30th United States Congress

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The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President James K. Polk.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Whig majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849

• First session: December 6, 1847 - August 14, 1848.
• Second session: December 4, 1848 - March 3, 1849.
• Previous congress: 29th Congress
  
• Next congress: 31st Congress

Party summary

Wisconsin was newly admitted to the Union and first represented as a state in this Congress.

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) : 38 (majority) Whig (W) : 21 Independent Democratic (ID) : 1 TOTAL members: 60

House of Representatives Democratic (D) : 110 Whig (W) : 116 (majority) American (A) : 1 Independent Democratic (ID): 2 Independent (I) : 1 TOTAL members: 230

Leadership

Senate Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate): George M. Dallas, Democratic of Pennsylvania President pro tempore of the Senate: David R. Atchison, Democratic of Missouri, elected February 2, 1848. House of Representatives Speaker of the House Robert C. Winthrop, Whig of Massachusetts, elected December 6, 1847.

Major events

Events of 1847, 1848 & 1849

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 30th Congress

• May 29, 1848 -- Wisconsin was admitted as a state into the Union.
• August 14, 1848 -- Oregon Territory was formed from territory ceded by Great Britain and others.
• March 3, 1849 -- Gold Coinage Act.
• March 3, 1849 -- Minnesota Territory was formed from the Wisconsin Territory.

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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1850; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1848.

Alabama Arthur P. Bagby (D) William R. D. King (D) Dixon H. Lewis (D) Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) Arkansas Ambrose H. Sevier (D) Solon Borland (D) Chester Ashley (D) William K. Sebastian (D) Connecticut Jabez W. Huntington (W) Roger S. Baldwin (W) John M. Niles (D) Delaware John M. Clayton (W) John Wales (W) Presley Spruance (W) Florida David Levy Yulee (D) James D. Westcott, Jr. (D) Georgia Walter T. Colquitt (D) Herschel V. Johnson (D) John Mcpherson Berrien (W) Illinois Sidney Breese (D) Stephen A. Douglas (D) Indiana Edward A. Hannegan (D) Jesse D. Bright (D) Iowa Augustus C. Dodge (D) George W. Jones (D)

Kentucky John J. Crittenden (W) Thomas Metcalfe (W) Joseph R. Underwood (W) Louisiana Henry Johnson (W) Solomon W. Downs (D) Maine John Fairfield (D) Wyman B. S. Moor (D) Hannibal Hamlin (D) James W. Bradbury (D) Maryland James A. Pearce (W) Reverdy Johnson (W) Massachusetts Daniel Webster (W) John Davis (W) Michigan Lewis Cass (D) Thomas Fitzgerald (D) Alpheus Felch (D) Mississippi Jesse Speight (D) Jefferson Davis (D) Henry S. Foote (D) Missouri Thomas H. Benton (D) David R. Atchison (D) New Hampshire Charles G. Atherton (D) John P. Hale (ID) New Jersey Jacob W. Miller (W) William L. Dayton (W)

New York Daniel S. Dickinson (D) John A. Dix (D) North Carolina Willie P. Mangum (W) George E. Badger (W) Ohio William Allen (D) Thomas Corwin (W) Pennsylvania Daniel Sturgeon (D) Simon Cameron (D) Rhode Island Albert C. Greene (W) John H. Clarke (W) South Carolina John C. Calhoun (D) Andrew P. Butler (D) Tennessee Hopkins L. Turney (D) John Bell (W) Texas Samuel Houston (D) Thomas J. Rusk (D) Vermont Samuel S. Phelps (W) William Upham (W) Virginia James M. Mason (D) Robert M. T. Hunter (D) Wisconsin Henry Dodge (D) Isaac P. Walker (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: John Gayle (W) 2: Henry W. Hilliard (W) 3: Sampson W. Harris (D) 4: Samuel W. Inge (D) 5: George S. Houston (D) 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (D) 7: Franklin W. Bowdon (D) Arkansas A/L: Robert W. Johnson (D) Connecticut 1: James Dixon (W) 2: Samuel D. Hubbard (W) 3: John A. Rockwell (W) 4: Truman Smith (W) Delaware A/L: John W. Houston (W) Florida A/L: Edward C. Cabell (W) Georgia 1: Thomas B. King (W) 2: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (D) 3: John W. Jones (W) 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 (ID) 2: John A. McClernand (D) 3: Orlando B. Ficklin (D) 4: John Wentworth (D) 5: William A. Richardson (D) 6: Thomas J. Turner (D) 7: Abraham Lincoln (W) Indiana 1: Elisha Embree (W) 2: Thomas J. Henley (D) 3: John L. Robinson (D) 4: Caleb B. Smith (W) 5: William W. Wick (D) 6: George G. Dunn (W) 7: Richard W. Thompson (W) 8: John Pettit (D) 9: Charles W. Cathcart (D) 10: William Rockhill (D) Iowa 1: William Thompson (D) 2: Shepherd Leffler (D) Kentucky 1: Linn Boyd (D) 2: Beverly L. Clarke (D) 3: Samuel O. Peyton (D) 4: Aylette Buckner (W) 5: John B. Thompson (W) 6: Green Adams (W) 7: W. Garnett Duncan (W) 8: Charles S. Morehead (W) 9: Richard French (D) 10: John P. Gaines (W) Louisiana 1: Emile La Sére (D) 2: Bannon G. Thibodeaux (W) 3: John H. Harmanson (D) 4: Isaac E. Morse (D) Maine 1: David Hammons (D) 2: Asa W. H. Clapp (D) 3: Hiram Belcher (W) 4: Franklin Clark (D) 5: Ephraim K. Smart (D) 6: James S. Wiley (D) 7: Hezekiah Williams (D) Maryland 1: John G. Chapman (W) 2: J. Dixon Roman (W) 3: Thomas W. Ligon (D) 4: Robert M. McLane (D) 5: Alexander Evans (W) 6: John W. Crisfield (W) Massachusetts 1: Robert C. Winthrop (W) 2: Daniel P. King (W) 3: Amos Abbott (W) 4: John G. Palfrey (W) 5: Charles Hudson (W) 6: George Ashmun (W) 7: Julius Rockwell (W) 8: John Quincy Adams (W) Horace Mann (W) 9: Artemas Hale (W) 10: Joseph Grinnell (W)

