30th United States Congress

The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 and the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

. It met in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of the administration of President

President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

 James K. Polk

James K. Polk

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

. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

 was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840

United States Census, 1840

The United States Census of 1840 was the sixth census of the United States. Conducted by the Bureau of the Census on June 1, 1840, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 17,069,453 — an increase of 32.7 percent over the 12,866,020 persons enumerated during the 1830...

. The Senate had a 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...

 majority, and the House had a 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...

 majority. It was the only Congress in which Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

 served.

Major events

• July 1, 1847: United States issued its first postage stamps
• January 24, 1848: Gold found at Sutter's Mill
  Sutter's Mill
  Sutter's Mill was a sawmill owned by 19th century pioneer John Sutter in partnership with James W. Marshall. It was located in Coloma, California, at the bank of the South Fork American River...
  
  , beginning the California Gold Rush
  California Gold Rush
  The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in Oregon, the Sandwich Islands , and Latin America, who were the first to start flocking to...
  
  
• January 31, 1848: Washington Monument
  Washington Monument
  The Washington Monument is an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington...
  
   established
• July 19, 1848: Seneca Falls Convention
  Seneca Falls Convention
  The Seneca Falls Convention was an early and influential women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, July 19–20, 1848. It was organized by local New York women upon the occasion of a visit by Boston-based Lucretia Mott, a Quaker famous for her speaking ability, a skill rarely...
  
  
• November 7 , 1848: U.S. presidential election, 1848: Whig Zachary Taylor
  Zachary Taylor
  Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States and an American military leader. Initially uninterested in politics, Taylor nonetheless ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election, defeating Lewis Cass...
  
   defeated Lewis Cass
  Lewis Cass
  Lewis Cass was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U.S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan...
  
   in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day.
• 1846–1848: Mexican-American War

Major legislation

• March 3, 1849: United States Department of the Interior
  United States Department of the Interior
  The United States Department of the Interior is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native...
  
   established, sess. 2, ch. 108,
• March 3, 1849: Gold Coinage Act
  Gold Coinage Act
  The Coinage Act of 1849 or the Gold Coinage Act was an act of the United States Congress which allowed for the minting of two new denominations of gold coins, the gold dollar and the gold $20 or double eagle. It further defined the variances which were permissible in UnitedStates gold coinage...
  
  , sess. 2, ch. 109,

Treaty

• February 2, 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico City, that ended the Mexican-American War on February 2, 1848...
  
   signed, ended the Mexican–American War
  Mexican–American War
  The Mexican–American War, also known as the First American Intervention, the Mexican War, or the U.S.–Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S...
  
   and ceding to the United States virtually all of what is today the southwest of that country.

States admitted and territories established

• May 29, 1848: Wisconsin
  Wisconsin
  Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
  
   admitted as the 30th U.S. state, sess. 1, ch. 50,
• August 14, 1848: Oregon Territory
  Oregon Territory
  The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon. Originally claimed by several countries , the region was...
  
   was formed from territory ceded by Great Britain and others.
• March 3, 1849: Minnesota Territory
  Minnesota Territory
  The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota.-History:...
  
   formed from the 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...
  
  , sess. 2, ch. 121,

Senate

During this congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of Wisconsin.

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)	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)	Other		Vacant
End of previous 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...	31	0	24	1	56	2
Begin	34	1	20	0	55	3
End	36		23		60	0
Final voting share	60.0%	1.7%	38.3%	0.0%
Beginning of next Congress 31st United States Congress The Thirty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851, during the last 17 months...	32	0	25	2	59	1

House of Representatives

During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Wisconsin.

Affiliation	Party					Total
	American Know Nothing The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by... (Know-nothing) (A)	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)	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 (I)		Vacant
End of previous 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...	12	137	0	77	0	226	2
Begin	1	107	2	116	1	227	1
End		110	3	115		230	0
Final voting share	0.4%	47.8%	1.3%	50.0%	0.4%
Beginning of next Congress 31st United States Congress The Thirty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851, during the last 17 months...	1	113	0	107	0	230	1

Leadership

Senate

• President: George M. Dallas
  George M. Dallas
  George Mifflin Dallas was a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President of the United States , serving under James K. Polk.-Family and early life:...
  
   (D)
• 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...
  
  : 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)

House of Representatives

• Speaker
  Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
  
  : Robert 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)

Members

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

Senate

Alabama 

• 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), until June 16, 1848
  • 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), from July 1, 1848
• 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 October 25, 1848
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick
    Benjamin Fitzpatrick
    Benjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat....
    
     (D), from November 25, 1848

Arkansas 

• 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), until March 15, 1848
  • Solon Borland
    Solon Borland
    Solon Borland was a newspaperman, soldier, diplomat, Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
    
     (D), from March 30, 1848
• Chester Ashley
  Chester Ashley
  Chester Ashley was an American politician who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1844 until his death....
  
   (D), until April 29, 1848
  • William K. Sebastian
    William King Sebastian
    William King Sebastian was an American planter, lawyer, and U.S. senator from Helena, Arkansas. He represented Arkansas as a U.S. Senator, Democrat, from 1848 to 1861....
    
     (D), from May 12, 1848

Connecticut 

• 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), until November 1, 1847
  • Roger S. Baldwin
    Roger Sherman Baldwin
    Roger Sherman Baldwin was an American lawyer involved in the Amistad case, who later became the 17th Governor of Connecticut and a United States Senator.-Early life:...
    
     (W), from November 11, 1847
• 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 

• John M. Clayton
  John M. Clayton
  John Middleton Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Secretary of State....
  
   (W), until February 23, 1849
  • John Wales
    John Wales
    John Wales was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...
    
     (W), from February 23, 1849
• Presley Spruance
  Presley Spruance
  Presley Spruance was an American merchant and politician from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist and later the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S...
  
   (W)

Florida 

• 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)
• James D. Westcott, Jr.
  James Westcott
  James Diament Westcott, Jr. was a United States Senator from Florida.-Early life and career:Westcott was born in Alexandria, Virginia where his father, James Sr., was transitioning from newspaper publisher to politician. James Jr.'s grandfather was a captain in the American Revolutionary War...
  
   (D)

Georgia 

• 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), until February 4, 1848
  • Herschel V. Johnson
    Herschel Vespasian Johnson
    Herschel Vespasian Johnson was an American politician. He was the 41st Governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1857 and the vice-presidential nominee of the Douglas wing of the Democratic Party in the 1860 US presidential election....
    
     (D), from February 4, 1848
• 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)

Illinois 

• 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)
• 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)

Indiana 

• Edward A. Hannegan
  Edward A. Hannegan
  Edward Allen Hannegan was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana.-Early life and education:...
  
   (D)
• Jesse D. Bright
  Jesse D. Bright
  Jesse David Bright was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three separate occasions...
  
