House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: 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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• 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...
  
  : Robert M.T. Hunter
  Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter
  -References:* Patrick, Rembert W. . Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 90–101.-External links:* – A speech by R. M. T. Hunter before the U.S. House of Representatives, May 8th, 1846...
  
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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 with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

Alabama 

• 2. 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...
  
   (D)
• 3. Clement C. Clay
  Clement Comer Clay
  Clement Comer Clay was the eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837.Clay was born in Halifax County, Virginia. His father, William Clay, was an officer in the American Revolutionary War, who moved to Grainger County, Tennessee, after the war. Clay attended public schools and...
  
   (D)

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...
  
   (D)

Connecticut 

• 3. Perry Smith
  Perry Smith (U.S. Congressman)
  Perry Smith was a Connecticut State Representative and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1836, where he served one term. Smith served on the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. He practiced law in New Milford, where he died on June 8, 1852 and is buried at...
  
   (D)
• 1. Thaddeus Betts
  Thaddeus Betts
  Thaddeus Betts was a United States Senator from Connecticut.He completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1807...
  
   (W), until April 7, 1840
  • Jabez W. Huntington
    Jabez W. Huntington
    Jabez Williams Huntington was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut.Born in Norwich, he pursued classical studies, and graduated from Yale College in 1806. Jabez taught in the Litchfield South Farms Academy for one year, and studied law...
    
     (W), from May 4, 1840

Delaware 

• 1. 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...
  
   (W), until September 19, 1839
  • 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...
    
     (W), from January 12, 1841
• 2. 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...
  
   (W)

Georgia 

• 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...
  
   (D)
• 2. Wilson Lumpkin
  Wilson Lumpkin
  Wilson Lumpkin was a governor of Georgia, and a United States Representative and Senator.-Biography:Born near Dan River, Virginia, he moved in 1784 to Oglethorpe County, Georgia with his parents, who settled near Point Peter and subsequently at Lexington, Georgia...
  
   (D)

Illinois 

• 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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• 3. Richard M. Young
  Richard M. Young
  Richard Montgomery Young was a U.S. Senator from Illinois.Young was born in Fayette County, Kentucky and was admitted to the bar in 1814. In 1817, he moved his law practices to Jonesboro, Illinois and was appointed a Captain in the State Militia. He served in the Illinois state house from...
  
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Indiana 

• 3. Oliver H. Smith
  Oliver H. Smith
  Oliver Hampton Smith was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana. Born on Smith's Island, near Trenton, New Jersey, attended the common schools and moved west, eventually settling in Lawrenceburg, Indiana in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1820, commencing...
  
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• 1. Albert S. White
  Albert White (U.S. Senator)
  Albert Smith White was a U.S. Senator and Representative from the state of Indiana.White was born in Orange County, New York. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady in 1822, after which he studied law; he entered practice as a lawyer in 1825...
  
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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 

• 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...
  
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• 3. 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...
  
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Maine 

• 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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• 1. Reuel Williams
  Reuel Williams
  Reuel Williams was a U.S. Senator from Maine.Born in Hallowell, Maine to Seth Williams and Zelphia Ingraham, he attended Hallowell Academy, and went on to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1804, commencing practice in Augusta, Maine.He was a member of the Maine Legislature from 1812 to 1829...
  
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Maryland 

• 3. 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...
  
   (W), until October 24, 1840
  • John L. Kerr
    John Leeds Kerr
    John Leeds Kerr was an American politician.-Early years:Kerr was born in 1780 at Greenbury Point near Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated from St. John’s College of Annapolis in 1799...
    
     (W), from January 5, 1841
• 1. William D. Merrick
  William Duhurst Merrick
  William Duhurst Merrick was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1838 to 1845.Merrick was born in Annapolis, Maryland and completed preparatory studies. He later graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..Merrick held several local offices and served in the War of 1812...
  
   (W)

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...
  
   (W), until February 22, 1841
  • Rufus Choate
    Rufus Choate
    Rufus Choate , American lawyer and orator, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, a descendant of an English family which settled in Massachusetts in 1643. His first cousin, physician George Choate, was the father of George C. S. Choate and Joseph Hodges Choate...
    
     (W), from February 23, 1841
• 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...
  
   (W), until January 5, 1841
  • Isaac C. Bates
    Isaac C. Bates
    Isaac Chapman Bates was an American politician from Massachusetts.He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale College in 1802...
    
     (W), from January 13, 1841

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....
  
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• 1. Augustus S. Porter
  Augustus Seymour Porter
  Augustus Seymour Porter was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan.He was born in Canandaigua, New York, the nephew of Peter Buell Porter and attended Canandaigua Academy. He graduated from Union College, in Schenectady, New York, in 1818, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced...
  
   (W), from January 20, 1840

Mississippi 

• 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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• 1. John Henderson
  John Henderson (Mississippi politician)
  John Henderson was a lawyer and U.S. Senator from Mississippi.Born in Cumberland County, New Jersey, Henderson worked as a flatboatman on the Mississippi River and studied law. He moved to Mississippi and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Woodville, Mississippi...
  
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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...
  
   (D)
• 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...
  
   (D)

New Hampshire 

• 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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• 3. 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...
  
   (D)

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...
  
   (D)

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...
  
   (D), until November 16, 1840
  • 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...
    
     (W), from November 25, 1840
• 3. 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...
  
   (D), until November 16, 1840
  • William A. Graham
    William Alexander Graham
    William Alexander Graham was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, the 30th Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852. He was also a candidate for the vice-presidency in 1852.-Education:Graham was born near...
    
     (W), from November 25, 1840

Ohio 

• 3. William Allen
  William Allen (governor)
  William Allen was an Democratic Representative, Senator and 31st Governor of Ohio. He moved to the U.S. state of Ohio after his parents died, residing in Chillicothe, Ohio....
  
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• 1. Benjamin Tappan
  Benjamin Tappan
  Benjamin Tappan was an Ohio judge and Democratic politician who served in the Ohio State Senate and the United States Senate...
  
   (D)

Pennsylvania 

• 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....
  
   (D)
• 1. Daniel Sturgeon
  Daniel Sturgeon
  Daniel Sturgeon was an American physician, banker and Democratic party politician from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate....
  
   (D), from January 14, 1840

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...
  
   (W)
• 1. Nathan F. Dixon
  Nathan F. Dixon (1774-1842)
  Nathan Fellows Dixon was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Plainfield, Connecticut, he attended Plainfield Academy and graduated from the College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at Providence in 1799...
  
   (W)

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...
  
   (W)

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...
  
   (W), until January 13, 1840
  • Alexander O. Anderson
    Alexander O. Anderson
    Alexander Outlaw Anderson was an American attorney who represented Tennessee in the United States Senate, and later served in the California State Senate, and on the California Supreme Court.-Biography:The son of longtime U.S...
    
     (D), from February 26, 1840
• 1. Ephraim H. Foster
  Ephraim H. Foster
  Ephraim Hubbard Foster twice served as a United States Senator from Tennessee. During his political career, he was a member of the Whig Party.-Biography:...
  
   (W), until March 4, 1839
  • 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:...
    
     (D), from November 19, 1839 - December 19, 1840
  • Alfred O. P. Nicholson
    Alfred O. P. Nicholson
    Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson , a Tennessee Democratic politician and lawyer, was twice a United States Senator from that state.-Biography:...
    