Michigan 1: Robert McClelland (D) 2: Edward Bradley (D) Charles E. Stuart (D) 3: Kinsley S. Bingham (D) Mississippi 1: Jacob Thompson (D) 2: Winfield S. Featherston (D) 3: Patrick W. Tompkins (W) 4: Albert G. Brown (D) Missouri 1: James B. Bowlin (D) 2: John Jameson (D) 3: James S. Green (D) 4: Willard P. Hall (D) 5: John S. Phelps (D) New Hampshire 1: Amos Tuck (I) 2: Charles H. Peaslee (D) 3: James Wilson (W) 4: James H. Johnson (D) New Jersey 1: James G. Hampton (W) 2: William A. Newell (W) 3: Joseph E. Edsall (D) 4: John Van Dyke (W) 5: Dudley S. Gregory (W) New York 1: Frederick W. Lord (D) 2: Henry C. Murphy (D) 3: Henry Nicoll (D) 4: William B. Maclay (D) 5: Frederick A. Tallmadge (W) 6: David S. Jackson (D) Horace Greeley (W) 7: William Nelson (W) 8: Cornelius Warren (W) 9: Daniel B. St. John (W) 10: Eliakim Sherrill (W) 11: Peter H. Silvester (W) 12: Gideon Reynolds (W) 13: John I. Slingerland (W) 14: Orlando Kellogg (W) 15: Sidney Lawrence (D) 16: Hugh White (W) 17: George Petrie (ID) 18: William Collins (D) 19: Joseph Mullin (W) 20: Timothy Jenkins (D) 21: George A. Starkweather (D) 22: Ausburn Birdsall (D) 23: William Duer (W) 24: Daniel Gott (W) 25: Harmon S. Conger (W) 26: William T. Lawrence (W) 27: John M. Holley (W) Esbon Blackmar (W) 28: Elias B. Holmes (W) 29: Robert L. Rose (W) 30: David Rumsey, Jr. (W) 31: Dudley Marvin (W) 32: Nathan K. Hall (W) 33: Harvey Putnam (W) 34: Washington Hunt (W) North Carolina 1: Thomas L. Clingman (W) 2: Nathaniel Boyden (W) 3: Daniel M. Barringer (W) 4: Augustine H. Shepperd (W) 5: Abraham W. Venable (D) 6: John R. J. Daniel (D) 7: James I. McKay (D) 8: Richard S. Donnell (W) 9: David Outlaw (W) Ohio 1: James J. Faran (D) 2: David Fisher (W) 3: Robert C. Schenck (W) 4: Richard S. Canby (W) 5: William Sawyer (D) 6: Rodolphus Dickinson (D) 7: Jonathan D. Morris (D) 8: John L. Taylor (W) 9: Thomas O. Edwards (W) 10: Daniel Duncan (W) 11: John K. Miller (D) 12: Samuel F. Vinton (W) 13: Thomas Ritchey (D) 14: Nathan Evans (W) 15: William Kennon, Jr. (D) 16: John D. Cummins (D) 17: George Fries (D) 18: Samuel Lahm (D) 19: John Crowell (W) 20: Joshua R. Giddings (W) 21: Joseph M. Root (W)

