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The 27th 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
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
. 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 ...
, between March 4, 1841, and March 4, 1843, during the one-month
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 ...
of
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 ...
and the first two years of the
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 ...
of his successor,
John Tyler John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president of the United States, vice president in 1841. He was elected ...
. 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 1830 United States census. Both chambers had a Whig majority, making the 27th Congress the only Whig-controlled Congress of the
Second Party System The Second Party System was the Political parties in the United States, political party system operating in the United States from about 1828 to early 1854, after the First Party System ended. The system was characterized by rapidly rising leve ...
.


Major events

*March 4, 1841:
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 ...
was inaugurated as
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
*April 4, 1841: President Harrison died and Vice President
John Tyler John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president of the United States, vice president in 1841. He was elected ...
became President * August 16, 1841: President Tyler's veto of a bill to re-establish the
Second Bank of the United States The Second Bank of the United States was the second federally authorized Second Report on Public Credit, Hamiltonian national bank in the United States. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the bank was chartered from February 1816 to January ...
led Whig Party members to riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history. * May 19, 1842: Dorr Rebellion * December 17, 1842: Samuel W. Trotti of South Carolina, became the first Italian American to serve in Congress.


Major legislation

* April 19, 1841: Bankruptcy Act of 1841, ch. 9, * September 4, 1841:
Preemption Act of 1841 The Preemption Act of 1841, also known as the Distributive Preemption Act ( 27 Cong., Ch. 16; ), was a US federal law approved on September 4, 1841. It was designed to "appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands... and to grant ' pre-e ...
, ch. 16, * August 4, 1842: Armed Occupation Act, * August 30, 1842: Tariff of 1842 ("Black Tariff"), ch. 270,


Treaties

* August 9, 1842: Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.


Party summary


Senate


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

*
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John Tyler John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president of the United States, vice president in 1841. He was elected ...
(W), until April 4, 1841, thereafter vacant * Presidents pro tempore: William R. King (D), elected March 4, 1841 ** Samuel L. Southard (W), elected March 11, 1841 ** Willie P. Mangum (W), elected May 31, 1842


House of Representatives

* Speaker: John D. White (W)


Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, 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 in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1844; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election 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), until November 15, 1841 :: Arthur P. Bagby (D), from November 24, 1841


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 Fulton (D) : 3. Ambrose 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. Jabez W. Huntington (W) : 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) : 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. John Macpherson Berrien (W) : 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. Samuel McRoberts (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. James T. Morehead (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 ...
(W), until March 31, 1842 :: John J. Crittenden (W), from March 31, 1842


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. Alexander Barrow (W) : 3. Alexander Mouton (D), until March 1, 1842 :: Charles M. Conrad (W), from April 14, 1842


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), until February 15, 1843 : 2.
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 ...
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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 L. Kerr (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. Rufus Choate (W) : 2. Isaac C. Bates (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, ...

: 1. Augustus S. Porter (W) : 2.
William Woodbridge William Woodbridge (August 20, 1780October 20, 1861) was a U.S. statesman in the states of Ohio and Michigan and in the Michigan Territory prior to statehood. He served as the second governor of Michigan and a United States senator from Michi ...
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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. Levi Woodbury (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 ...
(D), until February 28, 1842 :: Leonard Wilcox (D), from March 1, 1842


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), until June 26, 1842 :: William L. Dayton (W), from July 2, 1842 : 2. Jacob W. Miller (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 * ...

: 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W) : 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. Willie P. Mangum (W) : 3. William A. Graham (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 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) : 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 Dixon (W), until January 29, 1842 ::
William Sprague III William Sprague, also known as William III or William Sprague III (November 3, 1799October 19, 1856), was a politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Rhode Island, serving as the 14th Governor, a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. ...
(W), from February 18, 1842 : 2. James F. Simmons (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), until November 29, 1842 ::
George McDuffie George McDuffie (August 10, 1790 – March 11, 1851) was the 55th Governor of South Carolina and a member of the United States Senate. Though he began his political career as a partisan of Andrew Jackson, he became one of South Carolina's most ...
(D), from December 23, 1842


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. Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D), until February 7, 1842 : 2. vacant


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), until April 11, 1842 :: Samuel C. Crafts (W), from April 23, 1842


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) : 2. William S. Archer (W)


House of Representatives


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 ...

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 ...
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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) : . George S. Houston (D) : . Dixon H. Lewis (D) : . William W. Payne (D) : . Benjamin Shields (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 ...

