35th United States Congress

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The Thirty-fifth 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 the administration of U.S. President James Buchanan.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1857 - March 14, 1857
• First session: December 7, 1857 - June 14, 1858
• Special session of the Senate: June 15, 1858 - June 16, 1858
• Second session: December 6, 1858 - March 3, 1859
• Previous congress: 34th Congress
  
• Next congress: 36th Congress

Party summary

Minnesota and Oregon 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 Democratic (D) : 41 (majority) Republican (R) : 20 American (A): 5 TOTAL members: 66

House of Representatives Democratic (D) : 132 (majority) Republican (R) : 90 American (A) : 14 Independent Democratic (ID) : 1 TOTAL members: 237

Leadership

Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • John C. Breckinridge, Democratic of Kentucky
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • James M. Mason, Democratic of Virginia, elected March 4, 1857
  • Thomas J. Rusk, Democratic of Texas, elected March 14, 1857
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Democratic of Alabama, elected December 7, 1857

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • James L. Orr, Democratic of South Carolina, elected December 7, 1857

Major events

Events of 1857, 1858 and 1859

• March 4, 1857 -- James Buchanan became President of the United States

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 35th Congress

• May 11, 1858 -- Minnesota was admitted as a state into the Union.
• February 14, 1859 -- Oregon was admitted as a state into the Union.

Membership highlights by chamber

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

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

Alabama 3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) 2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (D) Arkansas 2: William K. Sebastian (D) 3: Robert W. Johnson (D) California 3: William M. Gwin (D) 1: David C. Broderick (D) Connecticut 3: La Fayette S. Foster (R) 1: James Dixon (R) Delaware 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (D) 2: Martin W. Bates (D) Florida 1: Stephen R. Mallory (D) 3: David Levy Yulee (D) Georgia 2: Robert A. Toombs (D) 3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (D) Illinois 2: Stephen A. Douglas (D) 3: Lyman Trumbull (R) Indiana 1: Jesse D. Bright (D) 3: Graham N. Fitch (D) Iowa 2: George W. Jones (D) 3: James Harlan (R) Kentucky 2: John B. Thompson (A) 3: John J. Crittenden (A) Louisiana 2: Judah P. Benjamin (D) 3: John Slidell (D)

Maine 2: William Pitt Fessenden (R) 1: Hannibal Hamlin (R) Maryland 3: James A. Pearce (D) 1: Anthony Kennedy (A) Massachusetts 1: Charles Sumner (R) 2: Henry Wilson (R) Michigan 2: Charles E. Stuart (D) 1: Zachariah Chandler (R) Minnesota 1: Henry M. Rice (D) 2: James Shields (D) Mississippi 2: Albert G. Brown (D) 1: Jefferson Davis (D) Missouri 3: James S. Green (D) 1: Trusten Polk (D) New Hampshire 3: James Bell (R) Daniel Clark (R) 2: John P. Hale (R) New Jersey 1: John R. Thomson (D) 2: William Wright (D) New York 3: William H. Seward (R) 1: Preston King (R) North Carolina 2: David S. Reid (D) 3: Asa Biggs (D) Thomas L. Clingman (D)

Ohio 1: Benjamin F. Wade (R) 3: George E. Pugh (D) Oregon 3: Joseph Lane (D) 2: Delazon Smith (D) Pennsylvania 3: William Bigler (D) 1: Simon Cameron (R) Rhode Island 2: Philip Allen (D) 1: James F. Simmons (R) South Carolina 3: Andrew P. Butler (D) James H. Hammond (D) 2: Josiah J. Evans (D) Arthur P. Hayne (D) James Chesnut, Jr. (D) Tennessee 2: John Bell (A) 1: Andrew Johnson (D) Texas 2: Samuel Houston (A) 1: Thomas J. Rusk (D) J. Pinckney Henderson (D) Matthias Ward (D) Vermont 1: Solomon Foot (R) 3: Jacob Collamer (R) Virginia 1: James M. Mason (D) 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (D) Wisconsin 3: Charles Durkee (R) 1: James R. Doolittle (R)

