The 35th 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

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. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1859, during the first two years of James Buchanan's

presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by ...

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

Major events

* Panic of 1857 * March 4, 1857. James Buchanan became

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* March 6, 1857: Dred Scott v. Sandford * July 18, 1857: Utah Expedition left

Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth () is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest perma ...

, effectively beginning the Utah War * August 21, 1858: First of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was held * March 3, 1859: Financial appropriations for the improvement and construction of lighthouses.

Major legislation

Treaties

* March 12, 1858: Treaty with the

Ponca The Ponca ( Páⁿka iyé: Páⁿka or Ppáⁿkka pronounced ) are a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Dhegihan branch of the Siouan language group. There are two federally recognized Ponca tribes: the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and the ...

signed * April 19, 1858: Treaty with the Yankton Sioux signed * July 29, 1858: Harris Treaty signed with Japan

States admitted

* May 11, 1858:

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

admitted as the 32nd state * February 14, 1859:

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

admitted as the 33rd state

Party summary

Senate

During this congress, two Senate seats were added for each of the new states of

and

House of Representatives

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

and one House seat was added for the new state of

Leadership

Senate

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: John C. Breckinridge (D) * President pro tempore: James M. Mason (D), March 4, 1857, only ** Thomas J. Rusk (D), elected March 14, 1857 **

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), elected December 7, 1857

House of Representatives

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James L. Orr James Lawrence Orr (May 12, 1822May 5, 1873) was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 22nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1859. He also served as the 73rd governor of South Carolina from 1865 ...

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Members

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

Senate

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

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.

(D) : 2. Clement C. Clay Jr. (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 ...

: 2. William K. Sebastian (D) : 3. Robert W. Johnson (D)

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

: 1. David C. Broderick (D) : 3. William M. Gwin (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 ...

: 1.

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 ...

(R) : 3. La Fayette S. Foster (R)

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. James A. Bayard Jr. (D) : 2.

Martin W. Bates Martin Waltham Bates (February 24, 1786 – January 1, 1869) was a lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, and then the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly an ...

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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 ...

: 1. Stephen Mallory (D) : 3.

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 ...

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Georgia

: 2. Robert Toombs (D) : 3. Alfred Iverson Sr. (D)

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.

Lyman Trumbull Lyman Trumbull (October 12, 1813 – June 25, 1896) was a lawyer, judge, and United States Senator from Illinois and the co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Born in Colchester, Connecticut, Trumbull es ...

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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 ...

: 1. Jesse D. Bright (D) : 3. Graham N. Fitch (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) : 3. James Harlan (R)

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. John B. Thompson (A) : 3. John J. Crittenden (A)

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. Judah P. Benjamin (D) : 3. John Slidell (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 ...

: 1.

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 ...

(R) : 2.

William Pitt Fessenden William Pitt Fessenden (October 16, 1806September 8, 1869) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Fessenden was a Whig (later a Republican) and member of the Fessenden political family. He served in the United States House ...

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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. Anthony Kennedy (A) : 3. James Pearce (D)

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...

: 1. Charles Sumner (R) : 2.

Henry Wilson Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 ...

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

: 1.

Zachariah Chandler Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit, a four-term sen ...

(R) : 2.

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 ...

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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

: 1. Henry M. Rice (D), from May 11, 1858 (newly admitted state) : 2. James Shields (D), from May 11, 1858 (newly admitted state)

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. Jefferson Davis (D) : 2.

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 ...

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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.

Trusten Polk Trusten W. Polk (May 29, 1811April 16, 1876) served as the 12th Governor of Missouri in 1857 and U.S. Senator from 1857 to 1862. Biography Polk was born in Bridgeville, Delaware. A Democrat, he was elected Governor of Missouri in 1856 and ser ...

(D) : 3. James S. Green (D)

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

: 2. John P. Hale (R) : 3. James Bell (R), until May 26, 1857 :: Daniel Clark (R), from June 27, 1857

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. John R. Thomson (D) : 2. William Wright (D)

New York

: 1. Preston King (R) : 3. William H. Seward (R)

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.