Pennsylvania 1: Lewis C. Levin (A) 2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (W) 3: Charles Brown (D) 4: Charles J. Ingersoll (D) 5: John Freedley (W) 6: John W. Hornbeck (W) Samuel A. Bridges (D) 7: Abraham R. McIlvaine (W) 8: John Strohm (W) 9: William Strong (D) 10: Richard Brodhead (D) 11: Chester P. Butler (W) 12: David Wilmot (D) 13: James Pollock (W) 14: George N. Eckert (W) 15: Henry Nes (W) 16: Jasper E. Brady (W) 17: John Blanchard (W) 18: Andrew Stewart (W) 19: Job Mann (D) 20: John Dickey (W) 21: Moses Hampton (W) 22: John W. Farrelly (W) 23: James Thompson (D) 24: Alexander Irvin (W) Rhode Island 1: Robert B. Cranston (W) 2: Benjamin B. Thurston (D) South Carolina 1: James A. Black (D) Daniel Wallace (D) 2: Richard F. Simpson (D) 3: Joseph A. Woodward (D) 4: Alexander D. Sims (D) John McQueen (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: Hugh L. W. Hill (D) 5: George W. Jones (D) 6: James H. Thomas (D) 7: Meredith P. Gentry (W) 8: Washington Barrow (W) 9: Lucien B. Chase (D) 10: Frederick P. Stanton (D) 11: William T. Haskell (W) Texas 1: David S. Kaufman (D) 2: Timothy Pilsbury (D) Vermont 1: William Henry (W) 2: Jacob Collamer (W) 3: George P. Marsh (W) 4: Lucius B. Peck (D) Virginia 1: Archibald Atkinson (D) 2: George C. Dromgoole (D) Richard K. Meade (D) 3: Thomas S. Flournoy (W) 4: Thomas S. Bocock (D) 5: William L. Goggin (W) 6: John M. Botts (W) 7: Thomas H. Bayly (D) 8: Richard Lee T. Beale (D) 9: John S. Pendleton (W) 10: Henry Bedinger (D) 11: James McDowell (D) 12: William B. Preston (W) 13: Andrew S. Fulton (W) 14: Robert A. Thompson (D) 15: William G. Brown, Sr. (D) Wisconsin A/L: Mason C. Darling (D) A/L: William P. Lynde (D)

Delegates

Wisconsin Territory A/L: John H. Tweedy (W) Henry H. Sibley

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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1850; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this 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 …resigned June 16, 1848.

  William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, July 1, 1848.

• 2: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …died October 25, 1848.

  Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 25, 1848.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: John Gayle (1792-1859), Whig
• 2: Henry W. Hilliard (1808-1892), Whig
• 3: Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Democratic
• 4: Samuel W. Inge (1817-1868), Democratic
• 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
• 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic
• 7: Franklin W. Bowdon (1817-1857), Democratic

Arkansas

Senate

• 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic …resigned March 15, 1848.

  Solon Borland (1808-1864), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, March 30, 1848, subsequently elected.

• 2: Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Democratic …died April 29, 1848.

  William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 12, 1848, subsequently elected.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate

• 1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig …died November 1, 1847.

  Roger S. Baldwin (1793-1863), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, November 11, 1847, subsequently elected.

• 3: John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Whig
• 2: Samuel D. Hubbard (1799-1855), Whig
• 3: John A. Rockwell (1803-1861), Whig
• 4: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig

Delaware

Senate

• 1: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Whig …resigned February 23, 1849.

  John Wales (1783-1863), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, February 23, 1849.

• 2: Presley Spruance (1785-1863), Whig

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: John W. Houston (1814-1896), Whig

Florida

Senate

• 1: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic
• 3: James D. Westcott, Jr. (1802-1880), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Whig

Georgia

Senate

• 3: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic …resigned February 1848.

  Herschel V. Johnson (1812-1880), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, February 4, 1848, subsequently elected.

• 2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 12, 1847.

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Thomas B. King (1800-1864), Whig
• 2: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic
• 3: John W. Jones (1806-1871), Whig
• 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: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: Robert Smith (1802-1867), Independent Democratic
• 2: John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic
• 3: Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Democratic
• 4: John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic
• 5: William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
• 6: Thomas J. Turner (1815-1874), Democratic
• 7: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Whig

Indiana

Senate

• 3: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic
• 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: Elisha Embree (1801-1863), Whig
• 2: Thomas J. Henley (1810-1865), Democratic
• 3: John L. Robinson (1813-1860), Democratic
• 4: Caleb B. Smith (1808-1864), Whig
• 5: William W. Wick (1796-1868), Democratic
• 6: George G. Dunn (1812-1857), Whig
• 7: Richard W. Thompson (1809-1900), Whig
• 8: John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic
• 9: Charles W. Cathcart (1809-1888), Democratic
• 10: William Rockhill (1793-1865), Democratic

Iowa

Senate

• 3: Augustus C. Dodge]] (1812-1883), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 7, 1848.
• 2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 7, 1848.

