel Prentiss
  Samuel Prentiss was a United States Senator from Vermont and later a United States federal judge.Born in Stonington, Connecticut, he moved to Northfield, Massachusetts in 1786; he completed preparatory studies and was instructed in the classics by a private tutor...
  
   (AJ)
• 1. Benjamin Swift
  Benjamin Swift
  Benjamin Swift was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator and lawyer from Vermont.Swift was born in Amenia, New York. He moved with his father to Bennington, Vermont at the age of 5. In 1809 he moved to St. Albans, Vermont and became an important lawyer, banker and farmer in that area...
  
   (AJ)

Virginia 

• 1. John Tyler
  John Tyler
  John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor...
  
   (AJ), until February 29, 1836
  • William C. Rives
    William Cabell Rives
    William Cabell Rives was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Albemarle County, Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Jackson Democrat in both the U.S. House and Senate and also served as the U.S. minister to France....
    
     (J), from March 4, 1836
• 2. Benjamin W. Leigh
  Benjamin W. Leigh
  Benjamin Watkins Leigh was an American lawyer and politician from Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in the United States Senate. Benjamin Watkins Leigh was born in Chesterfield County on June 18, 1781, the son of the Reverend William Leigh...
  
   (AJ), until July 4, 1836
  • Richard E. Parker
    Richard E. Parker
    Richard Elliott Parker was born at Rock Spring, Westmoreland County, Virginia, son of Captain William Harwar and Mary Parker, and grandson of Judge Richard and Elizabeth Parker. He studied law at Lawfield, Virginia, under his grandfather, Judge Richard Parker...
    
     (J), from December 12, 1836

House of Representatives

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

Alabama 

. Reuben Chapman

Reuben Chapman

Reuben Chapman was an American lawyer and politician. Born in 1799 in Bowling Green, Virginia, he represented Alabama in the U.S. House from 1835 to 1847 and served as the 13th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1847 to 1849. He died in Huntsville, Alabama in 1882.-External links:**...

 (J). Joshua L. Martin

Joshua L. Martin

Joshua Lanier Martin was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1845 to 1847. He was born on 5 December 1799 in Blount County, Tennessee. He taught school during his young years and studied law in Maryville, Tennessee; then moved...

 (J). Joab Lawler

Joab Lawler

Joab Lawler was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Union County, North Carolina, Lawler moved with his father to Tennessee and thence, in 1815, to Mississippi Territory.He attended the public schools....

 (J). Dixon H. Lewis

Dixon Hall Lewis

Dixon Hall Lewis was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Alabama.-Biography:...

 (N). Francis S. Lyon (AJ)

Arkansas 

. Archibald Yell

Archibald Yell

Archibald Yell was a member of the United States House of Representatives, second Governor of the State of Arkansas, and a Brigadier General in the United States Army serving in the Mexican-American War.-Early life:...

 (J), from August 1, 1836

Connecticut 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Elisha Haley

Elisha Haley

Elisha Haley was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Groton, Connecticut where he attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (J). Samuel Ingham

Samuel Ingham

Samuel Ingham was a two-term Congressman from Connecticut. He is not to be confused with the former Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham. He was born in Hebron on September 5, 1793. He attended the common schools in Vermont, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in...

 (J). Andrew T. Judson

Andrew T. Judson

Andrew Thompson Judson was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut and later a United States federal judge....

 (J), until July 4, 1836

• • Orrin Holt
    Orrin Holt
    Orrin Holt was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Willington, Connecticut. He received a limited schooling and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives 1830-1832...
    
     (J), from December 5, 1836. Lancelot Phelps
    Lancelot Phelps
    Lancelot Phelps was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was the father of James Phelps who was also a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Windsor, Connecticut before moving with his family to Colebrook, Connecticut in 1794...
    
     (J). Isaac Toucey
    Isaac Toucey
    Isaac Toucey was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Attorney General of the United States and the 18th Governor of Connecticut....
    
     (J). Zalmon Wildman
    Zalmon Wildman
    Zalmon Wildman was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Danbury, Connecticut where he completed preparatory studies. He was manufacturer of hats and he established the first hat stores in Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia in 1802...
    
     (J), until December 10, 1835
  • Thomas T. Whittlesey
    Thomas T. Whittlesey
    Thomas Tucker Whittlesey was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, cousin of Elisha Whittlesey and Frederick Whittlesey....
    
     (J), from April 29, 1836

Delaware 

. John J. Milligan

John J. Milligan

John Jones Milligan was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as United States Representative from Delaware.-Early life and family:...

 (AJ)

Georgia 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. John E. Coffee

John E. Coffee

John E. Coffee was a military leader and a United States Congressman for the state of Georgia.-Early life:...

 (J), until September 25, 1836

• • William C. Dawson
    William Crosby Dawson
    William Crosby Dawson was a lawyer, judge, politician, and soldier from Georgia.-Early life, education and legal career:...
    
     (AJ), from November 7, 1836. Seaton Grantland
    Seaton Grantland
    Seaton Grantland was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born in New Kent County, Virginia. He pursued an academic course and studied law...
    
     (J). Charles E. Haynes
    Charles Eaton Haynes
    Charles Eaton Haynes was an American politician and physician.Born in Brunswick, Virginia, in Mecklenburg County in 1784, Haynes graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and practiced medicine...
    
     (J). Jabez Y. Jackson
    Jabez Young Jackson
    Jabez Young Jackson was a U.S. representative from Georgia.-Biography:Jackson was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of James Jackson , and later uncle of James Jackson . He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of...
    
     (J),from October 5, 1835. George W. Owens
    George Welshman Owens
    George Welshman Owens was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia.Born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1786, Owens attended school in Harrow, England, and graduated from the University of Cambridge. After studying law in the office of Mr...
    
     (J). John W. A. Sanford
    John W. A. Sanford
    John W. A. Sanford was a United States Representative and farmer from Georgia.Sanford was born near Milledgeville, Georgia, in 1798. He attended Yale University and was a farmer...
    
     (J), until July 25, 1835
  • Thomas Glascock
    Thomas Glascock
    Thomas Glascock Jr. was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.Glascock was born in Augusta, Georgia. He studied law, gained admission to the state bar, and began practicing law in Augusta. Thomas Jr. was the son of Brigadier General Thomas Glascock Sr. who rescued Count Pulaski from the...
    
     (J), from October 5, 1835. William Schley
    William Schley
    William Schley was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician.-Biography:...
    
     (J), until July 1, 1835
  • Jesse F. Cleveland
    Jesse Franklin Cleveland
    Jesse Franklin Cleveland was a United States Representative and businessman from Georgia.Cleveland was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1804. He attended school in South Carolina before moving to Georgia. From 1831 to 1843, Cleveland served in the Georgia Senate...
    
     (J), from October 5, 1835. James C. Terrell
    James C. Terrell
    James C. Terrell was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia.Terrell was born in Franklin County, Georgia, in 1806. He attended studied law, gained admittance to the state bar and practiced law in Carnesville, Georgia. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1830 to...
    
     (J), until July 8, 1835
  • Hopkins Holsey
    Hopkins Holsey
    Hopkins Holsey was a United States Representative, newspaper publisher and lawyer from Georgia.Born near Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1779, Holsey attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, and graduated from the Litchfield Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut...
    
     (J), from October 5, 1835. George W. B. Towns
    George W. Towns
    George Washington Bonaparte Towns was a United States lawyer, legislator, and politician.Towns was born in Wilkes County, Georgia to Margaret George Hardwick and John Towns in 1801...
    
     (J), until September 1, 1836
  • Julius C. Alford
    Julius Caesar Alford
    Julius Caesar Alford was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.-Biography:Born in Greensboro, Georgia, in 1799, Alford studied law, gained admission to the state bar in 1809, and began practicing law in Lagrange, Georgia.Alford served in the Georgia House of Representatives and was a company...
    
     (AJ), from January 2, 1837

Illinois 

. John Reynolds

John Reynolds (U.S. politician)

John Reynolds was a United States politician from the state of Illinois. He was one of the original four justices of the Illinois Supreme Court, 1818–1825, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1826–1830, 1846–1848, and 1852–1854 , and the 4th Illinois Governor from 1830–1834...

 (J). Zadok Casey

Zadok Casey

Zadok Casey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1833 to 1843. He founded the city of Mount Vernon around 1817. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1822 and to the Illinois State Senate in 1826, and was elected the fourth...

 (J). William L. May

William L. May

William L. May was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Kentucky, May attended the common schools. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, and afterward to Jacksonville...