David S. Reid David Settle Reid (April 19, 1813 – June 19, 1891) was the 32nd governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1851 to 1854 and a U.S. Senator from December 1854 to March 1859. His uncle was Congressman Thomas Settle. He was born in wha ...

(D) : 3. Asa Biggs (D), until May 5, 1858 :: Thomas L. Clingman (D), from May 7, 1858

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.

Benjamin Wade Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800March 2, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator for Ohio from 1851 to 1869. He is known for his leading role among the Radical Republicans.

(R) : 3. George E. Pugh (D)

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

: 2. Delazon Smith (D), from February 14, 1859 (newly admitted state) : 3. Joseph Lane (D), from February 14, 1859 (newly admitted state)

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. Simon Cameron (R) : 3.

William Bigler William Bigler (January 1, 1814August 9, 1880) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democrat as the 12th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855 and as a member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1856 ...

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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.

James F. Simmons James Fowler Simmons (September 10, 1795July 10, 1864) was a businessman and politician from Rhode Island who twice served as a United States senator, first as a Whig and then as a Republican. He is notable for having the Senate consider expel ...

(R) : 2. Philip Allen (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 = ...

: 2.

Josiah J. Evans Josiah James Evans (November 27, 1786May 6, 1858) was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 1853 to 1858. Evans was born in Marlborough district in South Carolina and lived most of his life there and in Darlington district, South Caro ...

(D), until May 6, 1858 :: Arthur P. Hayne (D), from May 11, 1858, until December 2, 1858 :: James Chesnut Jr. (D), from December 3, 1858 : 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 ...

(D), until May 25, 1857 :: James H. Hammond (D), from December 7, 1857

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.

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), from October 8, 1857 : 2. John Bell (A)

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), until July 29, 1857 :: J. Pinckney Henderson (D), November 9, 1857 - June 4, 1858 :: Matthias Ward (D), from September 27, 1858 : 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.

Solomon Foot Solomon Foot (November 19, 1802March 28, 1866) was an American politician and attorney. He held numerous offices during his career, including Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, State's Attorney for Rutland County, member of the Un ...

(R) : 3. Jacob Collamer (R)

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.

James R. Doolittle James Rood Doolittle (January 3, 1815July 27, 1897) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869. He was a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the ...

(R) : 3.

Charles Durkee Charles H. Durkee (December 10, 1805January 14, 1870) was an American pioneer, Congressman, and United States Senator from Wisconsin. He was one of the founders of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and was a Governor of the Utah Territory in the last five ye ...

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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 ...

: . James A. Stallworth (D) : . Eli S. Shorter (D) : . James F. Dowdell (D) : .

Sydenham Moore Sydenham Moore (May 25, 1817 – August 20, 1862) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. Early life Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, Moore pursued classical studies. He attended the University of ...

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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) : . Jabez L. M. Curry (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 ...

: . Alfred B. Greenwood (D) : . Edward A. Warren (D)

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

: .United States representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. Joseph C. McKibbin (D) : .

Charles L. Scott Charles Lewis Scott (January 23, 1827 – April 30, 1899) was an American lawyer, politician, and Civil War veteran. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from California from 1857 to 1861. Bio ...

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

: . Ezra Clark Jr. (R) : .

Samuel Arnold Samuel Arnold may refer to: *Samuel Arnold (composer) (1740–1802), English composer and organist * Samuel Arnold (Connecticut politician) (1806–1869), U.S. Representative from Connecticut * Samuel Arnold (conspirator) (1834–1906), co-conspira ...

(D) : . Sidney Dean (R) : . William D. Bishop (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 ...

: . William G. Whiteley (D)

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 ...

: . George S. Hawkins (D)

Georgia

: . James L. Seward (D) : . Martin J. Crawford (D) : . Robert P. Trippe (A) : . Lucius J. Gartrell (D) : . Augustus R. Wright (D) : . James Jackson (D) : .

