29th United States Congress

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The Twenty-ninth 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, 1845 to March 3, 1847, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President James K. Polk.

The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1845 - March 20, 1845.
• First session: December 1, 1845 - August 10, 1846.
• Second session: December 7, 1846 - March 3, 1847.
• Previous congress: 28th Congress
  
• Next congress: 30th Congress

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate Democratic (D): 34 (majority) Whig (W): 24 TOTAL members: 58

House of Representatives Democratic (D): 142 (majority) Whig (W): 79 American (A): 6 vacant: 1 TOTAL members: 228

Leadership

Senate Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate): George M. Dallas, Democratic of Pennsylvania President pro tempore of the Senate: Willie P. Mangum, Whig, elected December 4, 1845. Ambrose Hundley Sevier, Democratic, elected December 27, 1845. David R. Atchison, Democratic, elected August 8, 1846. House of Representatives Speaker of the House John W. Davis, Democratic, elected December 1, 1845.

Major events

Events of 1845, 1846 & 1847

• March 4, 1845 -- James K. Polk became President of the United States of America.

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 29th Congress

• December 29, 1845 -- Texas was admitted as a state.
• July 9, 1846 -- District of Columbia retrocession.
• July 30, 1846 -- Walker tariff.
• December 28, 1846 -- Iowa was admitted as a state.

Membership highlights by chamber

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

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1850; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1848.

Alabama 3. Arthur P. Bagby (D) 2. Dixon H. Lewis (D) Arkansas 3. Ambrose H. Sevier (D) 2. Chester Ashley (D) Connecticut 1. Jabez W. Huntington (W) 3. John M. Niles (D) Delaware 2. Thomas Clayton (W) 1. John M. Clayton (W) Florida 1. David Levy Yulee (D) 3. James D. Westcott, Jr. (D) Georgia 2. John Mcpherson Berrien (W) 3. Walter T. Colquitt (D) Illinois 3. Sidney Breese (D) 2. James Semple (D) Indiana 3. Edward A. Hannegan (D) 1. Jesse D. Bright (D) Iowa 2. Vacant 3. Vacant Kentucky 2. James T. Morehead (W) 3. John J. Crittenden (W) Louisiana 2. Alexander Barrow (W) Pierre Soulé (D) 3. Henry Johnson (W)

Maine 2. George Evans (W) 1. John Fairfield (D) Maryland 3. James A. Pearce (W) 1. Reverdy Johnson (W) Massachusetts 2. Isaac C. Bates (W) John Davis (W) 1. Daniel Webster (W) Michigan 2. William Woodbridge (W) 1. Lewis Cass (D) Mississippi 2. Robert J. Walker (D) Joseph W. Chalmers (D) 1. Jesse Speight (D) Missouri 1. Thomas H. Benton (D) 3. David R. Atchison (D) New Hampshire 2. Levi Woodbury (D) Benning W. Jenness (D) Joseph Cilley (Liberty) 3. Charles G. Atherton (D) New Jersey 2. Jacob W. Miller (W) 1. William L. Dayton (W) New York 1. Daniel S. Dickinson (D) 3. John A. Dix (D)