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Indiana 

. Ratliff Boon

Ratliff Boon

Ratliff Boon was the second Governor of Indiana from September 12 to December 5, 1822, taking office following the resignation of Governor Jonathan Jennings' after his election to Congress...

 (J). John W. Davis

John Wesley Davis

John Wesley Davis was a doctor and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s.-Early life and education:...

 (J). John Carr (J). Amos Lane

Amos Lane

Amos Lane was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, father of James Henry Lane.Born near Aurora, New York, Lane attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1808. He moved to Burlington, Kentucky, and practiced law...

 (J). Johnathan McCarty

Johnathan McCarty

Johnathan McCarty was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, McCarty attended the public schools.He moved to Indiana in 1803 with his father, who settled in Franklin County....

 (AJ). George L. Kinnard

George L. Kinnard

George L. Kinnard was a Representative from Indiana; born in Pennsylvania in 1803; moved with his widowed mother to Tennessee and completed preparatory studies; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1823; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practised in Marion County, Ind.; assessor for Marion...

 (J), until November 26, 1836

• • William Herod
    William Herod
    William Herod was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Herod completed preparatory studies.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Bracken County, Kentucky....
    
     (AJ), from January 25, 1837. Edward A. Hannegan
    Edward A. Hannegan
    Edward Allen Hannegan was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana.-Early life and education:...
    
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Kentucky 

. Linn Boyd

Linn Boyd

Linn Boyd was a prominent U.S. politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the House as a Democrat from Kentucky from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1839 to 1855, serving seven terms in the House...

 (J). Albert G. Hawes (J). Joseph R. Underwood

Joseph R. Underwood

Joseph Rogers Underwood was a lawyer, judge, United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky....

 (AJ). Sherrod Williams

Sherrod Williams

Sherrod Williams was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, Williams moved with his parents to Wayne County.He received a limited education....

 (AJ). James Harlan

James Harlan (congressman)

James Harlan was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Mercer County, Kentucky, Harlan attended school before working as a clerk in a dry goods store from 1817 to 1821. Deciding to embark upon a legal career, he read law under the guidance of a local judge before gaining admission to the bar...

 (AJ). John Calhoon

John Calhoon

John Calhoon was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Henry County, Kentucky in 1797. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced....

 (AJ). Benjamin Hardin

Benjamin Hardin

Benjamin Hardin was a United States Representative from Kentucky. Martin Davis Hardin was his cousin. He was born at the Georges Creek settlement on the Monongahela River, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and then moved with his parents to Washington County, Kentucky in 1788...

 (AJ). William J. Graves

William J. Graves

William Jordan Graves was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Graves was born in New Castle, Kentucky, and pursued an academic course early in life, choosing to study law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Kentucky before serving as member of the State house of representatives in 1834...

 (AJ). John White

John White (Kentucky politician)

John White was a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s.White was a native of Kentucky and practiced law there. White was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1832...

 (AJ). Chilton Allan

Chilton Allan

Chilton Allan was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia before moving with his mother to Winchester, Kentucky in 1797. He attended the common schools, and also received private instructions. After this, he served an apprenticeship of three years as...

 (AJ). Richard French

Richard French

Richard French was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Boonesborough, Kentucky, French attended private schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Winchester, Kentucky....

 (J). John Chambers (AJ). Richard M. Johnson

Richard Mentor Johnson

Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren . He was the only vice-president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S...

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Louisiana 

. Henry Johnson

Henry Johnson (Louisiana)

Henry Johnson was the fifth Governor of Louisiana, and served as a United States Representative and as a United States Senator....

 (AJ). Eleazar W. Ripley (J). Rice Garland

Rice Garland

Rice Garland was a United States Representative from Louisiana.Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and he pursued a basic education, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law. He moved to Opelousas, Louisiana in 1820 and continued the practice of his profession...

 (AJ)

Maine 

. John Fairfield

John Fairfield

John Fairfield was a U.S. politician from Maine.He was born in Saco, Maine and attended the Saco schools, Thornton Academy and Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He then engaged in trade and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1826, and practiced successfully in his native town and in...

 (J). Francis O. J. Smith

Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith

Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith was elected from the state of Maine to the United States House of Representatives to serve three terms from 1833 to 1839, serving at one point on the US House of Representatives Committee on Commerce.Smith was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New...

 (J). Jeremiah Bailey

Jeremiah Bailey

Jeremiah Bailey was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island on May 1, 1773. He attended the common schools and graduated from Brown University in 1794. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Wiscasset, Maine .He was a...

 (AJ). George Evans (AJ). Moses Mason, Jr.

Moses Mason, Jr.

Moses Mason, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Dublin, New Hampshire, Mason moved with his parents to Bethel, Maine, in 1799. He attended the common schools, then studied medicine and commenced practice in Bethel in 1813. He was appointed first postmaster of Bethel April 1, 1815,...

 (J). Joseph Hall

Joseph Hall (Maine)

Joseph Hall a United States Representative from Maine.Hall was born on June 26, 1793 in Methuen, Massachusetts. He attended the common schools and Andover Academy. He moved to Camden, Maine in 1809 and engaged in mercantile pursuits...

 (J). Leonard Jarvis (J). Gorham Parks

Gorham Parks

Gorham Parks was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and a Democratic Party candidate for Maine Governor.Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, Parks attended the common schools and graduated from Harvard University in 1813, where he studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1819 and began his practice...

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Maryland 

The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.. John N. Steele

John Nevett Steele

John Nevett Steele was an American politician.Born in Weston, Maryland, Steele resided on an estate called "Indian Town" near Vienna, Maryland, where he completed preparatory studies. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1819, and commenced practice in Dorchester County, Maryland...

 (AJ). James A. Pearce

James Pearce

James Alfred Pearce was an American politician. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the second district of Maryland from 1835–1839 and 1841-1843. He later served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland from 1843 until his death in 1862.Pearce was the son of Gideon Pearce...

 (AJ). James Turner

James Turner (Maryland)

James Turner was a United States Congressional representative from Maryland.Turner was born near Bel Air, Maryland, and completed preparatory studies at the Classic Academy of Madonna, Maryland. He was captain of militia in the War of 1812. Afterwards, he moved to Parkton, Maryland, in 1811 and...

 (J). Benjamin C. Howard

Benjamin Chew Howard

Benjamin Chew Howard was an American congressman and the fifth reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1843 to 1861....

 (J). Isaac McKim

Isaac McKim

Isaac McKim was a U.S. Representative from Maryland, nephew of Alexander McKim.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, McKim attended the public schools, and later engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served in the War of 1812 as aide-de-camp to General Samuel Smith...

 (J). George C. Washington

George Corbin Washington

George Corbin Washington was a United States Congressman from the third and fifth districts of Maryland, serving four terms from 1827 to 1833, and 1835 to 1837. He was also a grandnephew of U.S. President George Washington.Washington was born at Haywood Farms near Oak Grove of Westmoreland County,...

 (AJ). Francis Thomas

Francis Thomas

Francis Thomas was a Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh districts.-Early life and career:Thomas was born in Frederick...

 (J). Daniel Jenifer

Daniel Jenifer

Daniel Jenifer was an American lawyer and statesman from Charles County, Maryland. He graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He represented Maryland's 1st Congressional district in the U.S. Congress in 1831–1833 and the 7th district from 1835–1841. From 1841–1845 he served as U.S....

 (AJ)

Massachusetts 

. Abbott Lawrence

Abbott Lawrence

Abbott Lawrence was a prominent American businessman, politician, and philanthropist...

 (AJ). Stephen C. Phillips

Stephen C. Phillips

Stephen Clarendon Phillips was a Representative from Massachusetts.Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas Phillips, he graduated from Harvard University in 1819. Phillips' engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of...

 (AJ). Caleb Cushing

Caleb Cushing

Caleb Cushing was an American diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce.-Early life:...

 (AJ). Samuel Hoar

Samuel Hoar

Samuel Hoar was a United States lawyer and politician. A member of a prominent political family in Massachusetts, he was a leading 19th century lawyer of that state. He was associated with the Federalist Party until its decline after the war of 1812. Over his career, a prominent Massachusetts...

 (AJ). Levi Lincoln, Jr.

Levi Lincoln, Jr.

Levi Lincoln, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the 13th Governor of Massachusetts and represented the state in the U.S. Congress...

 (AJ). George J. Grennell, Jr.

George Grennell, Jr.

George Grennell, Jr. was a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was born in Greenfield on December 25, 1786. He attended Deerfield Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1808...