Joshua Hill Joshua or Josh Hill may refer to: * Joshua Hill (baseball) (born 1983), Australian baseball player * Joshua Hill (Pitcairn Island leader) (1773–c. 1844), American adventurer * Joshua Hill (politician) (1812–1891), American politician * Josh ...

(A) : .

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 ...

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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 ...

: .

Elihu B. Washburne Elihu Benjamin Washburne (September 23, 1816 – October 22, 1887) was an American politician and diplomat. A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served a ...

(R) : . John F. Farnsworth (R) : .

Owen Lovejoy Owen Lovejoy (January 6, 1811 – March 25, 1864) was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. After his brother Elijah Lo ...

(R) : . William Kellogg (R) : .

Isaac N. Morris Isaac Newton Morris (January 22, 1812 – October 29, 1879) was a United States Representative from Illinois, son of Thomas Morris and brother of Jonathan David Morris. Biography Isaac N. Morris was born in Bethel, Ohio. Morris attended Miam ...

(D) : . Thomas L. Harris (D), until November 24, 1858 :: Charles D. Hodges (D), from January 4, 1859 : . Aaron Shaw (D) : . Robert Smith (D) : . Samuel S. Marshall (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 ...

: . James Lockhart (D), until September 7, 1857 :: William E. Niblack (D), from December 7, 1857 : . William H. English (D) : . James Hughes (D) : . James B. Foley (D) : . David Kilgore (R) : . James M. Gregg (D) : .

John G. Davis John Givan Davis (October 10, 1810 – January 18, 1866) was an American farmer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana in the mid-19th Century. Early life Born near Flemingsburg, Kentucky, Davis moved to In ...

(D) : . James Wilson (R) : . Schuyler Colfax (R) : .

Samuel Brenton Samuel Brenton (November 22, 1810 – March 29, 1857) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana; born in Gallatin County, Kentucky. Attended the public schools; was ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1830 and served as a minister; located at D ...

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Charles Case Charles Case (December 21, 1817 – June 30, 1883) was an American lawyer who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1857 to 1861, Biography Case was born in Austinburg, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenc ...

(R), from December 7, 1857 : . John U. Pettit (R)

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 ...

: . Samuel Curtis (R) : . Timothy Davis (R)

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 ...

: . Henry C. Burnett (D) : . Samuel O. Peyton (D) : . Warner L. Underwood (A) : . Albert G. Talbott (D) : .

Joshua Jewett Joshua Husband Jewett (September 30, 1815 – July 14, 1861) was a United States representative from Kentucky and the brother of Hugh Judge Jewett. He was born at Deer Creek, Maryland. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitt ...

(D) : . John M. Elliott (D) : . Humphrey Marshall (A) : . James B. Clay (D) : .

John C. Mason John Calvin Mason (August 4, 1802 – August 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Mason attended country and city schools in Montgomery County and Mount Sterling Law School in Lexington, Kentucky. ...

(D) : . John W. Stevenson (D)

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 ...

: . George Eustis Jr. (A) : . Miles Taylor (D) : .

Thomas G. Davidson Thomas Green Davidson (August 3, 1805September 11, 1883) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Shortly after Louisiana seceded from the Union in January 1861, Davidson vacated his seat. Life and career Born at Coles Creek, ...

(D) : . John M. Sandidge (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 ...

: . John M. Wood (R) : . Charles J. Gilman (R) : .

Nehemiah Abbott Nehemiah Abbott (March 29, 1804 – July 26, 1877) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Sidney, studied law at the Litchfield, Connecticut Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and began his practice at Cala ...

(R) : . Freeman H. Morse (R) : .

Israel Washburn Jr. Israel Washburn Jr. (June 6, 1813 – May 12, 1883) was a United States political figure who was the Governor of Maine from 1861 to 1863. Originally a member of the Whig Party (United States), Whig Party, he later became a founding member of th ...

(R) : . Stephen C. Foster (R)

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 ...