North Carolina 2. Willie P. Mangum (W) 3. William H. Haywood, Jr. (D) George E. Badger (W) Ohio 3. William Allen (D) 1. Thomas Corwin (W) Pennsylvania 3. James Buchanan (D) Simon Cameron (D) 1. Daniel Sturgeon (D) Rhode Island 2. James F. Simmons (W) 1. Albert C. Greene (W) South Carolina 3. George McDuffie (D) Andrew P. Butler (D) 2. John C. Calhoun (D) Tennessee 2. Spencer Jarnagin (W) 1. Hopkins L. Turney (D) Texas 2. Samuel Houston (D) 1. Thomas J. Rusk (D) Vermont 1. Samuel S. Phelps (W) 3. William Upham (W) Virginia 2: William S. Archer (W) 1: Isaac S. Pennybacker (D) James M. Mason (D)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress. Alabama 1: Edmund S. Dargan (D) 2: Henry W. Hilliard (W) 3: William L. Yancey (D) James L. Cottrell (D) 4: William W. Payne (D) 5: George S. Houston (D) 6: Reuben Chapman (D) 7: Felix G. McConnell (D) Franklin W. Bowdon (D) Arkansas A/L: Archibald Yell (D) Thomas W. Newton (W) Connecticut 1: James Dixon (W) 2: Samuel D. Hubbard (W) 3: John A. Rockwell (W) 4: Truman Smith (W) Delaware AL|A/L: John W. Houston (W) Florida AL|A/L: Edward C. Cabell (W) William H. Brockenbrough (D) Georgia 1: Thomas B. King (W) 2: Seaborn Jones (D) 3: George W. B. Towns (D) 4: Hugh A. Haralson (D) 5: John H. Lumpkin (D) 6: Howell Cobb (D) 7: Alexander H. Stephens (W) 8: Robert A. Toombs (W) Illinois 1: Robert Smith (D) 2: John A. McClernand (D) 3: Orlando B. Ficklin (D) 4: John Wentworth (D) 5: Stephen A. Douglas (D) 6: Joseph P. Hoge (D) 7: Edward D. Baker (W) John Henry (W) Indiana 1: Robert D. Owen (D) 2: Thomas J. Henley (D) 3: Thomas Smith (D) 4: Caleb B. Smith (W) 5: William W. Wick (D) 6: John W. Davis (D) 7: Edward W. McGaughey (W) 8: John Pettit (D) 9: Charles W. Cathcart (D) 10: Andrew Kennedy (D) Iowa A/L: S. Clifton Hastings (D) A/L: Shepherd Leffler (D) Kentucky 1: Linn Boyd (D) 2: John H. McHenry (W) 3: Henry Grider (W) 4: Joshua F. Bell (W) 5: Bryan R. Young (W) 6: John P. Martin (D) 7: William P. Thomasson (W) 8: Garrett Davis (W) 9: Andrew A. Trumbo (W) 10: John W. Tibbatts (D) Louisiana 1: John Slidell (D) Emile La Sére (D) 2: Bannon G. Thibodeaux (W) 3: John H. Harmanson (D) 4: Isaac E. Morse (D) Maine 1: John F. Scamman (D) 2: Robert P. Dunlap (D) 3: Luther Severance (W) 4: John D. McCrate (D) 5: Cullen Sawtelle (D) 6: Hannibal Hamlin (D) 7: Hezekiah Williams (D) Maryland 1: John G. Chapman (W) 2: Thomas J. Perry (D) 3: Thomas W. Ligon (D) 4: William F. Giles (D) 5: Albert Constable (D) 6: Edward H. C. Long (W) Massachusetts 1: Robert C. Winthrop (W) 2: Daniel P. King (W) 3: Amos Abbott (W) 4: Benjamin Thompson (W) 5: Charles Hudson (W) 6: George Ashmun (W) 7: Julius Rockwell (W) 8: John Quincy Adams (W) 9: Artemas Hale (W) 10: Joseph Grinnell (W) Michigan 1: Robert McClelland (D) 2: John S. Chipman (D) 3: James B. Hunt (D) Mississippi A/L: Stephen Adams (D) A/L: Jefferson Davis (D) Henry T. Ellett (D) A/L: Robert W. Roberts (D) A/L: Jacob Thompson (D) Missouri A/L: James B. Bowlin (D) A/L: John S. Phelps (D) A/L: Sterling Price (D) William McDaniel (D) A/L: James H. Relfe (D) A/L: Leonard H. Sims (D) New Hampshire A/L: James H. Johnson (D) A/L: Mace Moulton (D) A/L: Moses Norris, Jr. (D) A/L: vacant New Jersey 1: James G. Hampton (W) 2: Samuel G. Wright (W) George Sykes (D) 3: John Runk (W) 4: Joseph E. Edsall (D) 5: William Wright (W) New York 1: John W. Lawrence (D) 2: Henry J. Seaman (A) 3: William S. Miller (A) 4: William B. Maclay (D) 5: Thomas M. Woodruff (A) 6: William W. Campbell (A) 7: Joseph H. Anderson (D) 8: William W. Woodworth (D) 9: Archibald C. Niven (D) 10: Samuel Gordon (D) 11: John F. Collin (D) 12: Richard P. Herrick (W) Thomas C. Ripley (W) 13: Bradford R. Wood (D) 14: Erastus D. Culver (W) 15: Joseph Russell (D) 16: Hugh White (W) 17: Charles S. Benton (D) 18: Preston King (D) 19: Orville Hungerford (D) 20: Timothy Jenkins (D) 21: Charles Goodyear (D) 22: Stephen Strong (D) 23: William J. Hough (D) 24: Horace Wheaton (D) 25: George O. Rathbun (D) 26: Samuel S. Ellsworth (D) 27: John De Mott (D) 28: Elias B. Holmes (W) 29: Charles H. Carroll (W) 30: Martin Grover (D) 31: Abner Lewis (W) 32: William A. Moseley (W) 33: Albert Smith (W) 34: Washington Hunt (W) North Carolina 1: James Graham (W) 2: Daniel M. Barringer (W) 3: David S. Reid (D) 4: Alfred Dockery (W) 5: James C. Dobbin (D) 6: James I. McKay (D) 7: John R. J. Daniel (D) 8: Henry S. Clark (D) 9: Asa Biggs (D) Ohio 1: James J. Faran (D) 2: Francis A. Cunningham (D) 3: Robert C. Schenck (W) 4: Joseph Vance (W) 5: William Sawyer (D) 6: Henry St. John (D) 7: Joseph J. McDowell (D) 8: Allen G. Thurman (D) 9: Augustus L. Perrill]] (D) 10: Columbus Delano (W) 11: Jacob Brinkerhoff (D) 12: Samuel F. Vinton (W) 13: Isaac Parrish (D) 14: Alexander Harper (W) 15: Joseph Morris (D) 16: John D. Cummins (D) 17: George Fries (D) 18: David A. Starkweather (D) 19: Daniel R. Tilden (W) 20: Joshua R. Giddings (W) 21: Joseph M. Root (W) Pennsylvania 1: Lewis C. Levin (A) 2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (W) 3: John H. Campbell (A) 4: Charles J. Ingersoll (D) 5: Jacob S. Yost (D) 6: Jacob Erdman (D) 7: Abraham R. McIlvaine (W) 8: John Strohm (W) 9: John Ritter (D) 10: Richard Brodhead (D) 11: Owen D. Leib (D) 12: David Wilmot (D) 13: James Pollock (W) 14: Alexander Ramsey (W) 15: Moses McClean (D) 16: James Black (D) 17: John Blanchard (W) 18: Andrew Stewart (W) 19: Henry D. Foster (D) 20: John H. Ewing (W) 21: Cornelius Darragh (W) 22: William S. Garvin (D) 23: James Thompson (D) 24: Joseph Buffington (W) Rhode Island 1: Henry Y. Cranston (W) 2: Lemuel H. Arnold (W) South Carolina 1: James A. Black (D) 2: Richard F. Simpson (D) 3: Joseph A. Woodward (D) 4: Alexander D. Sims (D) 5: Armistead Burt (D) 6: Isaac E. Holmes (D) 7: R. Barnwell Rhett (D) Tennessee 1: Andrew Johnson (D) 2: William M. Cocke (W) 3: John H. Crozier (W) 4: Alvan Cullom (D) 5: George W. Jones (D) 6: Barclay Martin (D) 7: Meredith P. Gentry (W) 8: Joseph H. Peyton (W) Edwin H. Ewing (W) 9: Lucien B. Chase (D) 10: Frederick P. Stanton (D) 11: Milton Brown (W) Texas 1: David S. Kaufman (D) 2: Timothy Pilsbury (D) Vermont 1: Solomon Foot (W) 2: Jacob Collamer (W) 3: George P. Marsh (W) 4: Paul Dillingham, Jr. (D) Virginia 1: Archibald Atkinson (D) 2: George C. Dromgoole (D) 3: William M. Tredway (D) 