House of Representatives

• 1: William Thompson (1813-1897), Democratic
• 2: Shepherd Leffler (1811-1879), Democratic

Kentucky

Senate

• 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig …resigned June 12, 1848.

  Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, June 23, 1848, subsequently elected.

• 2: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
• 2: Beverly L. Clarke (1809-1860), Democratic
• 3: Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Democratic
• 4: Aylette Buckner (1806-1869), Whig
• 5: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig
• 6: Green Adams (1812-1884), Whig
• 7: W. Garnett Duncan (1800-1875), Whig
• 8: Charles S. Morehead (1802-1868), Whig
• 9: Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic
• 10: John P. Gaines (1795-1857), Whig

Louisiana

Senate

• 3: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig
• 2: Solomon W. Downs (1801-1854), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Emile La Sére (1802-1882), Democratic
• 2: Bannon G. Thibodeaux (1812-1866), Whig
• 3: John H. Harmanson (1803-1850), Democratic
• 4: Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Democratic

Maine

Senate

• 1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic …died December 24, 1847.

  Wyman B. S. Moor (1811-1869), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, January 5, 1848.

  Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, May 26, 1848.

• 2: James W. Bradbury (1802-1901), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: David Hammons (1808-1888), Democratic
• 2: Asa W. H. Clapp (1805-1891), Democratic
• 3: Hiram Belcher (1790-1857), Whig
• 4: Franklin Clark (1801-1874), Democratic
• 5: Ephraim K. Smart (1813-1872), Democratic
• 6: James S. Wiley (1808-1891), 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: J. Dixon Roman (1809-1867), Whig
• 3: Thomas W. Ligon (1810-1881), Democratic
• 4: Robert M. McLane (1815-1898), Democratic
• 5: Alexander Evans (1818-1888), Whig
• 6: John W. Crisfield (1806-1897), Whig

Massachusetts

Senate

• 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Whig
• 2: John Davis (1787-1854), 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: John G. Palfrey (1796-1881), 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 …died February 23, 1848.

  Horace Mann (1796-1859), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 13, 1848.

• 9: Artemas Hale (1783-1882), Whig
• 10: Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig

Michigan

Senate

• 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic …resigned May 29, 1848, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, March 4, 1849.

  Thomas Fitzgerald (1796-1855), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, June 8, 1848.

• 2: Alpheus Felch (1804-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Democratic
• 2: Edward Bradley (1808-1847), Democratic …died August 5, 1847, before Congress assembled.

  Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.

• 3: Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Democratic

Mississippi

Senate

• 1: Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic …died May 1, 1847.

  Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, August 10, 1847, subsequently elected.

• 2: Henry S. Foote (1804-1880), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic
• 2: Winfield S. Featherston (1820-1891), Democratic
• 3: Patrick W. Tompkins (1804-1853), Whig
• 4: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic

Missouri

Senate

• 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
• 3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Democratic
• 2: John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic
• 3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic
• 4: Willard P. Hall (1820-1882), Democratic
• 5: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate

• 3: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic
• 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Independent Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Amos Tuck (1810-1879), Independent
• 2: Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), Democratic
• 3: James Wilson (1797-1881), Whig
• 4: James H. Johnson (1802-1887), Democratic

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: William A. Newell (1817-1901), Whig
• 3: Joseph E. Edsall (1789-1865), Democratic
• 4: John Van Dyke (1807-1878), Whig
• 5: Dudley S. Gregory (1800-1874), Whig

New York

Senate

• 1: Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), Democratic
• 3: John A. Dix (1798-1879), Democratic

House of Representatives (34 seats)

• 1: Frederick W. Lord (1800-1860), Democratic
• 2: Henry C. Murphy (1810-1882), Democratic
• 3: Henry Nicoll (1812-1879), Democratic
• 4: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic
• 5: Frederick A. Tallmadge (1792-1869), Whig
• 6: David S. Jackson (1813-1872), Democratic …contested election, served until April 19, 1848.

  Horace Greeley (1811-1872), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1848.

