The 23rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the
United States
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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, 1833, to March 4, 1835, during the fifth and sixth years of
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...
's
presidency
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. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. The Senate had an Anti-Jacksonian or
National Republican
The National Republican Party, also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party or simply Republicans, was a political party in the United States that evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John Qu ...
majority, and the House had a Jacksonian or
Democratic majority.
Major events
* March 28, 1834: Senate censured President Andrew Jackson for defunding the
Second Bank of the United States
The Second Bank of the United States was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the bank was chartered from February 1816 to January 1836.. The Bank's formal name, ac ...
* January 30, 1835:
Richard Lawrence unsuccessfully tried to assassinate President Jackson in the United States Capitol; this was the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States.
Major legislation
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "
Changes in membership
Changes may refer to:
Books
* ''Changes'', the 12th novel in Jim Butcher's ''The Dresden Files'' Series
* ''Changes'', a novel by Danielle Steel
* ''Changes'', a trilogy of novels on which the BBC TV series was based, written by Peter Dickinson ...
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Senate
House of Representatives
For the beginning of this congress, the
size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the
1830 United States Census.
Leadership
Senate
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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 ...
:
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 ...
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President pro tempore
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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 ...
(J), until December 15, 1833
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George Poindexter
George Poindexter (April 19, 1779 − September 5, 1853) was an American politician, lawyer and judge from Mississippi. Born in Virginia, he moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1802. He served as United States Representative from the newly adm ...
(NR), June 28, 1834 – November 30, 1834
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John Tyler
John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president dire ...
(NR), from March 3, 1835
House of Representatives
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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:
** In ...
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Andrew Stevenson
Andrew Stevenson (January 21, 1784 – January 25, 1857) was an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. He represented Richmond, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates and eventually became its speaker before being elected to the United S ...
(J), until June 2, 1834
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John Bell (J), after June 2, 1834
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 1838; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.
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
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William R. King
William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the 13th vice president of the United States from March 4 until his death in April 1853. Earlier he had served as a U.S. represent ...
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Gabriel Moore
Gabriel Moore (1785 – August 6, 1844) was a Democratic-Republican, later Jacksonian and National Republican politician and fifth governor of the U.S. state of Alabama (1829–1831).
Life and politics
Moore was born in Stokes County, North ...
(NR)
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.
Nathan Smith (NR)
: 3.
Gideon Tomlinson
Gideon Tomlinson (December 31, 1780 – October 8, 1854) was a United States senator, United States Representative, and the 25th Governor for the state of Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Stratford, Tomlinson completed preparatory studies and ...
(NR)
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.
Arnold Naudain
Arnold Snow Naudain (January 6, 1790 – January 4, 1872) was an American physician and politician from Odessa in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and a member of the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware Gene ...
(NR)
: 2.
John M. Clayton
John Middleton Clayton (July 24, 1796 – November 9, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Secretar ...
(NR)
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 ...
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George Troup
George McIntosh Troup (September 8, 1780 – April 26, 1856) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the Georgia General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate before becoming the 32nd Governor ...
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John P. King (J), from November 21, 1833
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John Forsyth (J), until July 27, 1834
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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 ...
(J), from January 12, 1835
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 M. Robinson (J)
: 3.
Elias Kane
Elias Kent Kane (June 7, 1794December 12, 1835) was the first Illinois Secretary of State and a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Early life
He was born in New York City, to merchant Capt. Elias Kent Kane and Deborah VanSchelluyne of Dutchess County, ...
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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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John Tipton
John Tipton (August 14, 1786 – April 5, 1839) was from Tennessee and became a farmer in Indiana; an officer in the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, and veteran officer of the War of 1812, in which he reached the rank of Brigadier General; and pol ...
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: 3.
William Hendricks
William Hendricks (November 12, 1782 – May 16, 1850) was a Democratic-Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1822, the third governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825, and an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. Senate from 1 ...
(NR)
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 ...
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George M. Bibb
George Mortimer Bibb (October 30, 1776 – April 14, 1859) was an American lawyer and politician and the seventeenth United States Secretary of the Treasury. He was chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and twice represented Kentucky as ...
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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 ...
(NR)
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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George A. Waggaman
George Augustus Waggaman (1782March 31, 1843) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Caroline County, Maryland, he completed preparatory studies under private tutors, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Caroline County in 1811 ...
(NR)
: 3.
Josiah S. Johnston
Josiah Stoddard Johnston (November 24, 1784May 19, 1833) was a United States representative and Senator from Louisiana. Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, he moved with his father to Kentucky in 1788, and went to Connecticut to attend primary school ...
(NR), until May 19, 1833
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Alexander Porter
Alexander Porter (June 24, 1785January 13, 1844) was an attorney, politician, and planter, who served as United States Senator from Louisiana from 1833 to 1837. Born in Ireland, he emigrated in 1801 at the age of 16 to the United States. He ser ...
(NR), from December 19, 1833
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.
Ether Shepley
Ether Shepley (November 2, 1789January 15, 1877) was an Politics of the United States, American politician.
Shepley, a United States Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic-Republican, served in the Maine House of Representatives, Maine State H ...
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Peleg Sprague (NR), until January 1, 1835
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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 ...
(J), from January 20, 1835
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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Joseph Kent
Joseph Kent (January 14, 1779November 24, 1837), a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837. He also served in the House of Representatives, serving the second district of Maryland from 1811 to ...
(NR)
: 3.
Ezekiel F. Chambers
Ezekiel Forman Chambers (February 28, 1788January 30, 1867) was an American politician.
Born in Chestertown, Maryland, Chambers was graduated from Washington College at Chestertown in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and co ...
(NR), until December 20, 1834
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Robert H. Goldsborough (NR), from January 13, 1835
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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, ...
(NR)
: 2.
Nathaniel Silsbee
Nathaniel Silsbee (January 14, 1773July 14, 1850) was a ship master, merchant and American politician from Salem, Massachusetts.
Early career
Silsbee was the eldest child of Capt. Nathaniel and Sarah (Becket) Silsbee. At the age of fourteen, ...
(NR)
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 ...
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John Black (NR), from November 22, 1833
: 2.
George Poindexter
George Poindexter (April 19, 1779 − September 5, 1853) was an American politician, lawyer and judge from Mississippi. Born in Virginia, he moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1802. He served as United States Representative from the newly adm ...
(NR)
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 (J)
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Alexander Buckner
Alexander Buckner (March 8, 1785June 6, 1833) was a United States senator from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, he studied law and moved to Charlestown, Indiana in 1812. He moved to Missouri in 1818 and settled near Jackso ...
(J), until June 5, 1833
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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 ...
(J), from October 25, 1833
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.
Samuel Bell (NR)
: 3.
Isaac Hill
Isaac Hill (April 6, 1788March 22, 1851) was an American politician, journalist, political commentator and newspaper editor who was a United States senator and the 16th governor of New Hampshire, serving two consecutive terms.
Hill was born on ...
(J)
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
Samuel Lewis Southard (June 9, 1787June 26, 1842) was a prominent American statesman of the early 19th century, serving as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and the tenth governor of New Jersey. He also served as President pro tempore of the ...