: . 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 W. Boardman (W) : . 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 ...

: . George B. Rodney (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 ...

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), until October 1, 1841 :: Edward J. Black (D), from January 3, 1842 : . William C. Dawson (W), until November 13, 1841 :: Walter T. Colquitt (D), from January 3, 1842 : . Thomas F. Foster (W) : . Roger L. Gamble (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), until December 2, 1842 :: George W. Crawford (W), from January 7, 1843 : . Thomas Butler King (W) : . James Meriwether (W) : . Eugenius Nisbet (W), until October 12, 1841 :: Mark A. Cooper (D), from January 3, 1842 : . 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 ...
(Ind. 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) : . Richard W. Thompson (W) : . Joseph L. White (W) : . James H. Cravens (W) : . Andrew Kennedy (D) : . David Wallace (W) : . Henry S. Lane (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 ...

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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) : . Bryan Owsley (W) : . John B. Thompson (W) : . Willis Green (W) : . John Pope (W) : . James Sprigg (W) : . John White (W) : . Thomas F. Marshall (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) : . John B. Dawson (D) : . John Moore (W)


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) : . William P. Fessenden (W) : .
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 ...
(W) : . David Bronson (W), from May 31, 1841 : . Nathaniel Littlefield (D) : .
Alfred Marshall Alfred Marshall (26 July 1842 – 13 July 1924) was an English economist and one of the most influential economists of his time. His book ''Principles of Economics (Marshall), Principles of Economics'' (1890) was the dominant economic textboo ...
(D) : . Joshua A. Lowell (D) : . Elisha Allen (W)


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. : . Isaac Jones (W) : .
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) : . James W. Williams (D), until December 2, 1842 :: Charles S. Sewall (D), from January 2, 1843 : . John P. Kennedy (W) : . Alexander Randall (W) : . William Cost Johnson (W) : . John Mason (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 ...

: . Robert C. Winthrop (W), until May 25, 1842 :: Nathan Appleton (W), from June 9, 1842, until September 28, 1842 :: Robert C. Winthrop (W), from November 29, 1842 : . Leverett Saltonstall I (W) : . Caleb Cushing (W) : . William Parmenter (D) : . Levi Lincoln Jr. (W), until March 16, 1841 :: Charles Hudson (W), from May 3, 1841 : . Osmyn Baker (W) : . George N. Briggs (W) : . William B. Calhoun (W) : . William S. Hastings (W), until June 17, 1842 : . Nathaniel B. Borden (W) : . Barker Burnell (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, ...

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Jacob M. Howard Jacob Merritt Howard (July 10, 1805 – April 2, 1871) was an American attorney and politician. He was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan, and his political career spanned the Ame ...
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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 ...

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 ...
. : . William M. Gwin (D) : .
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 ...

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 ...
. : . John C. Edwards (D) : . 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
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 ...
. : . 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) : . John R. Reding (D) : . Tristram Shaw (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 ...

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 ...
. : . John B. Aycrigg (W) : . William Halstead (W) : . John P. B. Maxwell (W) : . Joseph F. Randolph (W) : . Charles C. Stratton (W) : . Thomas J. Yorke (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 * ...

There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives. : . Charles A. Floyd (D) : . Joseph Egbert (D) : . Charles G. Ferris (D) : . John McKeon (D) : . James I. Roosevelt (D) : .
Fernando Wood Fernando Wood (June 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the 73rd and 75th Mayor of New York, Mayor of New York City. ...
(D) : . Aaron Ward (D) : . Richard D. Davis (D) : . James G. Clinton (D) : .
John Van Buren John Van Buren (February 18, 1810 – October 13, 1866) was an American lawyer, official and politician. In addition to serving as a key advisor to his father, President Martin Van Buren, he was also Attorney General of New York from 1845 to 1 ...
(D) : . Jacob Houck Jr. (D) : . Robert McClellan (D) : . Hiram P. Hunt (W) : . Daniel D. Barnard (W) : . Archibald L. Linn (W) : . Bernard Blair (W) : . Thomas A. Tomlinson (W) : . Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (W) : . John Sanford (D) : . Andrew W. Doig (D) : . David P. Brewster (D) : . John G. Floyd (D) : . Thomas C. Chittenden (W) : . Samuel S. Bowne (D) : . Samuel Gordon (D) : . John C. Clark (W) : . Samuel Partridge (D) : . Lewis Riggs (D) : . Victory Birdseye (W) : . A. Lawrence Foster (W) : . Christopher Morgan (W) : . John Maynard (W) : . Francis Granger (W), until March 5, 1841 ::
John Greig John Greig (born 11 September 1942) is a Scottish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He spent his entire career with Rangers F.C., Rangers, as a player, manager and d ...
(W), from May 21, 1841, until September 25, 1841 :: Francis Granger (W), from November 27, 1841 : . William M. Oliver (D) : . Timothy Childs (W) : . Seth M. Gates (W) : . John Young (W) : . Staley N. Clarke (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) : . Alfred Babcock (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) : . John R. J. Daniel (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) : . William Washington (W) : . James I. McKay (D) : . Archibald H. Arrington (D) : . Edmund Deberry (W) : . Romulus M. Saunders (D) : . Augustine H. Shepperd (W) : . Abraham Rencher (W) : . Greene Caldwell (D) : . James Graham (W) : . Lewis Williams (W), until February 23, 1842 :: Anderson Mitchell (W), from April 27, 1842