• 7: William Nelson (1784-1869), Whig
• 8: Cornelius Warren (1790-1849), Whig
• 9: Daniel B. St. John (1808-1890), Whig
• 10: Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863), Whig
• 11: Peter H. Silvester (1807-1882), Whig
• 12: Gideon Reynolds (1813-1896), Whig
• 13: John I. Slingerland (1804-1861), Whig
• 14: Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865), Whig
• 15: Sidney Lawrence (1801-1892), Democratic
• 16: Hugh White (1798-1870), Whig
• 17: George Petrie (1793-1879), Independent Democratic
• 18: William Collins (1818-1878), Democratic
• 19: Joseph Mullin (1811-1882), Whig
• 20: Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), Democratic
• 21: George A. Starkweather (1794-1879), Democratic
• 22: Ausburn Birdsall (1814-1903), Democratic
• 23: William Duer (1805-1879), Whig
• 24: Daniel Gott (1794-1864), Whig
• 25: Harmon S. Conger (1816-1882), Whig
• 26: William T. Lawrence (1788-1859), Whig
• 27: John M. Holley (1802-1848), Whig …died March 8, 1848.

  Esbon Blackmar (1805-1857), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1848.

• 28: Elias B. Holmes (1807-1866), Whig
• 29: Robert L. Rose (1804-1877), Whig
• 30: David Rumsey, Jr. (1810-1883), Whig
• 31: Dudley Marvin (1786-1856), Whig
• 32: Nathan K. Hall (1810-1874), Whig
• 33: Harvey Putnam (1793-1855), Whig
• 34: Washington Hunt (1811-1867), Whig

North Carolina

Senate

• 2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
• 3: George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Whig
• 2: Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873), Whig
• 3: Daniel M. Barringer (1806-1873), Whig
• 4: Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), Whig
• 5: Abraham W. Venable (1799-1876), Democratic
• 6: John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic
• 7: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
• 8: Richard S. Donnell (1820-1867), Whig
• 9: David Outlaw (1806-1868), Whig

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: David Fisher (1794-1886), Whig
• 3: Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Whig
• 4: Richard S. Canby (1808-1895), Whig
• 5: William Sawyer (1803-1877), Democratic
• 6: Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849), Democratic
• 7: Jonathan D. Morris (1804-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
• 8: John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Whig
• 9: Thomas O. Edwards (1810-1876), Whig
• 10: Daniel Duncan (1806-1849), Whig
• 11: John K. Miller (1819-1863), Democratic
• 12: Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Whig
• 13: Thomas Ritchey (1801-1863), Democratic
• 14: Nathan Evans (1804-1879), Whig
• 15: William Kennon, Jr. (1802-1867), Democratic
• 16: John D. Cummins (1791-1849), Democratic
• 17: George Fries (1799-1866), Democratic
• 18: Samuel Lahm (1812-1876), Democratic
• 19: John Crowell (1801-1883), Whig
• 20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig
• 21: Joseph M. Root (1807-1879), Whig

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic
• 3: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Democratic

House of Representatives (24 seats)

• 1: Lewis C. Levin (1808-1860), American
• 2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), Whig
• 3: Charles Brown (1797-1883), Democratic
• 4: Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Democratic
• 5: John Freedley (1793-1851), Whig
• 6: John W. Hornbeck (1804-1848), Whig …died January 16, 1848.

  Samuel A. Bridges (1802-1884), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 6, 1848.

• 7: Abraham R. McIlvaine (1804-1863), Whig
• 8: John Strohm (1793-1884), Whig
• 9: William Strong (1808-1895), Democratic
• 10: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
• 11: Chester P. Butler (1798-1850), Whig
• 12: David Wilmot (1814-1868), Democratic
• 13: James Pollock (1810-1890), Whig
• 14: George N. Eckert (1802-1865), Whig
• 15: Henry Nes (1799-1850), Whig
• 16: Jasper E. Brady (1797-1871), Whig
• 17: John Blanchard (1787-1849), Whig
• 18: Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Whig
• 19: Job Mann (1795-1873), Democratic
• 20: John Dickey (1794-1853), Whig
• 21: Moses Hampton (1803-1878), Whig
• 22: John W. Farrelly (1809-1860), Whig
• 23: James Thompson (1806-1874), Democratic
• 24: Alexander Irvin (1800-1874), Whig

Rhode Island

Senate

• 1: Albert C. Greene (1792-1863), Whig
• 2: John H. Clarke (1789-1870), Whig

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Robert B. Cranston (1791-1873), Whig
• 2: Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), Democratic

South Carolina

Senate

• 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic
• 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: James A. Black (1793-1848), Democratic …died April 3, 1848.

  Daniel Wallace (1801-1859), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 12, 1848.

• 2: Richard F. Simpson (1798-1882), Democratic
• 3: Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), Democratic
• 4: Alexander D. Sims (1803-1848), Democratic …died November 16, 1848.

  John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1849.

• 5: Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic
• 6: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic
• 7: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic

Tennessee

Senate

• 1: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic
• 2: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, November 22, 1847.