 (AJ). George N. Briggs

George N. Briggs

George Nixon Briggs was a member of the Whig Party and served seven-terms as the 19th Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, serving from 1844 to 1851.-Early life and education:...

 (AJ). William B. Calhoun

William B. Calhoun

William Barron Calhoun was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life:Calhoun, the eldest child of Andrew Calhoun and Martha Calhoun, was born on December 29, 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts...

 (AJ). William Jackson

William Jackson (Massachusetts)

William Jackson was a United States Representative from Massachusetts who lived at the Jackson Homestead....

 (AM). Nathaniel B. Borden

Nathaniel B. Borden

Nathaniel Briggs Borden was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life and education:Borden was born to Simeon Borden and Amey Borden in that part of Freetown, Massachusetts which later became Fall River. Borden attended the district school and Plainfield Academy...

 (J). John Reed, Jr.

John Reed, Jr.

John Reed, Jr. was a Representative from Massachusetts.Reed was born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island in 1803, and was a tutor of languages in that institution for two years, and principal of the Bridgewater, Massachusetts Academy in...

 (AM). John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...

 (AM)

Michigan 

. Isaac E. Crary

Isaac E. Crary

Isaac Edwin Crary was the first elected U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.Crary was born in Preston, Connecticut, where he attended the public schools and graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in its first class in 1827...

 (J), from January 26, 1837

Mississippi 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. John F. H. Claiborne

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne was a Member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Mississippi.-Biography:...

 (J). David Dickson

David Dickson (politician)

David Dickson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.-Biography:Born in Georgia, United States, Dickson moved to Mississippi.He studied medicine and practiced extensively in Pike County....

 (AJ), until July 31, 1836

• • Samuel J. Gholson
    Samuel J. Gholson
    Samuel Jameson Gholson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, as well as a Confederate general during the American Civil War...
    
     (J), from December 1, 1836

Missouri 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. William H. Ashley

William Henry Ashley

William Henry Ashley was a pioneering fur trader, entrepreneur, and politician. Though a native of Virginia, Ashley had already moved to St. Genevieve in what was then called Louisiana, when it was purchased by the United States from France in 1803...

 (AJ). Albert G. Harrison (J)

New Hampshire 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Benning M. Bean

Benning M. Bean

Benning Moulton Bean was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, Bean attended public schools and received private tutoring. He then engaged in teaching and in agricultural pursuits. He served as Selectman for Moultonborough, 1811–1829 and 1832–1838, and...

 (J). Robert Burns

Robert Burns (representative)

Robert Burns was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Hudson, New Hampshire, Burns moved with his parents in childhood to Rumney in Grafton County. He studied medicine in Warren, New Hampshire, taught school, then attended Dartmouth Medical School in 1815. He returned to Warren and...

 (J). Samuel Cushman

Samuel Cushman

Samuel Cushman was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and attended the common schools...

 (J). Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army...

 (J). Joseph Weeks

Joseph Weeks

Joseph Weeks was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was the grandfather of Joseph Weeks Babcock who represented Wisconsin in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He was born in Warwick, Massachusetts, where he attended the common schools...

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New Jersey 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Philemon Dickerson

Philemon Dickerson

Philemon Dickerson was a United States congressman representing New Jersey, and was later a United States federal judge. He was the brother of Governor, then United States Senator, Mahlon Dickerson of New Jersey...

 (J), until November 3, 1836

• • William Chetwood
    William Chetwood
    William Chetwood was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey. He was the Mayor of Elizabethtown, New Jersey from 1839 to 1841.-Biography:...
    
     (AJ), from December 5, 1836. Samuel Fowler
    Samuel Fowler (1779-1844)
    Samuel Fowler was a doctor, state legislator, and member of the United States House of Representatives from northwestern New Jersey...
    
     (J). Thomas Lee
    Thomas Lee (New Jersey)
    Thomas Lee was an American Jacksonian Party politician who represented New Jersey at large in the United States House of Representatives from 1833-1837....
    
     (J). James Parker
    James Parker (New Jersey)
    James Parker was a United States Representative from New Jersey.-Biography:Parker was born in Bethlehem, New Jersey and moved to Perth Amboy after the Revolution. He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in New York City in 1793.Parker engaged in the management and settlement of...
    
     (J). Ferdinand S. Schenck
    Ferdinand Schureman Schenck
    Ferdinand Schureman Schenck was an American politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1833-1837....
    
     (J). William N. Shinn (J)

New York 

There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.. Abel Huntington

Abel Huntington

Abel P. Huntington Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Huntington received a liberal schooling. He moved to East Hampton, Long Island, New York, where he practiced medicine....

 (J). Samuel Barton

Samuel Barton (New York)

Samuel Barton was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in New Dorp on July 27, 1785, and attended the common schools. He was an agent for Commodore Vanderbilt’s steamship lines. He would later marry Commodore Vanderbilt's sister...

 (J). Churchill C. Cambreleng

Churchill C. Cambreleng

Churchill Caldom Cambreleng was an American politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J). Gideon Lee

Gideon Lee

Gideon Lee was an American politician who was Mayor of New York and United States Representative from New York.-Life:...

 (J), from November 4, 1835. John McKeon

John McKeon

John McKeon was an American lawyer and politician from New York.- Life :He was the son of Capt...

 (J). Ely Moore

Ely Moore

Ely Moore was a Jacksonian Congressman from New York.In 1833 Moore performed one of his last speeches. It was a stunning defense of Workers, Unions, and the Free Labor System...

 (J). Aaron Ward

Aaron Ward (representative)

Aaron Ward was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J). Abraham Bockee

Abraham Bockee

Abraham Bockee was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Shekomeko, New York, Bockee attended the public schools. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1803. He studied law in Poughkeepsie, New York...

 (J). John W. Brown

John W. Brown (New York politician)

John W. Brown was an American politician from New York.-Life:...

 (J). Nicholas Sickles

Nicholas Sickles

Nicholas Sickles was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Kinderhook, New York, Sickles attended private schools and Kinderhook Academy.He studied law....

 (J). Valentine Efner

Valentine Efner

Valentine Efner was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Blenheim Hill, near Blenheim, New York, Efner completed preparatory studies.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.Commissioned as major in the War of 1812....

 (J). Aaron Vanderpoel

Aaron Vanderpoel

Aaron Vanderpoel was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Kinderhook, New York, Vanderpoel pursued classical studies, and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Kinderhook, New York...

 (J). Hiram P. Hunt

Hiram P. Hunt

Hiram Paine Hunt was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Pittstown, New York, Hunt attended the public schools and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1816....

 (AJ). Gerrit Y. Lansing

Gerrit Y. Lansing

Gerrit Yates Lansing was a U.S. Representative from New York, son of Abraham G. Lansing, and nephew of John Lansing, Jr.Born in Albany, New York, Lansing pursued classical studies and was graduated from Union College in 1800....

 (J). John Cramer

John Cramer (representative)

John Cramer was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Waterford on May 17, 1779. He attended the rural schools and was graduated from Union College in 1801. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Waterford...

 (J). David A. Russell

David Abel Russell

David Abel Russell was a U.S. Representative from New York.He was born in Petersburg, New York and trained as a lawyer and practiced in Salem, New York. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1807. He was District Attorney of the Fourth District from 1813 to 1815...

 (AJ). Dudley Farlin

Dudley Farlin

Dudley Farlin was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Farlin moved to Dutchess County, New York, in early youth, and later to Warren County.He engaged in the lumber and grain business....

 (J). Ransom H. Gillet

Ransom H. Gillet

Ransom Hooker Gillet was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New Lebanon, New York, Gillet pursued an academic course.He studied law in Canton, New York....

 (J). Matthias J. Bovee

Matthias J. Bovee

Matthias Jacob Bovee was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Amsterdam, New York, Bovee attended the rural school until the death of his father in 1807....

 (J). Abijah Mann, Jr.

Abijah Mann, Jr.

Abijah Mann, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Fairfield, New York, Mann attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a justice of the peace. He was appointed by President Jackson postmaster of Fairfield and served from May 28, 1830 to January 16, 1833...

 (J). Samuel Beardsley

Samuel Beardsley

Samuel Beardsley was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...

 (J), until March 29, 1836

• • Rutger B. Miller
    Rutger B. Miller
    Rutger Bleecker Miller was a United States Representative from New York. His father was Morris Smith Miller, also a U.S...
    
     (J), from November 9, 1836. Joel Turrill
    Joel Turrill
    Joel Turrill was a judge, politician, and diplomat from New York.-Life:Joel Turrill was born February 22, 1794 in Shoreham, Vermont and attended the common school. He later graduated from Middlebury College in 1816. He studied law in Newburgh, New York and later moved to Oswego, New York to...
    