   (D)

Iowa 

• Augustus C. Dodge
  Augustus C. Dodge
  Augustus Caesar Dodge was one of the first set of United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846. Dodge, a Democrat, had also represented Iowa Territory in Congress as its delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1840 to...
  
   (D), from December 7, 1848
• George W. Jones
  George W. Jones
  George Wallace Jones , a frontiersman, entrepreneur, attorney, and judge, was among the first two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union in 1846...
  
   (D), from December 7, 1848

Kentucky 

• 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), until June 12, 1848
  • Thomas Metcalfe
    Thomas Metcalfe (US politician)
    Thomas Metcalfe , also known as Thomas Metcalf or as "Stonehammer", was a U.S. Representative, Senator, and the tenth Governor of Kentucky. He was the first gubernatorial candidate in the state's history to be chosen by a nominating convention rather than a caucus...
    
     (W), from June 23, 1848
• Joseph R. Underwood
  Joseph R. Underwood
  Joseph Rogers Underwood was a lawyer, judge, United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky....
  
   (W)

Louisiana 

• Henry Johnson
  Henry Johnson (Louisiana)
  Henry Johnson was the fifth Governor of Louisiana, and served as a United States Representative and as a United States Senator....
  
   (W)
• Solomon W. Downs
  Solomon W. Downs
  Solomon Weathersbee Downs was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Montgomery County, Tennessee, he pursued classical studies and graduated from the Transylvania University in 1823. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Bayou Sara, Louisiana...
  
   (D)

Maine 

• John Fairfield
  John Fairfield
  John Fairfield was a U.S. politician from Maine.He was born in Saco, Maine and attended the Saco schools, Thornton Academy and Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He then engaged in trade and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1826, and practiced successfully in his native town and in...
  
   (D), until December 24, 1847
  • Wyman B. S. Moor (D), from January 5, 1848 until June 7, 1848
  • 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), from June 7, 1848
• James W. Bradbury
  James W. Bradbury
  James Ware Bradbury was a United States Senator from Maine.Born in Parsonsfield, Maine, he attended the common schools and Gorham Academy...
  
   (D)

Maryland 

• James 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)
• Reverdy Johnson
  Reverdy Johnson
  Reverdy Johnson was a statesman and jurist from Maryland.-Early life:Born in Annapolis, Johnson was the son of a distinguished Maryland lawyer and politician, John Johnson . He graduated from St. John's College in 1812 and then studied law...
  
   (W)

Massachusetts 

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

Michigan 

• Lewis Cass
  Lewis Cass
  Lewis Cass was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U.S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan...
  
   (D), until May 29, 1848
  • Thomas Fitzgerald (D), from June 8, 1848
• Alpheus Felch
  Alpheus Felch
  Alpheus Felch was the fifth Governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from Michigan.-Early life:Felch was born in Limerick, Maine. He was left an orphan at the age of three and lived with his grandfather Abijah Felch, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War...
  
   (D)

Mississippi 

• Jesse Speight
  Jesse Speight
  Jesse Speight was a North Carolina and Mississippi politician in the nineteenth century.Born in Greene County, North Carolina, Speight attended country schools as a child. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1820, serving as Speaker of the House, and was a member of the North...
  
   (D), until May 1, 1847
  • Jefferson Davis
    Jefferson Davis
    Jefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
    
     (D), from August 10, 1847
• Henry S. Foote
  Henry S. Foote
  Henry Stuart Foote was a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1847 to 1852 and Governor of Mississippi from 1852 to 1854. His emotional leadership on the Senate floor helped secure passage of the Compromise of 1850, which for a time averted a civil war in the United States.-Biography:Henry...
  
   (D)

Missouri 

• 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)
• 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)

New Hampshire 

• 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)
• 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...
  
   (ID)

New Jersey 

• 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)
• 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 

• 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)
• 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)

North Carolina 

• 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)
• George E. Badger
  George Edmund Badger
  George Edmund Badger was a Whig U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina.Badger was born on April 17, 1795 in New Bern, North Carolina. Following a partial college education at Yale University, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1814...
  
   (W)

Ohio 

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

Pennsylvania 

• 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)
• Simon Cameron
  Simon Cameron
  Simon Cameron was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War. After making his fortune in railways and banking, he turned to a life of politics. He became a U.S. senator in 1845 for the state of Pennsylvania,...
  
   (D)

Rhode Island 

• Albert C. Greene
  Albert C. Greene
  Albert Collins Greene was a United States Senator from Rhode Island.-Biography:He was born in East Greenwich, the son of Perry Greene, a brother of American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene. He graduated from Kent Academy, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and commenced...
  
   (W)
• John H. Clarke
  John Hopkins Clarke
  John Hopkins Clarke was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he moved to Providence where he studied under a private teacher. He graduated from Brown University in 1809, studied law, admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Providence in 1812...
  
   (W)

South Carolina 

• John C. Calhoun
  John C. Calhoun
  John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent...
  
   (D)
• Andrew Butler
  Andrew Butler
  Andrew Pickens Butler was an United States Senator and one of the authors of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.-Biography:...
  
   (D)

Tennessee 

• Hopkins L. Turney
  Hopkins L. Turney
  Hopkins Lacy Turney was a Democratic U.S. Representative and United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:...
  
   (D)
• John Bell
  John Bell (Tennessee politician)
  John Bell was a U.S. politician, attorney, and plantation owner. A wealthy slaveholder from Tennessee, Bell served in the United States Congress in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He began his career as a Democrat, he eventually fell out with Andrew Jackson and became a Whig...
  
   (W), from November 22, 1847

Texas 

• Samuel Houston
  Sam Houston
  Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston , was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of...
  
   (D)
• Thomas J. Rusk
  Thomas Jefferson Rusk
  Thomas Jefferson Rusk was an early political and military leader of the Republic of Texas, serving as its first Secretary of War as well as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto. He was later a U.S. politician and served as a Senator from Texas from 1846 until his suicide...
  
   (D)

Vermont 

• 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)
• 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 

• James M. Mason (D)
• Robert M. T. Hunter
  Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter
  -References:* Patrick, Rembert W. . Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 90–101.-External links:* – A speech by R. M. T. Hunter before the U.S. House of Representatives, May 8th, 1846...
  
   (D)

Wisconsin 

• 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), from June 8, 1848
• Isaac P. Walker
  Isaac P. Walker
  Isaac Pigeon Walker was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.Walker was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Illinois in 1825. He practiced law in Springfield, Illinois, and served one term in the Illinois House of Representatives. He moved to Wisconsin in...
  
   (D), from June 8, 1848

House of Representatives

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

Alabama 

. John Gayle (W). Henry W. Hilliard (W). Sampson W. Harris

Sampson Willis Harris

Sampson Willis Harris was an American politician and lawyer in the states of Georgia and Alabama.Harris was born in Elbert County, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1828, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830...