     (D), from December 25, 1840

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...
  
   (W)
• 1. Samuel S. Phelps
  Samuel S. Phelps
  Samuel Shethar Phelps was a United States Senator from Vermont. He was a member of the Whig Party.Phelps was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. He studied at Yale University and served as a military paymaster during the War of 1812. He then settled in Middlebury, Vermont and became a lawyer, soon...
  
   (W)

Virginia 

• 2. William H. Roane
  William H. Roane
  William Henry Roane was a politician from Virginia. He was the son of Judge Spencer Roane and the grandson of founding father Patrick Henry.Born in Virginia, Roane pursued in preparatory studies as a young man...
  
   (D)
• 1. 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....
  
   (W), from January 18, 1841

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:**...

 (D). David Hubbard

David Hubbard

David Hubbard was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, cousin of Samuel Houston.Born near the town of Old Liberty , Bedford County, Virginia, Hubbard attended the county schools and an academy....

 (D). George W. Crabb (W). Dixon H. Lewis

Dixon Hall Lewis

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

 (D). James Dellet

James Dellet

James Dellet was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. He was born on February 18, 1788 in Camden, New Jersey. He moved to Columbia, South Carolina with his parents in 1800. In 1810, he graduated from the University of South Carolina at...

 (W)

Arkansas 

. Edward Cross (D)

Connecticut 

. Joseph Trumbull

Joseph Trumbull (governor)

Joseph Trumbull was a U.S. lawyer, banker, and politician from Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the U.S. Congress and served as the 20th Governor of Connecticut.-Family:...

 (W). William L. Storrs

William L. Storrs

William Lucius Storrs was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, brother of Henry Randolph Storrs.Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Storrs was graduated from Yale College in 1814....

 (W), until June ???, 1840

• • William W. Boardman
    William Whiting Boardman
    William Whiting Boardman was a politician and United States Representative from Connecticut.He was born in New Milford, Connecticut, the son of Elijah Boardman and nephew of David Sherman Boardman. He was an early graduate of Bacon Academy in Colchester, CT...
    
     (W), from December 7, 1840. Thomas W. Williams (W). Thomas B. Osborne (W). Truman Smith
    Truman Smith
    Truman Smith was a politician, lawyer and judge from Connecticut. He was the nephew of Nathaniel Smith and Nathan Smith....
    
     (W). John H. Brockway
    John H. Brockway
    John Hall Brockway was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Ellington, Connecticut, Brockway pursued preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1820...
    
     (W)

Delaware 

. Thomas Robinson, Jr.

Thomas Robinson, Jr.

Thomas Robinson, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served as United States Representative from Delaware.-Early life and family:...

 (D)

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...

.. 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...

 (W). Edward J. Black

Edward Junius Black

Edward Junius Black was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia. His son was U.S. Representative George Robison Black...

 (W). Walter T. Colquitt

Walter T. Colquitt

Walter Terry Colquitt was a lawyer, circuit-riding Methodist preacher, United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.-Biography:...

 (W), until July 21, 1840

• • Hines Holt
    Hines Holt
    Hines Holt was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born near Milledgeville, Georgia, a son of Hines Holt and Mary Dixon Seward Holt. He completed preparatory studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia's Franklin College in 1824...
    
     (W), from February 1, 1841. Mark A. Cooper
    Mark Anthony Cooper
    For other people with the same name, see Mark CooperMark Anthony Cooper was a United States Representative, businessman and lawyer from Georgia. His cousin was U.S...
    
     (W). William C. Dawson
    William Crosby Dawson
    William Crosby Dawson was a lawyer, judge, politician, and soldier from Georgia.-Early life, education and legal career:...
    
     (W). Richard W. Habersham
    Richard W. Habersham
    Richard Wylly Habersham was an American lawyer from Savannah, Georgia. Habersham graduated from Princeton College in 1810. He was appointed United States Attorney and served until his resignation in 1825. Running as a Whig, he was elected as a representative of Georgia in the United States House...
    
     (W). Thomas Butler King (W). Eugenius A. Nisbet
    Eugenius Aristides Nisbet
    Eugenius Aristides Nisbet was an American politician, jurist, and lawyer.Nisbet was born near Union Point, Georgia. He attended the Powellton Academy in Hancock County, Georgia from 1815 to 1817, the University of South Carolina in Columbia from 1817 to 1819, and graduated from the University of...
    
     (W). Lott Warren
    Lott Warren
    Lott Warren was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born in Burke County, Georgia near Augusta, Georgia. He attended the common schools and the moved to Dublin, Georgia in 1816. He served as a second lieutenant of Volunteers in the expedition against the Seminoles in 1818...
    
     (W)

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...

 (D). 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...

 (D). John T. Stuart

John T. Stuart

John Todd Stuart was a lawyer and a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Stuart graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1826. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828, and commenced practice in Springfield, Illinois...

 (W)

Indiana 

. George H. Proffit

George H. Proffit

George H. Proffit was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Proffit completed preparatory studies.He moved to Petersburg, Indiana, in 1828....

 (W). 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:...

 (D). John Carr (D). Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith (Indiana congressman)

Thomas Smith was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana.Smith was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1818, he moved to Rising Sun, Indiana, where he learned the trade of tanning. He then moved to Versailles, Indiana in 1821 and established a tanyard...

 (D). James Rariden

James Rariden

James Rariden was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Cynthiana, Kentucky, Rariden received a limited schooling.He moved to Brookville, Indiana, and thence to Salisbury.Deputy clerk of court.He studied law....

 (W). William W. Wick

William W. Wick

William Watson Wick was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.The son of Presbyterian Minister the Rev. William Wick, and his wife Elizabeth the daughter of an officer in the Continental Army; the younger Mr...

 (D). Tilghman A. Howard

Tilghman Howard

Tilghman Ashurst Howard was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. He was born near Pickensville, South Carolina. He moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1816 and was admitted to the bar there in 1818. In 1830 he moved to Bloomington, Indiana and in 1833 to Rockville, Indiana...

 (D), from August 5, 1839 until July 1, 1840

• • Henry S. Lane
    Henry Smith Lane
    Henry Smith Lane was a United States Representative, Senator, and the 13th Governor of Indiana; he was by design the shortest-serving Governor of Indiana, having made plans to resign the office should his party take control of the Indiana General Assembly and elect him to the United States Senate...
    
     (W), from August 3, 1840

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...

 (D). Philip Triplett

Philip Triplett

Philip Triplett was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Madison County, Kentucky, Triplett attended the common schools of central Kentucky near Franklin, and in Scott County.He studied law in Owensboro, Kentucky....

 (W). Joseph R. Underwood

Joseph R. Underwood

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

 (W). 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....

 (W). Simeon H. Anderson

Simeon H. Anderson

Simeon H. Anderson was a United States Representative from Kentucky. Anderson was the father of William Clayton Anderson who also served as a Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Lancaster, Kentucky were he pursued preparatory studies...

 (W), until August 11, 1840

• • John B. Thompson
    John Burton Thompson
    John Burton Thompson was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson completed preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Harrodsburg, becoming the Commonwealth's Attorney...
    