: . James A. Stewart (D) : . James B. Ricaud (A) : . J. Morrison Harris (A) : . Henry Winter Davis (A) : . Jacob M. Kunkel (D) : . Thomas F. Bowie (D)

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: . Robert B. Hall (R) : . James Buffington (R) : . William S. Damrell (R) : . Linus B. Comins (R) : .

Anson Burlingame Anson Burlingame (November 14, 1820 – February 23, 1870) was an American lawyer, Republican/American Party legislator, diplomat, and abolitionist. As diplomat, he served as the U.S. minister to China (1862–1867) and then as China's envoy to ...

(R) : . Timothy Davis (R) : .

Nathaniel P. Banks Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, ...

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Daniel W. Gooch Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (January 8, 1820 – November 1, 1891) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Early life and education Gooch, the son of John and Olive ( Winn) Gooch, was born in Wells in Massachusetts' District ...

(R), from January 31, 1858 : . Chauncey L. Knapp (R) : .

Eli Thayer Eli Thayer (June 11, 1819 – April 15, 1899) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. He was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1840, from Brown University in 1845, and in 1 ...

(R) : . Calvin C. Chaffee (R) : .

Henry L. Dawes Henry Laurens Dawes (October 30, 1816February 5, 1903) was an attorney and politician, a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He is notable for the Dawes Act (1887), which was intended to stimul ...

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

: . William A. Howard (R) : .

Henry Waldron Henry Waldron (October 11, 1819 – September 13, 1880) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Waldron was born in Albany, New York, attended Albany Academy, and graduated from R ...

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David S. Walbridge David Safford Walbridge (July 30, 1802 – June 15, 1868) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Walbridge was born in Bennington, Vermont, where he attended the common schools. He moved to New York in 1820 and engaged in mercantile ...

(R) : . De Witt C. Leach (R)

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

: . James M. Cavanaugh (D), from May 11, 1858 (newly admitted state) : . William W. Phelps (D), from May 11, 1858 (newly admitted state)

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 ...

: . Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) : . Reuben Davis (D) : . William Barksdale (D) : .

Otho R. Singleton Otho Robards Singleton (October 14, 1814 – January 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Singleton attended t ...

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John A. Quitman John Anthony Quitman (September 1, 1798 – July 17, 1858) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. As President of the Mississippi Senate, he served one month as Acting Governor of Mississippi (from December 3, 1835, to January 7, 1836) a ...

(D), until July 17, 1858 :: John J. McRae (D), from December 7, 1858

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 ...

: . Francis P. Blair Jr. (R) : . Thomas L. Anderson (A) : .

John B. Clark John Bates Clark (January 26, 1847 – March 21, 1938) was an American neoclassical economist. He was one of the pioneers of the marginalist revolution and opponent to the Institutionalist school of economics, and spent most of his career as ...

(D), from December 7, 1857 : . James Craig (D) : . Samuel H. Woodson (A) : .

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 ...

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Samuel Caruthers Samuel Caruthers (October 13, 1820 – July 20, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Madison County, Missouri, Caruthers graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and ...

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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 ...

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James Pike James Albert Pike (February 14, 1913–) was an American Episcopal bishop, accused heretic, iconoclast, prolific writer, and one of the first mainline, charismatic religious figures to appear regularly on television. Pike's outspoken, and to so ...

(R) : . Mason Tappan (R) : . Aaron H. Cragin (R)

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 ...

: . Isaiah D. Clawson (R) : .

George R. Robbins George Robbins Robbins (September 24, 1808 – February 22, 1875) was an American Opposition Party/Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms ...

(R) : . Garnett Adrain (D) : . John Huyler (D) : . Jacob R. Wortendyke (D)

New York

: . John A. Searing (D) : . George Taylor (D) : . Daniel Sickles (D) : .

John Kelly John or Jack Kelly may refer to: People Academics and scientists *John Kelly (engineer), Irish professor, former Registrar of University College Dublin *John Kelly (scholar) (1750–1809), at Douglas, Isle of Man * John Forrest Kelly (1859–1922) ...

(D), until December 25, 1858 :: Thomas J. Barr (ID), from January 7, 1859 : . William B. Maclay (D) : . John Cochrane (D) : .

