House of Representatives

Following the 1840 United States Census, Congress reapportioned the House to include 223 seats . During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Florida .

Affiliation	Party						Total
	Democratic 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... (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Law and Order Law and Order Party of Rhode Island The Law and Order Party of Rhode Island was a short-lived political party in the U.S. state of Rhode Island in the 1840s, brought into existence as a consequence of the Dorr Rebellion.-Elected office-holders:* Governor James Fenner... (LO)	Whig 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... (W)	Independent Whig (IW)	Other		Vacant
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Beginning of next Congress 29th United States Congress -House of Representatives:During this congress, two House seats were added for each of the new states of Texas and Iowa.-Leadership:-Senate:* President: George M. Dallas * President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum...	138	0	0	78	0	6	222	2

Senate

• President: Vacant
• 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...
  
  : Willie P. Mangum (W)

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...
  
  : 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)

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1848.

Alabama 

• 2. William R. D. King
  William R. King
  William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...
  
   (D), until April 15, 1844
  • 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), from April 22, 1844
• 3. Arthur P. Bagby
  Arthur P. Bagby
  Arthur Pendleton Bagby was the tenth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1837 to 1841. Born in Louisa County, Virginia in 1794, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819, practicing in Claiborne, Alabama...
  
   (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....
  
   (D), until August 15, 1844
  • Chester Ashley
    Chester Ashley
    Chester Ashley was an American politician who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1844 until his death....
    
     (D), from November 8, 1844
• 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 

• 1. 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)
• 3. John M. Niles
  John Milton Niles
  John Milton Niles was a lawyer, editor, author and politician from Connecticut, serving in the United States Senate and as United States Postmaster General 1840 to 1841....
  
   (D)

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)
• 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)

Florida 

• 1: vacant, admitted to the Union March 3, 1845
• 2: vacant, admitted to the Union March 3, 1845

Georgia 

• 2. John MacPherson Berrien
  John M. Berrien
  John Macpherson Berrien of Georgia was a United States Senator and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General.Born at Rocky Hill, New Jersey, to a family of Huguenot ancestry, Berrien moved with his parents to Savannah, Georgia, in 1782; was graduated from Princeton College in 1796; studied law in...
  
   (W)
• 3. Walter T. Colquitt
  Walter T. Colquitt
  Walter Terry Colquitt was a lawyer, circuit-riding Methodist preacher, United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.-Biography:...
  
   (D)

Illinois 

• 2. Samuel McRoberts
  Samuel McRoberts
  Samuel McRoberts was a United States Senator from Illinois. Born near Maeystown, he was educated by private tutors and graduated from the law department of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Monroe County, and was clerk of...
  
   (D), until March 27, 1843
  • James Semple
    James Semple
    James Semple was a United States Senator from Illinois.Born in Green County, Kentucky, he had some private education as well as public schooling before enlisting in the Army in 1814 and being an ensign in the Kentucky Militia in 1816. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, in 1818 and to Chariton,...
    
     (D), from December 4, 1843
• 3. Sidney Breese
  Sidney Breese
  Sidney Breese was a U.S. Senator from Illinois, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, a forefather of Illinois, and "father of the Illinois Central Railroad".-Early life:...
  
   (D)

Indiana 

• 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...
  
   (W)
• 3. Edward A. Hannegan
  Edward A. Hannegan
  Edward Allen Hannegan was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana.-Early life and education:...
  
   (D)

Kentucky 

• 2. James T. Morehead
  James Turner Morehead (Kentucky)
  James Turner Morehead was a United States Senator and the 12th Governor of Kentucky. He was the first native-born Kentuckian to hold the governorship of the state...
  
   (W)
• 3. 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...
  
   (W)

Louisiana 

• 2. Alexander Barrow
  Alexander Barrow
  Alexander Barrow I was a lawyer and United States Senator from Louisiana. He was a member of the Whig Party...
  
   (W)
• 3. Henry Johnson
  Henry Johnson (Louisiana)
  Henry Johnson was the fifth Governor of Louisiana, and served as a United States Representative and as a United States Senator....
  
   (W), from February 12, 1844

Maine 

• 2. George Evans (W)
• 1. John Fairfield
  John Fairfield
  John Fairfield was a U.S. politician from Maine.He was born in Saco, Maine and attended the Saco schools, Thornton Academy and Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He then engaged in trade and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1826, and practiced successfully in his native town and in...
  
   (D), from December 4, 1843

Maryland 

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

Massachusetts 

• 2. 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)
• 1. 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)

Michigan 

• 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)
• 2. William Woodbridge
  William Woodbridge
  William Woodbridge was a U.S. statesman in the states of Ohio and Michigan and in the Michigan Territory prior to statehood...
  
   (W)

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...
  
   (D)
• 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...
  
   (W)

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), until October 3, 1843
  • David R. Atchison
    David Rice Atchison
    David Rice Atchison was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years...
    
     (D), from December 14, 1843

New Hampshire 

• 2. Levi Woodbury
  Levi Woodbury
  Levi Woodbury was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire and cabinet member in three administrations. He was the first Justice to have attended law school....
  
   (D)
• 3. 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)

New Jersey 

• 2. Jacob W. Miller
  Jacob W. Miller
  Jacob Welsh Miller was a United States Senator from New Jersey.-Biography:Born in German Valley, New Jersey , he attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823, and practiced in Morristown...
  
   (W)
• 1. William L. Dayton
  William L. Dayton
  William Lewis Dayton was an American politician.A distant relation of U.S. House Speaker and U.S. Constitution signatory Jonathan Dayton, he was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey to farmer Joel Dayton and his wife...
  
   (W)

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...
  
   (D), until November 26, 1844
  • Henry A. Foster
    Henry A. Foster
    Henry Allen Foster was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a United States Senator from 1844 to 1845.-Life:His family moved to Cazenovia, New York when he was a boy...
    
     (D), from November 30, 1844 until January 27, 1845
  • John A. Dix
    John Adams Dix
    John Adams Dix was an American politician from New York. He served as Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator, and the 24th Governor of New York. He was also a Union major general during the Civil War.-Early life and career:...
    
     (D), from January 27, 1845
• 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...
  
   (W), until June 17, 1844
  • Daniel S. Dickinson
    Daniel S. Dickinson
    Daniel Stevens Dickinson was a New York politician, most notable as a United States Senator from 1844 to 1851.-Biography:...
    
     (D), from November 30, 1844

North Carolina 

• 2. 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)
• 3. William H. Haywood, Jr.
  William Henry Haywood, Jr.
  William Henry Haywood, Jr. was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1843 and 1846....
  
   (D)

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....
  
   (D)
• 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)

Rhode Island 

• 2. James F. Simmons
  James F. Simmons
  James Fowler Simmons was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born on a farm near Little Compton, he attended a private school in Newport and moved to Providence in 1812. He was employed in various manufacturing concerns in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and engaged in the manufacture of...
  
   (W)
• 1. William Sprague
  William Sprague (1799-1856)
  William Sprague, also known as William III or William Sprague III , was a politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Rhode Island, serving as the 14th Governor, a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. He was the uncle of William Sprague IV, also a Governor and Senator from Rhode...
  
   (W), until January 17, 1844
  • John B. Francis
    John Brown Francis
    John Brown Francis was a United States Senator from Rhode Island.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools of Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Brown University in 1808. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, attended the Litchfield Law School, and was...
    
