24th United States Congress

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President of the Senate
Vice President
Martin Van Buren

The Twenty-fourth 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, 1835 to March 3, 1837, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837

• First session: December 7, 1835 - July 4, 1836.
• Second session: December 5, 1836 - March 3, 1837.
• Previous congress: 23rd Congress
  
• Next congress: 25th Congress

Party summary

Arkansas and Michigan were newly admitted to the Union and first represented as states in this Congress.

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

Senate Jacksonian or Democratic (D) : 26 (majority) Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican (NR) : 24 Nullifier (N) : 2 TOTAL members: 52

House of Representatives Jacksonian or Democratic (D) : 143 (majority) Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican (NR) : 75 Anti Masonic (AM) : 16 Nullifier (N) : 8 TOTAL members: 242

Leadership

Senate Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate): Martin Van Buren, Democratic of New York President pro tempore of the Senate: William R. King, Democratic of Alabama, elected July 1, 1836. House of Representatives Speaker of the House James K. Polk, Democratic of Tennessee, elected December 7, 1835.

Major events

Events of 1835, 1836 & 1837

• April 20, 1836 -- Wisconsin Territory was formed from the Michigan Territory
• June 15, 1836 -- Arkansas was admitted as a state into the Union.
• January 26, 1837 -- Michigan was admitted as a state into the Union.

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 24th Congress

Membership highlights by chamber

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

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are |Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

President pro tempore
William R. King

Alabama 2: William R. D. King (D) 3: Gabriel Moore (NR) Arkansas 2: William S. Fulton (D) 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (D) Connecticut 3: Gideon Tomlinson (NR) 1: Nathan Smith (NR) John M. Niles (D) Delaware 2: John M. Clayton (NR) Thomas Clayton (NR) 1: Arnold Naudain (NR) Richard H. Bayard (NR) Georgia 2: John P. King (D) 3: Alfred Cuthbert (D) Illinois 3: Elias K. Kane (D) William L. D. Ewing (D) 2: John M. Robinson (D) Indiana 3: William Hendricks (NR) 1: John Tipton (D) Kentucky 3: Henry Clay (NR) 2: John J. Crittenden (NR)

Louisiana 3: Alexander Porter (NR) Alexander Mouton (D) 2: Robert C. Nicholas (D) Maine 1: Ether Shepley (D) Judah Dana (D) 2: John Ruggles (D) Maryland 3: Robert H. Goldsborough (NR) John S. Spence (NR) 1: Joseph Kent (NR) Massachusetts 1: Daniel Webster (NR) 2: John Davis (NR) Michigan 1: Lucius Lyon (D) 2: John Norvell (D) Mississippi 1: John Black (NR) 2: Robert J. Walker (D) Missouri 1: Thomas H. Benton (D) 3: Lewis F. Linn (D) New Hampshire 3: Isaac Hill (D) John Page (D) 2: Henry Hubbard (D) New Jersey 1: Samuel L. Southard (NR) 2: Garret D. Wall (D)

New York 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (D) 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (D) North Carolina 2: Bedford Brown (D) 3: Willie P. Mangum (NR) Robert Strange (D) Ohio 3: Thomas Ewing (NR) 1: Thomas Morris (D) Pennsylvania 1: Samuel McKean (D) 3: James Buchanan (D) Rhode Island 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (NR) 1: Asher Robbins (NR) South Carolina 2: John C. Calhoun (N) 3: William C. Preston (N) Tennessee 2: Hugh Lawson White (NR) 1: Felix Grundy (D) Vermont 3: Samuel Prentiss (NR) 1: Benjamin Swift (NR) Virginia 1: John Tyler (NR) William C. Rives (D) 2: Benjamin W. Leigh (NR) Richard E. Parker (D)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Speaker of the House
James K. Polk

Alabama 1: Reuben Chapman (D) 2: Joshua L. Martin (D) 3: Joab Lawler (D) 4: Dixon H. Lewis (N) 5: Francis S. Lyon (NR) Arkansas A/L: Archibald Yell (D) Connecticut A/L: Elisha Haley (D) A/L: Samuel Ingham (D) A/L: Andrew T. Judson (D) Orrin Holt (D) A/L: Lancelot Phelps (D) A/L: Isaac Toucey (D) A/L: Zalmon Wildman (D) Thomas T. Whittlesey (D) Delaware A/L: John J. Milligan (NR) Georgia A/L: John E. Coffee (D) William C. Dawson (NR) A/L: Seaton Grantland (D) A/L: Charles E. Haynes (D) A/L: James M. Wayne (D) Jabez Y. Jackson (D) A/L: George W. Owens (D) A/L: John W. A. Sanford (D) Thomas Glascock (D) A/L: William Schley (D) Jesse F. Cleveland (D) A/L: James C. Terrell (D) Hopkins Holsey (D) A/L: George W. B. Towns (D) Julius C. Alford (NR) Illinois 1: John Reynolds (D) 2: Zadok Casey (D) 3: William L. May (D) Indiana 1: Ratliff Boon (D) 2: John W. Davis (D) 3: John Carr (D) 4: Amos Lane (D) 5: Johnathan McCarty (NR) 6: George L. Kinnard (D) William Herod (NR) 7: Edward A. Hannegan (D) Kentucky 1: Linn Boyd (D) 2: Albert G. Hawes (D) 3: Joseph R. Underwood (NR) 4: Sherrod Williams (NR) 5: James Harlan (NR) 6: John Calhoon (NR) 7: Benjamin Hardin (NR) 8: William J. Graves (NR) 9: John White (NR) 10: Chilton Allan (NR) 11: Richard French (D) 12: John Chambers (NR) 13: Richard M. Johnson (D) Louisiana 1: Henry Johnson (NR) 2: Eleazar W. Ripley (D) 3: Rice Garland (NR) Maine 1: John Fairfield (D) 2: Francis O. J. Smith (D) 3: Jeremiah Bailey (NR) 4: George Evans (NR) 5: Moses Mason, Jr. (D) 6: Joseph Hall (D) 7: Leonard Jarvis (D) 8: Gorham Parks (D) Maryland 1: John N. Steele (NR) 2: James A. Pearce (NR) 3: James Turner (D) 4: Benjamin C. Howard (D) 4: Isaac McKim (D) 5: George C. Washington (NR) 6: Francis Thomas (D) 7: Daniel Jenifer (NR) Massachusetts 1: Abbott Lawrence (NR) 2: Stephen C. Phillips (NR) 3: Caleb Cushing (NR) 4: Samuel Hoar (NR) 5: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (NR) 6: George J. Grennell, Jr. (NR) 7: George N. Briggs (NR) 8: William B. Calhoun (NR) 9: William Jackson (AM) 10: Nathaniel B. Borden (D) 11: John Reed, Jr. (AM) 12: John Quincy Adams (AM)