House of Representatives

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

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

Alabama 1: James A. Stallworth (D) 2: Eli S. Shorter (D) 3: James F. Dowdell (D) 4: Sydenham Moore (D) 5: George S. Houston (D) 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (D) 7: Jabez L. M. Curry (D) Arkansas 1: Alfred B. Greenwood (D) 2: Edward A. Warren (D) California A/L: Joseph C. McKibbin (D) A/L: Charles L. Scott (D) Connecticut 1: Ezra Clark, Jr. (R) 2: Samuel Arnold (D) 3: Sidney Dean (R) 4: William D. Bishop (D) Delaware A/L: William G. Whiteley (D) Florida A/L: George S. Hawkins (D) Georgia 1: James L. Seward (D) 2: Martin J. Crawford (D) 3: Robert P. Trippe (A) 4: Lucius J. Gartrell (D) 5: Augustus R. Wright (D) 6: James Jackson (D) 7: Joshua Hill (A) 8: Alexander H. Stephens (D) Illinois 1: Elihu B. Washburne (R) 2: John F. Farnsworth (R) 3: Owen Lovejoy (R) 4: William Kellogg (R) 5: Isaac N. Morris (D) 6: Thomas L. Harris (D) Charles D. Hodges (D) 7: Aaron Shaw (D) 8: Robert Smith (D) 9: Samuel S. Marshall (D) Indiana 1: James Lockhart (D) William E. Niblack (D) 2: William H. English (D) 3: James Hughes (D) 4: James B. Foley (D) 5: David Kilgore (R) 6: James M. Gregg (D) 7: John G. Davis (D) 8: James Wilson (R) 9: Schuyler Colfax (R) 10: Samuel Brenton (R) Charles Case (R) 11: John U. Pettit (R) Iowa 1: Samuel R. Curtis (R) 2: Timothy Davis (R) Kentucky 1: Henry C. Burnett (D) 2: Samuel O. Peyton (D) 3: Warner L. Underwood (A) 4: Albert G. Talbott (D) 5: Joshua H. Jewett (D) 6: John M. Elliott (D) 7: Humphrey Marshall (A) 8: James B. Clay (D) 9: John C. Mason (D) 10: John W. Stevenson (D) Louisiana 1: George Eustis, Jr. (A) 2: Miles Taylor (D) 3: Thomas G. Davidson (D) 4: John M. Sandidge (D) Maine 1: John M. Wood (R) 2: Charles J. Gilman (R) 3: Nehemiah Abbott (R) 4: Freeman H. Morse (R) 5: Israel Washburn, Jr. (R) 6: Stephen C. Foster (R) Maryland 1: James A. Stewart (D) 2: James B. Ricaud (A) 3: J. Morrison Harris (A) 4: Henry Winter Davis (A) 5: Jacob M. Kunkel (D) 6: Thomas F. Bowie (D)

Massachusetts 1: Robert B. Hall (R) 2: James Buffinton (R) 3: William S. Damrell (R) 4: Linus B. Comins (R) 5: Anson Burlingame (R) 6: Timothy Davis (R) 7: Nathaniel P. Banks (R) Daniel W. Gooch (R) 8: Chauncey L. Knapp (R) 9: Eli Thayer (R) 10: Calvin C. Chaffee (R) 11: Henry L. Dawes (R) Michigan 1: William A. Howard (R) 2: Henry Waldron (R) 3: David S. Walbridge (R) 4: De Witt C. Leach (R) Minnesota A/L: James M. Cavanaugh (D) A/L: William W. Phelps (D) Mississippi 1: Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) 2: Reuben Davis (D) 3: William Barksdale (D) 4: Otho R. Singleton (D) 5: John A. Quitman (D) John J. McRae (D) Missouri 1: Francis P. Blair, Jr. (ID) 2: Thomas L. Anderson (A) 3: James S. Green (D) John B. Clark (D) 4: James Craig (D) 5: Samuel H. Woodson (A) 6: John S. Phelps (D) 7: Samuel Caruthers (D) New Hampshire 1: James Pike (R) 2: Mason W. Tappan (R) 3: Aaron H. Cragin (R) New Jersey 1: Isaiah D. Clawson (R) 2: George R. Robbins (R) 3: Garnett B. Adrain (D) 4: John Huyler (D) 5: Jacob R. Wortendyke (D) New York 1: John A. Searing (D) 2: George Taylor (D) 3: Daniel E. Sickles (D) 4: John Kelly (D) Thomas J. Barr (ID) 5: William B. Maclay (D) 6: John Cochrane (D) 7: Elijah Ward (D) 8: Horace F. Clark (D) 9: John B. Haskin (D) 10: Ambrose S. Murray (R) 11: William F. Russell (D) 12: John Thompson (R) 13: Abram B. Olin (R) 14: Erastus Corning (D) 15: Edward Dodd (R) 16: George W. Palmer (R) 17: Francis E. Spinner (R) 18: Clark B. Cochrane (R) 19: Oliver A. Morse (R) 20: Orsamus B. Matteson (R) 21: Henry Bennett (R) 22: Henry C. Goodwin (R) 23: Charles B. Hoard (R) 24: Amos P. Granger (R) 25: Edwin B. Morgan (R) 26: Emory B. Pottle (R) 27: John M. Parker (R) 28: William H. Kelsey (R) 29: Samuel G. Andrews (R) 30: Judson W. Sherman (R) 31: Silas M. Burroughs (R) 32: Israel T. Hatch (D) 33: Reuben E. Fenton (R) North Carolina 1: Henry M. Shaw (D) 2: Thomas H. Ruffin (D) 3: Warren Winslow (D) 4: Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (D) 5: John A. Gilmer (A) 6: Alfred M. Scales (D) 7: F. Burton Craige (D) 8: Thomas L. Clingman (D) Zebulon B. Vance (A)