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: Hugh L. W. Hill (1810-1892), Democratic
• 5: George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
• 6: James H. Thomas (1808-1876), Democratic
• 7: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig
• 8: Washington Barrow (1807-1866), Whig
• 9: Lucien B. Chase (1817-1864), Democratic
• 10: Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894), Democratic
• 11: William T. Haskell (1818-1859), Whig

Texas

Senate

• 2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Democratic
• 1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: David S. Kaufman (1813-1851), Democratic
• 2: Timothy Pilsbury (1789-1858), Democratic

Vermont

Senate

• 1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig
• 3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: William Henry (1788-1861), Whig
• 2: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Whig
• 3: George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Whig
• 4: Lucius B. Peck (1802-1866), Democratic

Virginia

Senate

• 1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
• 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic

House of Representatives (15 seats)

• 1: Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Democratic
• 2: George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic …died April 27, 1847, before Congress assembled.

  Richard K. Meade (1803-1862), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.

• 3: Thomas S. Flournoy (1811-1883), Whig
• 4: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
• 5: William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig
• 6: John M. Botts (1802-1869), Whig
• 7: Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic
• 8: Richard Lee T. Beale (1819-1893), Democratic
• 9: John S. Pendleton (1802-1868), Whig
• 10: Henry Bedinger (1812-1858), Democratic
• 11: James McDowell (1795-1851), Democratic
• 12: William B. Preston (1805-1862), Whig
• 13: Andrew S. Fulton (1800-1884), Whig
• 14: Robert A. Thompson (1805-1876), Democratic
• 15: William G. Brown, Sr. (1800-1884), Democratic

Wisconsin

Senate

• 1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 8, 1848.
• 3: Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 8, 1848.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: Mason C. Darling (1801-1866), Democratic
• A/L: William P. Lynde (1817-1885), Democratic

Delegates

Wisconsin Territory A/L: John H. Tweedy (1814-1891), Whig …served until May 29, 1848. Henry H. Sibley (1811-1891), …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 15, 1849.

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 Solon Borland, Arkansas (U.S. state) James W. Bradbury, Maine Sidney Breese, Illinois (U.S. state) Jesse D. Bright, Indiana Andrew P. Butler, South Carolina John C. Calhoun, South Carolina Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania Lewis Cass, Michigan Walter T. Colquitt, Georgia Jefferson Davis, Mississippi Daniel S. Dickinson, New York John A. Dix, New York Augustus C. Dodge, Iowa Henry Dodge, Wisconsin Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois (U.S. state) Solomon W. Downs, Louisiana John Fairfield, Maine Alpheus Felch, Michigan Thomas Fitzgerald, Michigan Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Alabama (U.S. state) Henry S. Foote, Mississippi

G-L Hannibal Hamlin, Maine Edward A. Hannegan, Indiana Samuel Houston, Texas Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia Herschel V. Johnson, Georgia George W. Jones, Iowa William R. D. King, Alabama (U.S. state) David Levy Yulee, Florida Dixon H. Lewis, Alabama (U.S. state) M-R James M. Mason, Virginia Wyman B. S. Moor, Maine John M. Niles, Connecticut Thomas J. Rusk, Texas

S-Z William K. Sebastian, Arkansas (U.S. state) Ambrose H. Sevier, Arkansas (U.S. state) Jesse Speight, Mississippi Daniel Sturgeon, Pennsylvania Hopkins L. Turney, Tennessee Isaac P. Walker, Wisconsin James D. Westcott, Jr., Florida David Levy Yulee, Florida

Whig

A-F George E. Badger, North Carolina (U.S. state) Roger S. Baldwin, Connecticut John Bell, Tennessee John Mcpherson Berrien, Georgia John H. Clarke, Rhode Island John M. Clayton, Delaware Thomas Corwin, Ohio John J. Crittenden, Kentucky John Davis, Massachusetts John Davis, Massachusetts William L. Dayton, New Jersey

G-R Albert C. Greene, Rhode Island Jabez W. Huntington, Connecticut Henry Johnson, Louisiana Reverdy Johnson, Maryland Willie P. Mangum, North Carolina (U.S. state) Thomas Metcalfe, Kentucky Jacob W. Miller, New Jersey James A. Pearce, Maryland Samuel S. Phelps, Vermont

S-Z Presley Spruance, Delaware Joseph R. Underwood, Kentucky William Upham, Vermont John Wales, Delaware Daniel Webster, Massachusetts