Michigan A/L: Isaac E. Crary (D) Mississippi A/L: John F. H. Claiborne (D) A/L: David Dickson (NR) Samuel J. Gholson (D) Missouri A/L: William H. Ashley (NR) A/L: Albert G. Harrison (D) New Hampshire A/L: Benning M. Bean (D) A/L: Robert Burns (D) A/L: Samuel Cushman (D) A/L: Franklin Pierce (D) A/L: Joseph Weeks (D) New Jersey A/L: Philemon Dickerson (D) William Chetwood (NR) A/L: Samuel Fowler (D) A/L: Thomas Lee (D) A/L: James Parker (D) A/L: Ferdinand S. Schenck (D) A/L: William N. Shinn (D) New York 1: Abel Huntington (D) 2: Samuel Barton (D) 3: Churchill C. Cambreleng (D) 3: Campbell P. White (D) Gideon Lee (D) 3: John McKeon (D) 3: Ely Moore (D) 4: Aaron Ward (D) 5: Abraham Bockee (D) 6: John W. Brown (D) 7: Nicholas Sickles (D) 8: Valentine Efner (D) 8: Aaron Vanderpoel (D) 9: Hiram P. Hunt (NR) 10: Gerrit Y. Lansing (D) 11: John Cramer (D) 12: David A. Russell (NR) 13: Dudley Farlin (D) 14: Ransom H. Gillet (D) 15: Matthias J. Bovee (D) 16: Abijah Mann, Jr. (D) 17: Samuel Beardsley (D) Rutger B. Miller (D) 17: Joel Turrill (D) 18: Daniel Wardwell (D) 19: Sherman Page (D) 20: William Seymour (D) 21: William Mason (D) 22: Stephen B. Leonard (D) 22: Joseph Reynolds (D) 23: William K. Fuller (D) 23: William Taylor (D) 24: Ulysses F. Doubleday (D) 25: Graham H. Chapin (D) 26: Francis Granger (NR) 27: Joshua Lee (D) 28: Timothy Childs (NR) 29: George W. Lay (NR) 30: Philo C. Fuller (NR) John Young (NR) 31: Abner Hazeltine (NR) 32: Thomas C. Love (NR) 33: Gideon Hard (NR) North Carolina 1: William B. Shepard (NR) 2: Jesse A. Bynum (D) 3: Ebenezer Pettigrew (NR) 4: Jesse Speight (D) 5: James I. McKay (D) 6: Micajah T. Hawkins (D) 7: Edmund Deberry (NR) 8: William Montgomery (D) 9: Augustine H. Shepperd (NR) 10: Abraham Rencher (NR) 11: Henry W. Connor (D) 12: James Graham (NR) 13: Lewis Williams (NR) Ohio 1: Bellamy Storer (NR) 2: Taylor Webster (D) 3: Joseph H. Crane (NR) 4: Thomas Corwin (NR) 5: Thomas L. Hamer (D) 6: Samuel F. Vinton (NR) 7: William K. Bond (NR) 8: Jeremiah McLene (D) 9: John Chaney (D) 10: Samson Mason (NR) 11: William Kennon, Sr. (D) 12: Elias Howell (NR) 13: David Spangler (NR) 14: William Patterson (D) 15: Jonathan Sloane (AM) 16: Elisha Whittlesey (NR) 17: John Thomson (D) 18: Benjamin Jones (D) 19: Daniel Kilgore (D)

Pennsylvania 1: Joel B. Sutherland (D) 2: James Harper (NR) 2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (NR) 3: Michael W. Ash (D) 4: Edward Darlington (AM) 4: William Hiester (AM) 4: David Potts, Jr. (AM) 5: Jacob Fry, Jr. (D) 6: Mathias Morris (NR) 7: David D. Wagener (D) 8: Edward B. Hubley (D) 9: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D) 10: William Clark (AM) 11: Henry Logan (D) 12: George Chambers (AM) 13: Jesse Miller (D) James Black (D) 14: Joseph Henderson (D) 15: Andrew Beaumont (D) 16: Joseph B. Anthony (D) 17: John Laporte (D) 18: Job Mann (D) 19: John J. Klingensmith, Jr. (D) 20: Andrew Buchanan (D) 21: Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM) 22: Harmar Denny (AM) 23: Samuel S. Harrison (D) 24: John Banks (AM) John J. Pearson (NR) 25: John Galbraith (D) Rhode Island A/L: Dutee J. Pearce (AM) A/L: William Sprague (AM) South Carolina 1: Henry L. Pinckney (N) 2: William J. Grayson (N) 3: Robert B. Campbell (N) 4: James H. Hammond (N) Franklin H. Elmore (N) 5: Francis W. Pickens (N) 6: Warren R. Davis (N) Waddy Thompson, Jr. (NR) 7: James Rogers (D) 8: Richard I. Manning (D) John P. Richardson (D) 9: John K. Griffin (N) Tennessee 1: William B. Carter (NR) 2: Samuel Bunch (NR) 3: Luke Lea (NR) 4: James I. Standifer (NR) 5: John B. Forester (NR) 6: Balie Peyton (NR) 7: John Bell (NR) 8: Abram P. Maury (NR) 9: James K. Polk (D) 10: Ebenezer J. Shields (NR) 11: Cave Johnson (D) 12: Adam Huntsman (D) 13: William C. Dunlap (D) Vermont 1: Hiland Hall (NR) 2: William Slade (AM) 3: Horace Everett (NR) 4: Heman Allen (NR) 5: Henry F. Janes (AM) Virginia 1: George Loyall (D) 2: John Y. Mason (D) 3: John W. Jones (D) 4: George C. Dromgoole (D) 5: James W. Bouldin (D) 6: Walter Coles (D) 7: Nathaniel H. Claiborne (NR) 8: Henry A. Wise (D) 9: John Roane (D) 10: John Taliaferro (NR) 11: John Robertson (NR) 12: James Garland (D) 13: John M. Patton (D) 14: Charles F. Mercer (NR) 15: Edward Lucas (D) 16: James M. H. Beale (D) 17: Robert Craig (D) 18: George W. Hopkins (D) 19: William McComas (NR) 20: Joseph Johnson (D) 21: William S. Morgan (D)