Ohio 1: George H. Pendleton (D) 2: William S. Groesbeck (D) 3: Lewis D. Campbell (R) Clement L. Vallandigham (D) 4: Matthias H. Nichols (R) 5: Richard Mott (R) 6: Joseph R. Cockerill (D) 7: Aaron Harlan (R) 8: Benjamin Stanton (R) 9: Lawrence W. Hall (D) 10: Joseph Miller (D) 11: Valentine B. Horton (R) 12: Samuel S. Cox (D) 13: John Sherman (R) 14: Philemon Bliss (R) 15: Joseph Burns (D) 16: Cydnor B. Tompkins (R) 17: William Lawrence (D) 18: Benjamin F. Leiter (R) 19: Edward Wade (R) 20: Joshua R. Giddings (R) 21: John A. Bingham (R) Oregon A/L: La Fayette Grover (D) Pennsylvania 1: Thomas B. Florence (D) 2: Edward Joy Morris (R) 3: James Landy (D) 4: Henry M. Phillips (D) 5: Owen Jones (D) 6: John Hickman (D) 7: Henry Chapman (D) 8: J. Glancey Jones (D) William H. Keim (R) 9: Anthony E. Roberts (R) 10: John C. Kunkel (R) 11: William L. Dewart (D) 12: John G. Montgomery (D) Paul Leidy (D) 13: William H. Dimmick (D) 14: Galusha A. Grow (R) 15: Allison White (D) 16: John A. Ahl (D) 17: Wilson Reilly (D) 18: John R. Edie (R) 19: John Covode (R) 20: William Montgomery (D) 21: David Ritchie (R) 22: Samuel A. Purviance (R) 23: William Stewart (R) 24: James L. Gillis (D) 25: John Dick (R) Rhode Island 1: Nathaniel B. Durfee (R) 2: William D. Brayton (R) South Carolina 1: John McQueen (D) 2: William P. Miles (D) 3: Laurence M. Keitt (D) 4: Milledge L. Bonham (D) 5: James L. Orr (D) 6: William W. Boyce (D) Tennessee 1: Albert G. Watkins (D) 2: Horace Maynard (A) 3: Samuel A. Smith (D) 4: John H. Savage (D) 5: Charles Ready (A) 6: George W. Jones (D) 7: John V. Wright (D) 8: Felix K. Zollicoffer (A) 9: John D. C. Atkins (D) 10: William T. Avery (D) Texas 1: John H. Reagan (D) 2: Guy M. Bryan (D) Vermont 1: Eliakim P. Walton (R) 2: Justin S. Morrill (R) 3: Homer E. Royce (R) Virginia 1: Muscoe R. H. Garnett (D) 2: John S. Millson (D) 3: John S. Caskie (D) 4: William O. Goode (D) 5: Thomas S. Bocock (D) 6: Paulus Powell (D) 7: William Smith (D) 8: Charles J. Faulkner (D) 9: John Letcher (D) 10: Sherrard Clemens (D) 11: Albert G. Jenkins (D) 12: Henry A. Edmundson (D) 13: George W. Hopkins (D) Wisconsin 1: John F. Potter (R) 2: Cadwallader C. Washburn (R) 3: Charles Billinghurst (R)

Delegates

Kansas Territory A/L: Marcus J. Parrott (R) Minnesota Territory A/L: William W. Kingsbury (D)

Nebraska Territory A/L: Fenner Ferguson (D) New Mexico Territory A/L: Miguel A. Otero (D) Oregon Territory A/L: Joseph Lane (D)

Utah Territory A/L: John M. Bernhisel Washington Territory A/L: Isaac I. Stevens (D)

Membership detail by state

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

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

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

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

Alabama

Senate

• 3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic
• 2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: James A. Stallworth (1822-1861), Democratic
• 2: Eli S. Shorter (1823-1879), Democratic
• 3: James F. Dowdell (1818-1871), Democratic
• 4: Sydenham Moore (1817-1862), Democratic
• 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
• 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic
• 7: Jabez L. M. Curry (1825-1903), Democratic

Arkansas

Senate

• 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
• 3: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Alfred B. Greenwood (1811-1889), Democratic
• 2: Edward A. Warren (1818-1875), Democratic

California

Senate

• 3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
• 1: David C. Broderick (1820-1859), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: Joseph C. McKibbin (1824-1896), Democratic
• A/L: Charles L. Scott (1827-1899), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate

• 3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Republican
• 1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813-1896), Republican
• 2: Samuel Arnold (1806-1869), Democratic
• 3: Sidney Dean (1818-1901), Republican
• 4: William D. Bishop (1827-1904), Democratic

Delaware

Senate

• 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
• 2: Martin W. Bates (1786-1869), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: William G. Whiteley (1819-1886), Democratic

Florida

Senate

• 1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic
• 3: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: George S. Hawkins (1808-1878), Democratic

Georgia

Senate

• 2: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Democratic
• 3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: James L. Seward (1813-1886), Democratic
• 2: Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Democratic
• 3: Robert P. Trippe (1819-1900), American
• 4: Lucius J. Gartrell (1821-1891), Democratic
• 5: Augustus R. Wright (1813-1891), Democratic
• 6: James Jackson (1819-1887), Democratic
• 7: Joshua Hill (1812-1891), American
• 8: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Democratic

Illinois

Senate

• 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
• 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican
• 2: John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
• 3: Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), Republican
• 4: William Kellogg (1814-1872), Republican
• 5: Isaac N. Morris (1812-1879), Democratic
• 6: Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic …died November 24, 1858

  Charles D. Hodges (1810-1884), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 20, 1859

• 7: Aaron Shaw (1811-1887), Democratic
• 8: Robert Smith (1802-1867), Democratic
• 9: Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic

Indiana

Senate

• 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
• 3: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• 1: James Lockhart (1806-1857), Democratic …died September 7, 1857, before Congress assembled.

