36th United States Congress
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The Thirty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States
federal government, consisting of the United States Senate
and the United States House of Representatives
. It met in Washington, D.C.
from March 4, 1859 to March 4, 1861, during the third and fourth years of James Buchanan
's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850
. The Senate had a Democratic
majority, and the House had a Republican
plurality.
, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
(D), until January 21, 1861. David Clopton
(D), until January 21, 1861. Sydenham Moore
(D), until January 21, 1861. George S. Houston
(D), until January 21, 1861. Williamson R. W. Cobb
(D), until January 30, 1861. Jabez L. M. Curry
(D), until January 21, 1861
(D). Albert Rust
(D)
(D). Charles L. Scott
(D)
(R). John Woodruff
(R). Alfred A. Burnham
(R). Orris S. Ferry
(R)
(D)
(D), until January 21, 1861
(D), until January 23, 1861. Martin J. Crawford
(D), until January 23, 1861. Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
(O), until January 23, 1861. Lucius J. Gartrell
(D), until January 23, 1861. John W. H. Underwood
(D), until January 23, 1861. James Jackson
(D), until January 23, 1861. Joshua Hill
(KN), until January 23, 1861. John J. Jones
(D), until January 23, 1861
(R). John F. Farnsworth
(R). Owen Lovejoy
(R). William Kellogg
(R). Isaac N. Morris
(D). John A. McClernand
(D), from November 8, 1859. James C. Robinson
(D). Philip B. Fouke
(D). John A. Logan
(D)
(D). William H. English
(D). William McKee Dunn (R). William S. Holman
(D). David Kilgore
(R). Albert G. Porter
(R). John G. Davis
(ALD). James Wilson (R). Schuyler Colfax
(R). Charles Case
(R). John U. Pettit
(R)
(R). William Vandever (R)
(R), from January 29, 1861
(D). Samuel O. Peyton (D). Francis Bristow
(O). William C. Anderson
(O). John Y. Brown
(D), from December 3, 1860. Green Adams
(O). Robert Mallory
(O). William E. Simms (D). Laban T. Moore
(O). John W. Stevenson
(D)
(A). Miles Taylor
(D), until February 5, 1861. Thomas G. Davidson
(D). John M. Landrum
(D)
(R). John J. Perry
(R). Ezra B. French
(R). Freeman H. Morse
(R). Israel Washburn, Jr.
(R), until January 1, 1861
(D). Edwin H. Webster
(A). J. Morrison Harris
(A). Henry Winter Davis
(A). Jacob M. Kunkel (D). George W. Hughes
(D)
(R). James Buffinton
(R). Charles F. Adams, Sr.
(R). Alexander H. Rice
(R). Anson Burlingame
(R). John B. Alley
(R). Daniel W. Gooch
(R). Charles R. Train
(R). Eli Thayer
(R). Charles Delano
(R). Henry L. Dawes
(R)
(D), until May 15, 1860
.. Cyrus Aldrich
(R). William Windom
(R)
(D), until December ????, 1860. Reuben Davis
(D), until January 12, 1861. William Barksdale
(D), until January 12, 1861. Otho R. Singleton
(D), until January 12, 1861. John J. McRae
(D), until January 12, 1861
(D), until June 8, 1860
(R). Mason Tappan
(R). Thomas M. Edwards
(R)
(R). John L. N. Stratton
(R). Garnett Adrain
(ALD). Jetur R. Riggs
(ALD). William Pennington
(R)
(R). James Humphrey (R). Daniel Sickles
(D). Thomas J. Barr
(ID). William B. Maclay
(D). John Cochrane
(D). George Briggs
(R). Horace F. Clark
(ALD). John B. Haskin
(ALD). Charles Van Wyck
(R). William S. Kenyon (R). Charles L. Beale
(R). Abram B. Olin
(R). John H. Reynolds
(ALD). James B. McKean
(R). George W. Palmer
(R). Francis E. Spinner
(R). Clark B. Cochrane
(R). James H. Graham
(R). Roscoe Conkling
(R). R. Holland Duell
(R). M. Lindley Lee
(R). Charles B. Hoard
(R). Charles B. Sedgwick
(R). Martin Butterfield
(R). Emory B. Pottle
(R). Alfred Wells
(R). William Irvine
(R). Alfred Ely
(R). Augustus Frank
(R). Silas M. Burroughs
(R), until June 3, 1860
(O). Thomas Ruffin
(D). Warren Winslow
(D). Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
(D). John Gilmer
(O). James Leach
(O). F. Burton Craige
(D). Zebulon Vance
(D)
(D). John A. Gurley
(R). Clement Vallandigham
(D). William Allen
(D). James Ashley
(R). William Howard (D). Thomas Corwin
(R). Benjamin Stanton
(R). John Carey (R). Carey A. Trimble
(R). Charles D. Martin
(D). Samuel S. Cox
(D). John Sherman
(R). Cyrus Spink
(R), until May 31, 1859
(D). Edward Joy Morris
(R). John P. Verree
(R). William Millward
(R). John Wood
(R). John Hickman
(ALD). Henry C. Longnecker
(R). John Schwartz
(ALD), until June 20, 1860
(R). William D. Brayton (R)
(D), until December 21, 1860. William P. Miles
(D), until December 21, 1860. Laurence M. Keitt
(D), until December, 1860. Milledge L. Bonham
(D), until December 21, 1860. John D. Ashmore
(D), until December 21, 1860. William W. Boyce
(D), until December 21, 1860
(O). Horace Maynard
(O). Reese B. Brabson
(O). William B. Stokes
(O). Robert H. Hatton
(O). James H. Thomas
(D). John V. Wright
(D). James M. Quarles
(O). Emerson Etheridge
(O). William T. Avery
(D)
(D). Andrew J. Hamilton
(ID)
(R). Homer E. Royce
(R)
(ID). William Goode
(D), until July 3, 1859
(R). Cadwallader C. Washburn
(R). Charles H. Larrabee
(D)
, until May 18, 1860
|-
| Oregon
(2)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term
| | Edward D. Baker
(D
)
| October 2, 1860
|-
| California
(1)
| | David C. Broderick
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 16, 1859
| | Henry P. Haun
(D
)
| November 3, 1859
|-
| Texas
(1)
| | Matthias Ward
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected for James Pinckney Henderson
who died in previous congress
| | Louis Wigfall
(D
)
| December 5, 1859
|-
| California
(1)
| | Henry P. Haun
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected March 4, 1860
| | Milton Latham
(D
)
| March 5, 1860
|-
| South Carolina
(2)
| | James Chesnut, Jr.
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew November 10, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| South Carolina
(3)
| | James H. Hammond
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew November 11, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Mississippi
(2)
| | Albert G. Brown
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Maine
(1)
| | Hannibal Hamlin
(R
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 17, 1861 after being elected Vice President of the United States
| | Lot M. Morrill
(R
)
| January 17, 1861
|-
| Alabama
(3)
| | Benjamin Fitzpatrick
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Alabama
(2)
| | Clement C. Clay
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Florida
(1)
| | Stephen Mallory
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Florida
(3)
| | David L. Yulee
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Mississippi
(1)
| | Jefferson Davis
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Georgia
(3)
| | Alfred Iverson, Sr.
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 28, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Kansas
(2)
| New state
| style="font-size:80%" | admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Kansas
(3)
| New state
| style="font-size:80%" | admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | Robert Toombs
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew February 4, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Louisiana
(2)
| | Judah P. Benjamin
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew February 4, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Louisiana
(3)
| | John Slidell
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew February 4, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Tennessee
(2)
| | Alfred O. P. Nicholson
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew March 3, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term
| | John A. McClernand
(D
)
| Seated November 8, 1859
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Brown could not take seat because he had not yet attained age required by the US Constitution
| | John Y. Brown (D
)
| Seated December 3, 1860
|-
|
| | Cyrus Spink
(R
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 31, 1859
| | Harrison G. O. Blake
(R
)
| Seated October 11, 1859
|-
|
| | William Goode
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 3, 1859
| | Roger A. Pryor
(D
)
| Seated December 7, 1859
|-
|
| | George B. Cooper
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election May 15, 1860
| | Francis P. Blair, Jr.
(R
)
| Seated May 15, 1860
|-
|
| Experience Estabrook
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election May 18, 1860
| | Samuel G. Daily
(R
)
| Seated May 18, 1860
|-
|
| | Silas M. Burroughs (R
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 3, 1860
| | Edwin R. Reynolds
(R
)
| Seated December 5, 1860
|-
|
| | John R. Barret
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election June 8, 1860
| | William A. Howard
(R
)
| Seated June 8, 1860
|-
|
| | John Schwartz
(ALD)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 20, 1860
| | Jacob K. McKenty
(D
)
| Seated December 3, 1860
|-
|
| | William A. Howard
(R
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 25, 1860
| | John R. Barret
(R
)
| Seated December 3, 1860
|-
|
| | Lucius Q. C. Lamar II (D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired December ???, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Laurence M. Keitt
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired December ???, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | John McQueen
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | William P. Miles
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Milledge L. Bonham
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | John D. Ashmore
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | William W. Boyce
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Israel Washburn, Jr.
(R
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 1, 1861 after being elected Governor of Maine
| | Stephen Coburn
(R
)
| Seated January 2, 1861
|-
|
| | Reuben Davis
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | William Barksdale
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Otho R. Singleton
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | John J. McRae
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | James A. Stallworth
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | James A. Stallworth
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | James L. Pugh
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | David Clopton
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Sydenham Moore
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | George S. Houston
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Jabez L. M. Curry
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | George S. Hawkins
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Peter E. Love
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Martin J. Crawford
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
(O
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Lucius J. Gartrell
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | John W. H. Underwood (D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | James Jackson
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Joshua Hill (KN
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | John J. Jones
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Marcus J. Parrott
(R
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
| colspan=2 | Seat eliminated
|-
|
| New Seat
| style="font-size:80%" | Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
| | Martin F. Conway
(R
)
| Seated November 8, 1859
|-
|
| | Williamson R. W. Cobb
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 30, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Miles Taylor
(D
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew February 5, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
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federal government, consisting of the United States Senate
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and the United States House of Representatives
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. It met in Washington, D.C.
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from March 4, 1859 to March 4, 1861, during the third and fourth years of James Buchanan
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's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
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was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850
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. The Senate had a Democratic
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majority, and the House had a Republican
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plurality.
Major events
- June 8, 1859: Comstock LodeComstock LodeThe Comstock Lode was the first major U.S. discovery of silver ore, located under what is now Virginia City, Nevada, on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range. After the discovery was made public in 1859, prospectors rushed to the area and scrambled to stake their claims...
discovered in the western Utah TerritoryUtah TerritoryThe Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah....
(present-day NevadaNevadaNevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
) - August 27, 1859: First oil well was drilled in the United States, near Titusville, PennsylvaniaTitusville, PennsylvaniaTitusville is a city in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,146 at the 2000 census. In 1859, oil was successfully drilled in Titusville, resulting in the birth of the modern oil industry.-History:...
