The 26th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
. It met in
Washington, D.C.
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from March 4, 1839, to March 4, 1841, during the third and fourth years of
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party (Uni ...
's
presidency
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by a ...
. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the
Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a
Democratic majority.
Major events
* 1839: The first state law permitting women to own property was passed in
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the Capital city, capital of and the List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, Mississippi, ...
* January 19, 1840: Captain
Charles Wilkes
Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842).
During the American Civil War (1861–1865), he commanded ' during the ...
circumnavigated
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
, claiming what becomes known as
Wilkes Land
Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though the validity of this claim has been placed for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, ...
for the United States.
* November 7, 1840:
U.S. presidential election, 1840
The 1840 United States presidential election was the 14th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 30 to Wednesday, December 2, 1840. Economic recovery from the Panic of 1837 was incomplete, and Whig nominee William Henry Ha ...
:
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...
defeated
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party (Uni ...
* February 18, 1841: The first ongoing
filibuster
A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent decision. It is sometimes referred to as "talking a bill to death" or "talking out ...
in the United States Senate began and lasted until March 11
Major legislation
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Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
:
Richard M. Johnson (D)
*
President pro tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
:
William R. King (D)
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** I ...
:
Robert M. T. Hunter
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He was a U.S. representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. senator (184 ...
(W) Elected on the 11th ballot
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
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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 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
: 2.
William R. King (D)
: 3.
Clement C. Clay (D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
: 2.
William S. Fulton
William Savin Fulton (June 2, 1795 – August 15, 1844) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1836 until his death in 1844. He had previously served as the fourth governor of Arkansas Te ...
(D)
: 3.
Ambrose H. Sevier (D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
: 1.
Thaddeus Betts
Thaddeus Laddins Betts (February 4, 1789 – April 7, 1840) was the 32nd and 34th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Connecticut from 1832 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1835, and a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840. He had ...
(W), until April 7, 1840
::
Jabez W. Huntington
Jabez Williams Huntington (November 8, 1788November 1, 1847) was a United States representative and Senator from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Norwich, son of Zachariah Huntington and Hannah Mumford Huntington, Huntington pursued classical s ...
(W), from May 4, 1840
: 3.
Perry Smith (D)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
: 1.
Richard H. Bayard
Richard Henry Bayard (September 26, 1796 – March 4, 1868) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as the first Mayor of Wilmington, Chief Justice of the Delaware Superior ...
(W), until September 19, 1839
::
Richard H. Bayard
Richard Henry Bayard (September 26, 1796 – March 4, 1868) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as the first Mayor of Wilmington, Chief Justice of the Delaware Superior ...
(W), from January 12, 1841
: 2.
Thomas Clayton
Thomas Clayton (July 1777 – August 21, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. He served in the Delawa ...
(W)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
Wilson Lumpkin
Wilson Lumpkin (January 14, 1783 – December 28, 1870) was an American planter, attorney, and politician. He served two terms as the governor of Georgia, from 1831 to 1835, in the period of Indian Removal of the Creek and Cherokee peoples to In ...
(D)
: 3.
Alfred Cuthbert
Alfred Cuthbert (December 23, 1785July 9, 1856) was a United States representative and Senator from Georgia. He should not be confused with his brother, John Alfred Cuthbert.
Life and career
Cuthbert was born in Savannah. He was instructed by pr ...
(D)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
: 2.
John M. Robinson (D)
: 3.
Richard M. Young (D)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
: 1.
Albert S. White (W)
: 3.
Oliver H. Smith (W)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
: 2.
John J. Crittenden
John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1787 July 26, 1863) was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as Unite ...
(W)
: 3.
Henry Clay
Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state, al ...
(W)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2.
Robert C. Nicholas
Robert Carter Nicholas (January 10, 1787 – December 24, 1856) was a United States senator from Louisiana. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and also served as Secretary of State of Louisiana and Louisiana's Superintendent of Education.
Ea ...
(D)
: 3.
Alexander Mouton (D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
: 1.
Reuel Williams
Reuel Williams (June 2, 1783July 25, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Senator from Maine from 1837 to 1843.
Early life and career
Born in Hallowell, Maine to Seth Williams and Zilpha Ingraham, he attende ...
(D)
: 2.
John Ruggles
John Ruggles (October 8, 1789June 20, 1874) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. He served in several important state legislative and judicial positions before serving in the U.S. Senate.
Early life and career
Ruggles was ...
(D)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1.
William D. Merrick (W)
: 3.
John S. Spence
John Selby Spence (February 29, 1788October 24, 1840) was an American politician.
Born near Snow Hill, Maryland, Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 18 ...
(W), until October 24, 1840
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John L. Kerr (W), from January 5, 1841
: 1.
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, ...
(W), until February 22, 1841
::
Rufus Choate
Rufus Choate (October 1, 1799July 13, 1859) was an American lawyer, orator, and Senator who represented Massachusetts as a member of the Whig Party. He is regarded as one of the greatest American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over a th ...
(W), from February 23, 1841
: 2.
John Davis (W), until January 5, 1841
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Isaac C. Bates
Isaac Chapman Bates (January 23, 1779March 16, 1845) was an American politician from Massachusetts.
He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale College in 1802. He practiced law in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1808.
Poli ...
(W), from January 13, 1841
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
: 1.
Augustus S. Porter
Augustus Seymour Porter (January 18, 1798September 18, 1872) was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan.
Early life
He was born in Canandaigua, New York, the son of Augustus Porter (1769–1849) and his first wife, Lavinia Steele. His brothe ...
(W), from January 20, 1840
: 2.
John Norvell
John Norvell (December 21, 1789April 24, 1850) was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan.
History
Norvell was born in Danville, Kentucky, then still a part of Virginia, where he attended the common schools.
He is t ...
(D)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
John Henderson (W)
: 2.
Robert J. Walker (D)
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
: 1.
Thomas H. Benton (D)
: 3.
Lewis F. Linn
Lewis Fields Linn (November 5, 1796October 3, 1843) was a physician and politician who represented his home state of Missouri in the United States Senate from 1833 to his death.
Early life
Linn was born near Louisville, Kentucky on November 5, 17 ...
(D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
: 2.
Henry Hubbard
Henry Hubbard (May 3, 1784June 5, 1857) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835, a Senator from New Hampshire during 1835 to 1841, and the 18th governor of New Hampshire from 1842 to 1844.
Early life
Henry H ...
(D)
: 3.
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. He was a northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity ...
(D)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
: 1.
Samuel L. Southard (W)
: 2.
Garret D. Wall
Garret Dorset Wall (March 10, 1783November 22, 1850) was a military officer and Senator from New Jersey. He was elected as governor of New Jersey, but refused to assume office.
Early career
Born in Middletown Township, he completed preparatory s ...
(D)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
: 1.
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (February 8, 1795November 2, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician. He served two terms as United States Senator from New York (1833–1844) and was the 3rd Governor of the Wisconsin Territory (1844– ...
(W), from January 14, 1840
: 3.
Silas Wright Jr. (D)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
: 2.