     (W), from December 7, 1840. Willis Green
    Willis Green
    Willis Green was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, GreenBirth date unknown.He attended the public schools.He settled in that part of Virginia which is now the State of Kentucky....
    
     (W). John Pope
    John Pope (politician)
    John Pope was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory....
    
     (W). 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...
    
     (W). 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...
    
     (W). Richard Hawes
    Richard Hawes
    Richard Hawes was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the second Confederate Governor of Kentucky. He was part of an influential political family, with a brother, uncle, and cousin who also served as U.S. Representatives. He began his political career as an ardent Whig and was a close...
    
     (W). Landaff W. Andrews
    Landaff Andrews
    Landaff Watson Andrews was a United States Representative from Kentucky. Born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, he graduated from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky in 1826 and was admitted to the bar the same year...
    
     (W). Garrett Davis
    Garrett Davis
    Garrett Davis was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Davis was employed in the office of the county clerk of Montgomery County, Kentucky, and afterward of Bourbon...
    
     (W). William O. Butler
    William Orlando Butler
    William Orlando Butler was a U.S. political figure and U.S. Army major general from Kentucky. He served as a Democratic congressman from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843, and was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee under Lewis Cass in 1848.-Early life:Butler was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky,...
    
     (D)

Louisiana 

. Edward D. White

Edward Douglass White Sr.

Edward Douglass White, Sr. was the tenth Governor of Louisiana and a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served five nonconsecutive terms in Congress as an adherent of Henry Clay of Kentucky and the Whig Party.White was born in Maury County, Tennessee, the illegitimate son of...

 (W). Thomas W. Chinn

Thomas Withers Chinn

Thomas Withers Chinn was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana, serving one term as a Whig. He was also U.S. minister to the Two Sicilies....

 (W). 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...

 (W), until July 21, 1840

• • John Moore
    John Moore (Whig)
    John Moore was an American statesman and planter from Louisiana. He served in the U.S. Congress from 1840 to 1843 and again from 1851 to 1853. He was a lifelong member of the Whig Party....
    
     (W), from December 17, 1840

Maine 

. Nathan Clifford

Nathan Clifford

Nathan Clifford was an American statesman, diplomat and jurist.Clifford was born of old Yankee stock in Rumney, New Hampshire, to farmers, the only son of seven children He attended the public schools of that town, then the Haverhill Academy in New...

 (D). Albert Smith (D). Benjamin Randall

Benjamin Randall (Maine)

Benjamin Randall was a United States Representative from Maine from 1839 to 1843.-Early life:Randall was born in Topsham on November 14, 1789. He pursued an academic course and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1809. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812.-Career:Randall commenced...

 (W). George Evans (W), until March 3, 1841. Virgil D. Parris

Virgil D. Parris

Virgil Delphini Parris was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and cousin of Albion Keith Parris.Born in Buckfield, Maine, Parris attended the common schools, whereupon he entered Hebron Academy in Hebron, Maine, then Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He was graduated from Union College at...

 (D). Hugh J. Anderson (D). Joshua A. Lowell

Joshua A. Lowell

Joshua Adams Lowell was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Thomaston on March 20, 1801. He attended the common schools where he also taught. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in East Machias. He was elected a member of the Maine House of...

 (D). Thomas Davee

Thomas Davee

Thomas Davee was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts were he attended the common schools. Later, he moved to Maine, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits....

 (D)

Maryland 

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

John Dennis (1807-1859)

John Dennis was an American politician. Born at "Beckford", near Princess Anne, Maryland, he completed preparatory and law studies. After being admitted to the bar, he commenced the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits...

 (W). Philip F. Thomas (D). John T. H. Worthington (D). James Carroll (D). Solomon Hillen, Jr.

Solomon Hillen, Jr.

Solomon Hillen, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Maryland and mayor of Baltimore.Hillen was born on the family estate, "Hillen Road", near Baltimore. He graduated from Georgetown College, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Baltimore...

 (D). William Cost Johnson

William Cost Johnson

William Cost Johnson was an American politician.Johnson was born near Jefferson, Maryland, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Jefferson...

 (W). 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...

 (D). 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....

 (W)

Massachusetts 

. Abbott Lawrence

Abbott Lawrence

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

 (W), until September 18, 1840

• • Robert C. Winthrop
    Robert Charles Winthrop
    Robert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives....
    
     (W), from November 9, 1840. Leverett Saltonstall
    Leverett Saltonstall I
    Leverett Saltonstall , was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts who also served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, President of the Massachusetts Senate, the first Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts and a Member of the Board of Overseers of...
    
     (W). 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:...
    
     (W). William Parmenter
    William Parmenter
    William Parmenter was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on March 30, 1789. He attended the city's public schools, including the Boston Latin School....
    
     (D). 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...
    
     (W). James C. Alvord
    James C. Alvord
    James Church Alvord was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Greenwich, Massachusetts, Alvord completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1827. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830, commencing the practice of his...
    
     (W), until September 27, 1839
  • Osmyn Baker
    Osmyn Baker
    Osmyn Baker was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Baker attended Amherst Academy.He was graduated from Yale College in 1822.He studied law....
    
     (W), from January 14, 1840. 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:...
    
     (W). 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...
    
     (W). William S. Hastings
    William Soden Hastings
    William Soden Hastings was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.-Life and career:Born in Mendon, Massachusetts, his father was Seth Hastings, also a U.S. Representative. On his father's side of the family, he was a descendant of Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of...
    
     (W). Henry Williams
    Henry Williams (Massachusetts)
    Henry Williams was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Taunton, Williams completed preparatory studies, and studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Taunton...
    
     (D). 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...
    
     (W). 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...
    
     (W)

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...

.. Albert G. Brown

Albert G. Brown

Albert Gallatin Brown was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 through 1861. Brown attended Mississippi College. He was a Democrat....

 (D). Jacob Thompson

Jacob Thompson

Jacob Thompson was a lawyer and politician who served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1857 to 1861.-Biography:...

 (D)

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...

.. Albert G. Harrison (D), until September 7, 1839

• • John Jameson (D), from December 12, 1839. John Miller
    John Miller (Missouri)
    John Miller was an American publisher and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He was the fourth Governor of Missouri...
    
     (D)

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...

.. Charles G. Atherton

Charles G. Atherton

Charles Gordon Atherton was a Democratic Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.-Biography:The son of Charles Humphrey Atherton and Mary Ann Toppan-Atherton, Charles G. Atherton was born in Amherst, New Hampshire on 4 July 1804...

 (D). Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (congressman)

Edmund Burke was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Westminster, Vermont, Burke attended the public schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1826, commencing practice in Colebrook, New Hampshire. He moved to Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1833 and assumed editorial...

 (D). Ira A. Eastman (D). Tristram Shaw

Tristram Shaw

Tristram Shaw was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Hampton, New Hampshire in 1786. He completed preparatory studies there....

 (D). Jared W. Williams

Jared W. Williams

Jared Warner Williams was an American lawyer and politician from Lancaster, New Hampshire. He graduated from Brown University at Providence, Rhode Island in 1818....

 (D)

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...

.. William R. Cooper (D). 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...