4: Edmund W. Hubard (D) 5: Shelton F. Leake (D) 6: James A. Seddon (D) 7: Thomas H. Bayly (D) 8: Robert M. T. Hunter (D) 9: John S. Pendleton (W) 10: Henry Bedinger (D) 11: William Taylor (D) James McDowell (D) 12: Augustus A. Chapman (D) 13: George W. Hopkins (D) 14: Joseph Johnson (D) 15: William G. Brown, Sr. (D) Delegates Iowa Territory A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (D) Wisconsin Territory A/L: Morgan L. Martin (D) Membership detail by state Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1850; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1848. The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress. The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order. Alabama Senate 3: Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Democratic 2: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic House of Representatives (7 seats) 1: Edmund S. Dargan (1805-1879), Democratic 2: Henry W. Hilliard (1808-1892), Whig 3: William L. Yancey (1814-1863), Democratic …resigned September 1, 1846. James L. Cottrell (1808-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1846. 4: William W. Payne (1807-1874), Democratic 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic 6: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic 7: Felix G. McConnell (1809-1846), Democratic …died September 10, 1846. Franklin W. Bowdon (1817-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1846. Arkansas Senate 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic 2: Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Democratic House of Representatives (1 seat) A/L: Archibald Yell (1797-1847), Democratic …resigned July 1, 1846. Thomas W. Newton (1804-1853), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 6, 1847. Connecticut Senate 1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig 3: John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic House of Representatives (4 seats) 1|1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Whig 2|2: Samuel D. Hubbard (1799-1855), Whig 3|3: John A. Rockwell (1803-1861), Whig 4|4: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig Delaware Senate 2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig 1: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Whig House of Representatives (1 seat) A/L: John W. Houston (1814-1896), Whig Florida Senate 1: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated July 1, 1845. 3: James D. Westcott, Jr. (1802-1880), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated July 1, 1845. House of Representatives (1 seat) A/L: Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Whig …contested election, served until January 24, 1846. William H. Brockenbrough (1812-1850), Democratic …contested election, seated January 24, 1846. Georgia Senate 2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig …resigned May 1845, elected to fill vacancy, seated November 14, 1845. 3: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic House of Representatives (8 seats) 1: Thomas B. King (1800-1864), Whig 2: Seaborn Jones (1788-1864), Democratic 3: Washington Poe Whig …resigned February 4, 1845, before Congress assembled. George W. B. Towns (1801-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 27, 1846. 4: Hugh A. Haralson (1805-1854), Democratic 5: John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Democratic 6: Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic 7: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Whig 8: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Whig Illinois Senate 3: Sidney Breese (1800-1878), Democratic 2: James Semple (1798-1866), Democratic House of Representatives (7 seats) 1: Robert Smith (1802-1867), Democratic 2: John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic 3: Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Democratic 4: John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic 5: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic 6: Joseph P. Hoge (1810-1891), Democratic 7: Edward D. Baker (1811-1861), Whig …resigned December 30, 1846. John Henry (1800-1882), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 5, 1847. Indiana Senate 3: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic House of Representatives (10 seats) 1: Robert D. Owen (1801-1877), Democratic 2: Thomas J. Henley (1810-1865), Democratic 3: Thomas Smith (1799-1876), Democratic 4: Caleb B. Smith (1808-1864), Whig 5: William W. Wick (1796-1868), Democratic 6: John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic 7: Edward W. McGaughey (1817-1852), Whig 8: John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic 9: Charles W. Cathcart (1809-1888), Democratic 10: Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847), Democratic Iowa Senate vacant vacant House of Representatives A/L: S. Clifton Hastings (1813-1893), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 29, 1846. A/L: Shepherd Leffler (1811-1879), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 29, 1846. Kentucky Senate 2: James T. Morehead (1797-1854), Whig 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig House of Representatives (10 seats) 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic 2: John H. McHenry (1797-1871), Whig 3: Henry Grider (1796-1866), Whig 4: Joshua F. Bell (1811-1870), Whig 5: Bryan R. Young (1800-1882), Whig 6: John P. Martin (1811-1862), Democratic 7: William P. Thomasson (1797-1882), Whig 8: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig 9: Andrew A. Trumbo (1797-1871), Whig 10: John W. Tibbatts (1802-1852), Democratic Louisiana Senate 2: Alexander Barrow (1801-1846), Whig …died December 29, 1846. Pierre Soulé (1801-1870), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 21, 1847. 3: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig House of Representatives (4 seats) 1: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic …resigned November 10, 1845. Emile La Sére (1802-1882), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 29, 1846. 