 (D). Samuel W. Inge

Samuel Williams Inge

Samuel Williams Inge was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. He was born on February 22, 1817 in Warren County, North Carolina. He moved to Greene County, Alabama, attended the public schools, and studied law...

 (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). Williamson R. W. Cobb

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb was an American politician who served the state of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1847 and 1861. He was born in Rhea County, Tennessee on June 8, 1807 to David Cobb and Martha Bryant. He moved with his father, David Cobb, in 1809 to Bellefonte,...

 (D). Franklin W. Bowdon

Franklin Welsh Bowdon

Franklin Welsh Bowdon was an Alabama congressman .Bowdon was born in Chester District, South Carolina, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1836, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Talladega, Alabama...

 (D)

Arkansas 

. Robert W. Johnson

Robert Ward Johnson

Robert Ward Johnson was a Democratic United States Senator and Confederate States Senator from the State of Arkansas....

 (D)

Connecticut 

. James Dixon

James Dixon

James Dixon was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut.-Biography:Born in Enfield, Connecticut, Dixon pursued preparatory studies, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1834, where he had been a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society. He was...

 (W). Samuel D. Hubbard

Samuel Dickinson Hubbard

Samuel Dickinson Hubbard was born in Middletown, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies at Yale College and graduated in 1819. He practiced law from 1823 to 1837...

 (W). John A. Rockwell

John A. Rockwell

John Arnold Rockwell was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Rockwell attended the common schools....

 (W). Truman Smith

Truman Smith

Truman Smith was a politician, lawyer and judge from Connecticut. He was the nephew of Nathaniel Smith and Nathan Smith....

 (W)

Florida 

. Edward C. Cabell

Edward Carrington Cabell

Edward Carrington Cabell was the first US Representative from Florida.Born in Richmond, Virginia; attended Washington College , Lexington, Virginia in 1832 and 1833 and Reynolds' Classical Academy in 1833 and 1834; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia in 1836;...

 (W)

Georgia 

. Thomas B. King (W). Alfred Iverson, Sr.

Alfred Iverson, Sr.

Alfred Iverson, Sr. was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. Born in Liberty County, he attended private schools and graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1820. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Clinton, Georgia...

 (D). John W. Jones

John William Jones

John William Jones was an American politician and physician who served in the United States Congress.-Biography:...

 (W). 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 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). 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). Alexander 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). Robert Toombs

Robert Toombs

Robert Augustus Toombs was an American political leader, United States Senator from Georgia, 1st Secretary of State of the Confederacy, and a Confederate general in the Civil War.-Early life:...

 (W)

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....

 (ID). 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). William A. Richardson

William Alexander Richardson

William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and during the American Civil War....

 (D), from December 6, 1847. Thomas J. Turner

Thomas J. Turner

Thomas Johnston Turner was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Trumbull County, Ohio, Turner completed preparatory studies.He moved with his parents to Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1825....

 (D). Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

 (W)

Indiana 

. Elisha Embree

Elisha Embree

Elisha Embree was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Lincoln County, Kentucky, Embree moved to Indiana in 1811 with his father, who settled in Knox County, near where Princeton was subsequently located.He received limited schooling.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.He studied law.He was...

 (W). 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). John L. Robinson

John L. Robinson

John Larne Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Maysville, Kentucky, Robinson attended the public schools.He moved to Rush County, Indiana.He engaged in the mercantile business in Milroy, Indiana....

 (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 W. Wick

William W. Wick

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

 (D). George G. Dunn

George G. Dunn

George Grundy Dunn was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Washington County, Kentucky, Dunn moved to Monroe County, Indiana.He completed preparatory studies and attended the Indiana University at Bloomington....

 (W). Richard W. Thompson

Richard W. Thompson

Richard Wigginton Thompson was an American politician.Thompson was born in Culpeper County, Virginia. He left Virginia in 1831 and lived briefly in Louisville, Kentucky before finally settling in Lawrence County, Indiana. There, he taught school, kept a store, and studied law at night...

 (W). 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). Charles W. Cathcart

Charles W. Cathcart

Charles William Cathcart was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana. He was born in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal where his father, James Leander Cathcart was the United States Consul; he travelled to Spain with his parents, attended private schools, and returned to the United...

 (D). William Rockhill

William Rockhill

William Rockhill was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Burlington, New Jersey, Rockhill attended the public schools.He moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1822.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (D)

Iowa 

. William Thompson

William Thompson (Iowa)

William Thompson , a lawyer, clerk, newspaperman, longtime Army officer, and Democrat, was the first person elected to Congress from Iowa's 1st congressional district. His race for re-election in 1848 was the only Iowa U.S. House election to be revoted. After Thompson's opponent, Whig candidate...

 (D). Shepherd Leffler

Shepherd Leffler

Shepherd Leffler was a one of the two original U.S. Representatives from Iowa. Elected as a Democrat just as Iowa was admitted to the Union in 1846, Leffler went on to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the U.S...

 (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). Beverly L. Clarke

Beverly L. Clarke

Beverly Leonidas Clarke was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Winterfield, Virginia, Clarke attended the common schools. He moved to Kentucky in 1823. He studied law in Franklin, Kentucky, and graduated from the Lexington Law School in 1831. He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and...

 (D). Samuel Peyton

Samuel Peyton

Samuel Oldham Peyton was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Bullitt County, Kentucky, Peyton completed preparatory studies....

 (D). Aylette Buckner

Aylette Buckner

Aylette Buckner was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the son of Richard Aylett Buckner who was also a Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Greensburg, Kentucky...

 (W). John B. Thompson

John Burton Thompson

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

 (W). Green Adams

Green Adams

Green Adams was a lawyer and member and functionary of the United States Congress. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky in 1812.-Biography:...

 (W). W. Garnett Duncan

Garnett Duncan

William Garnett Duncan was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1821...

 (W). Charles S. Morehead

Charles S. Morehead

Charles Slaughter Morehead was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, and served as the 20th Governor of Kentucky...

 (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 P. Gaines

John P. Gaines

John Pollard Gaines was a U.S. military and political figure. He was a Whig member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Kentucky from 1847 to 1849, and he served as Governor of the Oregon Territory from 1850 to 1853, stepping down after a turbulent term in office.-Early...

 (W)

Louisiana 

. Emile La Sére

Emile La Sére

Emile La Sére was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the first district in the state of Louisiana. He served three terms as a Democrat....

 (D). Bannon G. Thibodeaux

Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux

Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat....

 (W). John H. Harmanson

John H. Harmanson

John Henry Harmanson was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Harmanson pursued classical studies and was graduated from Jefferson College, Washington, Mississippi....

 (D). 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)

Maine 

. David Hammons

David Hammons (Maine)

David Hammons was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Cornish on May 12, 1808. He attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lovell. He was elected a member of the Maine State Senate, and was elected as a Democrat to the...

 (D). Asa W. H. Clapp

Asa Clapp

Asa Clapp was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Portland on March 6, 1805. He graduated from the Norwich Military Academy in 1823. He engaged as a merchant in foreign and domestic commerce in Portland. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress . He was not...