- October 16–18, 1859: John Brown's raid on Harpers FerryJohn Brown's raid on Harpers FerryJohn Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859...
began - December 2, 1859 John BrownJohn Brown (abolitionist)John Brown was an American revolutionary abolitionist, who in the 1850s advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery in the United States. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre during which five men were killed, in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas, and made his name in the...
executed. - April 3, 1860: Pony ExpressPony ExpressThe Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierra from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861...
began its first run - April 23 - May 3, 1860: Democratic National Convention1860 Democratic National ConventionThe 1860 Democratic National Convention was one of the crucial events in the lead-up to the American Civil War. Following a fragmented official Democratic National Convention that was adjourned in deadlock, two more presidential nominating conventions took place: a resumed official convention,...
held in Charleston, South CarolinaCharleston, South CarolinaCharleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
. Unable to agree on a nominee, the delegates voted to reconvene in June. - May 9, 1860: Constitutional Union Party National Convention1860 Constitutional Union ConventionAs the Republican Party strengthened and the Democratic Party fractured, many former Whigs and Know Nothings founded the Constitutional Union Party. With the sole purpose of maintaining the Union by preserving the North-South status quo, the party's delegates met in Baltimore to nominate its...
held in Baltimore, Maryland, nominating John BellJohn 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...
for President. - May 18, 1860: Republican National Convention1860 Republican National ConventionThe 1860 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States, held in Chicago, Illinois at the Wigwam, nominated former U.S. Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for President and U.S. Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for Vice President...
held in Chicago, Illinois, nominating Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
for President. - June 18-23, 1860: Democratic Party1860 Democratic National ConventionThe 1860 Democratic National Convention was one of the crucial events in the lead-up to the American Civil War. Following a fragmented official Democratic National Convention that was adjourned in deadlock, two more presidential nominating conventions took place: a resumed official convention,...
reconvened in Baltimore, Maryland, nominating Stephen A. DouglasStephen A. DouglasStephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed...
for President. - June 26-28, 1860: Southern Democrats held a convention in Richmond, VirginiaRichmond, VirginiaRichmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, nominating John C. BreckinridgeJohn C. BreckinridgeJohn Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...
for President. - November 6, 1860: U.S. presidential election: Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
beat John C. BreckinridgeJohn C. BreckinridgeJohn Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...
, Stephen A. DouglasStephen A. DouglasStephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed...
, and John BellJohn 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...
. - December 20, 1860: South Carolina Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of SecessionOrdinance of SecessionThe Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially seceding from the United States of America...
- January 3, 1861: Delaware Secession Convention voted not to secede from the Union
- January 9, 1861: Mississippi Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of SecessionOrdinance of SecessionThe Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially seceding from the United States of America...
- January 10, 1861: Florida Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of SecessionOrdinance of SecessionThe Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially seceding from the United States of America...
- January 11, 1861: Alabama Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of SecessionOrdinance of SecessionThe Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially seceding from the United States of America...
- January 18, 1861: Georgia Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of SecessionOrdinance of SecessionThe Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially seceding from the United States of America...
- January 26, 1861: LouisianaLouisiana in the American Civil WarAntebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where enslaved Africans and African Americans comprised the majority of the population through the eighteenth century. By 1860 47% of the population was enslaved. The state also had one of the largest free black populations in the United States...
Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of SecessionOrdinance of SecessionThe Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially seceding from the United States of America... - February 1, 1861: Texas Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of SecessionOrdinance of SecessionThe Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially seceding from the United States of America...
- February 23, 1861: The people of Texas ratified its Ordinance of SecessionOrdinance of SecessionThe Ordinance of Secession was the document drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by the states officially seceding from the United States of America...
President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland.
Major legislation
- March 2, 1861: Morrill TariffMorrill TariffThe Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a protective tariff in the United States, adopted on March 2, 1861 during the administration of President James Buchanan....
, ch. 68,
Resolutions
- February 11, 1861: The U.S. House unanimously passed a resolution guaranteeing non-interference with slavery in any state
Treaties
- March 8, 1859: Quinault TreatyQuinault TreatyThe Quinault Treaty was a treaty agreement between the United States and the Native American Quinault and Quileute tribes located in the western Olympic Peninsula north of Grays Harbor, in the recently-formed Washington Territory...
ratified, - March 8, 1859: Point No Point TreatyPoint No Point TreatyThe Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855 at Point No Point, on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula. Governor of Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens, convened the treaty council on January 25, with the S'Klallam, the Chimakum, and the Skokomish tribes...
ratified,
States admitted and territories organized
- January 29, 1861: KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
admitted as a state, ch. 20, - February 28, 1861: Colorado TerritoryColorado TerritoryThe Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado....
organized, ch. 59, - March 2, 1861: Nevada TerritoryNevada TerritoryThe Territory of Nevada was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until October 31, 1864, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Nevada....
organized, ch. 83, - March 2, 1861: Dakota TerritoryDakota TerritoryThe Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.The Dakota Territory consisted of...
organized, ch. 86,
Senate
| Affiliation | Party | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American (Know nothing) (A) |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... (D) |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... (R) |
Other | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress 35th United States Congress The 35th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1859, during the first two years of James... |
19 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| Begin | 2 | 38 | 23 | O | 66 | 3 |
| End | 1 | 26 | 28 | 55 | 13 | |
| Final voting share | 1.8% | 47.3% | 50.9% | 0.0% | ||
| Beginning of next Congress 37th United States Congress The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1863, during the first two... |
0 | 23 | 29 | 1 |
53 | 15 |
House of Representatives
| Affiliation | Party | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American (A) |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... (D) |
Anti-Lecompton Democratic Lecompton Constitution The Lecompton Constitution was the second of four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas . The document was written in response to the anti-slavery position of the 1855 Topeka Constitution of James H. Lane and other free-state advocates... (ALD) |
Independent Democratic (ID) |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... (R) |
Opposition Opposition Party (United States) The Opposition Party in the United States is a label with two different applications in Congressional history, as a majority party in Congress 1854-58, and as a Third Party in the South 1858-1860.... (O) |
Other | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress 35th United States Congress The 35th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1859, during the first two years of James... |
15 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 0 |
| Begin | 9 | 82 | 8 | 6 | 113 | 16 | 0 | 234 | 2 |
| End | 56 | 7 | 116 | 210 | 29 | ||||
| Final voting share | 4.3% | 23.3% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 55.2% | 7.6% | 0.0% | ||
| Beginning of next Congress 37th United States Congress The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1863, during the first two... |
0 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 0 | 25 |
178 | 62 |
Leadership
Senate
- President: John C. BreckinridgeJohn C. BreckinridgeJohn Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...
(D) - President pro temporePresident pro tempore of the United States SenateThe 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...
: Benjamin FitzpatrickBenjamin FitzpatrickBenjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat....
(D), until February 26, 1860- Jesse D. BrightJesse D. BrightJesse David Bright was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three separate occasions...
(D), June 12–13, 1860 - Benjamin FitzpatrickBenjamin FitzpatrickBenjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat....
(D), June 26, 1860 – December 2, 1860 - Solomon FootSolomon FootSolomon Foot was a Vermont lawyer, state representative and later senator who spent more than 25 years in elected office. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He served as a state representative briefly in 1833, and also from 1836 to 1838...
(R), elected February 16, 1861
- Jesse D. Bright
House of Representatives
- SpeakerSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
: William PenningtonWilliam PenningtonWilliam Pennington was an American politician and lawyer, the Governor of New Jersey, and Speaker of the House during his one term in Congress....
(R), elected February 1, 1860
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 numbersClasses 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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.
Alabama
- 3. Benjamin FitzpatrickBenjamin FitzpatrickBenjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat....
(D), until January 21, 1861 - 2. Clement C. Clay, Jr.Clement Claiborne ClayClement Claiborne Clay was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama from 1853 to 1861, and a C.S.A. senator from the Alabama from 1861 to 1863...
(D), until January 21, 1861
Arkansas
- 2. William K. SebastianWilliam King SebastianWilliam King Sebastian was an American planter, lawyer, and U.S. senator from Helena, Arkansas. He represented Arkansas as a U.S. Senator, Democrat, from 1848 to 1861....
(D) - 3. Robert W. JohnsonRobert Ward JohnsonRobert Ward Johnson was a Democratic United States Senator and Confederate States Senator from the State of Arkansas....
(D)
California
- 3. William M. GwinWilliam M. GwinWilliam McKendree Gwin was an American medical doctor and politician.Born near Gallatin, Tennessee, his father, the Reverend James Gwin, was a pioneer Methodist minister under the Rev. William McKendree, his son's namesake. Rev. James Gwin also served as a soldier on the frontier under General...
(D) - 1. David C. BroderickDavid C. BroderickDavid Colbreth Broderick was a Democratic U.S. Senator from California. He was a first cousin of Andrew Kennedy and Case Broderick.-Early life and education:...
(D), until September 16, 1859- Henry P. HaunHenry P. HaunHenry Peter Haun was a U.S. Senator from California.- External links :...
(D), November 3, 1859 – March 4, 1860 - Milton LathamMilton LathamMilton Slocum Latham was an American politician, and served as the sixth Governor of California and as a member of the federal U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Latham holds the distinction of having the shortest governorship in California history, lasting for five days between...
(D), from March 5, 1860
- Henry P. Haun
Connecticut
- 3. La Fayette S. FosterLafayette S. FosterLafayette Sabine Foster was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from Connecticut...
(R) - 1. James DixonJames DixonJames Dixon was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut.-Biography:Born in Enfield, Connecticut, Dixon pursued preparatory studies, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1834, where he had been a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society. He was...
(R)
Delaware
- 1. James A. Bayard, Jr.James A. Bayard, Jr.James Asheton Bayard, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...
(D) - 2. Willard Saulsbury, Sr.Willard Saulsbury, Sr.Willard Saulsbury, Sr. was a lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S...
(D)
Florida
- 1. Stephen MalloryStephen MalloryStephen Russell Mallory served in the United States Senate as, Senator from Florida from 1850 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs...
(D), until January 21, 1861 - 3. David Levy YuleeDavid Levy YuleeDavid Levy Yulee, born David Levy was an American politician and attorney from Florida, a territorial delegate to Congress, the first Jewish member of the United States Senate, and a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War...
(D), until January 21, 1861
Georgia
- 2. Robert ToombsRobert ToombsRobert Augustus Toombs was an American political leader, United States Senator from Georgia, 1st Secretary of State of the Confederacy, and a Confederate general in the Civil War.-Early life:...
(D), until February 4, 1861 - 3. Alfred Iverson, Sr.Alfred Iverson, Sr.Alfred Iverson, Sr. was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. Born in Liberty County, he attended private schools and graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1820. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Clinton, Georgia...
(D), until January 28, 1861
Illinois
- 2. Stephen A. DouglasStephen A. DouglasStephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed...
(D) - 3. Lyman TrumbullLyman TrumbullLyman Trumbull was a United States Senator from Illinois during the American Civil War, and co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.-Education and early career:...
(R)
Indiana
- 1. Jesse D. BrightJesse D. BrightJesse David Bright was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three separate occasions...
(D) - 3. Graham N. FitchGraham N. FitchGraham Newell Fitch was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
(D)
Iowa
- 3. James HarlanJames Harlan (senator)James Harlan was a member of the United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary.-Biography:Harlan represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate as a member of the Free Soil Party in 1855. In 1857 the Senate declared the seat vacant because of irregularities in the legislative...
(R) - 2. James W. GrimesJames W. GrimesJames Wilson Grimes was an American politician, serving as the third Governor of Iowa and a United States Senator from Iowa.-Biography:...
(R)
Kansas
- 2. Vacant from January 29, 1861
- 3. Vacant from January 29, 1861
Kentucky
- 3. John J. CrittendenJohn J. CrittendenJohn 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...
(A) - 2. Lazarus W. PowellLazarus W. PowellLazarus Whitehead Powell was the 19th Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1851 to 1855. He was later elected to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate from 1859 to 1865....
(D)
Louisiana
- 2. Judah P. BenjaminJudah P. BenjaminJudah Philip Benjamin was an American politician and lawyer. Born a British subject in the West Indies, he moved to the United States with his parents and became a citizen. He later became a citizen of the Confederate States of America. After the collapse of the Confederacy, Benjamin moved to...