2: Bannon G. Thibodeaux (1812-1866), Whig 3: John H. Harmanson (1803-1850), Democratic 4: Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Democratic Maine Senate 2: George Evans (1797-1867), Whig 1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic House of Representatives (7 seats) 1: John F. Scamman (1786-1858), Democratic 2: Robert P. Dunlap (1794-1859), Democratic 3: Luther Severance (1797-1855), Whig 4: John D. McCrate (1802-1879), Democratic 5: Cullen Sawtelle (1805-1887), Democratic 6: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic 7: Hezekiah Williams (1798-1856), Democratic Maryland Senate 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig 1: Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Whig House of Representatives (6 seats) 1: John G. Chapman (1798-1856), Whig 2: Thomas J. Perry (1807-1871), Democratic 3: Thomas W. Ligon (1810-1881), Democratic 4: William F. Giles (1807-1879), Democratic 5: Albert Constable (1805-1855), Democratic 6: Edward H. C. Long (1808-1865), Whig Massachusetts Senate 2: Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig …died February 16, 1845. John Davis (1787-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, February 24, 1845. 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Whig House of Representatives (10 seats) 1: Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig 2: Daniel P. King (1801-1850), Whig 3: Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Whig 4: Benjamin Thompson (1798-1852), Whig 5: Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Whig 6: George Ashmun (1804-1870), Whig 7: Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig 8: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig 9: Artemas Hale (1783-1882), Whig 10: Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig Michigan Senate 2: William Woodbridge (1780-1861), Whig 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic House of Representatives (3 seats) 1: Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Democratic 2: John S. Chipman (1800-1869), Democratic 3: James B. Hunt (1799-1857), Democratic Mississippi Senate 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic …resigned February 5, 1845. Joseph W. Chalmers (1807-1853), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 3, 1845. 1: Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic House of Representatives (4 seats) A/L: Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic A/L: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …resigned June 1846. Henry T. Ellett (1812-1887), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26, 1847. A/L: Robert W. Roberts (1784-1865), Democratic A/L: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic Missouri Senate 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic 3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic House of Representatives (5 seats) A/L: James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Democratic A/L: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic A/L: Sterling Price (1809-1867), Democratic …resigned August 12, 1846. William McDaniel (1801-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1846. A/L: James H. Relfe (1791-1863), Democratic A/L: Leonard H. Sims (1807-1886), Democratic New Hampshire Senate 2: Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), Democratic …resigned November 20, 1845. Benning W. Jenness (1806-1879), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 1, 1845. Joseph Cilley (1791-1887), (Liberty) …elected to fill vacancy, June 13, 1846. 3: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic House of Representatives (4 seats) A/L: James H. Johnson (1802-1887), Democratic A/L: Mace Moulton (1796-1867), Democratic A/L: Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic A/L: vacant New Jersey Senate 2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig 1: William L. Dayton (1807-1864), Whig House of Representatives (5 seats) 1: James G. Hampton (1814-1861), Whig 2: Samuel G. Wright (1781-1845), Whig …died July 30, 1845, before Congress assembled. George Sykes (1802-1880), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1845. 3: John Runk (1791-1872), Whig 4: Joseph E. Edsall (1789-1865), Democratic 5: William Wright (1794-1866), Whig New York Senate 1: Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), Democratic 3: John A. Dix (1798-1879), Democratic House of Representatives (34 seats) 1: John W. Lawrence (1800-1888), Democratic 2: Henry J. Seaman (1805-1861), American 3: William S. Miller (1793-1854), American 4: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic 5: Thomas M. Woodruff (1804-1855), American 6: William W. Campbell (1806-1881), American 7: Joseph H. Anderson (1800-1870), Democratic 8: William W. Woodworth (1807-1873), Democratic 9: Archibald C. Niven (1803-1882), Democratic 10: Samuel Gordon (1802-1873), Democratic 11: John F. Collin (1802-1889), Democratic 12: Richard P. Herrick (1791-1846), Whig …died June 20, 1846. Thomas C. Ripley ( - ), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1846. 13: Bradford R. Wood (1800-1889), Democratic 14: Erastus D. Culver (1803-1889), Whig 15: Joseph Russell ( - ), Democratic 16: Hugh White (1798-1870), Whig 17: Charles S. Benton (1810-1882), Democratic 18: Preston King (1806-1865), Democratic 19: Orville Hungerford (1790-1851), Democratic 20: Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), Democratic 21: Charles Goodyear (1804-1876), Democratic 22: Stephen Strong (1791-1866), Democratic 23: William J. Hough (1795-1869), Democratic 24: Horace Wheaton (1803-1882), Democratic 25: George O. Rathbun (1803-1870), Democratic 26: Samuel S. Ellsworth (1790-1863), Democratic 27: John De Mott (1790-1870), Democratic 28: Elias B. Holmes (1807-1866), Whig 29: Charles H. Carroll (1794-1865), Whig 30: Martin Grover (1811-1875), Democratic 31: Abner Lewis ( - ), Whig 32: William A. Moseley (1798-1873), Whig 33: Albert Smith (1805-1870), Whig 34: Washington Hunt (1811-1867), Whig North Carolina Senate 2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig 3: William H. Haywood, Jr. (1801-1852), Democratic …resigned July 25, 1846. George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, November 25, 1846. House of Representatives (9 seats) 1: James Graham (1793-1851), Whig 2: Daniel M. Barringer (1806-1873), Whig 3: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic 4: Alfred Dockery (1797-1875), Whig 5: James C. Dobbin (1814-1857), Democratic 6: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic 7: John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic 8: Henry S. Clark (1809-1869), Democratic 9: Asa Biggs (1811-1878), Democratic Ohio Senate 3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic 1: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Whig House of Representatives (21 seats) 1: James J. Faran (1808-1892), Democratic 2: Francis A. Cunningham (1804-1864), Democratic 3: Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Whig 4: Joseph Vance (1786-1852), Whig 5: William Sawyer (1803-1877), Democratic 6: Henry St. John (1783-1869), Democratic 7: Joseph J. McDowell (1800-1877), Democratic 8: Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Democratic 9: Augustus L. Perrill]] (1807-1882), Democratic 10: Columbus Delano (1809-1896), Whig 11: Jacob Brinkerhoff (1810-1880), Democratic 12: Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Whig 13: Isaac Parrish (1804-1860), Democratic 14: Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig 15: Joseph Morris (1795-1854), Democratic 16: John D. Cummins (1791-1849), Democratic 17: George Fries (1799-1866), Democratic 18: David A. Starkweather (1802-1876), Democratic 19: Daniel R. Tilden (1804-1890), Whig 20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig 21: Joseph M. Root (1807-1879), Whig Pennsylvania Senate 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic …resigned February 5, 1845. Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, February 13, 1845. 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic House of Representatives (24 seats) 1: Lewis C. Levin (1808-1860), American 2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), Whig 3: John H. Campbell (1800-1868), American 4: Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Democratic 5: Jacob S. Yost (1801-1872), Democratic 6: Jacob Erdman (1801-1867), Democratic 7: Abraham R. McIlvaine (1804-1863), Whig 8: John Strohm (1793-1884), Whig 9: John Ritter (1779-1851), Democratic 10: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic 11: Owen D. Leib ( -1848), Democratic 12: David Wilmot (1814-1868), Democratic 13: James Pollock (1810-1890), Whig 14: Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Whig 15: Moses McClean (1804-1870), Democratic 16: James Black (1793-1872), Democratic 17: John Blanchard (1787-1849), Whig 18: Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Whig 19: Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Democratic 20: John H. Ewing (1796-1887), Whig 21: Cornelius Darragh (1809-1854), Whig 22: William S. Garvin (1806-1883), Democratic 23: James Thompson (1806-1874), Democratic 24: Joseph Buffington (1803-1872), Whig Rhode Island Senate 2: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Whig 1: Albert C. Greene (1792-1863), Whig House of Representatives (2 seats) 1: Henry Y. Cranston (1789-1864), Whig 2: Lemuel H. Arnold (1792-1852), Whig South Carolina Senate 3: George McDuffie (1790-1851), Democratic …resigned August 17,1846. Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 4, 1846. 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 26,1845. House of Representatives (7 seats) 1: James A. Black (1793-1848), Democratic 2: Richard F. Simpson (1798-1882), Democratic 3: Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), Democratic 4: Alexander D. Sims (1803-1848), Democratic 5: Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic 6: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic 7: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic Tennessee Senate 2: Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853), Whig 1: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic House of Representatives (11 seats) 1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic 2: William M. Cocke (1815-1896), Whig 3: John H. Crozier (1812-1889), Whig 4: Alvan Cullom (1797-1877), Democratic 5: George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic 6: Barclay Martin (1802-1890), Democratic 7: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig 8: Joseph H. Peyton (1808-1845), Whig …died November 12, 1845, before Congress assembled. Edwin H. Ewing (1809-1902), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, January 2, 1846. 9: Lucien B. Chase (1817-1864), Democratic 10: Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894), Democratic 11: Milton Brown (1804-1883), Whig Texas Senate 2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated February 21, 1846. 1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated February 21, 1846. House of Representatives (2 seats) 1: David S. Kaufman (1813-1851), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 1, 1846. 2: Timothy Pilsbury (1789-1858), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 10, 1846. Vermont Senate 1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig 3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig House of Representatives (4 seats) 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig 2: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Whig 3: George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Whig 4: Paul Dillingham, Jr. (1799-1891), Democratic Virginia Senate 2: William S. Archer (1789-1855), Whig 1: Isaac S. Pennybacker (1805-1847), Democratic …elected December 3, 1845, died January 12, 1847. James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 21, 1847. House of Representatives (15 seats) 1: Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Democratic 2: George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic 3: William M. Tredway (1807-1891), Democratic 4: Edmund W. Hubard (1806-1878), Democratic 5: Shelton F. Leake (1812-1884), Democratic 6: James A. Seddon (1815-1880), Democratic 7: Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic 8: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic 9: John S. Pendleton (1802-1868), Whig 10: Henry Bedinger (1812-1858), Democratic 11: William Taylor (1788-1846), Democratic …died January 17, 1846. James McDowell (1795-1851), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 6, 1846. 12: Augustus A. Chapman (1803-1876), Democratic 13: George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Democratic 14: Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic 15: William G. Brown, Sr. (1800-1884), Democratic

