The 33rd 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 a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...

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, 1853, to March 4, 1855, during the first two years of

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 ...

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 ...

. During this session, the

Kansas–Nebraska Act The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 () was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed by the 33rd United States Congress, and signed into law b ...

was passed, an act that soon led to the creation of the Republican Party. The apportionment of seats in the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...

was based on the

1850 United States census The 1850 United States census was the seventh decennial United States Census Conducted by the Census Office, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876—an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons ...

. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

* March 4, 1853:

became 14th President of the United States * April 18, 1853: Vice President William R. King died * July 8, 1853: Commodore

Matthew C. Perry Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a United States Navy officer who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. He led the Perry Expedition that Bakumatsu, ended Japan' ...

arrived in Edo Bay with a request for a trade treaty * December 30, 1853:

Gadsden Purchase The Gadsden Purchase ( "La Mesilla sale") is a region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla, which took effect on June 8, 1854. The purchase included lan ...

: The United States bought land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest * March 20, 1854: Republican Party founded

Major legislation

* May 30, 1854:

, ch. 59, * March 3, 1855: The

U.S. Congress The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both ...

appropriates $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps

Treaties

* January 26, 1854:

Point No Point Treaty The Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855, at Point No Point, on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula. Governor of Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens, convened the treaty council on January 25, with the S'Klallam, the Ch ...

signed * March 31, 1854:

Convention of Kanagawa The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the or the , was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March 31, 1854. Unequal treaty#Japan, Signed under threat of force, it effectively meant the end of Japan's 220-ye ...

signed with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade

Territories organized

* May 30, 1854 –

Kansas Territory The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States, Union as the Slave and ...

was organized. * May 30, 1854 –

Nebraska Territory The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Nebraska. The Nebrask ...

was organized.

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 233 seats to 234 seats, following the

(See ).

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 ...

: William R. King (D), until April 18, 1853; vacant thereafter. * President pro tempore: David R. Atchison (D), until December 4, 1854 **

Lewis Cass Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was a United States Army officer and politician. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1 ...

(D), December 4, 1854 ** Jesse D. Bright (D), from December 5, 1854

House of Representatives

* Speaker:

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) * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Edson B. Olds

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, 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 in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1856; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1854. The United States consisted of 31 states during this Congress. :'' Skip to House of Representatives, below''

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. Clement C. Clay Jr. (D), from November 29, 1853 : 3.

Benjamin Fitzpatrick Benjamin Fitzpatrick (June 30, 1802 – November 21, 1869) was an American politician who served as the List of Governors of Alabama, 11th Governor of Alabama and as a United States Senate, United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat ...

(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 K. Sebastian (D) : 3. Solon Borland (D), until April 11, 1853 :: Robert W. Johnson (D), from July 6, 1853

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: 1. John B. Weller (D) : 3. William M. Gwin (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.

Isaac Toucey Isaac Toucey (November 15, 1792July 30, 1869) was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Attorney General and the 33rd Governor of Connecticut. Biography Born in Newtown, Connecticut, Toucey p ...

(D) : 3. Truman Smith (W), until May 24, 1854 ::

Francis Gillette Francis Gillette (December 14, 1807 – September 30, 1879) was a politician from Connecticut, US. He was the father of actor and playwright William Gillette and politician and editor Edward H. Gillette. Gillette was born in Bloomfield, Co ...

(FS), from May 24, 1854

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. James A. Bayard Jr. (D) : 2. John M. Clayton (W)

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: 1.

Stephen Mallory Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 – November 9, 1873) was an American politician who was a United States Senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. For much of that perio ...

(D) : 3. Jackson Morton (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.

Robert Toombs Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toomb ...

(D) : 3. William C. Dawson (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 ...

: 2.

Stephen A. Douglas Stephen Arnold Douglas (né Douglass; April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. As a United States Senate, U.S. senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party (United States) ...

(D) : 3. James Shields (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. Jesse D. Bright (D) : 3. John Pettit (D)

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: 2. George Wallace Jones (D) : 3. Augustus C. Dodge (D), until February 22, 1855

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 B. Thompson (A) : 3. Archibald Dixon (W)

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. Judah P. Benjamin (W) : 3. Pierre Soulé (D), until April 11, 1853 ::

John Slidell John Slidell (1793July 9, 1871) was an American politician, lawyer, slaveholder, and businessman. Database at A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, U.S. House ...