     (LO
    Law and Order Party of Rhode Island
    The Law and Order Party of Rhode Island was a short-lived political party in the U.S. state of Rhode Island in the 1840s, brought into existence as a consequence of the Dorr Rebellion.-Elected office-holders:* Governor James Fenner...
    
    ), from January 25, 1844

South Carolina 

• 3. George McDuffie
  George McDuffie
  George McDuffie was the 55th Governor of South Carolina and a member of the United States Senate.Born of modest means in Columbia County, Georgia, McDuffie's extraordinary intellect was noticed while clerking at a store in Augusta, Georgia...
  
   (D)
• 2. Daniel E. Huger
  Daniel Elliott Huger
  Daniel Elliott Huger was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born on Limerick plantation, Berkeley County , his father was Daniel Huger, a Continental Congressman and U.S. Representative from South Carolina...
  
   (D), until March 3, 1845

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), from October 17, 1843
• 2. Spencer Jarnagin
  Spencer Jarnagin
  Spencer Jarnagin was a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1843 to 1847.- Biography :Jarnagin was born in what was shortly to become Grainger County, Tennessee. He graduated from Greenville College in 1813 and after the study of law was admitted to the bar in 1817. He served in the...
  
   (W), from October 17, 1843

Vermont 

• 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)
• 3. William Upham
  William Upham
  William Upham was a United States Senator from Vermont.-Biography:William Upham was born in Leicester, Massachusetts to Samuel Upham and Martha Upham. He moved with his father to Montpelier, Vermont in 1802...
  
   (W)

Virginia 

• 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)
• 2. William S. Archer
  William S. Archer
  William Segar Archer was a politician and lawyer from Virginia who served in the United States Senate from 1841 to 1847. He was the nephew of Joseph Eggleston....
  
   (W)

House of Representatives

Representatives are listed by their districts.

Alabama 

. 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). James E. Belser (D). 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), until April 22, 1844

• • William L. Yancey
    William Lowndes Yancey
    William Lowndes Yancey was a journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the most effective agitators for secession and rhetorical defenders of slavery. An early critic of...
    
     (D), from December 2, 1844. William W. Payne
    William Winter Payne
    William Winter Payne was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born at "Granville," near Warrenton, Virginia, Payne completed preparatory studies.He studied law but never practiced....
    
     (D). George S. Houston
    George S. Houston
    George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878....
    
     (D). 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). Felix G. McConnell (D)

Arkansas 

. Edward Cross (D)

Connecticut 

. Thomas H. Seymour (D). John Stewart

John Stewart (Connecticut)

John Stewart was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Chatham, Connecticut, Stewart completed preparatory studies.He became engaged in shipbuilding and in the mercantile business in Middle Haddam....

 (D). George S. Catlin

George S. Catlin

George Smith Catlin was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Harwinton, Connecticut, Catlin attended the common schools, Amherst College, and the Litchfield Law School....

 (D). Samuel Simons

Samuel Simons

Samuel Simons was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he pursued an academic course of study. He held several local offices and also taught in school. He studied medicine and commenced practice in Bridgeport, Connecticut.Simons was a...

 (D)

Florida 

: vacant, admitted to the Union March 3, 1845

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...

.. 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...

 (D). Howell Cobb

Howell Cobb

Howell Cobb was an American political figure. A Southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851...

 (D). 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...

 (D), until June 26, 1843

• • Alexander H. Stephens
    Alexander Stephens
    Alexander Hamilton Stephens was an American politician from Georgia. He was Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He also served as a U.S...
    
     (W), from October 2, 1843. Hugh A. Haralson
    Hugh A. Haralson
    Hugh Anderson Haralson was an American farmer and lawyer from Lagrange, Georgia. He represented Georgia in the U.S. Congress from 1843 to 1851. He was the father-in-law of the famous Confederate General John Gordon....
    
     (D). John B. Lamar
    John Basil Lamar
    John Basil Lamar was an American politician, planter and lawyer.-Biography:Lamar was born in Milledgeville, Georgia. He attended the Franklin College, the founding of the University of Georgia in Athens, beginning in 1827 but did not graduate...
    
     (D), until July 29, 1843
  • Absalom H. Chappell
    Absalom Harris Chappell
    Absalom Harris Chappell was an American politician and lawyer.Chappell was born in Mount Zion, Georgia, the oldest son of Joseph and Dorothy Harris Chappell. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens in 1820; however, he did not graduate from the school...
    
     (W), from October 2, 1843. John H. Lumpkin
    John Henry Lumpkin
    John Henry Lumpkin was an American politician, lawyer and jurist.Lumpkin was born in Lexington, Georgia, and attended Franklin College, the initial college of the University of Georgia in Athens, for some time and then attended Yale College in 1831 and 1832...
    
     (D). John Millen (D), until October 15, 1843
  • Duncan L. Clinch
    Duncan Lamont Clinch
    Duncan Lamont Clinch was an American army officer and served as a commander during the First and Second Seminole Wars. He also served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia....
    
     (W), from February 15, 1844. William H. Stiles
    William Henry Stiles
    William Henry Stiles was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia. He was the grandson of Joseph Clay.-Biography:...
    
     (D)

Illinois 

. Robert Smith

Robert Smith (Illinois)

Robert Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, nephew of Jeremiah Smith and Samuel Smith of New Hampshire....

 (D). John A. McClernand

John Alexander McClernand

John Alexander McClernand was an American lawyer and politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was a classic case of the politician-in-uniform coming into conflict with career Army officers, graduates of the United States Military Academy. He was a prominent Democratic...

 (D). Orlando B. Ficklin

Orlando B. Ficklin

Orlando Bell Ficklin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Scott County, Kentucky, Ficklin attended the common schools. He was graduated from Transylvania Law School, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1830. He was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Mount Carmel, Illinois. He...

 (D). John Wentworth

John Wentworth (mayor)

"Long" John Wentworth was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives....

 (D). Stephen A. Douglas

Stephen A. Douglas

Stephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed...

 (D). Joseph P. Hoge

Joseph P. Hoge

Joseph Pendleton Hoge was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Hoge attended the common schools and was graduated from Jefferson College Joseph Pendleton Hoge (December 15, 1810 - August 14, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Hoge...

 (D). John J. Hardin

John J. Hardin

John J. Hardin was a U.S. Representative and militia general from Illinois.Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, Hardin pursued classical studies and was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1831 and commenced practice...

 (W)

Indiana 

. Robert D. Owen

Robert Dale Owen

Robert Dale Owen was a longtime exponent in his adopted United States of the socialist doctrines of his father, Robert Owen, as well as a politician in the Democratic Party.-Biography:...

 (D). Thomas J. Henley

Thomas J. Henley

Thomas Jefferson Henley was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, father of Barclay Henley.Born in Richmond, Indiana, Henley attended Indiana University at Bloomington.He studied law....

 (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). Caleb B. Smith

Caleb Blood Smith

Caleb Blood Smith was an American journalist and politician, serving in the Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

 (W). William J. Brown

William J. Brown (Indiana)

William John Brown was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Early life:Born near Washington, Kentucky, Brown moved to Clermont County, Ohio, in 1808 with his parents, who settled near New Richmond. He attended the common schools and Franklin Academy in Clermont County...