 (D). Hiram Belcher

Hiram Belcher

Hiram Belcher was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Hallowell on February 23, 1790. He attended the rural schools and the local academy in town...

 (W). Franklin Clark

Franklin Clark

Franklin Clark was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Wiscasset on August 2, 1801. He attended the common schools, then engaged in the lumber and shipping business there. He was elected a member of the Maine State Senate in 1847. He was elected as a Democrat to the...

 (D). Ephraim K. Smart

Ephraim K. Smart

Ephriam Knight Smart was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Prospect on September 3, 1813. He attended the common schools, completed preparatory studies under private tutors and attended Maine Wesleyan Seminary...

 (D). James S. Wiley

James S. Wiley

James Sullivan Wiley was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Mercer, Maine, Wiley moved to Bethel, Maine, in 1826.He attended Gould's Academy and was graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in 1836....

 (D). Hezekiah Williams

Hezekiah Williams

Hezekiah Williams was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born near Woodstock, Vermont. Pursuing higher education, he graduated from Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1820...

 (D)

Maryland 

. John G. Chapman

John Grant Chapman

John Grant Chapman was an American politician.Chapman was born in La Plata, Maryland, and was tutored at home. He attended a college in Pennsylvania in 1812 and 1813, and graduated from Yale College in 1817. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1819, and commenced practice at Port Tobacco,...

 (W). J. Dixon Roman

James Dixon Roman

James Dixon Roman was an American politician.Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Roman attended the common schools and a private school at West Nottingham . He later moved to Cecil County, Maryland, and began to study law in Frederick...

 (W). Thomas W. Ligon

Thomas Watkins Ligon

Thomas Watkins Ligon , a Democrat, was the 30th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1854 to 1858. He also a member of the United States House of Representatives, serving Maryland's third Congressional district from 1845 until 1849...

 (D). Robert M. McLane

Robert Milligan McLane

Robert Milligan McLane was an American politician, military officer, and diplomat. He served as Ambassador to Mexico, France, and China, as a member of the House of Representatives from the fourth district of Maryland, as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and as the 39th Governor of...

 (D). Alexander Evans

Alexander Evans

Alexander Evans was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Born in Elkton, Maryland, Evans attended the public schools and the local academy at Elkton. He was a civil engineer's assistant, and later studied law...

 (W). John W. Crisfield

John W. Crisfield

John Woodland Crisfield was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, representing the sixth district from 1847—1849 and the first district from 1861—1863. The city of Crisfield, Maryland, is named after him. Politically he was a strong supporter of Union during American Civil War, opposing...

 (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). John G. Palfrey

John G. Palfrey

John Gorham Palfrey was an American clergyman and historian who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. A Unitarian minister, he played a leading role in the early history of Harvard Divinity School, and he later became involved in politics as a State Representative and U.S...

 (W). 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). George Ashmun

George Ashmun

George Ashmun was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts.Ashmun was born in Blandford, Massachusetts to Eli P. Ashmun and Lucy Hooker. He graduated from Yale in 1823 and was married to Martha E. Hall in 1828...

 (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), until February 23, 1848

• • Horace Mann
    Horace Mann
    Horace Mann was an American education reformer, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827 to 1833. He served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1834 to 1837. In 1848, after serving as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education since its creation, he was...
    
     (W), from April 3, 1848. Artemas Hale
    Artemas Hale
    Artemas Hale was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, Hale received a limited education and worked on a farm. He taught school in Hingham, Massachusetts from 1804 to 1814. He became interested in the manufacture of cotton gins in Bridgewater...
    
     (W). 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)

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). Edward Bradley

Edward Bradley (politician)

Edward Bradley was a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.Bradley was born in East Bloomfield, New York and attended the common schools and the local academy in Canandaigua. He was associate judge of the common pleas court of Ontario County in 1836...

 (D), until August 5, 1847

• • Charles E. Stuart
    Charles E. Stuart
    Charles Edward Stuart was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Biography:Stuart was born in New York, either near Waterloo, New York, or in Columbia County. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice in Waterloo...
    
     (D), from December 6, 1847. Kinsley S. Bingham
    Kinsley S. Bingham
    Kinsley Scott Bingham was a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and the 11th Governor of the state of Michigan.-Early life in New York:...
    
     (D)

Mississippi 

. 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). Winfield S. Featherston

Winfield S. Featherston

Winfield Scott Featherston "Old Swet" was an antebellum two-term U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was later a state politician and a circuit court judge.-Early life and career:Winfield S...

 (D). Patrick W. Tompkins

Patrick W. Tompkins

Patrick Watson Tompkins was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Kentucky in 1804, Tompkins received a limited education....

 (W). Albert G. Brown

Albert G. Brown

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

 (D)

Missouri 

. 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). John Jameson (D). James S. Green

James S. Green

James Stephen Green was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri.-Early life and education:...

 (D). Willard P. Hall

Willard Preble Hall

William Willard Preble Hall was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 17th Governor of Missouri from 1864 to 1865 during last years of the American Civil War.-Early years:...

 (D). John S. Phelps

John S. Phelps

John Smith Phelps was a politician, soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri.-Early life and career:...

 (D)

New Hampshire 

. Amos Tuck

Amos Tuck

Amos Tuck was a political figure in New Hampshire, credited by some New Hampshire sources as a founder of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:...

 (I). Charles H. Peaslee

Charles H. Peaslee

Charles Hazen Peaslee was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, Peaslee attended Gilmanton Academy and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, in 1824. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1828, commencing practice in Concord...

 (D). James Wilson

James Wilson II (New Hampshire)

James Wilson was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, son of James Wilson .-Life:Born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Wilson attended New Ipswich Academy and the academies at Atkinson and Exeter...

 (W). James H. Johnson

James Hutchins Johnson

James Hutchins Johnson was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.-Business:He owned and operated a lumber mill. He was deputy sheriff of Grafton County in 1824 and 1825...

 (D)

New Jersey 

. James G. Hampton

James G. Hampton

James Giles Hampton was an American Whig Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1845 to 1849....

 (W). William A. Newell

William A. Newell

William Augustus Newell , was an American physician and politician, who was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives, served as a Republican as the 18th Governor of New Jersey, and as Governor of the Washington Territory from 1880-1884...

 (W). Joseph E. Edsall

Joseph E. Edsall

Joseph E. Edsall was an American Democratic Party politician, who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847, and the from 1847 to 1849.-Biography:...

 (D). John Van Dyke

John Van Dyke

John Van Dyke was an American jurist and Whig Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851.-Biography:...

 (W). Dudley S. Gregory

Dudley S. Gregory

Dudley Sanford Gregory was the first Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, and was elected as a Whig to represent in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849.-Biography:...