(NR)
: 2.
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Theodore Frelinghuysen (March 28, 1787April 12, 1862) was an American politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate. He was the Whig vice presidential nominee in the election of 1844, running on a ticket with Henry Clay.
Bo ...
(NR)
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– ...
(J)
: 3.
Silas Wright
Silas Wright Jr. (May 24, 1795 – August 27, 1847) was an American attorney and Democratic politician. A member of the Albany Regency, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, New York State Comptroller, United Stat ...
(J)
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 ...
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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, ...
(J)
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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 ...
(NR)
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.
Thomas Morris (J)
: 3.
Thomas Ewing
Thomas Ewing Sr. (December 28, 1789October 26, 1871) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate as well as serving as the secretary of the treasury and the first secretary of the interior. He is also ...
(NR)
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.
Samuel McKean
Samuel McKean (April 7, 1787December 14, 1841) was an American merchant and politician from Burlington, Pennsylvania, who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate for Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1839 and of the U.S. House of Representative ...
(J), from December 7, 1833
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William Wilkins (J), until June 30, 1834
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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 ...
(J), from December 6, 1834
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.
Asher Robbins
Asher Robbins (October 26, 1761February 25, 1845) (also known as Ashur Robbins) was a United States senator from Rhode Island.
Early life
Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1782, was a tutor in Rhode Island Co ...
(NR)
: 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, he attended the common schools. In 1802 he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representat ...
(NR)
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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John C. Calhoun
John Caldwell Calhoun (; March 18, 1782March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions including being the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He ...
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William C. Preston
William Campbell Preston (December 27, 1794May 22, 1860) was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties. He was also the cousin of William Ballard Preston, William Preston and Angelica Singleton ...
(N), from November 26, 1833
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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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 ...
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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 ...
(J)
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.
Benjamin Swift
Benjamin Swift (April 9, 1780 – November 11, 1847) was an American lawyer, banker and politician from Vermont. He served as a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative and United States Senate, United States Se ...
(NR)
: 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 ...
(NR)
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.
John Tyler
John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president dire ...
(NR)
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William Rives
William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia. Initially a Jackson Democrat as well as member of the First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the Virginia House of Deleg ...
(J), until February 22, 1834
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Benjamin W. Leigh
Benjamin Watkins Leigh (June 18, 1781February 2, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician from Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in the United States Senate.
Early and family life
Benja ...
(NR), from February 26, 1834
House of Representatives
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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Clement C. Clay (J)
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John McKinley
John McKinley (May 1, 1780 – July 19, 1852) was a United States Senate, United States Senator from the U.S. state, state of Alabama and an Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate justice of the Supreme Court ...
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Samuel W. Mardis (J)
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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 ...
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John Murphy (J)
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 ...
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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Noyes Barber
Noyes Barber (April 28, 1781 – January 3, 1844) was an American military veteran and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from Connecticut from 1821 to 1835.
Biography
Barber was born in Groton, Connecticut son o ...
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William W. Ellsworth (NR), until July 8, 1834
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Joseph Trumbull (NR), from December 1, 1834
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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 ...
(NR), until August 16, 1834
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Phineas Miner
Phineas Miner (November 27, 1777 – September 15, 1839) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Winchester, Connecticut where he completed preparatory studies. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1797 ...
(NR), from December 1, 1834
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Samuel A. Foote
Samuel Augustus Foot (November 8, 1780 – September 15, 1846; his surname is also spelled Foote) was the 28th Governor of Connecticut as well as a United States representative and Senator.
Biography
Born November 8, 1780 in Cheshire, Conn ...
(NR), until May 9, 1834
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Ebenezer Jackson Jr. (NR), from December 1, 1834
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Samuel Tweedy
Samuel Tweedy (March 8, 1776 – July 1, 1868) was a United States representative from Connecticut.
Born at Nine Partners, New York in 1776, he later moved to Danbury, Connecticut. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives i ...
(NR)
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Ebenezer Young
Ebenezer Young (December 25, 1783 – August 18, 1851) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Killingly, Connecticut and graduated from Yale College in 1806. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced p ...
(NR)
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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John J. Milligan
John Jones Milligan (December 10, 1795 – April 20, 1875) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as United States Representative from Delaware.
Poli ...
(NR)
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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Augustin S. Clayton (J)
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John E. Coffee (J)
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Thomas F. Foster (J)
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Roger L. Gamble (J)
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George R. Gilmer (J)
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Seaborn Jones
Seaborn Jones (February 1, 1788 – March 18, 1864) was a United States representative from Georgia. Born in Augusta, Georgia, he attended Princeton College and studied law. By a special act of the legislature, he was admitted to the bar in 1808. ...
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William Schley
William Schley (December 15, 1786 – November 20, 1858) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician.
Biography
Schley was born on December 15 (some sources say December 10), 1786 in Frederick, Maryland, the original locus and domicile of t ...
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James M. Wayne (J), until January 13, 1835, vacant thereafter
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Richard Henry Wilde
Richard Henry Wilde (September 24, 1789 – September 10, 1847) was a United States representative and lawyer from Georgia.
Biography
Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1789 to Richard Wilde and Mary Newitt, but came to America at age eigh ...
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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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Charles Slade
Charles Slade ( – July 26, 1834) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in England, Slade immigrated to the United States with his third-cousin and mother, who settled in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended the public schools. He moved t ...
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John Reynolds (J), from December 1, 1834
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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 ...
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Joseph Duncan (J), until September 21, 1834
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William L. May
William L. May (c. 1793 – September 29, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Kentucky, May attended the common schools. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, and afterward to Jacksonville. He was appointed Justice of the Peac ...
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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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Ratliff Boon
Ratliff Boon (January 18, 1781 – November 20, 1844) was the second Governor of Indiana from September 12 to December 5, 1822, taking office following the resignation of Governor Jonathan Jennings' after his election to Congress. A prominent pol ...
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John Ewing (NR)
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John Carr John Carr may refer to:
Politicians
*John Carr (Indiana politician) (1793–1845), American politician from Indiana
*John Carr (Australian politician, born 1819) (1819–1913), member of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1865–1884
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Amos Lane
Amos Lane (March 1, 1778 – September 2, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1833 to 1837.
Early life and education
Born near Aurora, New York, Lane attended the public ...
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Johnathan McCarty
Johnathan McCarty (August 3, 1795 – March 30, 1852) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, McCarty attended the public schools.
He moved to Indiana in 1803 with his fat ...
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George L. Kinnard
George L. Kinnard (1803 – November 26, 1836) was a Representative from Indiana; born in Pennsylvania in 1803; moved with his widowed mother to Tennessee and completed preparatory studies; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1823; studied law; was ...
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Edward A. Hannegan
Edward Allen "Ned" Hannegan (June 25, 1807February 25, 1859) was an American lawyer and politician from Indiana, serving two terms as a United States representative from 1833 to 1837, and one term as a U.S. Senator from 1843 to 1849.
Early life ...
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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 ...
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Chittenden Lyon
Chittenden Lyon (February 22, 1787 – November 23, 1842) was an American businessman and politician from Kentucky. He was most notable for his service as a United States representative from 1827 to 1833.