 (D). 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). Joseph A. Wright

Joseph A. Wright

Joseph Albert Wright was the tenth Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from December 5, 1849 to January 12, 1857, most noted for his opposition to banking. His positions created a rift between him and the Indiana General Assembly who overrode all of his anti-banking vetoes...

 (D). John Pettit

John Pettit

John Pettit was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana.Born in Sackets Harbor, New York, he completed preparatory studies and admitted to the bar in 1831...

 (D). Samuel C. Sample

Samuel C. Sample

Samuel Caldwell Sample was a United States Representative from Indiana. He was born in Elkton, Maryland and attended a rural school. He learned to become a carpenter and assisted his father in his contracting business. In 1823 he moved with his father to Connersville, Indiana...

 (W). Andrew Kennedy (D)

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). 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). Henry Grider

Henry Grider

Henry Grider was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Garrard County, Kentucky. He pursued an academic course, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowling Green, Kentucky....

 (W). George A. Caldwell

George Caldwell

For the Louisiana contractor, see George A. Caldwell.George Alfred Caldwell was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Columbia, Kentucky where he attended the common schools...

 (D). James W. Stone

James W. Stone

James W. Stone was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Stone attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced.Held several local offices....

 (D). 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). William P. Thomasson (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). Richard French

Richard French

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

 (D). John W. Tibbatts

John W. Tibbatts

John Wooleston Tibbatts was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky.Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Tibbatts pursued classical studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1826, commencing practice in Newport, Kentucky...

 (D)

Louisiana 

. John Slidell

John Slidell

John Slidell was an American politician, lawyer and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man and became a staunch defender of southern rights as a U.S. Representative and Senator...

 (D). Alcée L. La Branche

Alcée Louis la Branche

Alcée Louis la Branche was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Democrat....

 (D). John B. Dawson

John Bennett Dawson

John Bennett Dawson was a United States House of Representatives member from the state of Louisiana.Born near Nashville, Tennessee on March 17, 1798, he went to Center College in Danville, Kentucky. He moved to Louisiana and became a planter and was also interested in the newspaper business. He...

 (D). Pierre E. J. B. Bossier

Pierre Bossier

Pierre Evariste Jean-Baptiste Bossier was a soldier, planter, and politician born in Natchitoches, Louisiana...

 (D), until April 24, 1844

• • Isaac E. Morse
    Isaac Edward Morse
    Isaac Edward Morse was a United States Congressman from Louisiana and Attorney General of Louisiana. He was born in Attakapas, Louisiana....
    
     (D), from December 2, 1844

Maine 

. Joshua Herrick

Joshua Herrick

Joshua Herrick was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts where he attended the common schools. He moved to the district of Maine in 1811 and engaged in the lumber business and served in the War of 1812...

 (D). Robert P. Dunlap

Robert P. Dunlap

Robert Pinckney Dunlap was the 11th Governor of Maine and a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Brunswick, Maine, Dunlap was educated by private tutors. He graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1815...

 (D). Luther Severance

Luther Severance

Luther Severance was a United States Representative and diplomat from Maine.-Life:He was born in Montague, Massachusetts on October 26, 1797. He moved with his parents to Cazenovia, New York in 1799. He attended the common schools, and learned the printer's trade in Peterboro, New York.He...

 (W). Freeman H. Morse

Freeman H. Morse

Freeman Harlow Morse was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Bath on February 18, 1807. He attended private schools and the academy in Bath. He engaged in business as a carver of figureheads for ships....

 (W). Benjamin White (D). Hannibal Hamlin

Hannibal Hamlin

Hannibal Hamlin was the 15th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War...

 (D). Shepard Cary

Shepard Cary

Shepard Cary was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in New Salem, Massachusetts, Cary attended the common schools.He moved with his parents to Houlton, Maine, in 1822....

 (D)

Maryland 

. John M. S. Causin

John Causin

John M. S. Causin was an American politician.Causin was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Prince George's County, Maryland about 1836, and returned to St. Mary's County to practice...

 (W). Francis Brengle

Francis Brengle

Francis Brengle was an American politician. Born in Frederick, Maryland, he completed studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in that city. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1832, 1834, and 1836, and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress,...

 (W). John Wethered

John Wethered

John Wethered was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Born near Wetheredville, Maryland, Wethered completed preparatory studies. He held several local offices, and engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods at Wetheredville, Maryland.Wethered was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress...

 (W). John P. Kennedy

John P. Kennedy

John Pendleton Kennedy was an American novelist and Whig politician who served as United States Secretary of the Navy from July 26, 1852 to March 4, 1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore, and as a U.S. Representative from the Maryland's 4th congressional district. He was...

 (W). Jacob A. Preston (W). Thomas A. Spence

Thomas Ara Spence

Thomas Ara Spence was an American politician.Born near the Accomack Court House in Accomack County, Virginia, Spence pursued academic studies and attended a local academy. He graduated from Yale College in 1829, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice at Snow Hill, Maryland...

 (W)

Massachusetts 

. 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). Daniel P. King

Daniel P. King

Daniel Putnam King was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in South Danvers, Massachusetts, now Peabody, Massachusetts King pursued classical studies and graduated from Harvard University in 1823....

 (W). Amos Abbott

Amos Abbott

Amos Abbott was a United States Congressman from Massachusetts.Son of Jeduthan Abbott and Hannah Poor , he was born in Andover, Essex, MA, USA...

 (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). Charles Hudson

Charles Hudson (Massachusetts)

Charles Hudson was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Hudson was born in Marlborough on November 14, 1795. He attended the common schools and later an academy, taught school, served in the War of 1812 and studied theology...

 (W). 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). Julius Rockwell

Julius Rockwell

Julius Rockwell was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell.Rockwell was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and educated at private schools and then Yale, where he studied law, graduating in 1826. He was admitted to the bar and in 1830 commenced...

 (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). 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). Barker Burnell

Barker Burnell

Barker Burnell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Burnell served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1819. He served as member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1820. He served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1824...

 (W), until June 15, 1843

• • Joseph Grinnell
    Joseph Grinnell (politician)
    Joseph Grinnell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and the brother of Moses Hicks Grinnell.Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Grinnell completed preparatory studies....
    
     (W), from December 7, 1843

Michigan 

. Robert McClelland

Robert McClelland (American politician)

Robert McClelland was a U.S. statesman, serving as U.S. Representative from Michigan, the ninth Governor of Michigan, and United States Secretary of the Interior.-Early life in Pennsylvania:...

 (D). Lucius Lyon

Lucius Lyon

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

 (D). James B. Hunt

James B. Hunt

James Bennett Hunt was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Hunt was born in Demerara, British Guiana . He moved with his father to New York City in 1803. There he later pursued an academic course, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1824, and commenced practice in New York...

 (D)

Mississippi 

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 H. Hammett

William H. Hammett

William Henry Hammett was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Don Manway, County Cork, Ireland, Hammett studied theology....

 (D). Robert W. Roberts

Robert W. Roberts

Robert Whyte Roberts was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Kent County, Delaware, Roberts received a liberal education.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar....

 (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). Tilghman M. Tucker

Tilghman Tucker

Tilghman Mayfield Tucker was Governor of Mississippi from 1842 to 1844. He was a Democrat.-Biography: Tucker was born in North Carolina and lived in Alabama for a time before moving to Mississippi. He left his career of blacksmithing and studied law under Judge Daniel W. Wright in Ham;;;ilton,...