     (J). Daniel Wardwell
    Daniel Wardwell
    Daniel Wardwell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Bristol, Rhode Island, Wardwell was graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1811.He studied law....
    
     (J). Sherman Page
    Sherman Page
    Sherman Page was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Cheshire, Connecticut, Page attended the common schools.He taught school in Coventry, New York, in 1799.He studied law....
    
     (J). William Seymour
    William Seymour (Congressman)
    William Seymour was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Connecticut about 1780, then moved to Windsor, New York about 1793. He attended public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Binghamton. He returned to Windsor in 1807 and served...
    
     (J). William Mason (J). Stephen B. Leonard
    Stephen B. Leonard
    Stephen Banks Leonard was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Leonard attended the public schools.He moved with his parents to Owego, New York, and learned the printer's trade....
    
     (J). Joseph Reynolds
    Joseph Reynolds
    Joseph Reynolds was a U.S. Representative from New York and a brigadier general of state militia troops during the War of 1812....
    
     (J). William K. Fuller
    William K. Fuller
    William Kendall Fuller was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Schenectady, New York, Fuller attended the common schools, and graduated from Union College in 1810.He studied law....
    
     (J). William Taylor
    William Taylor (New York)
    William Taylor was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Suffield, Connecticut, Taylor moved with his parents to Onondaga County, New York.He attended the public schools....
    
     (J). Ulysses F. Doubleday
    Ulysses F. Doubleday
    Ulysses Freeman Doubleday was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Otsego County, New York, Doubleday received a limited schooling....
    
     (J). Graham H. Chapin
    Graham H. Chapin
    Graham Hurd Chapin was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Chapin moved to Lyons, New York in 1817. He graduated from Yale College in 1819....
    
     (J). Francis Granger
    Francis Granger
    Francis Granger was a Representative from New York. He was the son of Gideon Granger, another Postmaster General, and the first cousin of Amos P. Granger.-Biography:...
    
     (AJ). Joshua Lee (J). Timothy Childs
    Timothy Childs
    Timothy Childs was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Childs moved to Rochester, New York.He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1811.He studied law....
    
     (AJ). George W. Lay
    George W. Lay
    George Washington Lay was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Catskill, New York, Lay pursued classical studies and was graduated from Hamilton College at Clinton, New York, in 1817.He studied law....
    
     (AJ). Philo C. Fuller
    Philo C. Fuller
    Philo Case Fuller was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...
    
     (AJ), until September 2, 1836
  • John Young
    John Young (Governor)
    John Young was an American politician.He was born in Chelsea, Vermont. As a child, he moved to Freeport , Livingston County, New York. He had only basic schooling but, by self-study accumulated a knowledge of classics and became a law clerk, becoming admitted to the bar in 1829...
    
     (AJ), from November 9, 1836. Abner Hazeltine
    Abner Hazeltine
    Abner Hazeltine was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Wardsboro, Vermont, Hazeltine attended the common schools. He graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1815. He moved to Jamestown, New York, November 2, 1815, where he taught school and studied law...
    
     (AJ). Thomas C. Love
    Thomas C. Love
    Thomas Cutting Love was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Cambridge, New York, Love attended the common schools. He served as a Volunteer in the War of 1812 and was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Erie on September 17, 1814...
    
     (AJ). Gideon Hard
    Gideon Hard
    Gideon Hard was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Arlington, Vermont, Hard was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1822.He taught school.He studied law....
    
     (AJ)

North Carolina 

. William B. Shepard

William Biddle Shepard

William Biddle Shepard was a congressional representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, North Carolina, May 14, 1799; completed preparatory studies; attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1813; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; studied...

 (AJ). Jesse A. Bynum

Jesse Atherton Bynum

Jessee Atherton Bynum was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Halifax County, North Carolina, May 22, 1796; attended Princeton College in 1817 and 1818; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Halifax, North Carolina; member of the house of commons of...

 (J). Ebenezer Pettigrew

Ebenezer Pettigrew

Ebenezer Pettigew was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina. He was born near Plymouth, North Carolina, March 10, 1783. He studied under tutors at home and later attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He engaged in planting, and later became a member of the State...

 (AJ). Jesse Speight

Jesse Speight

Jesse Speight was a North Carolina and Mississippi politician in the nineteenth century.Born in Greene County, North Carolina, Speight attended country schools as a child. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1820, serving as Speaker of the House, and was a member of the North...

 (J). James I. McKay

James Iver McKay

James Iver McKay was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, in 1793; pursued classical studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; appointed United States attorney for the district of North Carolina on March 6, 1817; served in...

 (J). Micajah T. Hawkins

Micajah Thomas Hawkins

Micajah Thomas Hawkins was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1803 to 1809.Born near Warrenton, North Carolina in 1790, Hawkins attended Warrenton Academy and then the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A practicing farmer, Hawkins was first elected to the North Carolina House...

 (J). Edmund Deberry

Edmund Deberry

Edmund Deberry was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, from 1829 to 1831, from 1833 to 1845 and from 1849 to 1851....

 (AJ). William Montgomery

William Montgomery (North Carolina)

William Montgomery was an American physician and politician from Orange County, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1835 until 1841.-External links:*...

 (J). Augustine H. Shepperd

Augustine Henry Shepperd

Augustine Henry Shepperd was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rockford, North Carolina, February 24, 1792; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Surry County, North Carolina; member of the State house of...

 (AJ). Abraham Rencher

Abraham Rencher

Abraham Rencher was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Raleigh, North Carolina, August 12, 1798; tutored at home and attended the common schools and Pittsboro Academy; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1822; studied law; was admitted to...

 (AJ). Henry W. Connor

Henry William Connor

Henry William Connor was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Amelia Courthouse, Prince George County, Virginia, August 5, 1793; was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1812; served as aide-de-camp to Brig. Gen...

 (J). James Graham

James Graham (NC politician)

James Graham a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, January 7, 1793; brother of William Alexander Graham; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the...

 (AJ), until March 29, 1836 and from December 5, 1836. Lewis Williams

Lewis Williams

For the Welsh rugby union player see Lewis Williams Lewis Williams was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1815 and 1842....

 (AJ)

Ohio 

. Bellamy Storer

Bellamy Storer (1796)

Bellamy Storer was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, father of Bellamy Storer .Born in Portland, Maine, Storer attended private schools in his native city. He entered Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1809. He studied law in Boston...

 (AJ). Taylor Webster

Taylor Webster

Taylor Webster was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Pennsylvania, Webster moved with his parents to Ohio in 1806, where he received a limited schooling....

 (J). Joseph H. Crane

Joseph Halsey Crane

Joseph Halsey Crane was an attorney, soldier, jurist, and legislator. He was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey He was the son of General Wiliam Crane and Abigail Crane and the grandson of Stephen Crane, member of the First Continental Congress, his brother was Colonel Ichabod B. Crane...

 (AJ). Thomas Corwin

Thomas Corwin

Thomas Corwin , also known as Tom Corwin and The Wagon Boy, was a politician from the state of Ohio who served as a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Senate, and as the 15th Governor of Ohio 20th...

 (AJ). Thomas L. Hamer

Thomas L. Hamer

Thomas Lyon Hamer was a United States congressman and soldier.Hamer was born in July, 1800 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was a school teacher before being admitted to the bar in 1821...

 (J). Samuel F. Vinton

Samuel Finley Vinton

Samuel Finley Vinton was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from March 4, 1823 to March 4, 1837 and again from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1851....

 (AJ). William K. Bond

William K. Bond

William Key Bond was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, Bond attended the schools at Litchfield, Connecticut, where he also studied law at the Litchfield Law School....

 (AJ). Jeremiah McLene

Jeremiah McLene

Jeremiah McLene was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1833 to 1837, major general of militia in the American Revolutionary War, the 2nd Ohio Secretary of State from 1808 to 1831, and a state representative from 1807 to 1808. He served as a Democrat.-Early life:McLene was born in Cumberland...

 (J). John Chaney (J). Samson Mason

Samson Mason

Samson Mason was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York, Mason attended the common schools in Onondaga, New York.He studied law....

 (AJ). William Kennon, Sr. (J). Elias Howell

Elias Howell

Elias Howell was a United States Representative from Ohio.Born in New Jersey in 1792, he attended the public schools and in 1819 moved to Newark, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1830 to 1832 and was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth United States Congress, serving...

 (AJ). David Spangler (AJ). William Patterson

William Patterson (Ohio)

William Patterson was a United States Representative from Ohio.Patterson was born in Maryland, and moved to Mansfield, Ohio where he completed preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced, and held several local offices...