Elijah Ward Elijah Ward (September 16, 1816 – February 7, 1882) was a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Early life Ward was born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), New York. He pursued classical studies at the Co ...

(D) : . Horace F. Clark (D) : . John B. Haskin (D) : . Ambrose S. Murray (R) : . William F. Russell (D) : . John Thompson (R) : . Abram B. Olin (R) : . Erastus Corning (D) : . Edward Dodd (R) : . George W. Palmer (R) : .

Francis E. Spinner Francis Elias Spinner (January 21, 1802 – December 31, 1890) was an American politician from New York. He served as Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875, and was the first administrator in the federal government to employ women for ...

(R) : . Clark B. Cochrane (R) : . Oliver A. Morse (R) : . Orsamus B. Matteson (R) : . Henry Bennett (R) : . Henry C. Goodwin (R) : . Charles B. Hoard (R) : . Amos P. Granger (R) : .

Edwin B. Morgan Edwin Barber Morgan (May 2, 1806 – October 13, 1881) was an entrepreneur and politician from the Finger Lakes region of western New York. He was the first president of Wells Fargo & Company, founder of the United States Express Company, and ...

(R) : . Emory B. Pottle (R) : . John M. Parker (R) : . William H. Kelsey (R) : . Samuel G. Andrews (R) : . Judson W. Sherman (R) : . Silas M. Burroughs (R) : .

Israel T. Hatch Israel Thompson Hatch (June 30, 1808 – September 24, 1875) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1857 to 1859. Biography He was born in Johnstown, New York on June 30, 1808. ...

(D) : . Reuben Fenton (R)

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 ...

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Henry M. Shaw Henry Marchmore Shaw (November 20, 1819 – February 1, 1864) was a United States House of Representatives, Congressional Representative from North Carolina, as well as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. H ...

(D) : . Thomas H. Ruffin (D) : . Warren Winslow (D) : .

Lawrence O'Bryan Branch Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (November 28, 1820 – September 17, 1862) was a North Carolina representative in the U.S. Congress and a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Antietam. Early life and ca ...

(D) : . John A. Gilmer (A) : . Alfred M. Scales (D) : . F. Burton Craige (D) : . Thomas L. Clingman (D), until May 7, 1858 :: Zebulon B. Vance (D), from December 7, 1858

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 ...

: . George H. Pendleton (D) : . William S. Groesbeck (D) : . Lewis D. Campbell (R), until May 25, 1858 ::

Clement Vallandigham Clement Laird Vallandigham ( ; July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an American politician and leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. He served two terms for Ohio's 3rd congressional district in t ...

(D), from May 25, 1858 : . Matthias H. Nichols (R) : . Richard Mott (R) : . Joseph R. Cockerill (D) : .

Aaron Harlan Aaron Harlan (September 8, 1802 – January 8, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, cousin of Andrew Jackson Harlan. Born in Warren County, Ohio, Harlan attended a public school and later attended a law school. He was admitted to the ...

(R) : . Benjamin Stanton (R) : . Lawrence W. Hall (D) : . Joseph Miller (D) : . Valentine B. Horton (R) : .

Samuel S. Cox Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to the O ...

(D) : . John Sherman (R) : . Philemon Bliss (R) : . Joseph Burns (D) : . Cydnor B. Tompkins (R) : . William Lawrence (D) : . Benjamin F. Leiter (R) : .

Edward Wade Edward Wade (November 22, 1802 – August 13, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1853 to 1861. He was the brother of Benjamin Franklin Wade. Biography Born in West Springf ...

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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 ...

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John Bingham John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative from Ohio and as the United States ambassador to Japan. In his time as a congressman, Bingham served as both ass ...

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Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

: . La Fayette Grover (D), from February 14, 1859 (newly admitted state)

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, ...

: . Thomas B. Florence (D) : . Edward Joy Morris (R) : .

James Landy James Landy (October 13, 1813 – July 25, 1875) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography James Landy was born in Northern Liberties District in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the p ...