(D), until February 4, 1861 - 3. John SlidellJohn SlidellJohn Slidell was an American politician, lawyer and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man and became a staunch defender of southern rights as a U.S. Representative and Senator...
(D), until February 4, 1861
Maine
- 2. William Pitt FessendenWilliam P. FessendenWilliam Pitt Fessenden was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.Fessenden was a Whig and member of the Fessenden political family...
(R) - 1. Hannibal HamlinHannibal HamlinHannibal Hamlin was the 15th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War...
(R), until January 17, 1861- Lot M. MorrillLot M. MorrillLot Myrick Morrill was an American statesman who served as the 28th Governor of Maine, in the United States Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury....
(R), from January 17, 1861
- Lot M. Morrill
Maryland
- 3. James PearceJames PearceJames 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...
(D) - 1. Anthony KennedyAnthony Kennedy (Maryland)Anthony Kennedy was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1857 to 1863. He was the brother of United States Secretary of the Navy John P. Kennedy....
(A)
Massachusetts
- 1. Charles SumnerCharles SumnerCharles Sumner was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction,...
(R) - 2. Henry WilsonHenry WilsonHenry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...
(R)
Michigan
- 1. Zachariah ChandlerZachariah ChandlerZachariah Chandler was Mayor of Detroit , a four-term U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan , and Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant .-Family:...
(R) - 2. Kinsley S. BinghamKinsley S. BinghamKinsley Scott Bingham was a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and the 11th Governor of the state of Michigan.-Early life in New York:...
(R)
Minnesota
- 1. Henry M. Rice (D)
- 2. Morton S. WilkinsonMorton S. WilkinsonMorton Smith Wilkinson was an American politician.Born in Skaneateles, New York, he moved to Illinois in 1837 and was employed in railroad work for two years. Upon returning to Skaneateles in 1840, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842, and commenced practice in Eaton Rapids, Michigan in...
(R)
Mississippi
- 2. Albert G. BrownAlbert G. BrownAlbert Gallatin Brown was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 through 1861. Brown attended Mississippi College. He was a Democrat....
(D), until January 12, 1861 - 1. Jefferson DavisJefferson DavisJefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
(D), until January 21, 1861
Missouri
- 3. James S. GreenJames S. GreenJames Stephen Green was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri.-Early life and education:...
(D) - 1. Trusten PolkTrusten PolkTrusten Polk served as both the 12th Governor of Missouri in 1857 and U.S. Senator from 1857 to 1862.-Biography:...
(D)
New Hampshire
- 2. John P. HaleJohn P. HaleJohn Parker Hale was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and in the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853 and again from 1855 to 1865. He was the first senator to make a stand against slavery...
(R) - 3. Daniel ClarkDaniel Clark (New Hampshire)Daniel Clark was an American politician who served in the New Hampshire legislature and the United States Senate....
(R)
New Jersey
- 1. John R. ThomsonJohn Renshaw ThomsonJohn Renshaw Thomson was an American merchant and politician from New Jersey.-Life:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools in Princeton, New Jersey, and the College of New Jersey . In 1817, he went to China and became a merchant in Canton where he was United States...
(D) - 2. John C. Ten EyckJohn C. Ten EyckJohn Conover Ten Eyck was a United States Senator from New Jersey during the American Civil War.Born in Freehold, New Jersey, he completed preparatory studies under private tutors, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835, and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey...
(R)
New York
- 3. William H. SewardWilliam H. SewardWilliam Henry Seward, Sr. was the 12th Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson...
(R) - 1. Preston KingPreston KingPreston King was a United States Representative and Senator from New York.- Biography :Born in Ogdensburg, New York, he pursued classical studies and graduated from Union College in 1827, where he was an early member of The Kappa Alpha Society. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He...
(R)
North Carolina
- 3. Thomas L. ClingmanThomas Lanier ClingmanThomas Lanier Clingman , known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861...
(D) - 2. Thomas BraggThomas BraggThomas Bragg was a politician and lawyer who served as the 34th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1855 through 1859. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Cabinet. He was the older brother of General Braxton Bragg...
(D)
Ohio
- 1. Benjamin WadeBenjamin WadeBenjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade was a U.S. lawyer and United States Senator. In the Senate, he was associated with the Radical Republicans of that time.-Early life:...
(R) - 3. George E. PughGeorge E. PughGeorge Ellis Pugh was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Pugh attended Miami University. He began practicing law in 1843, later serving as a Captain in the 4th Ohio Regiment in the Mexican-American War...
(D)
Oregon
- 3. Joseph LaneJoseph LaneJoseph Lane was an American general during the Mexican-American War and a United States Senator from Oregon.-Early life:...
(D) - 2. Edward D. BakerEdward Dickinson BakerEdward Dickinson Baker was an English-born American politician, lawyer, military leader. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Oregon. A long-time close friend of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Baker served as U.S...
(R), from October 2, 1860
Pennsylvania
- 3. William BiglerWilliam BiglerWilliam Bigler was the 12th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855, and later a U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party....
(D) - 1. Simon CameronSimon CameronSimon Cameron was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War. After making his fortune in railways and banking, he turned to a life of politics. He became a U.S. senator in 1845 for the state of Pennsylvania,...
(R)
Rhode Island
- 1. James F. SimmonsJames F. SimmonsJames Fowler Simmons was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born on a farm near Little Compton, he attended a private school in Newport and moved to Providence in 1812. He was employed in various manufacturing concerns in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and engaged in the manufacture of...
(R) - 2. Henry B. AnthonyHenry B. AnthonyHenry Bowen Anthony was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as the editor and later part owner of the Providence Journal and later was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island between 1849 and 1851, as a member of the Whig Party.The son of William Anthony and Mary Kennicut...
(R)
South Carolina
- 3. James H. HammondJames Henry HammondJames Henry Hammond was a politician from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860...
(D), until November 11, 1860 - 2. James Chesnut, Jr.James Chesnut, Jr.James Chesnut, Jr. of Camden, South Carolina, was a planter, lawyer, United States Senator, a signatory of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, and a Confederate States Army general...
(D), until November 10, 1860
Tennessee
- 1. Andrew JohnsonAndrew JohnsonAndrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American...
(D) - 2. Alfred O. P. NicholsonAlfred O. P. NicholsonAlfred Osborn Pope Nicholson , a Tennessee Democratic politician and lawyer, was twice a United States Senator from that state.-Biography:...
(D), until March 3, 1861
Texas
- 1. Matthias WardMatthias WardMatthias Ward was a lawyer and United States Senator from Texas.Born in Elbert County, Georgia, Ward was raised in Alabama. In 1836 he settled in Bowie, Texas, moving to Clarksville, Texas in 1845 and later to Jefferson, Texas.Ward served in the Congress of the Republic of Texas and later in the...
(D), until December 5, 1859- Louis WigfallLouis WigfallLouis Trezevant Wigfall was an American politician from Texas who served as a member of the Texas Legislature, United States Senate, and Confederate Senate. Wigfall was among a group of leading secessionists known as Fire-Eaters, advocating the preservation and expansion of an aristocratic...
(D), from December 5, 1859
- Louis Wigfall
- 2. John HemphillJohn Hemphill (senator)John Hemphill was Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, a United States Senator, and a veteran of wars with Native Americans....
(D)
Vermont
- 1. Solomon FootSolomon FootSolomon Foot was a Vermont lawyer, state representative and later senator who spent more than 25 years in elected office. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He served as a state representative briefly in 1833, and also from 1836 to 1838...
(R) - 3. Jacob CollamerJacob CollamerJacob Collamer was an American politician from Vermont.-Biography:Jacob Collamer was born in Troy, New York. He graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington, served in the War of 1812, studied law in St. Albans, Vermont, was admitted to the bar in 1813, and served as an officer in a...
(R)
Virginia
- 1. James M. Mason (D)
- 2. Robert M. T. HunterRobert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter-References:* Patrick, Rembert W. . Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 90–101.-External links:* – A speech by R. M. T. Hunter before the U.S. House of Representatives, May 8th, 1846...
(D)
Wisconsin
- 3. Charles DurkeeCharles DurkeeCharles Durkee was an American politician and a Congressman and Senator from Wisconsin.-Early life:Durkee was born in Royalton, Vermont. He became a merchant and moved to Wisconsin in 1836...
(R) - 1. James R. DoolittleJames Rood DoolittleJames Rood Doolittle was an American politician who served as a senator from the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869. He was a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:Born in Hampton, New York,...
(R)
House of Representatives
Alabama
. James A. Stallworth (D), until January 21, 1861. James L. PughJames L. Pugh
James Lawrence Pugh was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.- Biography :...
(D), until January 21, 1861. David Clopton
David Clopton
David Clopton was a prominent Alabama politician.-Biography:Clopton was born in Putnam County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 1844. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1840 and was admitted to the bar in 1841.Clopton represented Alabama's 3rd district in the United States House of...
(D), until January 21, 1861. Sydenham Moore
Sydenham Moore
Sydenham Moore was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, Moore pursued classical studies.He attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 1833-1836.He studied law....
(D), until January 21, 1861. George S. Houston
George S. Houston
George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878....
(D), until January 21, 1861. Williamson R. W. Cobb
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb was an American politician who served the state of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1847 and 1861. He was born in Rhea County, Tennessee on June 8, 1807 to David Cobb and Martha Bryant. He moved with his father, David Cobb, in 1809 to Bellefonte,...
(D), until January 30, 1861. Jabez L. M. Curry
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry was a lawyer, soldier, U.S. Congressman, college professor and administrator, diplomat, and officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(D), until January 21, 1861
Arkansas
. Thomas C. HindmanThomas C. Hindman
Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr. was a lawyer, United States Representative from the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas, and a Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War....
(D). Albert Rust
Albert Rust
Albert Rust was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas, and a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress...
(D)
California
. John C. BurchJohn C. Burch
John Chilton Burch was a California Democratic politician and United States Congressman. He served as the Secretary of the United States Senate from 1879 through 1881....
(D). Charles L. Scott
Charles L. Scott
Charles Lewis Scott is a former American Democratic politician from California.-Biography:Charles L. Scott was born January 23, 1827 in Richmond, Virginia. His father was Robert G. Scott, well known attorney and politition of Richmond VA who was born in McIntosh Co. GA and died in AL. His mother...
(D)
Connecticut
. Dwight LoomisDwight Loomis
Dwight Loomis was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Columbia, Connecticut where he attended the common schools. He also attended the academies in Monson, Massachusetts and Amherst, Massachusetts. He taught school and was also graduated from the law department of Yale...
(R). John Woodruff
John Woodruff (representative)
John Woodruff was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, Woodruff received a limited schooling.He moved to Catskill, New York, in 1835....
(R). Alfred A. Burnham
Alfred A. Burnham
Alfred Avery Burnham was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Windham, Connecticut, Burnham completed a preparatory course and attended college for one year before studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Windham...
(R). Orris S. Ferry
Orris S. Ferry
Orris Sanford Ferry was a Republican American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was also a Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:Ferry was born on August 15, 1823...
(R)
Delaware
. William G. WhiteleyWilliam G. Whiteley
William Gustavus Whiteley was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U. S...
(D)
Florida
. George S. HawkinsGeorge Sydney Hawkins
George Sydney Hawkins was a US Representative from Florida.Born in Kingston, Ulster County, New York; attended the common schools and was graduated from Columbia University, New York City; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Florida and settled in Pensacola, Florida;...
(D), until January 21, 1861
Georgia
. Peter E. LovePeter Early Love
Peter Early Love was an American politician, lawyer and jurist.Born in Dublin, Georgia in 1818, Love attended Franklin College, the founding college of the University of Georgia in Athens, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society and graduated in 1829...