Bedford Brown
Bedford Brown (June 6, 1795 – December 6, 1870) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States Senate, United States Senator from the State of North Carolina between 1829 and 1840.
Biography
Bedford Brown was born on June 6, ...
(D), until November 16, 1840
::
Willie P. Mangum
Willie Person Mangum (; May 10, 1792September 7, 1861) was an American politician and planter who served as U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading memb ...
(W), from November 25, 1840
: 3.
Robert Strange (D), until November 16, 1840
::
William A. Graham (W), from November 25, 1840
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
: 1.
Benjamin Tappan
Benjamin Tappan (May 25, 1773 – April 20, 1857) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio and a United States senator from Ohio.
Education and career
Born on May 25, 1773, in Northampton, ...
(D)
: 3.
William Allen William Allen may refer to:
Politicians
United States
*William Allen (congressman) (1827–1881), United States Representative from Ohio
*William Allen (governor) (1803–1879), U.S. Representative, Senator, and 31st Governor of Ohio
*William ...
(D)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
: 1.
Daniel Sturgeon
Daniel Sturgeon (October 27, 1789July 3, 1878) was an American physician, banker and Democratic party politician from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States ...
(D), from January 14, 1840
: 3.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...
(D)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
: 1.
Nathan F. Dixon (W)
: 2.
Nehemiah R. Knight
Nehemiah Rice Knight (December 31, 1780April 18, 1854) was Governor of Rhode Island and United States Senator from Rhode Island.
Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, Cranston, he attended the common schools. In 1802 he was a member of the Rhode Isla ...
(W)
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
: 2.
John C. Calhoun (D)
: 3.
William C. Preston (W)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
: 1.
Felix Grundy
Felix Grundy (September 11, 1777 – December 19, 1840) was an American politician who served as a congressman and senator from Tennessee as well as the 13th attorney General of the United States.
Biography
Early life
Born in Berkeley County ...
(D), November 19, 1839 – December 19, 1840
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Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D), from December 25, 1840
: 2.
Hugh Lawson White
Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder ...
(W), until January 13, 1840
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Alexander O. Anderson
Alexander Outlaw Anderson (November 10, 1794May 23, 1869) was an American slave owner and attorney who represented Tennessee in the United States Senate, and later served in the California State Senate, and on the California Supreme Court.
Earl ...
(D), from February 26, 1840
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
: 1.
Samuel S. Phelps
Samuel Shethar Phelps (May 13, 1793March 25, 1855) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a United States senator from Vermont, and a member of the Whig Party.
Biography
Phelps was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, to John Phelps (1756 ...
(W)
: 3.
Samuel Prentiss
Samuel Prentiss (March 31, 1782January 15, 1857) was an associate justice and chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, a United States senator from Vermont and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Distric ...
(W)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
: 1.
William C. Rives
William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia. Initially a Jacksonian democracy, Jackson Democrat as well as member of the First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the Vi ...
(W), from January 18, 1841
: 2.
William H. Roane (D)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
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Reuben Chapman
Reuben Chapman (July 15, 1799 – May 17, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
Born on July 15, 1799, in Bowling Green, Virginia, he moved to Alabama in 1824, where he established a law practice. He represented Alabama in the U.S ...
(D)
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David Hubbard (D)
: .
George W. Crabb
George Whitfield Crabb (February 22, 1804 – August 15, 1846) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Botetourt County, Virginia, Crabb attended the public schools.
He moved to Tuscaloosa, Ala ...
(W)
: .
Dixon H. Lewis
Dixon Hall Lewis (August 10, 1802 – October 25, 1848) was an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, Representative and a United States Senate, Senator from Alabama.
Life and career
Lewis was born on Bo ...
(D)
: .
James Dellet
James Dellet (February 18, 1788December 21, 1848) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama.
Biography
Early life
He was born on February 18, 1788 in Camden, New Jersey. He moved to Co ...
(W)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
: .
Edward Cross (D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
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Joseph Trumbull (W)
: .
William L. Storrs (W), until June ???, 1840
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William W. Boardman (W), from December 7, 1840
: .
Thomas W. Williams (W)
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Thomas B. Osborne (W)
: .
Truman Smith
Truman Smith (November 27, 1791 – May 3, 1884) was a Whig member of the United States Senate from Connecticut from 1849 to 1854 and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th and 5th congressional districts ...
(W)
: .
John H. Brockway
John Hall Brockway (January 31, 1801 – July 29, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born the son of the Reverend Diodate and Miranda Hall Brockway in Ellington, Connecticut, Brockway pursued preparatory studies and w ...
(W)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
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Thomas Robinson Jr.
Thomas Robinson Jr. (1800 – October 28, 1843) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served as United States Representative from Delaware.
Early life ...
(D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
All representatives were elected statewide on a
general ticket
The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner. Unless specifically ...
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Julius C. Alford (W)
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Edward J. Black (W)
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Walter T. Colquitt (W), until July 21, 1840
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Hines Holt
Hines Holt (April 27, 1805 – November 4, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from Georgia.
Early years and education
Hines Holt was born near Milledgeville, Georgia, to Hines Holt and ...
(W), from February 1, 1841
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Mark A. Cooper (W)
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William C. Dawson (W)
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Richard W. Habersham (W)
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Thomas Butler King
Thomas Butler King I (August 27, 1800 – May 10, 1864) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. Late in life, King spent ten years in the newly admitted state of California and twice attempted to become a senator from that state.
...
(W)
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Eugenius A. Nisbet (W)
: .
Lott Warren
Lott Warren (October 30, 1797 – June 17, 1861) was a United States representative from Georgia. He was born in Burke County, Georgia near Augusta, Georgia. He attended the common schools and then moved to Dublin, Georgia in 1816. He served as ...
(W)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
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John Reynolds (D)
: .
Zadok Casey
Zadok Casey (March 7, 1796 – September 4, 1862) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Illinois and founded the city of Mount Vernon.
Biography
Zadok Casey was born in Greene County, Georgia. Not much is know ...
(D)
: .
John T. Stuart
John Todd Stuart (November 10, 1807 – November 28, 1885) was a lawyer and a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Stuart graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1826. He then studied law, was ...
(W)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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George H. Proffit (W)
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John W. Davis
John William Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served under President Woodrow Wilson as the Solicitor General of the United States and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ...
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Thomas Smith (D)
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James Rariden
James Rariden (February 14, 1795 – October 20, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana, from 1837 to 1841.
Biography
Born near Cynthiana, Kentucky, Rariden received a limite ...
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William W. Wick
William W. Wick (February 23, 1796 – May 19, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and Secretary of State of Indiana. He was a lawyer and over his career he was a judge for 15 years. President Franklin Pierce appointed him Postmaster of ...
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Henry S. Lane
Henry Smith Lane (February 24, 1811 – June 19, 1881) was a United States representative, Senator, and the 13th Governor of Indiana; he was by design the shortest-serving Governor of Indiana, having made plans to resign the office should his ...
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Kentucky
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Linn Boyd
Linn Boyd (November 22, 1800 – December 17, 1859) (also spelled "Lynn") was a prominent US politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the Hou ...