Delegates

Arkansas Territory A/L: Ambrose H. Sevier (D) Florida Territory A/L: Joseph M. White (D)

Michigan Territory A/L: George W. Jones (D)

Wisconsin Territory A/L: George W. Jones (D)

Membership detail by state

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are [Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Alabama

Senate

• 2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic
• 3: Gabriel Moore (1785-1845), National Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic
• 2: Joshua L. Martin (1799-1856), Democratic
• 3: Joab Lawler (1796-1838), Democratic
• 4: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Nullifier
• 5: Francis S. Lyon (1800-1882), National Republican

Arkansas

Senate

• 2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated September 18, 1836.
• 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated September 18, 1836.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Archibald Yell (1797-1847), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 6, 1836.

Connecticut

Senate

• 3: Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), National Republican
• 1: Nathan Smith (1770-1835), National Republican …died December 6, 1835.

  John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 14, 1835, subsequently elected.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• A/L: Elisha Haley (1776-1860), Democratic
• A/L: Samuel Ingham (1793-1881), Democratic
• A/L: Andrew T. Judson (1784-1853), Democratic …resigned July 4, 1836.

  Orrin Holt (1792-1855), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.

• A/L: Lancelot Phelps (1784-1866), Democratic
• A/L: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic
• A/L: Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835), Democratic …died December 10, 1835.

  Thomas T. Whittlesey (1798-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 29, 1836.

Delaware

Senate

• 2: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), National Republican …resigned December 29, 1836.

  Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 9, 1837.

• 1: Arnold Naudain (1790-1872), National Republican …resigned June 16, 1836.

  Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, June 17, 1836.

House of Representatives

• A/L: John J. Milligan (1795-1875), National Republican

Georgia

Senate

• 2: John P. King (1799-1888), Democratic
• 3: Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• A/L: John E. Coffee (1782-1836), Democratic …died September 25, 1835.

  William C. Dawson (1798-1856), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 26, 1836.

• A/L: Seaton Grantland (1782-1864), Democratic
• A/L: Charles E. Haynes (1784-1841), Democratic
• A/L: James M. Wayne (1790-1867), Democratic …resigned January 13, 1835.

  Jabez Y. Jackson (1790- ), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7, 1835.

• A/L: George W. Owens (1786-1856), Democratic
• A/L: John W. A. Sanford (1798-1870), Democratic …resigned July 25, 1835.

  Thomas Glascock (1790-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1835.

• A/L: William Schley (1786-1858), Democratic …resigned July 1, 1835.

  Jesse F. Cleveland (1804-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1835.

• A/L: James C. Terrell (1806-1835), Democratic …resigned July 8, 1835.

  Hopkins Holsey (1779-1859), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1835.

• A/L: George W. B. Towns (1801-1854), Democratic …resigned September 1,1836.

  Julius C. Alford (1799-1863), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 31, 1837.

Illinois

Senate

• 3: Elias K. Kane (1794-1835), Democratic …died December 12, 1835.

  William L. D. Ewing (1795-1846), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 30, 1835.

• 2: John M. Robinson (1794-1843), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: John Reynolds (1788-1865), Democratic
• 2: Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Democratic
• 3: William L. May (1793c-1849), Democratic

Indiana

Senate

• 3: William Hendricks (1782-1850), National Republican
• 1: John Tipton (1786-1839), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), Democratic
• 2: John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic
• 3: John Carr (1793-1845), Democratic
• 4: Amos Lane (1778-1849), Democratic
• 5: Johnathan McCarty (1795-1852), National Republican
• 6: George L. Kinnard (1803-1836), Democratic …died November 26, 1836.

  William Herod (1801-1871), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 25, 1837.

• 7: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic

Kentucky

Senate

• 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), National Republican
• 2: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), National Republican

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
• 2: Albert G. Hawes (1804-1849), Democratic
• 3: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), National Republican
• 4: Sherrod Williams (1804- ), National Republican
• 5: James Harlan (1800-1863), National Republican
• 6: John Calhoon (1797- ), National Republican
• 7: Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), National Republican
• 8: William J. Graves (1805-1848), National Republican
• 9: John White (1802-1845), National Republican
• 10: Chilton Allan (1786-1858), National Republican
• 11: Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic
• 12: John Chambers (1780-1852), National Republican
• 13: Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate

• 3: Alexander Porter (1785-1844), National Republican …resigned January 5, 1837.

  Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 12, 1837.

• 2: Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 13, 1836.

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), National Republican
• 2: Eleazar W. Ripley (1782-1839), Democratic
• 3: Rice Garland (1795c-1861), National Republican

Maine

Senate

• 1: Ether Shepley (1789-1877), Democratic …resigned March 3, 1836.

  Judah Dana (1772-1845), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 7, 1836.

• 2: John Ruggles (1789-1874), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic
• 2: Francis O. J. Smith (1806-1876), Democratic
• 3: Jeremiah Bailey (1773-1853), National Republican
• 4: George Evans (1797-1867), National Republican
• 5: Moses Mason, Jr. (1789-1866), Democratic
• 6: Joseph Hall (1793-1859), Democratic
• 7: Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), Democratic
• 8: Gorham Parks (1794-1877), Democratic

Maryland

Senate

• 3: Robert H. Goldsborough (1779-1836), National Republican …died October 5, 1836.
• John S. Spence (1788-1840), National Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, December 31, 1836.
• 1: Joseph Kent (1779-1837), National Republican

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: John N. Steele (1796-1853), National Republican
• 2: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), National Republican
• 3: James Turner (1783-1861), Democratic
• 4: Benjamin C. Howard (1791-1872), Democratic
• 4: Isaac McKim (1775-1838), Democratic
• 5: George C. Washington (1789-1854), National Republican
• 6: Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic
• 7: Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), National Republican

Massachusetts

Senate

• 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), National Republican
• 2: John Davis (1787-1854), National Republican

House of Representatives (12 seats)

• 1: Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), National Republican
• 2: Stephen C. Phillips (1801-1857), National Republican
• 3: Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), National Republican
• 4: Samuel Hoar (1778-1856), National Republican
• 5: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), National Republican
• 6: George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), National Republican
• 7: George N. Briggs (1796-1861), National Republican
• 8: William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), National Republican
• 9: William Jackson (1783-1855), Anti-Masonic
• 10: Nathaniel B. Borden (1801-1865), Democratic
• 11: John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), Anti-Masonic
• 12: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Anti-Masonic

Michigan

Senate

• 1: Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Democratic ...newly admitted state, seated January 26, 1837.
• 2: John Norvell (1789-1850), Democratic ...newly admitted state, seated January 26, 1837.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), Democratic ...newly admitted state, seated January 27, 1837.