(D), until January 23, 1861. Martin J. Crawford
Martin Jenkins Crawford
Martin Jenkins Crawford was an antebellum U.S. Representative and a representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress during the American Civil War from the state of Georgia.-Biography:...
(D), until January 23, 1861. Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
Thomas Hardeman, Jr. was an American politician, lawyer and soldier.-Biography:Hardeman was born in Eatonton, Georgia and graduated from Emory College in 1845. He studied and was admitted to the state bar in 1847...
(O), until January 23, 1861. Lucius J. Gartrell
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell was an American politician and lawyer, as well as general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:Gartrell was born near Washington, Georgia...
(D), until January 23, 1861. John W. H. Underwood
John W. H. Underwood
John William Henderson Underwood was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Elberton, Georgia. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Georgia and served from March 4, 1859 until January 23, 1861, when he withdrew, having joined the Confederacy...
(D), until January 23, 1861. James Jackson
James Jackson (congressman)
James Jackson was a United States Representative from Georgia, a judge advocate in the American Civil War, and a chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Jackson was also a trustee of the University of Georgia...
(D), until January 23, 1861. Joshua Hill
Joshua Hill (Georgian politician)
Joshua Hill was a United States Senator from the State of Georgia. He was born in South Carolina but later moved to Georgia and became a lawyer. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Georgia in 1857 as a member of the American Party . He was reelected in 1859...
(KN), until January 23, 1861. John J. Jones
John James Jones
John James Jones was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Georgia who served in the United States Congress.-Biography:...
(D), until January 23, 1861
Illinois
. Elihu B. WashburneElihu B. Washburne
Elihu Benjamin Washburne was one of seven brothers who played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party...
(R). John F. Farnsworth
John F. Farnsworth
John Franklin Farnsworth was a seven-term U.S. Representative from Illinois and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(R). Owen Lovejoy
Owen Lovejoy
Owen Lovejoy was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad...
(R). William Kellogg
William Kellogg (Illinois)
William Kellogg was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and chief justice of the Nebraska Territory.Born in Kelloggsville, Ohio, Kellogg attended the public schools.He studied law....
(R). Isaac N. Morris
Isaac N. Morris
Isaac Newton Morris was a United States Representative from Illinois, son of Thomas Morris and brother of Jonathan David Morris.Born in Bethel, Ohio, Morris attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio....
(D). John A. McClernand
John Alexander McClernand
John Alexander McClernand was an American lawyer and politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was a classic case of the politician-in-uniform coming into conflict with career Army officers, graduates of the United States Military Academy. He was a prominent Democratic...
(D), from November 8, 1859. James C. Robinson
James Carroll Robinson
James Carroll Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Paris, Illinois, Robinson moved to Clark County, Illinois, with his parents in 1825.He received a limited schooling....
(D). Philip B. Fouke
Philip B. Fouke
Philip Bond Fouke was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, Fouke attended the public schools and became a civil engineer....
(D). John A. Logan
John A. Logan
John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state senator, congressman and senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President...
(D)
Indiana
. William E. NiblackWilliam E. Niblack
William Ellis Niblack was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, cousin of Silas Leslie Niblack. Born in Dubois County, Indiana, Niblack attended the country schools and Indiana University at Bloomington....
(D). William H. English
William Hayden English
William Hayden English was an American politician from Indiana.William English was most famous for his role in the passage of the infamous, pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858...
(D). William McKee Dunn (R). William S. Holman
William S. Holman
William Steele Holman was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 to 1895, and 1897, spanning sixteen Congresses...
(D). David Kilgore
David Kilgore
David Kilgore was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Harrison County, Kentucky, Kilgore moved with his father to Franklin County, Indiana, in 1819.He attended the common schools.He studied law....
(R). Albert G. Porter
Albert G. Porter
Albert Gallatin Porter was an American politician who served as the 19th Governor of Indiana from 1881 to 1885 and as a United States Congressman from 1859 to 1863. Originally a Democrat, he joined the Republican Party in 1856 after being expelled by the pro-slavery faction of the Democratic Party...
(R). John G. Davis
John G. Davis
John Givan Davis was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Early life:Born near Flemingsburg, Kentucky, Davis moved to Indiana with his parents, who settled in Rockville, Parke County, in 1819. He attended the country schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits...
(ALD). James Wilson (R). Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax, Jr. was a United States Representative from Indiana , Speaker of the House of Representatives , and the 17th Vice President of the United States . To date, he is one of only two Americans to have served as both House speaker and vice president.President Ulysses S...
(R). Charles Case
Charles Case
Charles Case was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Case was born in Austinburg, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana.; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of...
(R). John U. Pettit
John U. Pettit
John Upfold Pettit was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Fabius, New York, Pettit attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1839....
(R)
Iowa
. Samuel CurtisSamuel Curtis
Samuel Ryan Curtis was an American military officer, and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress. He was most famous for his role as a Union Army general the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.-Biography:Born near Champlain, New York, Curtis graduated from the United...
(R). William Vandever (R)
Kansas
. Martin F. ConwayMartin F. Conway
Martin Franklin Conway was a U.S. congressman, consul to France, abolitionist, and advocate of the Free-State movement in Kansas....
(R), from January 29, 1861
Kentucky
. Henry C. BurnettHenry Cornelius Burnett
Henry Cornelius Burnett was a U.S. Representative from the state of Kentucky and a Confederate States Senator. A lawyer by profession, Burnett had held only one public office—circuit court clerk—before being elected to Congress. He represented Kentucky's 1st congressional district during the...
(D). Samuel O. Peyton (D). Francis Bristow
Francis Bristow
Francis Marion Bristow was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Clark County, Kentucky. He pursued preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Elkton, Kentucky.Bristow was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives...
(O). William C. Anderson
William Clayton Anderson
William Clayton Anderson was a United States Representative from Kentucky.-Early years:William C. Anderson was a son of Simeon H. Anderson and nephew of Albert G. Talbott. He was born in Lancaster, Kentucky, where he attended private schools. He graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky in...
(O). John Y. Brown
John Y. Brown (1835-1904)
John Young Brown was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the United States House of Representatives and served as its 31st governor. Brown was elected to the House of Representatives for three non-consecutive terms, each of which was marred by controversy...
(D), from December 3, 1860. Green Adams
Green Adams
Green Adams was a lawyer and member and functionary of the United States Congress. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky in 1812.-Biography:...
(O). Robert Mallory
Robert Mallory
Robert Mallory was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky.Born in Madison Court House, Virginia, Mallory attended private schools and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1827...
(O). William E. Simms (D). Laban T. Moore
Laban T. Moore
Laban Theodore Moore was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Wayne County, Virginia , near Louisa, Kentucky, Moore attended Marshall Academy in Virginia and was graduated from Marietta College in Ohio.He attended Transylvania Law College at Lexington.He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and...
(O). John W. Stevenson
John W. Stevenson
John White Stevenson was a U.S. Representative, the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, the 25th Governor of Kentucky and U.S. Senator. His father, Andrew Stevenson, had served as Speaker of the House and minister to Great Britain...
(D)
Louisiana
. John E. BoulignyJohn Edward Bouligny
John Edward Bouligny was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a member of the anti-immigrant American Party.Bouligny was born in New Orleans...
(A). Miles Taylor
Miles Taylor
Miles Taylor was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served three terms as a Democrat....
(D), until February 5, 1861. Thomas G. Davidson
Thomas G. Davidson
Thomas Green Davidson was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born at Coles Creek, Mississippi, Davidson completed preparatory studies.He studied law....
(D). John M. Landrum
John M. Landrum
John Morgan Landrum was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, Landrum pursued classical studies and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1842.He taught school for several years.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1844 and...
(D)
Maine
. Daniel E. SomesDaniel E. Somes
Daniel E. Somes was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Meredith, New Hampshire on May 20, 1815. He received an academic education, then moved to Biddeford, Maine in 1846. He established the Eastern Journal, later known as the Union and Journal.He engaged in the manufacture...
(R). John J. Perry
John J. Perry
John Jasiel Perry was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Perry moved with his parents to Hebron , Maine, in 1812. He attended the common schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary. He became deputy sheriff of Oxford County and served as member of the state house of...
(R). Ezra B. French
Ezra B. French
Ezra Bartlett French was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Landaff, New Hampshire where he attended the common schools and pursued an academic course. Later, he studied law in Bath and Plymouth, New Hampshire and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He commenced practice in...
(R). Freeman H. Morse
Freeman H. Morse
Freeman Harlow Morse was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Bath on February 18, 1807. He attended private schools and the academy in Bath. He engaged in business as a carver of figureheads for ships....
(R). Israel Washburn, Jr.
Israel Washburn, Jr.
Israel Washburn, Jr. was a United States political figure. Originally a member of the Whig Party, he later became a founding member of the Republican Party....
(R), until January 1, 1861
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- Stephen CoburnStephen CoburnStephen Coburn was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine.He was brother to Maine Governor Abner Coburn and the father of Louise Helen Coburn, the founder of Sigma Kappa Sorority and a prominent Maine writer.Coburn was born in Bloomfield, now known as Skowhegan...
(R), from January 2, 1861. Stephen C. Foster (R)
- Stephen Coburn
Maryland
. James A. StewartJames Augustus Stewart
James Augustus Stewart was an American politician and jurist.Stewart was born at "Tobacco Stick" in Dorchester County, Maryland, and attended the local school. He went on to study law in Baltimore, Maryland, was admitted to the bar in 1829, and commenced practice in Cambridge, Maryland...
(D). Edwin H. Webster
Edwin Hanson Webster
Edwin Hanson Webster was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, serving the second district for two terms from 1859 until 1865.-Biography:...
(A). J. Morrison Harris
James Morrison Harris
James Morrison Harris was a Representative from the third district of Maryland.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Harris was educated at private institutions in the city. He then entered Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1833 where he studied law...
(A). Henry Winter Davis
Henry Winter Davis
Henry Winter Davis was a United States Representative from the 4th and 3rd congressional districts of Maryland, well known as one of the Radical Republicans during the Civil War.-Early life and career:...
(A). Jacob M. Kunkel (D). George W. Hughes
George Wurtz Hughes
George Wurtz Hughes was a U.S. Representative from the 6th Congressional district of Maryland.Born in Elmira, New York, Hughes received a liberal schooling. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1827, and became a civil engineer in New York City...
(D)
Massachusetts
. Thomas D. EliotThomas D. Eliot
Thomas Dawes Eliot, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on March 20, 1808. Eliot was named after his grandfather Justice Thomas Dawes of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court....
(R). James Buffinton
James Buffinton
James Buffington was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Fall River on March 16, 1817. He attended the common schools, and Friends College in Providence, Rhode Island. He studied medicine but never practiced, then engaged in mercantile...
(R). Charles F. Adams, Sr.
Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
Charles Francis Adams, Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. He was the grandson of President John Adams and Abigail Adams and the son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams....
(R). Alexander H. Rice
Alexander H. Rice
Alexander Hamilton Rice was Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1856–1857, a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War, and the 30th Governor of Massachusetts from 1876–78.-Biography:...
(R). Anson Burlingame
Anson Burlingame
Anson Burlingame wasan American lawyer, legislator, and diplomat, born in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. In 1823 his parents took him to Ohio, and about ten years afterwards to Michigan...
(R). John B. Alley
John B. Alley
John Bassett Alley was a businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Alley attended the common schools and Phillips Academy Andover....
(R). Daniel W. Gooch
Daniel W. Gooch
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Gooch, the son of John and Olive Gooch, was born in Wells, Maine on January 8, 1820. He attended the public schools, Phillips Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth College...