Biography
Chittenden Lyon was born in ...
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Albert G. Hawes
Albert Gallatin Hawes (April 1, 1804 – March 14, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of Richard Hawes, nephew of Aylett Hawes, granduncle of Harry Bartow Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner.
Born near Bowling Green, ...
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Christopher Tompkins
Christopher Tompkins (March 24, 1780 – August 9, 1858) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Green County, Kentucky where, he completed preparatory studies. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced pract ...
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Martin Beaty (NR)
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Robert P. Letcher
Robert Perkins Letcher (February 10, 1788 – January 24, 1861) was a politician and lawyer from the US state of Kentucky. He served as a U.S. Representative, Minister to Mexico, and the 15th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in the Kentuck ...
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Thomas Chilton
Thomas Chilton (July 30, 1798 – August 15, 1854) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, a prominent Baptist clergyman, and the ghost writer of David Crockett's autobiography.
Born near Lancaster, Kentucky, a son of Rev. Thomas John Chilton a ...
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Benjamin Hardin
Benjamin Hardin (February 29, 1784 – September 24, 1852) was a United States representative from Kentucky. Martin Davis Hardin was his cousin. He was born at the Georges Creek settlement on the Monongahela River, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvan ...
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Patrick H. Pope (J)
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James Love (NR)
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Chilton Allan
Chilton Allan (April 6, 1786 – September 3, 1858) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.
Biography
He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia on April 6, 1786, before moving with his mother to Winchester, Kentucky in 1797. He attende ...
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Amos Davis
Amos Davis (August 15, 1794 – June 11, 1835) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky. He was born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, where he completed preparatory studies. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the ...
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Thomas A. Marshall (NR)
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Richard M. Johnson
Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren ...
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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 (NR), until November 15, 1834
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Philemon Thomas
Philemon Thomas (February 9, 1763 – November 18, 1847) was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat (1831–1835).
Philemon was born in Orange County, Vir ...
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Henry A. Bullard (NR), until January 4, 1834
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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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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 ...
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Francis O. J. Smith
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (Brentwood, New Hampshire, November 23, 1806; Deering, Maine, October 14, 1876) was a U.S. lawyer, legislator, and telegraph pioneer and financier.
He was elected from the state of Maine to the United States House ...
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Edward Kavanagh
Edward Kavanagh (April 27, 1795 – January 22, 1844) was a United States representative and the List of Governors of Maine, 17th Governor of Maine. Born in Newcastle, Maine, Newcastle (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts) to Iris ...
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George Evans George Evans may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George "Honey Boy" Evans (1870–1915), American songwriter and entertainer
* George Evans (bandleader) (1915–1993), English jazz bandleader, arranger and tenor saxophonist
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Leonard Jarvis
Leonard Jarvis, Jr. (October 19, 1781 – September 18, 1854) was an American businessman and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine. Jarvis was the son of Leonard Jarvis, Sr. and Susan (Scot ...
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Gorham Parks
Gorham Parks (May 27, 1794 – November 23, 1877) was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and a Democratic Party candidate for Maine Governor.
Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, Parks attended the common schools and graduated from Harvard University ...
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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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Littleton P. Dennis (NR), until April 14, 1834
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Richard B. Carmichael (J)
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James Turner (J)
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James P. Heath (J)
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Isaac McKim
Isaac McKim (July 21, 1775 – April 1, 1838) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland, nephew of Alexander McKim. McKim's five terms as a Congressman saw him change parties three times (from Republican to Jackson Republican to Jacksonian).
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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
Francis Thomas (February 3, 1799 – January 22, 1876) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of Maryland, 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845. He also served as a United States House of Representatives, United S ...
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Benjamin Gorham
Benjamin Gorham (February 13, 1775 – September 27, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
He was the son of Nathaniel Gorham, who served as one of the Presidents of the Continental Congress. Benjamin was born in Charlestown in ...
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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 ...
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Stephen C. Phillips
Stephen Clarendon Phillips (November 4, 1801 – June 26, 1857) was a Representative from Massachusetts.
Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas (Woodbridge) Phillips. He was a descendant of Rev. George Phillips of Wate ...
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Gayton P. Osgood (J)
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Edward Everett
Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, as a Whig, served as U.S. representative, U.S. senator, the 15th governor of Massa ...
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John Davis (NR), until January 14, 1834
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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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George Grennell Jr.
George Grennell Jr. (December 25, 1786 – November 19, 1877) was a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts on December 25, 1786, to parents George and Lydia (Stevens) Grennell. He attended Deerfield A ...
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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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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.
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William Jackson (AM)
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William Baylies
William Baylies (September 15, 1776 – September 27, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and brother of congressman Francis Baylies. His great-grandfather was Thomas Baylies, an ironmaster from Coalbrookdale, England, who emig ...
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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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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 ...
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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Harry Cage (J)
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Franklin E. Plummer (J)
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 ...
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 H. Ashley
William Henry Ashley (c. 1778 – March 26, 1838) was an American miner, land speculator, manufacturer, territorial militia general, politician, frontiersman, fur trader, entrepreneur, hunter, and slave owner. Ashley was best known for being th ...
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John Bull
John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter- ...
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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
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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Robert Burns
Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...
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Joseph M. Harper
Joseph Merrill Harper (June 21, 1787January 15, 1865) was an Americans, American physician, banker and Jacksonian Democrats, Jacksonian politician in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. He served as a member of the United States House of Represent ...
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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
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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 ...
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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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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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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
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There were five plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.
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Abel Huntington
Abel P. Huntington Jr. (February 21, 1777 – May 18, 1858) was an American physician and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1837.
Life
Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Huntington received a liberal ...
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Isaac B. Van Houten
Isaac B. Van Houten (June 4, 1776 – August 16, 1850) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1835.
Biography
Born in Clarkstown (now New City), Rockland County, New York
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Churchill C. Cambreleng
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (October 24, 1786 – April 30, 1862) was an American businessman and politician from New York. He is notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1821 to 1839, including terms as chairma ...
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Cornelius V. Lawrence (J), until May 14, 1834
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John J. Morgan
John Jordan Morgan (1770 – July 29, 1849) was an American politician from New York. From 1821 to 1825, and again briefly from late 1834 to early 1835, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
Morgan was born in Queens County, N ...
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Dudley Selden
Dudley Selden (1794 – November 7, 1855 Paris, France) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1833 to 1834, he served part of one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life Family
He was a son of Joseph Dudley S ...
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Charles G. Ferris
Charles Goadsby Ferris ( ca. 1796June 4, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York, serving two non-consecutive terms from 1834 to 1835, then again from 1841 to 1843.
Early life
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Campbell P. White
Campbell Patrick White (November 30, 1787 – February 12, 1859) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1829 to 1835.
Biography
Born in Ireland, White received a limited e ...
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Aaron Ward (J)
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Abraham Bockee
Abraham Bockee (February 3, 1784 – June 1, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician from New York who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1829 to 1831, and from 1833 to 1837.
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John Adams
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...
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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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Job Pierson
Job Pierson (September 23, 1791 – April 9, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1831 to 1835.