 (W)

New York 

. Frederick W. Lord

Frederick W. Lord

Frederick William Lord was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, he attended Lyme Academy and was graduated from Yale College in 1821. He was a professor of mathematics in Washington College for two years and was in charge of an academy at...

 (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). Henry Nicoll

Henry Nicoll

Henry Nicoll was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he graduated from Columbia College in 1830. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in New York City...

 (D). 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). Frederick A. Tallmadge

Frederick A. Tallmadge

Frederick Augustus Tallmadge was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom New York's 5th congressional district from 1847 to 1849.-Biography:...

 (W). David S. Jackson

David S. Jackson

David Sherwood Jackson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City in 1813, Jackson grew up attending public schools...

 (D), until April 19, 1848

• • Horace Greeley
    Horace Greeley
    Horace Greeley was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, a politician, and an outspoken opponent of slavery...
    
     (W), from December 4, 1848. William Nelson
    William Nelson (congressman)
    William Nelson was an American lawyer and judge from Westchester County, New York. He represented New York in the U.S. Congress from 1847 to 1851....
    
     (W). Cornelius Warren
    Cornelius Warren
    Cornelius Warren was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Phillipstown, Putnam County, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law...
    
     (W). Daniel B. St. John
    Daniel B. St. John
    Daniel Bennett St. John was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Sharon, Connecticut, St. John engaged in mercantile pursuits and the real estate business at Monticello, New York, in 1831....
    
     (W). Eliakim Sherrill
    Eliakim Sherrill
    Eliakim Sherrill was an antebellum United States Congressman from the state of New York and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg defending against Pickett's Charge.-Early life:Sherrill was born in Greenville,...
    
     (W). Peter H. Silvester
    Peter H. Silvester
    Peter Henry Silvester was a U.S. Representative from New York, grandson of Peter Silvester.Born in Kinderhook, New York, Silvester attended Kinderhook Academy, and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1827.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1830 and practiced his...
    
     (W). Gideon Reynolds
    Gideon Reynolds
    Gideon Reynolds was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Petersburg, New York, Reynolds was educated in private schools.He moved with his father to Hoosick in 1836 and engaged in agricultural pursuits....
    
     (W). John I. Slingerland
    John I. Slingerland
    John I. Slingerland was a United States Representative from New York. He attended the public schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1843 and 1844. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1847 to March...
    
     (W). Orlando Kellogg
    Orlando Kellogg
    Orlando Kellogg was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction.-Biography:Born in Elizabethtown, New York, Kellogg pursued an academic course....
    
     (W). Sidney Lawrence
    Sidney Lawrence
    Sidney Lawrence was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Weybridge, Vermont, Lawrence moved with his parents to Moira, New York, in early childhood.He attended the common schools.He studied law....
    
     (D). Hugh White (W). George Petrie
    George Petrie (New York)
    George Petrie was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born at Little Falls, New York, Petrie attended the common schools.Petrie was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress ....
    
     (ID). William Collins
    William Collins (representative)
    William Collins was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Lowville on February 22, 1818. He was the son of Ela Collins, a prominent politician from the State. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice there. He served as district attorney for Lewis...
    
     (D). Joseph Mullin
    Joseph Mullin
    Joseph Mullin was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
    
     (W). Timothy Jenkins
    Timothy Jenkins
    Timothy Jenkins was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Barre, Massachusetts, Jenkins located in Washington County, New York, in 1817.He pursued an academic course.He studied law....
    
     (D). George A. Starkweather
    George A. Starkweather
    George Anson Starkweather was a United States Representative from New York, his eldest son being John Converse Starkweather...
    
     (D). Ausburn Birdsall
    Ausburn Birdsall
    Ausburn Birdsall was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Otego, New York, Birdsall was a lawyer in private practice. He served as district attorney of Broome County, New York....
    
     (D). William Duer (W). Daniel Gott
    Daniel Gott
    Daniel Gott was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Hebron, near New London, Connecticut, Gott attended the public schools.At the age of sixteen taught school.He moved to Pompey, New York, in 1817.He studied law....
    
     (W). Harmon S. Conger
    Harmon S. Conger
    Harmon Sweatland Conger was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Freeport, Cortland County, New York Conger attended the local academy at Cortland in 1833.He studied law....
    
     (W). William T. Lawrence
    William T. Lawrence
    William Thomas Lawrence was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of Samuel Lawrence. Born as the son of Jonathan Lawrence in New York City, William attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. During the War of 1812, Lawrence served in the Fourth Regiment, New York...
    
     (W). John M. Holley
    John M. Holley
    John Milton Holley was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Holley was graduated from Yale College in 1822.He studied law....
    
     (W), until March 8, 1848
  • Esbon Blackmar
    Esbon Blackmar
    Esbon Blackmar was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Freehold, New York, Blackmar attended the district schools and graduated from the high school.He engaged in the general merchandise business....
    
     (W), from December 4, 1848. Elias B. Holmes
    Elias B. Holmes
    Elias Bellows Holmes was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Fletcher, Vermont, Holmes attended the district schools and St...
    
     (W). Robert L. Rose
    Robert L. Rose
    Robert Lawson Rose was a U.S. Representative from New York, son of Robert Selden Rose and son-in-law of Nathaniel Allen....
    
     (W). David Rumsey, Jr.
    David Rumsey (New York)
    David Rumsey was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Salem, Washington County, he attended school at Auburn and Hobart College at Geneva, New York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Bath...
    
     (W). Dudley Marvin
    Dudley Marvin
    Dudley Marvin was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Lyme, Connecticut, Marvin attended Colchester Academy.He moved to Canandaigua, New York, in 1807 and studied law....
    
     (W). Nathan K. Hall
    Nathan K. Hall
    Nathan Kelsey Hall was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Postmaster General.-Biography:...
    
     (W). Harvey Putnam
    Harvey Putnam
    Harvey Putnam was a United States House of Representative from New York. Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, he attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Attica, New York in 1817...
    
     (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). Nathaniel Boyden

Nathaniel Boyden

Nathaniel Boyden was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1847 and 1849 and later between 1868 to 1869....

 (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). Augustine H. Shepperd

Augustine Henry Shepperd

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

 (W). Abraham W. Venable

Abraham Watkins Venable

Abraham Watkins Venable was a nineteenth century US politician and lawyer from North Carolina. He was the nephew of congressman and senator Abraham Bedford Venable.-Biography:...

 (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). 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). Richard S. Donnell

Richard Spaight Donnell

Richard Spaight Donnell was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, North Carolina; was the grandson of Richard Dobbs Spaight; attended New Bern Academy and Yale College; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1839; studied law; was...

 (W). David Outlaw

David Outlaw

David Outlaw was a Whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1847 and 1853.Born near Windsor, North Carolina in 1806, Outlaw attended private schools and academies in Bertie County. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1824, studied law, and was admitted to...

 (W)

Ohio 

. James J. Faran

James J. Faran

James John Faran was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Faran attended the common schools, and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1831.He studied law....