 (J). Jonathan Sloane

Jonathan Sloane

Jonathan Sloane was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Pelham, Massachusetts in November 1785, Sloane completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1812....

 (AM). Elisha Whittlesey

Elisha Whittlesey

Elisha Whittlesey was a lawyer, civil servant and U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Washington, Connecticut, Whittlesey moved with his parents in early youth to Salisbury, Connecticut...

 (AJ). John Thomson (J). Benjamin Jones

Benjamin Jones (congressman)

Benjamin Jones was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Winchester, Virginia, Jones moved with his parents to Washington, Pennsylvania....

 (J). Daniel Kilgore

Daniel Kilgore

Daniel Kilgore was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born at Kings Creek, Virginia , Kilgore received a liberal schooling.He moved to Cadiz, Ohio, and served as member of the Ohio Senate from 1828 to 1832....

 (J)

Pennsylvania 

There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.. Joel B. Sutherland

Joel Barlow Sutherland

Joel Barlow Sutherland was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

 (J). James Harper

James Harper (congressman)

James Harper was a two-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Harper was born of Scots-Irish stock in Castlederg, County Tyrone, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States as a youth, and settled in Philadelphia. He married Charlotte Sloan Alford, a member of...

 (AJ). Joseph R. Ingersoll

Joseph Reed Ingersoll

Joseph Reed Ingersoll was an American lawyer and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.In 1835 he followed his father and his older brother to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. House....

 (AJ). Michael W. Ash

Michael Woolston Ash

Michael Woolston Ash was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Michael W. Ash was born in Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar June 21, 1811, and commenced practice in Philadelphia...

 (J). Edward Darlington

Edward Darlington

Edward Darlington was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward Darlington was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He moved in early youth with his parents to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He taught school from 1817 to 1820...

 (AM). William Hiester

William Muhlenberg Hiester

William Muhlenberg Hiester An American political and military leader in the State of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Muhlenberg/Hiester Family political dynasty.-Biography:...

 (AM). David Potts, Jr.

David Potts, Jr.

David Potts, Jr. was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.David Potts, Jr. was born at Warwick Furnace, Pennsylvania, about eight miles from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He became an ironmaster, and owner and manager of Warwick Furnace...

 (AM). Jacob Fry, Jr.

Jacob Fry, Jr.

Jacob Fry, Jr. was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jacob Fry, Jr. was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania...

 (J). Mathias Morris

Mathias Morris

Mathias Morris was an Anti-Jacksonian and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

 (AJ). David D. Wagener

David Douglas Wagener

David Douglas Wagener was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.David D. Wagener was born in Easton, Pennsylvania...

 (J). Edward B. Hubley

Edward Burd Hubley

Edward Burd Hubley was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward B. Hubley was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Reading...

 (J). Henry A. P. Muhlenberg

Henry A. P. Muhlenberg

Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg was an American political leader and diplomat. He was a member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty....

 (J). William Clark

William Clark (congressman)

William Clark was a farmer, jurist, and politician from Dauphin, Pennsylvania.He served as secretary of the Pennsylvania land office from 1818 to 1821, and State treasurer from 1821 to 1827...

 (AM). Henry Logan (J). George Chambers

George Chambers (Pennsylvania)

George Chambers was a Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George Chambers was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania...

 (AM). Jesse Miller

Jesse Miller

Jesse Miller was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jesse Miller was born near Landisburg, Pennsylvania. He was the first clerk to county commissioner of Perry County, Pennsylvania, from 1820 to 1823. He was sheriff of Perry County from 1823 to 1826...

 (J), until October 30, 1836

• • James Black
    James Black (congressman)
    James Black was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Black was born in Newport, Pennsylvania...
    
     (J), from December 5, 1836. Joseph Henderson
    Joseph Henderson (Pennsylvania)
    Joseph Henderson was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Henderson was born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Centre County, Pennsylvania, in 1802. He attended the public schools and graduated from the Jefferson Medical...
    
     (J). Andrew Beaumont
    Andrew Beaumont
    Andrew Beaumont was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Andrew Beaumont was born in Lebanon, Connecticut. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1808 and studied law but never practiced. He served as collector of revenue in 1814 and prothonotary and clerk of the courts of...
    
     (J). Joseph B. Anthony
    Joseph Biles Anthony
    Joseph Biles Anthony was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Biles Anthony was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced...
    
     (J). John Laporte
    John Laporte
    John Laporte was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Laporte was born in Asylum, Pennsylvania. He was Auditor of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, in 1827 and 1828...
    
     (J). Job Mann
    Job Mann
    Job Mann was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Job Mann was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Bedford Academy. He served as clerk to the board of county commissioners in 1816...
    
     (J). John J. Klingensmith, Jr.
    John Klingensmith, Jr.
    John Klingensmith, Jr. was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Klingensmith, Jr. was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania...
    
     (J). Andrew Buchanan
    Andrew Buchanan (US)
    Andrew Buchanan was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Andrew Buchanan was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1798 and commenced practice in York,...
    
     (J). Thomas M. T. McKennan
    Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan
    Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer who briefly served as United States Secretary of the Interior.-Early life :...
    
     (AM). Harmar Denny
    Harmar Denny
    Harmar Denny was an American businessman and Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
    
     (AM). Samuel S. Harrison
    Samuel Smith Harrison
    Samuel Smith Harrison was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel Smith Harrison was born in Virginia in 1780. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved to Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and...
    
     (J). John Banks
    John Banks (United States)
    John Banks was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Banks was born near Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in 1819...
    
     (AM),until ????, 1836
  • John J. Pearson
    John James Pearson
    John James Pearson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and judge from Pennsylvania.John James Pearson was born near Darby in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Mercer, Pennsylvania, in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in August 1822 and...
    
     (AJ), from December 5, 1836. John Galbraith
    John Galbraith (Pennsylvania)
    John Galbraith was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
    
     (J)

Rhode Island 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Dutee J. Pearce (AM). William Sprague

William Sprague (1799-1856)

William Sprague, also known as William III or William Sprague III , was a politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Rhode Island, serving as the 14th Governor, a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. He was the uncle of William Sprague IV, also a Governor and Senator from Rhode...

 (AM)

South Carolina 

. Henry L. Pinckney

Henry L. Pinckney

Henry Laurens Pinckney was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, and the son of Charles Pinckney....

 (N). William J. Grayson

William J. Grayson

William John Grayson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. He was also a poet.-Biography:Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Grayson pursued classical studies, and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1809.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced...

 (N). Robert B. Campbell

Robert B. Campbell

Robert Blair Campbell was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, brother of John Campbell, also of South Carolina.Born in Marlboro County, South Carolina, Campbell was educated by a private tutor....

 (N). James H. Hammond

James Henry Hammond

James Henry Hammond was a politician from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860...

 (N), until February 26, 1836

• • Franklin H. Elmore
    Franklin H. Elmore
    Franklin Harper Elmore was a United States Representative and Senator. Born in Laurens District, he graduated from the South Carolina College at Columbia in 1819, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Walterboro...
    
     (N), from December 10, 1836. Francis W. Pickens
    Francis Wilkinson Pickens
    Francis Wilkinson Pickens was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Governor of South Carolina when the state seceded from the United States during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
    
     (N). Waddy Thompson, Jr.
    Waddy Thompson, Jr.
    Waddy Thompson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Pickensville , Ninety-Six District, South Carolina. Thompson moved to Greenville with his parents in his infancy...
    
     (AJ), from September 10, 1835. James Rogers (J). Richard I. Manning
    Richard Irvine Manning I
    Richard Irvine Manning I was the 50th Governor of South Carolina from 1824 to 1826 and was later a Representative in the United States Congress.-Early life and career:...
    
     (J), until May 1, 1836
  • John P. Richardson
    John Peter Richardson II
    John Peter Richardson II was the 59th Governor of South Carolina from 1840 to 1842.-Early life and career:Born on Hickory Hill Plantation in Clarendon County, Richardson was educated at Moses Waddel's School in Willington. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1819 and practiced law upon...
    
     (J), from December 19, 1836. John K. Griffin
    John K. Griffin
    John King Griffin was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Clinton, South Carolina, Griffin pursued an academic course.He engaged as a planter.He served in the State house of representatives 1816–1819....
    
     (N)

Tennessee 

. William B. Carter

William Blount Carter

William Blount Carter was an American politician who represented Tennessee's first district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (AJ). Samuel Bunch

Samuel Bunch

Samuel Bunch was an American politician that represented Tennessee's second district in the United States House of Representatives. He was born on December 4, 1786 in Grainger County, Tennessee. He attended the public schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits...