Biography
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Gerrit Y. Lansing
Gerrit Yates Lansing (August 4, 1783 – January 3, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Early life
Lansing was born in Albany, New York on August 4, 1783. He was third of sixteen children born to Susanna Yates (1762–1840) and Abra ...
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Henry C. Martindale
Henry Clinton Martindale (May 6, 1780 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts – April 22, 1860 in Hudson Falls, New York, Sandy Hill, Washington County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York (state), New York.
Life
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Reuben Whallon
Reuben Whallon (December 7, 1776 – April 15, 1843) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1835.
Biography
Born in Bedminster, New Jersey, Whallon attended the common ...
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Ransom H. Gillet
Ransom Hooker Gillet (January 27, 1800 – October 24, 1876) was an attorney and politician from New York. A Jacksonian and later a Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837.
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Charles McVean
Charles McVean (1802 – December 22, 1848) was an American lawyer and newspaperman who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1835,
Biography
Born near Johnstown, New York, McVean pursued an academic course. He st ...
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Samuel Beardsley
Samuel Beardsley (February 6, 1790 – May 6, 1860) was an American attorney, judge and legislator from New York. During his career he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, New York Attorney General, United States Att ...
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Joel Turrill
Joel Turrill (February 22, 1794 – December 28, 1859) was a judge, politician, and diplomat from New York. From 1833 to 1837, he served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
Turrill was born February 22, 1794 in Shoreham, Vermo ...
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Daniel Wardwell
Daniel Wardwell (May 28, 1791 – March 27, 1878) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served three terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1831 to 1837,
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Sherman Page
Sherman Page (May 9, 1779 – September 27, 1853) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1837.
Biography
Born in Cheshire, Connecticut, Page attended the common sc ...
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Noadiah Johnson
Noadiah Johnson (1795 Connecticut – April 4, 1839 Albany, New York) was an American lawyer, newspaperman, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1835.
Life
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Nicoll Halsey
Nicoll Halsey (March 8, 1782 – March 3, 1865) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1835.
He was the son of Silas Halsey and brother of Jehiel Howell Halsey.
Biography
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William K. Fuller
William Kendall Fuller (November 24, 1792 – November 11, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1833 to 1837.
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Frederick Whittlesey
Frederick Whittlesey (June 12, 1799 – September 19, 1851) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York, cousin of Elisha Whittlesey and Thomas Tucker Whittlesey.
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George W. Lay
George Washington Lay (July 26, 1798 – October 21, 1860) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a U.S. Representative from New York and Charge D'Affaires to Sweden.
Born in Catskill, New York, Lay pursued classical studies an ...
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Philo C. Fuller
Philo Case Fuller (August 14, 1787 near Marlboro, Middlesex County, Massachusetts – August 16, 1855 near Geneva, Ontario County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.
Early life
Fuller was born on August 14, 1787 in Marlborough ...
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Abner Hazeltine
Abner Hazeltine (June 10, 1793 – December 20, 1879) was a politician from New York.
Biography
Born in Wardsboro, Vermont, Hazeltine attended the common schools. He graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1815. ...
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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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Gideon Hard
Gideon Hard (April 29, 1797 in Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont – April 27, 1885 in Albion, Orleans County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He graduated from Union College in 1822. Then he stu ...
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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 ...
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Thomas H. Hall
Thomas H. Hall (June 1773June 30, 1853) was a United States House of Representatives, Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Prince George County, Virginia, in June 1773; studied medicine and practiced in Tarboro, North Caroli ...
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Jesse Speight
Jesse Speight (September 22, 1795May 1, 1847) was a North Carolina and Mississippi politician in the nineteenth century.
Born in Greene County, North Carolina, Speight attended country schools as a child. He was a member of the North Carolina H ...
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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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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 schools ...
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Daniel L. Barringer (NR)
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Augustine H. Shepperd
Augustine Henry Shepperd (February 24, 1792 – July 11, 1864) was a lawyer and politician in North Carolina; he served as a Congressional Representative from North Carolina for numerous terms, most often as a member of the Whig Party.
Earl ...
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Abraham Rencher
Abraham Rencher (August 12, 1798 – July 6, 1883) was a politician from the state of North Carolina. His career included: Congressman; Chargé d'affaires to Portugal; and Governor of New Mexico Territory.
Biography
Rencher was born near Ral ...
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Henry W. Connor (J)
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James Graham (NR)
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Lewis Williams
Lewis Williams (February 1, 1782 – February 23, 1842) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1815 and 1842.
Born in Surry County, North Carolina (present-day Forsyth County), Williams attended the University of North Carolina at ...
(NR)
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 ...
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Robert T. Lytle (J), until March 10, 1834, and from December 27, 1834
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Taylor Webster
Taylor Webster (October 1, 1800 – April 27, 1876) was an American newspaperman and politician who served three terms as a United States Representative from Ohio's 2nd congressional district from 1833 to 1839.
Biography
Born in Pennsylvania, ...
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Joseph H. Crane (NR)
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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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Thomas L. Hamer
Thomas Lyon Hamer (July 1800December 2, 1846) was a United States Democratic congressman and soldier.
Hamer was born in July 1800 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was a school teacher before being admitted to the bar in 1821. He was a ...
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Samuel F. Vinton
Samuel Finley Vinton (September 25, 1792 – May 11, 1862) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1837 and again from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1851.
Biography
Born in South Hadley, ...
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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 ...
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Jeremiah McLene (J)
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John Chaney (J)
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Joseph Vance (NR)
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James M. Bell
James M. Bell (28 March 1878 – 3 August 1953) was an American politician from Iowa.
James M. Bell was born in New Boston, Illinois on 28 March 1878, to parents Vashti Willets Bell and Omer H. Bell. For a time, Bell's family lived in Chicago, w ...
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Robert Mitchell (J)
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David Spangler
David Spangler (born January 7, 1945) is an American spiritual philosopher and self-described "practical mystic." He helped transform the Findhorn Foundation in northern Scotland into a center of residential spiritual education and was a frie ...
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William Patterson (J)
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Jonathan Sloane
Jonathan Sloane (November 1785April 25, 1854) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Pelham, Massachusetts in November 1785, Sloane completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 18 ...
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Elisha Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey (October 19, 1783 – January 7, 1863) was a lawyer, civil servant and U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Biography
Born in Washington, Connecticut, Whittlesey moved with his parents in early youth to Salisbury, Connecticut. He att ...
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John Thomson (J)
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Benjamin Jones (J)
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Humphrey H. Leavitt (J), until July 10, 1834
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Daniel Kilgore (J), from December 1, 1834
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, ...
There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.
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Joel B. Sutherland (J)
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Horace Binney
Horace Binney (January 4, 1780 – August 12, 1875) was an American lawyer, author, and public speaker who served as an Anti-Jacksonian in the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Binney was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the ...
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James Harper (NR)
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John G. Watmough (NR)
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Edward Darlington
Edward Darlington (September 17, 1795 – November 21, 1884) was a three term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from the Anti-Masonic Party. His cousins Isaac Darlington and William Darlington were also both member ...
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William Hiester (AM)
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David Potts Jr.