Delegates

Iowa Territory A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic …served until December 28, 1846. Wisconsin Territory A/L: Morgan L. Martin (1805-1887), Democratic

Membership detail by Chamber/Party

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Senate

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

Democratic

A-F William Allen, Ohio Chester Ashley, Arkansas (U.S. state) David R. Atchison, Missouri Charles G. Atherton, New Hampshire Arthur P. Bagby, Alabama (U.S. state) Thomas H. Benton, Missouri Sidney Breese, Illinois (U.S. state) Jesse D. Bright, Indiana James Buchanan, Pennsylvania Andrew P. Butler, South Carolina John C. Calhoun, South Carolina Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania Lewis Cass, Michigan Joseph W. Chalmers, Mississippi Walter T. Colquitt, Georgia Daniel S. Dickinson, New York John A. Dix, New York John Fairfield, Maine

G-R Edward A. Hannegan, Indiana William H. Haywood, Jr., North Carolina Samuel Houston, Texas Benning W. Jenness, New Hampshire David Levy Yulee, Florida Dixon H. Lewis, Alabama (U.S. state) James M. Mason, Virginia George McDuffie, South Carolina John M. Niles, Connecticut Isaac S. Pennybacker, Virginia Thomas J. Rusk, Texas

S-Z James Semple, Illinois (U.S. state) Ambrose H. Sevier, Arkansas (U.S. state) Pierre Soulé, Louisiana Jesse Speight, Mississippi Daniel Sturgeon, Pennsylvania Hopkins L. Turney, Tennessee Robert J. Walker, Mississippi James D. Westcott, Jr., Florida Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire David Levy Yulee, Florida

Whig

A-F William S. Archer, Virginia George E. Badger, North Carolina Alexander Barrow, Louisiana Isaac C. Bates, Massachusetts John Mcpherson Berrien, Georgia John M. Clayton, Delaware Thomas Clayton, Delaware Thomas Corwin, Ohio John J. Crittenden, Kentucky John Davis, Massachusetts William L. Dayton, New Jersey George Evans, Maine

G-R Albert C. Greene, Rhode Island Jabez W. Huntington, Connecticut Spencer Jarnagin, Tennessee Henry Johnson, Louisiana Reverdy Johnson, Maryland Willie P. Mangum, North Carolina Jacob W. Miller, New Jersey James T. Morehead, Kentucky James A. Pearce, Maryland Samuel S. Phelps, Vermont

S-Z James F. Simmons, Rhode Island William Upham, Vermont Daniel Webster, Massachusetts William Woodbridge, Michigan

Liberty

Joseph Cilley, New Hampshire

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C Stephen Adams, Mississippi Joseph H. Anderson, New York Archibald Atkinson, Virginia Thomas H. Bayly, Virginia Henry Bedinger, Virginia Charles S. Benton, New York Asa Biggs, North Carolina James Black, Pennsylvania James A. Black, South Carolina Franklin W. Bowdon, Alabama (U.S. state) James B. Bowlin, Missouri Linn Boyd, Kentucky Jacob Brinkerhoff, Ohio William H. Brockenbrough, Florida Richard Brodhead, Pennsylvania William G. Brown, Sr., Virginia Armistead Burt, South Carolina Charles W. Cathcart, Indiana Augustus A. Chapman]], Virginia Reuben Chapman, Alabama (U.S. state) Lucien B. Chase, Tennessee John S. Chipman, Michigan Henry S. Clark, North Carolina Howell Cobb, Georgia John F. Collin, New York Albert Constable, Maryland James L. Cottrell, Alabama (U.S. state) Alvan Cullom, Tennessee John D. Cummins, Ohio Francis A. Cunningham, Ohio D-E-F John R. J. Daniel, North Carolina Edmund S. Dargan, Alabama (U.S. state) Jefferson Davis, Mississippi John W. Davis, Indiana John De Mott, New York Paul Dillingham, Jr., Vermont James C. Dobbin, North Carolina Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois (U.S. state) George C. Dromgoole, Virginia Robert P. Dunlap, Maine Joseph E. Edsall, New Jersey Henry T. Ellett, Mississippi Samuel S. Ellsworth, New York Jacob Erdman, Pennsylvania James J. Faran, Ohio Orlando B. Ficklin, Illinois (U.S. state) Henry D. Foster, Pennsylvania George Fries, Ohio

G-H-I William S. Garvin, Pennsylvania William F. Giles, Maryland Charles Goodyear, New York Samuel Gordon, New York Martin Grover, New York Hannibal Hamlin, Maine Hugh A. Haralson, Georgia John H. Harmanson, Louisiana S. Clifton Hastings, Iowa Thomas J. Henley, Indiana Joseph P. Hoge, Illinois (U.S. state) Isaac E. Holmes, South Carolina George W. Hopkins, Virginia William J. Hough, New York George S. Houston, Alabama (U.S. state) Edmund W. Hubard, Virginia Orville Hungerford, New York James B. Hunt, Michigan Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia Charles J. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania J-K-L Timothy Jenkins, New York Andrew Johnson, Tennessee James H. Johnson, New Hampshire Joseph Johnson, Virginia George W. Jones, Tennessee Seaborn Jones, Georgia David S. Kaufman, Texas Andrew Kennedy, Indiana Preston King, New York Emile La Sére, Louisiana John W. Lawrence, New York Shelton F. Leake, Virginia Shepherd Leffler, Iowa Owen D. Leib, Pennsylvania Thomas W. Ligon, Maryland John H. Lumpkin, Georgia M-N-O William B. Maclay, New York Barclay Martin, Tennessee John P. Martin, Kentucky Moses McClean, Pennsylvania Robert McClelland, Michigan John A. McClernand, Illinois (U.S. state) Felix G. McConnell, Alabama (U.S. state) John D. McCrate, Maine William McDaniel, Missouri James McDowell, Virginia Joseph J. McDowell, Ohio James I. McKay, North Carolina Joseph Morris, Ohio Isaac E. Morse, Louisiana Mace Moulton, New Hampshire Archibald C. Niven, New York Moses Norris, Jr., New Hampshire Robert D. Owen, Indiana

P-Q-R Isaac Parrish, Ohio William W. Payne, Alabama (U.S. state) Augustus L. Perrill]], Ohio Thomas J. Perry, Maryland John Pettit, Indiana John S. Phelps, Missouri Timothy Pilsbury, Texas Sterling Price, Missouri George O. Rathbun, New York David S. Reid, North Carolina James H. Relfe, Missouri R. Barnwell Rhett, South Carolina John Ritter, Pennsylvania Robert W. Roberts, Mississippi Joseph Russell, New York S-T-U-V Cullen Sawtelle, Maine William Sawyer, Ohio John F. Scamman, Maine James A. Seddon, Virginia Richard F. Simpson, South Carolina Alexander D. Sims, South Carolina Leonard H. Sims, Missouri John Slidell, Louisiana Robert Smith, Illinois (U.S. state) Robert B. Smith, South Carolina Thomas Smith, Indiana Henry St. John, Ohio Frederick P. Stanton, Tennessee David A. Starkweather, Ohio Stephen Strong, New York George Sykes, New Jersey William Taylor, Virginia Jacob Thompson, Mississippi James Thompson, Pennsylvania Allen G. Thurman, Ohio John W. Tibbatts, Kentucky George W. B. Towns, Georgia William M. Tredway, Virginia W-X-Y-Z John Wentworth, Illinois (U.S. state) Horace Wheaton, New York William W. Wick, Indiana Hezekiah Williams, Maine David Wilmot, Pennsylvania Bradford R. Wood, New York Joseph A. Woodward, South Carolina William W. Woodworth, New York William L. Yancey, Alabama (U.S. state) Archibald Yell, Arkansas (U.S. state) Jacob S. Yost, Pennsylvania