 (D)

Missouri 

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...

.. Gustavus M. Bower (D). James B. Bowlin

James B. Bowlin

James Butler Bowlin was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Bowlin apprenticed to a trade, but abandoned it to teach school.He received a classical education....

 (D). James M. Hughes (D). John Jameson (D). James H. Relfe (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...

.. 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). John P. Hale

John P. Hale

John Parker Hale was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and in the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853 and again from 1855 to 1865. He was the first senator to make a stand against slavery...

 (D). Moses Norris, Jr.

Moses Norris Jr.

Moses Norris, Jr. was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.Born in Pittsfield, he attended the public schools and the Pittsfield Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1828. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Barnstead...

 (D). John R. Reding (D)

New Jersey 

. Lucius Q. C. Elmer

Lucius Elmer

Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the U.S. Congress from 1843 to 1845...

 (D). George Sykes

George Sykes (politician)

George Sykes was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, and was reelected in 1845 to fill a vacancy, serving until 1847.Sykes was born in Sykesville, New Jersey on September...

 (D). Isaac G. Farlee

Isaac G. Farlee

Isaac Gray Farlee was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.-Biography:Born at Whitehouse, New Jersey, Farlee attended the public schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Flemington. He served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1819, 1821, 1828, and 1830...

 (D). Littleton Kirkpatrick

Littleton Kirkpatrick

Littleton Kirkpatrick was an American Whig Party politician, who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855...

 (D). William Wright

William Wright (politician)

William Wright was an American politician who served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, represented as a Whig in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1847, and represented New Jersey in the United States Senate as a Democrat from 1853 to 1859, and again from 1863 until his...

 (IW

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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New York 

. Selah B. Strong

Selah B. Strong

Selah Brewster Strong was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (D). Henry C. Murphy

Henry Cruse Murphy

Henry Cruse Murphy was an American politician and historian, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. He graduated at Columbia College in 1830, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Brooklyn, where he became city attorney and, in 1842, mayor. The next year he became a member of Congress...

 (D). J. Phillips Phoenix (W). William B. Maclay

William B. Maclay

William Brown Maclay was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he received private instruction and was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1836...

 (D). Moses G. Leonard

Moses G. Leonard

Moses Gage Leonard was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Stafford, Connecticut, Leonard attended the public schools.He moved to New York City.City alderman and judge of the city court 1840-1842....

 (D). Hamilton Fish

Hamilton Fish

Hamilton Fish was an American statesman and politician who served as the 16th Governor of New York, United States Senator and United States Secretary of State. Fish has been considered one of the best Secretary of States in the United States history; known for his judiciousness and reform efforts...

 (W). Joseph H. Anderson

Joseph H. Anderson

Joseph Halstead Anderson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in the town of Harrison, near White Plains, New York, Anderson attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (D). Richard D. Davis

Richard D. Davis

Richard David Davis was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born at Stillwater, New York, Davis graduated from Yale College in 1818.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie....

 (D). James G. Clinton

James G. Clinton

James Graham Clinton was a U.S. Representative from New York, half brother of De Witt Clinton, cousin of George Clinton , and nephew of the first governor of New York, George Clinton ....

 (D). Jeremiah Russell

Jeremiah Russell

Jeremiah Russell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Saugerties, New York, Russell received limited schooling. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, the real estate business, and banking...

 (D). Zadock Pratt

Zadock Pratt

Zadock Pratt Jr. was a tanner, banker, soldier, and member of the United States House of Representatives...

 (D). David L. Seymour

David L. Seymour

David Lowrey Seymour was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Life:He was born on December 2, 1803 in Wethersfield, Connecticut....

 (D). 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). Charles Rogers (W). Lemuel Stetson

Lemuel Stetson

Lemuel Stetson was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Champlain, Clinton County, he attended the public schools and Plattsburg Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1824 and commenced practice in Keeseville, Essex County...

 (D). Chesselden Ellis

Chesselden Ellis

Chesselden Ellis was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New Windsor, Vermont, he completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Union College in Schenectady in 1823. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Waterford, New York...

 (D). Charles S. Benton

Charles S. Benton

Charles Swan Benton was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

 (D). Preston King

Preston King

Preston King was a United States Representative and Senator from New York.- Biography :Born in Ogdensburg, New York, he pursued classical studies and graduated from Union College in 1827, where he was an early member of The Kappa Alpha Society. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He...

 (D). Orville Hungerford

Orville Hungerford

Orville Hungerford was a two-term United States Representative for the 19th District in New York. He was also a prominent merchant, banker, industrialist, Mason and railroad president in Watertown, New York.-Early years:...

 (D). Samuel Beardsley

Samuel Beardsley

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

 (D), until April 29, 1844

• • Levi D. Carpenter
    Levi D. Carpenter
    Levi D. Carpenter was a United States Representative from New York.Carpenter was born in Waterville, New York on August 21, 1802, where he attended the public schools and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Waterville, New York...
    
     (D), from November 5, 1844. Jeremiah E. Cary
    Jeremiah E. Cary
    Jeremiah Eaton Cary was a United States Representative from New York.Cary was born in Coventry, Rhode Island on April 30, 1803, he attended public school. He moved to Cherry Valley, New York, in 1820, where he studied law. Cary was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in New York City...
    
     (D). Smith M. Purdy (D). Orville Robinson
    Orville Robinson
    Orville Robinson was an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Representative from New York.-Life:...
    
     (D). Horace Wheaton
    Horace Wheaton
    Horace Wheaton was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he moved with his parents to Pompey, Onondaga County, New York in 1810. He received a limited schooling, was graduated from Pompey Academy, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was...
    
     (D). George O. Rathbun
    George O. Rathbun
    George Oscar Rathbun was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Scipioville, near Auburn, New York, Rathbun attended the Auburn schools and was graduated from Hamilton College.He studied law....
    
     (D). 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). Byram Green
    Byram Green
    Byram Green was a New York state legislator for years in the Assembly and Senate, from 1816 to 1824. He was elected United States Representative from New York and served 1843-1845.-Early life and education:...
    
     (D). Thomas J. Paterson
    Thomas J. Paterson
    Thomas Jefferson Paterson, sometimes misspelled Patterson, , was a U.S. Representative from New York.Paterson was born in Lisle, New York and attended public schools....
    
     (W). Charles H. Carroll
    Charles H. Carroll
    *For other men named Charles Carroll, see Charles Carroll.Charles Holker Carroll was an American planter, jurist and statesman from Groveland, New York...
    
     (W). William S. Hubbell
    William Spring Hubbell
    William Spring Hubbell was an American politician, a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York....
    
     (D). Asher Tyler
    Asher Tyler
    Asher Tyler was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Bridgewater, Oneida County, he was graduated from Hamilton College in 1817, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County in 1836...
    
     (W). William A. Moseley
    William A. Moseley
    William Abbott Moseley was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Whitesboro, New York, Moseley was graduated from Yale College in 1816.He studied medicine and practiced.He studied law....
    
     (W). Albert Smith
    Albert Smith (New York)
    Albert Smith was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Cooperstown, New York, Smith completed preparatory studies. He moved to Batavia, New York, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced...
    
     (W). Washington Hunt
    Washington Hunt
    Washington Hunt was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He moved to Lockport, New York in 1828 to study law, was admitted to the bar in 1834, and opened a law office on Market Street in 1835...
    