(R). Charles R. Train
Charles R. Train
Charles Russell Train was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Biography:Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Train attended the common schools, Framingham Academy, and was graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1837.He studied law at Harvard University.He was admitted to...
(R). Eli Thayer
Eli Thayer
Eli Thayer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. Thayer was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1840, from Brown University in 1845, and in 1848 founded Oread Institute, a school for young women in Worcester, Massachusetts...
(R). Charles Delano
Charles Delano
Charles Delano was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in New Braintree, Massachusetts, Delano moved with his parents to Amherst in 1833....
(R). Henry L. Dawes
Henry L. Dawes
Henry Laurens Dawes was a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act.-Biography:...
(R)
Michigan
. George B. CooperGeorge B. Cooper
George Bryan Cooper was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Cooper was born in Long Hill, New Jersey, where he attended the public schools. He moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1830, and later to Jackson in 1835. In Jackson he engaged in mercantile pursuits and became postmaster of Jackson...
(D), until May 15, 1860
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- William A. HowardWilliam Alanson HowardWilliam Alanson Howard served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859 and from May 15, 1860 to March 3, 1861. Howard was the Governor of the Dakota Territory from 1878 to 1880.-Biography:William Howard was born at Hinesburg,...
(R), from May 15, 1860. Henry WaldronHenry WaldronHenry Waldron was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Waldron was born in Albany, New York. He attended Albany Academy and graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1836. He moved to Michigan in 1837 and was employed as a civil engineer in railroad work...
(R). Francis W. KelloggFrancis William KelloggFrancis William Kellogg was a U.S. Representative from the states of Michigan and Alabama.-Biography:...
(R). Dewitt C. LeachDewitt C. LeachDewitt Clinton Leach, was a politician and newspaperman from the U.S. state of Michigan.Leach was born in Clarence, New York, and moved with his parents to Genesee County, Michigan, in early youth. He attended the common schools, taught school, and located in Lansing in 1841. He was editor of the...
(R)
- William A. Howard
Minnesota
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticketGeneral 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...
.. Cyrus Aldrich
Cyrus Aldrich
Cyrus Aldrich was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.Aldrich was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, June 18, 1808. He followed the occupations of sailor, boatman, farmer, contractor on public works, and mail contractor, and moved to Illinois and settled in Alton in 1837...
(R). William Windom
William Windom
This page is about the former United States politician. William Windom was an American politician from Minnesota. He served as U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1869, and as U.S. Senator from 1870 to January 1871, from March 1871 to March 1881, and from November 1881 to 1883...
(R)
Mississippi
. Lucius Q. C. LamarLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was an American politician and jurist from Mississippi. A United States Representative and Senator, he also served as United States Secretary of the Interior in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland, as well as an Associate Justice of the U.S...
(D), until December ????, 1860. Reuben Davis
Reuben Davis (representative)
Reuben Davis was a United States Representative from Mississippi. He was born in Winchester, Tennessee into a family of Welsh origin and moved with his parents to Alabama about 1818. His grandfather Joseph Davis was born in Wales in 1763 and emigrated to Virginia. Reuben Davis attended the...
(D), until January 12, 1861. William Barksdale
William Barksdale
William Barksdale was a lawyer, newspaper editor, U.S. Congressman, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War...
(D), until January 12, 1861. Otho R. Singleton
Otho R. Singleton
Otho Robards Singleton was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(D), until January 12, 1861. John J. McRae
John J. McRae
John Jones McCrae was the 21st governor of Mississippi, from 1854 to 1857. He was a Democrat. He also represented Mississippi in the United States Senate in 1851 and 1852, in the U.S. Congress in the 35th and 36th congresses, and in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.-External...
(D), until January 12, 1861
Missouri
. John R. BarretJohn Richard Barret
John Richard Barret was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Greensburg, Kentucky, Barret attended the common schools and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky.He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1839....
(D), until June 8, 1860
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- Francis P. Blair, Jr.Francis Preston Blair, Jr.Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in...
(R), June 8, 1860 – June 25, 1860 - John R. BarretJohn Richard BarretJohn Richard Barret was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Greensburg, Kentucky, Barret attended the common schools and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky.He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1839....
(D), from December 3, 1860. Thomas L. AndersonThomas Lilbourne AndersonThomas Lilbourne Anderson was a practicing lawyer who served in the United States House of Representatives from Missouri....
(ID). John B. ClarkJohn Bullock ClarkJohn Bullock Clark, Sr. was a member of both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress.-Biography:...
(D). James CraigJames Craig (Missouri)James Craig was an American lawyer and politician from Saint Joseph, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1857 until 1861. He also served as an army Captain in the Mexican-American War....
(D). Samuel H. WoodsonSamuel H. Woodson (Missouri)Samuel Hughes Woodson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, son of Samuel Hughes Woodson .Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Woodson attended the public schools....
(A). John S. PhelpsJohn S. PhelpsJohn Smith Phelps was a politician, soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri.-Early life and career:...
(D). John W. Noell (D)
- Francis P. Blair, Jr.
New Hampshire
. Gilman MarstonGilman Marston
Gilman Marston was a United States Representative, Senator, and United States Army general from New Hampshire.-Early life:...
(R). Mason Tappan
Mason Tappan
Mason Weare Tappan was a New Hampshire state representative, a U.S. Congressman from 1855 to 1861, a colonel during the American Civil War and the state attorney general....
(R). Thomas M. Edwards
Thomas M. Edwards
Thomas McKey Edwards was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Keene, New Hampshire, Edwards was tutored privately. He was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, in 1813. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1817, commencing practice in Keene, New Hampshire...
(R)
New Jersey
. John T. NixonJohn T. Nixon
John Thompson Nixon was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863....
(R). John L. N. Stratton
John L. N. Stratton
John Leake Newbold Stratton was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1859 to 1863....
(R). Garnett Adrain
Garnett Adrain
Garnett Bowditch Adrain was an American Democratic Party politician, who was a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey.-Life:...
(ALD). Jetur R. Riggs
Jetur R. Riggs
Jetur Rose Riggs was an American Anti-Lecompton Democrat who represented in the U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1861.-Biography:...
(ALD). William Pennington
William Pennington
William Pennington was an American politician and lawyer, the Governor of New Jersey, and Speaker of the House during his one term in Congress....
(R)
New York
. Luther C. CarterLuther C. Carter
Luther Cullen Carter was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Bethel, Maine, Carter moved to New York City and engaged in mercantile pursuits.He served as member of the Board of Education of New York City in 1853....
(R). James Humphrey (R). Daniel Sickles
Daniel Sickles
Daniel Edgar Sickles was a colorful and controversial American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and diplomat....
(D). Thomas J. Barr
Thomas J. Barr
Thomas Jefferson Barr was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City in 1812, Barr attended the public schools. He moved to Scotch Plains, New Jersey in 1835, and conducted a roadhouse. He returned to New York City in 1842 and served as assistant alderman of the sixth ward in 1849...
(ID). William B. Maclay
William B. Maclay
William Brown Maclay was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he received private instruction and was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1836...
(D). John Cochrane
John Cochrane (general)
John Cochrane was an American lawyer, Union Army general and politician.-Life:He was the grandson of John Cochran, Surgeon General of the Continental Army....
(D). George Briggs
George Briggs (1805-1869)
George Briggs was a United States Representative from New York. Born near Broadalbin, Fulton County, he moved to Vermont in 1812 with his parents, who settled in Bennington...
(R). Horace F. Clark
Horace F. Clark
Horace Francis Clark was a railroad executive and U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Southbury, Connecticut, Clark graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1833...
(ALD). John B. Haskin
John B. Haskin
John Bussing Haskin was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Fordham , New York, Haskin attended the public schools.He studied law....
(ALD). Charles Van Wyck
Charles Van Wyck
Charles Henry Van Wyck was a Representative from New York, a Senator from Nebraska, and a Union Army Brigadier general in the American Civil War.-Early life and political career:...
(R). William S. Kenyon (R). Charles L. Beale
Charles Lewis Beale
Charles Lewis Beale was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Abram B. Olin
Abram B. Olin
Abram Baldwin Olin was a U.S. Representative from New York, son of Gideon Olin.Born in Shaftsbury, Vermont, Olin attended the common schools, and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1838...
(R). John H. Reynolds
John Hazard Reynolds
John Hazard Reynolds was a U.S. Representative from the state of New York.Reynolds was born in Moriah, New York, and attended the public schools in Sandy Hill, New York and Bennington, Vermont. He engaged in civil engineering and graduated from Kinderhook Academy in 1840...
(ALD). James B. McKean
James B. McKean
James Bedell McKean was an American politician from New York and Utah.-Early life:He was one of the professors in Jonesville Academy for some time...
(R). George W. Palmer
George William Palmer (New York)
George William Palmer was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Hoosick, he attended the common schools, the Schodack Academy and Yale College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1840 and commenced practice in Plattsburgh...
(R). Francis E. Spinner
Francis E. Spinner
Francis Elias Spinner was an American politician from New York. He was Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875...
(R). Clark B. Cochrane
Clark B. Cochrane
Clark Betton Cochrane was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New Boston, New Hampshire, Cochrane moved to Montgomery County, New York.He was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1841.He studied law....
(R). James H. Graham
James H. Graham
James Harper Graham was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Bovina, New York, Graham attended the public schools.Supervisor of the town of Delhi, New York....
(R). Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling was a politician from New York who served both as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was the leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party and the last person to refuse a U.S. Supreme Court appointment after he had...
(R). R. Holland Duell
R. Holland Duell
Rodolphus Holland Duell was a United States Representative from New York during the American Civil War....
(R). M. Lindley Lee
M. Lindley Lee
Moses Lindley Lee was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Minisink, New York, Lee pursued classical studies....
(R). Charles B. Hoard
Charles B. Hoard
Charles Brooks Hoard was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Springfield, Vermont, Hoard attended the public schools....
(R). Charles B. Sedgwick
Charles B. Sedgwick
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.-Biography:Sedgwick was born in Pompey, New York, and attended Pompey Hill Academy, and Hamilton College, Clinton, New York...
(R). Martin Butterfield
Martin Butterfield
Martin Butterfield was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, he attended the common schools and moved to Palmyra, Wayne County, New York in 1828 and engaged in the hardware business and also in the manufacture of rope and cordage...
(R). Emory B. Pottle
Emory B. Pottle
Emory Bemsley Pottle was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Naples, New York, Pottle pursued classical studies at Penn Yan Academy.He studied law....
(R). Alfred Wells
Alfred Wells
Alfred Wells was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Dagsboro, Sussex County, Delaware, Wells pursued classical studies, and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Ithaca, New York. He was one of the owners of the Ithaca Journal and Advertiser...
(R). William Irvine
William Irvine (lawyer)
William Irvine was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician from Corning, New York. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1858 as a Republican in New York's 28th district. He served only one term . At the start of the Civil War he entered the army as Lt...
(R). Alfred Ely
Alfred Ely
Alfred Ely was a U.S. Representative from New York. He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses , serving New York's 29th congressional district....
(R). Augustus Frank
Augustus Frank
Augustus Frank was a United States Representative from New York during the American Civil War.Born in Warsaw, Wyoming County, he was a nephew of two other U.S. Representatives, William Patterson and George Washington Patterson...
(R). Silas M. Burroughs
Silas Mainville Burroughs (politician)
Silas Mainville Burroughs was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Ovid, New York, Burroughs completed a preparatory course.Village clerk of Medina, New York, in 1835....
(R), until June 3, 1860
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- Edwin R. ReynoldsEdwin R. ReynoldsEdwin Ruthvin Reynolds was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born at Fort Ann, New York, Reynolds pursued classical studies.He was principal of Albion Academy in Orleans County, New York for six years....
