House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: Richard Mentor Johnson
  Richard Mentor Johnson
  Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren . He was the only vice-president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S...
  
   (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...
  
  : 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)

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...
  
  : 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...
  
   (D)

Members

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

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers

Classes of United States Senators

The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...

, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

Alabama 

• 2. William R. D. King
  William R. King
  William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...
  
   (D)
• 3. John McKinley
  John McKinley
  John McKinley was a U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, his family moved to Kentucky when he was an infant...
  
   (D), until April 22, 1837
  • Clement C. Clay
    Clement Comer Clay
    Clement Comer Clay was the eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837.Clay was born in Halifax County, Virginia. His father, William Clay, was an officer in the American Revolutionary War, who moved to Grainger County, Tennessee, after the war. Clay attended public schools and...
    
     (D), from June 19, 1837

Arkansas 

• 2. William S. Fulton
  William Savin Fulton
  William Savin Fulton was an American lawyer and politician from Little Rock, Arkansas. He served as Governor of the Arkansas Territory and United States Senator for Arkansas....
  
   (D)
• 3. Ambrose H. Sevier
  Ambrose Hundley Sevier
  Ambrose Hundley Sevier was a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Arkansas.Ambrose Hundley Sevier was born near Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County, Tennessee. Sevier moved to Missouri in 1820 and to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1821.In Arkansas he became clerk of the Territorial...
  
   (D)

Connecticut 

• 1. 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)
• 3. Perry Smith
  Perry Smith (U.S. Congressman)
  Perry Smith was a Connecticut State Representative and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1836, where he served one term. Smith served on the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. He practiced law in New Milford, where he died on June 8, 1852 and is buried at...
  
   (D)

Delaware 

• 1. Richard H. Bayard
  Richard H. Bayard
  Richard Henry Bayard was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as the first Mayor of Wilmington, Chief Justice of the Delaware Superior Court, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:Bayard...
  
   (W)
• 2. Thomas Clayton
  Thomas Clayton
  Thomas Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the...
  
   (W)

Georgia 

• 3. Alfred Cuthbert
  Alfred Cuthbert
  Alfred Cuthbert was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.-Biography:Cuthbert was born in Savannah, he was instructed by private tutors and graduated from Princeton College in 1803...
  
   (D)
• 2. John P. King
  John Pendleton King
  John Pendleton King was a United States Senator from Georgia.Born in Glasgow, Kentucky, King moved in infancy with his parents to Bedford County, Tennessee, and then to Augusta, Georgia, in 1815. He graduated from the Academy of Richmond County in Augusta, and studied law. He was admitted to the...
  
   (D), until November 1, 1837
  • Wilson Lumpkin
    Wilson Lumpkin
    Wilson Lumpkin was a governor of Georgia, and a United States Representative and Senator.-Biography:Born near Dan River, Virginia, he moved in 1784 to Oglethorpe County, Georgia with his parents, who settled near Point Peter and subsequently at Lexington, Georgia...
    
     (D), from November 22, 1837

Illinois 

• 2. John M. Robinson
  John M. Robinson
  John McCracken Robinson was a United States Senator from Illinois.Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, he attended the common schools and graduated from Transylvania University at Lexington. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar and began practice in Carmi, Illinois in 1818...
  
   (D)
• 3. Richard M. Young
  Richard M. Young
  Richard Montgomery Young was a U.S. Senator from Illinois.Young was born in Fayette County, Kentucky and was admitted to the bar in 1814. In 1817, he moved his law practices to Jonesboro, Illinois and was appointed a Captain in the State Militia. He served in the Illinois state house from...
  
   (D)

Indiana 

• 1. John Tipton
  John Tipton
  John Shields Tipton was an American politician.Tipton was born in what is now Sevier County, Tennessee. His father was killed by Native Americans. His great uncle, also named John, was a prominent man in the area...
  
   (D)
• 3. Oliver H. Smith
  Oliver H. Smith
  Oliver Hampton Smith was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana. Born on Smith's Island, near Trenton, New Jersey, attended the common schools and moved west, eventually settling in Lawrenceburg, Indiana in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1820, commencing...
  
   (W)

Kentucky 

• 3. Henry Clay
  Henry Clay
  Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives...
  
   (W)
• 2. John J. Crittenden
  John J. Crittenden
  John Jordan Crittenden was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison and Millard Fillmore...
  
   (W)

Louisiana 

• 2. Robert C. Nicholas
  Robert C. Nicholas
  Robert Carter Nicholas was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Hanover, Virginia, he served in the War of 1812 as a captain and major...
  
   (D)
• 3. Alexander Mouton
  Alexander Mouton
  Alexandre Mouton was a United States Senator and the 11th Governor of Louisiana.-Early life:He was born in Attakapas district into a wealthy plantation owning Acadian family. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown College...
  
   (D)

Maine 

• 2. John Ruggles
  John Ruggles
  John Ruggles was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. He served in several important state legislative and judicial positions before serving in the U.S. Senate....
  
   (D)
• 1. Reuel Williams
  Reuel Williams
  Reuel Williams was a U.S. Senator from Maine.Born in Hallowell, Maine to Seth Williams and Zelphia Ingraham, he attended Hallowell Academy, and went on to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1804, commencing practice in Augusta, Maine.He was a member of the Maine Legislature from 1812 to 1829...
  
   (D)

Maryland 

• 1. Joseph Kent
  Joseph Kent
  Joseph Kent , a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837...
  
   (W), until November 24, 1837
  • William D. Merrick
    William Duhurst Merrick
    William Duhurst Merrick was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1838 to 1845.Merrick was born in Annapolis, Maryland and completed preparatory studies. He later graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..Merrick held several local offices and served in the War of 1812...
    
     (W), from January 4, 1838
• 3. John S. Spence
  John S. Spence
  John Selby Spence was an American politician.Born near Snow Hill, Maryland, Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1809 and practiced in Worcester County, Maryland...
  
   (W)

Massachusetts 

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

Michigan 

• 1. Lucius Lyon
  Lucius Lyon
  Lucius Lyon was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan. He was born in Shelburne, Vermont, where he received a common school education and studied engineering and surveying...
  
   (D)
• 2. John Norvell
  John Norvell
  John Norvell was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan.-History:Norvell was born in Danville, Kentucky, then still a part of Virginia, where he attended the common schools....
  
   (D)

Mississippi 

• 1. John Black
  John Black (U.S. Senator)
  John Black was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi, most notably serving in the United States Senate as a Whig from 1832 to 1838.-Biography:...
  
   (W), until January 22, 1838
  • James F. Trotter
    James F. Trotter
    James Fisher Trotter was a United States Senator from Mississippi.Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, he moved to eastern Tennessee, attended private schools, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Hamilton, Mississippi in 1823...
    
     (D), from January 22, 1838 until July 10, 1838
  • Thomas H. Williams
    Thomas Hickman Williams
    Thomas Hickman Williams was a United States Senator from Mississippi. Born in Williamson County, Tennessee, he attended the common schools, moved to Mississippi and settled in Pontotoc County, and engaged in planting. He was appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to...
    
     (D), from November 12, 1838
• 2. Robert J. Walker
  Robert J. Walker
  Robert John Walker was an American economist and statesman.- Early life and education :Born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, the son of a judge. He lived in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania from 1806 to 1814, where his father was presiding judge of the judicial district. Walker was educated at the...
  
   (D)

Missouri 

• 1. Thomas H. Benton
  Thomas Hart Benton (senator)
  Thomas Hart Benton , nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms...
  
   (D)
• 3. Lewis F. Linn
  Lewis F. Linn
  Lewis Fields Linn was a Jacksonian Democratic U.S. Senator for the state of Missouri born in Kentucky. He served in that role from 1833 to 1843. Four states named counties in his honor: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon. West Linn, Oregon and Linnton, Oregon also get their name from the ex-senator...
  
   (D)

New Hampshire 

• 2. Henry Hubbard
  Henry Hubbard
  Henry Hubbard was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835, a Senator from New Hampshire during 1835 to 1841, and the Governor of New Hampshire from 1842 to 1844.-Early life:...
  
   (D)
• 3. Franklin Pierce
  Franklin Pierce
  Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army...
  
   (D)

New Jersey 

• 1. Samuel L. Southard
  Samuel L. Southard
  Samuel Lewis Southard was a prominent U.S. statesman of the early 19th century, serving as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and the 10th Governor of New Jersey.-History:...
  