 (D). David Fisher

David Fisher (congressman)

David Fisher was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:David Fisher was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents to Point Pleasant, Ohio in 1799....

 (W). 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). Richard S. Canby

Richard S. Canby

Richard Sprigg Canby was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Lebanon, Ohio, Canby completed preparatory studies.He attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio from 1826 to 1828....

 (W). William Sawyer

William Sawyer (representative)

William Sawyer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio in 1845-1849.Sawyer was born in Montgomery County, Ohio. In 1818 he began to learn the trade of blacksmithing. He worked at this occupation in both Dayton, Ohio, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1829 he settled in...

 (D). Rodolphus Dickinson

Rodolphus Dickinson

Rodolphus Dickinson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, Dickinson attended the public schools and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts from 1818 to 1821.He studied law....

 (D). Jonathan D. Morris

Jonathan D. Morris

Jonathan David Morris was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of Thomas Morris and brother of Isaac N. Morris.Born in Columbia, Ohio, Morris attended the public schools.He studied law....

 (D). John L. Taylor

John L. Taylor

John Lampkin Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Stafford County, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taylor completed preparatory studies.He studied law in Washington, D.C.....

 (W). Thomas O. Edwards

Thomas O. Edwards

Thomas Owen Edwards was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Williamsburg, Indiana, Edwards completed preparatory studies.He studied medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore....

 (W). Daniel Duncan

Daniel Duncan

Daniel Duncan was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Duncan completed preparatory studies.He attended Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1825.He moved to Newark, Ohio, in 1828....

 (W). John K. Miller

John K. Miller

John Krepps Miller was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Miller attended the public schools....

 (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). Thomas Ritchey

Thomas Ritchey

Thomas Ritchey was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Ritchey moved to Somerset, Ohio.He attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (D). Nathan Evans (W). William Kennon, Jr.

William Kennon, Jr.

William Kennon, Jr. was a lawyer, judge, and a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Carrickfergus, Ireland, Kennon immigrated to the United States in 1816 with his parents, who settled near Barnesville, Ohio. He was a first cousin of William Kennon, Sr.. He attended the common schools and...

 (D). John D. Cummins

John D. Cummins

John D. Cummins was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Pennsylvania in 1791, Cummins attended the public schools, and was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1834.He studied law....

 (D). George Fries

George Fries

George Fries was a physician and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Pennsylvania in 1799, Fries attended the common schools. He studied medicine and commenced practice in Hanoverton, Ohio, in 1833. Fries was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses...

 (D). Samuel Lahm

Samuel Lahm

Samuel Lahm was a lawyer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Ohio.He was the father of Frank Samuel Lahm, a noted expatriot and pioneer balloonist, and the grandfather of Brigadier General Frank Purdy Lahm, aerial pioneer, student of the Wright Brothers, and the first military officer to...

 (D). John Crowell

John Crowell (Ohio)

John Crowell was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in East Haddam, Connecticut, Crowell moved to Ohio in 1806 with his parents, who settled in Rome, Ashtabula County.He attended the district school....

 (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). Joseph M. Root

Joseph M. Root

Joseph Mosley Root was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Brutus, New York, Root pursued classical studies.He studied law in Auburn, New York.He moved to Ohio in 1829....

 (W)

Pennsylvania 

. Lewis C. Levin

Lewis Charles Levin

Lewis Charles Levin was a Philadelphia politician, prominent Know Nothing, and anti-Catholic social activist of the 1840s and 1850s. He served three terms in Congress , representing the Pennsylvania 1st District...

 (A

Know Nothing

The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by...

). 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). Charles Brown

Charles Brown (congressman)

Charles Brown was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...

 (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). John Freedley

John Freedley

John Freedley was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Freedley was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Norristown Academy. He served as an assistant to his father, who operated a brickyard. He studied law, was admitted to...

 (W). John W. Hornbeck

John Westbrook Hornbeck

John Westbrook Hornbeck was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Westbrook Hornbeck was born in Montague, New Jersey. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1827...

 (W), until January 16, 1848

• • Samuel A. Bridges
    Samuel Augustus Bridges
    Samuel Augustus Bridges was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel A. Bridges was born in Colchester, Connecticut. He pursued an academic course, and was graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1826...
    
     (D), from March 6, 1848. 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). John Strohm
    John Strohm (congressman)
    John Strohm was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Strohm was born in Little Britain Township, Pennsylvania, near Centerville, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, taught school for several years, and moved to Providence Township, Pennsylvania...
    
     (W). William Strong
    William Strong (judge)
    William Strong was an American jurist and politician. He was a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.-Early life:...
    
     (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). Chester P. Butler
    Chester Pierce Butler
    Chester Pierce Butler was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Chester P. Butler was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He attended Wilkes-Barre Academy and was graduated from Princeton College in 1817. He served as trustee of Wilkes-Barre Academy from 1818 to...
    
     (W). David Wilmot
    David Wilmot
    David Wilmot was a U.S. political figure. He was a sponsor and eponym of the Wilmot Proviso which aimed to ban slavery in land gained from Mexico in the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848. Wilmot was a Democrat, a Free Soiler, and a Republican during his political career...
    
     (D). 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). George N. Eckert
    George Nicholas Eckert
    George Nicholas Eckert was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:George N. Eckert was born in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1824 and commenced practice in Reading,...
    
     (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...
    
     (W). Jasper E. Brady
    Jasper Ewing Brady
    Jasper Ewing Brady was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jasper E. Brady was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. He learned the hatter's trade and taught school in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in...
    
     (W). John Blanchard (W). Andrew Stewart (W). Job Mann
    Job Mann
    Job Mann was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Job Mann was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Bedford Academy. He served as clerk to the board of county commissioners in 1816...
    
     (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). Moses Hampton
    Moses Hampton
    Moses Hampton was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Moses Hampton was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1827...
    
     (W). John W. Farrelly
    John Wilson Farrelly
    John Wilson Farrelly was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Wilson Farrelly was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling and graduated from Allegheny College at Meadville in 1826. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828 and...
    
     (W). James Thompson
    James Thompson (jurist)
    James Thompson was a politician and jurist from Pennsylvania.Thompson was born in Middlesex Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1806. After learning the printing trade, Thompson studied law...
    
     (D). Alexander Irvin
    Alexander Irvin
    Alexander Irvin was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. He was born in Penns Valley, Centre County, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of the area and moved to Curwensville in 1820 and to Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1826...
    
     (W)

Rhode Island 

. Robert B. Cranston

Robert B. Cranston

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

 (W). Benjamin B. Thurston (D)

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), until April 3, 1848

• • Daniel Wallace
    Daniel Wallace (Congressman)
    Daniel Wallace was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Laurens, South Carolina, he moved to Union County in 1833. He was a major general of the State militia. He studied law and engaged in agricultural pursuits. After being admitted to the bar, the paracticed law in Union and...
    