(R), from December 5, 1860. Elbridge G. SpauldingElbridge G. SpauldingElbridge Gerry Spaulding Elbridge Gerry Spaulding Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (February 24, 1809 - May 5, 1897 was an American lawyer, banker, and politician. He supported the idea for the first U.S...
(R). Reuben FentonReuben FentonReuben Eaton Fenton was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of a farmer. He was elected a colonel of the New York State Militia in 1840. He became a lumber merchant, and entered politics as a Democrat...
(R)
- Edwin R. Reynolds
North Carolina
. William N. H. SmithWilliam Nathan Harrell Smith
William Nathan Harrell Smith was a United States Representative from North Carolina; born in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, September 24, 1812; attended the common schools in Murfreesboro, N.C., Kingston, Rhode Island, and Colchester, Connecticut and East Lyme, Connecticut; was graduated from Yale...
(O). Thomas Ruffin
Thomas Hart Ruffin
Thomas Hart Ruffin was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Louisburg, North Carolina, September 9, 1820; attended the common schools; graduated from the University of North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1841; lawyer, private practice; circuit attorney of...
(D). Warren Winslow
Warren Winslow
Warren Winslow was the 33rd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1854 to 1855. Winslow graduated from the University of North Carolina....
(D). Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch was a North Carolina representative in the U.S. Congress and a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Antietam.-Early life and career:...
(D). John Gilmer
John Adams Gilmer
John Adams Gilmer was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina.Gilmer was born in Guilford County, North Carolina near Greensboro. His parents were Robert Shaw Gilmer and Anne Forbes. He was the brother of Confederate Maj. Gen Jeremy Francis Gilmer. Gilmer attended the public schools and...
(O). James Leach
James Madison Leach
James Madison Leach was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Leach was born on his the family homestead, “Lansdowne”, in Randolph County, North Carolina, January 17, 1815. He attended the common schools and Caldwell Institute in Greensboro, North Carolina. He graduated from the United...
(O). F. Burton Craige
Francis Burton Craige
Francis Burton Craige was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Salisbury, North Carolina, March 13, 1811; attended a private school in Salisbury, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1829; editor and proprietor of the Western Carolinian...
(D). Zebulon Vance
Zebulon Baird Vance
Zebulon Baird Vance was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and U.S. Senator...
(D)
Ohio
. George H. PendletonGeorge H. Pendleton
George Hunt Pendleton was a Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Nicknamed "Gentleman George" for his demeanor, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States during the Civil War in 1864, running as a peace Democrat with war Democrat George B. McClellan; they lost to...
(D). John A. Gurley
John A. Gurley
John Addison Gurley was a U.S. Congressman from Ohio during the early part of the American Civil War. He was appointed as the first Governor of the Arizona Territory, but died before taking office....
(R). Clement Vallandigham
Clement Vallandigham
Clement Laird Vallandigham was an Ohio resident of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
(D). William Allen
William Allen (congressman)
William Allen was an United States Congressman from Ohio during the early part of the American Civil War....
(D). James Ashley
James Mitchell Ashley
James Mitchell Ashley was a U.S. congressman, territorial governor and railroad president.-Early life:...
(R). William Howard (D). Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin , also known as Tom Corwin and The Wagon Boy, was a politician from the state of Ohio who served as a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Senate, and as the 15th Governor of Ohio 20th...
(R). Benjamin Stanton
Benjamin Stanton
Benjamin Stanton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Stanton pursued academic studies, and thereafter learned the tailor's trade. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He served as member of the Ohio Senate in...
(R). John Carey (R). Carey A. Trimble
Carey A. Trimble
Carey Allen Trimble was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Trimble attended Pestalostian School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Stubb's Classical School in Newport, Kentucky. He graduated from Ohio University at Athens, Ohio in 1833 and from Cincinnati Medical College in...
(R). Charles D. Martin
Charles D. Martin
Charles Drake Martin was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Martin attended the public schools and Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.He studied law....
(D). Samuel S. Cox
Samuel S. Cox
Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives, and also served as United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.Cox was the grandson of New Jersey Congressman James Cox...
(D). John Sherman
John Sherman (politician)
John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" , was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act...
(R). Cyrus Spink
Cyrus Spink
Cyrus Spink was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Spink moved to Stark County, Ohio, in 1815.He taught school for several years in Kendal, Ohio....
(R), until May 31, 1859
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- Harrison G. O. BlakeHarrison G. O. BlakeHarrison Gray Otis Blake was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Newfane, Vermont, Blake moved to Salem, New York, and in 1830 to Guilford, Ohio.He attended the public schools....
(R), from October 11, 1859. William HelmickWilliam HelmickWilliam Helmick was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Canton, Ohio, Helmick attended the public schools and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in New Philadelphia, Ohio...
(R). Cydnor B. TompkinsCydnor B. TompkinsCydnor Bailey Tompkins was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, father of Emmett Tompkins.Born near St. Clairsville in Belmont County, Ohio, Tompkins moved with his parents to Morgan County in 1831 and settled near McConnelsville.He completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from the Ohio...
(R). Thomas C. TheakerThomas Clarke TheakerThomas Clarke Theaker was a U. S. Congressman and commissioner of the United States Patent Office.Theaker was a native of York, Pennsylvania, but moved to Bridgeport, Ohio, in 1830, where he became a wheelwright and machinist. Elected as a Republican to represent the Seventeenth Congressional...
(R). Sidney EdgertonSidney EdgertonSidney Edgerton was a politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Ohio. He served during the American Civil War, as a Squirrel Hunter. During this time, Edgerton served as a U.S. Congressman. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln appointed him the first Chief justice of the Idaho Territorial Court...
(R). Edward WadeEdward WadeEdward Wade was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, brother of Benjamin Franklin Wade.Born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, Wade received a limited schooling.He moved to Andover, Ohio, in 1821, where he studied law....
(R). John HutchinsJohn HutchinsJohn Hutchins was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Hutchins was born in Vienna, Ohio. He was a first cousin of future congressman Wells Andrews Hutchins. He attended the district schools and Western Reserve College in Cleveland, Ohio...
(R). John BinghamJohn BinghamJohn Armor Bingham was a Republican congressman from Ohio, America, judge advocate in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination and a prosecutor in the impeachment trials of Andrew Johnson...
(R)
- Harrison G. O. Blake
Pennsylvania
. Thomas B. FlorenceThomas Birch Florence
Thomas Birch Florence was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas B. Florence born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He learned the hatter's trade and engaged in that business in 1833. He was engaged in the newspaper business...
(D). Edward Joy Morris
Edward Joy Morris
Edward Joy Morris was a Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia...
(R). John P. Verree
John Paul Verree
John Paul Verree was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Paul Verree was born at “Verree Mills,” on Pennypack Creek, near what is now Fox Chase Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He engaged in the manufacture of iron and subsequently was a dealer in...
(R). William Millward
William Millward
William Millward was an Opposition Party and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Millward was born in the old district of Northern Liberties in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(R). John Wood
John Wood (congressman)
John Wood was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Wood was born in Philadelphia. He attended the Friends Society schools of Philadelphia, and was employed by his father in the manufacture of tools and agricultural machinery from 1832 to 1840...
(R). John Hickman
John Hickman (congressman)
John Hickman was a Republican, Democratic and Anti-Lecompton Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...
(ALD). Henry C. Longnecker
Henry Clay Longnecker
Henry Clay Longnecker was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...
(R). John Schwartz
John Schwartz
John Schwartz was an Anti-Lecompton Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(ALD), until June 20, 1860
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- Jacob K. McKentyJacob Kerlin McKentyJacob Kerlin McKenty was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(D), from December 3, 1860. Thaddeus StevensThaddeus StevensThaddeus Stevens , of Pennsylvania, was a Republican leader and one of the most powerful members of the United States House of Representatives...
(R). John W. KillingerJohn Weinland KillingerJohn Weinland Killinger was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John W. Killinger was born in Annville, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of Annville and the Lebanon Academy in Lebanon, Pennsylvania...
(R). James H. CampbellJames Hepburn CampbellJames Hepburn Campbell was an Opposition Party and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). George W. ScrantonGeorge W. ScrantonGeorge Whitfield Scranton was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1859, until his death in 1861.-Early life:...
(R). William H. DimmickWilliam Harrison DimmickWilliam Harrison Dimmick was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William H. Dimmick was born in Milford, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Bethany, Pennsylvania...
(D). Galusha A. GrowGalusha A. GrowGalusha Aaron Grow was a prominent U.S. politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. He was defeated for reelection in 1862...
(R). James T. HaleJames Tracy HaleJames Tracy Hale was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James T. Hale was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania...
(R). Benjamin F. JunkinBenjamin Franklin JunkinBenjamin Franklin Junkin was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.Benjamin F. Junkin was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in New...
(R). Edward McPhersonEdward McPhersonEdward McPherson was a prominent Pennsylvania newspaperman, attorney, and United States Congressman. As a director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, he effected efforts to protect portions of the Gettysburg Battlefield.-Early life and career:McPherson was born in Gettysburg,...
(R). Samuel S. BlairSamuel Steel BlairSamuel Steel Blair was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, he attended the public schools and graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845...
(R). John CovodeJohn CovodeJohn Covode was a United States Congressman and abolitionist.-Early life:Covode was born in West Fairfield, Pennsylvania. After serving an apprenticeship to a blacksmith, he became involved in the Westmoreland Coal Company, serving as the first president of the company in 1854...
(R). William MontgomeryWilliam Montgomery (congressman)William Montgomery was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Montgomery was born in Canton Township, Pennsylvania. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1839...
(D). James K. MoorheadJames K. MoorheadJames Kennedy Moorhead was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). Robert McKnightRobert McKnightRobert McKnight was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.Robert McKnight was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and a private school at Xenia, Ohio. He graduated from Princeton College in 1839. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842...
(R). William StewartWilliam Stewart (congressman)William Stewart was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Chapin HallChapin HallChapin Hall was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.Chapin Hall was born in Busti, New York. He attended the common schools and the Jamestown Academy in Jamestown, New York. He moved to Pine Grove , Warren County, Pennsylvania, about 1841 and engaged in the lumber...
(R). Elijah BabbittElijah BabbittElijah Babbitt was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.Babbitt was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved with his parents to New York State in 1805. He received an academic education and moved to Milton, Pennsylvania, in 1816...
(R)
- Jacob K. McKenty
Rhode Island
. Christopher RobinsonChristopher Robinson (Rhode Island)
Christopher Robinson was a United States Representative from Rhode Island.He was born in Providence on May 15, 1806 and graduated from Brown University in 1825....
(R). William D. Brayton (R)
South Carolina
. John McQueenJohn McQueen
John McQueen was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(D), until December 21, 1860. William P. Miles
William Porcher Miles
William Porcher Miles was among the ardent States' Rights advocates, supporters of slavery, and Southern secessionists who came to be known as the "Fire-Eaters." Born in South Carolina, he showed little early interest in politics and his early career included the study of law and a tenure as a...
(D), until December 21, 1860. Laurence M. Keitt
Laurence M. Keitt
Laurence Massillon Keitt was a South Carolina politician who served as a United States Congressman. He is included in several lists of Fire-Eaters—men who adamantly urged the secession of southern states from the United States, and who resisted measures of compromise and reconciliation,...
(D), until December, 1860. Milledge L. Bonham
Milledge Luke Bonham
Milledge Luke Bonham was an American politician and Congressman who served as the 70th Governor of South Carolina from 1862 until 1864. He was a Confederate General during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
(D), until December 21, 1860. John D. Ashmore
John D. Ashmore
John Durant Ashmore was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, and a cousin of Robert T. Ashmore. Born in Greenville District, South Carolina, Ashmore attended the common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar but never practiced...