   (W)
• 2. Garret D. Wall
  Garret D. Wall
  Garret Dorset Wall was a military officer and politician from New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Middletown Township, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was licensed as an attorney in 1804 and as a counselor in 1807, and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey. He served in the War of...
  
   (D)

New York 

• 3. Silas Wright, Jr.
  Silas Wright
  Silas Wright, Jr. was an American Democratic politician. Wright was born in Amherst, Massachusetts and moved with his father to Weybridge, Vermont in 1796. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1815 and moved to Sandy Hill, New York, the next year, where he studied law, being admitted to the bar...
  
   (D)
• 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
  Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
  Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge was an American lawyer and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from New York and Governor of the Wisconsin Territory.-Early life:Tallmadge graduated from Union College in 1815...
  
   (D)

North Carolina 

• 2. Bedford Brown
  Bedford Brown
  Bedford Brown was a Democratic United States Senator from the State of North Carolina between 1829 and 1840. was born in what now is , Caswell County, North Carolina. His parents were Jethro Brown and Lucy Williamson Brown. After attending the University of North Carolina for one year, Brown was...
  
   (D)
• 3. Robert Strange
  Robert Strange
  Robert Strange was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1836 and 1840.Strange was born in Manchester, Virginia. He attended New Oxford Academy and Washington College in Lexington, Virginia...
  
   (D)

Ohio 

• 1. Thomas Morris
  Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)
  Thomas Morris was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate.Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Morris enlisted as a Ranger to fight the Indians in 1793. He settled in western Ohio two years later. He began practicing law in Bethel, Ohio in 1804...
  
   (D)
• 3. William Allen
  William Allen (governor)
  William Allen was an Democratic Representative, Senator and 31st Governor of Ohio. He moved to the U.S. state of Ohio after his parents died, residing in Chillicothe, Ohio....
  
   (D)

Pennsylvania 

• 1. Samuel McKean
  Samuel McKean
  Samuel McKean was an American merchant and politician from Burlington, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1815 to 1819. He was in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1829 to 1830....
  
   (D)
• 3. James Buchanan
  James Buchanan
  James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....
  
   (D)

Rhode Island 

• 2. Nehemiah R. Knight
  Nehemiah R. Knight
  Nehemiah Rice Knight was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Cranston, he attended the common schools. In 1802 he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives; he moved to Providence and was clerk of the Court of Common Pleas from 1805 to 1811 and clerk of the circuit...
  
   (W)
• 1. Asher Robbins
  Asher Robbins
  Asher Robbins was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1782, was a tutor in Rhode Island College from 1782 to 1790, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1792 and began practice in Providence, Rhode Island...
  
   (W)

South Carolina 

• 2. John C. Calhoun
  John C. Calhoun
  John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent...
  
   (D)
• 3. William C. Preston
  William C. Preston
  William Campbell Preston was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties...
  
   (W)

Tennessee 

• 2. Hugh Lawson White
  Hugh Lawson White
  Hugh Lawson White was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. He succeeded Andrew Jackson and served in the United States Senate, representing Tennessee, from 1825 until his resignation in 1840, and was a Whig candidate for President in 1836...
  
   (W)
• 1. Felix Grundy
  Felix Grundy
  Felix Grundy was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator from Tennessee who also served as the 13th Attorney General of the United States.-Biography:...
  
   (D), until July 4, 1838
  • Ephraim H. Foster
    Ephraim H. Foster
    Ephraim Hubbard Foster twice served as a United States Senator from Tennessee. During his political career, he was a member of the Whig Party.-Biography:...
    
     (W), from September 17, 1838

Vermont 

• 3. Samuel Prentiss
  Samuel Prentiss
  Samuel Prentiss was a United States Senator from Vermont and later a United States federal judge.Born in Stonington, Connecticut, he moved to Northfield, Massachusetts in 1786; he completed preparatory studies and was instructed in the classics by a private tutor...
  
   (W)
• 1. Benjamin Swift
  Benjamin Swift
  Benjamin Swift was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator and lawyer from Vermont.Swift was born in Amenia, New York. He moved with his father to Bennington, Vermont at the age of 5. In 1809 he moved to St. Albans, Vermont and became an important lawyer, banker and farmer in that area...
  
   (W)

Virginia 

• 1. William C. Rives
  William Cabell Rives
  William Cabell Rives was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Albemarle County, Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Jackson Democrat in both the U.S. House and Senate and also served as the U.S. minister to France....
  
   (D)
• 2. Richard E. Parker
  Richard E. Parker
  Richard Elliott Parker was born at Rock Spring, Westmoreland County, Virginia, son of Captain William Harwar and Mary Parker, and grandson of Judge Richard and Elizabeth Parker. He studied law at Lawfield, Virginia, under his grandfather, Judge Richard Parker...
  
   (D), until March 4, 1837
  • William H. Roane
    William H. Roane
    William Henry Roane was a politician from Virginia. He was the son of Judge Spencer Roane and the grandson of founding father Patrick Henry.Born in Virginia, Roane pursued in preparatory studies as a young man...
    
     (D), from March 14, 1837

House of Representatives

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

Alabama 

. Reuben Chapman

Reuben Chapman

Reuben Chapman was an American lawyer and politician. Born in 1799 in Bowling Green, Virginia, he represented Alabama in the U.S. House from 1835 to 1847 and served as the 13th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1847 to 1849. He died in Huntsville, Alabama in 1882.-External links:**...

 (D). Joshua L. Martin

Joshua L. Martin

Joshua Lanier Martin was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1845 to 1847. He was born on 5 December 1799 in Blount County, Tennessee. He taught school during his young years and studied law in Maryville, Tennessee; then moved...

 (D). Joab Lawler

Joab Lawler

Joab Lawler was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Union County, North Carolina, Lawler moved with his father to Tennessee and thence, in 1815, to Mississippi Territory.He attended the public schools....

 (W), until May 8, 1838

• • George W. Crabb (W), from September 4, 1838. 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). Francis S. Lyon (W)

Connecticut 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Isaac Toucey

Isaac Toucey

Isaac Toucey was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Attorney General of the United States and the 18th Governor of Connecticut....

 (D). Samuel Ingham

Samuel Ingham

Samuel Ingham was a two-term Congressman from Connecticut. He is not to be confused with the former Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham. He was born in Hebron on September 5, 1793. He attended the common schools in Vermont, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in...

 (D). Elisha Haley

Elisha Haley

Elisha Haley was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Groton, Connecticut where he attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (D). Thomas T. Whittlesey

Thomas T. Whittlesey

Thomas Tucker Whittlesey was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, cousin of Elisha Whittlesey and Frederick Whittlesey....

 (D). Lancelot Phelps

Lancelot Phelps

Lancelot Phelps was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was the father of James Phelps who was also a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Windsor, Connecticut before moving with his family to Colebrook, Connecticut in 1794...

 (D). Orrin Holt

Orrin Holt

Orrin Holt was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Willington, Connecticut. He received a limited schooling and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives 1830-1832...

 (D)

Georgia 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Jesse F. Cleveland

Jesse Franklin Cleveland

Jesse Franklin Cleveland was a United States Representative and businessman from Georgia.Cleveland was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1804. He attended school in South Carolina before moving to Georgia. From 1831 to 1843, Cleveland served in the Georgia Senate...

 (D). William C. Dawson

William Crosby Dawson

William Crosby Dawson was a lawyer, judge, politician, and soldier from Georgia.-Early life, education and legal career:...

 (W). Thomas Glascock

Thomas Glascock

Thomas Glascock Jr. was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.Glascock was born in Augusta, Georgia. He studied law, gained admission to the state bar, and began practicing law in Augusta. Thomas Jr. was the son of Brigadier General Thomas Glascock Sr. who rescued Count Pulaski from the...

 (D). Seaton Grantland

Seaton Grantland

Seaton Grantland was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was born in New Kent County, Virginia. He pursued an academic course and studied law...

 (D). Charles E. Haynes

Charles Eaton Haynes

Charles Eaton Haynes was an American politician and physician.Born in Brunswick, Virginia, in Mecklenburg County in 1784, Haynes graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and practiced medicine...

 (D). Hopkins Holsey

Hopkins Holsey

Hopkins Holsey was a United States Representative, newspaper publisher and lawyer from Georgia.Born near Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1779, Holsey attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, and graduated from the Litchfield Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut...

 (D). Jabez Y. Jackson

Jabez Young Jackson

Jabez Young Jackson was a U.S. representative from Georgia.-Biography:Jackson was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of James Jackson , and later uncle of James Jackson . He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of...