(D) : . Henry M. Phillips (D) : .

Owen Jones Owen Jones (born 8 August 1984) is a British newspaper columnist, political commentator, journalist, author, and left-wing activist. He writes a column for '' The Guardian'' and contributes to the '' New Statesman'' and '' Tribune.'' He has ...

(D) : . John Hickman (D) : . Henry Chapman (D) : . J. Glancey Jones (D), until October 30, 1858 :: William H. Keim (R), from December 7, 1858 : . Anthony E. Roberts (R) : . John C. Kunkel (R) : . William L. Dewart (D) : . John G. Montgomery (D), until April 24, 1857 :: Paul Leidy (D), from December 7, 1857 : . William H. Dimmick (D) : . Galusha A. Grow (R) : . Allison White (D) : . John A. Ahl (D) : . Wilson Reilly (D) : . John R. Edie (R) : .

John Covode John Covode (March 17, 1808 – January 11, 1871) was an American businessman and abolitionist politician. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Covode was born in Fairfield Towns ...

(R) : . William Montgomery (D) : . David Ritchie (R) : . Samuel A. Purviance (R) : . William Stewart (R) : . James L. Gillis (D) : . John Dick (R)

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 ...

: . Nathaniel B. Durfee (R) : . William D. Brayton (R)

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

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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) : . William P. Miles (D) : . Laurence M. Keitt (D) : . Milledge L. Bonham (D) : .

(D) : . William W. Boyce (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 ...

: . Albert G. Watkins (D) : . Horace Maynard (A) : . Samuel A. Smith (D) : . John H. Savage (D) : .

Charles Ready Charles Ready (December 22, 1802 – June 4, 1878) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Biography Ready was born in Readyville in Rutherford County, n ...

(A) : . George W. Jones (D) : . John V. Wright (D) : . Felix K. Zollicoffer (A) : .

John D. C. Atkins John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (June 4, 1825 – June 2, 1908) was an American slave owner, politician and a member of both the United States House of Representatives and Confederate Congress from Tennessee. Biography Johnathan Atkins was born ...

(D) : . William T. Avery (D)

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 ...

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John H. Reagan John Henninger Reagan (October 8, 1818March 6, 1905) was an American politician from Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. H ...

(D) : . Guy M. Bryan (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 ...

: . Eliakim P. Walton (R) : . Justin S. Morrill (R) : . Homer E. Royce (R)

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 ...

: . Muscoe R. H. Garnett (D) : . John S. Millson (D) : . John Caskie (D) : . William Goode (D) : .

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) : . Paulus Powell (D) : . William Smith (D) : .

Charles J. Faulkner Charles James Faulkner (July 6, 1806 – November 1, 1884) was a politician, planter, and lawyer from Berkeley County, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia) who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as a U.S. Congressman. ...

(D) : . John Letcher (D) : .

Sherrard Clemens Sherrard Clemens (April 28, 1820 – June 30, 1881) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia and Missouri. He was a cousin to author Samuel L. Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain). The unincorporated community of Sherrard in M ...

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Albert G. Jenkins Albert Gallatin Jenkins (November 10, 1830 – May 21, 1864) was a Virginia attorney, planter, slaveholder, politician and soldier from what would become West Virginia during the American Civil War. He served in the United States Congress and ...

(D) : . Henry A. Edmundson (D) : . George W. Hopkins (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 ...

: . John F. Potter (R) : . Cadwallader C. Washburn (R) : . Charles Billinghurst (R)

Non-voting members

: . Marcus J. Parrott (R) : . William W. Kingsbury (D), until May 11, 1858 : .

Fenner Ferguson Fenner Ferguson (April 25, 1814 – October 11, 1859) was an American attorney and politician from the Nebraska Territory. He was most notable for his service as member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1849, chief justice of Nebraska ...

(D) : . Miguel A. Otero (D) : . Joseph Lane (D), until February 14, 1859 : . John M. Bernhisel : .