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 ...

: . Nathanael G. Pendleton (W) : . John B. Weller (D) : . Patrick Goode (W) : .
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) : . William Doan (D) : . Calvary Morris (W) : . William Russell (W) : . Joseph Ridgway (W) : . William Medill (D) : . Samson Mason (W) : . Benjamin S. Cowen (W) : . Joshua Mathiot (W) : . James Mathews (D) : . George Sweeny (D) : . Sherlock Andrews (W) : . Joshua R. Giddings (W), until March 22, 1842, and from December 5, 1842 : . John Hastings (D) : . Ezra Dean (D) : . Samuel Stokely (W)


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. : . Charles Brown (D) : . George W. Toland (W) : . John Sergeant (W), until September 15, 1841 :: Joseph R. Ingersoll (W), from October 12, 1841 : . Charles J. Ingersoll (D) : . Jeremiah Brown (W) : .
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 ...
(W) : .
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 ...
(W) : . Joseph Fornance (D) : . Robert Ramsey (W) : . John Westbrook (D) : . Peter Newhard (D) : . George M. Keim (D) : . William Simonton (W) : . James Gerry (D) : . James Cooper (W) : . Amos Gustine (D) : . James Irvin (W) : . Benjamin A. Bidlack (D) : . John Snyder (D) : . Davis Dimock Jr. (D), until January 13, 1842 :: Almon H. Read (D), from March 18, 1842 : . Charles Ogle (W), until May 10, 1841 :: Henry Black (W), from June 28, 1841, until November 28, 1841 :: James M. Russell (W), from December 21, 1841 : . Albert G. Marchand (D) : . Enos Hook (D), until April 18, 1841 :: Henry W. Beeson (D), from May 31, 1841 : . Joseph Lawrence (W), until April 17, 1842 :: Thomas M. T. McKennan (W), from May 30, 1842 : . William W. Irwin (W) : . William Jack (D) : . Thomas Henry (W) : . Arnold Plumer (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 ...

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 ...
. : . 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), until September 27, 1842 :: Samuel W. Trotti (D), from December 17, 1842 : .
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) : . William Butler (W) : . James Rogers (D) : . Thomas D. Sumter (D) : . Patrick C. Caldwell (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 ...

: . Thomas D. Arnold (W) : . Abraham McClellan (D) : . Joseph L. Williams (W) : . Thomas Campbell (W) : . Hopkins L. Turney (D) : . William B. Campbell (W) : . Robert L. Caruthers (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) : . Milton Brown (W) : . Christopher 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) : . Augustus Young (W) : . John Mattocks (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 ...

: .
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) : . George B. Cary (D) : . John W. Jones (D) : . William Goode (D) : . Edmund W. Hubard (D) : . Walter Coles (D) : . William L. Goggin (W) : . Henry A. Wise (W) : .
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) : . John Taliaferro (W) : . John M. Botts (W) : . Thomas W. Gilmer (W) : . Linn Banks (D), until December 6, 1841 :: William Smith (D), from December 6, 1841 : . Cuthbert Powell (W) : . Richard W. Barton (W) : . William Harris (D) : . Alexander Stuart (W) : . George W. Hopkins (D) : . George W. Summers (W) : . Samuel Hays (D) : . Lewis Steenrod (D)


Non-voting members

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David Levy Yulee David Levy Yulee (born David Levy; June 12, 1810 – October 10, 1886) was an American politician and attorney who served as the senator from Florida immediately before the American Civil War. He also founded the Florida Railroad Company and ser ...
(D) : . Augustus C. Dodge (D) : .
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)


Changes in membership

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


Senate

* Replacements: 9 ** Democrats: no net change ** Whigs: no net change * Deaths: 2 * Resignations: 8 * Interim appointments: 0 * Vacancy: 1 *Total seats with changes: 10 , - ,
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 ...