(D), from December 5, 1853

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.

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

(D) : 2.

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

(W), from February 10, 1854

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. Thomas Pratt (W) : 3.

James A. Pearce James, Jim or Jimmy Pearce may refer to: Politics * James Pearce (American politician) (1805–1862), American senator from Maryland * James Pearce (South Australian politician) (1825–1904), House of Assembly and Legislative Council member *Jim P ...

(W)

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.

Charles Sumner Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading American ...

(FS) : 2.

Edward Everett Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, as a Whig, served as U.S. representative, U.S. senator, the 15th governor of Mas ...

(W), until June 1, 1854 :: Julius Rockwell (W), from June 3, 1854, until January 31, 1855 ::

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

(FS), from January 31, 1855

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.

(D) : 2. Charles E. Stuart (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 ...

: 1. Stephen Adams (D) : 2.

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 ...

(D), from January 7, 1854

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. Henry S. Geyer (W) : 3. David R. Atchison (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. Charles G. Atherton (D), until November 15, 1853 ::

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 ...

(D), from November 29, 1853, until July 15, 1854 : 3. Moses Norris Jr. (D), until January 11, 1855 :: John S. Wells (D), from January 16, 1855

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

Hamilton Fish Hamilton Fish (August 3, 1808September 7, 1893) was an American statesman who served as the sixteenth governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States senator from New York from 1851 to 1857, and the 26th U.S. secretary of state from ...

(W) : 3.

William H. Seward William Henry Seward (; May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator. A determined opp ...

(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 ...

: 2. David S. Reid (D), from December 6, 1854 : 3. George E. Badger (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 ...

: 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.

(W) : 3.

Salmon P. Chase Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chief justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873. Chase served as the 23rd governor of Ohio from 1856 to 1860, r ...

(FS)

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.

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

(D) : 3. James Cooper (W)

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. Charles T. James (D) : 2. Philip Allen (D), from July 20, 1853

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. Josiah J. Evans (D) : 3.

Andrew Butler Andrew Pickens Butler (November 18, 1796May 25, 1857) was an American lawyer, slaveholder, and United States senator from South Carolina who authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act with Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois. Database at In 1856, abo ...

(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 ...

: 1. James C. Jones (W) : 2. John Bell (W)

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

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

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.

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 U ...

(W) : 3. Samuel S. Phelps (W), until March 16, 1854 ::

Lawrence Brainerd Lawrence Brainerd (March 16, 1794May 9, 1870) was an American businessman, abolitionist and United States Senator from Vermont. A longtime anti-slavery activist, after leaving the Jacksonians in the 1830s, Brainerd was active in the Whig, Lib ...

(FS), from October 14, 1854

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. James M. Mason (D) : 2.

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 ...

(D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

: 1.

Henry Dodge Moses Henry Dodge (October 12, 1782 – June 19, 1867) was an American politician and military officer who was Democratic member to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, Territorial Governor of Wisconsin and a veteran of the Bla ...

(D) : 3. Isaac P. Walker (D) 33rd 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 ...

: . Philip Phillips (D) : . James Abercrombie (W) : . Sampson W. Harris (D) : . William R. Smith (D) : . George S. Houston (D) : . Williamson R. W. Cobb (D) : . James F. Dowdell (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 ...

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

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

Both 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 ...

. : .

Milton Latham Milton Slocum Latham (May 23, 1827 – March 4, 1882) was an American politician, who served as the sixth governor of California and as a U.S. representative and U.S. senator. Latham holds the distinction of having the shortest governorship in C ...

(D) : . James A. McDougall (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. ...

: . James T. Pratt (D) : . Colin M. Ingersoll (D) : . Nathan Belcher (D) : . Origen S. Seymour (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 ...

: . George Read Riddle (D)

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: .

Augustus Maxwell Augustus Emmet Maxwell (September 21, 1820 – May 5, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician. Maxwell served in a number of political positions in the State of Florida including as one of Florida's senators to the Confederate States Con ...

(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 ...

: . James L. Seward (D) : . Alfred H. Colquitt (D) : . David J. Bailey (D) : . William B. W. Dent (D) : . Elijah W. Chastain (D) : . Junius Hillyer (D) : . David A. Reese (W) : .

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

(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 ...

: . Elihu B. Washburne (W) : . John Wentworth (D) : . Jesse O. Norton (W) : .

James Knox James Robert Knox GCC (2 March 1914 – 26 June 1983) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. After years as a Vatican diplomat, he served as Archbishop of Melbourne from 1967 to 1974, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worshi ...

(W) : . William A. Richardson (D) : . Richard Yates (W) : . James C. Allen (D) : . William H. Bissell (ID) : . Willis Allen (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 ...

: . Smith Miller (D) : . William H. English (D) : . Cyrus L. Dunham (D) : . James H. Lane (D) : . Samuel W. Parker (W) : .

Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks (September 7, 1819 – November 25, 1885) was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March until ...

(D) : . John G. Davis (D) : . Daniel Mace (D) : .

Norman Eddy Norman S. Eddy (December 10, 1810 – January 28, 1872) was an American politician and military officer. He served as a member of the Indiana State Senate from 1850 to 1853 and a U.S. Representative of Indiana from 1853 to 1855. He then served as ...

(D) : . Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (D) : . Andrew J. Harlan (D)

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: . Bernhart Henn (D) : . John P. Cook (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 ...

: .

(D) : . Benjamin E. Grey (W) : . Presley Ewing (W), until September 27, 1854 :: Francis Bristow (W), from December 4, 1854 : . James Chrisman (D) : . Clement S. Hill (W) : . John M. Elliott (D) : . William Preston (W) : . John C. Breckinridge (D) : . Leander Cox (W) : . Richard H. Stanton (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 ...

: .

William Dunbar William Dunbar (1459 or 1460 – by 1530) was a Scottish makar, or court poet, active in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. He was closely associated with the court of King James IV and produced a large body of work in Scots d ...

(D) : . Theodore G. Hunt (W) : . John Perkins Jr. (D) : . Roland Jones (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 ...

: . Moses MacDonald (D) : .

Samuel Mayall Samuel Mayall (June 21, 1816 – September 17, 1892) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in North Gray, Massachusetts (now in Maine). He both attended the public schools and was tutored privately at home. Later, he moved t ...

(D) : . E. Wilder Farley (W) : . Samuel P. Benson (W) : . Israel Washburn Jr. (W) : . Thomas J. D. Fuller (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 ...

: . John R. Franklin (W) : . Jacob Shower (D) : . Joshua Van Sant (D) : . Henry May (D) : . William T. Hamilton (D) : . Augustus R. Sollers (W)

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 ...

: . Zeno Scudder (W), until March 4, 1854 :: Thomas D. Eliot (W), from April 17, 1854 : . Samuel L. Crocker (W) : . J. Wiley Edmands (W) : . Samuel H. Walley (W) : . William Appleton (W) : .

Charles W. Upham Charles Wentworth Upham (May 4, 1802 – June 15, 1875) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Upham was also a member, and President of the Massachusetts State Senate, the 7th List of mayors of S ...

(W) : .

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

(D) : . Tappan Wentworth (W) : . Alexander De Witt (FS) : . Edward Dickinson (W) : .

John Z. Goodrich John Zacheus Goodrich (September 27, 1804 – April 19, 1885) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the 24th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. He was born in Sheffield, Massachuse ...

(W)

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, ...

: . David Stuart (D) : . David A. Noble (D) : . Samuel Clark (D) : . Hestor L. Stevens (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 ...

: . Daniel B. Wright (D) : . William T. S. Barry (D) : . Otho R. Singleton (D) : . Wiley P. Harris (D) : .

William Barksdale William Barksdale (August 21, 1821 – July 3, 1863) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, U.S. Representative, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1853 to 1861. ...

(D)

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 ...

: . Thomas H. Benton (D) : . Alfred W. Lamb (D) : . James J. Lindley (W) : .

Mordecai Oliver Mordecai Baldwin Oliver (October 22, 1819 – April 25, 1898) was an attorney and two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri from 1853 to 1857. Biography Born in Anderson County, Kentucky, Oliver attended the common schools and then studie ...

(W) : . John G. Miller (W) : . John S. Phelps (D) : . Samuel Caruthers (W)

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 ...

: . George W. Kittredge (D) : . George W. Morrison (D) : . Harry Hibbard (D)

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 ...

: . Nathan T. Stratton (D) : . Charles Skelton (D) : . Samuel Lilly (D) : . George Vail (D) : . Alexander C. M. Pennington (W)

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 * ...

: . James Maurice (D) : . Thomas W. Cumming (D) : . Hiram Walbridge (D) : . Michael Walsh (D) : .

William M. Tweed William Magear "Boss" Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878) was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party's political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th ...

(D) : . John Wheeler (D) : . William A. Walker (D) : . Francis B. Cutting (D) : . Jared V. Peck (D) : . William Murray (D) : .

Theodoric R. Westbrook Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook (November 20, 1821 – October 6, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in Fishkill, New York on November 20, 1821 (some sources indicate 1822), Westbrook attended the local schools and gradua ...

(D) : .

Gilbert Dean Gilbert Dean (August 14, 1819 – October 12, 1870) was an American lawyer and politician who was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1851 to 1854. Life Dean was born on August 14, 1819, in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York. He wa ...

(D), until July 3, 1854 :: Isaac Teller (W), from November 7, 1854 : .

Russell Sage Russell Risley Sage (August 4, 1816 – July 22, 1906) was an American financier, railroad executive and Whig Party (United States), Whig politician from New York (state), New York, who became one of the List of richest Americans in history, rich ...

(W) : . Rufus W. Peckham (D) : . Charles Hughes (D) : . George A. Simmons (W) : . Bishop Perkins (D) : . Peter Rowe (D) : . George W. Chase (W) : . Orsamus B. Matteson (W) : . Henry Bennett (W) : .

Gerrit Smith Gerrit Smith (March 6, 1797 – December 28, 1874), also spelled Gerritt Smith, was an American social reformer, abolitionist, businessman, public intellectual, and philanthropist. Married to Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, Smith was a candidate for P ...

(FS), until August 7, 1854 :: Henry C. Goodwin (W), from November 7, 1854 : . Caleb Lyon (I) : . Daniel T. Jones (D) : . Edwin B. Morgan (W) : .

Andrew Oliver Andrew Oliver (March 28, 1706 – March 3, 1774) was an American-born merchant and colonial administrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Born into a wealthy and politically powerful merchant family, he is best known as the official respon ...

(D) : . John J. Taylor (D) : . George Hastings (D) : . Azariah Boody (W) until October 13, 1853 :: Davis Carpenter (W), from November 8, 1853 : . Benjamin Pringle (W) : . Thomas T. Flagler (W) : . Solomon G. Haven (W) : . Reuben Fenton (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 ...

: . Henry M. Shaw (D) : . Thomas H. Ruffin (D) : . William S. Ashe (D) : . Sion H. Rogers (W) : . John Kerr Jr. (W) : .

Richard C. Puryear Richard Clauselle Puryear (February 9, 1801 – July 30, 1867) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between the years of 1853 and 1857. A planter and politician, he also served in the North Carolina House for several terms and the state ...

(W) : . F. Burton Craige (D) : . Thomas L. Clingman (D)

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 ...

: . David T. Disney (D) : .

John Scott Harrison John Scott Harrison (October 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1853 to 1857. He was a son of U.S. president William Henry Harrison and First ...

(W) : .

Lewis D. Campbell Lewis Davis Campbell (August 9, 1811 – November 26, 1882) was an American politician as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative for Ohio. Over his political career he was elected as a Whig Party (United States), Whig, Rep ...

(W) : . Matthias H. Nichols (D) : . Alfred P. Edgerton (D) : . Andrew Ellison (D) : . Aaron Harlan (W) : . Moses B. Corwin (W) : . Frederick W. Green (D) : . John L. Taylor (W) : . Thomas Ritchey (D) : . Edson B. Olds (D) : . William D. Lindsley (D) : . Harvey H. Johnson (D) : . William R. Sapp (W) : . Edward Ball (W) : .

Wilson Shannon Wilson Shannon (February 24, 1802 – August 30, 1877) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the 14th and 16th governor of Ohio. He was the first Ohi ...

(D) : . George Bliss (D) : . Edward Wade (FS) : . Joshua R. Giddings (FS) : . Andrew Stuart (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 ...

: . Thomas B. Florence (D) : . Joseph R. Chandler (W) : . John Robbins Jr. (D) : . William H. Witte (D) : . John McNair (D) : . William Everhart (W) : . Samuel A. Bridges (D) : .

Henry A. Muhlenberg Henry Muhlenberg (1711–1787) was a founder of the Lutheran Church in the United States. Henry Muhlenberg is also the name of: *Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (17 November 1753 – 23 May 1815) was an Ameri ...

(D), until January 9, 1854 :: J. Glancey Jones (D), from February 4, 1854 : . Isaac E. Hiester (W) : . Ner A. Middleswarth (W) : . Christian M. Straub (D) : . Hendrick B. Wright (D) : .

Asa Packer Asa Packer (December 29, 1805May 17, 1879) was an American businessman who pioneered railroad construction, was active in Pennsylvania politics, and founded Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was a conservative and religious man who ...

(D) : . Galusha A. Grow (D) : . James Gamble (D) : . William H. Kurtz (D) : . Samuel L. Russell (W) : . John McCulloch (W) : . Augustus Drum (D) : .

John L. Dawson John Littleton Dawson (February7, 1813September18, 1870) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life and education Dawson was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and gr ...

(D) : . David Ritchie (W) : . Thomas M. Howe (W) : . Michael C. Trout (D) : . Carlton B. Curtis (D) : . John Dick (W)

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 ...

: . Thomas Davis (D) : . Benjamin B. Thurston (D)

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 ...

: . John McQueen (D) : . William Aiken Jr. (D) : .

Laurence M. Keitt Laurence Massillon Keitt (October 4, 1824 – June 2, 1864) was an American planter, lawyer, politician, and soldier from South Carolina. During his tenure in the United States House of Representatives, he was included in several lists of Fire- ...

(D) : .

Preston Brooks Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 – January 27, 1857) was an American slaver, politician, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving as a member of the Democratic Party from 1853 until his resignation i ...

(D) : . James L. Orr (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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: . Brookins Campbell (D), until December 25, 1853 :: Nathaniel G. Taylor (W), from March 30, 1854 : . William M. Churchwell (D) : . Samuel A. Smith (D) : . William Cullom (W) : . Charles Ready (W) : . George W. Jones (D) : . Robert M. Bugg (W) : . Felix K. Zollicoffer (W) : . Emerson Etheridge (W) : . Frederick P. Stanton (D)

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

: . George W. Smyth (D) : . Peter H. Bell (D)

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 ...

: . James Meacham (W) : . Andrew Tracy (W) : . Alvah Sabin (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 ...

: . Thomas H. Bayly (D) : . John S. Millson (D) : . John Caskie (D) : . William Goode (D) : . Thomas S. Bocock (D) : . Paulus Powell (D) : .

William Smith William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to: Academics * William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) (1556–1615), English academic * William Smith (antiquary) (c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University C ...

(D) : . Charles J. Faulkner Sr. (D) : .

John Letcher John Letcher (March 29, 1813January 26, 1884) was an American lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as a Representative in the United States Congress, was the 34th Governor of Virginia during the American Civil War, and later served in ...

(D) : .

Zedekiah Kidwell Zedekiah Kidwell (January 4, 1814 – April 27, 1872) was a nineteenth-century politician, physician, lawyer, teacher and clerk from Virginia and West Virginia. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857. ...

(D) : . John F. Snodgrass (D), until June 5, 1854 :: Charles S. Lewis (D), from December 4, 1854 : . Henry A. Edmundson (D) : .

LaFayette McMullen LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen (May 18, 1805 – November 8, 1880) was a 19th-century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. state of Virginia and the second appointed Governor of Washington Territory. Early life and family Born ...

(D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

: . Daniel Wells Jr. (D) : . Ben C. Eastman (D) : . John B. Macy (D)

Non-voting members

: . John W. Whitfield (D), from December 20, 1854 : . Henry M. Rice (D) : . Napoleon B. Giddings (D), from January 5, 1855 : . José Manuel Gallegos (D) : .

Joseph Lane Joseph Lane (December 14, 1801 – April 19, 1881) was an American politician and soldier. He was a state legislator representing Evansville, Indiana, and then served in the Mexican–American War, becoming a general. President James K. Polk ap ...

(D) : . John M. Bernhisel : .

Columbia Lancaster Columbia Lancaster (August 26, 1803 – September 15, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the first Delegate from the Territory of Washington to the United States House of Representatives. Biography Early life Columbia Lan ...

(D), from April 12, 1854 33 us house membership

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 7 ** Democrats (D): 2 seat net gain ** Whigs (W): 2 seat net loss ** Free Soilers (FS): 3 seat net gain * Deaths: 2 * Resignations: 4 * Interim appointments: 1 * Total seats with changes: 13 , - ,

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 ...

(2) , Vacant , Failure to elect.
Successor was elected July 20, 1853. , , Philip Allen (D) , July 20, 1853 , - ,

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) , Vacant , Failure to elect.
Successor elected November 29, 1853. , , Clement C. Clay (D) , November 29, 1853 , - ,

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 ...

(2) , Vacant , Failure to elect.
Successor elected January 7, 1854. , ,

(D) , January 7, 1854 , - ,

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 ...

(2) , Vacant , Failure to elect.
Successor was elected February 10, 1854. , , William P. Fessenden (W) , February 10, 1854 , - ,

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) , Vacant , Failure to elect.
Successor was elected December 6, 1854. , , David Reid (D) , December 6, 1854 , - ,

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 ...

(3) , , Solon Borland (D) , Resigned April 11, 1853, after being appointed U.S. Minister to Nicaragua and other Central American Republics.
Successor appointed July 6, 1853. , , Robert W. Johnson (D) , July 6, 1853 , - ,

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 ...

(3) , , Pierre Soulé (D) , Resigned April 11, 1853, after being appointed U.S. Minister to Spain.
Successor elected December 5, 1853. , ,

(D) , December 5, 1853 , - ,

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) , , Charles G. Atherton (D) , Died November 15, 1853. , ,

(D) , November 29, 1853 , - ,

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 ...

(3) , , Samuel S. Phelps (W) , Senate declared not entitled to seat March 16, 1854.
Successor elected October 14, 1854. , ,

(FS) , October 14, 1854 , - ,

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. ...

(3) , , Truman Smith (W) , Resigned May 24, 1854.
Successor was elected May 24, 1854. , ,

(FS) , May 24, 1854 , - ,

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) , ,

(W) , Resigned June 1, 1854
Successor was appointed to serve until a new successor was elected. , , Julius Rockwell (W) , June 3, 1854 , - ,

(2) , ,

(D) , Resigned August 4, 1854. , Vacant , Not filled this term , - ,

(3) , , Moses Norris Jr. (D) , Died January 11, 1855.
Successor appointed January 16, 1855, to finish the term. , , John S. Wells (D) , January 16, 1855 , - ,

(2) , , Julius Rockwell (W) , Successor elected January 31, 1855. , ,

(FS) , January 31, 1855 , - ,

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

(3) , , Augustus C. Dodge (D) , Resigned February 22, 1855, after being appointed U.S. Minister to Spain. , Vacant , Not filled this term

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 7 ** Democrats (D): 2 seat net loss ** Whigs (W): 3 seat net gain ** Free Soilers (FS): 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 4 * Resignations: 4 * Total seats with changes: 8 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , New seat established after Washington became a territory near the end of previous Congress. Seat was vacant until April 12, 1854. , ,

(D) , Seated April 12, 1854 , - , , , Azariah Boody (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned on October 13, 1853 , , Davis Carpenter (W) , Seated November 8, 1853 , - , , , Brookins Campbell (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 25, 1853 , , Nathaniel G. Taylor (W) , Seated March 30, 1854 , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 9, 1854 , , J. Glancy Jones (D) , Seated February 4, 1854 , - , , , Zeno Scudder (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 4, 1854 , , Thomas D. Eliot (W) , Seated April 17, 1854 , - , , New seat , style="font-size:80%" , New seat established after Kansas became a territory May 30, 1854. Seat was vacant until December 20, 1854. , , John W. Whitfield (D) , Seated December 20, 1854 , - , , New seat , style="font-size:80%" , New seat established after Nebraska became a territory May 30, 1854. Seat was vacant until January 5, 1855. , , Napoleon B. Giddings (D) , Seated December 5, 1855 , - , , , John F. Snodgrass (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 5, 1854 , , Charles S. Lewis (D) , Seated December 4, 1854 , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 3, 1854, after being appointed justice of the

Supreme Court of New York The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the superior court in the Judiciary of New York. It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction, although in many counties outside New York City it acts primarily as a court of civil ju ...

, , Isaac Teller (W) , Seated November 7, 1854 , - , , ,

(W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned August 7, 1854 , , Henry C. Goodwin (W) , Seated November 7, 1854 , - , , , Presley Ewing (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 27, 1854 , , Francis Bristow (W) , Seated December 4, 1854

Committees

List 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: Philip Allen) * American Association for the Promotion of Science (Select) * Atmospheric Telegraph Between Washington and Baltimore (Select) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Josiah J. Evans) * Claims (Chairman:

) *

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:

) * 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: Moses Norris Jr.) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman:

) *

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: Robert M.T. Hunter) *

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: James M. Mason) * French Spoilations (Select) *

Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and A ...

(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: Andrew P. Butler) *

Library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...

(Chairman:

) * Loss of Original Papers of Mark and Richard Bean (Select) *

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:

) * Mexican Claims Commission (Select) *

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: James Shields) *

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:

Sam Houston Samuel Houston (, ; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent 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 indi ...

) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: William M. Gwin) * Ordnance and War Ships (Select) *

Pacific Railroad The Pacific Railroad (not to be confused with Union Pacific Railroad) was a railroad based in Missouri. It was a predecessor of both the Missouri Pacific Railroad and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The Pacific was chartered by Missouri in 184 ...

(Select) (Chairman: William M. Gwin) * Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Charles T. James) *

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: George Wallace Jones) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas J. Rusk) *

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:

) * Private Claims Commission (Select) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: John Pettit) * Protection of Life and Health in Passenger Ships (Select) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: James A. Bayard Jr.) *

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: Augustus Dodge) *

Retrenchment Retrenchment (, an old form of ''retranchement'', from ''retrancher'', to cut down, cut short) is an act of cutting down or reduction, particularly of public expenditure. Political usage The word is familiar in its most general sense from the mot ...

(Chairman: Stephen Adams) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Isaac P. Walker) * Roads and Canals (Chairman:

) * Sickness on Emigrant Ships (Select) * Tariff Regulation (Select) *

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:

) * Whole

House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: Carlton B. Curtis) *

(Chairman:

) * Claims (Chairman: Alfred P. Edgerton) *

(Chairman: Frederick P. Stanton) *

(Chairman: William T. Hamilton) *

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: Richard H. Stanton) *

Engraving Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass ar ...

(Chairman: George R. Riddle) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:

Fayette McMullen LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen (May 18, 1805 – November 8, 1880) was a 19th-century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. state of Virginia and the second appointed Governor of Washington Territory. Early life and family Born ...

) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Samuel Lilly) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Daniel Wells Jr.) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: David Stuart) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: George W. Kittredge) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Henry A. Edmundson) *

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: Thomas H. Bayly) *

(Chairman: James L. Orr) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman:

) *

(Chairman: Frederick P. Stanton) *

(Chairman: John McNair) * Mileage (Chairman: Andrew J. Harlan) *

(Chairman: William H. Bissell) *

(Chairman: Elijah W. Chastain) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Bocock) *

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: Benjamin B. Thurston) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edson B. Olds) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Junius Hillyer) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Francis B. Craige) * Public Expenditures (Chairman: William H. Kurtz) *

(Chairman: David T. Disney) * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Williamson R. W. Cobb) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Rufus W. Peckham) * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: William M. Churchwell) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Cyrus L. Dunham) *

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 *

(Chairman: William A. Richardson) *

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: George S. Houston) * Whole

Joint committees

* Amending the Constitution on Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. George Wallace Jones) * The Library (Chairman: Joseph R. Chandler) *

(Chairman: William Murray) * San Francisco Disaster

Caucuses

* Democratic (House) * Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol The Architect of the Capitol is the Federal government of the United States, federal Government agency, agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex. It is an agency of t ...

: Thomas U. Walter *

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 ...

: Clement M. Butler (

Episcopalian Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protes ...

), until December 7, 1853 ** 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 ...

), elected December 7, 1853 *

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 ...

: Robert Beale, until March 17, 1853 ** Dunning R. McNair, elected March 17, 1853

House of Representatives

: William H. Milburn (

) *

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 ...

John W. Forney John Weiss Forney (30 September 1817 – 9 December 1881) was an American newspaper publisher and politician. He was clerk of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 through 1856, and again from 1860 through 1861. He was thereafter se ...

* Doorkeeper: Zadock W. McKnew *

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

: John M. Johnson * Reading Clerks: *

: Adam J. Glossbrenner

Notes

References

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External links

Statutes at Large, 1789–1875

* ttps://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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