     (W)

North Carolina 

. Thomas L. Clingman

Thomas Lanier Clingman

Thomas Lanier Clingman , known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861...

 (W). Daniel M. Barringer

Daniel Moreau Barringer

Daniel Moreau Barringer was a Whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1843 and 1849.Born near Concord, North Carolina, in 1806, Barringer attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Graduating in 1826, he went on to study law in Hillsborough and was admitted to the bar,...

 (W). David S. Reid

David Settle Reid

David Settle Reid was the 32nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1851 to 1854 and a U.S. Senator from December 1854 to March 1859. His uncle was Congressman Thomas Settle, and his brother was Hugh Kearns Reid....

 (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). Romulus M. Saunders

Romulus Mitchell Saunders

Romulus Mitchell Saunders was an American politician from North Carolina.Saunders was born near Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina. He was the son of William Saunders and Hannah Mitchell Saunders, attended Hyco and Caswell Academies and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

 (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). John R. J. Daniel

John Reeves Jones Daniel

John Reeves Jones Daniel was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina.Daniel was born near Halifax, North Carolina and was instructed privately at home. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1821. After studying law, he was admitted to the North Carolina...

 (D). Archibald H. Arrington

Archibald Hunter Arrington

Archibald Hunter Arrington was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1841 to 1845 and a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War....

 (D). 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)

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). Robert C. Schenck

Robert C. Schenck

Robert Cumming Schenck was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, and the Battle of Cross Keys...

 (W). Joseph Vance

Joseph Vance

Joseph Vance was a Whig politician from Ohio. He was the 13th Governor of Ohio and the first Whig to hold the position.Vance was born in Catfish , Pennsylvania...

 (W). Emery D. Potter

Emery D. Potter

Emery Davis Potter was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Potter attended the district school and the academy in Herkimer County, New York....

 (D). Henry St. John (D). Joseph J. McDowell

Joseph J. McDowell

Joseph Jefferson McDowell was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of Joseph McDowell.Born in Burke County, North Carolina, McDowell moved to Kentucky with his mother in 1805 and to Augusta County, Virginia, in 1817.He pursued preparatory studies.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.He moved to...

 (D). John I. Vanmeter

John I. Vanmeter

John Inskeep Vanmeter was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Moorefield, Virginia , in February 1798, Vanmeter attended the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, and was graduated from Princeton College in 1821.He studied law at the school of Judge Gould in Litchfield,...

 (W). Elias Florence

Elias Florence

Elias Florence was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Florence attended the public schools and studied agriculture. He later moved to Ohio and settled in Circleville, Pickaway County...

 (W). Heman Allen Moore (D), until April 3, 1844

• • Alfred P. Stone
    Alfred P. Stone
    Alfred Parish Stone was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Worthington, Massachusetts, Stone attended the common schools. He married Anna Townsend of Buffalo, New York...
    
     (D), from October 8, 1844. Jacob Brinkerhoff
    Jacob Brinkerhoff
    Jacob Brinkerhoff was an American jurist, Congressman, and author of the Wilmot Proviso.Brinkerhoff was born in Niles, Cayuga County, New York. He was schooled at the academy at Prattsburgh, New York, and studied law in the office of Howell and Bro...
    
     (D). Samuel F. Vinton
    Samuel Finley Vinton
    Samuel Finley Vinton was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from March 4, 1823 to March 4, 1837 and again from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1851....
    
     (W). Perley B. Johnson
    Perley B. Johnson
    Perley Brown Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in the blockhouse in Marietta, Ohio, Johnson attended the public schools.He studied medicine.He commenced practice in Marietta in 1822....
    
     (W). Alexander Harper
    Alexander Harper
    Alexander Harper was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Belfast, Ireland, Harper immigrated to the United States and settled in Zanesville, Ohio. He pursued preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1813, and commenced practice in Zanesville. He served as member of the...
    
     (W). Joseph Morris
    Joseph Morris (Ohio politician)
    Joseph Morris was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, father of James Remley Morris.Born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, Morris attended the public schools...
    
     (D). James Mathews
    James Mathews (representative)
    James Mathews was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Matthews was born at Liberty, Trumbull County, Ohio. After studying law he was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1830. He then moved to Coshocton, Ohio, where he practiced law. From 1832-1837 Mathews was a member of the...
    
     (D). William C. McCauslen
    William C. McCauslen
    William Cochran McCauslen was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.McCauslen was born near Steubenville, Ohio, and attended the public schools. After he studied law, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Steubenville. He was a law partner of Secretary of War Stanton. He served as member of the...
    
     (D). Ezra Dean
    Ezra Dean
    Ezra Dean was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Hillsdale, New York, Dean attended the common schools.In the War of 1812 was appointed ensign in the Eleventh Regiment of United States Infantry April 17, 1814....
    
     (D). Daniel R. Tilden
    Daniel R. Tilden
    Daniel Rose Tilden was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, Tilden attended the public schools.Resided several years in Virginia and South Carolina....
    
     (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). Henry R. Brinkerhoff
    Henry R. Brinkerhoff
    Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, cousin of Jacob Brinkerhoff.Born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, Brinkerhoff moved with his parents to Cayuga County, New York, in 1793....
    
     (D), until April 30, 1844
  • Edward S. Hamlin
    Edward S. Hamlin
    Edward Stowe Hamlin was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Hillsdale, New York, Hamlin attended the district school of Hillsdale, New York, and a private school in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He pursued an academic course in Hudson, New York...
    
     (W), from October 8, 1844

Pennsylvania 

. Edward Joy Morris

Edward Joy Morris

Edward Joy Morris was a Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia...

 (W). Joseph R. Ingersoll

Joseph Reed Ingersoll

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

 (W). John T. Smith

John T. Smith (congressman)

John T. Smith was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John T. Smith was born in Philadelphia. Birth and death dates unknown.He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress.-Sources:*...

 (D). Charles J. Ingersoll

Charles Jared Ingersoll

Charles Jared Ingersoll was an American lawyer and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania...

 (D). Jacob S. Yost

Jacob Senewell Yost

Jacob Senewell Yost was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives....

 (D). Michael H. Jenks

Michael Hutchinson Jenks

Michael Hutchinson Jenks was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Michael H. Jenks was born at Bridgetown Mills, Pennsylvania, near Middletown, Pennsylvania. He served as commissioner of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from 1830 to 1833, and treasurer from 1833 to 1835...

 (W). Abraham R. McIlvaine

Abraham Robinson McIlvaine

Abraham Robinson McIlvaine was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Abraham R. McIlvaine was born in Ridley, Pennsylvania. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1836 and...

 (W). Jeremiah Brown

Jeremiah Brown

Jeremiah Brown was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Jeremiah Brown was born in Little Britain Township, Pennsylvania. He engaged in milling and agricultural pursuits. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1826...

 (W). John Ritter

John Ritter (congressman)

John Ritter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Ritter was born in Exeter, Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling and apprenticed as a printer. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1836.Ritter was elected as a Democrat...

 (D). Richard Brodhead

Richard Brodhead

Richard Brodhead was an American lawyer and politician from Easton, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was the father of U.S. Representative Jefferson Davis Brodhead....

 (D). Benjamin A. Bidlack

Benjamin Alden Bidlack

Benjamin Alden Bidlack was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Benjamin Alden Bidlack was born in Paris, New York. He moved to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and attended the public schools...