 (D). Joseph Kille

Joseph Kille

Joseph Kille was a Representative from New Jersey; born near Bridgeport, Gloucester County, N.J., April 12, 1790; pursued academic studies; located in Salem; sheriff of Salem County, New Jersey from 1822–1829, and county clerk of Salem County from 1829-1839...

 (D). Joseph F. Randolph (W). Daniel B. Ryall

Daniel Bailey Ryall

Daniel Bailey Ryall was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey on a general ticket in the United States House of Representatives from 1839-1841....

 (D). Peter D. Vroom

Peter Dumont Vroom

Peter Dumont Vroom , an American Democratic Party politician, served as the 9th Governor of New Jersey and as a member of the United States House of Representatives for a single term, from 1839–1841.He was born in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey the son of Col...

 (D)

New York 

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

Thomas B. Jackson

Thomas Birdsall Jackson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Jerusalem, Long Island, New York, Jackson attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.He studied law....

 (D). James De la Montanya

James De La Montanya

James De La Montanya was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, De La Montanya resided in Haverstraw, New York.Supervisor of Haverstraw in 1832 and 1833.He served as member of the State assembly in 1833....

 (D). Edward Curtis

Edward Curtis (politician)

Edward Curtis was a Representative from New York for two terms, March 4, 1837 through March 3, 1841. He served as Collector of the Port of New York beginning on March 23, 1841 until July 7, 1844....

 (W). Moses H. Grinnell

Moses H. Grinnell

Moses Hicks Grinnell was a United States Navy officer, congressmanrepresenting New York, and Central Park Commissioner.-Biography:...

 (W). Ogden Hoffman (W). James Monroe

James Monroe (1799 - 1870)

James Monroe was an American politician who served as the United States Congressman from New York . He was the nephew of President James Monroe.-Military service:...

 (W). Gouverneur Kemble

Gouverneur Kemble

Gouverneur Kemble was a two-term United States Congressman, diplomat and industrialist. He helped found the West Point Foundry, a major producer of artillery during the American Civil War....

 (D). Charles Johnston

Charles Johnston (representative)

Charles Johnston was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Johnston attended the common schools.He moved to Poughkeepsie, New York.He studied law....

 (W). Nathaniel Jones

Nathaniel Jones (representative)

Nathaniel Jones was an American banker and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (D). Rufus Palen

Rufus Palen

Rufus Palen was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Palenville, New York, Palen moved with his parents to Fallsburg, where he received a limited schooling. He engaged in the manufacture of leather, and held several local offices.Palen was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress...

 (W). John Ely

John Ely (representative)

John Ely was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Saybrook, Connecticut, Ely completed preparatory studies. He studied medicine, and practiced in Coxsackie, New York. He served as member of the State assembly in 1806 and 1812...

 (D). 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...

 (D). 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....

 (W). Daniel D. Barnard

Daniel D. Barnard

Daniel Dewey Barnard was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Barnard attended the common schools and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1818.He studied law....

 (W). Anson Brown

Anson Brown

Anson Brown was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Charlton, New York, Brown attended the public schools, and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Ballston Spa, New York...

 (W), until June 14, 1840

• • Nicholas B. Doe
    Nicholas B. Doe
    Nicholas Bartlett Doe was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Doe was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced...
    
     (W), from December 7, 1840. 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...
    
     (W). Augustus C. Hand
    Augustus C. Hand
    Augustus Cincinnatus Hand was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
    
     (D). John Fine
    John Fine
    John Fine was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Fine received private instructions.He was graduated from Columbia College at New York City in 1809....
    
     (D). Peter J. Wagner
    Peter Joseph Wagner
    Peter Joseph Wagner was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born at Wagners Hollow in the town of Palatine, New York, Wagner moved to Fort Plain, New York, with his parents in 1805.He completed preparatory studies....
    
     (W). Andrew W. Doig
    Andrew W. Doig
    Andrew Wheeler Doig was a U.S. Representative from New York. He served in the 1830s and 1840s.Born in Salem, New York, Doig pursued an academic course. He moved to Lowville, New York, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as town clerk of Lowville in 1825, and as county clerk of Lewis...
    
     (D). David P. Brewster
    David P. Brewster
    David Payne Brewster was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Cairo, New York, Brewster attended the common schools and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1823. After that he moved to New York City, where he studied law...
    
     (D). John G. Floyd
    John G. Floyd
    John Gelston Floyd was a U.S. Representative from New York, grandson of William Floyd.Born in Mastic, near Moriches, Long Island, New York, Floyd attended the common schools, and was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1824.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1825 and...
    
     (D). Thomas C. Chittenden
    Thomas C. Chittenden
    Thomas Cotton Chittenden was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Chittenden moved to Adams, New York.He studied law....
    
     (W). John H. Prentiss
    John Holmes Prentiss
    John Holmes Prentiss was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he attended local and private schools. He was foreman of the New York Evening Post in 1808 and moved to Cooperstown, New York in October 1808; he established the Freeman's Journal in the same...
    
     (D). Judson Allen
    Judson Allen
    Judson Allen was a businessman and a politician.He was born in Plymouth, Connecticut, and attended the public schools there. He was engaged in the lumber industry there as well, before he moved to Harpursville, New York...
    
     (D). John C. Clark
    John C. Clark
    John Chamberlain Clark was a United States Representative from New York.Clark was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on January 14, 1793. He pursued preparatory studies and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1811...
    
     (W). Amasa Dana
    Amasa Dana
    Amasa Dana was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Dana attended private schools and Dana Academy in Wilkes-Barre. He studied law in Owego, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1817 and practiced. He moved to Ithaca, New York, in 1821 and continued the...
    
     (D). 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....
    
     (D). Nehemiah H. Earll
    Nehemiah H. Earll
    Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll was a U.S. Representative from New York, cousin of Jonas Earll, Jr..Born in Whitehall, New York, Earll moved with his parents to Onondaga Valley in 1793, but nine months later he moved to Onondaga County and resided in Skaneateles until 1804...
    
     (D). Edward Rogers
    Edward Rogers (representative)
    Edward Rogers was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Cornwall, Connecticut, Rogers completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1809....
    
     (D). Christopher Morgan
    Christopher Morgan
    Christopher Morgan was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of Edwin Barber Morgan and nephew of Noyes Barber.Born in Aurora, New York, Morgan pursued classical studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1830....
    
     (W). Theron R. Strong
    Theron R. Strong
    Theron Rudd Strong was an American lawyer and politician from New York,-Life:...
    
     (D). 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:...
    
     (W). Meredith Mallory
    Meredith Mallory
    Meredith Mallory was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Connecticut, Mallory attended the common schools.He served as supervisor of the town of Benton, New York, in 1820.He moved to Hammondsport, New York....
    
     (D). Thomas Kempshall
    Thomas Kempshall
    Thomas Kempshall was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in England about 1796, Kempshall attended the common schools.Immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in Pittsford, New York, in 1806....
    
     (W). Seth M. Gates
    Seth Merrill Gates
    Seth Merrill Gates was an American lawyer, born at Winfield, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1827, and was a member of the State Assembly in 1832. A Whig, he was an antislavery member of the twenty-sixth and twenty seventh U. S. Congresses from 1839 to 1843. In 1843 he drafted the protest...
    
     (W). Luther C. Peck
    Luther C. Peck
    Luther Christopher Peck was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Connecticut in January 1800, Peck completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced....
    