 (D). George W. Owens

George Welshman Owens

George Welshman Owens was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia.Born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1786, Owens attended school in Harrow, England, and graduated from the University of Cambridge. After studying law in the office of Mr...

 (D). George W. B. Towns

George W. Towns

George Washington Bonaparte Towns was a United States lawyer, legislator, and politician.Towns was born in Wilkes County, Georgia to Margaret George Hardwick and John Towns in 1801...

 (D)

Illinois 

. Adam W. Snyder

Adam W. Snyder

Adam Wilson Snyder was a U.S. Representative from Illinois as well as a member of the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War.-Early life:...

 (D). Zadok Casey

Zadok Casey

Zadok Casey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1833 to 1843. He founded the city of Mount Vernon around 1817. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1822 and to the Illinois State Senate in 1826, and was elected the fourth...

 (D). William L. May

William L. May

William L. May was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Kentucky, May attended the common schools. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, and afterward to Jacksonville...

 (D)

Indiana 

. Ratliff Boon

Ratliff Boon

Ratliff Boon was the second Governor of Indiana from September 12 to December 5, 1822, taking office following the resignation of Governor Jonathan Jennings' after his election to Congress...

 (D). John Ewing (W). William Graham (W). George H. Dunn

George H. Dunn

George Hedford Dunn was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in New York City, Dunn moved to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1817.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Lawrenceburg....

 (W). James Rariden

James Rariden

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

 (W). William Herod

William Herod

William Herod was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Herod completed preparatory studies.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Bracken County, Kentucky....

 (W). Albert S. White

Albert White (U.S. Senator)

Albert Smith White was a U.S. Senator and Representative from the state of Indiana.White was born in Orange County, New York. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady in 1822, after which he studied law; he entered practice as a lawyer in 1825...

 (W)

Kentucky 

. John L. Murray

John L. Murray (representative)

John L. Murray was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in the State of Pennsylvania, Murray studied law and was admitted to the bar.He moved to Kentucky and held several local offices....

 (D). Edward Rumsey

Edward Rumsey

Edward Rumsey was a United States Representative from Kentucky.Rumsey was born to Dr. Edward Rumsey in Botetourt County, Virginia. When the younger Rumsey was still a child, Dr. Rumsey moved the family to Christian County, Kentucky. Studying under Daniel Barry, he completed preparatory studies in...

 (W). Joseph R. Underwood

Joseph R. Underwood

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

 (W). Sherrod Williams

Sherrod Williams

Sherrod Williams was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, Williams moved with his parents to Wayne County.He received a limited education....

 (W). James Harlan (W). John Calhoon

John Calhoon

John Calhoon was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Henry County, Kentucky in 1797. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced....

 (W). John Pope

John Pope (politician)

John Pope was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory....

 (W). William J. Graves

William J. Graves

William Jordan Graves was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Graves was born in New Castle, Kentucky, and pursued an academic course early in life, choosing to study law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Kentucky before serving as member of the State house of representatives in 1834...

 (W). John White

John White (Kentucky politician)

John White was a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s.White was a native of Kentucky and practiced law there. White was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1832...

 (W). Richard Hawes

Richard Hawes

Richard Hawes was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the second Confederate Governor of Kentucky. He was part of an influential political family, with a brother, uncle, and cousin who also served as U.S. Representatives. He began his political career as an ardent Whig and was a close...

 (W). Richard H. Menefee (W). John Chambers (W). William W. Southgate

William Wright Southgate

William Wright Southgate was born November 27, 1800, in Newport, Kentucky. He was the son of Richard Southgate and Ann Winston Hinde. William married Adaliza Keene of Lexington, Ky...

 (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). Eleazar W. Ripley (D). Rice Garland

Rice Garland

Rice Garland was a United States Representative from Louisiana.Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and he pursued a basic education, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law. He moved to Opelousas, Louisiana in 1820 and continued the practice of his profession...

 (W)

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, 1838. Francis O. J. Smith

Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith

Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith was elected from the state of Maine to the United States House of Representatives to serve three terms from 1833 to 1839, serving at one point on the US House of Representatives Committee on Commerce.Smith was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New...

 (D). Jonathan Cilley

Jonathan Cilley

Jonathan Cilley was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine. He served part of one term in the 25th Congress. He died in office at Bladensburg, Md. as the result of being challenged to fight a duel with Congressman William J. Graves, a colleague from Kentucky...

 (D), until February 24, 1838

• • Edward Robinson
    Edward Robinson (Maine)
    Edward Robinson was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Cushing, Maine on November 25, 1796.He was self-educated while engaged in seafaring. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits in Thomaston. He was elected as a member of the Maine State Senate in 1836 and 1837...
    
     (W), from April 28, 1838. George Evans (W). Timothy J. Carter
    Timothy J. Carter
    Timothy Jarvis Carter was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Bethel in the Maine district of Massachusetts on August 18, 1800. He attended the town schools of Bethel, studied law in Northampton, Massachusetts, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in...
    
     (D), until March 14, 1838
  • Virgil D. Parris
    Virgil D. Parris
    Virgil Delphini Parris was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and cousin of Albion Keith Parris.Born in Buckfield, Maine, Parris attended the common schools, whereupon he entered Hebron Academy in Hebron, Maine, then Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He was graduated from Union College at...
    
     (D), from May 29, 1838. Hugh J. Anderson (D). Joseph C. Noyes
    Joseph C. Noyes
    Joseph Cobham Noyes was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Portland and attended the common schools, and moved to Eastport in 1819...
    
     (W). Thomas Davee
    Thomas Davee
    Thomas Davee was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts were he attended the common schools. Later, he moved to Maine, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits....
    
     (D)

Maryland 

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

John Dennis (1807-1859)

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

 (W). James A. Pearce

James Pearce

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

 (W). John T. H. Worthington (D). Benjamin C. Howard

Benjamin Chew Howard

Benjamin Chew Howard was an American congressman and the fifth reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1843 to 1861....

 (D). Isaac McKim

Isaac McKim

Isaac McKim was a U.S. Representative from Maryland, nephew of Alexander McKim.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, McKim attended the public schools, and later engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served in the War of 1812 as aide-de-camp to General Samuel Smith...

 (D), until April 1, 1838

• • John P. Kennedy
    John P. Kennedy
    John Pendleton Kennedy was an American novelist and Whig politician who served as United States Secretary of the Navy from July 26, 1852 to March 4, 1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore, and as a U.S. Representative from the Maryland's 4th congressional district. He was...
    
     (W), from April 25, 1838. William Cost Johnson
    William Cost Johnson
    William Cost Johnson was an American politician.Johnson was born near Jefferson, Maryland, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Jefferson...
    
     (W). Francis Thomas
    Francis Thomas
    Francis Thomas was a Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh districts.-Early life and career:Thomas was born in Frederick...
    
     (D). Daniel Jenifer
    Daniel Jenifer
    Daniel Jenifer was an American lawyer and statesman from Charles County, Maryland. He graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He represented Maryland's 1st Congressional district in the U.S. Congress in 1831–1833 and the 7th district from 1835–1841. From 1841–1845 he served as U.S....
    
     (W)

Massachusetts 

. Richard Fletcher (W). Stephen C. Phillips

Stephen C. Phillips

Stephen Clarendon Phillips was a Representative from Massachusetts.Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas Phillips, he graduated from Harvard University in 1819. Phillips' engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of...

 (W), until September 28, 1838

• • Leverett Saltonstall
    Leverett Saltonstall I
    Leverett Saltonstall , was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts who also served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, President of the Massachusetts Senate, the first Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts and a Member of the Board of Overseers of...
    
     (W), from December 25, 1838. Caleb Cushing
    Caleb Cushing
    Caleb Cushing was an American diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce.-Early life:...
    
     (W). William Parmenter
    William Parmenter
    William Parmenter was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on March 30, 1789. He attended the city's public schools, including the Boston Latin School....
    
     (D). Levi Lincoln, Jr.
    Levi Lincoln, Jr.
    Levi Lincoln, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the 13th Governor of Massachusetts and represented the state in the U.S. Congress...
    
     (W). George Grennell, Jr.
    George Grennell, Jr.
    George Grennell, Jr. was a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was born in Greenfield on December 25, 1786. He attended Deerfield Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1808...
    
     (W). George N. Briggs
    George N. Briggs
    George Nixon Briggs was a member of the Whig Party and served seven-terms as the 19th Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, serving from 1844 to 1851.-Early life and education:...
    