(3) , , Clement C. Clay (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 15, 1841 , , Arthur P. Bagby (D) , Elected November 24, 1841 , - ,
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) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 29, 1842 , , William Sprague (W) , Elected February 18, 1842 , - ,
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) , , Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 7, 1842 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - ,
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 ...

(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 ...
(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 28, 1842 , , Leonard Wilcox (D) , Appointed March 1, 1842, and subsequently elected , - ,
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) , , Alexandre Mouton (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 1, 1842, after being elected
Governor of Louisiana The governor of Louisiana (; ) is the chief executive of the U.S. state government of Louisiana. The governor also serves as the commander in chief of the Louisiana National Guard. Republican Jeff Landry has held the office since January 8, ...
, , Charles M. Conrad (W) , Appointed April 14, 1842 , - ,
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 ...

(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 ...
(W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 31, 1842 , , John J. Crittenden (W) , Appointed March 31, 1842, and subsequently elected , - ,
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 Prentiss (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 11, 1842, to become judge of the U.S. District Court of Vermont , , Samuel C. Crafts (W) , Appointed April 23, 1842, and subsequently elected , - ,
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) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 26, 1842 , , William L. Dayton (W) , Appointed July 2, 1842 , - ,
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 ...

(3) , , William C. Preston (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 29, 1842 , ,
George McDuffie George McDuffie (August 10, 1790 – March 11, 1851) was the 55th Governor of South Carolina and a member of the United States Senate. Though he began his political career as a partisan of Andrew Jackson, he became one of South Carolina's most ...
(D) , Elected December 23, 1842 , - ,
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) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 15, 1843 , Vacant , Not filled this term


House of Representatives

* Replacements: 17 ** Democrats: 3 seat net gain ** Whigs: 3 seat net loss * Deaths: 8 * Resignations: 12 * Contested election: 1 *Total seats with changes: 20 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep.
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 ...
resigned in previous congress , , David Bronson (W) , Seated May 31, 1841 , - , , , Francis Granger (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 5, 1841, after being appointed
United States Postmaster General The United States postmaster general (PMG) is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The PMG is responsible for managing and directing the day-to-day operations of the agency. The PMG is selected and appointed by ...
, ,
John Greig John Greig (born 11 September 1942) is a Scottish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He spent his entire career with Rangers F.C., Rangers, as a player, manager and d ...
(W) , Seated May 21, 1841 , - , , , Levi Lincoln Jr. (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 16, 1841, after being appointed Collector of the port of Boston , , Charles Hudson (W) , Seated May 3, 1841 , - , , , Enos Hook (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 18, 1841 , , Henry W. Beeson (D) , Seated May 31, 1841 , - , , , Charles Ogle (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 10, 1841 , , Henry Black (W) , Seated June 28, 1841 , - , , , John Sergeant (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 15, 1841 , , Joseph R. Ingersoll (W) , Seated October 12, 1841 , - , , ,
John Greig John Greig (born 11 September 1942) is a Scottish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He spent his entire career with Rangers F.C., Rangers, as a player, manager and d ...
(W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 25, 1841 , , Francis Granger (W) , Seated November 27, 1841 , - , , , Julius C. Alford (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 1, 1841 , , Edward J. Black (D) , Seated January 3, 1842 , - , , , Eugenius A. Nisbet (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 12, 1841 , , Mark A. Cooper (D) , Seated January 3, 1842 , - , , , William C. Dawson (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 13, 1841 , , Walter T. Colquitt (D) , Seated January 3, 1842 , - , , , Henry Black (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 28, 1841 , , James M. Russell (W) , Seated December 21, 1841 , - , , , Linn Banks (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election December 6, 1841 , , William Smith (D) , Seated December 6, 1841 , - , , , Davis Dimock Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 13, 1842 , , Almon H. Read (D) , Seated March 18, 1842 , - , , , Lewis Williams (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 23, 1842 , , Anderson Mitchell (W) , Seated April 27, 1842 , - , , , Joshua R. Giddings (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 22, 1842, after vote of his censure and re-elected to same seat , , Joshua R. Giddings (W) , Seated December 5, 1842 , - , , , Joseph Lawrence (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 17, 1842 , , Thomas M. T. McKennan (W) , Seated May 30, 1842 , - , , , Robert C. Winthrop (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 25, 1842 , , Nathan Appleton (W) , Seated June 9, 1842 , - , , , William S. Hastings (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 17, 1842 , Vacant , Not filled this Congress , - , , , Sampson H. Butler (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 27, 1842 , , Samuel W. Trotti (D) , Seated December 17, 1842 , - , , , Nathan Appleton (W) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 28, 1842 , , Robert C. Winthrop (W) , Seated November 29, 1842 , - , , ,
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) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 2, 1842 , , George W. Crawford (W) , Seated January 7, 1843 , - , , , James W. Williams (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 2, 1842 , , Charles S. Sewall (D) , Seated January 2, 1843


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: Lewis F. Linn) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Albert S. White then Benjamin Tappan) * Claims (Chairman: William A. Graham) *
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: Jabez Huntington) * 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) *
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: Clement C. Clay) * 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: William C. Rives then William S. Archer) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: James T. Morehead then Albert White) *
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: John M. Berrien) *
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:
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 ...
) *
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: William C. Preston then John J. Crittenden) *
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: Samuel S. Phelps) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Willie P. Mangum) * Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Samuel Prentiss then John Leeds Kerr then Samuel S. Phelps) *
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: Isaac C. Bates) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John Henderson) *
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: Richard H. Bayard) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Alexander Barrow) *
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: Oliver H. Smith) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Nathan F. Dixon) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Augustus S. Porter) * Tariff Regulation (Select) * Whole


House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: Osmyn Baker) *
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: Edmund Deberry) * Apportionment of Representatives (Select) * Claims (Chairman: Joshua Giddings) *
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: John P. Kennedy) *
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: Joseph R. Underwood) *
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: William Halstead) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Thomas Jones Yorke) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joshua A. Lowell) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
John Van Buren John Van Buren (February 18, 1810 – October 13, 1866) was an American lawyer, official and politician. In addition to serving as a key advisor to his father, President Martin Van Buren, he was also Attorney General of New York from 1845 to 1 ...
) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: A. Lawrence Foster) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: James Iver McKay) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
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 ...
) *
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: Caleb Cushing then
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 ...
) * Indian Affairs (Chairman:
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 ...
) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Calvary Morris) *
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: Daniel D. Barnard) *
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: Leverett Saltonstall I) * Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi (Select) * Mileage (Chairman: Thomas W. Williams) *
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: William C. Dawson) *
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: George May Keim) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Henry A. Wise) *
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: Thomas B. Osborne) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George N. Briggs) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: John Moore) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William W. Boardman) * Public Expenditures (Chairman: James Graham) *
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: William C. Johnson then
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 ...
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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 ...
) * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman:
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) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Hiland Hall) * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John Taliaferro) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Joseph Lawrence) *
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(Select) * Standards of Official Conduct *
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(Chairman: Garrett Davis) * Ways and Means (Chairman:
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Joint committees

* Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. Augustus Porter then Sen. William Sprague) * The Library (Chairman: N/A)


Employees

*
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Senate

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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, until March 8, 1841 ** Edward Dyer, elected March 8, 1841 *
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 ...
: George G. Cookman,
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 June 12, 1841 ** Septimus Tustin,
Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word ''Pr ...
, elected June 12, 1841


House of Representatives

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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, until May 31, 1841 ** Matthew St. Clair Clarke, elected May 31, 1841 *
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 ...
: Roderick Dorsey, until June 8, 1841 ** Eleazor M. Townsend, elected June 8, 1841 * Doorkeeper: Joseph Follansbee *
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: William J. McCormick *
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 ...
: John W. French,
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 ...
, elected May 31, 1841 ** John N. Maffit,
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 6, 1841 ** Frederick T. Tiffany,
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 ...
, elected December 5, 1842 * Reading Clerks:


See also

* 1840 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) **
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 ...
** 1840–41 United States Senate elections ** 1840–41 United States House of Representatives elections * 1842 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1842–43 United States Senate elections ** 1842–43 United States House of Representatives elections


Notes


References

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External links


Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
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