Mississippi

Senate

• 1: John Black ( -1854), National Republican
• 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: John F. H. Claiborne (1809-1884), Democratic
• A/L: David Dickson ( -1836), National Republican …died in 1836.

  Samuel J. Gholson (1808-1883), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1837.

Missouri

Senate

• 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
• 3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: William H. Ashley (1778-1838), National Republican
• A/L: Albert G. Harrison (1800-1839), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate

• 3: Isaac Hill (1789-1851), Democratic …resigned May 30, 1836.

  John Page (1787-1865), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, June 8, 1836.

• 2: Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• A/L: Benning M. Bean (1782-1866), Democratic
• A/L: Robert Burns (1792-1866), Democratic
• A/L: Samuel Cushman (1783-1851), Democratic
• A/L: Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), Democratic
• A/L: Joseph Weeks (1773-1845), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate

• 1: Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), National Republican
• 2: Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), Democratic

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• A/L: Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862), Democratic …resigned November 3, 1836.

  William Chetwood (1771-1857), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.

• A/L: Samuel Fowler (1779-1844), Democratic
• A/L: Thomas Lee (1780-1856), Democratic
• A/L: James Parker (1776-1868), Democratic
• A/L: Ferdinand S. Schenck (1790-1860), Democratic
• A/L: William N. Shinn (1782-1871), Democratic

New York

Senate

• 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic
• 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Democratic

House of Representatives (40 seats)

• 1: Abel Huntington (1777-1858), Democratic
• 2: Samuel Barton (1785-1858), Democratic
• 3: Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), Democratic
• 3|3: Campbell P. White (1787-1859), Democratic …resigned before Congress assembled.

  Gideon Lee (1778-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1835.

• 3: John McKeon (1808-1883), Democratic
• 3: Ely Moore (1798-1860), Democratic
• 4 : Aaron Ward (1790-1867), Democratic
• 5: Abraham Bockee (1784-1865), Democratic
• 6: John W. Brown (1796-1875), Democratic
• 7: Nicholas Sickles (1801-1845), Democratic
• 8: Valentine Efner (1776-1865), Democratic
• 8: Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), Democratic
• 9: Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865), National Republican
• 10: Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783-1862), Democratic
• 11: John Cramer (1779-1870), Democratic
• 12: David A. Russell (1780-1861), National Republican
• 13: Dudley Farlin (1777-1837), Democratic
• 14: Ransom H. Gillet (1800-1876), Democratic
• 15: Matthias J. Bovee (1793-1872), Democratic
• 16: Abijah Mann, Jr. (1793-1868), Democratic
• 17: Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic …resigned March 29, 1836.

  Rutger B. Miller (1805-1877), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.

• 17: Joel Turrill (1794-1859), Democratic
• 18: Daniel Wardwell (1791-1878), Democratic
• 19: Sherman Page (1779-1853), Democratic
• 20: William Seymour (1780c-1848), Democratic
• 21: William Mason (1786-1860), Democratic
• 22: Stephen B. Leonard (1793-1876), Democratic
• 22: Joseph Reynolds (1785-1864), Democratic
• 23: William K. Fuller (1792-1883), Democratic
• 23: William Taylor (1791-1865), Democratic
• 24: Ulysses F. Doubleday (1792-1866), Democratic
• 25: Graham H. Chapin (1799-1843), Democratic
• 26: Francis Granger (1792-1868), National Republican
• 27: Joshua Lee (1783-1842), Democratic
• 28: Timothy Childs (1785-1847), National Republican
• 29: George W. Lay (1798-1860), National Republican
• 30: Philo C. Fuller (1787-1855), National Republican …resigned September 2, 1836.

  John Young (1802-1852), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1836.

• 31: Abner Hazeltine (1793-1879), National Republican
• 32: Thomas C. Love (1789-1853), National Republican
• 33: Gideon Hard (1797-1885), National Republican

North Carolina

Senate

• 2: Bedford Brown (1795-1870), Democratic
• 3: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), National Republican …resigned November 26, 1836.

  Robert Strange (1796-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 5, 1836.

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: William B. Shepard (1799-1852), National Republican
• 2: Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), Democratic
• 3: Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783-1848), National Republican
• 4: Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic
• 5: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
• 6: Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), Democratic
• 7: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), National Republican
• 8: William Montgomery (1789-1844), Democratic
• 9: Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), National Republican
• 10: Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), National Republican
• 11: Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), Democratic
• 12: James Graham (1793-1851), National Republican …contested election, seat declared vacant March 29, 1836, subsequently elected, seated December 5, 1836.
• 13: Lewis Williams (1782-1842), National Republican

Ohio

Senate

• 3: Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), National Republican
• 1: Thomas Morris (1776-1844), Democratic

House of Representatives (19 seats)

• 1: Bellamy Storer (1796-1875), National Republican
• 2: Taylor Webster (1800-1876), Democratic
• 3: Joseph H. Crane (1782-1851), National Republican
• 4: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), National Republican
• 5: Thomas L. Hamer (1800-1846), Democratic
• 6: Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), National Republican
• 7: William K. Bond (1792-1864), National Republican
• 8: Jeremiah McLene (1767-1837), Democratic
• 9: John Chaney (1790-1881), Democratic
• 10: Samson Mason (1793-1869), National Republican
• 11: William Kennon, Sr. (1793-1881), Democratic
• 12: Elias Howell (1792-1844), National Republican
• 13: David Spangler (1796-1856), National Republican
• 14: William Patterson (1790-1868), Democratic
• 15: Jonathan Sloane (1785-1854), Anti-Masonic
• 16: Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), National Republican
• 17: John Thomson (1780-1852), Democratic
• 18: Benjamin Jones (1787-1861), Democratic
• 19: Daniel Kilgore (1793-1851), Democratic