  William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1857

• 2: William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic
• 3: James Hughes (1823-1873), Democratic
• 4: James B. Foley (1807-1886), Democratic
• 5: David Kilgore (1804-1879), Republican
• 6: James M. Gregg (1806-1869), Democratic
• 7: John G. Davis (1810-1866), Democratic
• 8: James Wilson (1825-1867), Republican
• 9: Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican
• 10: Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Republican …died March 29, 1857, before Congress assembled.

  Charles Case (1817-1883), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1857

• 11: John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Republican

Iowa

Senate

• 2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic
• 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Samuel R. Curtis (1805-1866), Republican
• 2: Timothy Davis (1794-1872), Republican

Kentucky

Senate

• 2: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), American
• 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), American

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic
• 2: Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Democratic
• 3: Warner L. Underwood (1808-1872), American
• 4: Albert G. Talbott (1808-1887), Democratic
• 5: Joshua H. Jewett (1815-1861), Democratic
• 6: John M. Elliott (1820-1879), Democratic
• 7: Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), American
• 8: James B. Clay (1817-1864), Democratic
• 9: John C. Mason (1802-1865), Democratic
• 10: John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate

• 2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Democratic
• 3: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: George Eustis, Jr. (1828-1872), American
• 2: Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Democratic
• 3: Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Democratic
• 4: John M. Sandidge (1817-1890), Democratic

Maine

Senate

• 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican
• 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: John M. Wood (1813-1864), Republican
• 2: Charles J. Gilman (1824-1901), Republican
• 3: Nehemiah Abbott (1804-1877), Republican
• 4: Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Republican
• 5: Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Republican
• 6: Stephen C. Foster (1799-1872), Republican

Maryland

Senate

• 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Democratic
• 1: Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892), American

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Democratic
• 2: James B. Ricaud (1808-1866), American
• 3: J. Morrison Harris (1817-1898), American
• 4: Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), American
• 5: Jacob M. Kunkel (1822-1870), Democratic
• 6: Thomas F. Bowie (1808-1869), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate

• 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
• 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• 1: Robert B. Hall (1812-1868), Republican
• 2: James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
• 3: William S. Damrell (1809-1860), Republican
• 4: Linus B. Comins (1817-1892), Republican
• 5: Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), Republican
• 6: Timothy Davis (1821-1888), Republican
• 7: Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican …resigned December 24, 1857

  Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21, 1858

• 8: Chauncey L. Knapp (1809-1898), Republican
• 9: Eli Thayer (1819-1899), Republican
• 10: Calvin C. Chaffee (1811-1896), Republican
• 11: Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

Senate

• 2: Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic
• 1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: William A. Howard (1813-1880), Republican
• 2: Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Republican
• 3: David S. Walbridge (1802-1868), Republican
• 4: De Witt C. Leach (1822-1909), Republican

Minnesota

Senate

• 1: Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated May 12, 1858
• 2: James Shields (1806/1810-1879), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated May 12, 1858

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: James M. Cavanaugh (1823-1879), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated May 22, 1858
• A/L: William W. Phelps (1826-1873), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated May 22, 1858

Mississippi

Senate

• 2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic
• 1: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893), Democratic
• 2: Reuben Davis (1813-1890), Democratic
• 3: William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic
• 4: Otho R. Singleton (1814-1889), Democratic
• 5: John A. Quitman (1799-1858), Democratic …died July 17, 1858

  John J. McRae (1815-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1858

Missouri

Senate

• 3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic
• 1: Trusten Polk (1811-1876), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Independent Democratic
• 2: Thomas L. Anderson (1808-1885), American
• 3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic …resigned before Congress assembled.

  John B. Clark (1802-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1857

• 4: James Craig (1818-1888), Democratic
• 5: Samuel H. Woodson (1815-1881), American
• 6: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
• 7: Samuel Caruthers (1820-1860), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate

• 3: James Bell (1804-1857), Republican …died May 26, 1857

  Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, June 27, 1857

• 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: James Pike (1818-1895), Republican
• 2: Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), Republican
• 3: Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), Republican

New Jersey

Senate

• 1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic
• 2: William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Isaiah D. Clawson (1822-1879), Republican
• 2: George R. Robbins (1808-1875), Republican
• 3: Garnett B. Adrain (1815-1878), Democratic
• 4: John Huyler (1808-1870), Democratic
• 5: Jacob R. Wortendyke (1818-1868), Democratic

New York

Senate

• 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Republican
• 1: Preston King (1806-1865), Republican

House of Representatives (33 seats)

