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The Committee on Pensions was a
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of the
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from 1816 to 1946, when the
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abolished it, moving its functions to the Committee on Finance.


Purpose

Although the Committee was involved in the passage of some broad
pension A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments ...
bills, under which individuals could apply to executive agencies for relief, it also handled thousands of private requests from specific individuals petitioning for special consideration. During the lifetime of the Committee, pensions were entirely considered in the context of veterans of war.


History

Shortly after the founding of the
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, federal pension bills were passed on behalf of Revolutionary War veterans, but were implemented by the States, as the federal government had no means to pay for them. Pensions initially consisted of
half-pay Half-pay (h.p.) was a term used in the British Army and Royal Navy of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to the pay or allowance an officer received when in retirement or not in actual service. Past usage United Kingdom In the Eng ...
for 7 years for disabled military veterans, and were extended to include widows and orphans of veterans a few years later. In 1789, the federal government started paying for some pensions as well. In 1818, the federal government under President James Madison passed a large pension bill for veterans of the Revolutionary War at his urging. The bill didn't require applicants to provide evidence of poverty or disability to be granted benefits, unlike previous programs. However, as a result, the program cost more money than expected due to fraud, and was amended in 1820 into a
means-tested benefit A means test is a determination of whether an individual or family is eligible for government assistance or welfare, based upon whether the individual or family possesses the means to do without that help. Canada In Canada, means tests are use ...
. Confederate soldiers were not granted pensions by the federal government; their pensions had to be granted and funded by Southern states.


Historical members


Chairs

*
James M. Tunnell James Miller Tunnell (August 2, 1879 – November 14, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served as U.S. Senator from Delaware. Early life and ...
(Jan 10, 1944 - Aug 2, 1946) *
Theodore G. Bilbo Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947) was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–1920, 1928–1932) and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–1947). A lifelong Democrat, he was a fil ...
(Jan 6, 1943 - Dec 21, 1943) *
Henry H. Schwartz Henry Herman "Harry" Schwartz (May 18, 1869April 24, 1955) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Schwartz was born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of Mercer County and C ...
(Jan 3, 1941 - Dec 16, 1942) *
Sherman Minton Sherman "Shay" Minton (October 20, 1890 – April 9, 1965) was an American politician and jurist who served as a U.S. senator from Indiana and later became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; he was a member of the ...
(Jan 3, 1939 - Jan 3, 1941) * George McGill (Mar 4, 1933 - Jun 16, 1938) *
Arthur Raymond Robinson Arthur Raymond Robinson (March 12, 1881March 17, 1961) was a United States senator from Indiana. Early life Born in Pickerington, Ohio, Robinson attended the common schools, graduated from the Ohio Northern University in 1901 ( B. Comm. Sci ...
(Dec 5, 1927 - Mar 3, 1933) *
Peter Norbeck Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...
(Mar 4, 1925 - Mar 4, 1927) *
Holm O. Bursum Holm Olaf Bursum (February 10, 1867August 7, 1953) was a politician from the U.S. state of New Mexico, whose activities were instrumental for gaining statehood under the Taft Administration and later served as United States Senator from New Mexico ...
(Dec 5, 1921 - Mar 3, 1925) * Porter J. McCumber (May 19, 1919 - Nov 23, 1921) (? - Mar 3, 1913) *
Thomas J. Walsh Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
(Dec 3, 1917 - Mar 3, 1919) * William Hughes (Mar 5, 1917 - Oct 6, 1917) * Charles F. Johnson (Dec 6, 1915 - Mar 3, 1917) * Benjamin F. Shively (Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 3, 1915) *
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 ...
(Dec 2, 1839 - ?) * Thomas Morris (Sep 4, 1837 - Mar 3, 1839) *
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 ...
(Dec 2, 1833 - Mar 3, 1837) * Samuel A. Foot (Dec 6, 1830 - Mar 2, 1833) * John Holmes (Dec 7, 1829 - May 31, 1830) * Nicholas Van Dyke (Dec 6, 1819 - May 15, 1820) *
Abner Lacock Abner Lacock (July 9, 1770April 12, 1837) was an American surveyor, civil engineer, and politician from Rochester, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. ...
(Nov 16, 1818 - Mar 3, 1819) * James Noble (Dec 1, 1817 - Apr 20, 1818) (Nov 13, 1820 - Mar 3, 1829) * Jeremiah B. Howell (Dec 2, 1816 - Mar 3, 1817)


Members


~68th Congress - 79th Congress

* William F. Knowland (Jan 14, 1946 - Aug 2, 1946) *
Forrest C. Donnell Forrest Carl Donnell (August 20, 1884March 3, 1980) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator and the List of governors of Missouri, 40th governor of Missouri. Early life Donnell was bor ...
(Jan 3, 1945 - Aug 2, 1946) *
E. H. Moore Eliakim Hastings Moore (; January 26, 1862 – December 30, 1932), usually cited as E. H. Moore or E. Hastings Moore, was an American mathematician. Life Moore, the son of a Methodist minister and grandson of US Congressman Eliakim H. Moore, di ...
(Jan 6, 1943 - Aug 2, 1946) *
Harold H. Burton Harold Hitz Burton (June 22, 1888 – October 28, 1964) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Stat ...
(Jan 10, 1944 - Dec 19, 1944) * George D. Aiken (Jan 3, 1941 - Aug 2, 1946) *
Henrik Shipstead Henrik Shipstead (January 8, 1881June 26, 1960) was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1947, from the state of Minnesota. He served first as a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party from 1923 to 1941 an ...
(Dec 3, 1923 - Dec 21, 1945) *
Francis J. Myers Francis John Myers (December 18, 1901 – July 5, 1956) was an American teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician. He represented most of West Philadelphia and Southwest Philadelphia in the United States House of Representatives from 1 ...
(Jan 3, 1945 - Aug 2, 1946) *
Ernest W. McFarland Ernest William McFarland (October 9, 1894 – June 8, 1984) was an American politician, jurist and, with Warren Atherton, one of the "Fathers of the G.I. Bill." He is the only Arizonan to serve in the highest office in all three branches of Ariz ...
(Jan 3, 1941 - Aug 2, 1946) *
Theodore G. Bilbo Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947) was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–1920, 1928–1932) and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–1947). A lifelong Democrat, he was a fil ...
(Jan 3, 1939 - Aug 2, 1946) * C. Wayland Brooks (Jan 3, 1941 - Dec 21, 1943) *
Elbert D. Thomas Elbert Duncan Thomas (June 17, 1883February 11, 1953) was a Democratic Party politician from Utah. He represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1951. He served as the Chair of the Senate Education Committee. Biography Thomas ...
(Mar 4, 1933 - Aug 2, 1946) * David I. Walsh (Mar 4, 1933 - Aug 2, 1946) (May 19, 1919 - Mar 3, 1925) *
Burton K. Wheeler Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana, which he represented as a United States senator from 1923 until 1947. Born in Massachusetts, Wheeler began ...
(Dec 3, 1923 - Aug 2, 1946) *
James M. Tunnell James Miller Tunnell (August 2, 1879 – November 14, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served as U.S. Senator from Delaware. Early life and ...
(Jan 3, 1941 - Aug 2, 1946) *
Joseph Rosier Joseph Rosier (January 24, 1870October 7, 1951) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Born in Wilsonburg, West Virginia, he attended the public schools and graduated from Salem, West Virginia, Salem College in 1895. In 1890, Rosier was ...
(Jan 5, 1942 - Dec 16, 1942) *
Lynn J. Frazier Lynn Joseph Frazier (December 21, 1874January 11, 1947) was an American educator and politician who served as the 12th Governor of North Dakota from 1917 until being recalled in 1921 and later served as a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 192 ...
(Dec 3, 1923 - Jan 3, 1941) * John G. Townsend, Jr. (Jan 5, 1937 - Jan 3, 1941) *
Sherman Minton Sherman "Shay" Minton (October 20, 1890 – April 9, 1965) was an American politician and jurist who served as a U.S. senator from Indiana and later became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; he was a member of the ...
(Jan 3, 1945 - Jan 3, 1941) *
Henry H. Schwartz Henry Herman "Harry" Schwartz (May 18, 1869April 24, 1955) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Schwartz was born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of Mercer County and C ...
(Jan 5, 1937 - Jan 3, 1941) * Lewis B. Schwellenbach (Jan 3, 1939 - Jan 3, 1941) * J. Lister Hill (Jan 3, 1939 - Aug 5, 1939) *
James M. Slattery James Michael Slattery (July 29, 1878 – August 28, 1948) was a United States senator from Illinois. Born in Chicago, he attended parochial schools and St. Ignatius College (now known as Loyola University Chicago). He was employed as a sec ...
(Jan 3, 1940 - Jan 3, 1941) *
Robert J. Bulkley Robert Johns Bulkley (October 8, 1880July 21, 1965) was an American attorney and politician from Ohio. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate from 1930 until 1939. Life and career Bu ...
(Mar 4, 1933 - Jun 16, 1938) *
Augustine Lonergan Augustine Lonergan (May 20, 1874October 18, 1947) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a senator from 1933 to 1939. Biography Lonergan was born in Thompson, Connecticut, ...
(Mar 4, 1933 - Jun 16, 1938) * George McGill (Dec 1, 1930 - Jun 16, 1938) *
Thomas D. Schall Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as ...
(Mar 4, 1925 - Aug 26, 1935) *
Arthur Raymond Robinson Arthur Raymond Robinson (March 12, 1881March 17, 1961) was a United States senator from Indiana. Early life Born in Pickerington, Ohio, Robinson attended the common schools, graduated from the Ohio Northern University in 1901 ( B. Comm. Sci ...
(Dec 5, 1927 - Jun 18, 1934) * James Couzens (Dec 5, 1927 - Mar 3, 1933) *
Roscoe C. Patterson Roscoe Conkling Patterson (September 15, 1876October 22, 1954) was an American lawyer from Missouri. He was most notable for his service as a United States representative (1921–1923) and a U.S. Senator (1929–1935). Early life Patterson was b ...
(Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 3, 1933) * L. J. Dickinson (Dec 7, 1931 - Mar 3, 1933) *
Cordell Hull Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
(Dec 7, 1931 - Mar 3, 1933) *
Peter Norbeck Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...
(Dec 3, 1923 - Mar 3, 1931) * Daniel F. Steck (Dec 6, 1926 - Mar 3, 1931) *
J. Thomas Heflin James Thomas Heflin (April 9, 1869 – April 22, 1951), nicknamed "Cotton Tom", was an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States representative and United States Senate, United States senator fro ...
(Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 3, 1931) * Sam G. Bratton (Mar 4, 1925 - Jul 3, 1930) * Matthew M. Neely (Dec 3, 1923 - Mar 3, 1929) * Porter H. Dale (Dec 3, 1923 - Mar 3, 1929) *
Cyrus Locher Cyrus Locher (March 8, 1878August 17, 1929) was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate. He graduated from high school at Pandora, Ohio, and from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1903, when he gave the commencement oration. ...
(Dec 3, 1928 - Mar 3, 1929) Sources


~60th - ~67th Congress

* Peter G. Gerry (Dec 1, 1919 - Mar 3, 1929) * James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (Mar 4, 1925 - Mar 4, 1927) * Frank R. Gooding (Mar 4, 1925 - Mar 4, 1927) * David W. Stewart (Dec 6, 1926 - Mar 4, 1927) *
Bert M. Fernald Bert Manfred Fernald (April 3, 1858August 23, 1926) was an American farmer, businessman, and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who became the List of Governors of Maine, 47th Governor of Maine and a United States senator. ...
(Dec 3, 1923 - Jul 3, 1926) *
Holm O. Bursum Holm Olaf Bursum (February 10, 1867August 7, 1953) was a politician from the U.S. state of New Mexico, whose activities were instrumental for gaining statehood under the Taft Administration and later served as United States Senator from New Mexico ...
(Mar 4, 1921 - Mar 3, 1925) * Samuel M. Ralston (Dec 3, 1923 - Mar 3, 1925) *
Reed Smoot Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). First elected by the Utah State Legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1902, he served ...
(? - Mar 3, 1925) * Porter J. McCumber (? - Mar 3, 1923) *
Davis Elkins Davis Elkins (January 24, 1876 – January 5, 1959) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Biography Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the Lawrenceville School, Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and Harvard University. Dur ...
(May 19, 1919 - Mar 3, 1923) * Charles E. Townsend (Mar 4, 1921 - Mar 3, 1923) *
Ovington Weller Ovington Eugene Weller (January 23, 1862 – January 5, 1947) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1921 to 1927. Early life Weller was born in Reisterstown, Maryland, and attended the publi ...
(Mar 4, 1921 - Mar 3, 1923) *
Thomas J. Walsh Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
(Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 3, 1923) * William H. King (Mar 5, 1917 - Mar 3, 1923) * Edwin S. Johnson (Dec 6, 1915 - Mar 3, 1921) * Edward J. Gay (Dec 2, 1918 - Mar 3, 1921) *
Miles Poindexter Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican Party (United States), Republican and briefly a Progressive Party 1912 (United States), Progressive, he served one term as a United States ...
(Apr 4, 1911 - Mar 3, 1921) *
Lawrence Y. Sherman Lawrence Yates Sherman (November 8, 1858 – September 15, 1939) was a Republican politician from the State of Illinois. He served as United States Senator, the 28th Lieutenant Governor, and as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representativ ...
(Dec 7, 1914 - Mar 3, 1921) *
Harry S. New Harry Stewart New (December 31, 1858 – May 9, 1937) was a U.S. politician, journalist, and Spanish–American War veteran. He served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, a United States senator from Indiana, and United States P ...
(Mar 5, 1917 - Mar 3, 1921) *
L. Heisler Ball Lewis Heisler Ball (September 21, 1861 – October 18, 1932) was an American physician and politician from Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party and served as U.S. Representative from Delaware a ...
(May 19, 1919 - Mar 3, 1921) * James D. Phelan (Dec 6, 1915 - Nov 19, 1919) * Henry F. Hollis (Dec 4, 1916 - Mar 3, 1919) * William H. Thompson (Mar 5, 1917 - Mar 3, 1919) *
Nathan Goff Nathan Goff Jr. (February 9, 1843 – April 23, 1920) was a United States representative from West Virginia, a Union Army officer, the 28th United States Secretary of the Navy during President Rutherford B. Hayes administration, a United States ...
(Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 3, 1919) * William Hughes (Mar 4, 1913 - Oct 6, 1917) * Charles F. Johnson (Apr 4, 1911 - Mar 3, 1917) *
Nathan P. Bryan Nathan Philemon Bryan (April 23, 1872 – August 8, 1935) was a United States senator from Florida and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Education and career Born on April 23, 1872, in Fo ...
(Apr 4, 1911 - Mar 3, 1917) *
Thomas Sterling Thomas Sterling (February 21, 1851August 26, 1930) was an American lawyer, politician, and academic who served as a member of the United States Senate and the first dean of the University of South Dakota College of Law. A Republican, he serv ...
(Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 3, 1917) *
Thomas Taggart Thomas Taggart (November 17, 1856March 6, 1929) was an Irish-American politician who was the political boss of the Democratic Party in Indiana for the first quarter of the twentieth century and remained an influential political figure in loca ...
(Dec 6, 1915 - Sep 8, 1916) *
William O. Bradley William O'Connell Bradley (March 18, 1847May 23, 1914) was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served as the List of governors of Kentucky, 32nd Governor of Kentucky and was later elected by the Kentucky General Assembly, state leg ...
(Apr 4, 1911 - Oct 24, 1914) * Benjamin F. Shively (Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 3, 1915) * Henry F. Ashurst (Dec 2, 1912 - Mar 3, 1915) *
Thomas P. Gore Thomas Pryor Gore (December 10, 1870March 16, 1949) was an American politician who served as one of the first two United States senators from Oklahoma, from 1907 to 1921 and again from 1931 to 1937. He first entered politics as an activist for ...
(? - Mar 3, 1915) * Robert L. Taylor (? - Aug 26, 1912) *
Henry E. Burnham Henry Eben Burnham (November 8, 1844February 8, 1917) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, he attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy and married Hannah Elizabeth Patterson. Burnham gra ...
(? - Mar 3, 1913) *
Charles Curtis Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...
(? - Mar 3, 1913) *
Henry A. du Pont Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the famed du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the ...
(Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 3, 1913) *
Norris Brown Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska. Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
(Apr 4, 1911 - Mar 3, 1913) *
Atlee Pomerene Atlee Pomerene (December 6, 1863November 12, 1937) was an American Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1911 until 1923. Biography Pomerene was born on December 6, 1863, in Berlin, Holmes C ...
(Apr 4, 1911 - Mar 3, 1913) *
Nathan B. Scott Nathan Bay Scott (December 18, 1842January 2, 1924) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Biography Born near Quaker City, Ohio, he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1859 to 1862. ...
(? - Mar 3, 1911) * Samuel H. Piles (? - Mar 3, 1911) *
Robert M. La Follette Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855June 18, 1925), was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 20th Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his ...
(? - Mar 3, 1911) *
James P. Taliaferro James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911. Biography Taliaferro was born in Orange, Virginia. He attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie Sc ...
(? - Mar 3, 1911) * Charles J. Hughes (Mar 4, 1909 - Jun 25, 1910) *
William Alden Smith William Alden Smith (May 12, 1859 – October 11, 1932) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. After the 1912 sinking of the ''Titanic'', Smith chaired the Senate hearings into the disaster. The audience ...
(? - Mar 3, 1909) * Henry M. Teller (? - Mar 3, 1909) * James B. McCreary (? - Mar 3, 1909) Source


15th - 26th Congress

*
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 ...
(Dec 7, 1840 - ?) *
Thaddeus Betts Thaddeus Laddins Betts (February 4, 1789 – April 7, 1840) was the 32nd and 34th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Connecticut from 1832 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1835, and a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840. He had ...
(Dec 2, 1839 - Jul 21, 1840) * Albert S. White (Dec 2, 1839 - ?) * Reuel Williams (Dec 4, 1837 - Mar 3, 1839) * William H. Roane (Sep 4, 1837 - ?) *
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 ...
(Sep 4, 1837 - ?) * Ambrose H. Sevier (Dec 5, 1836 - Oct 16, 1837) * Thomas Morris (Dec 5, 1836 - Mar 3, 1839) *
Henry Hubbard Henry Hubbard (May 3, 1784June 5, 1857) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835, a Senator from New Hampshire during 1835 to 1841, and the 18th governor of New Hampshire from 1842 to 1844. Early life Henry H ...
(Dec 5, 1836 - Mar 3, 1837) * Lewis F. Linn (Dec 7, 1835 - Jul 4, 1836) * William C. Preston (Dec 1, 1834 - Mar 3, 1835) * Elias K. Kane (Dec 2, 1833 - Jun 30, 1834) *
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– ...
(Dec 2, 1833 - Jul 4, 1836) *
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 Representati ...
(Dec 2, 1833 - Jul 4, 1836) *
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 ...
(Dec 2, 1833 - ?) *
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 ...
(Dec 2, 1833 - Mar 3, 1837) *
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 ...
(Dec 3, 1832 - Mar 2, 1833) *
Mahlon Dickerson Mahlon Dickerson (April 17, 1770 – October 5, 1853) was a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the seventh governor of New Jersey, United States Senator from New Jersey, the 10th United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States ...
(Dec 3, 1832 - Mar 2, 1833) * Peleg Sprague (Dec 5, 1831 - Mar 2, 1833) *
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 ...
(Dec 5, 1831 - Jul 16, 1832) *
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 Jacks ...
(Dec 5, 1831 - Jul 16, 1832) *
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 ...
(Dec 7, 1829 - Mar 2, 1833) * John Holmes (Dec 7, 1829 - Mar 3, 1831) *
Oliver H. Prince Oliver Hillhouse Prince (July 31, 1782October 9, 1837) was an editor, attorney and politician, elected as United States Senator by the Georgia state legislature in 1828. Born in Connecticut, he had migrated as a child with his parents to Georgia ...
(Dec 1, 1828 - Mar 3, 1829) * Samuel A. Foot (Dec 3, 1827 - Mar 2, 1833) *
Calvin Willey Calvin Willey (September 15, 1776August 23, 1858) was an American politician from Connecticut who served in the United States Senate from 1825 to 1831. Early life and education Willey was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, and attended common scho ...
(Dec 4, 1826 - Mar 3, 1827) *
Powhatan Ellis Powhatan Ellis (January 17, 1790 – March 18, 1863) was a justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, United States senator from Mississippi, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi ...
(Dec 5, 1825 - May 22, 1826) * William Marks (Dec 5, 1825 - Mar 3, 1831) *
Dudley Chase Dudley Chase (December 30, 1771February 23, 1846) was a U.S. Senator from Vermont who served from 1813 to 1817 and again from 1825 to 1831. He was born in Cornish, New Hampshire. Career After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1791, he st ...
(Dec 5, 1825 - Mar 3, 1831) * Thomas W. Cobb (Dec 6, 1824 - May 26, 1828) *
John Branch John Branch Jr. (November 4, 1782January 4, 1863) was an American politician who served as U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, the 19th Governor of the state of North Carolina, and was the sixth and last territorial governor of Florida. Bio ...
(Dec 1, 1823 - Mar 3, 1825) * James Lanman (Dec 1, 1823 - Mar 3, 1825) * Henry Johnson (Dec 1, 1823 - May 27, 1824) * Nicholas Ware (Dec 3, 1821 - Mar 3, 1823) *
Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 United States presidential elec ...
(Dec 3, 1821 - Mar 3, 1823) *
Isaac Tichenor Isaac Tichenor (February 8, 1754December 11, 1838) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the third and fifth governor of Vermont and United States Senator from Vermont. Biography Tichenor was born in Newark in the Province of N ...
(Nov 13, 1820 - Mar 3, 1821) *
James J. Wilson James Jefferson Wilson (1775July 28, 1824) was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1815 to 1821. Biography Wilson was born in Essex County, New Jersey, where he attended the common schools. He was editor and publisher of the ''True American'' of ...
(Dec 6, 1819 - Mar 3, 1821) * John Elliott (Dec 6, 1819 - Mar 3, 1823) *
John H. Eaton John Henry Eaton (June 18, 1790November 17, 1856) was an American politician and diplomat from Tennessee who served as U.S. Senator and as Secretary of War in the administration of Andrew Jackson. He was 28 years, 4 months, and 29 days old when ...
(Dec 6, 1819 - Mar 3, 1823) * Isham Talbot (Dec 1, 1817 - Mar 3, 1819) (Dec 1, 1823 - Mar 3, 1825) *
Abner Lacock Abner Lacock (July 9, 1770April 12, 1837) was an American surveyor, civil engineer, and politician from Rochester, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. ...
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Clement Storer Clement Storer (September 20, 1760November 21, 1830) was a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Kennebunk in Massachusetts Bay's Province of Maine, he completed preparatory studies, studied medicine in Portsmout ...
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