     (W). William B. Calhoun
    William B. Calhoun
    William Barron Calhoun was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life:Calhoun, the eldest child of Andrew Calhoun and Martha Calhoun, was born on December 29, 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts...
    
     (W). William S. Hastings
    William Soden Hastings
    William Soden Hastings was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.-Life and career:Born in Mendon, Massachusetts, his father was Seth Hastings, also a U.S. Representative. On his father's side of the family, he was a descendant of Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of...
    
     (W). Nathaniel B. Borden
    Nathaniel B. Borden
    Nathaniel Briggs Borden was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Early life and education:Borden was born to Simeon Borden and Amey Borden in that part of Freetown, Massachusetts which later became Fall River. Borden attended the district school and Plainfield Academy...
    
     (D). John Reed, Jr.
    John Reed, Jr.
    John Reed, Jr. was a Representative from Massachusetts.Reed was born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island in 1803, and was a tutor of languages in that institution for two years, and principal of the Bridgewater, Massachusetts Academy in...
    
     (W). John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...
    
     (W)

Mississippi 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. John F. H. Claiborne

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne was a Member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Mississippi.-Biography:...

 (D), from July 18, 1837 until February 5, 1838

• • Seargent S. Prentiss
    Seargent Smith Prentiss
    Seargent Smith Prentiss was the representative for Mississippi in the Twenty-fifth United States Congress...
    
     (W), from May 30, 1838. Samuel J. Gholson
    Samuel J. Gholson
    Samuel Jameson Gholson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, as well as a Confederate general during the American Civil War...
    
     (D), from July 18, 1837 until February 5, 1838
  • Seargent S. Prentiss
    Seargent Smith Prentiss
    Seargent Smith Prentiss was the representative for Mississippi in the Twenty-fifth United States Congress...
    
     (W), from May 30, 1838
  • Thomas J. Word
    Thomas J. Word
    Thomas Jefferson Word was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Surry County, North Carolina, Word studied law, passed his bar exam, and established a private practice. He served as member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1832...
    
     (W), from May 30, 1838

Missouri 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Albert G. Harrison (D). John Miller

John Miller (Missouri)

John Miller was an American publisher and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He was the fourth Governor of Missouri...

 (D)

New Hampshire 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Charles G. Atherton

Charles G. Atherton

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

 (D). Samuel Cushman

Samuel Cushman

Samuel Cushman was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and attended the common schools...

 (D). James Farrington

James Farrington

James Farrington was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Conway, New Hampshire and attended the common schools there. He graduated from Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine in 1814...

 (D). Joseph Weeks

Joseph Weeks

Joseph Weeks was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was the grandfather of Joseph Weeks Babcock who represented Wisconsin in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He was born in Warwick, Massachusetts, where he attended the common schools...

 (D). Jared W. Williams

Jared W. Williams

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

 (D)

New Jersey 

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. John B. Aycrigg

John Bancker Aycrigg

John Bancker Aycrigg was an American politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1839 and 1841 to 1843....

 (W). William Halstead

William Halstead

William Halstead was an American Whig Party politician who represented New Jersey at large in the United States House of Representatives from 1837–1839, and again from 1841 to 1843....

 (W). John P. B. Maxwell

John Patterson Bryan Maxwell

John Patterson Bryan Maxwell was an American Whig Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1837–1839 and 1841-1843. He was the son of George C. Maxwell and the first cousin of George M...

 (W). Joseph F. Randolph (W). Charles C. Stratton

Charles C. Stratton

Charles Creighton Stratton was a politician from New Jersey, who served in the United States House of Representatives and was later the 15th Governor of New Jersey.-Biography:...

 (W). Thomas Jones Yorke

Thomas J. Yorke

Thomas Jones Yorke was a U.S. Whig Party politician.-Biography:He was born at Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey in Salem County, New Jersey. During the War of 1812, he served as a scout for the United States forces. He studied law, but did not practice, and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Salem...

 (W)

New York 

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

Thomas B. Jackson

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

 (D). Abraham Vanderveer

Abraham Vanderveer

Abraham Vanderveer was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Kings County, New York, Vanderveer attended the common schools. He served as county clerk of Kings County 1816-1821 and 1822-1837...

 (D). Churchill C. Cambreleng

Churchill C. Cambreleng

Churchill Caldom Cambreleng was an American politician from New York.-Life:...

 (D). Edward Curtis

Edward Curtis (politician)

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

 (W). Ogden Hoffman (W). Ely Moore

Ely Moore

Ely Moore was a Jacksonian Congressman from New York.In 1833 Moore performed one of his last speeches. It was a stunning defense of Workers, Unions, and the Free Labor System...

 (D). Gouverneur Kemble

Gouverneur Kemble

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

 (D). Obadiah Titus

Obadiah Titus

Obadiah Titus was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in what is now Millbrook, Dutchess County, New York, Titus studied law....

 (D). Nathaniel Jones

Nathaniel Jones (representative)

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

 (D). John C. Brodhead

John C. Brodhead

John Curtis Brodhead was a United States Representative from New York.Born in Modena, New York, Brodhead attended the district schools. He was engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits, was Sheriff of Ulster County from 1825–1828.Brodhead was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second...

 (D). Robert McClellan

Robert McClellan

Robert Mcclellan was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Livingston, New York, Mcclellan was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1825.He studied law....

 (D). Zadock Pratt

Zadock Pratt

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

 (D). Henry Vail

Henry Vail

Henry Vail was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born near Millbrook, New York, Vail received a limited schooling.He engaged in the retail mercantile business 1806-1815 and in wholesale mercantile pursuits 1815-1832....

 (D). Albert Gallup

Albert Gallup

Albert Gallup was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in East Berne, New York, Gallup received a limited schooling. In 1818 he married Eunice Smith, daughter of Capt. Amos Denison Smith and Priscilla Mitchell. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Albany...

 (D). John I. De Graff

John I. De Graff

John Isaac De Graff was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Schenectady, New York, De Graff attended the common schools and Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1811....

 (D). David A. Russell

David Abel Russell

David Abel Russell was a U.S. Representative from New York.He was born in Petersburg, New York and trained as a lawyer and practiced in Salem, New York. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1807. He was District Attorney of the Fourth District from 1813 to 1815...

 (W). John Palmer

John Palmer (1785-1840)

John Palmer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was born in Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York. After completing preparatory studies, he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He then...

 (D). James B. Spencer

James B. Spencer

James Bradley Spencer was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Spencer received a limited education.He moved to Franklin County, New York, and settled in Fort Covington....

 (D). John Edwards

John Edwards (New York)

John Edwards was a one term member of the United State House of Representatives from New York.Edwards was born in Beekmans Precinct in Dutchess County, New York on August 6, 1781. He received his education in the common schools...

 (D). Arphaxed Loomis

Arphaxed Loomis

Arphaxed Loomis was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Winsted, Connecticut, Loomis moved to New York in 1801 with his parents, who settled upon a farm in the town of Salisbury, Herkimer County. He attended the common schools and Fairfield Academy, Fairfield, New York...

 (D). Henry A. Foster

Henry A. Foster

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

 (D). Abraham P. Grant

Abraham P. Grant

Abraham Phineas Grant was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New Lebanon, New York, Grant attended the public schools and graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. He then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1828...

 (D). Isaac H. Bronson

Isaac H. Bronson

Isaac Hopkins Bronson was a United States federal judge and U.S. Representative from New York.Bronson was born either in Waterbury, Connecticut or Rutland, New York....

 (D). John H. Prentiss

John Holmes Prentiss

John Holmes Prentiss was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he attended local and private schools. He was foreman of the New York Evening Post in 1808 and moved to Cooperstown, New York in October 1808; he established the Freeman's Journal in the same...

 (D). Amasa J. Parker

Amasa J. Parker

Amasa Junius Parker was a U.S. Representative from New York and a justice of the New York Supreme Court.-Early life:...

 (D). John C. Clark

John C. Clark

John Chamberlain Clark was a United States Representative from New York.Clark was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on January 14, 1793. He pursued preparatory studies and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1811...

 (D). Andrew D. W. Bruyn

Andrew D. W. Bruyn

Andrew DeWitt Bruyn was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Wawarsing, New York, Bruyn attended Kingston Academy, Kingston, New York, and was graduated from Princeton College in 1810. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Ithaca...

 (D), until July, 27, 1838

• • Cyrus Beers
    Cyrus Beers
    Cyrus Beers was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Newtown, Connecticut, Beers moved with his parents to New York City.Obtained a limited education in the public schools....
    