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 1: Samuel McKean (1787-1841), Democratic
• 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic

House of Representatives (28 seats)

• 1: Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), Democratic
• 2: James Harper (1780-1873), National Republican
• 2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), National Republican
• 3: Michael W. Ash (1789-1858), Democratic
• 4: Edward Darlington (1795-1884), Anti-Masonic
• 4: William Hiester (1790-1853), Anti-Masonic
• 4: David Potts, Jr. (1794c-1863), Anti-Masonic
• 5: Jacob Fry, Jr. (1802-1866), Democratic
• 6: Mathias Morris (1787-1839), National Republican
• 7: David D. Wagener (1792-1860), Democratic
• 8: Edward B. Hubley (1792-1856), Democratic
• 9: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), Democratic
• 10: William Clark (1774-1851), Anti-Masonic
• 11: Henry Logan (1784-1866), Democratic
• 12: George Chambers (1786-1866), Anti-Masonic
• 13: Jesse Miller (1800-1850), Democratic …resigned October 30, 1836.

  James Black (1793-1872), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.

• 14: Joseph Henderson (1791-1863), Democratic
• 15: Andrew Beaumont (1790-1853), Democratic
• 16: Joseph B. Anthony (1795-1851), Democratic
• 17: John Laporte (1798-1862), Democratic
• 18: Job Mann (1795-1873), Democratic
• 19: John J. Klingensmith, Jr. (1786-1854), Democratic
• 20: Andrew Buchanan (1780-1848), Democratic
• 21: Thomas M. T. McKennan (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
• 22: Harmar Denny (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
• 23: Samuel S. Harrison (1780-1853), Democratic
• 24: John Banks (1793-1864), Anti-Masonic …resigned in 1836.

  John J. Pearson (1800-1888), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.

• 25: John Galbraith (1794-1860), Democratic

Rhode Island

Senate

• 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), National Republican
• 1: Asher Robbins (1757-1845), National Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: Dutee J. Pearce (1789-1849), Anti-Masonic
• A/L: William Sprague (1799-1856), Anti-Masonic

South Carolina

Senate

• 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Nullifier
• 3: William C. Preston (1794-1860), Nullifier

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Henry L. Pinckney (1794-1863), Nullifier
• 2: William J. Grayson (1788-1863), Nullifier
• 3: Robert B. Campbell ( -1862), Nullifier
• 4: James H. Hammond (1807-1864), Nullifier …resigned February 26, 1836.

  Franklin H. Elmore (1799-1850), Nullifier …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19, 1836.

• 5: Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), Nullifier
• 6: Warren R. Davis Nullifier …died before Congress assembled.

  Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 16, 1836.

• 7: James Rogers (1795-1873), Democratic
• 8: Richard I. Manning (1789-1836), Democratic …died May 1,1836.

  John P. Richardson (1801-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19, 1836.

• 9: John K. Griffin (1789-1841), Nullifier

Tennessee

Senate

• 2: Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), National Republican
• 1: Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Democratic

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: William B. Carter (1792-1848), National Republican
• 2: [Samuel Bunch]] (1786-1849), National Republican
• 3: Luke Lea (1783-1851), National Republican
• 4: James I. Standifer (1782-1837), National Republican
• 5: John B. Forester ( -1845), National Republican
• 6: Balie Peyton (1803-1878), National Republican
• 7: John Bell (1797-1869), National Republican
• 8: Abram P. Maury (1801-1848), National Republican
• 9: James K. Polk (1795-1849), Democratic
• 10: Ebenezer J. Shields (1778-1846), National Republican
• 11: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
• 12: Adam Huntsman (1786-1849), Democratic
• 13: William C. Dunlap (1798-1872), Democratic

Vermont

Senate

• 3: Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), National Republican
• 1: Benjamin Swift (1781-1847), National Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Hiland Hall (1795-1885), National Republican
• 2: William Slade (1786-1859), Anti-Masonic
• 3: Horace Everett (1779-1851), National Republican
• 4: Heman Allen (1777-1844), National Republican
• 5: Henry F. Janes (1792-1879), Anti-Masonic

Virginia

Senate

• 1: John Tyler (1790-1862), National Republican …resigned February 29, 1836.

  William C. Rives (1793-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 4, 1836.

• 2: Benjamin W. Leigh (1781-1849), National Republican …resigned July 4, 1836.

  Richard E. Parker (1783-1840), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 12, 1836.

House of Representatives (21 seats)

• 1: George Loyall (1789-1868), Democratic
• 2: John Y. Mason (1799-1859), Democratic …resigned January 11, 1837.
• 3: John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic
• 4: George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic
• 5: James W. Bouldin (1792-1854), Democratic
• 6: Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic
• 7: Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), National Republican
• 8: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Democratic
• 9: John Roane (1766-1838), Democratic
• 10: John Taliaferro (1768-1852), National Republican
• 11: John Robertson (1787-1873), National Republican
• 12: James Garland (1791-1885), Democratic
• 13: John M. Patton (1797-1858), Democratic
• 14: Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), National Republican
• 15: Edward Lucas (1780-1858), Democratic
• 16: James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), Democratic
• 17: Robert Craig (1792-1852), Democratic
• 18: George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Democratic
• 19: William McComas (1795-1865), National Republican
• 20: Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic
• 21: William S. Morgan (1801-1878), Democratic

Delegates

Arkansas Territory

• A/L: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic …newly admitted state, served until June 15, 1836.

Florida Territory

• A/L: Joseph M. White (1781-1839), Democratic

Michigan Territory

• A/L: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …newly admitted state, served until December 5, 1836.

Wisconsin Territory

• A/L: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …new territory, seated April 20, 1836.