 (AJ). Luke Lea (AJ). James I. Standifer

James Israel Standifer

James Israel Standifer was an American politician that represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Virginia, probably in 1782. He attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He was elected to the Eighteenth...

 (AJ). John B. Forester

John B. Forester

John B. Forester was an American politician that represented Tennessee's fifth district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (AJ). Balie Peyton

Balie Peyton

Balie Peyton was an American lawyer and politician who represented Tennessee's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:He was born near Gallatin, Tennessee on November 6, 1803...

 (AJ). John Bell

John Bell (Tennessee politician)

John Bell was a U.S. politician, attorney, and plantation owner. A wealthy slaveholder from Tennessee, Bell served in the United States Congress in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He began his career as a Democrat, he eventually fell out with Andrew Jackson and became a Whig...

 (AJ). Abram P. Maury

Abram Poindexter Maury

Abram Poindexter Maury was an American politician, who represented Tennessee's eighth district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (AJ). James K. Polk

James K. Polk

James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...

 (J). Ebenezer J. Shields

Ebenezer J. Shields

Ebenezer J. Shields was an American politician that represented Tennessee's tenth district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (AJ). Cave Johnson

Cave Johnson

Cave Johnson was for fourteen years a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Tennessee. He was also the United States Postmaster General under James K. Polk from 1845–1849...

 (J). Adam Huntsman

Adam Huntsman

Adam Huntsman was an American lawyer and politician who represented Tennessee's twelfth district in the United States House of Representatives from 1835 to 1837.-Biography:...

 (J). William C. Dunlap

William Claiborne Dunlap

William Claiborne Dunlap was an American politician that represented Tennessee's thirteenth district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (J)

Vermont 

. Hiland Hall

Hiland Hall

Hiland Hall was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Bennington, Vermont. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Bennington....

 (AJ). William Slade

William Slade

William Slade jr. was an American Whig and Anti-Masonic politician.He was born in Cornwall, Vermont, May 9, 1786; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Middlebury College in 1807; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Middlebury; engaged in editorial...

 (AM). Horace Everett

Horace Everett

Horace Everett was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Foxboro, Massachusetts. His father was John Everett; his mother was Melatiah Ware. He was a descendant of Richard Everett and first cousin of Edward Everett. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode...

 (AJ). Heman Allen (AJ). Henry F. Janes (AM)

Virginia 

. George Loyall

George Loyall

George Loyall was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Loyall was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1808.He studied law but did not practice....

 (J). John Y. Mason

John Y. Mason

John Young Mason was an American politician, diplomat, and United States federal judge.-Early life, education, and career:...

 (J), until January 11, 1837. John W. Jones

John Winston Jones

John Winston Jones was an American politician and lawyer.Born 22 November 1791 in Amelia County, Virginia, he graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1813. He practiced law in Chesterfield County, Virginia before being appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Virginia's 5th Judicial Circuit...

 (J). George C. Dromgoole

George Dromgoole

George Coke Dromgoole was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the uncle of Alexander Dromgoole Sims....

 (J). James W. Bouldin (J). Walter Coles

Walter Coles

Walter Coles was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born at Coles Ferry, Virginia. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Virginia and served from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1845. He died near Chatham, Virginia.He was the son of Isaac Coles, also a United...

 (J). Nathaniel H. Claiborne

Nathaniel Claiborne

Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne was a nineteenth century politician from Virginia. He was the brother of William Charles Cole Claiborne, the nephew of Thomas Claiborne, the uncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne and the great-great-great granduncle Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs and...

 (AJ). Henry A. Wise

Henry A. Wise

Henry Alexander Wise was an American politician and governor of Virginia, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

 (J). John Roane

John Roane

John Roane was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia. He was the father of congressman John J. Roane....

 (J). John Taliaferro

John Taliaferro

John Taliaferro was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and librarian from Virginia.-Early life and education:Born on "Hays" near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taliaferro attended the common schools as a child...

 (AJ). John Robertson (AJ). James Garland

James Garland

James Garland was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Ivy Depot, Virginia, Garland pursued in preparatory studies before studying law. After being admitted to the bar, he commenced his law practice out of Lovingston, Virginia. He left practice for a short time to serve...

 (J). John M. Patton

John M. Patton

John Mercer Patton was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Patton attended Princeton University and graduated from the medical department at the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing...

 (J). Charles F. Mercer

Charles F. Mercer

Charles Fenton Mercer was a nineteenth century politician, U.S. Congressman, and lawyer from Loudoun County, Virginia....

 (AJ). Edward Lucas

Edward Lucas (congressman)

Edward Lucas was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, merchant and storekeeper from Virginia. He was the brother of William Lucas....

 (J). James M. H. Beale

James M. H. Beale

James Madison Hite Beale was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Mount Airy, Virginia, Beale pursued preparatory studies.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (J). Robert Craig

Robert Craig (representative)

Robert Craig was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near Christiansburg, Virginia, Craig attended the rural schools, Washington College , Lexington, Virginia, and graduated from Lewisburg Academy in Greenbrier County.He engaged in planting.He served in the State house of delegates in 1817,...

 (J). George W. Hopkins

George Washington Hopkins

George Washington Hopkins was a nineteenth century United States politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher....

 (J). William McComas

William McComas

William McComas was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near Pearisburg, Virginia, McComas attended private schools and Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia.He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the practice of law....

 (AJ). Joseph Johnson

Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician)

Joseph Johnson was a United States Representative and was the 32nd Governor of Virginia from 1852 to 1856. Born in Orange County, New York, he moved with his mother to Belvidere, New Jersey in 1791 and thence to Bridgeport, Virginia in 1801...

 (J). William S. Morgan

William S. Morgan

William Stephen Morgan was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Monongalia County, Virginia , Morgan attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits at White Day, Virginia....

 (J)

Non-voting members

. Ambrose H. Sevier

Ambrose Hundley Sevier

Ambrose Hundley Sevier was a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Arkansas.Ambrose Hundley Sevier was born near Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County, Tennessee. Sevier moved to Missouri in 1820 and to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1821.In Arkansas he became clerk of the Territorial...

 (J), until June 15, 1836. Joseph M. White

Joseph M. White

Joseph M. White was a Delegate to the US House of Representatives from the Florida Territory.Born in Franklin County, Kentucky; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Pensacola, Florida in 1821; one of the commissioners under the act of Congress...

 (J). George W. Jones

George W. Jones

George Wallace Jones , a frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846...

 (J), until January 26, 1837. George W. Jones

George W. Jones

George Wallace Jones , a frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846...

 (J), from January 26, 1837

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 11
  • Anti-Jacksonians: 5-seat net loss
  • Jacksonians: 10-seat net gain
• Deaths: 3
• Resignations: 8
• Interim appointments: 0
• Seats of newly admitted states: 4
• Total seats with changes: 16

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| Louisiana
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Elected to fill vacancy of Senator-elect Charles E.A. Gayarre, who resigned on account of ill-health
| | Robert C. Nicholas

Robert C. Nicholas

Robert Carter Nicholas was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Hanover, Virginia, he served in the War of 1812 as a captain and major...

 (J)
| January 13, 1836
|-
| Connecticut
(1)
| | Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith (senator)

Nathan Smith was a United States Senator from Connecticut, and was the brother of Nathaniel Smith and uncle of Truman Smith. He was born in Woodbury, Connecticut and received a modest education. He read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1792 and commenced the practice of his profession in New...

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 6, 1835
| | John M. Niles

John Milton Niles

John Milton Niles was a lawyer, editor, author and politician from Connecticut, serving in the United States Senate and as United States Postmaster General 1840 to 1841....

 (J)
| Appointed December 21, 1835, subsequently elected.
|-
| Illinois
(3)
| | Elias Kane

Elias Kane

Elias Kent Kane was one of the first U.S. Senators from Illinois.He was born in New York City, attended the public schools, and graduated from Yale College in 1813....

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 12, 1835
| | William Lee D. Ewing

William Lee D. Ewing

William Lee Davidson Ewing was a politician from Illinois who served partial terms as the fifth governor of the state and as U.S. Senator....

 (J)
| Appointed December 30, 1835
|-
| Virginia
(1)
| | John Tyler

John Tyler

John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor...

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 29, 1836
| | William C. Rives

William Cabell Rives

William Cabell Rives was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Albemarle County, Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Jackson Democrat in both the U.S. House and Senate and also served as the U.S. minister to France....