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Philip Triplett
Philip Triplett (December 24, 1799 – March 30, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Madison County, Kentucky, Triplett attended the common schools of central Kentucky near Franklin, and in Scott County.
He studied law in O ...
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Joseph R. Underwood
Joseph Rogers Underwood (October 24, 1791 – August 23, 1876) was a lawyer, judge, United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.
Early and family life
Joseph Underwood was born in Goochland County, Virginia to John Underwood, ...
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Simeon H. Anderson
Simeon H. Anderson (March 2, 1802 – August 11, 1840) was a slave owner and United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Lancaster, Kentucky, where he pursued preparatory studies. In addition, he studied law and was admitted to th ...
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John B. Thompson (W), from December 7, 1840
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Willis Green
Willis Green (1818–1893) Green was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky
Life
Willis Green, son of Stephen Green and Elizabeth Stuart Green, was born in Madison County, Kentucky about 1818. Willis owned a mill at the Falls of Rough. He served a ...
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William J. Graves
William Jordan Graves (1805 – September 27, 1848) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Graves was born in New Castle, Kentucky, and pursued an academic course early in life, choosing to study law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced l ...
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John White (W)
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Richard Hawes
Richard Hawes Jr. (February 6, 1797 – May 25, 1877) was a United States representative from Kentucky and the second Confederate Governor of Kentucky. He was part of the politically influential Hawes family. His brother, uncle, and cousin al ...
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Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis (September 10, 1801 – September 22, 1872) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.
Early life
Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Dav ...
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William O. Butler
William Orlando Butler (April 19, 1791 – August 6, 1880) was a U.S. political figure and U.S. Army major general from Kentucky. He served as a Democratic congressman from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843, and was the Democratic vice-presiden ...
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Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
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Edward D. White (W)
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Rice Garland
Rice Garland (September 30, 1799August 13, 1863) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a United States representative from Louisiana from 1834 to 1840.
Biography
Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and he pursued a ...
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John Moore (W), from December 17, 1840
Maine
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Nathan Clifford
Nathan Clifford (August 18, 1803 – July 25, 1881) was an American statesman, diplomat and jurist.
Clifford is one of the few people who have served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government. He represented Maine in the U.S. Ho ...
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Benjamin Randall
Benjamin Randall (February 7, 1749 – October 22, 1808) was an American Baptist minister the main organizer of the Freewill Baptists (Randall Line) in the northeastern United States.
Biography Early years
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George Evans (W), until March 3, 1841
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Virgil D. Parris (D)
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Hugh J. Anderson
Hugh Johnston Anderson (May 10, 1801 – May 31, 1881) was member of the United States Congress from Maine and served as the List of Governors of Maine, 20th Governor of Maine.
Early life
Hugh J. Anderson was born in Wiscasset, Maine, Wiscasset ...
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Joshua A. Lowell
Joshua Adams Lowell (March 20, 1801 – March 13, 1874) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Thomaston, Massachusetts (now in Maine) on March 20, 1801. He attended the common schools where he also taught. He studied l ...
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Thomas Davee
Thomas Davee (December 9, 1797 – December 9, 1841) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts where he attended the common schools. Later, he moved to Maine, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits.
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Maryland
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The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.
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John Dennis John Dennis may refer to:
*John Dennis (dramatist) (1658–1734), English dramatist
* John Dennis (1771–1806), Maryland congressman
*John Dennis (1807–1859), his son, Maryland congressman
*John Stoughton Dennis (1820–1885), Canadian surveyor
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Solomon Hillen Jr. (D)
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William Cost Johnson
William Cost Johnson (January 14, 1806 – April 14, 1860) was an American politician.
Johnson was born near Jefferson, Maryland, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Jefferson. Johnson served as a ...
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Francis Thomas
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Daniel Jenifer
Daniel Jenifer (April 15, 1791 – December 18, 1855) was an American lawyer and statesman from Charles County, Maryland. He was also the nephew of Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer. He graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He represented ...
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Abbott Lawrence
Abbott Lawrence (December 16, 1792, Groton, Massachusetts – August 18, 1855) was a prominent American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was among the group of industrialists that founded a settlement on the Merrimack River that w ...
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Robert C. Winthrop (W), from November 9, 1840
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Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twent ...
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Caleb Cushing
Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800 – January 2, 1879) was an American Democratic politician and diplomat who served as a Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. He was an eager proponent of territoria ...
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William Parmenter (D)
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Levi Lincoln Jr.
Levi Lincoln Jr. (October 25, 1782 – May 29, 1868) was an American lawyer and politician from Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the 13th Governor of Massachusetts (1825–1834) and represented the state in the U.S. Congress (1834–1841). Li ...
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James C. Alvord
James Church Alvord (April 14, 1808 – September 27, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Greenwich, Massachusetts, Alvord completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, ...
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Osmyn Baker (W), from January 14, 1840
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George N. Briggs
George Nixon Briggs (April 12, 1796 – September 12, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. A Whig, Briggs served for twelve years in the United States House of Representatives, and served seven one-year terms as the 1 ...
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Henry Williams Henry Williams may refer to:
Politicians
* Henry Williams (activist) (born 2000), chief of staff of the Mike Gravel 2020 presidential campaign
* Henry Williams (MP for Northamptonshire) (died 1558), Member of Parliament (MP) for Northamptonshire ...
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John Reed Jr.
John Reed Jr. (September 2, 1781 – November 25, 1860) was a Representative from Massachusetts.
Reed was born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island in 1803, and was a tutor of langu ...
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John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States S ...
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Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
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Isaac E. Crary
Isaac Edwin Crary (October 2, 1804 – May 8, 1854) was an American politician. He was the first elected U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.
Early life
Crary was born in Preston, Connecticut, where he attended the public schools and ...
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Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
Both representatives were elected statewide on a
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Albert G. Brown (D)
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Jacob Thompson
Jacob Thompson (May 15, 1810 – March 24, 1885) was the United States Secretary of the Interior, who resigned on the outbreak of the American Civil War and became the Inspector General of the Confederate States Army.
In 1864, Jefferson Davis ...
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Missouri
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Both representatives were elected statewide on a
general ticket
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Albert G. Harrison
Albert Galliton Harrison (June 26, 1800 – September 7, 1839) was a three-term United States Representative from Missouri and a slaveholder.
Biography
Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Harrison graduated from Transylvania University, Lexi ...
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John Jameson (D), from December 12, 1839
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John Miller (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
All representatives were elected statewide on a
general ticket
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Charles G. Atherton
Charles Gordon Atherton (July 4, 1804November 15, 1853) was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1843. He was elected to the United States Senate from 184 ...
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Edmund Burke
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Ira A. Eastman (D)
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Tristram Shaw
Tristram Shaw (May 23, 1786 – March 14, 1843) was a United States representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Hampton, New Hampshire in 1786. He completed preparatory studies there.
Shaw held several local offices in Exeter, New Hampshir ...
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Jared W. Williams
Jared Warner Williams (December 22, 1796September 29, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician from Lancaster, New Hampshire, who was a U.S. representative, the 21st governor of New Hampshire 1847 to 1849 and a United States senator.
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
All representatives were elected statewide on a
general ticket
The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner. Unless specifically ...
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William R. Cooper (D)
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Philemon Dickerson
Philemon Dickerson (January 11, 1788 – December 10, 1862) was a United States representative from New Jersey, the 12th governor of New Jersey and judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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Joseph Kille
Joseph Kille (April 12, 1790 - March 1, 1865) was a Representative from New Jersey; born near Bridgeport, Gloucester County, N.J., April 12, 1790; pursued academic studies; located in Salem; sheriff of Salem County, New Jersey from 1822 to 1829, a ...
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Joseph F. Randolph (W)
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Daniel B. Ryall (D)
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Peter D. Vroom
Peter Dumont Vroom (December 12, 1791 – November 18, 1873), an American Democratic Party politician, served as the ninth governor of New Jersey (serving two terms in office; from 1829–1832 and 1833–1836) and as a member of the Unite ...
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.
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Thomas B. Jackson
Thomas Birdsall Jackson (March 24, 1797 – April 23, 1881) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1837 to 1841.
Biography
Born in Jerusalem, Long Island, New York, Jackson a ...
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James De la Montanya (D)
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Edward Curtis
Edward Sherriff Curtis (February 19, 1868 – October 19, 1952) was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American people. Sometimes referred to as the "Shadow Catcher", Curtis traveled ...
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Moses H. Grinnell
Moses Hicks Grinnell (March 3, 1803 – November 24, 1877) was a United States Congressman representing New York, and a Commissioner of New York City's Central Park.
Early life
Grinnell was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on March 3, ...
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Ogden Hoffman
Ogden Hoffman (October 13, 1794 – May 1, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Life
Ogden Hoffman was born on October 13, 1794, the son of New York Attorney General Jos ...
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James Monroe
James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was ...
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Gouverneur Kemble
Gouverneur Kemble (January 25, 1786 – September 18, 1875) was a two-term United States Congressman, diplomat and industrialist. He helped found the West Point Foundry, a major producer of artillery during the American Civil War.
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Charles Johnston (W)
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Nathaniel Jones (D)
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Rufus Palen
Rufus Palen (February 25, 1807 – April 26, 1844) was an American manufacturer and politician in the U.S. state of New York. He represented New York in the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
Palen was born in Palenville, N ...
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John Ely (D)
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Aaron Vanderpoel
Aaron Vanderpoel (February 5, 1799 – July 18, 1870) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York for three terms. He served from 1833 to 1837, and again from 1839 to 1841.
He was a close friend of U. ...
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Hiram P. Hunt (W)
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Daniel D. Barnard
Daniel Dewey Barnard (July 16, 1797 – April 24, 1861) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Barnard was the son of Timothy and Phebe (Dewey) Barnard. He attended the co ...
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David A. Russell (W)
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Augustus C. Hand
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand (September 4, 1803 in Shoreham, Vermont, Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont – March 8, 1878 in Elizabethtown, New York, Essex County, New York) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from New York. He served one ...
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John Fine (D)
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Peter J. Wagner (W)
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Andrew W. Doig
Andrew Wheeler Doig (July 24, 1799 – July 11, 1875) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1839 to 1843.
Biography
Born in Salem, New York, Doig pursued an academic course ...
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David P. Brewster (D)
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John G. Floyd (D)
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Thomas C. Chittenden (W)
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John H. Prentiss (D)
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Judson Allen
Judson Allen (April 3, 1797 – August 6, 1880) was an American businessman and politician, who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 20th district.
Biography
Allen was born in Plymouth, Connecticut, and ...
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John C. Clark
John Chamberlain Clark (January 14, 1793 – October 25, 1852) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a United States representative from New York from 1827 to 1829 and from 1837 to 1843.
Biography
Clark was born in Pi ...
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Amasa Dana
Amasa Dana (October 19, 1792 – December 24, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1839 to 1841, and from 1843 to 1845.
Biography
Born in Wilkes-Barre, P ...
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Stephen B. Leonard
Stephen Banks Leonard (April 15, 1793 – May 8, 1876) was an American newspaperman and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1835 to 1837, and from 1839 to 1841.
Biography
Born in New York ...
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Nehemiah H. Earll (D)
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Edward Rogers (D)
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Theron R. Strong
Theron Rudd Strong (November 7, 1802 Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut – May 14, 1873) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1839 to 1841, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
He studied law a ...
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Francis Granger
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Meredith Mallory (D)
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Thomas Kempshall (W)
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Seth M. Gates
Seth Merrill Gates (October 16, 1800 – August 24, 1877) was an American merchant, attorney and politician. He served as a member of the New York State Assembly and as a United States representative from the U.S. state of New York.
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Luther C. Peck (W)
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Richard P. Marvin (W)
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Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853; he was the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Represen ...
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Charles F. Mitchell (W)
North Carolina
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Kenneth Rayner
Kenneth Rayner (June 20, 1808 – March 5, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a whig U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1839 and 1845.
Early life and career
Born in Bertie County, North Carolina, R ...
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Jesse A. Bynum (D)
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Edward Stanly
Edward W. Stanly (January 10, 1810 – July 12, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a North Carolina politician and orator who represented the southeastern portion of the state in the United States House of Representatives for fi ...
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Charles B. Shepard (D)
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James I. McKay
James Iver McKay (July 17, 1792September 14, 1853) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina. He was born in 1792, near Elizabethtown, North Carolina. He pursued classical studies and then law. He was appoin ...
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Micajah T. Hawkins (D)
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Edmund Deberry
Edmund Deberry (August 14, 1787 – December 12, 1859) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, from 1829 to 1831, from 1833 to 1845 and from 1849 to 1851.
Born in Lawrenceville, North Carolina in Montgomery County, Deberry attended school ...
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William Montgomery (D)
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John Hill John Hill may refer to:
Business
* John Henry Hill (1791–1882), American businessman, educator and missionary
* John Hill (planter) (1824–1910), Scottish-born American industrialist and planter
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Charles Fisher (D)
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Henry W. Connor (D)
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Lewis Williams
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Ohio
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John B. Weller
John B. Weller (February 22, 1812August 17, 1875) was the fifth governor of California from January 8, 1858 to January 9, 1860 who earlier had served as a congressman from Ohio and a U.S. senator from California, and minister to Mexico.
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Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin (July 29, 1794 – December 18, 1865), also known as Tom Corwin, The Wagon Boy, and Black Tom was a politician from the state of Ohio. He represented Ohio in both houses of Congress and served as the 15th governor of Ohio and the ...
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Jeremiah Morrow
Jeremiah Morrow (October 6, 1771March 22, 1852) was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth governor of Ohio, and was the last Democratic-Republican to hold that office. He also served as a United States Senat ...
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William Doan
William Doan (April 4, 1792 – June 22, 1847) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1839 to 1843.
Biography
Born in the District of Maine (then a part of the state of Massachusetts), Doan attended the common schools.