     (D), from December 3, 1838. Hiram Gray
    Hiram Gray
    Hiram Gray was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:He graduated from Union College in 1821...
    
     (D). Bennet Bicknell
    Bennet Bicknell
    Bennet Bicknell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Mansfield, Connecticut, Bicknell attended the public schools. He moved to Morrisville, New York, in 1808. He served in the War of 1812. He served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1812, and served in the New York State...
    
     (D). William Taylor
    William Taylor (New York)
    William Taylor was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Suffield, Connecticut, Taylor moved with his parents to Onondaga County, New York.He attended the public schools....
    
     (D). William H. Noble
    William H. Noble
    William Henry Noble was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New Milford, Connecticut, Noble moved to Ballston Spa, then to Cato, New York, and later to Rochester, New York.He received a limited education....
    
     (D). Samuel Birdsall
    Samuel Birdsall
    Samuel Birdsall was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Hillsdale, New York, Birdsall attended the common schools.He studied law in the office of Martin Van Buren....
    
     (D). Mark H. Sibley
    Mark H. Sibley
    Mark Hopkins Sibley was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Sibley completed preparatory studies.He studied law....
    
     (W). John T. Andrews
    John T. Andrews
    John Tuttle Andrews was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born near Schoharie Creek, New York, Andrews moved with his parents in 1813 to Reading, near Dundee, Yates County....
    
     (D). Timothy Childs
    Timothy Childs
    Timothy Childs was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Childs moved to Rochester, New York.He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1811.He studied law....
    
     (W). William Patterson
    William Patterson (New York)
    William Patterson was a United States pedophile from New York. Born in Derriere, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, he attended Hogwarts before he started jacking off next to basilisks and got raped by snape and then kicked out by Snumblecop, and and moved to Renstimpyselaerville, Albany County,...
    
     (W), until August 14, 1838
  • 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), from November 7, 1838. Luther C. Peck
    Luther C. Peck
    Luther Christopher Peck was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Connecticut in January 1800, Peck completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced....
    
     (W). Richard P. Marvin
    Richard P. Marvin
    Richard Pratt Marvin was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:His family removed to Dryden, New York, in 1809...
    
     (W). Millard Fillmore
    Millard Fillmore
    Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president...
    
     (W). Charles F. Mitchell
    Charles F. Mitchell
    Charles F. Mitchell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Mitchell attended the public schools in New York. He moved to Lockport, New York, in 1829. He was appointed one of the firemen of the village May 21, 1829...
    
     (W)

North Carolina 

. Samuel T. Sawyer

Samuel Tredwell Sawyer

Samuel Tredwell Sawyer was a Congressional Representative from the U.S. state of North Carolina.Sawyer was born in Edenton, North Carolina, in 1800. He attended Edenton Academy and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sawyer studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice...

 (W). Jesse A. Bynum

Jesse Atherton Bynum

Jessee Atherton Bynum was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Halifax County, North Carolina, May 22, 1796; attended Princeton College in 1817 and 1818; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Halifax, North Carolina; member of the house of commons of...

 (D). Edward Stanly

Edward Stanly

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

 (W). Charles B. Shepard

Charles Biddle Shepard

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

 (W). James I. McKay

James Iver McKay

James Iver McKay was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, in 1793; pursued classical studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; appointed United States attorney for the district of North Carolina on March 6, 1817; served in...

 (D). Micajah T. Hawkins

Micajah Thomas Hawkins

Micajah Thomas Hawkins was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1803 to 1809.Born near Warrenton, North Carolina in 1790, Hawkins attended Warrenton Academy and then the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A practicing farmer, Hawkins was first elected to the North Carolina House...

 (D). Edmund Deberry

Edmund Deberry

Edmund Deberry was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, from 1829 to 1831, from 1833 to 1845 and from 1849 to 1851....

 (W). William Montgomery

William Montgomery (North Carolina)

William Montgomery was an American physician and politician from Orange County, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1835 until 1841.-External links:*...

 (D). 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 Rencher

Abraham Rencher

Abraham Rencher was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Raleigh, North Carolina, August 12, 1798; tutored at home and attended the common schools and Pittsboro Academy; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1822; studied law; was admitted to...

 (W). Henry W. Connor

Henry William Connor

Henry William Connor was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Amelia Courthouse, Prince George County, Virginia, August 5, 1793; was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1812; served as aide-de-camp to Brig. Gen...

 (D). James Graham

James Graham (NC politician)

James Graham a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, January 7, 1793; brother of William Alexander Graham; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the...

 (W). Lewis Williams

Lewis Williams

For the Welsh rugby union player see Lewis Williams Lewis Williams was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1815 and 1842....

 (W)

Ohio 

. Alexander Duncan

Alexander Duncan (politician)

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

 (D). Taylor Webster

Taylor Webster

Taylor Webster was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Pennsylvania, Webster moved with his parents to Ohio in 1806, where he received a limited schooling....

 (D). Patrick G. Goode

Patrick Gaines Goode

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

 (W). Thomas Corwin

Thomas Corwin

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

 (W). Thomas L. Hamer

Thomas L. Hamer

Thomas Lyon Hamer was a United States congressman and soldier.Hamer was born in July, 1800 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was a school teacher before being admitted to the bar in 1821...

 (D). Calvary Morris

Calvary Morris

Calvary Morris was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Charleston, Virginia , Morris attended the common schools. He moved to Ohio in 1819 and settled in Athens. He was sheriff of Athens County 1823-1827. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives 1827-1829...

 (W). William K. Bond

William K. Bond

William Key Bond was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, Bond attended the schools at Litchfield, Connecticut, where he also studied law at the Litchfield Law School....

 (W). Joseph Ridgway

Joseph Ridgway

Joseph Ridgway was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born on Staten Island, New York, Ridgway attended the public schools.Learned the trade of carpenter....

 (W). John Chaney (D). Samson Mason

Samson Mason

Samson Mason was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York, Mason attended the common schools in Onondaga, New York.He studied law....

 (W). James Alexander, Jr.

James Alexander, Jr.

James Alexander, Jr. was a United States Representative from Ohio. Born near Delta, Pennsylvania, he moved to the Northwest Territory in 1799 with his father, who settled in what is now St. Clairsville, Ohio. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, in river transportation on the Ohio and Mississippi...

 (W). Alexander Harper

Alexander Harper

Alexander Harper was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Belfast, Ireland, Harper immigrated to the United States and settled in Zanesville, Ohio. He pursued preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1813, and commenced practice in Zanesville. He served as member of the...

 (W). Daniel P. Leadbetter

Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter

Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter was a state senator in Ohio during the 1840s.He retired from office before the end of the decade, although he had support to run again. Later, he served in the American Civil War as a captain...

 (D). William H. Hunter

William H. Hunter

William H. Hunter was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, Hunter completed preparatory studies and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiffin, Ohio. He moved to Norwalk, Ohio, about 1825 and continued the practice of his profession for...

 (D). John W. Allen

John W. Allen

John William Allen was a lawyer and politician from Ohio.Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1825. He served in the Ohio State Senate in 1836 and 1837...

 (W). Elisha Whittlesey

Elisha Whittlesey

Elisha Whittlesey was a lawyer, civil servant and U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Washington, Connecticut, Whittlesey moved with his parents in early youth to Salisbury, Connecticut...

 (W), until July 9, 1838

• • 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), from December 3, 1838. Andrew W. Loomis
    Andrew W. Loomis
    Andrew Williams Loomis was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, Loomis earned his law degree from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1819. He was admitted to the bar, and moved to Canton, Ohio to practice law. He then moved to New Lisbon , Ohio...
    
     (W), until October 20, 1837
  • Charles D. Coffin
    Charles D. Coffin
    Charles Dustin Coffin was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Coffin attended the public schools.He moved with his parents to New Lisbon, Ohio.He studied law....
    
     (W), from December 20, 1837. Matthias Shepler
    Matthias Shepler
    Matthias Shepler was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Shepler received a limited schooling.He served in the War of 1812....
    
     (D). Daniel Kilgore
    Daniel Kilgore
    Daniel Kilgore was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born at Kings Creek, Virginia , Kilgore received a liberal schooling.He moved to Cadiz, Ohio, and served as member of the Ohio Senate from 1828 to 1832....
    
     (D), until July 4, 1838
  • Henry Swearingen
    Henry Swearingen
    Henry Swearingen was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in the Panhandle of Virginia about 1792, Swearingen moved to Ohio and settled near Steubenville...
    