(D), until December 21, 1860. William W. Boyce
William Waters Boyce
William Waters Boyce was an attorney, South Carolina state politician, and a U.S. Congressman. He was also a prominent Confederate States of America politician during the American Civil War....
(D), until December 21, 1860
Tennessee
. Thomas A. R. NelsonThomas Amos Rogers Nelson
Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson was an American attorney, politician, and judge, active primarily in East Tennessee during the mid-19th century. He represented Tennessee's 1st Congressional District in the 36th U.S. Congress , where he gained a reputation as a staunch pro-Union southerner...
(O). Horace Maynard
Horace Maynard
Horace Maynard was an American educator, attorney, politician and diplomat active primarily in the second half of the 19th century...
(O). Reese B. Brabson
Reese Bowen Brabson
Reese Bowen Brabson was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
(O). William B. Stokes
William Brickly Stokes
William Brickly Stokes was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. He also served as colonel of the 5th Tennessee Cavalry during the American Civil War....
(O). Robert H. Hatton
Robert H. Hatton
Robert Hopkins Hatton was a lawyer, politician, United States Congressman, and Confederate officer during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(O). James H. Thomas
James Houston Thomas
James Houston Thomas was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 6th congressional district.-Biography:...
(D). John V. Wright
John Vines Wright
John Vines Wright was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:Wright was born in Purdy, Tennessee, in McNairy County...
(D). James M. Quarles
James Minor Quarles
James Minor Quarles was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 8th congressional district.-Biography:...
(O). Emerson Etheridge
Emerson Etheridge
Henry Emerson Etheridge was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district.-Biography:...
(O). William T. Avery
William Tecumsah Avery
William Tecumsah Avery was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born in Hardeman County, Tennessee on November 11, 1819...
(D)
Texas
. John H. ReaganJohn Henninger Reagan
John Henninger Reagan , was a leading 19th century American politician from the U.S. state of Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. He served in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as...
(D). Andrew J. Hamilton
Andrew J. Hamilton
Andrew Jackson Hamilton was a United States politician during the third quarter of the 19th century. He was a lawyer, state representative, military governor of Texas, as well as the 11th Governor of Texas during Reconstruction.-Early life:Hamilton was born in Huntsville, Alabama on January 28, 1815...
(ID)
Vermont
. Eliakim P. Walton (R). Justin S. MorrillJustin Smith Morrill
Justin Smith Morrill was a Representative and a Senator from Vermont, most widely remembered today for the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act that established federal funding for establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities...
(R). Homer E. Royce
Homer Elihu Royce
Homer Elihu Royce was an American lawyer, politician and jurist.-Early life:Royce was born in Berkshire, Vermont, the son of Elihu Marvin and Sophronia Royce. He was educated in the district schools and at academies in St. Albans and Enosburgh. He studied law with Thomas Childs, was admitted to...
(R)
Virginia
. Muscoe R. H. Garnett (D). John S. Millson (D). Daniel C. De JarnetteDaniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr.
Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr. was a prominent Virginia politician, serving in the United States Congress and then in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War....
(ID). William Goode
William Goode
William Osborne Goode was a nineteenth century American politician and lawyer from Virginia.-Personal life:...
(D), until July 3, 1859
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- Roger A. PryorRoger Atkinson PryorRoger Atkinson Pryor was both an American politician and a Confederate politician serving as a congressman on both sides. He was also a jurist, serving in the New York Supreme Court, a lawyer, and newspaper editor...
(D), from December 7, 1859. Thomas S. Bocock (D). Shelton LeakeShelton LeakeShelton Farrar Leake was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia.Born near Hillsboro, Virginia, Leake completed preparatory studies, taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Charlottesville, Virginia...
(ID). William Smith (D). Alexander BotelerAlexander BotelerAlexander Robinson Boteler was a nineteenth century politician and clerk from Virginia.-Biography:Born in Shepherdstown, Virginia , Boteler graduated from Princeton College in 1835 and engaged in agriculture and literary pursuits...
(O). John T. HarrisJohn T. HarrisJohn Thomas Harris was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He was the first cousin of John Hill....
(ID). Sherrard ClemensSherrard ClemensSherrard Clemens was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia and Missouri. He was a cousin to author Samuel L. Clemens ....
(D). Albert G. JenkinsAlbert G. JenkinsAlbert Gallatin Jenkins was an attorney, planter, representative to the United States Congress and First Confederate Congress, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War...
(D). Henry A. EdmundsonHenry A. EdmundsonHenry Alonzo Edmundson was a nineteenth century congressman and lawyer from Virginia.-Early life:Born in Blacksburg, Virginia, Edmundson attended private schools as a child and went on to graduate from Georgetown University...
(D). Elbert S. MartinElbert S. MartinElbert Sevier Martin was a nineteenth century Congressman and newspaper publisher from Virginia. He was the brother of John Preston Martin.-Biography:...
(ID)
- Roger A. Pryor
Wisconsin
. John F. PotterJohn F. Potter
John Fox Potter nicknamed "Bowie Knife Potter" was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Wisconsin.-Biography:...
(R). Cadwallader C. Washburn
Cadwallader C. Washburn
Cadwallader Colden Washburn was an American businessman, politician, and soldier noted for founding what would later become General Mills and working in government for Wisconsin. He was born in Livermore, Maine, one of seven brothers that included Israel Washburn, Jr., Elihu B. Washburne, William D...
(R). Charles H. Larrabee
Charles H. Larrabee
Charles Hathaway Larrabee was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Rome, New York, Larrabee moved with his father to Ohio.He attended Granville College.He studied engineering and law....
(D)
Non-voting members
. Marcus J. Parrott (R), until January 29, 1861. Experience EstabrookExperience Estabrook
Experience Estabrook was an American attorney and legal administrator active in territorial Wisconsin and Nebraska....
, until May 18, 1860
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- Samuel G. Daily (R), from May 18, 1860. Miguel A. OteroMiguel Antonio Otero (I)Miguel Antonio Otero was a prominent Spanish politician of the New Mexico Territory and instrumental in the economic development of the territory.- Early life :...
(D). William H. Hooper (D). Isaac StevensIsaac StevensIsaac Ingalls Stevens was the first governor of Washington Territory, a United States Congressman, and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly...
(D)
- Samuel G. Daily (R), from May 18, 1860. Miguel A. Otero
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.Senate
- Replacements: 3
- Democrats (D)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: no net change - Republicans (R)Republican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: no net change
- Democrats (D)
- Deaths: 1
- Resignations: 1
- Interim appointments: 1
- Withdrawals: 13
- Total seats with changes: 16
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| style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term
| | Edward D. Baker
Edward Dickinson Baker
Edward Dickinson Baker was an English-born American politician, lawyer, military leader. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Oregon. A long-time close friend of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Baker served as U.S...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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| October 2, 1860
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| California
(1)
| | David C. Broderick
David C. Broderick
David Colbreth Broderick was a Democratic U.S. Senator from California. He was a first cousin of Andrew Kennedy and Case Broderick.-Early life and education:...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 16, 1859
| | Henry P. Haun
Henry P. Haun
Henry Peter Haun was a U.S. Senator from California.- External links :...
(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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| November 3, 1859
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| Texas
(1)
| | Matthias Ward
Matthias Ward
Matthias Ward was a lawyer and United States Senator from Texas.Born in Elbert County, Georgia, Ward was raised in Alabama. In 1836 he settled in Bowie, Texas, moving to Clarksville, Texas in 1845 and later to Jefferson, Texas.Ward served in the Congress of the Republic of Texas and later in 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...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected for James Pinckney Henderson
James Pinckney Henderson
James Pinckney Henderson was a United States and Republic of Texas lawyer, politician, soldier, and the first Governor of the State of Texas....
who died in previous congress
| | Louis Wigfall
Louis Wigfall
Louis Trezevant Wigfall was an American politician from Texas who served as a member of the Texas Legislature, United States Senate, and Confederate Senate. Wigfall was among a group of leading secessionists known as Fire-Eaters, advocating the preservation and expansion of an aristocratic...
(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...
)
| December 5, 1859
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| California
(1)
| | Henry P. Haun
Henry P. Haun
Henry Peter Haun was a U.S. Senator from California.- External links :...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected March 4, 1860
| | Milton Latham
Milton Latham
Milton Slocum Latham was an American politician, and served as the sixth Governor of California and as a member of the federal U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Latham holds the distinction of having the shortest governorship in California history, lasting for five days between...
(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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| March 5, 1860
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| South Carolina
(2)
| | James Chesnut, Jr.
James Chesnut, Jr.
James Chesnut, Jr. of Camden, South Carolina, was a planter, lawyer, United States Senator, a signatory of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, and a Confederate States Army general...
(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%" | Withdrew November 10, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| South Carolina
(3)
| | James H. Hammond
James Henry Hammond
James Henry Hammond was a politician from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860...
(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%" | Withdrew November 11, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Mississippi
(2)
| | Albert G. Brown
Albert G. Brown
Albert Gallatin Brown was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 through 1861. Brown attended Mississippi College. He was a Democrat....
(D
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%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Maine
(1)
| | Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin was the 15th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War...
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 17, 1861 after being elected Vice President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
| | Lot M. Morrill
Lot M. Morrill
Lot Myrick Morrill was an American statesman who served as the 28th Governor of Maine, in the United States Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury....
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| January 17, 1861
|-
| Alabama
(3)
| | Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Benjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Alabama
(2)
| | Clement C. Clay
Clement Claiborne Clay
Clement Claiborne Clay was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama from 1853 to 1861, and a C.S.A. senator from the Alabama from 1861 to 1863...
(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%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Florida
(1)
| | Stephen Mallory
Stephen Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory served in the United States Senate as, Senator from Florida from 1850 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs...
(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%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Florida
(3)
| | David L. Yulee
David Levy Yulee
David Levy Yulee, born David Levy was an American politician and attorney from Florida, a territorial delegate to Congress, the first Jewish member of the United States Senate, and a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Mississippi
(1)
| | Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Georgia
(3)
| | Alfred Iverson, Sr.
Alfred Iverson, Sr.
Alfred Iverson, Sr. was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. Born in Liberty County, he attended private schools and graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1820. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Clinton, Georgia...
(D
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%" | Withdrew January 28, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Kansas
(2)
| New state
| style="font-size:80%" | admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Kansas
(3)
| New state
| style="font-size:80%" | admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs
Robert Augustus Toombs was an American political leader, United States Senator from Georgia, 1st Secretary of State of the Confederacy, and a Confederate general in the Civil War.-Early life:...
(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%" | Withdrew February 4, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Louisiana
(2)
| | Judah P. Benjamin
Judah P. Benjamin
Judah Philip Benjamin was an American politician and lawyer. Born a British subject in the West Indies, he moved to the United States with his parents and became a citizen. He later became a citizen of the Confederate States of America. After the collapse of the Confederacy, Benjamin moved to...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew February 4, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Louisiana
(3)
| | John Slidell
John Slidell
John Slidell was an American politician, lawyer and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man and became a staunch defender of southern rights as a U.S. Representative and Senator...
(D
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%" | Withdrew February 4, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Tennessee
(2)
| | Alfred O. P. Nicholson
Alfred O. P. Nicholson
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson , a Tennessee Democratic politician and lawyer, was twice a United States Senator from that state.-Biography:...
(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%" | Withdrew March 3, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 7
- Democrats (D)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: no net change - Republicans (R)Republican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: 1 seat net loss - Anti-Lecompton Democrats (LD)Lecompton ConstitutionThe Lecompton Constitution was the second of four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas . The document was written in response to the anti-slavery position of the 1855 Topeka Constitution of James H. Lane and other free-state advocates...