David Potts Jr. (November 27, 1794 – June 1, 1863) was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Potts was born at Warwick Furnace, Pennsylvania, about eight miles from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. ...
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Joel K. Mann (J)
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Robert Ramsey (J)
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David D. Wagener (J)
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Henry King (J)
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Henry A. P. Muhlenberg
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (May 13, 1782 – August 11, 1844) was an American political leader and diplomat. He was a member of the Muhlenberg family political dynasty.
Early life
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg was born in Lancaster, ...
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William Clark
William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Misso ...
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Charles A. Barnitz (AM)
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George Chambers
The Hon. George Michael Chambers ORTT (4 October 1928 – 4 November 1997) (AM)
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Jesse Miller (J)
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Joseph Henderson (J)
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Andrew Beaumont (J)
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Joseph B. Anthony (J)
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John Laporte (J)
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George Burd
George Burd (1788January 13, 1844) was an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George Burd was born in Pennsylvania in 1788. He was admitted to the bar in 1810 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and practiced ...
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Richard Coulter (J)
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Andrew Stewart (AM)
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Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM)
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Harmar Denny
Harmar Denny (May 13, 1794 – January 29, 1852) was an American businessman and Anti-Masonic Party (United States), Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Harmar Denny was born in Pittsburgh, Penns ...
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Samuel S. Harrison (J)
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John Banks John Banks or Bankes may refer to:
Politics and law
*Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet (1627–1699), English merchant and Member of Parliament
* John Banks (American politician) (1793–1864), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
*John Gray Banks (188 ...
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John Galbraith (J)
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 ...
Both 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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Tristam Burges
Tristam Burges (February 26, 1770October 13, 1853) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, and great-great-uncle of Theodore Francis Green.
Early life and law career
Burges was born in Rochester, Mas ...
(NR)
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Dutee J. Pearce
Dutee Jerauld Pearce (April 3, 1789 – May 9, 1849) was an American politician and a United States Representative from Rhode Island.
Early life
Born on Prudence Island, Pearce graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island in 1808, ...
(AM)
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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Henry L. Pinckney
Henry Laurens Pinckney (September 24, 1794February 3, 1863) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from South Carolina, and the son of Charles Pinckney (governor), Charles Pinckney and Mary Eleanor Laurens.
Born in ...
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N)
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William J. Grayson
William John Grayson (November 2, 1788 – October 4, 1863) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. He was also a poet.'Introduction', Hermione Lee, ''Sapphira and the Slave Girl'' by Willa Cather, Virago Modern Classics, page xxii
Biog ...
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Thomas D. Singleton (N), until November 25, 1833
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Robert B. Campbell (N), from February 27, 1834
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John Myers Felder
John Myers Felder (July 7, 1782 – September 1, 1851) was a United States politician.
Biography
His grandfather was a native of Switzerland, came to South Carolina about 1720, and was killed during the American Revolution while defending his h ...
(N)
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George McDuffie
George McDuffie (August 10, 1790 – March 11, 1851) was the 55th Governor of South Carolina and a member of the United States Senate.
Biography
Born of modest means in McDuffie County, Georgia, McDuffie's extraordinary intellect was noticed ...
(N), until ????, 1834
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Francis W. Pickens
Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805/1807January 25, 1869) was a political Democrat and Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the United States.
A cousin of US Senator John C. Calhoun, Pickens was born into the ...
(N), from December 8, 1834
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Warren R. Davis
Warren Ransom Davis (May 8, 1793 – January 29, 1835) was an American attorney and Representative from South Carolina's 6th congressional district from 1827-35.
Davis was born in Columbia, South Carolina, pursued preparatory studies and gra ...
(N), until January 29, 1835, vacant thereafter
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William K. Clowney
William Kennedy Clowney (March 21, 1797 – March 12, 1851) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Biography
Early life
Born in Union County, South Carolina, Clowney attended private schools and ...
(N)
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James Blair James Blair may refer to:
*James Blair (Australian judge) (1870–1944), Australian judge, lawyer, and politician
*James Blair (cricketer) (1900–1961), Australian-born New Zealand cricketer
* James Blair (farmer) (1825–1901), Scottish-born farm ...
(J), until April 1, 1834
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Richard I. Manning (J), from December 8, 1834
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John K. Griffin (N)
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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John Blair (J)
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Samuel Bunch
Samuel Bunch (December 4, 1786 – September 5, 1849) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837.
Life and career
Bunch was born in what is now Grainger ...
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Luke Lea (J)
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James I. Standifer (J)
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John B. Forester
John B. Forester (died August 1, 1845) was an American politician that represented Tennessee's fifth district in the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
Forester was born in McMinnville, Tennessee. Although he received a limited ...
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Balie Peyton
Balie Peyton (November 26, 1803 – August 18, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Tennessee's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
Peyton was born near Gallatin, Tennessee ...
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John Bell (J)
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David W. Dickinson (J)
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James K. Polk
James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and ninth governor of Tennessee (183 ...
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William M. Inge (J)
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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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David Crockett
David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Re ...
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William C. Dunlap (J)
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 ...
(NR)
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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 (born 1983), Australian footballer
* William Slade (athlete)
...
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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 ...
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Heman Allen (NR)
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Benjamin F. Deming (AM), until July 11, 1834
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Henry F. Janes (AM), from December 2, 1834
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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George Loyall
George Loyall (May 29, 1789 – February 24, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Biography
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Loyall was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1808.
He studied law but ...
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John Y. Mason
John Young Mason (April 18, 1799October 3, 1859) was a United States representative from Virginia, the 16th and 18th United States Secretary of the Navy, the 18th Attorney General of the United States, United States Ambassador to France, United ...
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William S. Archer
William Segar Archer (March 5, 1789March 28, 1855) was a slave owner, politician, planter and lawyer from Amelia County, Virginia who served several times in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as in the United States House of Representativ ...
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James H. Gholson (NR)
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John Randolph (J), until May 24, 1833
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Thomas T. Bouldin (J), from December 2, 1833, until February 11, 1834
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James W. Bouldin (J), from March 28, 1834
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Thomas Davenport (NR)
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Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J)
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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 ...
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William P. Taylor (NR)
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Joseph W. Chinn
Joseph W. Chinn (February 13, 1866 – August 16, 1936) was a Virginia lawyer and judge.
Early and family life
He was born at the Brockenbrough House in Tappahannock, Virginia to Confederate veteran and lawyer Joseph William Chinn and his ...
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Andrew Stevenson
Andrew Stevenson (January 21, 1784 – January 25, 1857) was an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. He represented Richmond, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates and eventually became its speaker before being elected to the United S ...
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John Robertson John, Jon, or Jonathan Robertson may refer to:
Politicians United Kingdom politicians
* J. M. Robertson (John Mackinnon Robertson, 1856–1933), British journalist and Liberal MP for Tyneside 1906–1918
*John Robertson (Bothwell MP) (1867–1926) ...
(NR), from December 1, 1834
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William F. Gordon
William Fitzhugh Gordon (January 13, 1787 – July 21, 1858) was a nineteenth-century, lawyer, military officer, politician and planter from the piedmont region of Virginia.
Early life and education
William Fitzhugh Gordon was born at "Ger ...