     (D), from June 12, 1848. 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). Alexander D. Sims
    Alexander D. Sims
    Alexander Dromgoole Sims was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Randals Ordinary, Virginia, Sims was a nephew of George Coke Dromgoole. He attended the rural schools of his native county and at the age of sixteen entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
    
     (D), until November 22, 1848
  • John McQueen
    John McQueen
    John McQueen was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
    
     (D), from February 12, 1849. 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 M. Cocke

William Michael Cocke

William Michael Cocke was an American politician who represented Tennessee's second district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

 (W). John H. Crozier

John Hervey Crozier

John Hervey Crozier was an American attorney and politician active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, during the mid-nineteenth century...

 (W). Hugh L. W. Hill

Hugh Lawson White Hill

Hugh Lawson White Hill was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 4th congressional district.-Biography:...

 (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). James H. Thomas

James Houston Thomas

James Houston Thomas was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 6th congressional district.-Biography:...

 (D). Meredith P. Gentry

Meredith Poindexter Gentry

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

 (W). Washington Barrow

Washington Barrow

Washington Barrow was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 8th congressional district.-Biography:...

 (W). Lucien B. Chase

Lucien Bonaparte Chase

Lucien Bonaparte Chase was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district.-Biography:...

 (D). Frederick P. Stanton

Frederick Perry Stanton

Frederick Perry Stanton was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 10th congressional district and an interim governor of territorial Kansas. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia on December 22, 1814...

 (D). William T. Haskell

William T. Haskell

William T. Haskell was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 11th congressional district. He was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on July 21, 1818. He was privately tutored, he attended the public schools of Murfreesboro, and he attended...

 (W)

Texas 

. David S. Kaufman

David S. Kaufman

David Spangler Kaufman was a U.S. Representative from Texas. He was the first Jew elected to Congress from Texas.-Early life and education:...

 (D). Timothy Pilsbury

Timothy Pilsbury

Timothy Pilsbury was a United States Representative from Texas. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts were he attended the common schools. He was employed in a store for about two years before he became a sailor. During the War of 1812, he commanded the privateer Yankee...

 (D)

Vermont 

. William Henry

William Henry (congressman)

William Henry was an American manufacturer and banker. He represented Vermont in the U.S. Congress from 1847 to 1851.-External links:*...

 (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). Lucius B. Peck (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 Dromgoole

George Dromgoole

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

 (D), until April 27, 1847

• • Richard K. Meade (D), from August 5, 1847. Thomas S. Flournoy (W). Thomas S. Bocock (D). William L. Goggin
    William L. Goggin
    William Leftwich Goggin was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.-Biography:Born near Bunker Hill, Virginia , Goggin attended country schools and was eventually graduated from Tucker’s Law School. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1828, commencing practice in...
    
     (W). John Botts
    John Botts
    John Minor Botts was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Botts was born in Dumfries, Virginia. Both of his parents were killed in the Richmond Theatre fire on 26 December 1811, so he and his siblings were raised by relatives in Fredericksburg...
    
     (W). 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). Richard L. T. Beale (D). John Pendleton
    John Pendleton
    John Strother Pendleton , nicknamed "The Lone Star", was a nineteenth century congressman, diplomat, lawyer and farmer from Virginia....
    
     (W). Henry Bedinger
    Henry Bedinger
    Henry Bedinger III was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and diplomat from Virginia. He was the nephew of George Michael Bedinger....
    
     (D). James McDowell
    James McDowell
    James McDowell was a U.S. Congressman and the 29th Governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846.McDowell was born at "Cherry Grove," near Rockbridge County, Virginia, on October 13, 1795...
    
     (D). William B. Preston
    William Ballard Preston
    William Ballard Preston was a United States political figure. He served as the U.S. Secretary of the Navy between 1849 and 1850...
    
     (W). Andrew S. Fulton
    Andrew S. Fulton
    Andrew Steele Fulton was a nineteenth century congressman, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He was the brother of John H. Fulton....
    
     (W). Robert A. Thompson
    Robert A. Thompson
    Robert Augustine Thompson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Thomas Larkin Thompson.Born near Culpeper Court House, Virginia, Thompson attended a private school at Gallipolis, Ohio, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia.He studied law.He was admitted to the...
    
     (D). William G. Brown, Sr.
    William G. Brown, Sr.
    William Gay Brown, Sr. was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia and West Virginia. He was the father of William G. Brown, Jr..-Biography:...
    
     (D)

Wisconsin 

. William P. Lynde

William Pitt Lynde

William Pitt Lynde was an American lawyer and politician from Wisconsin who served in Congress.Lynde was born in Sherburne, New York. He graduated from Yale College, in 1838, and Harvard Law School, in 1841, and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shortly thereafter...

 (D), from June 8, 1848. Mason C. Darling

Mason Cook Darling

Mason Cook Darling was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Darling attended the public schools.He taught school in the State of New York.He studied medicine....

 (D), from June 8, 1848

Non-voting members

. John H. Tweedy (W), until May 29, 1848

• • Henry H. Sibley
    Henry Hastings Sibley
    Henry Hastings Sibley was the first Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota.-Early life and education:...
    
    , from October 30, 1848

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 11
  • 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...
    
    : no net change
• Deaths: 5
• Resignations: 6
• Interim appointments: 2
• Seats of newly admitted states: 4
• Total seats with changes:

|-
| Tennessee
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Failure to elect
| | John Bell

John Bell (Tennessee politician)

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

 (W

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 November 22, 1847
|-
| Iowa
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Iowa admitted to the Union at end of previous congress
| | George W. Jones

George W. Jones

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

 (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 7, 1848
|-
| Iowa
(3)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Iowa admitted to the Union at end of previous congress
| | 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

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 7, 1848
|-
| Mississippi
(1)
| | Jesse Speight

Jesse Speight

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

 (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 May 1, 1847
| | Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...

 (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 August 10, 1847
|-
| 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

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 November 1, 1847
| | Roger S. Baldwin

Roger Sherman Baldwin

Roger Sherman Baldwin was an American lawyer involved in the Amistad case, who later became the 17th Governor of Connecticut and a United States Senator.-Early life:...

 (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 November 11, 1847
|-
| Maine
(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

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 December 24, 1847
| | Wyman B. S. Moor (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 January 5, 1848
|-
| Georgia
(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

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 4, 1848
| | Herschel V. Johnson

Herschel Vespasian Johnson

Herschel Vespasian Johnson was an American politician. He was the 41st Governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1857 and the vice-presidential nominee of the Douglas wing of the Democratic Party in the 1860 US presidential election....

 (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 February 4, 1848
|-
| Arkansas
(3)
| | Ambrose H. Sevier

Ambrose Hundley Sevier

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

 (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 15, 1848
| | Solon Borland

Solon Borland

Solon Borland was a newspaperman, soldier, diplomat, Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a Confederate officer 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...