     (D), from December 3, 1838

Pennsylvania 

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

Lemuel Paynter

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

 (D). John Sergeant

John Sergeant (politician)

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

 (W). George W. Toland

George Washington Toland

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

 (W). Francis J. Harper

Francis Jacob Harper

Francis Jacob Harper was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Francis J. Harper was born in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

 (D), until March 18, 1837

• • Charles Naylor
    Charles Naylor
    Charles Naylor was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Charles Naylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Philadelphia...
    
     (W), from June 29, 1837. Edward Darlington
    Edward Darlington
    Edward Darlington was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward Darlington was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He moved in early youth with his parents to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He taught school from 1817 to 1820...
    
     (AM). Edward Davies
    Edward Davies (Pennsylvania)
    Edward Davies was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward Davies was born in Churchtown, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1834 to 1835.Davies was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the...
    
     (AM). David Potts, Jr.
    David Potts, Jr.
    David Potts, Jr. was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.David Potts, Jr. was born at Warwick Furnace, Pennsylvania, about eight miles from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He became an ironmaster, and owner and manager of Warwick Furnace...
    
     (AM). Jacob Fry, Jr.
    Jacob Fry, Jr.
    Jacob Fry, Jr. was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jacob Fry, Jr. was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D). Mathias Morris
    Mathias Morris
    Mathias Morris was an Anti-Jacksonian and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
    
     (W). David D. Wagener
    David Douglas Wagener
    David Douglas Wagener was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.David D. Wagener was born in Easton, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D). Edward B. Hubley
    Edward Burd Hubley
    Edward Burd Hubley was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward B. Hubley was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Reading...
    
     (D). Henry A. P. Muhlenberg
    Henry A. P. Muhlenberg
    Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg was an American political leader and diplomat. He was a member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty....
    
     (D), until February 9, 1838
  • George M. Keim
    George May Keim
    George May Keim was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George May Keim , was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended Princeton College, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Reading. He was a major general of militia...
    
     (D), from March 17, 1838. Luther Reily
    Luther Reily
    Luther Reily was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Luther Reily was born in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and began practice in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He held various local offices. During the War of 1812, he served as a private in Capt. R.M...
    
     (D). Henry Logan (D). Daniel Sheffer
    Daniel Sheffer
    Daniel Sheffer was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Sheffer was born in York, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Harvard University. He studied medicine in Philadelphia and commenced practice at York Springs, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D). Charles McClure
    Charles McClure (Pennsylvania)
    Charles McClure was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles McClure was born on Willow Grove farm, near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle in 1824. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and practiced...
    
     (D). William W. Potter
    William Wilson Potter
    William Wilson Potter was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William W. Potter was born at Potters Mills, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D). David Petrikin
    David Petrikin
    David Petrikin was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.David Petrikin was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and was admitted to practice. He moved to Danville, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the practice of medicine...
    
     (D). Robert H. Hammond
    Robert Hanna Hammond
    Robert Hanna Hammond was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Hanna Hammond was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the State militia, with the rank of brigadier general. He enlisted in the United States Army as a lieutenant in 1817...
    
     (D). Samuel W. Morris
    Samuel Wells Morris
    Samuel Wells Morris was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel W. Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Benjamin Wistar Morris. He pursued an academic degree at Princeton College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced...
    
     (D). Charles Ogle
    Charles Ogle (politician)
    Charles Ogle was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles Ogle was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Somerset...
    
     (AM). John J. Klingensmith, Jr.
    John Klingensmith, Jr.
    John Klingensmith, Jr. was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Klingensmith, Jr. was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D). Andrew Buchanan
    Andrew Buchanan (US)
    Andrew Buchanan was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Andrew Buchanan was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1798 and commenced practice in York,...
    
     (D). Thomas M. T. McKennan
    Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan
    Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer who briefly served as United States Secretary of the Interior.-Early life :...
    
     (AM). Richard Biddle
    Richard Biddle
    Richard Biddle , American author and politician, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Richard Biddle received a classical education and was admitted to the bar, practicing law in Pittsburgh...
    
     (AM). William Beatty
    William Beatty (Pennsylvania)
    William Beatty was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Beatty was born in Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1787. He immigrated to the United States in 1807 and settled in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was a sergeant in Captain Thompson’s company in the War...
    
     (D). Thomas Henry
    Thomas Henry (Pennsylvania)
    Thomas Henry was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. Immigrated to America and settled in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1798. He was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Simon Snyder on December...
    
     (AM). Arnold Plumer
    Arnold Plumer
    Arnold Plumer was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Arnold Plumer was born near Cooperstown, Pennsylvania. He was privately tutored at home and completed preparatory studies...
    
     (D)

Rhode Island 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

. Robert B. Cranston

Robert B. Cranston

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

 (W). Joseph L. Tillinghast

Joseph L. Tillinghast

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

 (W)

South Carolina 

. Hugh S. Legaré

Hugh S. Legaré

Hugh Swinton Legaré was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Legaré was born in Charleston, South Carolina, of Huguenot and Scottish ancestry....

 (D). R. Barnwell Rhett

Robert Rhett

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

 (N). John Campbell (N). Franklin H. Elmore

Franklin H. Elmore

Franklin Harper Elmore was a United States Representative and Senator. Born in Laurens District, he graduated from the South Carolina College at Columbia in 1819, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Walterboro...

 (N). Francis W. Pickens

Francis Wilkinson Pickens

Francis Wilkinson Pickens was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Governor of South Carolina when the state seceded from the United States during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

 (N). Waddy Thompson, Jr.

Waddy Thompson, Jr.

Waddy Thompson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Pickensville , Ninety-Six District, South Carolina. Thompson moved to Greenville with his parents in his infancy...

 (W). William K. Clowney

William K. Clowney

William Kennedy Clowney was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Union County, South Carolina, Clowney attended private schools and an academy. He was graduated from the South Carolina College at Columbia in 1818....

 (N). John P. Richardson

John Peter Richardson II

John Peter Richardson II was the 59th Governor of South Carolina from 1840 to 1842.-Early life and career:Born on Hickory Hill Plantation in Clarendon County, Richardson was educated at Moses Waddel's School in Willington. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1819 and practiced law upon...

 (D). John K. Griffin

John K. Griffin

John King Griffin was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Clinton, South Carolina, Griffin pursued an academic course.He engaged as a planter.He served in the State house of representatives 1816–1819....

 (N)

Tennessee 

. William B. Carter

William Blount Carter

William Blount Carter was an American politician who represented Tennessee's first district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...

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

Joseph Lanier Williams

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

 (W). James I. Standifer

James Israel Standifer

James Israel Standifer was an American politician that represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Virginia, probably in 1782. He attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He was elected to the Eighteenth...

 (W), until August 20, 1837

• • William Stone (W), from September 14, 1837. Hopkins L. Turney
    Hopkins L. Turney
    Hopkins Lacy Turney was a Democratic U.S. Representative and United States Senator from Tennessee.-Biography:...
    
     (D). William B. Campbell
    William B. Campbell
    William Bowen Campbell was governor of Tennessee from 1851 to 1853.-Biography:Campbell was born in Sumner County, Tennessee, later leaving to study law in Virginia. He returned to Tennessee in 1829 in order to establish a law practice at Carthage, in Smith County...
    
     (W). John Bell
    John Bell (Tennessee politician)
    John Bell was a U.S. politician, attorney, and plantation owner. A wealthy slaveholder from Tennessee, Bell served in the United States Congress in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He began his career as a Democrat, he eventually fell out with Andrew Jackson and became a Whig...
    
     (W). Abram P. Maury
    Abram Poindexter Maury
    Abram Poindexter Maury was an American politician, who represented Tennessee's eighth district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
    
     (W). 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...
    
     (D). Ebenezer J. Shields
    Ebenezer J. Shields
    Ebenezer J. Shields was an American politician that represented Tennessee's tenth district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
    
     (W). Richard Cheatham
    Richard Cheatham
    Richard Cheatham was an American politician who represented Tennessee's eleventh district in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
    
     (W). John W. Crockett
    John Wesley Crockett
    John Wesley Crockett was an American politician who represented Tennessee's twelfth district in the United States House of Representatives...
    
     (W). Christopher H. Williams
    Christopher Harris Williams
    Christopher Harris Williams was an American politician who represented Tennessee's thirteenth and eleventh districts in the United States House of Representatives. He was born near Hillsborough, North Carolina on December 18, 1798. He pursued an academic course and attended the University of North...
    
     (W)

Vermont 

. Hiland Hall

Hiland Hall

Hiland Hall was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Bennington, Vermont. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Bennington....