• 1: John A. Searing (1805-1876), Democratic
• 2: George Taylor (1820-1894), Democratic
• 3: Daniel E. Sickles (1819-1914), Democratic
• 4: John Kelly (1822-1886), Democratic …resigned December 25, 1858

  Thomas J. Barr (1812-1881), Independent Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 17, 1859

• 5: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic
• 6: John Cochrane (1813-1898), Democratic
• 7: Elijah Ward (1816-1882), Democratic
• 8: Horace F. Clark (1815-1873), Democratic
• 9: John B. Haskin (1821-1895), Democratic
• 10: Ambrose S. Murray (1807-1885), Republican
• 11: William F. Russell (1812-1896), Democratic
• 12: John Thompson (1809-1890), Republican
• 13: Abram B. Olin (1808-1879), Republican
• 14: Erastus Corning (1794-1872), Democratic
• 15: Edward Dodd (1805-1891), Republican
• 16: George W. Palmer (1818-1916), Republican
• 17: Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), Republican
• 18: Clark B. Cochrane (1815-1867), Republican
• 19: Oliver A. Morse (1815-1870), Republican
• 20: Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889), Republican
• 21: Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Republican
• 22: Henry C. Goodwin (1824-1860), Republican
• 23: Charles B. Hoard (1805-1886), Republican
• 24: Amos P. Granger (1789-1866), Republican
• 25: Edwin B. Morgan (1806-1881), Republican
• 26: Emory B. Pottle (1815-1891), Republican
• 27: John M. Parker (1805-1873), Republican
• 28: William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), Republican
• 29: Samuel G. Andrews (1796-1863), Republican
• 30: Judson W. Sherman (1808-1881), Republican
• 31: Silas M. Burroughs (1810-1860), Republican
• 32: Israel T. Hatch (1808-1875), Democratic
• 33: Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

North Carolina

Senate

• 2: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic
• 3: Asa Biggs (1811-1878), Democratic …resigned May 5, 1858

  Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 6, 1858

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Henry M. Shaw (1819-1864), Democratic
• 2: Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic
• 3: Warren Winslow (1810-1862), Democratic
• 4: Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862), Democratic
• 5: John A. Gilmer (1805-1868), American
• 6: Alfred M. Scales (1827-1892), Democratic
• 7: F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), Democratic
• 7: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic …resigned May 7, 1858

  Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), American …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1858

Ohio

Senate

• 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Republican
• 3: George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Democratic

House of Representatives (21 seats)

• 1: George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Democratic
• 2: William S. Groesbeck (1815-1897), Democratic
• 3: Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Republican …contested election, served until May 25, 1858

  Clement L. Vallandigham (1820-1871), Democratic …contested election, seated May 25, 1858

• 4: Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862), Republican
• 5: Richard Mott (1804-1888), Republican
• 6: Joseph R. Cockerill (1818-1875), Democratic
• 7: Aaron Harlan (1802-1868), Republican
• 8: Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Republican
• 9: Lawrence W. Hall (1819-1863), Democratic
• 10: Joseph Miller (1819-1862), Democratic
• 11: Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), Republican
• 12: Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
• 13: John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
• 14: Philemon Bliss (1813-1889), Republican
• 15: Joseph Burns (1800-1875), Democratic
• 16: Cydnor B. Tompkins (1810-1862), Republican
• 17: William Lawrence (1814-1895), Democratic
• 18: Benjamin F. Leiter (1813-1866), Republican
• 19: Edward Wade (1802-1866), Republican
• 20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Republican
• 21: John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican

Oregon

Senate

• 3: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated February 14, 1859
• 2: Delazon Smith (1816-1860), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated February 14, 1859

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: La Fayette Grover (1823-1911), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated October 30, 1858

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 3: William Bigler (1814-1880), Democratic
• 1: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican

House of Representatives (25 seats)

• 1: Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
• 2: Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Republican
• 3: James Landy (1813-1875), Democratic
• 4: Henry M. Phillips (1811-1884), Democratic
• 5: Owen Jones (1819-1878), Democratic
• 6: John Hickman (1810-1875), Democratic
• 7: Henry Chapman (1804-1891), Democratic
• 8: J. Glancey Jones (1811-1878), Democratic …resigned October 30, 1858

  William H. Keim (1813-1862), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1858

• 9: Anthony E. Roberts (1803-1885), Republican
• 10: John C. Kunkel (1816-1870), Republican
• 11: William L. Dewart (1821-1888), Democratic
• 12: John G. Montgomery (1805-1857), Democratic …died April 24, 1857, before Congress assembled.

  Paul Leidy (1813-1877), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1857

• 13: William H. Dimmick (1815-1861), Democratic
• 14: Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Republican
• 15: Allison White (1816-1886), Democratic
• 16: John A. Ahl (1813-1882), Democratic
• 17: Wilson Reilly (1811-1885), Democratic
• 18: John R. Edie (1814-1888), Republican
• 19: John Covode (1808-1871), Republican
• 20: William Montgomery (1818-1870), Democratic
• 21: David Ritchie (1812-1867), Republican
• 22: Samuel A. Purviance (1809-1882), Republican
• 23: William Stewart (1810-1876), Republican
• 24: James L. Gillis (1792-1881), Democratic
• 25: John Dick (1794-1872), Republican

Rhode Island

Senate

• 2: Philip Allen (1785-1865), Democratic
• 1: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Nathaniel B. Durfee (1812-1872), Republican
• 2: William D. Brayton (1815-1887), Republican

South Carolina

Senate

• 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic …died May 25, 1857

  James H. Hammond (1807-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 7, 1857

• 2: Josiah J. Evans (1786-1858), Democratic …died May 6, 1858

  Arthur P. Hayne (1788/1790-1867), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 11, 1858

  James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 3, 1858

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic
• 2: William P. Miles (1822-1899), Democratic
• 3: Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), Democratic
• 4: Milledge L. Bonham (1813-1890), Democratic
• 5: James L. Orr (1822-1873), Democratic
• 6: William W. Boyce (1818-1890), Democratic

Tennessee

Senate

• 2: John Bell (1797-1869), American
• 1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: Albert G. Watkins (1818-1895), Democratic
• 2: Horace Maynard (1814-1882), American
• 3: Samuel A. Smith (1822-1863), Democratic
• 4: John H. Savage (1815-1904), Democratic
• 5: Charles Ready (1802-1878), American
• 6: George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
• 7: John V. Wright (1828-1908), Democratic
• 8: Felix K. Zollicoffer (1812-1862), American
• 9: John D. C. Atkins (1825-1908), Democratic
• 10: William T. Avery (1819-1880), Democratic

Texas

Senate

• 2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), American
• 1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic …died July 29, 1857

  J. Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 9, 1857, died June 4, 1858

  Matthias Ward (1805-1861), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, September 17, 1858

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Democratic
• 2: Guy M. Bryan (1821-1901), Democratic

Vermont

Senate

• 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Republican
• 3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Eliakim P. Walton (1812-1890), Republican
• 2: Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican
• 3: Homer E. Royce (1819-1891), Republican

Virginia

Senate

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

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: Muscoe R. H. Garnett (1821-1864), Democratic
• 2: John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
• 3: John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Democratic
• 4: William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic
• 5: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
• 6: Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic
• 7: William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic
• 8: Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Democratic
• 9: John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic
• 10: Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Democratic
• 11: Albert G. Jenkins (1830-1864), Democratic
• 12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
• 13: George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Democratic

Wisconsin

Senate

• 3: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Republican
• 1: James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: John F. Potter (1817-1899), Republican
• 2: Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Republican
• 3: Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), Republican

Delegates

Kansas Territory

• A/L: Marcus J. Parrott (1828-1879), Republican

Minnesota Territory

• A/L: William W. Kingsbury (1828-1892), Democratic …newly admitted state, served until May 11, 1858

Nebraska Territory

• A/L: Fenner Ferguson (1814-1859), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

• A/L: Miguel A. Otero (1829-1882), Democratic

Oregon Territory

• A/L: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic …newly admitted state, served until February 14, 1859

Utah Territory

• A/L: John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881)

Washington Territory

• A/L: Isaac I. Stevens (1818-1862), Democratic

Membership detail by Chamber/Party

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

Senate

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

Democratic

A-F Philip Allen, Rhode Island Martin W. Bates, Delaware James A. Bayard, Jr., Delaware Judah P. Benjamin, Louisiana Asa Biggs, North Carolina William Bigler, Pennsylvania Jesse D. Bright, Indiana David C. Broderick, California Albert G. Brown, Mississippi Andrew P. Butler, South Carolina James Chesnut, Jr., South Carolina Clement C. Clay, Jr., Alabama Thomas L. Clingman, North Carolina Jefferson Davis, Mississippi Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois Josiah J. Evans, South Carolina Graham N. Fitch, Indiana Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Alabama

G-L James S. Green, Missouri William M. Gwin, California James H. Hammond, South Carolina Arthur P. Hayne, South Carolina J. Pinckney Henderson, Texas Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia Alfred Iverson, Sr., Georgia Andrew Johnson, Tennessee Robert W. Johnson, Arkansas George W. Jones, Iowa David Levy Yulee, Florida M-R Stephen R. Mallory, Florida James M. Mason, Virginia James A. Pearce, Maryland Trusten Polk, Missouri George E. Pugh, Ohio David S. Reid, North Carolina Henry M. Rice, Minnesota Thomas J. Rusk, Texas

S-Z William K. Sebastian, Arkansas James Shields, Minnesota John Slidell, Louisiana Delazon Smith, Oregon Charles E. Stuart, Michigan John R. Thomson, New Jersey Robert A. Toombs, Georgia Lyman Trumbull, Illinois Matthias Ward, Texas William Wright, New Jersey David Levy Yulee, Florida

Republican

A-F James Bell, New Hampshire Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania Zachariah Chandler, Michigan Daniel Clark, New Hampshire Jacob Collamer, Vermont James Dixon, Connecticut James R. Doolittle, Wisconsin Charles Durkee, Wisconsin William Pitt Fessenden, Maine Solomon Foot, Vermont La Fayette S. Foster, Connecticut