)
| Elected March 30, 1848
|-
| Arkansas
(2)
| | 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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 29, 1848
| | William K. Sebastian (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 May 12, 1848
|-
| Wisconsin
(1)
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Wisconsin admitted to the Union May 29, 1848 and remained vacant until June 8, 1848
| | 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

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 June 8, 1848
|-
| Wisconsin
(3)
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Wisconsin admitted to the Union May 29, 1848 and remained vacant until June 8, 1848
| | Isaac P. Walker

Isaac P. Walker

Isaac Pigeon Walker was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.Walker was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Illinois in 1825. He practiced law in Springfield, Illinois, and served one term in the Illinois House of Representatives. He moved to Wisconsin 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 June 8, 1848
|-
| Michigan
(1)
| | Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U.S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan...

 (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 May 29, 1848 to run for President of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

| | Thomas Fitzgerald (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 June 8, 1848
|-
| Maine
(1)
| | Wyman B. S. Moor (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 June 7, 1848
| | 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

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 June 7, 1848
|-
| Kentucky
(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

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 12, 1848 to run for Governor of Kentucky

Governor of Kentucky

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Fifty-six men and one woman have served as Governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-election once...

| | Thomas Metcalfe (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 June 23, 1848
|-
| Alabama
(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

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 16, 1848 after being appointed Minister to Russia
| | 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...

)
| Elected July 1, 1848
|-
| Alabama
(2)
| | 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%" | Died October 25, 1848
| | Benjamin Fitzpatrick

Benjamin Fitzpatrick

Benjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat....

 (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 25, 1848
|-
| Delaware
(1)
| | John M. Clayton

John M. Clayton

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

 (W

Whig Party (United States)

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

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 23, 1849 after being appointed United States Secretary of State

United States Secretary of State

The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence...

| | John Wales

John Wales

John Wales was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...

 (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 23, 1849
|}

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 10
  • 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...
    
    : no net change
• Deaths: 7
• Resignations: 0
• Contested election: 1
• Seats of newly admitted states: 2
• Total seats with changes: 12

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

 resigned at end of previous congress
| | William A. Richardson

William Alexander Richardson

William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and 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...

)
| Seated December 6, 1847
|-
|
| | George Dromgoole

George Dromgoole

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

 (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 27, 1847
| | Richard K. Meade

Richard Kidder Meade

Richard Kidder Meade was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near Lawrenceville, Virginia, Meade pursued an academic course.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Petersburg, Virginia....

 (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 August 5, 1847
|-
|
| | Edward Bradley

Edward Bradley (politician)

Edward Bradley was a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.Bradley was born in East Bloomfield, New York and attended the common schools and the local academy in Canandaigua. He was associate judge of the common pleas court of Ontario County in 1836...

 (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 5, 1847
| | Charles E. Stuart

Charles E. Stuart

Charles Edward Stuart was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Biography:Stuart was born in New York, either near Waterloo, New York, or in Columbia County. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice in Waterloo...

 (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 6, 1847
|-
|
| | John W. Hornbeck

John Westbrook Hornbeck

John Westbrook Hornbeck was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Westbrook Hornbeck was born in Montague, New Jersey. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1827...

 (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 January 16, 1848
| | Samuel A. Bridges

Samuel Augustus Bridges

Samuel Augustus Bridges was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel A. Bridges was born in Colchester, Connecticut. He pursued an academic course, and was graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1826...

 (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 March 6, 1848
|-
|
| | 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

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 February 23, 1848
| | Horace Mann

Horace Mann

Horace Mann was an American education reformer, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1827 to 1833. He served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1834 to 1837. In 1848, after serving as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education since its creation, he was...

 (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 3, 1848
|-
|
| | John M. Holley

John M. Holley

John Milton Holley was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Holley was graduated from Yale College in 1822.He studied law....

 (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 8, 1848
| | Esbon Blackmar

Esbon Blackmar

Esbon Blackmar was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Freehold, New York, Blackmar attended the district schools and graduated from the high school.He engaged in the general merchandise business....

 (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 4, 1848
|-
|
| | 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

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, 1848
| | Daniel Wallace (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 June 12, 1848
|-
|
| | David S. Jackson

David S. Jackson

David Sherwood Jackson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City in 1813, Jackson grew up attending public schools...

 (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%" | James Monroe contested seat after which the House declared the seat vacant April 19, 1848
| | Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, a politician, and an outspoken opponent of slavery...

 (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 4, 1848
|-
|
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Wisconsin admitted into the Union May 29, 1848 and seat remained vacant until June 8, 1848
| | William P. Lynde

William Pitt Lynde

William Pitt Lynde was an American lawyer and politician from Wisconsin who served in Congress.Lynde was born in Sherburne, New York. He graduated from Yale College, in 1838, and Harvard Law School, in 1841, and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shortly thereafter...

 (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 June 8, 1848
|-
|
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Wisconsin admitted into the Union May 29, 1848 and seat remained vacant until June 8, 1848
| | Mason C. Darling

Mason Cook Darling

Mason Cook Darling was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Darling attended the public schools.He taught school in the State of New York.He studied medicine....

 (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 June 8, 1848
|-
|
| | John H. Tweedy

John Hubbard Tweedy

John Hubbard Tweedy was a delegate to the United States Congress from Wisconsin Territory from September 1847 to June 1848 being elected from the Whig Party.-Career:Tweedy was born in Danbury, Connecticut...

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Was disqualified May 29, 1848 after the portion of territory he resided in achieved statehood
| Henry H. Sibley

Henry Hastings Sibley

Henry Hastings Sibley was the first Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota.-Early life and education:...

| Seated October 30, 1848
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| | Alexander D. Sims

Alexander D. Sims

Alexander Dromgoole Sims was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Randals Ordinary, Virginia, Sims was a nephew of George Coke Dromgoole. He attended the rural schools of his native county and at the age of sixteen entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 22, 1848
| | John McQueen

John McQueen

John McQueen was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| Seated February 12, 1849
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Senate

• Chaplain
  Chaplain of the United States Senate
  The Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...
  
  : Henry Slicer
  Henry Slicer
  Henry Slicer was a Methodist minister who served as Chaplain of the Senate for three separate terms.-Early years:...
  
   (Methodist
  Methodism
  Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
  
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• Secretary
  Secretary of the United States Senate
  The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...
  
  : Asbury Dickens
• Sergeant at Arms
  Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
  The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...
  
  : Robert Beale

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...
  
   Ralph Gurley (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,...
  
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• 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....
  
  : Thomas J. Campbell
  Thomas Jefferson Campbell
  Thomas Jefferson Campbell was an American politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:He was born in Rhea County, Tennessee in 1786, and he attended the public schools. He was assistant inspector general to Major General Cole's division of the East...
  
  
• 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...
  
  : Robert E. Horner
• 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...
  
  : Nathan Sergeant

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