 (D). Almon H. Read

Almon Heath Read

Almon Heath Read was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Almon Heath Read was born in Shelburne, Vermont. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1811. He served as county clerk from 1815 to 1820...

 (D), until June 3, 1844

• • George Fuller
    George Fuller (congressman)
    George Fuller was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George Fuller was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He moved to Pennsylvania and resided in Montrose, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D), from December 2, 1844. Henry Frick
    Henry Frick
    Henry Frick was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry Frick was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and apprenticed to a printer in Philadelphia. He served in the War of 1812...
    
     (W), until March 1, 1844
  • James Pollock
    James Pollock
    James Pollock was the 13th Governor of the State of Pennsylvania from 1855 to 1858.- Political career :James Pollock graduated from the College of New Jersey at Princeton before setting up a law practice in his home community, in Milton, Pennsylvania...
    
     (W), from April 5, 1844. Alexander Ramsey
    Alexander Ramsey
    Alexander Ramsey was an American politician. He was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Alexander Ramsey was elected from Pennsylvania as a Whig to the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the 28th and 29th congresses from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1847...
    
     (W). Henry Nes
    Henry Nes
    Henry Nes was an American medical doctor and politician.-Biography:Nes was born in York, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton College...
    
     (ID
    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...
    
    ). James Black
    James Black (congressman)
    James Black was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Black was born in Newport, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D). James Irvin
    James Irvin
    James Irvin was an American politician. Irvin was a prominent agriculturalist and ironmaster in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Irvin represented Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district in the 27th United States Congress, and Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district in the 28th United States...
    
     (W). Andrew Stewart
    Andrew Stewart (1791-1872)
    Andrew Stewart was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Andrew Stewart was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of the Union Literary Society at Washington College...
    
     (W). Henry D. Foster
    Henry Donnel Foster
    Henry Donnel Foster was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
    
     (D). John Dickey
    John Dickey
    John Dickey was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Dickey was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He was appointed postmaster of Old Brighton, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 1818, and served until May 17, 1821. He served as sheriff from 1824 to 1827...
    
     (W). William Wilkins
    William Wilkins (U.S. politician)
    William Wilkins was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During his career, he served in both houses of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, and in all three branches of the United States federal government, including service as a United States federal judge, as...
    
     (D), until February 14, 1844
  • Cornelius Darragh
    Cornelius Darragh
    Cornelius Darragh was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Cornelius Darragh was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the Western University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with the class of 1826. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and...
    
     (W), from March 26, 1844. Samuel Hays (D). Charles M. Reed
    Charles Manning Reed
    Charles Manning Reed was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles M. Reed was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was the grandson of the first settler of Erie, Seth Reed. He attended the public schools and was graduated from Washington College in Washington,...
    
     (W). Joseph Buffington
    Joseph Buffington (congressman)
    Joseph Buffington was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Buffington was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Western University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania, and edited a weekly...
    
     (W)

Rhode Island 

. Henry Y. Cranston

Henry Y. Cranston

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

 (LO

Law and Order Party of Rhode Island

The Law and Order Party of Rhode Island was a short-lived political party in the U.S. state of Rhode Island in the 1840s, brought into existence as a consequence of the Dorr Rebellion.-Elected office-holders:* Governor James Fenner...

). Elisha R. Potter

Elisha R. Potter

Elisha Reynolds Potter was a statesman and jurist from Kingston, Rhode Island. He was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and served one term in the United States House of Representatives. His father, Elisha Reynolds Potter, also served in the US Congress. He was a member of the...

 (LO

Law and Order Party of Rhode Island

The Law and Order Party of Rhode Island was a short-lived political party in the U.S. state of Rhode Island in the 1840s, brought into existence as a consequence of the Dorr Rebellion.-Elected office-holders:* Governor James Fenner...

)

South Carolina 

. James A. Black

James A. Black

James Augustus Black was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born on his father's plantation in Ninety Six District, near Abbeville, South Carolina, Black attended the common schools on his father's plantation....

 (D). Richard F. Simpson

Richard F. Simpson

Richard Franklin Simpson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Laurens, South Carolina, Simpson was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1816....

 (D). Joseph A. Woodward

Joseph A. Woodward

Joseph Addison Woodward was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, son of William Woodward.Born in Winnsboro, South Carolina, Woodward received an academic training and was graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced.He...

 (D). John Campbell (D). Armistead Burt

Armistead Burt

Armistead Burt was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born at Clouds Creek, near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, Burt moved with his parents to Pendleton, South Carolina...

 (D). 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)

Tennessee 

. Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American...

 (D). William T. Senter

William Tandy Senter

William Tandy Senter was an American politician that represented Tennessee's second district in the United States House of Representatives. He was born at Bean Station, Tennessee on May 12, 1801. He attended the common schools, held several local offices, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He...

 (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). Alvan Cullom

Alvan Cullom

Alvan Cullom was an American politician that represented Tennessee's 4th district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:He was born in Monticello, Kentucky on September 4, 1797. He received a liberal schooling, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823, and commenced practice...

 (D). George W. Jones

George Washington Jones (Tennessee politician)

George Washington Jones was an American politician who represented Tennessee's fifth district in the United States House of Representatives. He served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....

 (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). David W. Dickinson

David W. Dickinson

David W. Dickinson was an American politician who represented Tennessee's eighth district in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Franklin, Tennessee. He completed preparatory studied and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studied law, was...

 (W). Joseph H. Peyton

Joseph Hopkins Peyton

Joseph Hopkins Peyton was an American politician who represented Tennessee's eighth district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (W). 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 B. Ashe

John Baptista Ashe (representative)

John Baptista Ashe , born in Beaufort, North Carolina, was an American lawyer and the nephew of the Revolutionary War John Baptista Ashe. He served as a U.S. Congressman for Tennessee for one term ....

 (W). Milton Brown (W)

Vermont 

. Solomon Foot

Solomon Foot

Solomon Foot was a Vermont lawyer, state representative and later senator who spent more than 25 years in elected office. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He served as a state representative briefly in 1833, and also from 1836 to 1838...

 (W). Jacob Collamer

Jacob Collamer

Jacob Collamer was an American politician from Vermont.-Biography:Jacob Collamer was born in Troy, New York. He graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington, served in the War of 1812, studied law in St. Albans, Vermont, was admitted to the bar in 1813, and served as an officer in a...

 (W). George P. Marsh

George Perkins Marsh

George Perkins Marsh , an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist, although "conservationist" would be more accurate...

 (W). Paul Dillingham, Jr. (D)

Virginia 

. Archibald Atkinson

Archibald Atkinson

Archibald Atkinson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Atkinson received a liberal education. He attended the law department of William and Mary College , Williamsburg, Virginia. He served during the War of 1812...

 (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). 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). Edmund W. Hubard

Edmund W. Hubard

Edmund Wilcox Hubard was a nineteenth century politician, appraiser and justice of the peace from Virginia.-Biography:...

 (D). Thomas W. Gilmer

Thomas Walker Gilmer

Thomas Walker Gilmer was an American statesman.-Personal life:Gilmer was born to George and Eliza Gilmer at their farm, "Gilmerton", in Albemarle County, Virginia. He was taught by private tutors in Charlottesville and Staunton, and studied law in Liberty , Virginia.Gilmer practiced law in...

 (D), until February 16, 1844

• • 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), from April 25, 1844. 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). 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:...
    