Whig

A-B-C Amos Abbott, Massachusetts John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts Lemuel H. Arnold, Rhode Island George Ashmun, Massachusetts Edward D. Baker, Illinois (U.S. state) Daniel M. Barringer, North Carolina Joshua F. Bell, Kentucky John Blanchard, Pennsylvania Milton Brown, Tennessee Joseph Buffington, Pennsylvania Edward C. Cabell, Florida Charles H. Carroll, New York John G. Chapman, Maryland William M. Cocke, Tennessee Jacob Collamer, Vermont Henry Y. Cranston, Rhode Island John H. Crozier , Tennessee Erastus D. Culver, New York D-E-F Cornelius Darragh, Pennsylvania Garrett Davis, Kentucky Columbus Delano, Ohio James Dixon, Connecticut Alfred Dockery, North Carolina Edwin H. Ewing, Tennessee John H. Ewing, Pennsylvania Solomon Foot, Vermont

G-H-I Meredith P. Gentry, Tennessee Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio James Graham, North Carolina Henry Grider, Kentucky Joseph Grinnell, Massachusetts Artemas Hale, Massachusetts James G. Hampton, New Jersey Alexander Harper, Ohio John Henry, Illinois (U.S. state) Richard P. Herrick, New York Henry W. Hilliard, Alabama (U.S. state) Elias B. Holmes, New York John W. Houston, Delaware Samuel D. Hubbard, Connecticut Charles Hudson, Massachusetts Washington Hunt, New York Joseph R. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania J-K-L Daniel P. King, Massachusetts Thomas B. King, Georgia Abner Lewis, New York Edward H. C. Long, Maryland M-N-O George P. Marsh, Vermont Edward W. McGaughey, Indiana John H. McHenry, Kentucky Abraham R. McIlvaine, Pennsylvania William A. Moseley, New York Thomas W. Newton, Arkansas (U.S. state)

P-Q-R John S. Pendleton, Virginia Joseph H. Peyton, Tennessee James Pollock, Pennsylvania Alexander Ramsey, Pennsylvania Thomas C. Ripley, New York John A. Rockwell, Connecticut Julius Rockwell, Massachusetts Joseph M. Root, Ohio John Runk, New Jersey S-T-U-V Robert C. Schenck, Ohio Luther Severance, Maine Albert Smith, New York Caleb B. Smith, Indiana Truman Smith, Connecticut Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia Andrew Stewart, Pennsylvania John Strohm, Pennsylvania Bannon G. Thibodeaux, Louisiana William P. Thomasson, Kentucky Benjamin Thompson, Massachusetts Daniel R. Tilden, Ohio Robert A. Toombs, Georgia Andrew A. Trumbo, Kentucky Joseph Vance, Ohio Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio W-X-Y-Z Hugh White, New York Robert C. Winthrop, Massachusetts Samuel G. Wright, New Jersey William Wright, New Jersey Bryan R. Young, Kentucky

American

A-L John H. Campbell, Pennsylvania William W. Campbell, New York Lewis C. Levin, Pennsylvania

M-Z William S. Miller, New York Henry J. Seaman, New York Thomas M. Woodruff, New York

Membership Changes

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

Senate replacements: 8 Democrats (D): no net change Whigs (W): no net change deaths: 3 resignations: 6 interim appointments: 1 seats of newly admitted states: 4 Total seats with changes: 14

House of Representatives replacements: 12 Democrats (D): 1 seat net gain Whigs (W): 1 seat net loss deaths: 5 resignations: 6 contested election: 1 seats of newly admitted states: 4 Total seats with changes: 17

Officers

Senate Secretary: Asbury Dickens, elected December 12, 1836. Sergeant at Arms: Edward Dyer, elected March 8, 1841, died September 8, 1845. Robert Beale, elected December 9, 1845. Chaplain: Septimus Tustin, Presbyterian, elected June 12, 1841. Henry Slicer, Methodist, elected December 16, 1846.

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: Benjamin B. French, elected December 2, 1845. Sergeant at Arms: Newton Lane, elected December 2, 1845. Doorkeeper: Cornelius C. Whitney, elected December 2, 1845. Postmaster: John M. Johnson, elected December 2, 1845. Chaplain: William H. Milburn, Methodist, elected December 2, 1845. William T.S. Sprole, Presbyterian, elected December 7, 1845.