 (W). William Slade

William Slade

William Slade jr. was an American Whig and Anti-Masonic politician.He was born in Cornwall, Vermont, May 9, 1786; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Middlebury College in 1807; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Middlebury; engaged in editorial...

 (W). Horace Everett

Horace Everett

Horace Everett was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Foxboro, Massachusetts. His father was John Everett; his mother was Melatiah Ware. He was a descendant of Richard Everett and first cousin of Edward Everett. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode...

 (W). Heman Allen (W). Isaac Fletcher

Isaac Fletcher

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

 (D)

Virginia 

. Francis Mallory

Francis Mallory

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

 (W). Francis E. Rives

Francis E. Rives

Francis Everod Rives was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Prince George County, near Petersburg, Virginia, Rives completed preparatory studies....

 (D). John W. Jones

John Winston Jones

John Winston Jones was an American politician and lawyer.Born 22 November 1791 in Amelia County, Virginia, he graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1813. He practiced law in Chesterfield County, Virginia before being appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Virginia's 5th Judicial Circuit...

 (D). George C. Dromgoole

George Dromgoole

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

 (D). James W. Bouldin (D). Walter Coles

Walter Coles

Walter Coles was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born at Coles Ferry, Virginia. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Virginia and served from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1845. He died near Chatham, Virginia.He was the son of Isaac Coles, also a United...

 (D). Archibald Stuart

Archibald Stuart

Archibald Stuart was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the first cousin of Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart and the father of Confederate General James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart....

 (D). Henry A. Wise

Henry A. Wise

Henry Alexander Wise was an American politician and governor of Virginia, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

 (W). Robert M. T. Hunter

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter

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

 (W). John Taliaferro

John Taliaferro

John Taliaferro was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and librarian from Virginia.-Early life and education:Born on "Hays" near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taliaferro attended the common schools as a child...

 (W). John Robertson (W). James Garland

James Garland

James Garland was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Ivy Depot, Virginia, Garland pursued in preparatory studies before studying law. After being admitted to the bar, he commenced his law practice out of Lovingston, Virginia. He left practice for a short time to serve...

 (D). John M. Patton

John M. Patton

John Mercer Patton was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Patton attended Princeton University and graduated from the medical department at the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing...

 (D), until April 7, 1838

• • Linn Banks
    Linn Banks
    Linn Banks was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia to parents Adam Banks and Gracey James. He married on April 2, 1811 to Eliza Jane Hunter Sanders...
    
     (D), from April 28, 1838. Charles F. Mercer
    Charles F. Mercer
    Charles Fenton Mercer was a nineteenth century politician, U.S. Congressman, and lawyer from Loudoun County, Virginia....
    
     (W). James M. Mason (D). Isaac S. Pennybacker
    Isaac S. Pennybacker
    Isaac Samuels Pennybacker was an American lawyer, federal judge, and politician from Harrisonburg, Virginia.- Early life and education :Pennybacker was born at Pine Forge, near New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia....
    
     (D). Robert Craig
    Robert Craig (representative)
    Robert Craig was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near Christiansburg, Virginia, Craig attended the rural schools, Washington College , Lexington, Virginia, and graduated from Lewisburg Academy in Greenbrier County.He engaged in planting.He served in the State house of delegates in 1817,...
    
     (D). George W. Hopkins
    George Washington Hopkins
    George Washington Hopkins was a nineteenth century United States politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher....
    
     (D). Andrew Beirne
    Andrew Beirne
    Andrew Beirne was a Congressman from Virginia.Beirne was born in Dangan, County Roscommon, Ireland, to Andrew Beirne, Dangan's Hereditary Chieftain, and Mary Plunkett Beirne, daughter of Edward Plunkett, 12th Baron Dunsany. He received a classical education and was graduated from Trinity...
    
     (D). Joseph Johnson
    Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician)
    Joseph Johnson was a United States Representative and was the 32nd Governor of Virginia from 1852 to 1856. Born in Orange County, New York, he moved with his mother to Belvidere, New Jersey in 1791 and thence to Bridgeport, Virginia in 1801...
    
     (D). William S. Morgan
    William S. Morgan
    William Stephen Morgan was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Monongalia County, Virginia , Morgan attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits at White Day, Virginia....
    
     (D)

Non-voting members

. Charles Downing

Charles Downing

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

. William W. Chapman

William W. Chapman

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

 (D), from September 10, 1838 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), until January 14, 1839

• • James D. Doty
    James Duane Doty
    James Duane Doty was a land speculator and politician in the United States who played a large role in the development of Wisconsin and Utah Territory.-Legal career:...
    
     (D), from January 14, 1839

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 6
  • Democrats: no net change
  • Whigs: no net change
• Deaths: 1
• Resignations: 6
• Total seats with changes: 7

|-
| Virginia
(2)
| | Richard E. Parker

Richard E. Parker

Richard Elliott Parker was born at Rock Spring, Westmoreland County, Virginia, son of Captain William Harwar and Mary Parker, and grandson of Judge Richard and Elizabeth Parker. He studied law at Lawfield, Virginia, under his grandfather, Judge Richard Parker...

 (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 4, 1837 after accepting a seat on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Supreme Court of Virginia

The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears appeals from the trial-level city and county Circuit Courts, as well as the criminal law, family law and administrative law cases that go through the Court of Appeals of Virginia. It is one of...

| | William H. Roane

William H. Roane

William Henry Roane was a politician from Virginia. He was the son of Judge Spencer Roane and the grandson of founding father Patrick Henry.Born in Virginia, Roane pursued in preparatory studies as a young man...

 (D

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 14, 1837
|-
| Alabama
(3)
| | John McKinley

John McKinley

John McKinley was a U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, his family moved to Kentucky when he was an infant...

 (D

Democratic Party (United States)

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

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 22, 1837 after being appointed Associate Justice

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States...

 of the United States Supreme Court
| | Clement C. Clay

Clement Comer Clay

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

 (D

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 19, 1837
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | John P. King

John Pendleton King

John Pendleton King was a United States Senator from Georgia.Born in Glasgow, Kentucky, King moved in infancy with his parents to Bedford County, Tennessee, and then to Augusta, Georgia, in 1815. He graduated from the Academy of Richmond County in Augusta, and studied law. He was admitted to the...

 (D

Democratic Party (United States)

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

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 1, 1837
| | Wilson Lumpkin

Wilson Lumpkin

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

 (D

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 22, 1837
|-
| Maryland
(1)
| | Joseph Kent

Joseph Kent

Joseph Kent , a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837...

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 24, 1837
| | William D. Merrick

William Duhurst Merrick

William Duhurst Merrick was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1838 to 1845.Merrick was born in Annapolis, Maryland and completed preparatory studies. He later graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..Merrick held several local offices and served in the War of 1812...

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| Elected January 4, 1838
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| Mississippi
(1)
| | John Black

John Black (U.S. Senator)

John Black was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi, most notably serving in the United States Senate as a Whig from 1832 to 1838.-Biography:...

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 22, 1838
| | James F. Trotter

James F. Trotter

James Fisher Trotter was a United States Senator from Mississippi.Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, he moved to eastern Tennessee, attended private schools, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Hamilton, Mississippi in 1823...

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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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| Appointed January 22, 1838
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| Tennessee
(1)
| | Felix Grundy

Felix Grundy

Felix Grundy was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator from Tennessee who also served as the 13th Attorney General of the United States.-Biography:...

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 4, 1838 after being appointed United States Attorney General

United States Attorney General

The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. The attorney general is considered to be the chief lawyer of the U.S. government...

| | Ephraim H. Foster

Ephraim H. Foster

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

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| Elected September 17, 1838
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| Mississippi
(1)
| | James F. Trotter

James F. Trotter

James Fisher Trotter was a United States Senator from Mississippi.Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, he moved to eastern Tennessee, attended private schools, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Hamilton, Mississippi in 1823...

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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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 10, 1838
| | Thomas H. Williams

Thomas Hickman Williams

Thomas Hickman Williams was a United States Senator from Mississippi. Born in Williamson County, Tennessee, he attended the common schools, moved to Mississippi and settled in Pontotoc County, and engaged in planting. He was appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to...

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| Appointed November 12, 1838 and subsequently elected
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House of Representatives

• Replacements: 16
  • Democrats: 5-seat net loss
  • Whigs: 5-seat net gain
• Deaths: 8
• Resignations: 6
• Contested election:1
• Total seats with changes: 19

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| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Claiborne presented credentials July 18, 1837
| | John F. H. Claiborne

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne was a Member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Mississippi.-Biography:...