     (W). Richard P. Marvin
    Richard P. Marvin
    Richard Pratt Marvin was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:His family removed to Dryden, New York, in 1809...
    
     (W). Millard Fillmore
    Millard Fillmore
    Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president...
    
     (W). Charles F. Mitchell
    Charles F. Mitchell
    Charles F. Mitchell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Mitchell attended the public schools in New York. He moved to Lockport, New York, in 1829. He was appointed one of the firemen of the village May 21, 1829...
    
     (W)

North Carolina 

. Kenneth Rayner

Kenneth Rayner

Kenneth Rayner was a whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1839 and 1845.Born in Bertie County, North Carolina, Rayner attended Tarborough Academy, then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1829...

 (W). 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...

 (D). Edward Stanly

Edward Stanly

Edward W. Stanly was a North Carolina politician and orator who represented the southeastern portion of the State in the U.S. House for five terms. In 1857, Stanly ran for Governor of California but lost to John B. Weller. Politicians of the mid-nineteenth century remarked that Stanly bore a...

 (W). Charles B. Shepard

Charles Biddle Shepard

Charles Biddle Shepard was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, North Carolina, December 5, 1808; attended private schools of his native city and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1827; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828...

 (D). 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...

 (D). 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...

 (D). 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....

 (W). 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:*...

 (D). John Hill

John Hill (North Carolina politician)

John Hill was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born near Germanton, North Carolina, Hill completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1816.He was a planter....

 (D). Charles Fisher

Charles Fisher (congressman)

Charles Fisher was an American politician and legislator from North Carolina who was twice elected U.S. Representative from his state....

 (D). 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...

 (D). 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...

 (W). 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....

 (W)

Ohio 

. Alexander Duncan

Alexander Duncan (politician)

Alexander Duncan was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Bottle Hill , Morris County, New Jersey, Duncan studied and practiced medicine. He moved to Ohio and settled in Cincinnati. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1828, 1829, 1831, and 1832...

 (D). John B. Weller

John B. Weller

John B. Weller was the fifth Governor of California from January 8, 1858 to January 9, 1860 and a Congressman from Ohio, U.S. senator from California, and minister to Mexico.-Life:...

 (D). Patrick G. Goode

Patrick Gaines Goode

Patrick Gaines Goode was a lawyer, legislator, jurist, clergyman, educator and civic leader.Goode was born of French Huguenot stock in Cornwall parish, Charlotte County, Virginia and moved early in life with his parents, Philip and Rebekah Goode, to Wayne County, Ohio...

 (W). 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...

 (W), until May 30, 1840

• • Jeremiah Morrow
    Jeremiah Morrow
    Jeremiah Morrow was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth Governor of Ohio, and the last Democratic-Republican to do so....
    
     (W), from October 13, 1840. William Doan
    William Doan
    William Doan was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Maine, Doan attended the common schools.He moved with his parents in 1812 to Ohio and settled near Lindale, Clermont County....
    
     (D). Calvary Morris
    Calvary Morris
    Calvary Morris was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Charleston, Virginia , Morris attended the common schools. He moved to Ohio in 1819 and settled in Athens. He was sheriff of Athens County 1823-1827. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives 1827-1829...
    
     (W). 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....
    
     (W). Joseph Ridgway
    Joseph Ridgway
    Joseph Ridgway was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born on Staten Island, New York, Ridgway attended the public schools.Learned the trade of carpenter....
    
     (W). William Medill
    William Medill
    William Medill was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 22nd Governor of Ohio.Born in New Castle County, Delaware, Medill was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served from 1835–1838, serving as Speaker of the House from 1836-1837...
    
     (D). 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....
    
     (W). Isaac Parrish
    Isaac Parrish
    Isaac Parrish was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, in March 1804, Parrish resided in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced....
    
     (D). Jonathan Taylor (D). Daniel P. Leadbetter
    Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter
    Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter was a state senator in Ohio during the 1840s.He retired from office before the end of the decade, although he had support to run again. Later, he served in the American Civil War as a captain...
    
     (D). George Sweeny
    George Sweeny
    George Sweeny was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Sweeny was a graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania....
    
     (D). John W. Allen
    John W. Allen
    John William Allen was a lawyer and politician from Ohio.Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1825. He served in the Ohio State Senate in 1836 and 1837...
    
     (W). Joshua R. Giddings
    Joshua Reed Giddings
    Joshua Reed Giddings was an American statesman and a prominent opponent of slavery. He represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1838-59. He was at first a member of the Whig Party and was later a Republican.-Life:He was born at Tioga Point, now Athens, Bradford County,...
    
     (W). John Hastings (D). David A. Starkweather
    David A. Starkweather
    David Austin Starkweather was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a U.S. diplomat.Starkweather was born in Preston, Connecticut on January 21, 1802. He attended school, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, establishing a practice in Mansfield, Ohio. He later moved to Canton, Ohio.He was a...
    
     (D). Henry Swearingen
    Henry Swearingen
    Henry Swearingen was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in the Panhandle of Virginia about 1792, Swearingen moved to Ohio and settled near Steubenville...
    
     (D)

Pennsylvania 

There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.. Lemuel Paynter

Lemuel Paynter

Lemuel Paynter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Lemuel Paynter was born in Lewes, Delaware. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served in the War of 1812 and became major and lieutenant colonel of the Ninety-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia...

 (D). John Sergeant

John Sergeant (politician)

John Sergeant was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. He was born in Philadelphia to Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant and Margaret Spencer...

 (W). George W. Toland

George Washington Toland

George Washington Toland was an American statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.George Washington Toland was born in Philadelphia. He attended the common schools, and graduated from Princeton College in 1816. He held several local offices.Toland was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth,...

 (W). Charles Naylor

Charles Naylor

Charles Naylor was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Charles Naylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Philadelphia...

 (W). Edward Davies

Edward Davies (Pennsylvania)

Edward Davies was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward Davies was born in Churchtown, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1834 to 1835.Davies was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the...

 (AM). John Edwards

John Edwards (Pennsylvania)

John Edwards was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Edwards was born in Ivy Mills, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was deputy attorney general for Delaware...

 (AM). Francis James

Francis James (congressman)

Francis James was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Francis James was born in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1825 and commenced practice in West...

 (AM). Joseph Fornance

Joseph Fornance

Joseph Fornance was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Fornance born in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He served as president of the council of...

 (D). John Davis

John Davis (Pennsylvania)

John Davis was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:John Davis was born in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. He moved to Maryland and settled on a farm at Rock Creek Meeting House in 1795...

 (D). 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...

 (D). Peter Newhard

Peter Newhard

Peter Newhard was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Peter Newhard was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is credited with opening the hardware store in Allentown in 1812. He served as street commissioner of the borough of Allentown in 1812, and coroner of Lehigh...

 (D). George M. Keim

George May Keim

George May Keim was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George May Keim , was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended Princeton College, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Reading. He was a major general of militia...

 (D). William Simonton

William Simonton

William Simonton was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Simonton was born in West Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Dr. William Simonton and Jane Wiggins...

 (W). James Gerry

James Gerry

James Gerry was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Gerry was born near Rising Sun, Maryland. He pursued an academic course and was graduated from West Nottingham Academy...