     (D), until February 12, 1844
  • Thomas H. Bayly
    Thomas H. Bayly
    Thomas Henry Bayly was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He was the son of Thomas M. Bayly.-Biography:...
    
     (D), from May 6, 1844. Willoughby Newton
    Willoughby Newton
    Willoughby Newton was a nineteenth century congressman and lawyer from Virginia.-Biography:Born at "Lee Hall" near Hague, Virginia, he was the son of Willoughby Newton and Sarah "Sally" Bland Poythress , the widow of Richard "Squire" Lee and daughter of Peter Poythress of "Branchester", and...
    
     (W). Samuel Chilton
    Samuel Chilton
    Samuel Chilton was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Warrenton, Virginia, Chilton moved to Missouri with his family as a child and attended private school there. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1826, commencing practice back in Warrenton...
    
     (W). William Lucas
    William Lucas (politician)
    William Lucas was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the brother of Edward Lucas....
    
     (D). William Taylor
    William Taylor (congressman)
    William Taylor was a nineteenth century congressman and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Alexandria, Virginia , Taylor completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Staunton, Virginia...
    
     (D). Augustus A. Chapman
    Augustus A. Chapman
    Augustus Alexandria Chapman was a 19th century politician and lawyer from Virginia.-Biography:Born in Union, Virginia , Chapman studied law as a young adult. He was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Union...
    
     (D). George W. Hopkins
    George Washington Hopkins
    George Washington Hopkins was a nineteenth century United States politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher....
    
     (D). George W. Summers
    George W. Summers
    George William Summers was an attorney, politician, and jurist from Virginia .Summers was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, where his father served in the House of Delegates for four terms. His family moved to Kanawha County in 1814...
    
     (W). 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

. David Levy Yulee

David Levy Yulee

David Levy Yulee, born David Levy was an American politician and attorney from Florida, a territorial delegate to Congress, the first Jewish member of the United States Senate, and a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War...

 (D), until March 3, 1845. 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). Henry Dodge

Henry Dodge

Henry Dodge was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, Territorial Governor of Wisconsin and a veteran of the Black Hawk War. His son was Augustus C. Dodge with whom he served in the U.S. Senate, the first, and so far only, father-son pair to serve concurrently....

 (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• replacements: 7
  • Democrats (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...
    
    : no net change
  • Whigs (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...
    
    : 1 seat net loss
  • Law and Order (LO)
    Law and Order Party of Rhode Island
    The Law and Order Party of Rhode Island was a short-lived political party in the U.S. state of Rhode Island in the 1840s, brought into existence as a consequence of the Dorr Rebellion.-Elected office-holders:* Governor James Fenner...
    
    : 1 seat net gain
• deaths: 3
• resignations: 5
• interim appointments: 1
• Total seats with changes: 10

|-
| Tennessee
(1)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. 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:...

 resigned in 26th Congress

26th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :*President: Richard M. Johnson *President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :*Speaker: Robert M.T. Hunter -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

| | 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...

)
| Elected October 17, 1843
|-
| Tennessee
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Failure to elect
| | Spencer Jarnagin

Spencer Jarnagin

Spencer Jarnagin was a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1843 to 1847.- Biography :Jarnagin was born in what was shortly to become Grainger County, Tennessee. He graduated from Greenville College in 1813 and after the study of law was admitted to the bar in 1817. He served in the...

 (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 October 17, 1843
|-
| Maine
(1)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep 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...

 resigned in previous congress
| | John Fairfield

John Fairfield

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

 (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 December 4, 1843
|-
| Louisiana
(3)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Alexander Porter

Alexander Porter

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

 became ill, never took his seat and died January 14, 1844
| | Henry Johnson

Henry Johnson (Louisiana)

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

 (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 February 12, 1844
|-
| Illinois
(2)
| | Samuel McRoberts

Samuel McRoberts

Samuel McRoberts was a United States Senator from Illinois. Born near Maeystown, he was educated by private tutors and graduated from the law department of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Monroe County, and was clerk of...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 27, 1843
| | James Semple

James Semple

James Semple was a United States Senator from Illinois.Born in Green County, Kentucky, he had some private education as well as public schooling before enlisting in the Army in 1814 and being an ensign in the Kentucky Militia in 1816. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, in 1818 and to Chariton,...

 (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 December 4, 1843
|-
| Missouri
(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

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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 3, 1843
| | David R. Atchison

David Rice Atchison

David Rice Atchison was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years...

 (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 December 14, 1843
|-
| Rhode Island
(1)
| | William Sprague (D

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 January 17, 1844
| John B. Francis

John Brown Francis

John Brown Francis was a United States Senator from Rhode Island.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools of Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Brown University in 1808. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, attended the Litchfield Law School, and was...

 (LO

Law and Order Party of Rhode Island

The Law and Order Party of Rhode Island was a short-lived political party in the U.S. state of Rhode Island in the 1840s, brought into existence as a consequence of the Dorr Rebellion.-Elected office-holders:* Governor James Fenner...

)
| Elected January 25, 1844
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| 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

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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 15, 1844 after being appointed Minister to France

United States Ambassador to France

This article is about the United States Ambassador to France. There has been a United States Ambassador to France since the American Revolution. The United States sent its first envoys to France in 1776, towards the end of the four-centuries-old Bourbon dynasty...

| | 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

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 April 22, 1844
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| New York
(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...

 (D

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 June 17, 1844 after being appointed Governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...

 of Wisconsin Territory

Wisconsin Territory

The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin...

| | Daniel S. Dickinson

Daniel S. Dickinson

Daniel Stevens Dickinson was a New York politician, most notable as a United States Senator from 1844 to 1851.-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 30, 1844
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| Arkansas
(2)
| | William S. Fulton (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 15, 1844
| | Chester Ashley

Chester Ashley

Chester Ashley was an American politician who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1844 until his death....

 (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 8, 1844
|-
| New York
(3)
| | Silas Wright

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...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 26, 1844 after being elected Governor of New York

Governor of New York

The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the State of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military and naval forces. The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her...

| | Henry A. Foster

Henry A. Foster

Henry Allen Foster was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a United States Senator from 1844 to 1845.-Life:His family moved to Cazenovia, New York when he was a boy...

 (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...

)
| Appointed November 30, 1844
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| New York
(3)
| | Henry A. Foster

Henry A. Foster

Henry Allen Foster was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a United States Senator from 1844 to 1845.-Life:His family moved to Cazenovia, New York when he was a boy...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected January 27, 1845
| | John A. Dix

John Adams Dix

John Adams Dix was an American politician from New York. He served as Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator, and the 24th Governor of New York. He was also a Union major general during the Civil War.-Early life and career:...

 (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 27, 1845
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| South Carolina
(2)
| | Daniel E. Huger

Daniel Elliott Huger

Daniel Elliott Huger was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born on Limerick plantation, Berkeley County , his father was Daniel Huger, a Continental Congressman and U.S. Representative from South Carolina...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1845
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Florida
(1)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Florida admitted to the Union March 3, 1845
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Florida
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Florida admitted to the Union March 3, 1845
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}

House of Representatives

• replacements: 14
  • Democrats (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...
    
    : 6 seat net loss
  • Whigs (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...
    
    : 6 seat net gain
• deaths: 7
• resignations: 7
• contested election: 0
• Total seats with changes: 16

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|
| | Barker Burnell

Barker Burnell

Barker Burnell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Burnell served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1819. He served as member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1820. He served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1824...