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| Seated July 18, 1837
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| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Gholson presented credentials July 18, 1837
| | Samuel J. Gholson

Samuel J. Gholson

Samuel Jameson Gholson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, as well as a Confederate general 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...

)
| Seated July 18, 1837
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| | Francis J. Harper

Francis Jacob Harper

Francis Jacob Harper was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Francis J. Harper was born in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 18, 1837
| | Charles Naylor

Charles Naylor

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

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| Seated June 29, 1837
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| | James I. Standifer

James Israel Standifer

James Israel Standifer was an American politician that represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Virginia, probably in 1782. He attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He was elected to the Eighteenth...

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 20, 1837
| | William Stone

William Stone (Tennessee)

William Stone was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.Born in Sevier County, Tennessee , Stone completed preparatory studies.Held several local offices....

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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...

)
| Seated September 14, 1837
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| | Elisha Whittlesey

Elisha Whittlesey

Elisha Whittlesey was a lawyer, civil servant and U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Washington, Connecticut, Whittlesey moved with his parents in early youth to Salisbury, 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%" | Resigned October 20, 1837
| | Charles D. Coffin

Charles D. Coffin

Charles Dustin Coffin was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Coffin attended the public schools.He moved with his parents to New Lisbon, Ohio.He studied law....

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Whig Party (United States)

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

)
| Seated December 20, 1837
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| | John F. H. Claiborne

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne was a Member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Mississippi.-Biography:...

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838
| | Seargent S. Prentiss

Seargent Smith Prentiss

Seargent Smith Prentiss was the representative for Mississippi in the Twenty-fifth United States Congress...

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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...

)
| Seated May 30, 1838
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| | Samuel J. Gholson

Samuel J. Gholson

Samuel Jameson Gholson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, as well as a Confederate general 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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838
| | Thomas J. Word

Thomas J. Word

Thomas Jefferson Word was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Surry County, North Carolina, Word studied law, passed his bar exam, and established a private practice. He served as member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1832...

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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...

)
| Seated May 30, 1838
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| | Henry A. P. Muhlenberg

Henry A. P. Muhlenberg

Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg was an American political leader and diplomat. He was a member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty....

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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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 9, 1838 after being appointed Minister to Austrian Empire

United States Ambassador to Austria

This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Austria.The United States first established diplomatic relations with Austria in 1838 during the time of the Austrian Empire. Relations between the United States have been continuous since that time except for two interruptions during World War...

| | George M. Keim

George May Keim

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

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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...

)
| Seated March 17, 1838
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| | Jonathan Cilley

Jonathan Cilley

Jonathan Cilley was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine. He served part of one term in the 25th Congress. He died in office at Bladensburg, Md. as the result of being challenged to fight a duel with Congressman William J. Graves, a colleague from Kentucky...

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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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Killed in a duel February 24, 1838 by Rep. William J. Graves

William J. Graves

William Jordan Graves was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Graves was born in New Castle, Kentucky, and pursued an academic course early in life, choosing to study law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Kentucky before serving as member of the State house of representatives in 1834...

| | Edward Robinson

Edward Robinson (Maine)

Edward Robinson was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Cushing, Maine on November 25, 1796.He was self-educated while engaged in seafaring. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits in Thomaston. He was elected as a member of the Maine State Senate in 1836 and 1837...

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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...

)
| Seated April 28, 1838
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| | Timothy J. Carter

Timothy J. Carter

Timothy Jarvis Carter was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Bethel in the Maine district of Massachusetts on August 18, 1800. He attended the town schools of Bethel, studied law in Northampton, Massachusetts, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in...

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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 March 14, 1838
| | Virgil D. Parris

Virgil D. Parris

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

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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...

)
| Seated May 29, 1838
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| | Isaac McKim

Isaac McKim

Isaac McKim was a U.S. Representative from Maryland, nephew of Alexander McKim.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, McKim attended the public schools, and later engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served in the War of 1812 as aide-de-camp to General Samuel Smith...

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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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 1, 1838
| | John P. Kennedy

John P. Kennedy

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

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| Seated April 25, 1838
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| | John M. Patton

John M. Patton

John Mercer Patton was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Patton attended Princeton University and graduated from the medical department at the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing...

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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...

)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 7, 1838
| | Linn Banks

Linn Banks

Linn Banks was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia to parents Adam Banks and Gracey James. He married on April 2, 1811 to Eliza Jane Hunter Sanders...

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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...

)
| Seated April 28, 1838
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| | Joab Lawler

Joab Lawler

Joab Lawler was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Union County, North Carolina, Lawler moved with his father to Tennessee and thence, in 1815, to Mississippi Territory.He attended the public schools....

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 8, 1838
| | George W. Crabb

George Whitfield Crabb

George Whitfield Crabb was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Botetourt County, Virginia, Crabb attended the public schools.He moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama....

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| Seated October 5, 1835
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| | Daniel Kilgore

Daniel Kilgore

Daniel Kilgore was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born at Kings Creek, Virginia , Kilgore received a liberal schooling.He moved to Cadiz, Ohio, and served as member of the Ohio Senate from 1828 to 1832....

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 14, 1838
| | Henry Swearingen

Henry Swearingen

Henry Swearingen was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in the Panhandle of Virginia about 1792, Swearingen moved to Ohio and settled near Steubenville...

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| Seated December 3, 1838
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| | Elisha Whittlesey

Elisha Whittlesey

Elisha Whittlesey was a lawyer, civil servant and U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Washington, Connecticut, Whittlesey moved with his parents in early youth to Salisbury, 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%" | Resigned July 9, 1838
| | 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,...

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| Seated December 3, 1838
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| | Andrew D. Bruyn (D

Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 27, 1838
| | Cyrus Beers

Cyrus Beers

Cyrus Beers was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Newtown, Connecticut, Beers moved with his parents to New York City.Obtained a limited education in the public schools....

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| Seated December 3, 1838
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| | William Patterson

William Patterson (New York)

William Patterson was a United States pedophile from New York. Born in Derriere, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, he attended Hogwarts before he started jacking off next to basilisks and got raped by snape and then kicked out by Snumblecop, and and moved to Renstimpyselaerville, Albany County,...

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 14, 1838
| | 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...

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| Seated November 7, 1838
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| New seat
| style="font-size:80%" | Iowa Territory seated its first delegate September 10, 1838
| | 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...

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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...

)
| Seated September 10, 1838

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| | Stephen C. Phillips

Stephen C. Phillips

Stephen Clarendon Phillips was a Representative from Massachusetts.Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas Phillips, he graduated from Harvard University in 1819. Phillips' engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of...

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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%" | Seat declared vacant September 28, 1838
| | Leverett Saltonstall

Leverett Saltonstall I

Leverett Saltonstall , was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts who also served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, President of the Massachusetts Senate, the first Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts and a Member of the Board of Overseers of...

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Whig Party (United States)

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

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| Seated December 15, 1838
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| | 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...

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Democratic Party (United States)

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

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| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 24, 1838 after being elected Governor of Maine

Governor of Maine

The governor of Maine is the chief executive of the State of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive....

| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
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| | 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...

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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%" | Lost contested election Januuary 14, 1839
| | James D. Doty

James Duane Doty

James Duane Doty was a land speculator and politician in the United States who played a large role in the development of Wisconsin and Utah Territory.-Legal career:...

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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 January 14, 1839
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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...
  
  : John R. Goodman (Episcopalian), elected December 28, 1836
  • 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...
    
    ), elected September 11, 1837
• 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...
  
  : John Shackford (died)
  • Stephen Haight, elected September 4, 1837

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...
  
  : Septimus Tustin
  Septimus Tustin
  Septimus Tustin was a Presbyterian clergyman who served as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives in 1837 and as Chaplain of the United States Senate 1841-1846.- Early life :...
  
   (Presbyterian
  Presbyterianism
  Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...
  
  ), elected September 4, 1837
  • Levi R. Reese (Methodist
    Methodism
    Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
    
    ), elected December 4, 1837
• 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....
  
  : Walter S. Franklin
  Walter S. Franklin
  Walter S. Franklin was a politician from Pennsylvania who was the seventh Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1833 until his death in 1838....
  
  , until September 20, 1838 (died)
  • Hugh A. Garland, elected December 3, 1838
• 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...
  
  : Overton Carr
• Postmaster
  Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
  The Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
  
  : William J. McCormick
• Sergeant at Arms
  Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
  The United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
  
  : Roderick Dorsey

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists