The 26th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the

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and the

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. It met in

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

, from March 4, 1839, to March 4, 1841, during the third and fourth years of

Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren ( ; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as Attorney General o ...

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 b ...

. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the 1830 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

* 1839: The first state law permitting women to own property was passed in

Jackson, Mississippi Jackson is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city sits on the Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana), Pearl River and is locate ...

* December 14–16, 1839: An election for the House speakership takes 11 ballots * January 19, 1840: Captain

Charles Wilkes Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and List of explorers, explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842). During the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865 ...

circumnavigated

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

, claiming what becomes known as

Wilkes Land Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though this claim has been held in abeyance for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, to wh ...

for the United States. * November 7, 1840:

1840 United States presidential election Presidential elections were held in the United States from October 30 to December 2, 1840. In the shadow of an incomplete economic recovery from the Panic of 1837, Whig nominee William Henry Harrison defeated incumbent President Martin Van Bure ...

William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was the ninth president of the United States, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causin ...

defeated

* February 18, 1841: The first ongoing

filibuster A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision. It is sometimes referred to as "talking a bill to death" or "talking ...

in the United States Senate began and lasted until March 11

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Richard M. Johnson Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is ...

(D) * President pro tempore: William R. King (D)

House of Representatives

* Speaker:

Robert M. T. Hunter Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the United ...

(W) elected December 16, 1839, on the 11th ballot

Members

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

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: 2. William R. King (D) : 3. Clement C. Clay (D)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: 2. William S. Fulton (D) : 3. Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: 1. Thaddeus Betts (W), until April 7, 1840 :: Jabez W. Huntington (W), from May 4, 1840 : 3. Perry Smith (D)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: 1. Richard H. Bayard (W), until September 19, 1839 :: Richard H. Bayard (W), from January 12, 1841 : 2. Thomas Clayton (W)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: 2. Wilson Lumpkin (D) : 3. Alfred Cuthbert (D)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: 2. John M. Robinson (D) : 3. Richard M. Young (D)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: 1. Albert S. White (W) : 3. Oliver H. Smith (W)

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: 2.

John J. Crittenden John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1787 – July 26, 1863) was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as Uni ...

(W) : 3.

Henry Clay Henry Clay (April 12, 1777June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate, U.S. Senate and United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives. He was the seventh Spea ...

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Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: 2. Robert C. Nicholas (D) : 3. Alexander Mouton (D)

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: 1. Reuel Williams (D) : 2. John Ruggles (D)

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: 1. William D. Merrick (W) : 3. John S. Spence (W), until October 24, 1840 :: John L. Kerr (W), from January 5, 1841

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: 1.

Daniel Webster Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th United States Secretary of State, U.S. secretary o ...

(W), until February 22, 1841 :: Rufus Choate (W), from February 23, 1841 : 2. John Davis (W), until January 5, 1841 :: Isaac C. Bates (W), from January 13, 1841

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: 1. Augustus S. Porter (W), from January 20, 1840 : 2.

John Norvell John Norvell (December 21, 1789April 24, 1850) was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan. He is known as one of two co-founders of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the third-longest continually operating daily newspaper in ...

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Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

: 1. John Henderson (W) : 2.

Robert J. Walker Robert James Walker (July 19, 1801November 11, 1869) was an American lawyer, economist and politician. An active member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the U.S. Senate from Mississippi from 1835 until 1845, as Secretary of t ...

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Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

: 1. Thomas H. Benton (D) : 3. Lewis F. Linn (D)

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

: 2. Henry Hubbard (D) : 3.

Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democratic Party (United States), Democrat who believed that the Abolitionism in the United States, abolitio ...

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New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

: 1. Samuel L. Southard (W) : 2. Garret D. Wall (D)

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

: 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W), from January 14, 1840 : 3. Silas Wright Jr. (D)

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

: 2. Bedford Brown (D), until November 16, 1840 :: Willie P. Mangum (W), from November 25, 1840 : 3. Robert Strange (D), until November 16, 1840 :: William A. Graham (W), from November 25, 1840

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

: 1. Benjamin Tappan (D) : 3. William Allen (D)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: 1. Daniel Sturgeon (D), from January 14, 1840 : 3.

James Buchanan James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He also served as the United States Secretary of State, secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvan ...

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Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

: 1. Nathan F. Dixon (W) : 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (W)

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

: 2.

John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun (; March 18, 1782March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly defended American s ...

(D) : 3. William C. Preston (W)

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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: 1.

Felix Grundy Felix Grundy (September 11, 1777 – December 19, 1840) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th United States Attorney General. He also had served several terms as a congressman and as a U.S. senator from Tennessee. He ...

(D), November 19, 1839 – December 19, 1840 :: Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D), from December 25, 1840 : 2.

Hugh Lawson White Hugh Lawson White (October 30, 1773April 10, 1840) was an American politician during the first third of the 19th century. After filling in several posts particularly in Tennessee's judiciary and state legislature since 1801, thereunder as a Tenn ...

(W), until January 13, 1840 :: Alexander O. Anderson (D), from February 26, 1840

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

: 1. Samuel S. Phelps (W) : 3. Samuel Prentiss (W)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

: 1. William C. Rives (W), from January 18, 1841 : 2. William H. Roane (D) 26th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

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

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: .

Reuben Chapman Reuben Chapman (July 15, 1799 – May 17, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. He served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1835 to 1847, and as the 13th Governor of Alabama from 1847 to 1849. Early life Born on Ju ...

(D) : . David Hubbard (D) : . George W. Crabb (W) : . Dixon H. Lewis (D) : . James Dellet (W)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: . Edward Cross (D)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: . Joseph Trumbull (W) : . William L. Storrs (W), until June ???, 1840 :: William W. Boardman (W), from December 7, 1840 : . Thomas W. Williams (W) : . Thomas B. Osborne (W) : . Truman Smith (W) : . John H. Brockway (W)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: . Thomas Robinson Jr. (D)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

All representatives were elected statewide on a

general ticket The general ticket or party block voting (PBV), is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party or a team of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner and receives 100% of the seats for this multi-member distric ...

. : . Julius C. Alford (W) : . Edward J. Black (W) : . Walter T. Colquitt (W), until July 21, 1840 :: Hines Holt (W), from February 1, 1841 : . Mark A. Cooper (W) : . William C. Dawson (W) : .

Richard W. Habersham Richard Wylly Habersham (December 1786 – December 2, 1842) was an American lawyer and politician from Savannah, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. From 1839 to 1842, he served two terms in the United States House of Representati ...

(W) : . Thomas Butler King (W) : . Eugenius A. Nisbet (W) : . Lott Warren (W)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: . John Reynolds (D) : .

Zadok Casey Zadok Casey (March 7, 1796 – September 4, 1862) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Illinois and founded the city of Mount Vernon, Illinois. Biography Zadok Casey was born in Greene County, Georgia. Not ...

(D) : . John T. Stuart (W)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: . George H. Proffit (W) : .

John W. Davis John William Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served under President Woodrow Wilson as the Solicitor General of the United States and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ...

(D) : . John Carr (D) : . Thomas Smith (D) : . James Rariden (W) : . William W. Wick (D) : . Tilghman A. Howard (D), until July 1, 1840 :: Henry S. Lane (W), from August 3, 1840

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: .

Linn Boyd Linn Boyd (November 22, 1800 – December 17, 1859) (also spelled "Lynn") was a prominent US politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the Hou ...

(D) : . Philip Triplett (W) : . Joseph R. Underwood (W) : . Sherrod Williams (W) : . Simeon H. Anderson (W), until August 11, 1840 :: John B. Thompson (W), from December 7, 1840 : . Willis Green (W) : . John Pope (W) : . William J. Graves (W) : . John White (W) : . Richard Hawes (W) : . Landaff W. Andrews (W) : . Garrett Davis (W) : . William O. Butler (D)

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: . Edward D. White (W) : . Thomas W. Chinn (W) : . Rice Garland (W), until July 21, 1840 :: John Moore (W), from December 17, 1840

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: .

Nathan Clifford Nathan Clifford (August 18, 1803 – July 25, 1881) was an American statesman, diplomat and jurist. Clifford is one of the few people who have held a constitutional office in each of the three branches of the U.S. federal government. He ...

(D) : . Albert Smith (D) : .

Benjamin Randall Benjamin Randall (February 7, 1749 – October 22, 1808) was an American Baptist minister the main organizer of the Free Will Baptists (Randall Line) in the northeastern United States. Biography Early years Benjamin Randall III was born Februa ...

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George Evans George Evans may refer to: Arts and entertainment * George "Honey Boy" Evans (1870–1915), American songwriter and entertainer * George Evans (bandleader) (1915–1993), English jazz bandleader, arranger and tenor saxophonist * George Evans (sin ...

(W), until March 3, 1841 : . Virgil D. Parris (D) : . Hugh J. Anderson (D) : . Joshua A. Lowell (D) : . Thomas Davee (D)

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives. : . John Dennis (W) : . Philip F. Thomas (D) : . John T. H. Worthington (D) : . James Carroll (D) : . Solomon Hillen Jr. (D) : . William Cost Johnson (W) : . Francis Thomas (D) : .

Daniel Jenifer Daniel Jenifer (April 15, 1791 – December 18, 1855) was an American lawyer and statesman from Charles County, Maryland. He was also the nephew of Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer. He graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He represente ...

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Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: . Abbott Lawrence (W), until September 18, 1840 :: Robert C. Winthrop (W), from November 9, 1840 : . Leverett Saltonstall I (W) : .

Caleb Cushing Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800 – January 2, 1879) was an American Democratic politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and the 23rd United States Attorney General under President ...

(W) : . William Parmenter (D) : . Levi Lincoln Jr. (W) : . James C. Alvord (W), until September 27, 1839 :: Osmyn Baker (W), from January 14, 1840 : . George N. Briggs (W) : . William B. Calhoun (W) : . William S. Hastings (W) : .

Henry Williams Henry Williams may refer to: Politicians * Henry Williams (activist) (born 2000), chief of staff of the Mike Gravel 2020 presidential campaign * Henry Williams (MP for Northamptonshire) (died 1558), member of parliament (MP) for Northamptonshire ...

(D) : . John Reed Jr. (W) : .

John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825. During his long diploma ...

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Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: . Isaac E. Crary (D)

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

Both representatives were elected statewide on a

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

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Jacob Thompson Jacob Thompson (May 15, 1810 – March 24, 1885) was the United States Secretary of the Interior, who resigned on the outbreak of the American Civil War and became the Inspector General of the Confederate States Army. In 1864, Jefferson Davis ...

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Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

Both representatives were elected statewide on a

. : .

Albert G. Harrison Albert Galliton Harrison (June 26, 1800 – September 7, 1839) was a three-term United States Representative from Missouri and a slaveholder. From 1835 to 1839, he served two terms in Congress. Biography Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, H ...

(D), until September 7, 1839 :: John Jameson (D), from December 12, 1839 : . John Miller (D)

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

All representatives were elected statewide on a

. : . Charles G. Atherton (D) : .

Edmund Burke Edmund Burke (; 12 January ew Style, NS1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish Politician, statesman, journalist, writer, literary critic, philosopher, and parliamentary orator who is regarded as the founder of the Social philosophy, soc ...

(D) : . Ira A. Eastman (D) : . Tristram Shaw (D) : .

Jared W. Williams Jared Warner Williams (December 22, 1796September 29, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician from Lancaster, New Hampshire, who was a List of United States Representatives from New Hampshire, U.S. representative, the 21st governor of New Ha ...

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New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

All representatives were elected statewide on a

. : . William R. Cooper (D) : . Philemon Dickerson (D) : . Joseph Kille (D) : . Joseph F. Randolph (W) : . Daniel B. Ryall (D) : . Peter D. Vroom (D)

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives. : . Thomas B. Jackson (D) : . James De la Montanya (D) : .

Edward Curtis Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 19, 1868 – October 19, 1952; sometimes given as Edward Sherriff Curtis) was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and Native American people. Sometimes referred to ...

(W) : . Moses H. Grinnell (W) : . Ogden Hoffman (W) : .

James Monroe James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American Founding Father of the United States, Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as presiden ...

(W) : .

Gouverneur Kemble Gouverneur Kemble (January 25, 1786 – September 18, 1875) was an American diplomat, industrialist, and two-term United States Congressman from New York from 1837 to 1841. He helped found the West Point Foundry, a major producer of artillery ...

(D) : . Charles Johnston (W) : . Nathaniel Jones (D) : . Rufus Palen (W) : . John Ely (D) : . Aaron Vanderpoel (D) : . Hiram P. Hunt (W) : . Daniel D. Barnard (W) : . Anson Brown (W), until June 14, 1840 :: Nicholas B. Doe (W), from December 7, 1840 : . David A. Russell (W) : . Augustus C. Hand (D) : . John Fine (D) : . Peter J. Wagner (W) : . Andrew W. Doig (D) : . David P. Brewster (D) : . John G. Floyd (D) : . Thomas C. Chittenden (W) : . John H. Prentiss (D) : . Judson Allen (D) : . John C. Clark (W) : . Amasa Dana (D) : . Stephen B. Leonard (D) : . Nehemiah H. Earll (D) : . Edward Rogers (D) : . Christopher Morgan (W) : . Theron R. Strong (D) : . Francis Granger (W) : . Meredith Mallory (D) : . Thomas Kempshall (W) : . Seth M. Gates (W) : . Luther C. Peck (W) : . Richard P. Marvin (W) : .

Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853. He was the last president to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House, and the last to be neither a De ...

(W) : . Charles F. Mitchell (W)

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

: . Kenneth Rayner (W) : . Jesse A. Bynum (D) : .

Edward Stanly Edward W. Stanly (January 10, 1810 – July 12, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a North Carolina politician and orator who represented the southeastern portion of the state in the United States House of Representatives for fi ...

(W) : . Charles B. Shepard (D) : . James I. McKay (D) : . Micajah T. Hawkins (D) : . Edmund Deberry (W) : . William Montgomery (D) : . John Hill (D) : . Charles Fisher (D) : . Henry W. Connor (D) : . James Graham (W) : . Lewis Williams (W)

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

: . Alexander Duncan (D) : . John B. Weller (D) : . Patrick G. Goode (W) : .

Thomas Corwin Thomas Corwin (July 29, 1794 – December 18, 1865), also known as Tom Corwin, The Wagon Boy, and Black Tom was a politician from the state of Ohio. He represented Ohio in both houses of Congress and served as the 15th governor of Ohio and the 2 ...

(W), until May 30, 1840 ::

Jeremiah Morrow Jeremiah Morrow (October 6, 1771March 22, 1852) was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the ninth governor of Ohio, and was the last Democratic-Republican to hold that office. He also served as a United States Senat ...

(W), from October 13, 1840 : .

William Doan William Doan (April 4, 1792 – June 22, 1847) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1839 to 1843. Biography Born in the District of Maine (then a part of the state of Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially ...

(D) : . Calvary Morris (W) : . William K. Bond (W) : . Joseph Ridgway (W) : . William Medill (D) : . Samson Mason (W) : . Isaac Parrish (D) : . Jonathan Taylor (D) : . Daniel P. Leadbetter (D) : . George Sweeny (D) : . John W. Allen (W) : . Joshua R. Giddings (W) : . John Hastings (D) : . David A. Starkweather (D) : . Henry Swearingen (D)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives. : . Lemuel Paynter (D) : . John Sergeant (W) : . George W. Toland (W) : . Charles Naylor (W) : . Edward Davies (AM) : .

John Edwards Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the vice presidential nominee under ...

(AM) : .

Francis James Alfred Francis James (21 April 191824 August 1992) was an Australian publisher known for being imprisoned in China as a spy. Early life James was born in Queenstown, Tasmania, Queenstown, Tasmania, the son of an Anglican priest. His early life ...

(AM) : . Joseph Fornance (D) : . John Davis (D) : . David D. Wagener (D) : . Peter Newhard (D) : . George M. Keim (D) : . William Simonton (W) : . James Gerry (D) : . James Cooper (W) : . William S. Ramsey (D), until October 17, 1840 :: Charles McClure (D), from December 7, 1840 : . William W. Potter (D), until October 28, 1839 :: George McCulloch (D), from November 20, 1839 : . David Petrikin (D) : . Robert H. Hammond (D) : . Samuel W. Morris (D) : . Charles Ogle (AM) : . Albert G. Marchand (D) : . Enos Hook (D) : . Isaac Leet (D) : . Richard Biddle (AM), until July 21, 1840 :: Henry M. Brackenridge (W), from October 13, 1840 : . William Beatty (D) : . Thomas Henry (AM) : . John Galbraith (D)

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

: . Robert B. Cranston (W) : . Joseph L. Tillinghast (W)

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

: . Isaac E. Holmes (D) : .

Robert Rhett Robert Barnwell Rhett (born Robert Barnwell Smith; December 21, 1800September 14, 1876) was an American politician who served as a deputy from South Carolina to the Provisional Confederate States Congress from 1861 to 1862, a member of the US H ...

(D) : . John Campbell (D) : . Sampson H. Butler (D) : .

Francis W. Pickens Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805/1807January 25, 1869) was a politician who served as governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the United States. A cousin of Senator John C. Calhoun, he was born into the Southern ...

(D) : . Waddy Thompson Jr. (W) : . James Rogers (D) : . Thomas D. Sumter (D) : . John K. Griffin (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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: . William B. Carter (W) : . Abraham McClellan (D) : . Joseph L. Williams (W) : . Julius W. Blackwell (D) : . Hopkins L. Turney (D) : . William B. Campbell (W) : . John Bell (W) : . Meredith P. Gentry (W) : . Harvey M. Watterson (D) : . Aaron V. Brown (D) : .

Cave Johnson Cave Johnson (January 11, 1793 – November 23, 1866) was an American politician who served the state of Tennessee as a Democratic congressman in the United States House of Representatives. Johnson was the 12th United States Postmaster Gener ...

(D) : . John W. Crockett (W) : . Christopher H. Williams (W)

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

: . Hiland Hall (W) : . William Slade (W) : . Horace Everett (W) : . John Smith (D) : . Isaac Fletcher (D)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

: . Joel Holleman (D), until December 1840 ::

Francis Mallory Francis Mallory (December 12, 1807 – March 26, 1860) was an American naval officer, physician, and railroad executive, who as a Whig politician served two terms in the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 1st c ...

(W), from December 28, 1840 : . Francis E. Rives (D) : . John W. Jones (D) : . George C. Dromgoole (D) : . John Hill (W) : . Walter Coles (D) : . William L. Goggin (W) : . Henry A. Wise (W) : .

(W) : . John Taliaferro (W) : . John M. Botts (W) : . James Garland (C) : . Linn Banks (D) : . Charles F. Mercer (W), until December 26, 1839 :: William M. McCarty (W), from January 25, 1840 : . William Lucas (D) : . Green B. Samuels (D) : . Robert Craig (D) : . George W. Hopkins (C) : . Andrew Beirne (D) : . Joseph Johnson (D) : . Lewis Steenrod (D)

Non-voting members

: . Charles Downing : .

William W. Chapman William Williams Chapman (August 11, 1808October 18, 1892) was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He was born and raised in Virginia. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it was part of the Michigan Territory, Mi ...

(D), until October 27, 1840 :: Augustus C. Dodge (D), from October 28, 1840 : . James D. Doty (D) 26 us house membership

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 8 ** Democrats: 0-seat net loss ** Whigs: 0-seat net gain * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 7 * Interim appointments: 0 *Total seats with changes: 11 , - ,

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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

(1) , colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after previous Congress , ,

(D) , Elected November 19, 1839 , - ,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

(1) , colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after previous Congress , , Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W) , Elected January 14, 1840 , - ,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

(1) , colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after previous Congress , , Daniel Sturgeon (D) , Elected January 14, 1840 , - ,

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

(1) , colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after legislature failed to reelect incumbent. , , Augustus S. Porter (W) , Elected January 20, 1840 , - ,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

(1) , colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" , Vacant after legislature failed to reelect incumbent. , , William C. Rives (W) , Elected January 18, 1841 , - ,

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

(1) , , Richard H. Bayard (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 19, 1839, to become Chief Justice of the

Delaware Supreme Court The Delaware Supreme Court is the sole appellate court in the United States state of Delaware. Because Delaware is a popular haven for corporations, the Court has developed a worldwide reputation as a respected source of corporate law decisions, ...

, , Richard H. Bayard (W) , Elected January 12, 1841, to his former position , - ,

(2) , ,

(W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 13, 1840, because he could not conscientiously obey the intentions of his constituents , , Alexander O. Anderson (D) , Elected February 26, 1840 , - ,

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

(1) , , Thaddeus Betts (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 7, 1840 , , Jabez W. Huntington (W) , Elected May 4, 1840 , - ,

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

(3) , , John S. Spence (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 24, 1840 , , John L. Kerr (W) , Elected January 5, 1841 , - ,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

(2) , , Bedford Brown (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 16, 1840, because he could not obey instructions of the

North Carolina General Assembly The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, state government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Ca ...

, , Willie P. Mangum (W) , Elected November 25, 1840 , - ,

(3) , , Robert Strange (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 16, 1840 , , William A. Graham (W) , Elected November 25, 1840 , - ,

(1) , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 19, 1840 , , Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) , Elected December 25, 1840 , - ,

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

(2) , , John Davis (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 5, 1841, after being elected

Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The governor is the chief executive, head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonw ...

, , Isaac C. Bates (W) , Elected January 13, 1841 , - ,

(1) , ,

(W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 22, 1841 , , Rufus Choate (W) , Elected February 23, 1841

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 15 ** Democrats: 2-seat net loss ** Whigs: 3-seat net gain ** Anti-Masonic: 1-seat net loss * Deaths: 6 * Resignations: 10 * Contested election: 0 *Total seats with changes: 17 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep-elect Howard presented credentials August 5, 1839 , , Tilghman Howard (D) , Seated August 5, 1839 , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 7, 1839 , , John Jameson (D) , Seated December 12, 1839 , - , , , James C. Alvord (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 27, 1839 , , Osmyn Baker (W) , Seated January 14, 1840 , - , , , William W. Potter (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 28, 1839 , , George McCulloch (D) , Seated November 20, 1839 , - , , , Charles F. Mercer (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 26, 1839 , , William M. McCarty (W) , Seated January 25, 1840 , - , , ,

(W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 30, 1840, having become a candidate for

Governor of Ohio A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...

, ,

(W) , Seated October 13, 1840 , - , , , William L. Storrs (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned some time in June, 1840 , , William W. Boardman (W) , Seated December 7, 1840 , - , , , Anson Brown (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 14, 1840 , , Nicholas B. Doe (W) , Seated December 7, 1840 , - , , , Tilghman Howard (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 1, 1840 , , HHenry S. Lane (W) , Seated August 3, 1840 , - , , , Walter T. Colquitt (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 21, 1840 , , Hines Holt (W) , Seated February 1, 1841 , - , , , Rice Garland (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 21, 1840, to accept appointment as judge of

Louisiana Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Louisiana (; ) is the supreme court, highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Supreme ...

, , John Moore (W) , Seated December 17, 1840 , - , , , Richard Biddle (AM) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 21, 1840 , , Henry M. Brackenridge (W) , Seated October 13, 1840 , - , , , Simeon H. Anderson (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 11, 1840 , , John B. Thompson (W) , Seated December 7, 1840 , - , , , Abbott Lawrence (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 18, 1840 , , Robert C. Winthrop (W) , Seated November 9, 1840 , - , , , William S. Ramsey (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 17, 1840 , , Charles McClure (D) , Seated December 7, 1840 , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Term expired by law October 27, 1840 , , Augustus C. Dodge (D) , Seated October 28, 1840 , - , , , Joel Holleman (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned in December 1840 , ,

(W) , Seated December 28, 1840 , - , , ,

(W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 3, 1841, after being elected to the

US Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the ...

, Vacant , Not filled this term

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

(Chairman: Alexander Mouton) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Nehemiah R. Knight) * Claims (Chairman: Henry Hubbard) *

Commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

(Chairman: William R. King) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *

District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

(Chairman: Richard H. Bayard)& * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Oliver Smith then John Henderson) *

Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

(Chairman:

Silas Wright Silas Wright Jr. (May 24, 1795 – August 27, 1847) was an American attorney and Democratic politician. A member of the Albany Regency, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, New York State Comptroller, United Stat ...

) * Fiscal Corporation of the United States (Select) *

Foreign Relations Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...

(Chairman:

) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Ambrose H. Sevier) *

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: Garret D. Wall) *

Manufactures Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...

(Chairman: Wilson Lumpkin) *

Military Affairs Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mi ...

(Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton) *

Militia A militia ( ) is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. Militias may be raised in times of need to support regular troops or se ...

(Chairman: Clement C. Clay) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Reuel Williams) * Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Daniel Sturgeon) *

Pensions A pension (; ) is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work. A pension may be either a "defined benefit plan", wher ...

(Chairman:

) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John M. Robinson) *

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: N/A) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Lewis F. Linn) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William S. Fulton) *

Public Lands In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Commonwealth realms). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countries. ...

(Chairman:

) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Perry Smith) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Richard M. Young) * Tariff Regulation (Select) * Whole

House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: Joseph Johnson) *

(Chairman: Edmund Deberry) * Apportionment of Representatives (Select) * Claims (Chairman: David A. Russell) *

(Chairman:

) *

(Chairman: William C. Johnson) *

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

(Chairman: Francis E. Rives) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall I) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Richard P. Marvin) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Joseph R. Underwood) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:

) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Peter J. Wagner) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:

) *

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

(Chairman:

) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: John Bell) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Sherrod Williams) *

(Chairman: John Sergeant) *

(Chairman:

) * Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi (Select) * Mileage (Chairman: Thomas W. Williams) *

(Chairman:

until 1840, then Waddy Thompson Jr.) *

(Chairman: George M. Keim) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Francis Thomas) *

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 sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...

(Chairman: Issac Fletcher) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James I. McKay) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: William B. Calhoun) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Stephen B. Leonard) * Public Expenditures (Chairman: William K. Bond) *

(Chairman:

1839-1840, then Samson Mason 1840, then

) * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Luther C. Peck) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Joseph F. Randolph) * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John Taliaferro) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Charles Ogle) *

Rules Rule or ruling may refer to: Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule pertaining to the structure or behavior internal to a business * School rule, a rule tha ...

(Select) * Standards of Official Conduct *

Territories A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...

(Chairman: John Pope) *

Ways and Means A ways and means committee is a government body that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations for government budgets. Because the raising of revenue is vital to carrying out governmental operations, such a committee is tasked with fi ...

(Chairman: John W. Jones) * Whole

Joint committees

* Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. Benjamin Tappan) * The Library (Chairman: N/A)

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. The librarian of Congress also appoints and overs ...

John Silva Meehan John Silva Meehan (February 6, 1790 – April 24, 1863) was an American publisher, printer, and newspaper editor. He served as the librarian of Congress from 1829 to 1861. Born in New York City, Meehan worked as a printer in his youth. He brie ...

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, intellige ...

: Henry Slicer (

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother ...

), until December 31, 1839 ** George G. Cookman (

), from December 31, 1839 *

Secretary A secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, personal secretary, or other similar titles is an individual whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, program evalu ...

: Asbury Dickins *

Sergeant at Arms A serjeant-at-arms or sergeant-at-arms is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. The word "serjeant" is derived from the Latin , which means "servant". Historically, serjeants-at-a ...

: Stephen Haight

House of Representatives

: Levi M. Reese (

), until February 4, 1840 ** Joshua Bates ( Congregationalist), elected February 4, 1840 ** Thomas W. Braxton (

Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

), elected December 7, 1840 *

Clerk A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts record keeping as well as general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include Records managem ...

: Hugh A. Garland * Doorkeeper: Joseph Follansbee, elected December 23, 1839 *

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), ...

: William J. McCormick, elected December 23, 1839 * Reading Clerks: *

: Roderick Dorsey

Notes

References

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External links

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Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

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

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

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Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

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

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

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