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John M. Patton
John Mercer Patton (August 10, 1797October 29, 1858) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia. Patton served in the United States House of Representatives representing two different Virginia Districts and was the acting gove ...
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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.
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Edward Lucas (J)
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James M. H. Beale
James Madison Hite Beale (February 7, 1786 – August 2, 1866) was a slave owner and U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Biography
Born in Mount Airy, Virginia, Beale pursued preparatory studies.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He served ...
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Samuel M. Moore (NR)
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John H. Fulton (J)
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William McComas
William McComas (1795 – June 3, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Virginia Senate, United States House of Representatives and voted against secession in the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861. During the American ...
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John J. Allen (NR)
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Edgar C. Wilson (NR)
Non-voting members
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Ambrose H. Sevier (J)
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Joseph M. White
Joseph M. White (May 10, 1781 – October 19, 1839) was a Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Florida Territory.
Born in Franklin County, Kentucky; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and pra ...
(J)
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Lucius Lyon
Lucius Lyon (February 26, 1800September 24, 1851) was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan. Along with Louis Campau, Lucius Lyon is remembered as one of the founding fathers of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the state's second-largest city. A D ...
(J)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
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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 = ...
(3)
, colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant since March 3, 1833, due to the resignation of
Stephen Decatur Miller
Stephen Decatur Miller (May 8, 1787March 8, 1838) was an American politician, who served as the 52nd Governor of South Carolina from 1828 to 1830. He represented South Carolina as a U.S. Representative from 1817 to 1819, and as a U.S. Senator fro ...
(N).
Successor was elected November 26, 1833.
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William C. Preston
William Campbell Preston (December 27, 1794May 22, 1860) was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties. He was also the cousin of William Ballard Preston, William Preston and Angelica Singleton ...
(N)
, November 26, 1833
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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 ...
(1)
, colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant from the start of this Congress due to the state legislature's failure to elect.
Appointee who had held the seat at the end of the previous Congress was elected November 22, 1833.
, ,
John Black (NR)
, November 22, 1833
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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 from the start of this Congress due to the state legislature's failure to elect.
Successor was elected December 7, 1833.
, ,
Samuel McKean
Samuel McKean (April 7, 1787December 14, 1841) was an American merchant and politician from Burlington, Pennsylvania, who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate for Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1839 and of the U.S. House of Representative ...
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, December 7, 1833
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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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Josiah S. Johnston
Josiah Stoddard Johnston (November 24, 1784May 19, 1833) was a United States representative and Senator from Louisiana. Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, he moved with his father to Kentucky in 1788, and went to Connecticut to attend primary school ...
(NR)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died May 19, 1833.
Successor was elected December 19, 1833.
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Alexander Porter
Alexander Porter (June 24, 1785January 13, 1844) was an attorney, politician, and planter, who served as United States Senator from Louisiana from 1833 to 1837. Born in Ireland, he emigrated in 1801 at the age of 16 to the United States. He ser ...
(NR)
, December 19, 1833
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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 ...
(3)
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Alexander Buckner
Alexander Buckner (March 8, 1785June 6, 1833) was a United States senator from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, he studied law and moved to Charlestown, Indiana in 1812. He moved to Missouri in 1818 and settled near Jackso ...
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, style="font-size:80%" , Died June 6, 1833.
Successor was appointed December 19, 1833, and subsequently elected to finish the term.
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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 ...
(J)
, October 25, 1833
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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 ...
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George Troup
George McIntosh Troup (September 8, 1780 – April 26, 1856) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the Georgia General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate before becoming the 32nd Governor ...
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, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 8, 1833.
Successor was elected November 21, 1833.
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John P. King (D)
, November 21, 1833
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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 ...
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William Rives
William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia. Initially a Jackson Democrat as well as member of the First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the Virginia House of Deleg ...
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, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 22, 1834.
Successor was elected February 26, 1834.
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Benjamin W. Leigh
Benjamin Watkins Leigh (June 18, 1781February 2, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician from Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in the United States Senate.
Early and family life
Benja ...
(NR)
, February 26, 1834
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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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William Wilkins (J)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned June 30, 1834, to become
U.S. Minister to Russia.
Successor elected December 6, 1834.
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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 ...
(J)
, December 6, 1834
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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 ...
(3)
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John Forsyth (J)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 27, 1834, to become
U.S. Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
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Successor elected January 12, 1835.
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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 ...
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, January 12, 1835
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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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Ezekiel F. Chambers
Ezekiel Forman Chambers (February 28, 1788January 30, 1867) was an American politician.
Born in Chestertown, Maryland, Chambers was graduated from Washington College at Chestertown in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and co ...
(NR)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 20, 1834, to become judge of the
Maryland Court of Appeals
The Supreme Court of Maryland is the state supreme court, highest court of the U.S. state of Maryland. Its name was changed on December 14, 2022, from the Maryland Court of Appeals, after a voter-approved change to the state constitution. The cou ...
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Successor elected January 13, 1835.
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Robert H. Goldsborough (NR)
, January 13, 1835
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Maine
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Peleg Sprague (NR)
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Successor elected January 20, 1835.
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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 ...
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House of Representatives
* Replacements: 18
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Jacksonian: 1 seat net loss
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National Republican
The National Republican Party, also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party or simply Republicans, was a political party in the United States that evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John Qu ...
: 1 seat net gain
* Deaths: 8
* Resignations: 15
* Contested election: 1
*Total seats with changes: 23
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Thomas P. Moore
Thomas Patrick Moore (1797 – July 21, 1853) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Charlotte County, Virginia, Moore attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University, ...
. House denied either party the seat and declared new election
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Robert P. Letcher
Robert Perkins Letcher (February 10, 1788 – January 24, 1861) was a politician and lawyer from the US state of Kentucky. He served as a U.S. Representative, Minister to Mexico, and the 15th Governor of Kentucky. He also served in the Kentuck ...
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Joel B. Sutherland (J)
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re-elected October 8, 1833.
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Joel B. Sutherland (J)
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John Randolph (J)
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Thomas T. Bouldin (J)
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Thomas D. Singleton (N)
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Robert B. Campbell (N)
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George McDuffie
George McDuffie (August 10, 1790 – March 11, 1851) was the 55th Governor of South Carolina and a member of the United States Senate.
Biography
Born of modest means in McDuffie County, Georgia, McDuffie's extraordinary intellect was noticed ...
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, Resigned some time in 1834.
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Francis W. Pickens
Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805/1807January 25, 1869) was a political Democrat and Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the United States.
A cousin of US Senator John C. Calhoun, Pickens was born into the ...
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Henry A. Bullard (NR)
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Supreme Court of Louisiana
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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 Davis (NR)
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Governor of Massachusetts
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Massachusetts ...