Membership detail by Chamber/Party

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

Senate

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

Democratic

A-F Thomas H. Benton, Missouri Bedford Brown, North Carolina James Buchanan, Pennsylvania Alfred Cuthbert, Georgia Judah Dana, Maine William L. D. Ewing, Illinois William S. Fulton, Arkansas G-L Felix Grundy, Tennessee Isaac Hill, New Hampshire Henry Hubbard, New Hampshire Elias K. Kane, Illinois John P. King, Georgia William R. D. King, Alabama Lewis F. Linn, Missouri Lucius Lyon, Michigan

M-R Samuel McKean, Pennsylvania Thomas Morris, Ohio Alexander Mouton, Louisiana Robert C. Nicholas, Louisiana John M. Niles, Connecticut John Norvell, Michigan John Page, New Hampshire Richard E. Parker, Virginia William C. Rives, Virginia John M. Robinson, Illinois John Ruggles, Maine

S-Z Ambrose H. Sevier, Arkansas Ether Shepley, Maine Robert Strange, North Carolina Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, New York John Tipton, Indiana Robert J. Walker, Mississippi Garret D. Wall, New Jersey Silas Wright, Jr., New York

National Republican

A-F Richard H. Bayard, Delaware John Black, Mississippi Henry Clay, Kentucky John M. Clayton, Delaware Thomas Clayton, Delaware John J. Crittenden, Kentucky John Davis, Massachusetts Thomas Ewing, Ohio

G-L Robert H. Goldsborough, Maryland William Hendricks, Indiana Joseph Kent, Maryland Nehemiah R. Knight, Rhode Island Benjamin W. Leigh, Virginia M-R Willie P. Mangum, North Carolina Gabriel Moore, Alabama Arnold Naudain, Delaware Alexander Porter, Louisiana Samuel Prentiss, Vermont Asher Robbins, Rhode Island

S-Z Nathan Smith, Connecticut Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey John S. Spence, Maryland Benjamin Swift, Vermont Gideon Tomlinson, Connecticut John Tyler, Virginia Daniel Webster, Massachusetts Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee

Nullifier

John C. Calhoun, South Carolina William C. Preston, South Carolina

House of Representatives

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

Democratic

A-B-C Joseph B. Anthony, Pennsylvania Michael W. Ash, Pennsylvania Samuel Barton, New York James M. H. Beale, Virginia Benning M. Bean, New Hampshire Samuel Beardsley, New York Andrew Beaumont, Pennsylvania James Black, Pennsylvania Abraham Bockee, New York Ratliff Boon, Indiana Nathaniel B. Borden, Massachusetts James W. Bouldin, Virginia Matthias J. Bovee, New York Linn Boyd, Kentucky J ohn W. Brown, New York Andrew Buchanan, Pennsylvania Robert Burns, New Hampshire Jesse A. Bynum, North Carolina Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York John Carr, Indiana Zadok Casey, Illinois John Chaney, Ohio Graham H. Chapin, New York Reuben Chapman, Alabama John F. H. Claiborne, Mississippi Jesse F. Cleveland, Georgia John E. Coffee, Georgia Walter Coles, Virginia Henry W. Connor, North Carolina Robert Craig, Virginia John Cramer, New York Isaac E. Crary, Michigan Samuel Cushman, New Hampshire D-E-F John W. Davis, Indiana Philemon Dickerson, New Jersey Ulysses F. Doubleday, New York George C. Dromgoole, Virginia William C. Dunlap, Tennessee Valentine Efner, New York John Fairfield, Maine Dudley Farlin, New York Samuel Fowler, New Jersey Richard French, Kentucky Jacob Fry, Jr., Pennsylvania William K. Fuller, New York

G-H-I John Galbraith, Pennsylvania James Garland, Virginia Samuel J. Gholson, Mississippi Ransom H. Gillet, New York Thomas Glascock, Georgia Seaton Grantland, Georgia Elisha Haley, Connecticut Joseph Hall, Maine Thomas L. Hamer, Ohio Edward A. Hannegan, Indiana Albert G. Harrison, Missouri Samuel S. Harrison, Pennsylvania Albert G. Hawes, Kentucky Micajah T. Hawkins, North Carolina Charles E. Haynes, Georgia Joseph Henderson, Pennsylvania Hopkins Holsey, Georgia Orrin Holt, Connecticut George W. Hopkins, Virginia Benjamin C. Howard, Maryland Edward B. Hubley, Pennsylvania Abel Huntington, New York Adam Huntsman, Tennessee Samuel Ingham, Connecticut J-K-L Jabez Y. Jackson, Georgia Leonard Jarvis, Maine Cave Johnson, Tennessee Joseph Johnson, Virginia Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky Benjamin Jones, Ohio John W. Jones, Virginia Andrew T. Judson, Connecticut William Kennon, Sr., Ohio Daniel Kilgore, Ohio George L. Kinnard, Indiana John J. Klingensmith, Jr., Pennsylvania Amos Lane, Indiana Gerrit Y. Lansing, New York John Laporte, Pennsylvania Joab Lawler, Alabama Gideon Lee, New York Joshua Lee, New York Thomas Lee, New Jersey Stephen B. Leonard, New York Henry Logan, Pennsylvania George Loyall, Virginia Edward Lucas, Virginia M-N-O Abijah Mann, Jr., New York Job Mann, Pennsylvania Richard I. Manning, South Carolina Joshua L. Martin, Alabama John Y. Mason, Virginia Moses Mason, Jr., Maine William Mason, New York William L. May, Illinois James I. McKay, North Carolina John McKeon, New York Isaac McKim, Maryland Jeremiah McLene, Ohio Jesse Miller, Pennsylvania Rutger B. Miller, New York William Montgomery, North Carolina Ely Moore, New York William S. Morgan, Virginia Henry A. P. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania George W. Owens, Georgia