 (J)
| Elected March 4, 1836
|-
| Maine
(1)
| | Ether Shepley

Ether Shepley

Ether Shepley was an American politician.Shepley, a Democratic-Republican, served in the Maine State House before becoming one of the state's U.S. Senators. Shepley resigned from the Senate after two years to become a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.Shepley was born in Groton,...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1836
| | Judah Dana

Judah Dana

Judah Dana was a Maine statesman and U.S. Senator.He was born either in Connecticut or Vermont. He was a grandson of the American Revolutionary War Gen. Israel Putnam....

 (J)
| Appointed December 7, 1836
|-
| New Hampshire
(3)
| | Isaac Hill

Isaac Hill

Isaac Hill was an American publisher, editor, and politician from Concord, New Hampshire. Born in 1789 in West Cambridge, Massachusetts, he represented New Hampshire in the United States Senate and later served as governor...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 30, 1836 to become Governor of New Hampshire

Governor of New Hampshire

The Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering Vermont, to hold...

| | John Page

John Page (New Hampshire)

John Page was an American farmer and politician from Haverhill, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the United States Senate and served as Governor of the state.-External links:*...

 (J)
| Elected June 8, 1836
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| Delaware
(1)
| | Arnold Naudain

Arnold Naudain

Dr. Arnold Snow Naudain was an American physician and politician from Odessa, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and a member of the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S...

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 16, 1836
| | Richard H. Bayard

Richard H. Bayard

Richard Henry Bayard was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as the first Mayor of Wilmington, Chief Justice of the Delaware Superior Court, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:Bayard...

 (AJ)
| Elected June 17, 1836
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| Virginia
(2)
| | Benjamin W. Leigh

Benjamin W. Leigh

Benjamin Watkins Leigh was an American lawyer and politician from Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in the United States Senate. Benjamin Watkins Leigh was born in Chesterfield County on June 18, 1781, the son of the Reverend William Leigh...

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 4, 1836
| | Richard E. Parker

Richard E. Parker

Richard Elliott Parker was born at Rock Spring, Westmoreland County, Virginia, son of Captain William Harwar and Mary Parker, and grandson of Judge Richard and Elizabeth Parker. He studied law at Lawfield, Virginia, under his grandfather, Judge Richard Parker...

 (J)
| Elected December 12, 1836
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| Arkansas
(2)
| rowspan=2 | New seats
| rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Arkansas was admitted to the Union.
| | William S. Fulton (J)
| rowspan=2 | Elected September 18, 1836
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| Arkansas
(3)
| | Ambrose H. Sevier

Ambrose Hundley Sevier

Ambrose Hundley Sevier was a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Arkansas.Ambrose Hundley Sevier was born near Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County, Tennessee. Sevier moved to Missouri in 1820 and to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1821.In Arkansas he became clerk of the Territorial...

 (J)
|-
| Maryland
(3)
| | Robert H. Goldsborough

Robert Henry Goldsborough

Robert Henry Goldsborough was an American politician from Talbot County, Maryland.Goldsborough was born at "Myrtle Grove" near Easton, Maryland. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland in 1795...

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 5, 1836
| | John S. Spence

John S. Spence

John Selby Spence was an American politician.Born near Snow Hill, Maryland, Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1809 and practiced in Worcester County, Maryland...

 (AJ)
| Elected December 31, 1836
|-
| North Carolina
(3)
| | Willie P. Mangum

Willie Person Mangum

Willie Person Mangum was a U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading members of the Whig party, and was a candidate for President on a Whig ticket in 1836.Mangum was born in Durham County, North Carolina...

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 26, 1836
| | Robert Strange

Robert Strange

Robert Strange was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1836 and 1840.Strange was born in Manchester, Virginia. He attended New Oxford Academy and Washington College in Lexington, Virginia...

 (J)
| Elected December 5, 1836

|-
| Delaware
(2)
| | John M. Clayton

John M. Clayton

John Middleton Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Secretary of State....

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 29, 1836
| | Thomas Clayton

Thomas Clayton

Thomas Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the...

 (AJ)
| Elected January 9, 1837
|-
| Louisiana
(3)
| | Alexander Porter

Alexander Porter

Alexander Porter was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1801 with an uncle, who settled in Nashville, Tennessee...

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1837 due to ill health
| | Alexandre Mouton (J)
| Elected January 12, 1837
|-
| Michigan
(1)
| rowspan=2 | New seats
| rowspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Michigan was admitted to the Union.
| | Lucius Lyon

Lucius Lyon

Lucius Lyon was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan. He was born in Shelburne, Vermont, where he received a common school education and studied engineering and surveying...

 (J)
| rowspan=2 | Elected December 26, 1837
|-
| Michigan
(2)
| | John Norvell

John Norvell

John Norvell was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan.-History:Norvell was born in Danville, Kentucky, then still a part of Virginia, where he attended the common schools....

 (J)
|}

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 17
  • Anti-Jacksonians: 5-seat net gain
  • Anti-Masonics: 1-seat net loss
  • Jacksonians: 2-seat net loss
  • Nullifiers: No net change
• Deaths: 5
• Resignations: 12
• Contested election: 0
• Seats of newly admitted states: 2
• Total seats with changes: 24

|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Warren R. Davis

Warren R. Davis

Warren Ransom Davis was an American attorney and Representative from South Carolina's 6th congressional district from 1827-35....

 died during previous congress
| | Waddy Thompson, Jr.

Waddy Thompson, Jr.

Waddy Thompson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Pickensville , Ninety-Six District, South Carolina. Thompson moved to Greenville with his parents in his infancy...

 (AJ)
| Seated September 10, 1835
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. James M. Wayne

James Moore Wayne

James Moore Wayne was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and was a United States Representative from Georgia.-Biography:...

 resigned in previous congress
| | Jabez Y. Jackson

Jabez Young Jackson

Jabez Young Jackson was a U.S. representative from Georgia.-Biography:Jackson was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of James Jackson , and later uncle of James Jackson . He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of...

 (J)
| Seated October 5, 1835
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Campbell P. White

Campbell P. White

Campbell Patrick White was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Ireland, White received a limited education...

 resigned in previous congress
| | Gideon Lee

Gideon Lee

Gideon Lee was an American politician who was Mayor of New York and United States Representative from New York.-Life:...

 (J)
| Seated November 4, 1835

|-
|
| | William Schley

William Schley

William Schley was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician.-Biography:...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1835 after being nominated for Governor of Georgia
| | Jesse F. Cleveland

Jesse Franklin Cleveland

Jesse Franklin Cleveland was a United States Representative and businessman from Georgia.Cleveland was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1804. He attended school in South Carolina before moving to Georgia. From 1831 to 1843, Cleveland served in the Georgia Senate...

 (J)
| Seated October 5, 1835
|-
|
| | James C. Terrell

James C. Terrell

James C. Terrell was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia.Terrell was born in Franklin County, Georgia, in 1806. He attended studied law, gained admittance to the state bar and practiced law in Carnesville, Georgia. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1830 to...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 8, 1835 due to ill health
| | Hopkins Holsey

Hopkins Holsey

Hopkins Holsey was a United States Representative, newspaper publisher and lawyer from Georgia.Born near Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1779, Holsey attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, and graduated from the Litchfield Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut...

 (J)
| Seated October 5, 1835
|-
|
| | John W. A. Sanford

John W. A. Sanford

John W. A. Sanford was a United States Representative and farmer from Georgia.Sanford was born near Milledgeville, Georgia, in 1798. He attended Yale University and was a farmer...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 25, 1835 to assist in the Cherokee Indian removal

Indian Removal

Indian removal was a nineteenth century policy of the government of the United States to relocate Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river...

| | Thomas Glascock

Thomas Glascock

Thomas Glascock Jr. was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.Glascock was born in Augusta, Georgia. He studied law, gained admission to the state bar, and began practicing law in Augusta. Thomas Jr. was the son of Brigadier General Thomas Glascock Sr. who rescued Count Pulaski from the...

 (J)
| Seated October 5, 1835
|-
|
| | Zalmon Wildman

Zalmon Wildman

Zalmon Wildman was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Danbury, Connecticut where he completed preparatory studies. He was manufacturer of hats and he established the first hat stores in Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia in 1802...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 10, 1835
| | Thomas T. Whittlesey

Thomas T. Whittlesey

Thomas Tucker Whittlesey was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, cousin of Elisha Whittlesey and Frederick Whittlesey....

 (J)
| Seated April 29, 1836
|-
|
| | John Banks

John Banks (United States)

John Banks was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Banks was born near Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in 1819...