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Levi Lincoln (NR)
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Thomas T. Bouldin (J)
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James W. Bouldin (J)
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Robert T. Lytle (J)
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Robert T. Lytle (J)
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James Blair James Blair may refer to:
*James Blair (Australian judge) (1870–1944), Australian judge, lawyer, and politician
*James Blair (cricketer) (1900–1961), Australian-born New Zealand cricketer
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Richard I. Manning (J)
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Littleton P. Dennis (J)
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John N. Steele (J)
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Samuel A. Foot
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(NR)
, Resigned May 9, 1834, after becoming
Governor of Connecticut
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Ebenezer Jackson Jr. (NR)
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Cornelius V. Lawrence (J)
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Mayor of New York City
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John J. Morgan
John Jordan Morgan (1770 – July 29, 1849) was an American politician from New York. From 1821 to 1825, and again briefly from late 1834 to early 1835, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
Morgan was born in Queens County, N ...
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Andrew Stevenson
Andrew Stevenson (January 21, 1784 – January 25, 1857) was an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. He represented Richmond, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates and eventually became its speaker before being elected to the United S ...
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John Robertson John, Jon, or Jonathan Robertson may refer to:
Politicians United Kingdom politicians
* J. M. Robertson (John Mackinnon Robertson, 1856–1933), British journalist and Liberal MP for Tyneside 1906–1918
*John Robertson (Bothwell MP) (1867–1926) ...
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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 ...
(NR)
, Resigned June 30, 1834
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Stephen C. Phillips
Stephen Clarendon Phillips (November 4, 1801 – June 26, 1857) was a Representative from Massachusetts.
Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas (Woodbridge) Phillips. He was a descendant of Rev. George Phillips of Wate ...
(NR)
, Seated December 1, 1834
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Dudley Selden
Dudley Selden (1794 – November 7, 1855 Paris, France) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1833 to 1834, he served part of one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life Family
He was a son of Joseph Dudley S ...
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Charles G. Ferris
Charles Goadsby Ferris ( ca. 1796June 4, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York, serving two non-consecutive terms from 1834 to 1835, then again from 1841 to 1843.
Early life
Ferris was bor ...
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William W. Ellsworth (NR)
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Joseph Trumbull (NR)
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Humphrey H. Leavitt (J)
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Daniel Kilgore (J)
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Benjamin F. Deming (AM)
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Henry F. Janes (AM)
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Charles Slade
Charles Slade ( – July 26, 1834) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in England, Slade immigrated to the United States with his third-cousin and mother, who settled in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended the public schools. He moved t ...
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John Reynolds (J)
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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 ...
(NR)
, Resigned August 16, 1834, after being appointed judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
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Phineas Miner
Phineas Miner (November 27, 1777 – September 15, 1839) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Winchester, Connecticut where he completed preparatory studies. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1797 ...
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, Seated December 1, 1834
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Joseph Duncan (J)
, Resigned September 21, 1834, after being elected
Governor of Illinois
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William L. May
William L. May (c. 1793 – September 29, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Kentucky, May attended the common schools. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, and afterward to Jacksonville. He was appointed Justice of the Peac ...
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, Seated December 1, 1834
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Edward D. White (NR)
, Resigned November 15, 1834, to become
Governor of Louisiana
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Henry Johnson (NR)
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James M. Wayne (J)
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United States Supreme Court
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Warren R. Davis
Warren Ransom Davis (May 8, 1793 – January 29, 1835) was an American attorney and Representative from South Carolina's 6th congressional district from 1827-35.
Davis was born in Columbia, South Carolina, pursued preparatory studies and gra ...
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, Died January 29, 1835
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
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Agriculture
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(Chairman:
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, ...
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Amendments to the Constitution (Select)
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Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
Nehemiah Knight
Nehemiah Knight (March 23, 1746June 13, 1808) was a United States representative from Rhode Island. He was born in Knightsville (a village later named after him) within the town of Cranston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantat ...
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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:
Samuel Bell)
*
Commerce
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(Chairman:
Nathaniel Silsbee
Nathaniel Silsbee (January 14, 1773July 14, 1850) was a ship master, merchant and American politician from Salem, Massachusetts.
Early career
Silsbee was the eldest child of Capt. Nathaniel and Sarah (Becket) Silsbee. At the age of fourteen, ...
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Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
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District of Columbia
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(Chairman:
Ezekiel F. Chambers
Ezekiel Forman Chambers (February 28, 1788January 30, 1867) was an American politician.
Born in Chestertown, Maryland, Chambers was graduated from Washington College at Chestertown in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and co ...
then
John Tyler
John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States
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Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Ether Shepley
Ether Shepley (November 2, 1789January 15, 1877) was an Politics of the United States, American politician.
Shepley, a United States Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic-Republican, served in the Maine House of Representatives, Maine State H ...
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Establishing Branches of the Mint (Select)
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Executive Patronage (Select)
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Finance
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(Chairman:
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, ...
)
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Foreign Relations
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(Chairman:
William Wilkins then
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 ...
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French Spoilations (Select)
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Indian Affairs
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(Chairman:
Hugh Lawson White
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)
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Judiciary
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(Chairman:
John M. Clayton
John Middleton Clayton (July 24, 1796 – November 9, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Secretar ...
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Manufactures
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(Chairman:
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Theodore Frelinghuysen (March 28, 1787April 12, 1862) was an American politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate. He was the Whig vice presidential nominee in the election of 1844, running on a ticket with Henry Clay.
Bo ...
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Michigan and Arkansas Admission to the Union (Select)
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Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)
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Military Affairs
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(Chairman:
Nathaniel Silsbee
Nathaniel Silsbee (January 14, 1773July 14, 1850) was a ship master, merchant and American politician from Salem, Massachusetts.
Early career
Silsbee was the eldest child of Capt. Nathaniel and Sarah (Becket) Silsbee. At the age of fourteen, ...
)
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Militia
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(Chairman:
John M. Robinson)
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Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Samuel Southard
Samuel Lewis Southard (June 9, 1787June 26, 1842) was a prominent American statesman of the early 19th century, serving as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and the tenth governor of New Jersey. He also served as President pro tempore of the ...
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Pensions
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(Chairman:
Gideon Tomlinson
Gideon Tomlinson (December 31, 1780 – October 8, 1854) was a United States senator, United States Representative, and the 25th Governor for the state of Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Stratford, Tomlinson completed preparatory studies and ...
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Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
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 ...
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President's Message Refusing to Furnish a Paper to Senate (Select)
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Private Land Claims (Chairman:
William Hendricks
William Hendricks (November 12, 1782 – May 16, 1850) was a Democratic-Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1822, the third governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825, and an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. Senate from 1 ...
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Public Lands
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(Chairman:
George Poindexter
George Poindexter (April 19, 1779 − September 5, 1853) was an American politician, lawyer and judge from Mississippi. Born in Virginia, he moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1802. He served as United States Representative from the newly adm ...
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Purchasing Boyd Reilly's Gas Apparatus (Select)
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Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
Gabriel Moore
Gabriel Moore (1785 – August 6, 1844) was a Democratic-Republican, later Jacksonian and National Republican politician and fifth governor of the U.S. state of Alabama (1829–1831).
Life and politics
Moore was born in Stokes County, North ...
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Roads and Canals (Chairman:
William Hendricks
William Hendricks (November 12, 1782 – May 16, 1850) was a Democratic-Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1822, the third governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825, and an Anti-Jacksonian member of the U.S. Senate from 1 ...