P-Q-R Sherman Page, New York James Parker, New Jersey Gorham Parks, Maine William Patterson, Ohio John M. Patton, Virginia Lancelot Phelps, Connecticut Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire James K. Polk, Tennessee John Reynolds, Illinois Joseph Reynolds, New York John P. Richardson, South Carolina Eleazar W. Ripley, Louisiana John Roane, Virginia James Rogers, South Carolina S-T-U-V John W. A. Sanford, Georgia Ferdinand S. Schenck, New Jersey William Schley, Georgia William Seymour, New York William N. Shinn, New Jersey Nicholas Sickles, New York Francis O. J. Smith, Maine Jesse Speight, North Carolina Joel B. Sutherland, Pennsylvania William Taylor , New York James C. Terrell, Georgia Francis Thomas, Maryland John Thomson, Ohio Isaac Toucey, Connecticut George W. B. Towns, Georgia James Turner, Maryland Joel Turrill, New York Aaron Vanderpoel, New York W-X-Y-Z David D. Wagener, Pennsylvania Aaron Ward, New York Daniel Wardwell, New York James M. Wayne, Georgia Taylor Webster, Ohio Joseph Weeks, New Hampshire Campbell P. White, New York Thomas T. Whittlesey, Connecticut Zalmon Wildman, Connecticut Henry A. Wise, Virginia Archibald Yell, Arkansas

National Republican

A-B-C Julius C. Alford, Georgia Chilton Allan, Kentucky Heman Allen, Vermont William H. Ashley, Missouri Jeremiah Bailey, Maine John Bell, Tennessee William K. Bond, Ohio George N. Briggs, Massachusetts Samuel Bunch, Tennessee John Calhoon, Kentucky William B. Calhoun, Massachusetts William B. Carter, Tennessee John Chambers, Kentucky William Chetwood, New Jersey Timothy Childs, New York Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Virginia Thomas Corwin, Ohio Joseph H. Crane, Ohio Caleb Cushing, Massachusetts D-E-F William C. Dawson, Georgia Edmund Deberry, North Carolina David Dickson, Mississippi George Evans, Maine Horace Everett, Vermont John B. Forester, Tennessee Philo C. Fuller , New York

G-H-I Rice Garland, Louisiana James Graham, North Carolina Francis Granger, New York William J. Graves, Kentucky George J. Grennell, Jr., Massachusetts Hiland Hall, Vermont Gideon Hard, New York Benjamin Hardin, Kentucky James Harlan, Kentucky James Harper, Pennsylvania Abner Hazeltine, New York William Herod, Indiana Samuel Hoar, Massachusetts Elias Howell, Ohio Hiram P. Hunt, New York Joseph R. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania J-K-L Daniel Jenifer, Maryland Henry Johnson, Louisiana Abbott Lawrence, Massachusetts George W. Lay, New York Luke Lea, Tennessee Levi Lincoln, Jr., Massachusetts Thomas C. Love, New York Francis S. Lyon, Alabama M-N-O Samson Mason, Ohio Abram P. Maury, Tennessee Johnathan McCarty, Indiana William McComas , Virginia Charles F. Mercer, Virginia John J. Milligan, Delaware Mathias Morris, Pennsylvania

P-Q-R James A. Pearce, Maryland John J. Pearson, Pennsylvania Ebenezer Pettigrew, North Carolina Balie Peyton, Tennessee Stephen C. Phillips, Massachusetts Abraham Rencher, North Carolina John Robertson, Virginia David A. Russell, New York S-T-U-V William B. Shepard, North Carolina Augustine H. Shepperd, North Carolina Ebenezer J. Shields, Tennessee David Spangler, Ohio James I. Standifer, Tennessee John N. Steele, Maryland Bellamy Storer, Ohio John Taliaferro, Virginia Waddy Thompson, Jr., South Carolina Joseph R. Underwood, Kentucky Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio W-X-Y-Z George C. Washington, Maryland John White, Kentucky Elisha Whittlesey, Ohio Lewis Williams, North Carolina Sherrod Williams, Kentucky John Young, New York

Anti-Masonic

A-F John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts John Banks, Pennsylvania George Chambers, Pennsylvania William Clark, Pennsylvania Edward Darlington, Pennsylvania Harmar Denny, Pennsylvania

G-O William Hiester, Pennsylvania William Jackson, Massachusetts Henry F. Janes, Vermont Thomas M. T. McKennan, Pennsylvania

P-Z Dutee J. Pearce, Rhode Island David Potts, Jr., Pennsylvania John Reed, Jr., Massachusetts William Slade, Vermont Jonathan Sloane, Ohio William Sprague, Rhode Island

Nullifier

A-F Robert B. Campbell, South Carolina Warren R. Davis, South Carolina Franklin H. Elmore, South Carolina

G-O William J. Grayson, South Carolina John K. Griffin, South Carolina James H. Hammond, South Carolina Dixon H. Lewis, Alabama

P-Z Francis W. Pickens, South Carolina Henry L. Pinckney, South Carolina

Membership Changes

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

Changes summary

Senate replacements: 11 Democrats (D) : 5 seat net gain National Republicans (NR) : 5 seat net loss deaths: 3 resignations: 8 interim appointments: 0 Total seats with changes: 16

House of Representatives replacements: 14 Democrats (D) : 3 seat net loss National Republicans (NR) : 5 seat net gain Anti Masonics (AM) : 1 seat net loss Nullifiers (N) : 1 seat net loss deaths: 6 resignations: 14 contested election: 0 Total seats with changes: 23

Senate

State	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Change	Successor	Successor's selection
Arkansas class 2	vacant	Newly admitted state Arkansas was admitted to the union November 8, 1833.	William S. Fulton Democratic	seated September 18, 1836.
Arkansas class 3	vacant	Newly admitted state Arkansas was admitted to the union November 8, 1833.	Ambrose H. Sevier Democratic	seated September 18, 1836.
Connecticut class 1	Nathan Smith Republican	Death Senator Nathan Smith died December 6, 1835.	John M. Niles Democratic	appointed December 14, 1835, subsequently elected.
Delaware class 1	John M. Clayton Republican	Resignation Senator John M. Clayton resigned December 29, 1836.	Thomas Clayton Republican	elected January 9, 1837.
Delaware class 2	Arnold Naudain Republican	Resignation Senator Arnold Naudain resigned June 16, 1836.	Richard H. Bayard Republican	elected June 17, 1836.
Illinois class 3	Elias K. Kane Democratic	Death Senator Elias K. Kane died December 12, 1835.	William L. D. Ewing Democratic	elected December 30, 1835.
Louisiana class 2	Alexander Porter Republican	Resignation Senator Alexander Porter resigned January 5, 1837.	Alexander Mouton Democratic	elected January 12, 1837.
Louisiana class 3	vacant	Vacancy Vacancy in class from preceding Congress	Robert C. Nicholas Democratic	elected January 13, 1836.
Maine class 1	Ether Shepley Democratic	Resignation Senator Ether Shepley resigned March 3, 1836.	Judah Dana Democratic	appointed December 7, 1836.
Maryland class 3	Robert H. Goldsborough Republican	Death Senator Robert H. Goldsborough died October 5, 1836.	John S. Spence Republican	appointed December 31, 1836.
Michigan class 1	vacant	Newly admitted state Michigan was admitted to the union January 26, 1837.	Lucius Lyon Democratic	seated January 26, 1837.
Michigan class 2	vacant	Newly admitted state Michigan was admitted to the union January 26, 1837.	John Norvell Democratic	seated January 26, 1837.
New Hampshire class 3	Isaac Hill Democratic	Resignation Senator Isaac Hill resigned May 30, 1836.	John Page Democratic	appointed June 8, 1836.
North Carolina class 3	Willie P. Mangum Republican	Resignation Senator Willie P. Mangum resigned November 26, 1836.	Robert Strange Democratic	elected December 5, 1836.
Virginia class 1	John Tyler Republican	Resignation Senator John Tyler resigned February 29, 1836.	William C. Rives Democratic	elected March 4, 1836.
Virginia class 2	Benjamin W. Leigh Republican	Resignation Senator Benjamin W. Leigh resigned July 4, 1836.	Richard E. Parker Democratic	elected December 12, 1836.