G-O John P. Hale, New Hampshire Hannibal Hamlin, Maine James Harlan, Iowa Preston King, New York

P-Z William H. Seward, New York James F. Simmons, Rhode Island Charles Sumner, Massachusetts Benjamin F. Wade, Ohio Henry Wilson, Massachusetts

American

John Bell, Tennessee John J. Crittenden, Kentucky Samuel Houston, Texas Anthony Kennedy, Maryland John B. Thompson, Kentucky

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 Garnett B. Adrain, New Jersey John A. Ahl, Pennsylvania Samuel Arnold, Connecticut John D. C. Atkins, Tennessee William T. Avery, Tennessee William Barksdale, Mississippi William D. Bishop, Connecticut Thomas S. Bocock, Virginia Milledge L. Bonham, South Carolina Thomas F. Bowie, Maryland William W. Boyce, South Carolina Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, North Carolina Guy M. Bryan, Texas Henry C. Burnett, Kentucky Joseph Burns, Ohio Samuel Caruthers, Missouri John S. Caskie, Virginia James M. Cavanaugh, Minnesota Henry Chapman, Pennsylvania Horace F. Clark, New York John B. Clark, Missouri James B. Clay, Kentucky Sherrard Clemens, Virginia Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama John Cochrane), New York Joseph R. Cockerill, Ohio Erastus Corning, New York Samuel S. Cox, Ohio James Craig, Missouri F. Burton Craige, North Carolina Martin J. Crawford, Georgia Jabez L. M. Curry, Alabama D-E-F Thomas G. Davidson, Louisiana John G. Davis, Indiana Reuben Davis, Mississippi William L. Dewart, Pennsylvania William H. Dimmick, Pennsylvania James F. Dowdell, Alabama Henry A. Edmundson, Virginia John M. Elliott, Kentucky William H. English, Indiana Charles J. Faulkner, Virginia Thomas B. Florence, Pennsylvania James B. Foley, Indiana

G-H-I Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Virginia Lucius J. Gartrell, Georgia James L. Gillis, Pennsylvania William O. Goode, Virginia James S. Green, Missouri Alfred B. Greenwood, Arkansas James M. Gregg, Indiana William S. Groesbeck, Ohio La Fayette Grover, Oregon Lawrence W. Hall, Ohio Thomas L. Harris, Illinois John B. Haskin, New York Israel T. Hatch, New York George S. Hawkins, Florida John Hickman, Pennsylvania Charles D. Hodges, Illinois George W. Hopkins, Virginia George S. Houston, Alabama James Hughes, Indiana John Huyler, New Jersey J-K-L James Jackson, Georgia Albert G. Jenkins, Virginia Joshua H. Jewett, Kentucky George W. Jones, Tennessee J. Glancey Jones, Pennsylvania Owen Jones, Pennsylvania Laurence M. Keitt, South Carolina John Kelly, New York Jacob M. Kunkel, Maryland Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Mississippi James Landy, Pennsylvania William Lawrence, Ohio Paul Leidy, Pennsylvania John Letcher, Virginia James Lockhart, Indiana M-N-O William B. Maclay, New York Samuel S. Marshall, Illinois John C. Mason, Kentucky Joseph C. McKibbin, California John McQueen, South Carolina John J. McRae, Mississippi William P. Miles, South Carolina Joseph Miller, Ohio John S. Millson, Virginia John G. Montgomery, Pennsylvania William Montgomery, Pennsylvania Sydenham Moore, Alabama Isaac N. Morris, Illinois William E. Niblack, Indiana James L. Orr, South Carolina

P-Q-R George H. Pendleton, Ohio Samuel O. Peyton, Kentucky John S. Phelps, Missouri William W. Phelps, Minnesota Henry M. Phillips, Pennsylvania Paulus Powell, Virginia John A. Quitman, Mississippi John H. Reagan, Texas Wilson Reilly, Pennsylvania Thomas H. Ruffin, North Carolina William F. Russell, New York S-T-U-V John M. Sandidge, Louisiana John H. Savage, Tennessee Alfred M. Scales, North Carolina Charles L. Scott, California John A. Searing, New York James L. Seward, Georgia Aaron Shaw, Illinois Henry M. Shaw, North Carolina Eli S. Shorter, Alabama Daniel E. Sickles, New York Otho R. Singleton, Mississippi Robert Smith, Illinois Samuel A. Smith, Tennessee William Smith, Virginia James A. Stallworth, Alabama Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia John W. Stevenson, Kentucky James A. Stewart, Maryland Albert G. Talbott, Kentucky George Taylor, New York Miles Taylor, Louisiana Clement L. Vallandigham, Ohio W-X-Y-Z Elijah Ward, New York Edward A. Warren, Arkansas Albert G. Watkins, Tennessee Allison White, Pennsylvania William G. Whiteley, Delaware Warren Winslow, North Carolina Jacob R. Wortendyke, New Jersey Augustus R. Wright, Georgia John V. Wright, Tennessee

Republican

A-B-C Nehemiah Abbott, Maine Samuel G. Andrews, New York Nathaniel P. Banks, Massachusetts Henry Bennett, New York Charles Billinghurst, Wisconsin John A. Bingham, Ohio Philemon Bliss, Ohio William D. Brayton, Rhode Island Samuel Brenton, Indiana James Buffinton, Massachusetts Anson Burlingame, Massachusetts Silas M. Burroughs, New York Lewis D. Campbell, Ohio Charles Case, Indiana Calvin C. Chaffee, Massachusetts Ezra Clark, Jr., Connecticut Isaiah D. Clawson, New Jersey Clark B. Cochrane, New York Schuyler Colfax, Indiana Linus B. Comins, Massachusetts John Covode, Pennsylvania Aaron H. Cragin), New Hampshire Samuel R. Curtis, Iowa D-E-F William S. Damrell, Massachusetts Timothy Davis, Iowa Timothy Davis, Massachusetts Henry L. Dawes, Massachusetts Sidney Dean, Connecticut John Dick, Pennsylvania Edward Dodd, New York Nathaniel B. Durfee, Rhode Island John R. Edie, Pennsylvania John F. Farnsworth, Illinois Reuben E. Fenton, New York Stephen C. Foster, Maine

G-H-I Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio Charles J. Gilman, Maine Daniel W. Gooch, Massachusetts Henry C. Goodwin, New York Amos P. Granger, New York Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania Robert B. Hall, Massachusetts Aaron Harlan, Ohio Charles B. Hoard, New York Valentine B. Horton, Ohio William A. Howard, Michigan J-K-L William H. Keim, Pennsylvania William Kellogg, Illinois William H. Kelsey, New York David Kilgore, Indiana Chauncey L. Knapp, Massachusetts John C. Kunkel, Pennsylvania De Witt C. Leach, Michigan Benjamin F. Leiter, Ohio Owen Lovejoy, Illinois M-N-O Orsamus B. Matteson, New York Edwin B. Morgan, New York Justin S. Morrill, Vermont Edward Joy Morris, Pennsylvania Freeman H. Morse, Maine Oliver A. Morse, New York Richard Mott, Ohio Ambrose S. Murray, New York Matthias H. Nichols, Ohio Abram B. Olin, New York

P-Q-R George W. Palmer, New York John M. Parker, New York John U. Pettit, Indiana James Pike, New Hampshire John F. Potter, Wisconsin Emory B. Pottle, New York Samuel A. Purviance, Pennsylvania David Ritchie, Pennsylvania George R. Robbins, New Jersey Anthony E. Roberts, Pennsylvania Homer E. Royce, Vermont S-T-U-V John Sherman, Ohio Judson W. Sherman, New York Francis E. Spinner, New York Benjamin Stanton, Ohio William Stewart, Pennsylvania Mason W. Tappan, New Hampshire Eli Thayer, Massachusetts John Thompson, New York Cydnor B. Tompkins, Ohio W-X-Y-Z Edward Wade, Ohio David S. Walbridge, Michigan Henry Waldron, Michigan Eliakim P. Walton, Vermont Cadwallader C. Washburn, Wisconsin Israel Washburn, Jr., Maine Elihu B. Washburne, Illinois James Wilson, Indiana John M. Wood, Maine

American

A-L Thomas L. Anderson, Missouri Henry Winter Davis, Maryland George Eustis, Jr., Louisiana

G-O John A. Gilmer, North Carolina J. Morrison Harris, Maryland Joshua Hill, Georgia Humphrey Marshall, Kentucky Horace Maynard, Tennessee

P-Z Charles Ready, Tennessee James B. Ricaud, Maryland Robert P. Trippe, Georgia Warner L. Underwood, Kentucky Zebulon B. Vance, North Carolina Samuel H. Woodson, Missouri Felix K. Zollicoffer, Tennessee

Independent Democratic

Thomas J. Barr, New York Francis P. Blair, Jr., Missouri

Membership Changes

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

Senate replacements: 5 Democrats (D) : no net change Whigs (W) : no net change Republicans (R) : no net change Americans (A) : no net change deaths: 4 resignations: 1 interim appointments: 2 seats of newly admitted states: 4 Total seats with changes: 9

House of Representatives replacements: 10 Democrats (D) : 3 seat net loss Whigs (W) : 3 seat net gain Republicans (R) : 1 seat net gain Americans (A) : 1 seat net gain Independent Democrats (ID) : 1 seat net gain deaths: 5 resignations: 6 contested election:1 seats of newly admitted states: 3 Total seats with changes: 14

Officers

Senate Secretary of the Senate: Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12, 1836 Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Dunning R. McNair of Pennsylvania, elected March 17, 1853 Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. Stephen P. Hill, Baptist, elected December 8, 1856 Other Architect of the Capitol: Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11, 1851

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: James C. Allen of Illinois elected December 7, 1857 Sergeant at Arms of the House: Adam J. Glossbrenner of Pennsylvania, elected December 7, 1857 Doorkeeper of the House: Robert B. Hackney of Virginia, elected December 7, 1857 Postmaster of the House: Michael W. Cluskey, elected December 7, 1857 Messenger to the Speaker: Thaddeus Morrice Chaplain of the House The Rev. William H. Milburn, Methodist, elected December 5, 1857

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