Isaac Stevens Isaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 – September 1, 1862) was an American military officer and politician who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later as its delegate to the United States House of Represen ...

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 5 ** Democrats (D): no net change ** Whigs (W): no net change ** Republicans (R): no net change ** Americans (A): no net change * Deaths: 4 * Resignations: 1 * Interim appointments: 2 * Seats of newly admitted states: 4 * Total seats with changes: 9 , - ,

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) , Vacant , Legislature had failed to elect.
Successor elected October 8, 1857. , ,

(D) , October 8, 1857 , - ,

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

(3) , ,

(D) , Died May 25, 1857.
Successor elected December 7, 1857. , , James H. Hammond (D) , December 7, 1857 , - ,

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 ...

(3) , , James Bell (R) , Died May 26, 1857.
Successor elected June 27, 1857. , , Daniel Clark (R) , June 27, 1857 , - ,

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) , Died July 29, 1857.
Successor appointed November 9, 1857. , , J. Pinckney Henderson (D) , November 9, 1857 , - ,

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 ...

(3) , , Asa Biggs (D) , Resigned May 5, 1858, to become judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Carolina.
Successor appointed May 7, 1858.
Appointee elected November 23, 1858. , , Thomas L. Clingman (D) , May 7, 1858 , - ,

(2) , ,

(D) , Died May 6, 1858.
Successor appointed May 11, 1858. , , Arthur P. Hayne (D) , May 11, 1858 , - ,

(1) , ''New seat'' , Minnesota admitted to the Union May 11, 1858, and its first Senators were elected that day. , , Henry M. Rice (D) , May 11, 1858 , - ,

(2) , ''New seat'' , Minnesota admitted to the Union May 11, 1858, and its first Senators were elected that day. , , James Shields (D) , May 11, 1858 , - ,

(1) , , J. Pinckney Henderson (D) , Died June 4, 1858.
Successor appointed September 27, 1858. , , Matthias Ward (D) , September 27, 1858 , - ,

(2) , , Arthur P. Hayne (D) , Interim appointee retired.
Successor elected December 2, 1858. , , James Chesnut Jr. (D) , December 3, 1858 , - ,

(2) , ''New seat'' , Oregon admitted to the Union February 14, 1859, and its first Senators were elected that day. , , Delazon Smith (D) , February 14, 1859 , - ,

(3) , ''New seat'' , Oregon admitted to the Union February 14, 1859, and its first Senators were elected that day. , , Joseph Lane (D) , February 14, 1859

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 10 ** Democrats (D): 3 seat net loss ** Whigs (W): 3 seat net gain ** Republicans (R): 1 seat net gain ** Independent Democrats (ID): 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 5 * Resignations: 6 * Contested election:1 * Seats of newly admitted states: 3 * Total seats with changes: 14 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep. James S. Green was elected to this term but resigned after being elected in turn to the

US 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 ...

, ,

(D) , Seated December 7, 1857 , - , , ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 29, 1857 , ,

(R) , Seated December 7, 1857 , - , , , John G. Montgomery (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 24, 1857 , , Paul Leidy (D) , Seated December 7, 1857 , - , , , James Lockhart (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 7, 1857 , , William E. Niblack (D) , Seated December 7, 1857 , - , , ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 24, 1857, after being elected

Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces. Massachuset ...

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(R) , Seated January 31, 1858 , - , , , Thomas L. Clingman (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 7, 1858, after being appointed to the

, , Zebulon B. Vance (D) , Seated December 7, 1858 , - , , ''New seat'' , style="font-size:80%" , Minnesota was admitted to the Union May 11, 1858 , , James M. Cavanaugh (D) , Seated May 11, 1858 , - , , , William W. Kingsbury (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Minnesota was admitted to the Union May 11, 1858 , colspan=2 , Seat eliminated , - , , ''New seat'' , style="font-size:80%" , Minnesota was admitted to the Union May 11, 1858 , , William W. Phelps (D) , Seated May 11, 1858 , - , , , Lewis D. Campbell (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election May 25, 1858 , ,