House of Representatives

State	Outgoing Representative	Reason for Change	Successor	Successor's selection
Arkansas at large	vacant	Newly admitted state Arkansas was admitted to the union November 8, 1833.	Archibald Yell Democratic	seated December 6, 1836.
Connecticut 3rd at large	Andrew T. Judson Democratic	Resignation Representative Andrew T. Judson resigned July 4, 1836.	Orrin Holt Democratic	seated December 5, 1836.
Connecticut 6th at large	Zalmon Wildman Democratic	Death Representative Zalmon Wildman died December 10, 1835.	Thomas T. Whittlesey Democratic	seated April 29, 1836.
Georgia 1st at large	John E. Coffee Democratic	Death Representative John E. Coffee died September 25, 1835.	William C. Dawson Republican	seated December 26, 1836.
Georgia 4th at large	James M. Wayne Democratic	Resignation Representative James M. Wayne resigned January 13, 1835.	Jabez Y. Jackson Democratic	seated December 7, 1835.
Georgia 6th at large	John W. A. Sanford Democratic	Resignation Representative John W. A. Sanford resigned July 25, 1835.	Thomas Glascock Democratic	seated December 7, 1835.
Georgia 7th at large	William Schley Democratic	Resignation Representative William Schley resigned July 1, 1835.	Jesse F. Cleveland Democratic	seated December 7, 1835.
Georgia 8th at large	James C. Terrell Democratic	Resignation Representative James C. Terrell resigned July 8, 1835.	Samuel McKean Democratic	seated December 7, 1835
Georgia 9th at large	George W. B. Towns Democratic	Resignation Representative George W. B. Towns resigned September 1, 1836.	Julius C. Alford]] Republican	seated January 31, 1837.
Indiana 6th	George L. Kinnard Democratic	Death Representative George L. Kinnard died November 26, 1836.	William Herod Republican	seated January 25, 1837.
Michigan at large	vacant	Newly admitted state Michigan was admitted to the union January 26, 1837.	Isaac E. Crary Democratic	seated January 27, 1837.
Mississippi 2nd at large	David Dickson Republican	Death Representative David Dickson died in 1836.	Samuel J. Gholson Democratic	seated January 7, 1837.
New Jersey 1st at large	Philemon Dickerson Democratic	Resignation Representative Philemon Dickerson resigned November 3, 1836.	William Chetwood Republican	seated December 5, 1836.
New York 3rd	Campbell P. White Democratic	Resignation Representative Campbell P. White resigned before Congress assembled.	Gideon Lee Democratic	seated December 7, 1835.
New York 17th	Samuel Beardsley Democratic	Resignation Representative Samuel Beardsley resigned March 29, 1836.	Rutger B. Miller Democratic	seated December 5, 1836.
New York 30th	Philo C. Fuller Republican	Resignation Representative Philo C. Fuller resigned September 2, 1836.	John Young Republican	seated December 6, 1836.
North Carolina 12th	James Graham Republican	Contested election Representative James Graham served until March 29, 1836, when seat declared vacant.	James Graham Republican	re-seated December 5, 1836.
Pennsylvania 13th	Jesse Miller Democratic	Resignation Representative Jesse Miller resigned October 30, 1836.	James Black Democratic	seated December 5, 1836.
Pennsylvania 24th	John Banks Anti-Masonic	Resignation Representative John Banks resigned in 1836.	John J. Pearson Republican	seated December 5, 1836.
South Carolina 4th	James H. Hammond Nullifier	Resignation Representative James H. Hammond resigned February 26, 1836.	Franklin H. Elmore Nullifier	seated December 19, 1836.
South Carolina 6th	Warren R. Davis Nullifier	Death Representative Warren R. Davis died before Congress assembled.	John Davis Republican	not filled in this Congress
South Carolina 8th	Richard I. Manning Democratic	Death Representative Warren R. Davis died May 1, 1836.	John P. Richardson Democratic	seated December 19, 1836.
Virginia 2nd	John Y. Mason Democratic	Resignation Representative John Y. Mason resigned January 11, 1837.	vacant	not filled in this Congress

Officers

Senate Secretary of the Senate: Walter Lowrie of Pennsylvania elected December 12, 1825. Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12, 1836. Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: John Shackford of New Hampshire, elected December 9, 1833. Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. Edward Y. Higbee, Episcopalian, elected December 23, 1835. The Rev. John R. Goodman, Episcopalian, elected December 28, 1836.

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: Walter S. Franklin of Pennsylvania, elected December 7, 1835. Sergeant at Arms of the House: Roderick Dorsey of Maryland, elected December 15, 1835. Doorkeeper of the House: Overton Carr of Maryland, elected December 15, 1835. Postmaster of the House: William J. McCormick Chaplain of the House The Rev. Thomas H. Stockton, Methodist, elected December 7, 1835. The Rev. Oliver C. Comstock, Baptist, elected December 5, 1836.

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 

External links

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