 (D). James Cooper

James Cooper (Pennsylvania)

James Cooper was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician, who served in the United States Congress.Cooper lived much of his life in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was its Speaker for a year. He represented Pennsylvania in both the United...

 (W). William S. Ramsey

William Sterrett Ramsey

William Sterrett Ramsey was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William S. Ramsey was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania...

 (D), until October 17, 1840

• • Charles McClure
    Charles McClure (Pennsylvania)
    Charles McClure was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles McClure was born on Willow Grove farm, near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle in 1824. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and practiced...
    
     (D), from December 7, 1840. William W. Potter
    William Wilson Potter
    William Wilson Potter was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William W. Potter was born at Potters Mills, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D), until October 28, 1839
  • George McCulloch
    George McCulloch
    George McCulloch was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George McCulloch was born in Maysville, Kentucky. Upon the death of his parents, he was sent to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared by relatives. He became an ironmaster, with...
    
     (D), from November 20, 1839. David Petrikin
    David Petrikin
    David Petrikin was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.David Petrikin was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and was admitted to practice. He moved to Danville, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the practice of medicine...
    
     (D). Robert H. Hammond
    Robert Hanna Hammond
    Robert Hanna Hammond was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Hanna Hammond was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the State militia, with the rank of brigadier general. He enlisted in the United States Army as a lieutenant in 1817...
    
     (D). Samuel W. Morris
    Samuel Wells Morris
    Samuel Wells Morris was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel W. Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Benjamin Wistar Morris. He pursued an academic degree at Princeton College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced...
    
     (D). Charles Ogle
    Charles Ogle (politician)
    Charles Ogle was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles Ogle was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Somerset...
    
     (AM). Albert G. Marchand
    Albert Gallatin Marchand
    Albert Gallatin Marchand was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Albert G. Marchand was born near Greensburg, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D). Enos Hook
    Enos Hook
    Enos Hook was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Enos Hook was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Waynesburg...
    
     (D). Isaac Leet
    Isaac Leet
    Isaac Leet was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Isaac Leet was born near Washington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1822. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in...
    
     (D). Richard Biddle
    Richard Biddle
    Richard Biddle , American author and politician, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Richard Biddle received a classical education and was admitted to the bar, practicing law in Pittsburgh...
    
     (AM), until ???, 1840
  • Henry M. Brackenridge
    Henry Marie Brackenridge
    Henry Marie Brackenridge was an American writer, lawyer, judge, and Congressman from Pennsylvania.He was born the son of the writer and judge Hugh Henry Brackenridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1786. Educated by his father and private tutors, he attended a French academy at St....
    
     (W), from October 13, 1840. William Beatty
    William Beatty (Pennsylvania)
    William Beatty was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Beatty was born in Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1787. He immigrated to the United States in 1807 and settled in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was a sergeant in Captain Thompson’s company in the War...
    
     (D). Thomas Henry
    Thomas Henry (Pennsylvania)
    Thomas Henry was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. Immigrated to America and settled in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1798. He was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Simon Snyder on December...
    
     (AM). John Galbraith
    John Galbraith (Pennsylvania)
    John Galbraith was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
    
     (D)

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...

.. Robert B. Cranston

Robert B. Cranston

Robert Bennie Cranston was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, brother of Henry Young Cranston.Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Cranston attended the public schools....

 (W). Joseph L. Tillinghast

Joseph L. Tillinghast

Joseph Leonard Tillinghast was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, cousin of Thomas Tillinghast.Born in Taunton, Massachusetts, Tillinghast moved to Rhode Island and pursued classical studies....

 (W)

South Carolina 

. Isaac E. Holmes

Isaac E. Holmes

Isaac Edward Holmes was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Holmes attended the common schools, received private tuition, and was graduated from Yale College in 1815.He studied law....

 (D). R. Barnwell Rhett

Robert Rhett

Robert Barnwell Rhett, Sr. , was a United States secessionist politician from South Carolina.-Biography:...

 (D). John Campbell (D). Sampson H. Butler

Sampson H. Butler

Sampson Hale Butler was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Ninety Six, Edgefield District, South Carolina, Butler attended the country schools and South Carolina College at Columbia.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Edgefield, South...

 (D). 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:...

 (D). 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...

 (W). James Rogers (D). Thomas D. Sumter (D). 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....

 (D)

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:...

 (W). Abraham McClellan (D). Joseph L. Williams

Joseph Lanier Williams

Joseph Lanier Williams was an American politician that represented Tennessee's third district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (W). Julius W. Blackwell

Julius W. Blackwell

Julius W. Blackwell was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives that represented fourth and third districts of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (D). Hopkins L. Turney

Hopkins L. Turney

Hopkins Lacy Turney was a Democratic U.S. Representative and United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (D). William B. Campbell

William B. Campbell

William Bowen Campbell was governor of Tennessee from 1851 to 1853.-Biography:Campbell was born in Sumner County, Tennessee, later leaving to study law in Virginia. He returned to Tennessee in 1829 in order to establish a law practice at Carthage, in Smith County...

 (W). 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...

 (W). Meredith P. Gentry

Meredith Poindexter Gentry

Meredith Poindexter Gentry was an American politician who represented Tennessee's eighth and seventh districts in the United States House of Representatives. He also served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.-Biography:Gentry was born in Rockingham County, North...

 (W). Harvey M. Watterson

Harvey Magee Watterson

Harvey Magee Watterson was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician. He was what his only child Henry later described as an "undoubting Democrat of the schools of Jefferson and Jackson", active in Tennessee politics at both the state and federal level.-Biography:He was born in Bedford...

 (D). Aaron V. Brown

Aaron V. Brown

Aaron Venable Brown was a Governor of Tennessee and Postmaster General in the Buchanan administration. He was also the law partner of James K. Polk.-Biography:...

 (D). 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...

 (D). John W. Crockett

John Wesley Crockett

John Wesley Crockett was an American politician who represented Tennessee's twelfth district in the United States House of Representatives...

 (W). Christopher H. Williams

Christopher Harris Williams

Christopher Harris Williams was an American politician who represented Tennessee's thirteenth and eleventh districts in the United States House of Representatives. He was born near Hillsborough, North Carolina on December 18, 1798. He pursued an academic course and attended the University of North...

 (W)

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....

 (W). 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...

 (W). 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...

 (W). John Smith (D). Isaac Fletcher

Isaac Fletcher

Isaac Fletcher was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Dunstable, Massachusetts. He pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire in 1808. He taught in the academy at Chesterfield, New Hampshire...

 (D)

Virginia 

. Joel Holleman

Joel Holleman

Joel Holleman was an American politician and lawyer from Virginia. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives and as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.-Personal life:...

 (D), until ???, 1840

• • Francis Mallory
    Francis Mallory
    Francis Mallory was an American naval officer, physician, politician, and railroad executive.-Biography:...
    
     (W), from December 28, 1840. Francis E. Rives
    Francis E. Rives
    Francis Everod Rives was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Prince George County, near Petersburg, Virginia, Rives completed preparatory studies....
    
     (D). 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...
    
     (D). 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....
    
     (D). John Hill
    John Hill (Virginia politician)
    John Hill was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, cousin of John Thomas Harris.Born in New Canton, Virginia, Hill completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Washington Academy , Lexington, Virginia, in 1818...
    