: 1 seat net gain
- Democrats (D)
- Deaths: 4
- Resignations: 3
- Contested election: 1
- Withdrawals: 28
- Total seats with changes: 41
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term
| | John A. McClernand
John Alexander McClernand
John Alexander McClernand was an American lawyer and politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was a classic case of the politician-in-uniform coming into conflict with career Army officers, graduates of the United States Military Academy. He was a prominent Democratic...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| Seated November 8, 1859
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|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Brown could not take seat because he had not yet attained age required by the US Constitution
| | John Y. Brown (D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| Seated December 3, 1860
|-
|
| | Cyrus Spink
Cyrus Spink
Cyrus Spink was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Spink moved to Stark County, Ohio, in 1815.He taught school for several years in Kendal, Ohio....
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 31, 1859
| | Harrison G. O. Blake
Harrison G. O. Blake
Harrison Gray Otis Blake was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Newfane, Vermont, Blake moved to Salem, New York, and in 1830 to Guilford, Ohio.He attended the public schools....
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| Seated October 11, 1859
|-
|
| | William Goode
William Goode
William Osborne Goode was a nineteenth century American politician and lawyer from Virginia.-Personal life:...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 3, 1859
| | Roger A. Pryor
Roger Atkinson Pryor
Roger Atkinson Pryor was both an American politician and a Confederate politician serving as a congressman on both sides. He was also a jurist, serving in the New York Supreme Court, a lawyer, and newspaper editor...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| Seated December 7, 1859
|-
|
| | George B. Cooper
George B. Cooper
George Bryan Cooper was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Cooper was born in Long Hill, New Jersey, where he attended the public schools. He moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1830, and later to Jackson in 1835. In Jackson he engaged in mercantile pursuits and became postmaster of Jackson...
(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%" | Lost contested election May 15, 1860
| | Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in...
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| Seated May 15, 1860
|-
|
| Experience Estabrook
Experience Estabrook
Experience Estabrook was an American attorney and legal administrator active in territorial Wisconsin and Nebraska....
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election May 18, 1860
| | Samuel G. Daily
Samuel Gordon Daily
Samuel Gordon Dailey was a Congressional Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska.He was born in Trimble County, Kentucky. Dailey moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Indiana in 1824, where he attended the common schools and Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana...
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| Seated May 18, 1860
|-
|
| | Silas M. Burroughs (R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 3, 1860
| | Edwin R. Reynolds
Edwin R. Reynolds
Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born at Fort Ann, New York, Reynolds pursued classical studies.He was principal of Albion Academy in Orleans County, New York for six years....
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| Seated December 5, 1860
|-
|
| | John R. Barret
John Richard Barret
John Richard Barret was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Greensburg, Kentucky, Barret attended the common schools and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky.He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1839....
(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%" | Lost contested election June 8, 1860
| | William A. Howard
William Alanson Howard
William Alanson Howard served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859 and from May 15, 1860 to March 3, 1861. Howard was the Governor of the Dakota Territory from 1878 to 1880.-Biography:William Howard was born at Hinesburg,...
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| Seated June 8, 1860
|-
|
| | John Schwartz
John Schwartz
John Schwartz was an Anti-Lecompton Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(ALD)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 20, 1860
| | Jacob K. McKenty
Jacob Kerlin McKenty
Jacob Kerlin McKenty was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| Seated December 3, 1860
|-
|
| | William A. Howard
William Alanson Howard
William Alanson Howard served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859 and from May 15, 1860 to March 3, 1861. Howard was the Governor of the Dakota Territory from 1878 to 1880.-Biography:William Howard was born at Hinesburg,...
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 25, 1860
| | John R. Barret
John Richard Barret
John Richard Barret was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Greensburg, Kentucky, Barret attended the common schools and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky.He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1839....
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| Seated December 3, 1860
|-
|
| | Lucius Q. C. Lamar II (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%" | Retired December ???, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Laurence M. Keitt
Laurence M. Keitt
Laurence Massillon Keitt was a South Carolina politician who served as a United States Congressman. He is included in several lists of Fire-Eaters—men who adamantly urged the secession of southern states from the United States, and who resisted measures of compromise and reconciliation,...
(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%" | Retired December ???, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | John McQueen
John McQueen
John McQueen was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(D
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%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | William P. Miles
William Porcher Miles
William Porcher Miles was among the ardent States' Rights advocates, supporters of slavery, and Southern secessionists who came to be known as the "Fire-Eaters." Born in South Carolina, he showed little early interest in politics and his early career included the study of law and a tenure as a...
(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%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Milledge L. Bonham
Milledge Luke Bonham
Milledge Luke Bonham was an American politician and Congressman who served as the 70th Governor of South Carolina from 1862 until 1864. He was a Confederate General during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | John D. Ashmore
John D. Ashmore
John Durant Ashmore was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, and a cousin of Robert T. Ashmore. Born in Greenville District, South Carolina, Ashmore attended the common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar but never practiced...
(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%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | William W. Boyce
William Waters Boyce
William Waters Boyce was an attorney, South Carolina state politician, and a U.S. Congressman. He was also a prominent Confederate States of America politician during the American Civil War....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Israel Washburn, Jr.
Israel Washburn, Jr.
Israel Washburn, Jr. was a United States political figure. Originally a member of the Whig Party, he later became a founding member of the Republican Party....
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 1, 1861 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....
| | Stephen Coburn
Stephen Coburn
Stephen Coburn was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine.He was brother to Maine Governor Abner Coburn and the father of Louise Helen Coburn, the founder of Sigma Kappa Sorority and a prominent Maine writer.Coburn was born in Bloomfield, now known as Skowhegan...
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| Seated January 2, 1861
|-
|
| | Reuben Davis
Reuben Davis (representative)
Reuben Davis was a United States Representative from Mississippi. He was born in Winchester, Tennessee into a family of Welsh origin and moved with his parents to Alabama about 1818. His grandfather Joseph Davis was born in Wales in 1763 and emigrated to Virginia. Reuben Davis attended 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%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | William Barksdale
William Barksdale
William Barksdale was a lawyer, newspaper editor, U.S. Congressman, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | Otho R. Singleton
Otho R. Singleton
Otho Robards Singleton was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | John J. McRae
John J. McRae
John Jones McCrae was the 21st governor of Mississippi, from 1854 to 1857. He was a Democrat. He also represented Mississippi in the United States Senate in 1851 and 1852, in the U.S. Congress in the 35th and 36th congresses, and in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.-External...
(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%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | James A. Stallworth
James Adams Stallworth
James Adams Stallworth was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Evergreen, Alabama, Stallworth attended Old Field Piney Woods Schools.He engaged as a planter.He studied law....
(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%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | James A. Stallworth
James Adams Stallworth
James Adams Stallworth was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Evergreen, Alabama, Stallworth attended Old Field Piney Woods Schools.He engaged as a planter.He studied law....
(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%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| | James L. Pugh
James L. Pugh
James Lawrence Pugh was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.- Biography :...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | David Clopton
David Clopton
David Clopton was a prominent Alabama politician.-Biography:Clopton was born in Putnam County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 1844. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1840 and was admitted to the bar in 1841.Clopton represented Alabama's 3rd district in the United States House of...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | Sydenham Moore
Sydenham Moore
Sydenham Moore was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, Moore pursued classical studies.He attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 1833-1836.He studied law....
(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%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | George S. Houston
George S. Houston
George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878....
(D
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%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | Jabez L. M. Curry
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry was a lawyer, soldier, U.S. Congressman, college professor and administrator, diplomat, and officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | George S. Hawkins
George Sydney Hawkins
George Sydney Hawkins was a US Representative from Florida.Born in Kingston, Ulster County, New York; attended the common schools and was graduated from Columbia University, New York City; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Florida and settled in Pensacola, Florida;...
(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%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | Peter E. Love
Peter Early Love
Peter Early Love was an American politician, lawyer and jurist.Born in Dublin, Georgia in 1818, Love attended Franklin College, the founding college of the University of Georgia in Athens, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society and graduated in 1829...
(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%" | Retired January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | Martin J. Crawford
Martin Jenkins Crawford
Martin Jenkins Crawford was an antebellum U.S. Representative and a representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress during the American Civil War from the state of Georgia.-Biography:...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
Thomas Hardeman, Jr. was an American politician, lawyer and soldier.-Biography:Hardeman was born in Eatonton, Georgia and graduated from Emory College in 1845. He studied and was admitted to the state bar in 1847...
(O
Opposition Party (United States)
The Opposition Party in the United States is a label with two different applications in Congressional history, as a majority party in Congress 1854-58, and as a Third Party in the South 1858-1860....
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | Lucius J. Gartrell
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell was an American politician and lawyer, as well as general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:Gartrell was born near Washington, 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...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | John W. H. Underwood (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%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | James Jackson
James Jackson (congressman)
James Jackson was a United States Representative from Georgia, a judge advocate in the American Civil War, and a chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Jackson was also a trustee of the University of 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...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | Joshua Hill (KN
Know Nothing
The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | John J. Jones
John James Jones
John James Jones was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Georgia who served in the United States Congress.-Biography:...
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | Marcus J. Parrott
Marcus Junius Parrott
Marcus Junius Parrott was a delegate to Congress from the Kansas Territory from 1857 until 1861. He was born in Hamburg, South Carolina. He graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1849. He studied law at Cambridge University...
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
| colspan=2 | Seat eliminated
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| New Seat
| style="font-size:80%" | Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
| | Martin F. Conway
Martin F. Conway
Martin Franklin Conway was a U.S. congressman, consul to France, abolitionist, and advocate of the Free-State movement in Kansas....
(R
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
)
| Seated November 8, 1859
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| | Williamson R. W. Cobb
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb was an American politician who served the state of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1847 and 1861. He was born in Rhea County, Tennessee on June 8, 1807 to David Cobb and Martha Bryant. He moved with his father, David Cobb, in 1809 to Bellefonte,...
(D
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%" | Withdrew January 30, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| | Miles Taylor
Miles Taylor
Miles Taylor was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served three terms as a Democrat....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
)
| style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew February 5, 1861
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
Senate
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States SenateThe 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...
: Stephen P. HillStephen P. HillStephen P. Hill was a Baptist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate- Early life :Stephen Prescott Hill was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on April 17, 1806. He was educated at Waterville College, Brown University and Newton Theological Seminary . He was ordained on April 2, 1832...
(BaptistBaptistBaptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
)- Phineas D. Gurley (PresbyterianPresbyterianismPresbyterianism 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 December 15, 1859
- Phineas D. Gurley (Presbyterian
- SecretarySecretary of the United States SenateThe 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 ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States SenateThe 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...
: Dunning R. McNair
House of Representatives
- ClerkClerk of the United States House of RepresentativesThe 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....
: James C. AllenJames C. AllenJames Cameron Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Shelby County, Kentucky, Allen attended the public schools.He moved to Indiana in 1830.He studied law....
- John W. Forney, elected February 3, 1860
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States House of RepresentativesThe 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...
: William H. Milburn (MethodistMethodismMethodism 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...
) - DoorkeeperDoorkeeper of the United States House of RepresentativesAn 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...
: George MarstonGeorge MarstonGeorge White Marston was an American politician, department store owner, and philanthropist. Marston was involved with establishing Balboa Park, the San Diego Public Library System, and the Serra Museum... - Messenger: Thaddeus Morrice
- PostmasterPostmaster of the United States House of RepresentativesThe 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...
: Josiah M. Lucas - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States House of RepresentativesThe 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...
: Henry W. Hoffman