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Shiloh National Park (Select)
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Tariff Regulation (Select)
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Whole
House of Representatives
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Accounts (Chairman:
Joel K. Mann)
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Agriculture
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(Chairman:
Abraham Bockee
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Biography
Born in Shekomeko, New York, ...
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Bank of the United States (Select)
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Biennial Register (Select)
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Boundary of the Chickasaw Indians (Select)
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Claims
Claim may refer to:
* 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:
Elisha Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey (October 19, 1783 – January 7, 1863) was a lawyer, civil servant and U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Biography
Born in Washington, Connecticut, Whittlesey moved with his parents in early youth to Salisbury, Connecticut. He att ...
)
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Commerce
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(Chairman:
Joel B. Sutherland)
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District of Columbia
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(Chairman:
Joseph Chinn
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Early and f ...
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Elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
(Chairman:
Nathaniel Claiborne
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Establishing an Assay Office in the Gold Region (Select)
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Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Joseph Hall)
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Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Albert G. Hawes
Albert Gallatin Hawes (April 1, 1804 – March 14, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of Richard Hawes, nephew of Aylett Hawes, granduncle of Harry Bartow Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner.
Born near Bowling Green, ...
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Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Augustine Henry Shepperd
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Earl ...
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Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Heman Allen)
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Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
Frederick Whittlesey
Frederick Whittlesey (June 12, 1799 – September 19, 1851) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York, cousin of Elisha Whittlesey and Thomas Tucker Whittlesey.
Born in New Preston, Connec ...
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Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
Reuben Whallon
Reuben Whallon (December 7, 1776 – April 15, 1843) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1835.
Biography
Born in Bedminster, New Jersey, Whallon attended the common ...
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Foreign Affairs
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(Chairman:
William S. Archer
William Segar Archer (March 5, 1789March 28, 1855) was a slave owner, politician, planter and lawyer from Amelia County, Virginia who served several times in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as in the United States House of Representativ ...
then
John Young Mason
John Young Mason (April 18, 1799October 3, 1859) was a United States representative from Virginia, the 16th and 18th United States Secretary of the Navy, the 18th Attorney General of the United States, United States Minister to France and a Uni ...
)
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Foreign Relations
A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through mu ...
(Chairman:
William S. Archer
William Segar Archer (March 5, 1789March 28, 1855) was a slave owner, politician, planter and lawyer from Amelia County, Virginia who served several times in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as in the United States House of Representativ ...
then
John Young Mason
John Young Mason (April 18, 1799October 3, 1859) was a United States representative from Virginia, the 16th and 18th United States Secretary of the Navy, the 18th Attorney General of the United States, United States Minister to France and a Uni ...
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Indian Affairs
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(Chairman:
Dixon H. Lewis
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Life and career
Lewis was born on Bo ...
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Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Tristam Burges
Tristam Burges (February 26, 1770October 13, 1853) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, and great-great-uncle of Theodore Francis Green.
Early life and law career
Burges was born in Rochester, Mas ...
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Judiciary
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(Chairman:
John Bell then
Thomas F. Foster)
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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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Military Affairs
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(Chairman:
Richard M. Johnson
Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren ...
)
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Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Campbell P. White
Campbell Patrick White (November 30, 1787 – February 12, 1859) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1829 to 1835.
Biography
Born in Ireland, White received a limited e ...
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Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Henry W. Connor)
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Private Land Claims (Chairman:
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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Public Expenditures (Chairman:
Thomas Davenport)
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Public Lands
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(Chairman:
Clement C. Clay)
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Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman:
John Dickson)
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Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
Henry A. P. Muhlenberg
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (May 13, 1782 – August 11, 1844) was an American political leader and diplomat. He was a member of the Muhlenberg family political dynasty.
Early life
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg was born in Lancaster, ...
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Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman:
Daniel Wardwell
Daniel Wardwell (May 28, 1791 – March 27, 1878) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served three terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1831 to 1837,
Biogr ...
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Roads and Canals (Chairman:
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.
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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 ...
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Standards of Official Conduct
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Territories
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(Chairman:
Lewis Williams
Lewis Williams (February 1, 1782 – February 23, 1842) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1815 and 1842.
Born in Surry County, North Carolina (present-day Forsyth County), Williams attended the University of North Carolina at ...
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Ways and Means (Chairman:
James K. Polk
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Whole
Joint committees
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Enrolled Bills
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The Library
Employees
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Librarian of Congress
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John Silva Meehan
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Meehan, a United States Democratic party member, was appointed Librarian of ...
Senate
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Secretary
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Walter Lowrie
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Sergeant at Arms
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Mountjoy Bayly Mountjoy may refer to: Places
* Brockagh (also known as Mountjoy), a hamlet in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland
* Mountjoy, Ontario, a neighbourhood in Timmins, Ontario, Canada
* Mountjoy Castle, a castle in Magheralamfield, County Tyrone, Norther ...
, until December 9, 1833
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John Shackford, elected December 9, 1833
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Chaplain
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Charles C. Pise
Charles Constantine Pise (November 22, 1801 – May 26, 1866) was an American Roman Catholic priest and writer.
Born in Annapolis, Maryland, on 22 November 1801, "the son of an Italian father and a mother who came from an old Philadelphia family ...
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Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
), until December 10, 1833
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Frederick W. Hatch (
Episcopalian
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), elected December 10, 1833
House of Representatives
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Clerk
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Matthew St. Clair Clarke
Matthew St. Clair Clarke (1790 Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania - May 6, 1852 Washington, D.C.) was an American journalist, book author and politician. He was for seven terms Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
Life
H ...
, until December 2, 1833
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Walter S. Franklin, elected December 2, 1833
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Sergeant at Arms
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John O. Dunn
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
, until December 6, 1833
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Thomas B. Randolph, elected December 6, 1833
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Doorkeeper:
Overton Carr
Overton may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Overton, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
* Overton, Aberdeen, a location
* Overton, Frodsham, a location in Cheshire
* Overton, Malpas, Cheshire
* Overton, Gloucestershire, a hamlet in the parish of Arlingham
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Postmaster
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William J. McCormick
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Reading Clerks:
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Chaplain
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:
William H. Hammett (
Methodist
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), until December 9, 1833
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Thomas H. Stockton
Thomas H. Stockton (1808–1868) served as the Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives in 1833, 1835, 1859 and 1861. He was also the pastor of the First Methodist Church in Philadelphia and the editor of ''Christian World''.
Stockt ...
(
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 ...
), elected December 9, 1833
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Edward D. Smith (
Presbyterian
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), elected December 10, 1834
See also
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1832 United States elections
The 1832 United States elections elected the members of the 23rd United States Congress. Taking place during the Second Party System and a political conflict over the re-authorization of the Second Bank of the United States, the elections were co ...
(elections leading to this Congress)
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1832 United States presidential election
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1832 and 1833 United States Senate elections
Year 183 ( CLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Victorinus (or, less frequently, year 936 '' Ab ur ...
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1832 and 1833 United States House of Representatives elections
Year 183 ( CLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Victorinus (or, less frequently, year 936 ''Ab urbe ...
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1834 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
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1834 and 1835 United States Senate elections
Events
January–March
* January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.
* January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
* January 3 ...
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1834 and 1835 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
References
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External links
Statutes at Large, 1789–1875*
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