     (W). 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...
    
     (D). William L. Goggin
    William L. Goggin
    William Leftwich Goggin was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.-Biography:Born near Bunker Hill, Virginia , Goggin attended country schools and was eventually graduated from Tucker’s Law School. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1828, commencing practice in...
    
     (W). 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:...
    
     (W). Robert M. T. Hunter
    Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter
    -References:* Patrick, Rembert W. . Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 90–101.-External links:* – A speech by R. M. T. Hunter before the U.S. House of Representatives, May 8th, 1846...
    
     (W). 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...
    
     (W). John M. Botts
    John Botts
    John Minor Botts was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Botts was born in Dumfries, Virginia. Both of his parents were killed in the Richmond Theatre fire on 26 December 1811, so he and his siblings were raised by relatives in Fredericksburg...
    
     (W). 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...
    
     (C). Linn Banks
    Linn Banks
    Linn Banks was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia to parents Adam Banks and Gracey James. He married on April 2, 1811 to Eliza Jane Hunter Sanders...
    
     (D). Charles F. Mercer
    Charles F. Mercer
    Charles Fenton Mercer was a nineteenth century politician, U.S. Congressman, and lawyer from Loudoun County, Virginia....
    
     (W), until December 26, 1839
  • William M. McCarty
    William M. McCarty
    William Mason Mccarty was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born at "Cedar Grove," Fairfax County, Virginia, Mccarty received his early education from private tutors....
    
     (W), from January 25, 1840. William Lucas
    William Lucas (politician)
    William Lucas was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the brother of Edward Lucas....
    
     (D). Green B. Samuels (D). 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,...
    
     (D). George W. Hopkins
    George Washington Hopkins
    George Washington Hopkins was a nineteenth century United States politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher....
    
     (C). Andrew Beirne
    Andrew Beirne
    Andrew Beirne was a Congressman from Virginia.Beirne was born in Dangan, County Roscommon, Ireland, to Andrew Beirne, Dangan's Hereditary Chieftain, and Mary Plunkett Beirne, daughter of Edward Plunkett, 12th Baron Dunsany. He received a classical education and was graduated from Trinity...
    
     (D). 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...
    
     (D). Lewis Steenrod
    Lewis Steenrod
    Lewis Steenrod was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born near Wheeling, Virginia , Steenrod attended the common schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Wheeling...
    
     (D)

Non-voting members

. Charles Downing

Charles Downing

Charles Downing was a Delegate to the US House of Representatives from the Florida Territory. He was born in Virginia, although it is unknown when. In his life, Downing studied law, and after being admitted to The Florida Bar, practiced in St. Augustine, Florida...

. William W. Chapman

William W. Chapman

William Williams Chapman was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He was born and raised in Virginia. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it was part of the Michigan and Wisconsin territories, and then represented the Iowa Territory in the United States House of...

 (D), until October 27, 1840

• • Augustus C. Dodge
    Augustus C. Dodge
    Augustus Caesar Dodge was one of the first set of United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Dodge, a Democrat, had also represented Iowa Territory in Congress as its delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1840 to...
    
     (D), from October 28, 1840. James D. Doty
    James Duane Doty
    James Duane Doty was a land speculator and politician in the United States who played a large role in the development of Wisconsin and Utah Territory.-Legal career:...
    
     (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 8
  • Democrats: 0-seat net loss
  • Whigs: 0-seat net gain
• Deaths: 3
• Resignations: 7
• Interim appointments: 0
• Total seats with changes: 11

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| Pennsylvania
(1)
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress
| | Daniel Sturgeon

Daniel Sturgeon

Daniel Sturgeon was an American physician, banker and Democratic party politician from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate....

 (D

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

)
| Elected January 14, 1840
|-
| Michigan
(1)
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress
| | Augustus S. Porter

Augustus Seymour Porter

Augustus Seymour Porter was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan.He was born in Canandaigua, New York, the nephew of Peter Buell Porter and attended Canandaigua Academy. He graduated from Union College, in Schenectady, New York, in 1818, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced...

 (W

Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

)
| Elected January 20, 1840
|-
| Tennessee
(1)
| | Ephraim H. Foster

Ephraim H. Foster

Ephraim Hubbard Foster twice served as a United States Senator from Tennessee. During his political career, he was a member of the Whig Party.-Biography:...

 (W

Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 4, 1839 because he could not obey instructions given to him by the Tennessee General Assembly

Tennessee General Assembly

The Tennessee General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.-Constitutional structure:According to the Tennessee State Constitution of 1870, the General Assembly is a bicameral legislature and consists of a Senate of thirty-three members and a House of Representatives of...

| | 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:...

 (D

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

)
| Elected November 19, 1839
|-
| Delaware
(1)
| | 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...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 19, 1839 to become Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court

Delaware Superior Court

The Delaware Superior Court is the state trial court of general jurisdiction in the state of Delaware. It has original jurisdiction over most criminal and civil cases...

| | 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...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Elected January 12, 1841 to his former position
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| 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...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 13, 1840 because he could not conscientiously obey the intentions of his constituents
| | Alexander O. Anderson

Alexander O. Anderson

Alexander Outlaw Anderson was an American attorney who represented Tennessee in the United States Senate, and later served in the California State Senate, and on the California Supreme Court.-Biography:The son of longtime U.S...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| Elected February 26, 1840
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| Connecticut
(1)
| | Thaddeus Betts

Thaddeus Betts

Thaddeus Betts was a United States Senator from Connecticut.He completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1807...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 7, 1840
| | Jabez W. Huntington

Jabez W. Huntington

Jabez Williams Huntington was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut.Born in Norwich, he pursued classical studies, and graduated from Yale College in 1806. Jabez taught in the Litchfield South Farms Academy for one year, and studied law...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Elected May 4, 1840
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| Maryland
(3)
| | 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...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 24, 1840
| | John L. Kerr

John Leeds Kerr

John Leeds Kerr was an American politician.-Early years:Kerr was born in 1780 at Greenbury Point near Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated from St. John’s College of Annapolis in 1799...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Elected January 5, 1841
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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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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 16, 1840 because he could not obey instructions of the North Carolina General Assembly

North Carolina General Assembly

The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes...

| | 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...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Elected November 25, 1840
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| North Carolina
(3)
| | 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...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 16, 1840
| | William A. Graham

William Alexander Graham

William Alexander Graham was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, the 30th Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852. He was also a candidate for the vice-presidency in 1852.-Education:Graham was born near...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Elected November 25, 1840
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| Tennessee
(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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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 19, 1840
| | Alfred O. P. Nicholson

Alfred O. P. Nicholson

Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson , a Tennessee Democratic politician and lawyer, was twice a United States Senator from that state.-Biography:...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| Elected December 25, 1840
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| Massachusetts
(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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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1841 after being elected Governor of Massachusetts

Governor of Massachusetts

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick.-Constitutional role:...

| | Isaac C. Bates

Isaac C. Bates

Isaac Chapman Bates was an American politician from Massachusetts.He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale College in 1802...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Elected January 13, 1841
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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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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 22, 1841
| | Rufus Choate