He move ...
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Calvary Morris (W)
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William K. Bond (W)
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William Medill
William Medill (February 1802September 2, 1865) was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 22nd governor of Ohio from 1853 to 1856.
Biography
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Samson Mason
Samson Mason (July 24, 1793 – February 1, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York, Mason attended the common schools in Onondaga, New York.
He studied law.
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Isaac Parrish
Isaac Parrish (March 1804August 9, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the mid-19th century.
Early life and career
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Henry Swearingen
Henry Swearingen ( ca. 1792–1849) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in the Northern Panhandle of Virginia (now West Virginia), Swearingen moved to Ohio and settled near Steubenville. He served as Sheriff of Jefferson County, Ohio ...
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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Lemuel Paynter
Lemuel Paynter (1788 – August 1, 1863) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Life and career
Lemuel Paynter was born in Lewes, Delaware. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served in the War of ...
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John Edwards
Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George ...
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Francis James
Alfred Francis James (21 April 191824 August 1992) was an Australian publisher known for being imprisoned in China as a spy.
Early life
James was born in Queenstown, Tasmania, the son of an Anglican priest. His early life was unsettled as his ...
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Joseph Fornance (D)
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John Davis (D)
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David D. Wagener (D)
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Peter Newhard
Peter Newhard (July 26, 1783 – February 19, 1860) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1839 to 1843.
Biography
Ne ...
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George M. Keim (D)
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William Simonton (W)
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James Gerry
James Gerry Jr. (August 14, 1796 – July 19, 1873) was an American politician and physician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1839 to 1843, representing the 11th congressional district of Pennsylvania as a Democrat i ...
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James Cooper (W)
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William S. Ramsey (D), until October 17, 1840
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Charles McClure (D), from December 7, 1840
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William W. Potter (D), until October 28, 1839
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George McCulloch
George McCulloch (February 22, 1792 – April 6, 1861) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George McCulloch was born in Maysville, Kentucky. Upon the death of his ...
(D), from November 20, 1839
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David Petrikin (D)
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Robert H. Hammond (D)
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Samuel W. Morris (D)
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Charles Ogle (AM)
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Albert G. Marchand (D)
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Enos Hook
Enos Hook (December 3, 1804 – July 15, 1841) was an American politician and lawyer who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1839 until his resignation in 1841. He represented the Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district, 2 ...
(D)
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Isaac Leet
Isaac Leet (1801June 10, 1844) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1839 to 1841.
Biography
Isaac Leet was born ...
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Richard Biddle
Richard Biddle (March 25, 1796 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 6, 1847 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American author and politician.
Richard Biddle received a classical education, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1 ...
(AM), until July 21, 1840
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Henry M. Brackenridge (W), from October 13, 1840
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William Beatty (D)
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Thomas Henry (AM)
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John Galbraith (D)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
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Robert B. Cranston (W)
: .
Joseph L. Tillinghast (W)
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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Isaac E. Holmes (D)
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Robert Rhett
Robert Barnwell Rhett (born Robert Barnwell Smith; December 21, 1800September 14, 1876) was an American politician who served as a deputy from South Carolina to the Provisional Confederate States Congress from 1861 to 1862, a member of the US H ...
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John Campbell (D)
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Sampson H. Butler (D)
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Francis W. Pickens (D)
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Waddy Thompson Jr.
Waddy Thompson Jr. (January 8, 1798 – November 23, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1842–44.
Born in Pickensville, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina—near Easley in present Pickens County ...
(W)
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James Rogers (D)
: .
Thomas D. Sumter (D)
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John K. Griffin (D)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
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William B. Carter (W)
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Abraham McClellan (D)
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Joseph L. Williams (W)
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Julius W. Blackwell (D)
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Hopkins L. Turney (D)
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William B. Campbell
William Bowen Campbell (February 1, 1807 – August 19, 1867) was an American politician and soldier. He served as the 14th governor of Tennessee from 1851 to 1853, and was the state's last Whig governor. He also served four terms in the United ...
(W)
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John Bell (W)
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Meredith P. Gentry (W)
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Harvey M. Watterson (D)
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Aaron V. Brown
Aaron Venable Brown (August 15, 1795 – March 8, 1859) was an American politician. He served as the 11th Governor of Tennessee from 1845 to 1847, and as United States Postmaster General from 1857 until his death in 1859. He also served three te ...
(D)
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Cave Johnson
Cave Johnson (January 11, 1793 – November 23, 1866) was an American politician who served the state of Tennessee as a Democratic congressman in the United States House of Representatives. Johnson was the 12th United States Postmaster Gener ...
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John W. Crockett (W)
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Christopher H. Williams (W)
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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Hiland Hall
Hiland Hall (July 20, 1795 – December 18, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who served as 25th governor of Vermont and a United States representative.
Biography
Hall was born in Bennington, Vermont. He attended the common schools, s ...
(W)
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William Slade William Slade may refer to:
* William Slade (politician) (1786–1859), American politician, governor of Vermont
* William Slade (valet), employee of President Lincoln
* Will Slade
Will Slade (born 24 October 1983) is a former Australian rule ...
(W)
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Horace Everett
Horace Everett (July 17, 1779 – January 30, 1851) was an American politician. He served as a United States representative from Vermont.
Biography
Everett was born in Foxboro, Massachusetts. His father was John Everett; his mother was Melatiah ...
(W)
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John Smith (D)
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Isaac Fletcher Isaac Fletcher may refer to:
*Isaac Fletcher (American politician)
Isaac Fletcher (November 22, 1784 – October 19, 1842) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont and as Adjutant General of the Ve ...
(D)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
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Joel Holleman (D), until December 1840
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Francis Mallory
Francis Mallory (December 12, 1807 – March 26, 1860) was an American naval officer, physician, and railroad executive, who as a Whig politician served two terms in the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 1st co ...
(W), from December 28, 1840
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Francis E. Rives (D)
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John W. Jones (D)
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George C. Dromgoole (D)
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John Hill John Hill may refer to:
Business
* John Henry Hill (1791–1882), American businessman, educator and missionary
* John Hill (planter) (1824–1910), Scottish-born American industrialist and planter
* John Hill (businessman) (1847–1926), Austral ...
(W)
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Walter Coles (D)
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William L. Goggin
William Leftwich Goggin (May 31, 1807 – January 3, 1870) was a nineteenth-century Whig politician and lawyer from Virginia.
Early and family life
Born near Bunker Hill in southern Bedford County, Virginia, to Mary Otey Leftwich (1789-1854 ...
(W)
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Henry A. Wise
Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 – September 12, 1876) was an American attorney, diplomat, politician and slave owner from Virginia. As the 33rd Governor of Virginia, Wise served as a significant figure on the path to the American Civil W ...
(W)
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Robert M. T. Hunter
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He was a U.S. representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. senator (184 ...
(W)
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John Taliaferro
John Taliaferro (1768 – August 12, 1852) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and librarian from Virginia, serving several non-consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives , U.S. House of Representatives in the earl ...
(W)
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John M. Botts
John Minor Botts (September 16, 1802 – January 8, 1869) was a nineteenth-century politician, planter and lawyer from Virginia. He was a prominent Unionist in Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
Early and family life
Botts ...
(W)
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James Garland (C)
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Linn Banks
Linn Banks (January 23, 1784 – January 13, 1842) was a 19th-century slave owner, politician and lawyer, who served 26 years in the Virginia House of Delegates (including two decades as its Speaker), but resigned in order to run for the U.S. ...
(D)
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Charles F. Mercer
Charles Fenton Mercer (June 16, 1778 – May 4, 1858) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Loudoun County, Virginia, Loudoun County, Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Virginia General Assembly.
...
(W), until December 26, 1839
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William M. McCarty
William Mason McCarty (ca. 1789 – December 20, 1863) was a Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and Virginia Senate, as well as Secretary of the Florida territory and Actin ...
(W), from January 25, 1840
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William Lucas (D)
: .
Green B. Samuels
Green Berry Samuels (February 1, 1806 – January 5, 1859) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and judge.
Early life
Born in Shenandoah County, Virginia on February 6, 1806, Green Berry Samuels was a son of Isaac Samuels (1762–1819) and Elizabet ...
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Robert Craig (D)
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George W. Hopkins (C)
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Andrew Beirne
Andrew Beirne (1771 – March 16, 1845) was an Irish immigrant who became a merchant, militia officer and politician in western Virginia, representing Monroe County in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly as well as the United States Hous ...
(D)
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Joseph Johnson Joseph Johnson may refer to:
Entertainment
*Joseph McMillan Johnson (1912–1990), American film art director
*Smokey Johnson (1936–2015), New Orleans jazz musician
* N.O. Joe (Joseph Johnson, born 1975), American musician, producer and songwrit ...
(D)
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Lewis Steenrod (D)
Non-voting members
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Charles Downing
Charles Downing (died 1841) was a Delegate to the US House of Representatives from the Florida Territory. He was born in Virginia, although it is unknown when. In his life, Downing studied law, and after being admitted to The Florida Bar, h ...
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William W. Chapman
William Williams Chapman (August 11, 1808October 18, 1892) was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He was born and raised in Virginia. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it was part of the Michigan and Wisconsin ...
(D), until October 27, 1840
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Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus Caesar Dodge (January 2, 1812November 20, 1883) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic delegate to the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa Territory, a U.S. minister to Spain, and o ...
(D), from October 28, 1840
: .
James D. Doty (D)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 8
** Democrats: 0-seat net loss
** Whigs: 0-seat net gain
* Deaths: 3
* Resignations: 7
* Interim appointments: 0
*Total seats with changes: 11
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Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
(1)
, colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after previous Congress
, ,
Felix Grundy
Felix Grundy (September 11, 1777 – December 19, 1840) was an American politician who served as a congressman and senator from Tennessee as well as the 13th attorney General of the United States.
Biography
Early life
Born in Berkeley County ...
(D)
, Elected November 19, 1839
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
(1)
, colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after previous Congress
, ,
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (February 8, 1795November 2, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician. He served two terms as United States Senator from New York (1833–1844) and was the 3rd Governor of the Wisconsin Territory (1844– ...
(W)
, Elected January 14, 1840
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
(1)
, colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after previous Congress
, ,
Daniel Sturgeon
Daniel Sturgeon (October 27, 1789July 3, 1878) was an American physician, banker and Democratic party politician from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States ...
(D)
, Elected January 14, 1840
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Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
(1)
, colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after legislature failed to reelect incumbent.
, ,
Augustus S. Porter
Augustus Seymour Porter (January 18, 1798September 18, 1872) was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan.
Early life
He was born in Canandaigua, New York, the son of Augustus Porter (1769–1849) and his first wife, Lavinia Steele. His brothe ...
(W)
, Elected January 20, 1840
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,
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
(1)
, colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after legislature failed to reelect incumbent.
, ,
William C. Rives
William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia. Initially a Jacksonian democracy, Jackson Democrat as well as member of the First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the Vi ...
(W)
, Elected January 18, 1841
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Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
(1)
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Richard H. Bayard
Richard Henry Bayard (September 26, 1796 – March 4, 1868) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as the first Mayor of Wilmington, Chief Justice of the Delaware Superior ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 19, 1839, to become Chief Justice of the
Delaware Supreme Court
The Delaware Supreme Court is the sole appellate court in the United States state of Delaware. Because Delaware is a popular haven for corporations, the Court has developed a worldwide reputation as a respected source of corporate law decisions, ...
, ,
Richard H. Bayard
Richard Henry Bayard (September 26, 1796 – March 4, 1868) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as the first Mayor of Wilmington, Chief Justice of the Delaware Superior ...
(W)
, Elected January 12, 1841, to his former position
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Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
(2)
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Hugh Lawson White
Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773April 10, 1840) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 13, 1840, because he could not conscientiously obey the intentions of his constituents
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Alexander O. Anderson
Alexander Outlaw Anderson (November 10, 1794May 23, 1869) was an American slave owner and attorney who represented Tennessee in the United States Senate, and later served in the California State Senate, and on the California Supreme Court.
Earl ...
(D)
, Elected February 26, 1840
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Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
(1)
, ,
Thaddeus Betts
Thaddeus Laddins Betts (February 4, 1789 – April 7, 1840) was the 32nd and 34th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Connecticut from 1832 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1835, and a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840. He had ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died April 7, 1840
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Jabez W. Huntington
Jabez Williams Huntington (November 8, 1788November 1, 1847) was a United States representative and Senator from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Norwich, son of Zachariah Huntington and Hannah Mumford Huntington, Huntington pursued classical s ...
(W)
, Elected May 4, 1840
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Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
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John S. Spence
John Selby Spence (February 29, 1788October 24, 1840) was an American politician.
Born near Snow Hill, Maryland, Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 18 ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died October 24, 1840
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John L. Kerr (W)
, Elected January 5, 1841
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
(2)
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Bedford Brown
Bedford Brown (June 6, 1795 – December 6, 1870) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States Senate, United States Senator from the State of North Carolina between 1829 and 1840.
Biography
Bedford Brown was born on June 6, ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 16, 1840, because he could not obey instructions of the
North Carolina General Assembly
The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, State government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Ca ...
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Willie P. Mangum
Willie Person Mangum (; May 10, 1792September 7, 1861) was an American politician and planter who served as U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading memb ...
(W)
, Elected November 25, 1840
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
(3)
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Robert Strange (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 16, 1840
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William A. Graham (W)
, Elected November 25, 1840
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Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
(1)
, ,
Felix Grundy
Felix Grundy (September 11, 1777 – December 19, 1840) was an American politician who served as a congressman and senator from Tennessee as well as the 13th attorney General of the United States.
Biography
Early life
Born in Berkeley County ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died December 19, 1840
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Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D)
, Elected December 25, 1840
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(2)
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John Davis (W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 5, 1841, after being elected
Governor of Massachusetts
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
Massachusetts ...
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Isaac C. Bates
Isaac Chapman Bates (January 23, 1779March 16, 1845) was an American politician from Massachusetts.
He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale College in 1802. He practiced law in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1808.
Poli ...
(W)
, Elected January 13, 1841
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(1)
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Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 22, 1841
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Rufus Choate
Rufus Choate (October 1, 1799July 13, 1859) was an American lawyer, orator, and Senator who represented Massachusetts as a member of the Whig Party. He is regarded as one of the greatest American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over a th ...
(W)
, Elected February 23, 1841
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 15
** Democrats: 2-seat net loss
** Whigs: 3-seat net gain
** Anti-Masonic: 1-seat net loss
* Deaths: 6
* Resignations: 10
* Contested election: 0
*Total seats with changes: 17
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, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" , Rep-elect Howard presented credentials August 5, 1839
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Tilghman Howard
Tilghman Ashurst Howard (November 14, 1797 – August 16, 1844) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Indiana. He was born near Easley, South Carolina. He moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1816 and was admitted to the bar there in ...
(D)
, Seated August 5, 1839
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Albert G. Harrison
Albert Galliton Harrison (June 26, 1800 – September 7, 1839) was a three-term United States Representative from Missouri and a slaveholder.
Biography
Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Harrison graduated from Transylvania University, Lexi ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died September 7, 1839
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John Jameson (D)
, Seated December 12, 1839
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James C. Alvord
James Church Alvord (April 14, 1808 – September 27, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Greenwich, Massachusetts, Alvord completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died September 27, 1839
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Osmyn Baker (W)
, Seated January 14, 1840
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William W. Potter (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died October 28, 1839
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George McCulloch
George McCulloch (February 22, 1792 – April 6, 1861) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George McCulloch was born in Maysville, Kentucky. Upon the death of his ...
(D)
, Seated November 20, 1839
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Charles F. Mercer
Charles Fenton Mercer (June 16, 1778 – May 4, 1858) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Loudoun County, Virginia, Loudoun County, Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Virginia General Assembly.
...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 26, 1839
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William M. McCarty
William Mason McCarty (ca. 1789 – December 20, 1863) was a Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and Virginia Senate, as well as Secretary of the Florida territory and Actin ...
(W)
, Seated January 25, 1840
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Thomas Corwin
Thomas Corwin (July 29, 1794 – December 18, 1865), also known as Tom Corwin, The Wagon Boy, and Black Tom was a politician from the state of Ohio. He represented Ohio in both houses of Congress and served as the 15th governor of Ohio and the ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 30, 1840, having become a candidate for
Governor of Ohio
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
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Jeremiah Morrow
Jeremiah Morrow (October 6, 1771March 22, 1852) was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth governor of Ohio, and was the last Democratic-Republican to hold that office. He also served as a United States Senat ...
(W)
, Seated October 13, 1840
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William L. Storrs (W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned some time in June, 1840
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William W. Boardman (W)
, Seated December 7, 1840
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Anson Brown (W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died June 14, 1840
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Nicholas B. Doe (W)
, Seated December 7, 1840
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Tilghman Howard
Tilghman Ashurst Howard (November 14, 1797 – August 16, 1844) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Indiana. He was born near Easley, South Carolina. He moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1816 and was admitted to the bar there in ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 1, 1840
, ,
Henry S. Lane
Henry Smith Lane (February 24, 1811 – June 19, 1881) was a United States representative, Senator, and the 13th Governor of Indiana; he was by design the shortest-serving Governor of Indiana, having made plans to resign the office should his ...
(W)
, Seated August 3, 1840
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Walter T. Colquitt (W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 21, 1840
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Hines Holt
Hines Holt (April 27, 1805 – November 4, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from Georgia.
Early years and education
Hines Holt was born near Milledgeville, Georgia, to Hines Holt and ...
(W)
, Seated February 1, 1841
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Rice Garland
Rice Garland (September 30, 1799August 13, 1863) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a United States representative from Louisiana from 1834 to 1840.
Biography
Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and he pursued a ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 21, 1840, to accept appointment as judge of
Louisiana Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Louisiana (french: Cour suprême de Louisiane) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orlea ...
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John Moore (W)
, Seated December 17, 1840
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Richard Biddle
Richard Biddle (March 25, 1796 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 6, 1847 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American author and politician.
Richard Biddle received a classical education, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1 ...
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, ,
Henry M. Brackenridge (W)
, Seated October 13, 1840
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Simeon H. Anderson
Simeon H. Anderson (March 2, 1802 – August 11, 1840) was a slave owner and United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Lancaster, Kentucky, where he pursued preparatory studies. In addition, he studied law and was admitted to th ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died August 11, 1840
, ,
John B. Thompson (W)
, Seated December 7, 1840
, -
,
, ,
Abbott Lawrence
Abbott Lawrence (December 16, 1792, Groton, Massachusetts – August 18, 1855) was a prominent American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was among the group of industrialists that founded a settlement on the Merrimack River that w ...
(W)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 18, 1840
, ,
Robert C. Winthrop (W)
, Seated November 9, 1840
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,
, ,
William S. Ramsey (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died October 17, 1840
, ,
Charles McClure (D)
, Seated December 7, 1840
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,
, ,
William W. Chapman
William Williams Chapman (August 11, 1808October 18, 1892) was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He was born and raised in Virginia. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it was part of the Michigan and Wisconsin ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Term expired by law October 27, 1840
, ,
Augustus C. Dodge
Augustus Caesar Dodge (January 2, 1812November 20, 1883) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic delegate to the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa Territory, a U.S. minister to Spain, and o ...
(D)
, Seated October 28, 1840
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,
, ,
Joel Holleman (D)
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Francis Mallory
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(W)
, Seated December 28, 1840
, -
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, ,
George Evans (W)
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The composition and powe ...
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Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
*
Agriculture
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(Chairman:
Alexander Mouton)
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Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
Nehemiah R. Knight
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Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, Cranston, he attended the common schools. In 1802 he was a member of the Rhode Isla ...
)
*
Claims
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* Claim (legal)
* Claim of Right Act 1689
* Claims-based identity
* Claim (philosophy)
* Land claim
* A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law
* Patent claim
* The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton
* A righ ...
(Chairman:
Henry Hubbard
Henry Hubbard (May 3, 1784June 5, 1857) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835, a Senator from New Hampshire during 1835 to 1841, and the 18th governor of New Hampshire from 1842 to 1844.
Early life
Henry H ...
)
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Commerce
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(Chairman:
William R. King)
*
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
*
District of Columbia
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(Chairman:
Richard H. Bayard
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)&
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Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Oliver Smith then
John Henderson)
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Finance
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(Chairman:
Silas Wright
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)
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Fiscal Corporation of the United States (Select)
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Foreign Relations
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(Chairman:
James Buchanan
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)
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Indian Affairs
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(Chairman:
Ambrose H. Sevier)
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Judiciary
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(Chairman:
Garret D. Wall
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Born in Middletown Township, he completed preparatory s ...
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Manufactures
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(Chairman:
Wilson Lumpkin
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)
*
Military Affairs
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(Chairman:
Thomas Hart Benton)
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Militia
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(Chairman:
Clement C. Clay)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Reuel Williams
Reuel Williams (June 2, 1783July 25, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Senator from Maine from 1837 to 1843.
Early life and career
Born in Hallowell, Maine to Seth Williams and Zilpha Ingraham, he attende ...
)
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Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman:
Daniel Sturgeon
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)
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Pensions
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(Chairman:
Franklin Pierce
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)
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Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
John M. Robinson)
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Printing
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(Chairman: N/A)
*
Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Lewis F. Linn
Lewis Fields Linn (November 5, 1796October 3, 1843) was a physician and politician who represented his home state of Missouri in the United States Senate from 1833 to his death.
Early life
Linn was born near Louisville, Kentucky on November 5, 17 ...
)
*
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
William S. Fulton
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)
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Public Lands
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(Chairman:
Robert J. Walker)
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Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
Perry Smith)
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Roads and Canals (Chairman:
Richard M. Young)
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Tariff Regulation (Select)
*
Whole
House of Representatives
*
Accounts (Chairman:
Joseph Johnson Joseph Johnson may refer to:
Entertainment
*Joseph McMillan Johnson (1912–1990), American film art director
*Smokey Johnson (1936–2015), New Orleans jazz musician
* N.O. Joe (Joseph Johnson, born 1975), American musician, producer and songwrit ...
)
*
Agriculture
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(Chairman:
Edmund Deberry
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Born in Lawrenceville, North Carolina in Montgomery County, Deberry attended school ...
)
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Apportionment of Representatives (Select)
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Claims
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* Claim (legal)
* Claim of Right Act 1689
* Claims-based identity
* Claim (philosophy)
* Land claim
* A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law
* Patent claim
* The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton
* A righ ...
(Chairman:
David A. Russell)
*
Commerce
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(Chairman:
Edward Curtis
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)
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District of Columbia
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(Chairman:
William C. Johnson)
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Elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
(Chairman:
Francis E. Rives)
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Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Leverett Saltonstall I
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)
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Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Richard P. Marvin)
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Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Joseph R. Underwood
Joseph Rogers Underwood (October 24, 1791 – August 23, 1876) was a lawyer, judge, United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.
Early and family life
Joseph Underwood was born in Goochland County, Virginia to John Underwood, ...
)
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Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
George Evans)
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Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
Peter J. Wagner)
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Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
Edward Stanly
Edward W. Stanly (January 10, 1810 – July 12, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a North Carolina politician and orator who represented the southeastern portion of the state in the United States House of Representatives for fi ...
)
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Foreign Affairs
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(Chairman:
Francis W. Pickens)
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Indian Affairs
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(Chairman:
John Bell)
*
Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Sherrod Williams)
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Judiciary
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(Chairman:
John Sergeant)
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Manufactures
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(Chairman:
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States S ...
)
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Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi (Select)
*
Mileage (Chairman:
Thomas W. Williams)
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Military Affairs
''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the ed ...
(Chairman:
Waddy Thompson Jr.
Waddy Thompson Jr. (January 8, 1798 – November 23, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1842–44.
Born in Pickensville, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina—near Easley in present Pickens County ...
)
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Militia
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(Chairman:
George M. Keim)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Francis Thomas
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)
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Patents
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(Chairman:
Issac Fletcher)
*
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
James I. McKay
James Iver McKay (July 17, 1792September 14, 1853) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina. He was born in 1792, near Elizabethtown, North Carolina. He pursued classical studies and then law. He was appoin ...
)
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Private Land Claims (Chairman:
William B. Calhoun)
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Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Stephen B. Leonard
Stephen Banks Leonard (April 15, 1793 – May 8, 1876) was an American newspaperman and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1835 to 1837, and from 1839 to 1841.
Biography
Born in New York ...
)
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Public Expenditures (Chairman:
William K. Bond)
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Public Lands
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(Chairman:
William C. Johnson then
Jeremiah Morrow
Jeremiah Morrow (October 6, 1771March 22, 1852) was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth governor of Ohio, and was the last Democratic-Republican to hold that office. He also served as a United States Senat ...
then
Reuben Chapman
Reuben Chapman (July 15, 1799 – May 17, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
Born on July 15, 1799, in Bowling Green, Virginia, he moved to Alabama in 1824, where he established a law practice. He represented Alabama in the U.S ...
then
Jeremiah Morrow
Jeremiah Morrow (October 6, 1771March 22, 1852) was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth governor of Ohio, and was the last Democratic-Republican to hold that office. He also served as a United States Senat ...
)
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Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman:
Luther C. Peck)
*
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
Joseph F. Randolph)
*
Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman:
John Taliaferro
John Taliaferro (1768 – August 12, 1852) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and librarian from Virginia, serving several non-consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives , U.S. House of Representatives in the earl ...
)
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Roads and Canals (Chairman:
Charles Ogle)
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Rules
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Education
* Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia
Human activity
* The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power
* Business rule, a rule perta ...
(Select)
*
Standards of Official Conduct
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Territories
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In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...
(Chairman:
John Pope)
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Ways and Means (Chairman:
John W. Jones)
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Whole
Joint committees
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Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen.
Benjamin Tappan
Benjamin Tappan (May 25, 1773 – April 20, 1857) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio and a United States senator from Ohio.
Education and career
Born on May 25, 1773, in Northampton, ...
)
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The Library (Chairman: N/A)
Employees
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Librarian of Congress
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:
John Silva Meehan
John Silva Meehan (6 February 1790 – 24 April 1863) was an American printer and publisher. He was the fourth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1829 to 1861.
Meehan, a United States Democratic party member, was appointed Librarian of ...
Senate
*
Chaplain
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:
Henry Slicer (
Methodist
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), until December 31, 1839
**
George G. Cookman (
Methodist
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), from December 31, 1839
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Secretary
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:
Asbury Dickins
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Originally from North Carolina, Dickins worked as a publisher and a boo ...
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Sergeant at Arms
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:
Stephen Haight
House of Representatives
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Chaplain
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:
Levi M. Reese (
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's b ...
), until February 4, 1840
**
Joshua Bates (
Congregationalist), elected February 4, 1840
**
Thomas W. Braxton
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People
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* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the A ...
(
Baptist
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), elected December 7, 1840
*
Clerk
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:
Hugh A. Garland
Hugh Alfred Garland (June 1, 1805 – October 14, 1854) was an American slaveholder, lawyer and politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates. In 1838 to 1841 he served as clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Garland wa ...
*
Doorkeeper:
Joseph Follansbee, elected December 23, 1839
*
Postmaster
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:
William J. McCormick, elected December 23, 1839
*
Reading Clerks:
*
Sergeant at Arms
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:
Roderick Dorsey
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See also
*
1838 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
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1838 and 1839 United States Senate elections
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1838 and 1839 United States House of Representatives elections
*
1840 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
**
1840 United States presidential election
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1840 and 1841 United States Senate elections
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1840 and 1841 United States House of Representatives elections
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External links
Statutes at Large, 1789-1875*
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