 (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%" | Died June 15, 1843
| | Joseph Grinnell

Joseph Grinnell (politician)

Joseph Grinnell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and the brother of Moses Hicks Grinnell.Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Grinnell completed preparatory studies....

 (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...

)
| Seated December 7, 1843
|-
|
| | 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...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 26, 1843 to become candidate for Governor of Georgia
| | Alexander H. Stephens (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...

)
| Seated October 2, 1843
|-
|
| | John B. Lamar

John Basil Lamar

John Basil Lamar was an American politician, planter and lawyer.-Biography:Lamar was born in Milledgeville, Georgia. He attended the Franklin College, the founding of the University of Georgia in Athens, beginning in 1827 but did not graduate...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 29, 1843
| | Absalom H. Chappell

Absalom Harris Chappell

Absalom Harris Chappell was an American politician and lawyer.Chappell was born in Mount Zion, Georgia, the oldest son of Joseph and Dorothy Harris Chappell. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens in 1820; however, he did not graduate from the school...

 (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...

)
| Seated October 2, 1843
|-
|
| | John Millen (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 15, 1843
| | Duncan L. Clinch

Duncan Lamont Clinch

Duncan Lamont Clinch was an American army officer and served as a commander during the First and Second Seminole Wars. He also served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia....

 (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...

)
| Seated February 15, 1844
|-
|
| | 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:...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 12, 1844 after being appointed Minister to Brazil

United States Ambassador to Brazil

The following is a list of Ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Brazil. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.-See also:...

| | Thomas H. Bayly (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...

)
| Seated May 6, 1844
|-
|
| | William Wilkens

William Wilkins (U.S. politician)

William Wilkins was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During his career, he served in both houses of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, and in all three branches of the United States federal government, including service as a United States federal judge, as...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 14, 1844 after being appointed United States Secretary of War

United States Secretary of War

The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War," was appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation...

| | Cornelius Darragh

Cornelius Darragh

Cornelius Darragh was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Cornelius Darragh was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the Western University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with the class of 1826. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and...

 (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...

)
| Seated March 26, 1844
|-
|
| | Thomas W. Gilmer

Thomas Walker Gilmer

Thomas Walker Gilmer was an American statesman.-Personal life:Gilmer was born to George and Eliza Gilmer at their farm, "Gilmerton", in Albemarle County, Virginia. He was taught by private tutors in Charlottesville and Staunton, and studied law in Liberty , Virginia.Gilmer practiced law in...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 16, 1844 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Navy

United States Secretary of the Navy

The Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America is the head of the Department of the Navy, a component organization of the Department of Defense...

| | 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

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...

)
| Seated April 25, 1844

|-
|
| | Henry Frick

Henry Frick

Henry Frick was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry Frick was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and apprenticed to a printer in Philadelphia. He served in the War of 1812...

 (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%" | Died March 1, 1844
| | James Pollock

James Pollock

James Pollock was the 13th Governor of the State of Pennsylvania from 1855 to 1858.- Political career :James Pollock graduated from the College of New Jersey at Princeton before setting up a law practice in his home community, in Milton, Pennsylvania...

 (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...

)
| Seated April 5, 1844
|-
|
| | Heman A. Moore

Heman A. Moore

Heman Allen Moore was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Plainfield, Washington County, Vermont, Moore pursued an academic course.He studied law in Rochester, New York....

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 3, 1844
| | Alfred P. Stone

Alfred P. Stone

Alfred Parish Stone was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Worthington, Massachusetts, Stone attended the common schools. He married Anna Townsend of Buffalo, New York...

 (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...

)
| Seated October 8, 1844

|-
|
| | 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

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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 22, 1844 after being appointed US Senator
| | William L. Yancey

William Lowndes Yancey

William Lowndes Yancey was a journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the most effective agitators for secession and rhetorical defenders of slavery. An early critic of...

 (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...

)
| Seated December 2, 1844
|-
|
| | Pierre Bossier

Pierre Bossier

Pierre Evariste Jean-Baptiste Bossier was a soldier, planter, and politician born in Natchitoches, Louisiana...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 24, 1844
| | Isaac E. Morse

Isaac Edward Morse

Isaac Edward Morse was a United States Congressman from Louisiana and Attorney General of Louisiana. He was born in Attakapas, Louisiana....

 (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...

)
| Seated December 2, 1844
|-
|
| | Samuel Beardsley

Samuel Beardsley

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

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 29, 1844 after being appointed associate judge of New York Supreme Court

New York Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in thestate court system of New York, United States. There is a supreme court in each of New York State's 62 counties, although some smaller counties share judges with neighboring counties...

| | Levi D. Carpenter

Levi D. Carpenter

Levi D. Carpenter was a United States Representative from New York.Carpenter was born in Waterville, New York on August 21, 1802, where he attended the public schools and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Waterville, New York...

 (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...

)
| Seated November 5, 1844
|-
|
| | Henry R. Brinkerhoff

Henry R. Brinkerhoff

Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, cousin of Jacob Brinkerhoff.Born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, Brinkerhoff moved with his parents to Cayuga County, New York, in 1793....

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 30, 1844
| | Edward S. Hamlin

Edward S. Hamlin

Edward Stowe Hamlin was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Hillsdale, New York, Hamlin attended the district school of Hillsdale, New York, and a private school in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He pursued an academic course in Hudson, New York...

 (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...

)
| Seated October 8, 1844
|-
|
| | Almon H. Read

Almon Heath Read

Almon Heath Read was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Almon Heath Read was born in Shelburne, Vermont. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1811. He served as county clerk from 1815 to 1820...

 (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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 3, 1844
| | George Fuller

George Fuller (congressman)

George Fuller was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George Fuller was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He moved to Pennsylvania and resided in Montrose, Pennsylvania...

 (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...

)
| Seated December 2, 1844
|-
|
| | David L. Yulee

David Levy Yulee

David Levy Yulee, born David Levy was an American politician and attorney from Florida, a territorial delegate to Congress, the first Jewish member of the United States Senate, and a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War...

 (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...

)
| colspan=3 style="font-size:80%" | Seat was eliminated when Florida achieved statehood March 3, 1845
|-
| nowrap |
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}

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...
  
  : Septimus Tustin
  Septimus Tustin
  Septimus Tustin was a Presbyterian clergyman who served as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives in 1837 and as Chaplain of the United States Senate 1841-1846.- Early life :...
  
   (Presbyterian
  Presbyterianism
  Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...
  
  )
• 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...
  
  : Edward Dyer
  Edward Dyer
  Sir Edward Dyer was an English courtier and poet.-Life:The son of Sir Thomas Dyer, Kt., he was born at Sharpham Park, Glastonbury, Somerset. He was educated, according to Anthony Wood, either at Balliol College, Oxford or at Broadgates Hall , and left after taking a degree...
  
  

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...
  
  :
  • Isaac S. Tinsley (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 4, 1843
  • William M. Daily (Methodist
    Methodism
    Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
    
    ), elected December 4, 1844
• 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....
  
  :
  • Caleb J. McNulty, December 6, 1843 – January 18, 1845
  • Benjamin B. French, elected January 18, 1845
• 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...
  
  : Jesse E. Dow
• 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...
  
  : John M. Johnson
• 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...
  
  : Newton Lane

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