Independent Democratic

John P. Hale, 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 Archibald Atkinson, Virginia Thomas H. Bayly, Virginia Richard Lee T. Beale, Virginia Henry Bedinger, Virginia Kinsley S. Bingham, Michigan Ausburn Birdsall, New York James A. Black, South Carolina Thomas S. Bocock, Virginia Franklin W. Bowdon, Alabama (U.S. state) James B. Bowlin, Missouri Linn Boyd, Kentucky Edward Bradley, Michigan Samuel A. Bridges, Pennsylvania Richard Brodhead, Pennsylvania Albert G. Brown, Mississippi Charles Brown, Pennsylvania William G. Brown, Sr., Virginia Armistead Burt, South Carolina Charles W. Cathcart, Indiana Lucien B. Chase, Tennessee Asa W. H. Clapp, Maine Franklin Clark, Maine Beverly L. Clarke, Kentucky Howell Cobb, Georgia Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama (U.S. state) William Collins, New York John D. Cummins, Ohio D-E-F John R. J. Daniel, North Carolina (U.S. state) Mason C. Darling, Wisconsin Rodolphus Dickinson, Ohio George C. Dromgoole, Virginia Joseph E. Edsall, New Jersey James J. Faran, Ohio Winfield S. Featherston, Mississippi Orlando B. Ficklin, Illinois (U.S. state) Richard French, Kentucky George Fries, Ohio

G-H-I James S. Green, Missouri Willard P. Hall, Missouri David Hammons, Maine Hugh A. Haralson, Georgia John H. Harmanson, Louisiana Sampson W. Harris, Alabama (U.S. state) Thomas J. Henley, Indiana Hugh L. W. Hill, Tennessee Isaac E. Holmes, South Carolina George S. Houston, Alabama (U.S. state) Samuel W. Inge, Alabama (U.S. state) Charles J. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania Alfred Iverson, Sr., Georgia J-K-L David S. Jackson, New York John Jameson, Missouri Timothy Jenkins, New York Andrew Johnson, Tennessee James H. Johnson, New Hampshire Robert W. Johnson, Arkansas (U.S. state) George W. Jones, Tennessee David S. Kaufman, Texas William Kennon, Jr., Ohio Emile La Sére, Louisiana Samuel Lahm, Ohio Sidney Lawrence, New York Shepherd Leffler, Iowa Thomas W. Ligon, Maryland Frederick W. Lord, New York John H. Lumpkin, Georgia William P. Lynde, Wisconsin M-N-O William B. Maclay, New York Job Mann, Pennsylvania Robert McClelland, Michigan John A. McClernand, Illinois (U.S. state) James McDowell, Virginia James I. McKay, North Carolina (U.S. state) Robert M. McLane, Maryland John McQueen, South Carolina Richard K. Meade, Virginia John K. Miller, Ohio Jonathan D. Morris, Ohio Isaac E. Morse, Louisiana Henry C. Murphy, New York Henry Nicoll, New York

P-Q-R Charles H. Peaslee, New Hampshire Lucius B. Peck, Vermont John Pettit, Indiana Samuel O. Peyton, Kentucky John S. Phelps, Missouri Timothy Pilsbury, Texas R. Barnwell Rhett, South Carolina William A. Richardson, Illinois (U.S. state) Thomas Ritchey, Ohio John L. Robinson, Indiana William Rockhill, Indiana S-T-U-V William Sawyer, Ohio Richard F. Simpson, South Carolina Alexander D. Sims, South Carolina Ephraim K. Smart, Maine Robert B. Smith, South Carolina Frederick P. Stanton, Tennessee George A. Starkweather, New York William Strong, Pennsylvania Charles E. Stuart, Michigan James H. Thomas, Tennessee Jacob Thompson, Mississippi James Thompson, Pennsylvania Robert A. Thompson, Virginia William Thompson, Iowa Benjamin B. Thurston, Rhode Island Thomas J. Turner, Illinois (U.S. state) Abraham W. Venable, North Carolina (U.S. state) W-X-Y-Z Daniel Wallace, South Carolina John Wentworth, Illinois (U.S. state) William W. Wick, Indiana James S. Wiley, Maine Hezekiah Williams, Maine David Wilmot, Pennsylvania Joseph A. Woodward, South Carolina