 (AM)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned sometime in 1836
| | John J. Pearson

John James Pearson

John James Pearson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and judge from Pennsylvania.John James Pearson was born near Darby in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Mercer, Pennsylvania, in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in August 1822 and...

 (AJ)
| Seated December 5, 1836
|-
|
| | James H. Hammond

James Henry Hammond

James Henry Hammond was a politician from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860...

 (N)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 26, 1836 because of ill health
| | Franklin H. Elmore

Franklin H. Elmore

Franklin Harper Elmore was a United States Representative and Senator. Born in Laurens District, he graduated from the South Carolina College at Columbia in 1819, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Walterboro...

 (N)
| Seated December 10, 1836
|-
|
| | Samuel Beardsley

Samuel Beardsley

Samuel Beardsley was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 29, 1836
| | Rutger B. Miller

Rutger B. Miller

Rutger Bleecker Miller was a United States Representative from New York. His father was Morris Smith Miller, also a U.S...

 (J)
| Seated November 9, 1836
|-
|
| | James Graham

James Graham (NC politician)

James Graham a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, January 7, 1793; brother of William Alexander Graham; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the...

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Seat declared vacant March 29, 1836
| | James Graham

James Graham (NC politician)

James Graham a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, January 7, 1793; brother of William Alexander Graham; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the...

 (AJ
| Seated December 5, 1836
|-
|
| | Richard I. Manning

Richard Irvine Manning I

Richard Irvine Manning I was the 50th Governor of South Carolina from 1824 to 1826 and was later a Representative in the United States Congress.-Early life and career:...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 1, 1836
| | John P. Richardson

John Peter Richardson II

John Peter Richardson II was the 59th Governor of South Carolina from 1840 to 1842.-Early life and career:Born on Hickory Hill Plantation in Clarendon County, Richardson was educated at Moses Waddel's School in Willington. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1819 and practiced law upon...

 (J)
| Seated December 19, 1836
|-
| nowrap |
| | Ambrose H. Sevier

Ambrose Hundley Sevier

Ambrose Hundley Sevier was a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Arkansas.Ambrose Hundley Sevier was born near Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County, Tennessee. Sevier moved to Missouri in 1820 and to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1821.In Arkansas he became clerk of the Territorial...

 (J)
| colspan=3 style="font-size:80%" | Seat was eliminated when Arkansas achieved statehood June 15, 1836
|-
|
| | Andrew T. Judson

Andrew T. Judson

Andrew Thompson Judson was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut and later a United States federal judge....

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 4, 1836 after being appointed to seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven. Appeals from the court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...

| | Orrin Holt

Orrin Holt

Orrin Holt was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Willington, Connecticut. He received a limited schooling and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives 1830-1832...

 (J)
| Seated December 5, 1836
|-
|
| | David Dickson

David Dickson (politician)

David Dickson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.-Biography:Born in Georgia, United States, Dickson moved to Mississippi.He studied medicine and practiced extensively in Pike County....

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 31, 1836
| | Samuel J. Gholson

Samuel J. Gholson

Samuel Jameson Gholson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, as well as a Confederate general during the American Civil War...

 (J)
| Seated December 1, 1836
|-
| nowrap |
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836
| | Archibald Yell

Archibald Yell

Archibald Yell was a member of the United States House of Representatives, second Governor of the State of Arkansas, and a Brigadier General in the United States Army serving in the Mexican-American War.-Early life:...

 (J)
| Seated August 1, 1836
|-
|
| | George W. Towns

George W. Towns

George Washington Bonaparte Towns was a United States lawyer, legislator, and politician.Towns was born in Wilkes County, Georgia to Margaret George Hardwick and John Towns in 1801...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 1, 1836
| | Julius C. Alford

Julius Caesar Alford

Julius Caesar Alford was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.-Biography:Born in Greensboro, Georgia, in 1799, Alford studied law, gained admission to the state bar in 1809, and began practicing law in Lagrange, Georgia.Alford served in the Georgia House of Representatives and was a company...

 (AJ)
| Seated January 2, 1837
|-
|
| | Philo C. Fuller

Philo C. Fuller

Philo Case Fuller was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...

 (AJ)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 2, 1836
| | John Young

John Young (Governor)

John Young was an American politician.He was born in Chelsea, Vermont. As a child, he moved to Freeport , Livingston County, New York. He had only basic schooling but, by self-study accumulated a knowledge of classics and became a law clerk, becoming admitted to the bar in 1829...

 (AJ)
| Seated November 9, 1836
|-
|
| | John E. Coffee

John E. Coffee

John E. Coffee was a military leader and a United States Congressman for the state of Georgia.-Early life:...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 25, 1836
| | William C. Dawson

William Crosby Dawson

William Crosby Dawson was a lawyer, judge, politician, and soldier from Georgia.-Early life, education and legal career:...

 (AJ)
| Seated November 7, 1836
|-
|
| | Jesse Miller

Jesse Miller

Jesse Miller was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jesse Miller was born near Landisburg, Pennsylvania. He was the first clerk to county commissioner of Perry County, Pennsylvania, from 1820 to 1823. He was sheriff of Perry County from 1823 to 1826...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 30, 1836
| | James Black

James Black (congressman)

James Black was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Black was born in Newport, Pennsylvania...

 (J)
| Seated December 5, 1836
|-
|
| | Philemon Dickerson

Philemon Dickerson

Philemon Dickerson was a United States congressman representing New Jersey, and was later a United States federal judge. He was the brother of Governor, then United States Senator, Mahlon Dickerson of New Jersey...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 3, 1836 after being chosen Governor of New Jersey

Governor of New Jersey

The Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be...

| | William Chetwood

William Chetwood

William Chetwood was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey. He was the Mayor of Elizabethtown, New Jersey from 1839 to 1841.-Biography:...

 (AJ)
| Seated December 5, 1836
|-
|
| | George L. Kinnard

George L. Kinnard

George L. Kinnard was a Representative from Indiana; born in Pennsylvania in 1803; moved with his widowed mother to Tennessee and completed preparatory studies; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1823; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practised in Marion County, Ind.; assessor for Marion...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 26, 1836
| | William Herod

William Herod

William Herod was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Herod completed preparatory studies.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Bracken County, Kentucky....

 (AJ)
| Seated January 25, 1837
|-
|
| | John Y. Mason

John Y. Mason

John Young Mason was an American politician, diplomat, and United States federal judge.-Early life, education, and career:...

 (J)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 11, 1837
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
| nowrap |
| | George W. Jones

George W. Jones

George Wallace Jones , a frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846...

 (J)
| colspan=3 style="font-size:80%" | Seat was eliminated when Michigan achieved statehood January 26, 1837
|-
| nowrap |
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837
| | Isaac E. Crary

Isaac E. Crary

Isaac Edwin Crary was the first elected U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.Crary was born in Preston, Connecticut, where he attended the public schools and graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in its first class in 1827...

 (J)
| Seated January 26, 1837
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Wisconsin Territory was organized on April 3, 1836
| | George W. Jones

George W. Jones

George Wallace Jones , a frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846...

 (J)
| Seated January 26, 1837
|}

Senate

• Chaplain
  Chaplain of the United States Senate
  The Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...
  
  : Edward Y. Higbee
  Edward Young Higbee
  Edward Young Higbee was an Episcopal clergyman who served as Chaplain of the United States Senate .- Early years :...
  
   (Episcopalian), elected December 23, 1835
  • John R. Goodman (Episcopalian), elected December 28, 1836
• Secretary
  Secretary of the United States Senate
  The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...
  
  : Walter Lowrie
  Walter Lowrie
  Walter Lowrie was a teacher, farmer, and politician from Butler County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate...
  
   until December 11, 1836
  • Asbury Dickens, elected December 12, 1836
• Sergeant at Arms
  Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
  The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...
  
  : John Shackford

House of Representatives

• Chaplain
  Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
  The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...
  
  : Thomas H. Stockton (Methodist
  Methodism
  Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
  
  ), elected December 7, 1835
  • Oliver C. Comstock (Baptist
    Baptist
    Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
    
    ), elected December 5, 1836
• Clerk
  Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
  The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....
  
  : Walter S. Franklin
  Walter S. Franklin
  Walter S. Franklin was a politician from Pennsylvania who was the seventh Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1833 until his death in 1838....
  
  
• Doorkeeper
  Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
  An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...
  
  : Overton Carr
• Sergeant at Arms
  Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
  The United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
  
  : Roderick Dorsey, elected December 15, 1835
• Postmaster
  Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
  The Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
  
  : William J. McCormick

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists