The 30th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and po ...

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 chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1847, to March 4, 1849, during the last two years of the

administration Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal ** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, admini ...

President President most commonly refers to: *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 ...

James K. Polk. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Whig majority. It was the only Congress in which

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...

served.

Major events

* July 1, 1847:

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

issued its first postage stamps * January 24, 1848: Gold found at Sutter's Mill, beginning the

California Gold Rush The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California f ...

* January 31, 1848:

Washington Monument The Washington Monument is an obelisk shaped building within the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of the Continental Army (1775–1784) in the American Revolutionary War and ...

established * February 23, 1848: Former President

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 ...

, now a Congressman representing Massachusetts, dies in the Speaker's office after suffering a stroke in the House Chambers. * July 19, 1848: Seneca Falls Convention * November 7, 1848:

U.S. presidential election, 1848 The 1848 United States presidential election was the 16th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1848. In the aftermath of the Mexican–American War, General Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party defeated Senator Lewis Ca ...

: Whig

Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to th ...

defeated

Lewis Cass Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He w ...

in the first US

presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The p ...

held in every state on the same day. * 1846–1848:

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the ...

Major legislation

* March 3, 1849:

United States Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government headquartered at the Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is responsible for the ma ...

established, sess. 2, ch. 108, * March 3, 1849:

Gold Coinage Act The Coinage Act of 1849 was an Act of the United States Congress passed during the California Gold Rush authorizing the Mint to produce two new gold coins in response to the increased gold supply: the small gold dollar and the large double eagle ...

, sess. 2, ch. 109,

Treaty

* February 2, 1848:

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ( es, Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo), officially the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, is the peace treaty that was signed on 2 ...

signed, ending the

and ceding to the United States virtually all of what is today the southwest United States.

States admitted and territories established

* May 29, 1848:

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

admitted as the 30th U.S. state, sess. 1, ch. 50, * August 14, 1848: Oregon Territory was formed from territory ceded by Great Britain, sess. 1, ch. 177, * March 3, 1849:

Minnesota Territory The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota and west ...

formed from the Wisconsin Territory, sess. 2, ch. 121,

Party summary

Senate

During this congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of Wisconsin.

House of Representatives

During this congress, two House seats were added for the new state of Wisconsin.

Leadership

Senate

: George M. Dallas (D) *

President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase '' pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

David R. Atchison David Rice Atchison (August 11, 1807January 26, 1886) was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years. Atchison served as a major general in ...

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House of Representatives

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In ...

: Robert C. Winthrop (W)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district. :'' Skip to House of Representatives, below''

Senate

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

: 2.

Dixon H. Lewis Dixon Hall Lewis (August 10, 1802 – October 25, 1848) was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Alabama. Life and career Lewis was born on Bothwick plantation, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, and moved to Ha ...

(D), until October 25, 1848 ::

Benjamin Fitzpatrick Benjamin Fitzpatrick (June 30, 1802 – November 21, 1869) was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and a United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat. Early life Born in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned a ...

(D), from November 25, 1848 : 3. Arthur P. Bagby (D), until June 16, 1848 :: William R. D. King (D), from July 1, 1848

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

: 2. Chester Ashley (D), until April 29, 1848 :: William K. Sebastian (D), from May 12, 1848 : 3. Ambrose H. Sevier (D), until March 15, 1848 :: Solon Borland (D), from March 30, 1848

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 (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

: 1. Jabez W. Huntington (W), until November 1, 1847 :: Roger S. Baldwin (W), from November 11, 1847 : 3. John M. Niles (D)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...

: 1. John M. Clayton (W), until February 23, 1849 :: John Wales (W), from February 23, 1849 : 2. Presley Spruance (W)

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

: 1.

David Levy Yulee David Levy Yulee (born David Levy; June 12, 1810 – October 10, 1886) was an American politician and attorney. Born on the island of St. Thomas, then under British control, he was of Sephardic Jewish ancestry: His father was a Sephardi from Mor ...

(D) : 3. James D. Westcott Jr. (D)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

: 2.

John Macpherson Berrien John Macpherson Berrien (August 23, 1781January 1, 1856) of United States senator from Georgia and Attorney General of the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Early life and education Berrien was born on August 23, 1781 at ...

(W) : 3. Walter T. Colquitt (D), until February 4, 1848 ::

Herschel V. Johnson Herschel Vespasian Johnson (September 18, 1812August 16, 1880) was an American politician. He was the 41st Governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1857 and the vice presidential nominee of the Douglas wing of the Democratic Party in the 1860 U.S. pre ...

(D), from February 4, 1848

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

: 2. Stephen A. Douglas (D) : 3. Sidney Breese (D)

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

: 1. Jesse D. Bright (D) : 3. Edward A. Hannegan (D)

Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

: 2. George Wallace Jones (D), from December 7, 1848 : 3. Augustus C. Dodge (D), from December 7, 1848

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 ...

: 2.

Joseph R. Underwood Joseph Rogers Underwood (October 24, 1791 – August 23, 1876) was a lawyer, judge, United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Early and family life Joseph Underwood was born in Goochland County, Virginia to John Underwood, a v ...

(W) : 3. John J. Crittenden (W), until June 12, 1848 :: Thomas Metcalfe (W), from June 23, 1848

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 bord ...

: 2. Solomon W. Downs (D) : 3. Henry Johnson (W)

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 nor ...

: 1.

John Fairfield John Fairfield (January 30, 1797December 24, 1847) was an attorney and politician from Maine. He served as a U.S. Congressman, governor and U.S. Senator. was born in Pepperellborough, Massachusetts (now Saco, Maine) and attended the schools ...

(D), until December 24, 1847 :: Wyman B. S. Moor (D), January 5, 1848 – June 7, 1848 ::

Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republic ...

(D), from June 7, 1848 : 2.

James W. Bradbury James Ware Bradbury (June 10, 1802January 6, 1901) was a United States Senator from Maine. Born in Parsonsfield, Maine, he attended the common schools and Gorham Academy. After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1825, he became principal of H ...

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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 t ...

: 1. Reverdy Johnson (W) : 3. James Pearce (W)

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: 1. Daniel Webster (W) : 2. John Davis (W)

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

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(D), until May 29, 1848 :: Thomas Fitzgerald (D), from June 8, 1848 : 2. Alpheus Felch (D)

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

: 1.

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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Jefferson Davis Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as ...

(D), from August 10, 1847 : 2. Henry S. Foote (D)

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

: 1. Thomas H. Benton (D) : 3.

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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 ...

: 2. John P. Hale (ID) : 3.

Charles G. Atherton Charles Gordon Atherton (July 4, 1804November 15, 1853) was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1843. He was elected to the United States Senate from 184 ...

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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 Delawa ...

: 1.

William L. Dayton William Lewis Dayton (February 17, 1807 – December 1, 1864) was an American politician, active first in the Whig Party and later in the Republican Party. In the 1856 presidential election, he became the first Republican vice-presidentia ...

(W) : 2. Jacob W. Miller (W)

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.

Daniel S. Dickinson Daniel Stevens Dickinson (September 11, 1800April 12, 1866) was an American politician and lawyer, most notable as a United States senator from 1844 to 1851. Biography Born in Goshen, Connecticut, he moved with his parents to Guilford, Chenan ...

(D) : 3. John A. Dix (D)

North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...

: 2. Willie P. Mangum (W) : 3. George E. Badger (W)

Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

: 1. Thomas Corwin (W) : 3. William Allen (D)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

: 1. Daniel Sturgeon (D) : 3. Simon Cameron (D)

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

: 1. Albert C. Greene (W) : 2. John H. Clarke (W)

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

: 2.

John C. Calhoun 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 ...

(D) : 3.

Andrew Butler Andrew Pickens Butler (November 18, 1796May 25, 1857) was a United States senator from South Carolina who authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act with Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois. Biography Butler was a son of William Butler and Behethland ...

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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

: 1.

Hopkins L. Turney Hopkins Lacy Turney (October 3, 1797August 1, 1857) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and United States Senator from Tennessee. Biography Turney was born in the Smith County settlement of Dixon Springs, Tennessee. As a youth, he was ap ...

(D) : 2. John Bell (W), from November 22, 1847

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

: 1. Thomas J. Rusk (D) : 2.

Samuel Houston Samuel Houston (, ; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played an important role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two i ...

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Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, 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 (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

: 1.

Samuel S. Phelps Samuel Shethar Phelps (May 13, 1793March 25, 1855) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a United States senator from Vermont, and a member of the Whig Party. Biography Phelps was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, to John Phelps (1756� ...

(W) : 3. William Upham (W)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

: 1. James M. Mason (D) : 2. Robert M. T. Hunter (D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

: 1.

Henry Dodge Moses Henry Dodge (October 12, 1782 – June 19, 1867) was a Democratic member to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, Territorial Governor of Wisconsin and a veteran of the Black Hawk War. His son, Augustus C. Dodge, served as ...

(D), from June 8, 1848 (newly admitted state) : 3. Isaac P. Walker (D), from June 8, 1848 (newly admitted state) 30th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

: . John Gayle (W) : .

Henry W. Hilliard Henry Washington Hilliard (August 4, 1808 – December 17, 1892) was a unionist U.S. Representative from Alabama and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In later life, he became a proponent of abolitionism ...

(W) : . Sampson W. Harris (D) : . Samuel W. Inge (D) : .

George S. Houston George Smith Houston (January 17, 1811 – December 31, 1879) was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878. He was also a congressman and senator for Alabama. Early life Houston was born near Fra ...

(D) : . Williamson R. W. Cobb (D) : . Franklin W. Bowdon (D)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

: . Robert W. Johnson (D)

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

: .

James Dixon James Dixon (August 5, 1814 – March 27, 1873) was a United States representative and Senator from Connecticut. Biography Dixon, son of William & Mary (Field) Dixon, was born August 5, 1814 in Enfield, Connecticut, Dixon pursued preparat ...

(W) : . Samuel D. Hubbard (W) : .

John A. Rockwell John Arnold Rockwell (August 27, 1803 in Norwich, Connecticut – February 10, 1861 in Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Rockwell attended the common schools. He was graduated from Yale College in 1822, studied ...

(W) : . Truman Smith (W)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...

: .

John W. Houston John Wallace Houston (May 4, 1814 – April 26, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party and the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delawa ...

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Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

: . Edward C. Cabell (W)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

: . Thomas Butler King (W) : . Alfred Iverson Sr. (D) : . John W. Jones (W) : . Hugh A. Haralson (D) : . John H. Lumpkin (D) : . Howell Cobb (D) : .

Alexander H. Stephens Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in ...

(W) : . Robert A. Toombs (W)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

: . Robert Smith (ID) : . John A. McClernand (D) : . Orlando B. Ficklin (D) : . John Wentworth (D) : .

William A. Richardson William Anthony Richardson (August 27, 1795 – April 20, 1856) was an early California entrepreneur, influential in the development of Yerba Buena, the forerunner of the city of San Francisco. Richardson was the first to receive a land gran ...

(D), from December 6, 1847 : .

Thomas J. Turner Thomas Johnston Turner (April 5, 1815 – April 4, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in Trumbull County, Ohio, Turner completed preparatory studies. He moved with his parents to Butler County, Pennsylvania in 1825. ...

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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 ...

: . Elisha Embree (W) : .

Thomas J. Henley Thomas Jefferson Henley (June 18, 1808 – May 1, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, father of Barclay Henley. Born in Richmond, Indiana, Henley attended Indiana University at Bloomington. He studied law. He was admitted to the ba ...

(D) : . John L. Robinson (D) : .

Caleb B. Smith Caleb Blood Smith (April 16, 1808 – January 7, 1864) was a United States Representative from Indiana, the 6th United States Secretary of the Interior and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of ...

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William W. Wick William W. Wick (February 23, 1796 – May 19, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and Secretary of State of Indiana. He was a lawyer and over his career he was a judge for 15 years. President Franklin Pierce appointed him Postmaster of ...

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George G. Dunn George Grundy Dunn (December 20, 1812 – September 4, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1847 to 1849 and another term from 1855 to 18 ...

(W) : . Richard W. Thompson (W) : .

John Pettit John Pettit (June 24, 1807January 17, 1877) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. A United States Representative and Senator from Indiana, he also served in the court systems of Indiana and Kansas. Born in Sackets Harbor, New York, he ...

(D) : . Charles W. Cathcart (D) : . William R. Rockhill (D)

Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

: . William Thompson (D) : . Shepherd Leffler (D)

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 ...

: . Linn Boyd (D) : .

Beverly L. Clarke Beverly Leonidas Clarke (February 11, 1809 – March 17, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He was known for his "sterling integrity, gentlemanly manners, and polished oratory." Early life Clarke was born in Winterfield, Chesterfie ...

(D) : . Samuel O. Peyton (D) : . Aylette Buckner (W) : . John B. Thompson (W) : . Green Adams (W) : . W. Garnett Duncan (W) : .

Charles S. Morehead Charles Slaughter Morehead (July 7, 1802 – December 21, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, and served as the 20th Governor of Kentucky. Though a member of the Whig Party for most of his political service, he joined the Know Not ...

(W) : . Richard French (D) : . John P. Gaines (W)

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...

: . Emile La Sére (D) : . Bannon G. Thibodeaux (W) : . John H. Harmanson (D) : . Isaac E. Morse (D)

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...

: . David Hammons (D) : . Asa W. H. Clapp (D) : . Hiram Belcher (W) : . Franklin Clark (D) : .

Ephraim K. Smart Ephraim Knight Smart (September 3, 1813 – September 29, 1872) was a United States representative from Maine. Early life Smart was born in Prospect, Maine, Prospect, Massachusetts) on September 3, 1813. He attended the common schools, com ...

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James S. Wiley James Sullivan Wiley (January 22, 1808 – December 21, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Maine. Life Born in Mercer, Massachusetts (now in Maine), Wiley moved to Bethel, Maine, in 1826 then attended Gould Academy and graduated from Colb ...

(D) : . Hezekiah Williams (D)

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...

: . John G. Chapman (W) : . J. Dixon Roman (W) : . Thomas W. Ligon (D) : . Robert M. McLane (D) : . Alexander Evans (W) : . John W. Crisfield (W)

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: . Robert C. Winthrop (W) : .

Daniel P. King Daniel Putnam King (January 8, 1801 – July 25, 1850) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Early life and education Born in South Danvers, Massachusetts, now Peabody, Massachusetts King pursued classical studies, graduated from Harvard ...

(W) : .

Amos Abbott Amos Abbott (September 10, 1786, Andover, Massachusetts – November 2, 1868, Andover, Massachusetts) was a United States Congressman from Massachusetts. Son of Jeduthan Abbott (1749–1810) and Hannah Poor (1754–1823), he was born in Andover ...

(W) : . John G. Palfrey (W) : . Charles Hudson (W) : . George Ashmun (W) : .

Julius Rockwell Julius Rockwell (April 26, 1805May 19, 1888) was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell. Rockwell was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and educated at private schools and then Yale, where he st ...

(W) : .

(W), until February 23, 1848 ::

Horace Mann Horace Mann (May 4, 1796August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, slavery abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts Sta ...

(W), from April 3, 1848 : . Artemas Hale (W) : . Joseph Grinnell (W)

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

: . Robert McClelland (D) : . Edward Bradley (D), until August 5, 1847 ::

Charles E. Stuart Charles Edward Stuart (November 25, 1810May 19, 1887) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Biography Stuart was born in New York, either near Waterloo, New York, or in Columbia County. He studied law, was ad ...

(D), from December 6, 1847 : .

Kinsley S. Bingham Kinsley Scott Bingham (December 16, 1808October 5, 1861) was a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and the 11th governor of Michigan. Early life in New York Bingham (whose first name is sometimes spelled ''Kingsley'') was born to the farmer fa ...

(D)

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

: . Jacob Thompson (D) : .

Winfield S. Featherston Winfield Scott Featherston "Old Swet" (August 8, 1820 – May 28, 1891) was an antebellum two-term U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was later a st ...

(D) : . Patrick W. Tompkins (W) : .

Albert G. Brown Albert Gallatin Brown (May 31, 1813June 12, 1880) was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 to 1861, when he withdrew during secession. Early life He was born to Joseph and ...

(D)

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

: . James B. Bowlin (D) : . John Jameson (D) : . James S. Green (D) : . Willard P. Hall (D) : .

John S. Phelps John Smith Phelps (December 22, 1814November 20, 1886) was a politician and soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri. Early life and career John Smith Phelps, the son of Elisha Phelps, was born in Simsbury, Ha ...

(D)

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: . Amos Tuck (I) : . Charles H. Peaslee (D) : . James Wilson (W) : . James H. Johnson (D)

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...

: . James G. Hampton (W) : .

William A. Newell William Augustus Newell (September 5, 1817August 8, 1901), was an American physician and politician, who was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives, served as a Republican as the 18th governor of New Jersey, and as t ...

(W) : .

Joseph E. Edsall Joseph E. Edsall (March 29, 1789, in Hamburg, New Jersey – February 17, 1865, in Hamburg, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician, who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847, and the ...

(D) : . John Van Dyke (W) : .

Dudley S. Gregory Dudley Sanford Gregory (February 5, 1800 – December 8, 1874) was the first Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, and was elected as a Whig to represent in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849. Biography Gregory was born ...

(W)

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 * '' ...

: . Frederick W. Lord (D) : .

Henry C. Murphy Henry Cruse Murphy (July 5, 1810 – December 1, 1882) was an American lawyer, politician and historian. During his political career, he served as Mayor of Brooklyn, a member of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Minister to the N ...

(D) : . Henry Nicoll (D) : . William B. Maclay (D) : .

Frederick A. Tallmadge Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (August 29, 1792 – September 17, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician from New York (state), New York. Life He was born on August 29, 1792, in Litchfield, Connecticut, the son of Benjamin Tallmadge (1754–1 ...

(W) : .

David S. Jackson David Sherwood Jackson (1813 – January 20, 1872) was an American businessman and politician who served 13 months as a U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, t ...

(D), until April 19, 1848 ::

Horace Greeley Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the '' New-York Tribune''. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York ...

(W), from December 4, 1848 : . William Nelson (W) : . Cornelius Warren (W) : . Daniel B. St. John (W) : . Eliakim Sherrill (W) : .

Peter H. Silvester Peter Henry Silvester (February 17, 1807 – November 29, 1882) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York in the 30th United States Congress, 30th and 31st United States Congress, 31st United States Congress. ...

(W) : .

Gideon Reynolds Gideon Reynolds (August 9, 1813 – July 13, 1896) was a U.S. Representative 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 chamber of th ...

(W) : . John I. Slingerland (W) : . Orlando Kellogg (W) : .

Sidney Lawrence Sidney Lawrence (December 31, 1801 – May 9, 1892) was an American lawyer who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1847 to 1849. Biography Born in Weybridge, Vermont, Lawrence moved with his parents to Moira, New York, in ...

(D) : . Hugh White (W) : . George Petrie (ID) : . William Collins (D) : .

Joseph Mullin Joseph Mullin (August 6, 1811May 17, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Early life Mullin was born near Dromore, County Down, Ireland on August 6, 1811. He came to the United States in 1820 with his parents, and they s ...

(W) : . Timothy Jenkins (D) : . George A. Starkweather (D) : . Ausburn Birdsall (D) : . William Duer (W) : . Daniel Gott (W) : . Harmon S. Conger (W) : . William T. Lawrence (W) : .

John M. Holley John Milton Holley (November 10, 1802 – March 8, 1848) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Holley was graduated from Yale College in 1822. He studied law. He was Admis ...

(W), until March 8, 1848 :: Esbon Blackmar (W), from December 4, 1848 : . Elias B. Holmes (W) : . Robert L. Rose (W) : . David Rumsey Jr. (W) : .

Dudley Marvin Dudley Marvin (May 9, 1786 – June 25, 1856) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Lyme, Connecticut, Marvin attended Colchester (Connecticut) Academy. He moved to Canandaigua, New York, in 1807 and studied law. He was admitted ...

(W) : . Nathan K. Hall (W) : .

Harvey Putnam Harvey Putnam (January 5, 1793 – September 20, 1855) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and served in the New York Senate. Early life Putnam was born in Brattleboro, Windham Co ...

(W) : .

Washington Hunt Washington Hunt (August 5, 1811 – February 2, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician. Life and career Hunt was born in Windham, New York. He moved to Lockport, New York in 1828 to study law, was admitted to the bar in 1834, and opene ...

(W)

North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...

: . Thomas L. Clingman (W) : . Nathaniel Boyden (W) : . Daniel M. Barringer (W) : . Augustine H. Shepperd (W) : . Abraham W. Venable (D) : . John R. J. Daniel (D) : .

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 appoint ...

(D) : . Richard S. Donnell (W) : . David Outlaw (W)

Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

: . James J. Faran (D) : . David Fisher (W) : .

Robert C. Schenck Robert Cumming Schenck (October 4, 1809 – March 23, 1890) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in Ja ...

(W) : . Richard S. Canby (W) : . William Sawyer (D) : . Rodolphus Dickinson (D) : . Jonathan D. Morris (D) : . John L. Taylor (W) : . Thomas O. Edwards (W) : . Daniel Duncan (W) : . John K. Miller (D) : . Samuel F. Vinton (W) : . Thomas Ritchey (D) : . Nathan Evans (W) : . William Kennon Jr. (D) : . John D. Cummins (D) : .

George Fries George Fries (1799November 13, 1866) was a physician and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1845 to 1849. Life and career Born in Pennsylvania in 1799, Fries attended the common schools. He studied medicine and commenced practice ...

(D) : .

Samuel Lahm Samuel Lahm (April 22, 1812 – June 16, 1876) was a lawyer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1847 to 1849. Early life and career He was the father of Frank Samuel Lahm, a noted expatriate and pioneer balloo ...

(D) : . John Crowell (W) : .

Joshua R. Giddings Joshua Reed Giddings (October 6, 1795 – May 27, 1864) was an American attorney, politician and a prominent opponent of slavery. He represented Northeast Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1838 to 1859. He was at first a member of ...

(W) : . Joseph M. Root (W)

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, ...

: . Lewis C. Levin (A) : . Joseph R. Ingersoll (W) : . Charles Brown (D) : . Charles J. Ingersoll (D) : . John Freedley (W) : . John W. Hornbeck (W), until January 16, 1848 :: Samuel A. Bridges (D), from March 6, 1848 : . Abraham R. McIlvaine (W) : . John Strohm (W) : . William Strong (D) : .

Richard Brodhead Richard Brodhead (January 5, 1811September 16, 1863) was an American lawyer and politician from Easton, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House (1843 to 1849) and Senate (1851 to 1857). He was the father of U.S. Represe ...

(D) : . Chester P. Butler (W) : .

David Wilmot David Wilmot (January 20, 1814 – March 16, 1868) was an American politician and judge. He served as Representative and a Senator for Pennsylvania and as a judge of the Court of Claims. He is best known for being the prime sponsor and ep ...

(D) : . James Pollock (W) : . George N. Eckert (W) : . Henry Nes (W) : . Jasper E. Brady (W) : . John Blanchard (W) : . Andrew Stewart (W) : .

Job Mann Job Mann (March 31, 1795 – October 8, 1873) was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Job Mann was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Bedford ...

(D) : . John Dickey (W) : .

Moses Hampton Moses Hampton (October 28, 1803 – June 27, 1878) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Moses Hampton was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. He pu ...

(W) : . John W. Farrelly (W) : . James Thompson (D) : . Alexander Irvin (W)

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 ...

: . Robert B. Cranston (W) : . Benjamin B. Thurston (D)

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 = ...

: . James A. Black (D), until April 3, 1848 :: Daniel Wallace (D), from June 12, 1848 : . Richard F. Simpson (D) : . Joseph A. Woodward (D) : . Alexander D. Sims (D), until November 22, 1848 ::

John McQueen John McQueen (February 9, 1804 – August 30, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Early life and educati ...

(D), from February 12, 1849 : .

Armistead Burt Armistead Burt (November 13, 1802 – October 30, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Armistead Burt House - Abbeville, SC.jpgBorn at Clouds Creek, near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, Burt moved with his parents ...

(D) : . Isaac E. Holmes (D) : . Robert Rhett (D)

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

: .

Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a De ...

(D) : . William M. Cocke (W) : .

John H. Crozier John Hervey Crozier (February 10, 1812 – October 25, 1889) was an American attorney and politician active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, during the mid-nineteenth century. Described as "an orator of uncommon brilliancy" and "one of ...

(W) : . Hugh L. W. Hill (D) : . George W. Jones (D) : . James H. Thomas (D) : .

Meredith P. Gentry Meredith Poindexter Gentry (September 15, 1809 – November 2, 1866) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's eighth and seventh districts in the United States House of Representatives. Biography Gentry was born in Rockingha ...

(W) : .

Washington Barrow George Washington Barrow (October 5, 1807 – October 19, 1866) was a slave owner, American politician, a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 8th congressional district; he later fought against the Union as a m ...

(W) : . Lucien B. Chase (D) : . Frederick P. Stanton (D) : .

William T. Haskell William T. Haskell (July 21, 1818 – March 12, 1859) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 11th congressional district. Biography Haskell was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on ...

(W)

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

: .

David S. Kaufman David Spangler Kaufman (December 18, 1813 – January 31, 1851) was an attorney, politician, and diplomat, serving as U.S. Representative from Texas. When the Republic of Texas was independent, he served in both houses of its legislature, and as ...

(D) : . Timothy Pilsbury (D)

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, 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 (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

: . William Henry (W) : . Jacob Collamer (W) : . George P. Marsh (W) : . Lucius B. Peck (D)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

: . Archibald Atkinson (D) : .

George Dromgoole George Coke Dromgoole (May 15, 1797 – April 27, 1847) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the uncle of Alexander Dromgoole Sims and the son of Irish-born pioneer Methodist circuit rider Edward Dromgoole. ...

(D), until April 27, 1847 :: Richard K. Meade (D), from August 5, 1847 : . Thomas S. Flournoy (W) : .

Thomas S. Bocock Thomas Salem Bocock (May 18, 1815 – August 5, 1891) was a Confederate politician and lawyer from Virginia. After serving as an antebellum United States Congressman, he was the speaker of the Confederate States House of Representatives dur ...

(D) : . William L. Goggin (W) : . John M. Botts (W) : . Thomas H. Bayly (D) : . Richard L. T. Beale (D) : . John S. Pendleton (W) : . Henry Bedinger (D) : . James McDowell (D) : . William B. Preston (W) : . Andrew S. Fulton (W) : . Robert A. Thompson (D) : . William G. Brown Sr. (D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

: . William P. Lynde (D), from June 8, 1848 (newly admitted state) : . Mason C. Darling (D), from June 8, 1848 (newly admitted state)

Non-voting members

: . John H. Tweedy (W), until May 29, 1848 :: Henry H. Sibley, from October 30, 1848 RCWinthrop

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 11 ** Democrats (D): 4 seat net gain ** Whigs (W): no net change * Deaths: 5 * Resignations: 6 * Interim appointments: 7 * Seats of newly admitted states: 4 , - ,

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

(2) , Vacant , Failure to elect.
Successor elected November 22, 1847. , , John Bell (W) , Elected November 22, 1847. , - ,

Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

(2) , Vacant , Iowa had been admitted to the Union December 28, 1846, but the legislature failed to elect due to a three-way split that prevented any candidate from earning the required number of 30 legislators' votes.
First Senator elected December 7, 1848. , , George Wallace Jones (D) , Elected December 7, 1848. , - ,

(3) , Vacant , Iowa had been admitted to the Union December 28, 1846, but the legislature failed to elect due to a three-way split that prevented any candidate from earning the required number of 30 legislators' votes.
First Senator elected December 7, 1848. , , Augustus C. Dodge (D) , Elected December 7, 1848. , - ,

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) , ,

(D) , Incumbent died May 1, 1847.
Successor appointed August 10, 1847, and then elected January 1848. , ,

(D) , Appointed December 5, 1847. , - ,

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 (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

(1) , , Jabez W. Huntington (W) , Incumbent died November 1, 1847.
Successor appointed November 11, 1847, and then elected May 1848. , , Roger S. Baldwin (W) , Appointed December 5, 1847. , - ,

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 nor ...

(1) , ,

(D) , Incumbent died December 24, 1847.
Successor appointed January 5, 1848. , , Wyman B. S. Moor (D) , Appointed January 5, 1848. , - ,

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) , , Walter T. Colquitt (D) , Incumbent resigned February 4, 1848.
Successor appointed February 4, 1848, to finish the term. , ,

(D) , Appointed February 4, 1848. , - ,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

(3) , , Ambrose H. Sevier (D) , Incumbent resigned March 15, 1848.
Successor appointed March 30, 1848, to finish the term. , , Solon Borland (D) , Appointed March 30, 1848. , - ,

(2) , , Chester Ashley (D) , Incumbent died April 29, 1848.
Successor appointed May 12, 1848, and elected sometime thereafter. , , William K. Sebastian (D) , Elected May 12, 1848. , - ,

(1) , colspan=2 , Wisconsin admitted to the Union May 29, 1848.
First Senator elected June 8, 1848. , ,

(D) , Elected June 8, 1848. , - ,

(3) , colspan=2 , Wisconsin admitted to the Union May 29, 1848.
First Senator elected June 8, 1848. , , Isaac P. Walker (D) , Elected June 8, 1848. , - ,

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

(1) , ,

(D) , Incumbent resigned May 29, 1848, to run for U.S. President.
Successor appointed June 8, 1848. , , Thomas Fitzgerald (D) , Elected June 8, 1848. , - ,

(1) , , Wyman B. S. Moor (D) , Interim appointee retired when successor elected June 7, 1848. , ,

(D) , Elected June 7, 1848. , - ,

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 ...

(3) , , John J. Crittenden (W) , Incumbent resigned June 12, 1848, to run for

Governor of Kentucky The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government of Kentucky. Sixty-two men and one woman have served as governor of Kentucky. The governor's term is four years in length; since 1992, incumbents have been able to seek re-e ...

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Successor appointed June 23, 1848, and elected sometime thereafter. , , Thomas Metcalfe (W) , Elected June 23, 1848. , - ,

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

(3) , , Arthur P. Bagby (D) , Incumbent resigned June 16, 1848, to become U.S. Minister to Russia.
Successor elected July 1, 1848. , , William R. King (D) , Elected July 1, 1848. , - ,

(2) , ,

(D) , Incumbent died October 25, 1848.
Successor elected November 25, 1848. , ,

(D) , Elected November 25, 1848. , - ,

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 ...

(1) , , John M. Clayton (W) , Incumbent resigned February 23, 1849, to become U.S. Secretary of State.
Successor elected February 23, 1849. , , John Wales (W) , Elected February 23, 1849.

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 10 ** Democrats (D): no net change ** Whigs (W): no net change * Deaths: 7 * Resignations: 0 * Contested election: 1 * Seats of newly admitted states: 2 *Total seats with changes: 12 , - , , Vacant , Representative Stephen A. Douglas resigned at end of previous congress. , ,

(D) , Seated December 6, 1847 , - , , ,

(D) , Incumbent died April 27, 1847. , , Richard K. Meade (D) , Seated August 5, 1847 , - , , , Edward Bradley (D) , Incumbent died August 5, 1847. , ,

(D) , Seated December 6, 1847 , - , , , John W. Hornbeck (W) , Incumbent died January 16, 1848. , , Samuel A. Bridges (D) , Seated March 6, 1848 , - , , ,

(W) , Incumbent died February 23, 1848. , ,

(W) , Seated April 3, 1848 , - , , ,

(W) , Incumbent died March 8, 1848. , , Esbon Blackmar (W) , Seated December 4, 1848 , - , , , James A. Black (D) , Incumbent died April 3, 1848. , , Daniel Wallace (D) , Seated June 12, 1848 , - , , ,

(D) , James Monroe contested seat after which the House declared the seat vacant April 19, 1848. , ,

(W) , Seated December 4, 1848 , - , , colspan=2 , Wisconsin admitted into the Union May 29, 1848, and seat remained vacant until June 8, 1848. , , William P. Lynde (D) , Seated June 8, 1848 , - , , colspan=2 , Wisconsin admitted into the Union May 29, 1848, and seat remained vacant until June 8, 1848. , , Mason C. Darling (D) , Seated June 8, 1848 , - , , , John H. Tweedy (W) , Incumbent was disqualified May 29, 1848, after the portion of territory he resided in achieved statehood. , Henry H. Sibley , Seated October 30, 1848 , - , , , Alexander D. Sims (D) , Incumbent died November 22, 1848. , ,

(D) , Seated February 12, 1849

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...

(Chairman: Daniel Sturgeon) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Alpheus Felch then Isaac P. Walker) *

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 ri ...

(Chairman: Moses Norris Jr.) *

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, natio ...

(Chairman: John Adams Dix) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *

District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle (Washington, D.C.), Logan Circle, Jefferson Memoria ...

(Chairman:

) * Expedition of John C. Fremont (Select) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Thomas J. Rusk) *

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

(Chairman:

) * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Ambrose H. Sevier then Edward A. Hannegan then Thomas Hart Benton) * Indian Affairs (Chairman:

) *

Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

(Chairman: Andrew P. Butler) *

Library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vi ...

(Chairman:

James A. Pearce James Alfred Pearce (December 14, 1805December 20, 1862) was an American politician. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the second district of Maryland from 1835 to 1839 and 1841 to 1843. He later served as a ...

) * Manufactures (Chairman:

) * Memorial of Certain Cherokee Claimants (Select) * Military Affairs (Chairman:

then Thomas Hart Benton) *

Militia A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...

(Chairman: Thomas J. Rusk) * Monuments to Deceased Senators (Select) * Naval Affairs (Chairman:

) * Oregon Railroad (Select) * Ordnance and War Ships (Select) * Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: James D. Westcott) *

Pensions 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 ...

(Chairman: Henry Johnson) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John M. Niles) *

Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...

(Chairman: Simon Cameron) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Solomon W. Downs) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Robert M.T. Hunter) * Public Lands (Chairman: Sidney Breese then Alpheus Felch) * Retired List for the Army and the Navy (Select) * Retrenchment (Chairman:

) * Seventh Census (Select) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Jesse D. Bright) * Rivers and Harbors Convention in Chicago (Select) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Edward A. Hannegan) * Tariff Bill of 1828 (Special) * Tariff Regulation (Select) *

Territories A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...

(Chairman: Stephen A. Douglas) * Whole

House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman:

) *

(Chairman: Hugh White) *

(Chairman: Joseph R. Ingersoll) *

(Chairman:

) *

(Chairman: John G. Chapman) *

Elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

(Chairman: Richard W. Thompson) *

Engraving Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an in ...

(Chairman:

Lewis Charles Levin Lewis Charles Levin (November 10, 1808 – March 14, 1860) was an American politician, newspaper editor and anti-Catholic social activist. He was one of the founders of the American Party in 1842 and served as a member of the U. S. House of Rep ...

) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: James G. Hampton) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Patrick W. Tompkins) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: James Wilson) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Daniel M. Barringer) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph M. Root) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:

) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:

Edward Carrington Cabell Edward Carrington Cabell (February 5, 1816 – February 28, 1896) was the first U.S. Representative from Florida. Biography Born in Richmond, Virginia; attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia in 18 ...

) *

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy a ...

(Chairman: John A. McClernand) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Daniel M. Barringer) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Andrew S. Fulton) *

(Chairman: Joseph R. Ingersoll) * Manufactures (Chairman: Andrew Stewart) * Mileage (Chairman: Hiram Belcher) * Military Affairs (Chairman: John M. Botts) *

(Chairman: John B. Thompson) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Butler King) *

Patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...

(Chairman: John W. Farrelly) *

(Chairman: Harmon S. Conger) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: John Gayle) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William L. Goggin) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:

) * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Thomas L. Clingman) * Public Lands (Chairman: Jacob Collamer) * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Henry Nes) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:

) * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: William M. Cocke) * Roads and Canals (Chairman:

) * Rules (Select) * Standards of Official Conduct *

(Chairman:

) * Ways and Means (Chairman: Samuel F. Vinton) * Whole

Joint committees

* Enrolled Bills * The Library *

Employees

Librarian of Congress The Librarian of Congress is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, for a term of ten years. In addition to overseeing the library, the Libra ...

John Silva Meehan John Silva Meehan (6 February 1790 – 24 April 1863) was an American printer and publisher. He was the fourth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1829 to 1861. Meehan, a United States Democratic party member, was appointed Librarian of ...

Senate

Chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence ...

: Henry Slicer (

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 ...

) *

Secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a ...

Asbury Dickins Asbury Dickins (1780–1861) was a United States government official who served as Secretary of the United States Senate from 1836 until shortly before his death in 1861. Originally from North Carolina, Dickins worked as a publisher and a boo ...

* Sergeant at Arms: Robert Beale

House of Representatives

: William T.S. Sprole (

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their n ...

), until December 6, 1847 ** Ralph Gurley (

), elected December 6, 1847 * Clerk: Benjamin B. French, until December 8, 1847 ** Thomas J. Campbell, elected December 8, 1847 * Doorkeeper: Robert E. Horner, elected December 8, 1847 *

Postmaster A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...

: John M. Johnson * Reading Clerks: * Sergeant at Arms: Newton Lane, until December 8, 1847 ** Nathan Sergeant, elected December 8, 1847

Notes

References

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External links

Statutes at Large, 1789–1875

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
U.S. House of Representatives: House History

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