(D) , Seated May 25, 1858 , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 17, 1858 , , John J. McRae (D) , Seated December 7, 1858 , - , , , J. Glancy Jones (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 30, 1858 , , William H. Keim (R) , Seated December 7, 1858 , - , , , Thomas L. Harris (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 24, 1858 , , Charles D. Hodges (D) , Seated January 4, 1859 , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 25, 1858 , , Thomas J. Barr (D) , Seated January 7, 1859 , - , , , Joseph Lane (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Oregon was admitted to the Union February 14, 1859 , colspan=2 , Seat eliminated , - , , ''New seat'' , style="font-size:80%" , Oregon was admitted to the Union February 14, 1859 , , La Fayette Grover (D) , Seated February 14, 1859

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

* Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:

then William Wright) * Banks of the District of Columbia (Select) *

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: Alfred Iverson Sr.) *

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: Clement Claiborne Clay) * 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:

) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William Wright) *

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: Robert M.T. Hunter) * Foreign Relations (Chairman: James M. Mason) * French Spoilations (Select) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: William K. Sebastian) *

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: James A. Bayard Jr.) * Military Affairs (Chairman: Jefferson Davis) * Military Asylum near Washington, D.C. (Select) *

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: N/A) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Stephen Mallory) * Ordnance and War Ships (Select) * Pacific Railroad (Select) * Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman:

) * Pensions (Chairman: George Wallace Jones) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

) *

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: Robert W. Johnson) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Judah P. Benjamin) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Jesse D. Bright) * Public Lands (Chairman:

) * Retrenchment (Chairman: Stephen A. Douglas) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:

) * 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: N/A) * Whole

House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman:

) *

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: William G. Whiteley) *

(Chairman: Samuel S. Marshall) *

(Chairman: John Cochrane) *

(Chairman: William O. Goode) *

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: Thomas L. Harris) *

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:

Garnett B. Adrain Garnett Bowditch Adrain (December 15, 1815 in New York City – August 17, 1878 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician, who was a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey f ...

) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John B. Haskin) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Albert G. Talbott) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:

) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William Lawrence) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Wilson Reilly) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Allison White) * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas L. Clingman) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Alfred B. Greenwood) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Joshua H. Jewett) *

(Chairman:

) * Manufactures (Chairman: William D. Bishop) * Mileage (Chairman: Robert Smith) * Military Affairs (Chairman:

) *

(Chairman:

) * Naval Affairs (Chairman:

) * Patents (Chairman: James A. Stewart) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William H. English) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: John M. Sandidge) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Lawrence M. Keitt) * Public Expenditures (Chairman: John M. Elliott) * Public Lands (Chairman: Williamson R. W. Cobb) * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: William L. Dewart) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:

) * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John Hickman) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: George W. Jones) * Rules (Select) * Standards of Official Conduct *

(Chairman:

) * Ways and Means (Chairman: J. Glancy Jones then

) * Whole

Joint committees

* Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep.

) * The Library (Chairman: Rep. William H. Dimmick) *

(Chairman: Rep. Samuel A. Smith)

Caucuses

* Democratic (House) * Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol. Thomas U. Walter * Librarian of Congress:

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 ...

Stephen P. Hill Stephen P. Hill (1806–1884) was a Baptist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate. Early life Stephen Prescott Hill was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on April 17, 1806. He was educated at Waterville College, Brown University (Class o ...

(

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul c ...

) *

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.

Dunning R. McNair Dunning Robert McNair (April 2, 1797 – March 16, 1875) was the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from March 17, 1853, to July 6, 1861. Biography Dunning R. McNair was born in what would become Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, on April 2, 17 ...

House of Representatives

: None * Clerk: James C. Allen * Doorkeeper: Robert B. Hackney, until May 17, 1858 ** Joseph L. Wright, elected May 18, 1858 * Messenger: Thaddeus Morrice * Sergeant at Arms: Adam J. Glossbrenner * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Michael W. Cluskey * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks:

Notes

References

;Specific citations ;General references * *

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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