Whig

A-B-C Amos Abbott, Massachusetts Green Adams, Kentucky John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts George Ashmun, Massachusetts Daniel M. Barringer, North Carolina (U.S. state) Washington Barrow, Tennessee Hiram Belcher, Maine Esbon Blackmar, New York John Blanchard, Pennsylvania John M. Botts, Virginia Nathaniel Boyden, North Carolina (U.S. state) Jasper E. Brady, Pennsylvania Aylette Buckner, Kentucky Chester P. Butler, Pennsylvania Edward C. Cabell, Florida Richard S. Canby, Ohio John G. Chapman, Maryland Thomas L. Clingman, North Carolina (U.S. state) William M. Cocke, Tennessee Jacob Collamer, Vermont Harmon S. Conger, New York Robert B. Cranston, Rhode Island John W. Crisfield, Maryland John Crowell, Ohio John H. Crozier, Tennessee D-E-F John Dickey, Pennsylvania James Dixon, Connecticut Richard S. Donnell, North Carolina (U.S. state) William Duer, New York Daniel Duncan, Ohio W. Garnett Duncan, Kentucky George G. Dunn, Indiana George N. Eckert, Pennsylvania Thomas O. Edwards, Ohio Elisha Embree, Indiana Alexander Evans, Maryland Nathan Evans, Ohio John W. Farrelly, Pennsylvania David Fisher, Ohio Thomas S. Flournoy, Virginia John Freedley, Pennsylvania Andrew S. Fulton, Virginia

G-H-I John P. Gaines, Kentucky John Gayle, Alabama (U.S. state) Meredith P. Gentry, Tennessee Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio William L. Goggin, Virginia Daniel Gott, New York Horace Greeley, New York Dudley S. Gregory, New Jersey Joseph Grinnell, Massachusetts Artemas Hale, Massachusetts Nathan K. Hall, New York James G. Hampton, New Jersey Moses Hampton, Pennsylvania William T. Haskell, Tennessee William Henry, Vermont Henry W. Hilliard, Alabama (U.S. state) John M. Holley, New York Elias B. Holmes, New York John W. Hornbeck, Pennsylvania John W. Houston, Delaware Samuel D. Hubbard, Connecticut Charles Hudson, Massachusetts Washington Hunt, New York J-K-L Joseph R. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania Alexander Irvin, Pennsylvania John W. Jones, Georgia Orlando Kellogg, New York Daniel P. King, Massachusetts Thomas B. King, Georgia William T. Lawrence, New York Abraham Lincoln, Illinois (U.S. state) M-N-O Horace Mann, Massachusetts George P. Marsh, Vermont Dudley Marvin, New York Abraham R. McIlvaine, Pennsylvania Charles S. Morehead, Kentucky Joseph Mullin, New York William Nelson, New York Henry Nes, Pennsylvania William A. Newell, New Jersey David Outlaw, North Carolina (U.S. state)

P-Q-R John G. Palfrey, Massachusetts John S. Pendleton, Virginia James Pollock, Pennsylvania William B. Preston, Virginia Harvey Putnam, New York Gideon Reynolds, New York John A. Rockwell, Connecticut Julius Rockwell, Massachusetts J. Dixon Roman, Maryland Joseph M. Root, Ohio Robert L. Rose, New York David Rumsey, Jr., New York S-T-U-V Robert C. Schenck, Ohio Augustine H. Shepperd, North Carolina (U.S. state) Eliakim Sherrill, New York Peter H. Silvester, New York John I. Slingerland, New York Caleb B. Smith, Indiana Truman Smith, Connecticut Daniel B. St. John, New York Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia Andrew Stewart, Pennsylvania John Strohm, Pennsylvania Frederick A. Tallmadge, New York John L. Taylor, Ohio Bannon G. Thibodeaux, Louisiana John B. Thompson, Kentucky Richard W. Thompson, Indiana Patrick W. Tompkins, Mississippi Robert A. Toombs, Georgia John Van Dyke, New Jersey Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio W-X-Y-Z Cornelius Warren, New York Hugh White, New York James Wilson, New Hampshire Robert C. Winthrop, Massachusetts

American

Lewis C. Levin, Pennsylvania

Independent Democratic

George Petrie, New York Robert Smith, Illinois (U.S. state)

Independent

Amos Tuck, New Hampshire

Membership Changes

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

Senate replacements: 11 Democrats (D) : no net change Whigs (W) : no net change deaths: 5 resignations: 6 interim appointments: 2 seats of newly admitted states: 4 Total seats with changes: ??

House of Representatives replacements: 10 Democrats (D) : no net change Whigs (W) : no net change deaths: 7 resignations: 0 contested election: 1 seats of newly admitted states: 2 Total seats with changes: 12

Officers

Senate Secretary of the Senate: Asbury Dickens of North Carolina (U.S. state) elected December 12, 1836. Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Robert Beale of Virginia, elected December 9, 1845. Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. Henry Slicer, Methodist, elected December 16, 1846.

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: Thomas J. Campbell of Tennessee elected December 7, 1847. Sergeant at Arms of the House: Nathan Sergeant of Vermont, elected December 7, 1847. Doorkeeper of the House: Robert E. Horner of New Jersey, elected December 7, 1847. Postmaster of the House: John M. Johnson of Virginia, elected December 7, 1847. Chaplain of the House The Rev. Ralph Gurley, Presbyterian, elected December 6, 1847.