Rufus Choate

Rufus Choate , American lawyer and orator, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, a descendant of an English family which settled in Massachusetts in 1643. His first cousin, physician George Choate, was the father of George C. S. Choate and Joseph Hodges Choate...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Elected February 23, 1841
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House of Representatives

• Replacements: 15
  • Democrats: 2-seat net loss
  • Whigs: 3-seat net gain
  • Anti-Masonic: 1-seat net loss
• Deaths: 6
• Resignations: 10
• Contested election: 0
• Total seats with changes: 17

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| style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Howard presented credentials August 5, 1839
| | Tilghman Howard

Tilghman Howard

Tilghman Ashurst Howard was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. He was born near Pickensville, South Carolina. He moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1816 and was admitted to the bar there in 1818. In 1830 he moved to Bloomington, Indiana and in 1833 to Rockville, Indiana...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| Seated August 5, 1839
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| | Albert G. Harrison

Albert Galliton Harrison

Albert Galliton Harrison was a three term United States Representative from Missouri.Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Harrison graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1820. He was then admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Mount Sterling...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1839
| | John Jameson (D

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| Seated December 12, 1839
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| | James C. Alvord

James C. Alvord

James Church Alvord was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Greenwich, Massachusetts, Alvord completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1827. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830, commencing the practice of his...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 27, 1839
| | Osmyn Baker

Osmyn Baker

Osmyn Baker was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Baker attended Amherst Academy.He was graduated from Yale College in 1822.He studied law....

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated January 14, 1840
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| | William W. Potter

William Wilson Potter

William Wilson Potter was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William W. Potter was born at Potters Mills, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 28, 1839
| | George McCulloch

George McCulloch

George McCulloch was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George McCulloch was born in Maysville, Kentucky. Upon the death of his parents, he was sent to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared by relatives. He became an ironmaster, with...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| Seated November 20, 1839
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| | Charles F. Mercer

Charles F. Mercer

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

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 26, 1839
| | William M. McCarty

William M. McCarty

William Mason Mccarty was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born at "Cedar Grove," Fairfax County, Virginia, Mccarty received his early education from private tutors....

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated January 25, 1840
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| | Richard Biddle

Richard Biddle

Richard Biddle , American author and politician, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Richard Biddle received a classical education and was admitted to the bar, practicing law in Pittsburgh...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in 1840
| | Henry M. Brackenridge

Henry Marie Brackenridge

Henry Marie Brackenridge was an American writer, lawyer, judge, and Congressman from Pennsylvania.He was born the son of the writer and judge Hugh Henry Brackenridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1786. Educated by his father and private tutors, he attended a French academy at St....

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated October 13, 1840
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| | Joel Holleman

Joel Holleman

Joel Holleman was an American politician and lawyer from Virginia. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives and as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.-Personal life:...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in 1840
| | Francis Mallory

Francis Mallory

Francis Mallory was an American naval officer, physician, politician, and railroad executive.-Biography:...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated December 28, 1840
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| | 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...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 30, 1840 having become a candidate for Governor of Ohio
| | Jeremiah Morrow

Jeremiah Morrow

Jeremiah Morrow was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth Governor of Ohio, and the last Democratic-Republican to do so....

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated October 13, 1840
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| | William L. Storrs

William L. Storrs

William Lucius Storrs was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, brother of Henry Randolph Storrs.Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Storrs was graduated from Yale College in 1814....

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in June, 1840
| | William W. Boardman

William Whiting Boardman

William Whiting Boardman was a politician and United States Representative from Connecticut.He was born in New Milford, Connecticut, the son of Elijah Boardman and nephew of David Sherman Boardman. He was an early graduate of Bacon Academy in Colchester, CT...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated December 7, 1840
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| | Anson Brown

Anson Brown

Anson Brown was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Charlton, New York, Brown attended the public schools, and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Ballston Spa, New York...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 14, 1840
| | Nicholas B. Doe

Nicholas B. Doe

Nicholas Bartlett Doe was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Doe was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated December 7, 1840
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| | Tilghman Howard

Tilghman Howard

Tilghman Ashurst Howard was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. He was born near Pickensville, South Carolina. He moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1816 and was admitted to the bar there in 1818. In 1830 he moved to Bloomington, Indiana and in 1833 to Rockville, Indiana...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1840
| | Henry S. Lane

Henry Smith Lane

Henry Smith Lane was a United States Representative, Senator, and the 13th Governor of Indiana; he was by design the shortest-serving Governor of Indiana, having made plans to resign the office should his party take control of the Indiana General Assembly and elect him to the United States Senate...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated August 3, 1840
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| | Walter T. Colquitt

Walter T. Colquitt

Walter Terry Colquitt was a lawyer, circuit-riding Methodist preacher, United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.-Biography:...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840
| | Hines Holt

Hines Holt

Hines Holt was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born near Milledgeville, Georgia, a son of Hines Holt and Mary Dixon Seward Holt. He completed preparatory studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia's Franklin College in 1824...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated February 1, 1841
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| | 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...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840 to accept appointment as judge of Louisiana Supreme Court

Louisiana Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans....

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated December 17, 1840
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| | Simeon H. Anderson

Simeon H. Anderson

Simeon H. Anderson was a United States Representative from Kentucky. Anderson was the father of William Clayton Anderson who also served as a Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Lancaster, Kentucky were he pursued preparatory studies...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 11, 1840
| | John B. Thompson

John Burton Thompson

John Burton Thompson was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson completed preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Harrodsburg, becoming the Commonwealth's Attorney...

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated December 7, 1840
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| | Abbott Lawrence

Abbott Lawrence

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

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 18, 1840
| | Robert C. Winthrop

Robert Charles Winthrop

Robert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives....

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| Seated November 9, 1840
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| | William S. Ramsey

William Sterrett Ramsey

William Sterrett Ramsey was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William S. Ramsey was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 17, 1840
| | Charles McClure

Charles McClure (Pennsylvania)

Charles McClure was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles McClure was born on Willow Grove farm, near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle in 1824. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and practiced...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| Seated December 7, 1840
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| | William W. Chapman

William W. Chapman

William Williams Chapman was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He was born and raised in Virginia. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it was part of the Michigan and Wisconsin territories, and then represented the Iowa Territory in the United States House of...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Term expired by law October 27, 1840
| | Augustus C. Dodge

Augustus C. Dodge

Augustus Caesar Dodge was one of the first set of United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Dodge, a Democrat, had also represented Iowa Territory in Congress as its delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1840 to...

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

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| Seated October 28, 1840
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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1841 after being elected to the US Senate
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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...
  
  : George G. Cookman (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...
  
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• 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...
  
  : Asbury Dickens
• 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...
  
  : Stephen Haight

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...
  
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  • Joshua Bates
    Joshua Bates
    Joshua Bates was an American educator and clergyman. He was the third president of Middlebury College.Born in Cohasset, Massachusetts, he was the son of Zealous and Abigail Bates. Bates graduated from Harvard College in 1800. He became a special student in divinity at Phillips Academy, serving as...
    
     (Congregationalist
    Congregational church
    Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
    
    ), elected February 4, 1840
  • Thomas W. Braxton (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 7, 1840
• 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....
  
  : Hugh A. Garland
• 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...
  
  : Joseph Follansbee
• 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
• 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

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