26th United States Congress

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The Twenty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1839 to March 3, 1841, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Martin Van Buren.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841

• First session: December 2, 1839 - July 21, 1840.
• Second session: December 7, 1840 - March 3, 1841.
• Previous congress: 25th Congress
  
• Next congress: 27th Congress

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate Democratic (D) : 30 (majority) Whig (W) : 22 TOTAL members: 52

House of Representatives Democratic (D) : 125 (majority) Whig (W) : 109 Anti Masonic (AM) : 6 Conservative-Virginia (C) : 2 TOTAL members: 242

Leadership

Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate): Richard M. Johnson, Democratic of Kentucky President pro tempore of the Senate: William R. King, Democratic of Alabama (U.S. state), elected December 2, 1839. House of Representatives Speaker of the House Robert M.T. Hunter, Democratic of Virginia, elected December 16, 1839.

Major events

Events of 1839, 1840 & 1841

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 26th Congress

Membership highlights by chamber

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

Senate

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

Alabama 2: William R. D. King (D) 3: Clement C. Clay (D) Arkansas 2: William S. Fulton (D) 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (D) Connecticut 3: Perry Smith (D) 1: Thaddeus Betts (W) Jabez W. Huntington (W) Delaware 1: Richard H. Bayard (W) 2: Thomas Clayton (W) Georgia 3: Alfred Cuthbert (D) 2: Wilson Lumpkin (D) Illinois 2: John M. Robinson (D) 3: Richard M. Young (D) Indiana 3: Oliver H. Smith (W) 1: Albert S. White (W) Kentucky 3: Henry Clay (W) 2: John J. Crittenden (W) Louisiana 2: Robert C. Nicholas (D) 3: Alexander Mouton (D)

Maine 2: John Ruggles (D) 1: Reuel Williams (D) Maryland 3: John S. Spence (W) John L. Kerr (W) 1: William D. Merrick (W) Massachusetts 1: Daniel Webster (W) Rufus Choate (W) 2: John Davis (W) Isaac C. Bates (W) Michigan 2: John Norvell (D) 1: Augustus S. Porter (W) Mississippi 2: Robert J. Walker (D) 1: John Henderson (W) Missouri 1: Thomas H. Benton (D) 3: Lewis F. Linn (D) New Hampshire 2: Henry Hubbard (D) 3: Franklin Pierce (D) New Jersey 1: Samuel L. Southard (W) 2: Garret D. Wall (D) New York 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (D) 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W)

North Carolina 2: Bedford Brown (D) Willie P. Mangum (W) 3: Robert Strange (D) William A. Graham (W) Ohio 3: William Allen (D) 1: Benjamin Tappan (D) Pennsylvania 3: James Buchanan (D) 1: Daniel Sturgeon (D) Rhode Island 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (W) 1: Nathan F. Dixon (W) South Carolina 2: John C. Calhoun (D) 3: William C. Preston (W) Tennessee 2: Hugh Lawson White (W) Alexander O. Anderson (D) 1: Felix Grundy (D) Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) Vermont 3: Samuel Prentiss (W) 1: Samuel S. Phelps (W) Virginia 2: William H. Roane (D) 1: William C. Rives (W)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Alabama 1: Reuben Chapman (D) 2: David Hubbard (D) 3: George W. Crabb (W) 4: Dixon H. Lewis (D) 5: James Dellet (W) Arkansas A/L: Edward Cross (D) Connecticut A/L: Joseph Trumbull (W) A/L: William L. Storrs (W) William W. Boardman (W) A/L: Thomas W. Williams (W) A/L: Thomas B. Osborne (W) A/L: Truman Smith (W) A/L: John H. Brockway (W) Delaware A/L: Thomas Robinson, Jr. (D) Georgia A/L: Julius C. Alford (W) A/L: Edward J. Black (W) A/L: Walter T. Colquitt (W) Hines Holt (W) A/L: Mark A. Cooper (W) A/L: William C. Dawson (W) A/L: Richard W. Habersham (W) A/L: Thomas Butler King (W) A/L: Eugenius A. Nisbet (W) A/L: Lott Warren (W) Illinois 1: John Reynolds (D) 2: Zadok Casey (D) 3: John T. Stuart (W) Indiana 1: George H. Proffit (W) 2: John W. Davis (D) 3: John Carr (D) 4: Thomas Smith (D) 5: James Rariden (W) 6: William W. Wick (D) 7: Tilghman A. Howard (D) Henry S. Lane (W) Kentucky 1: Linn Boyd (D) 2: Philip Triplett (W) 3: Joseph R. Underwood (W) 4: Sherrod Williams (W) 5: Simeon H. Anderson (W) John B. Thompson (W) 6: Willis Green (W) 7: John Pope (W) 8: William J. Graves (W) 9: John White (W) 10: Richard Hawes (W) 11: Landaff W. Andrews (W) 12: Garrett Davis (W) 13: William O. Butler (D) Louisiana 1: Edward D. White (W) 2: Thomas W. Chinn (W) 3: Rice Garland (W) John Moore (W) Maine 1: Nathan Clifford (D) 2: Albert Smith (D) 3: Benjamin Randall (W) 4: George Evans (W) 5: Virgil D. Parris (D) 6: Hugh J. Anderson (D) 7: Joshua A. Lowell (D) 8: Thomas Davee (D) Maryland 1: John Dennis (W) 2: Philip F. Thomas (D) 3: John T. H. Worthington (D) 4: James Carroll (D) 4: Solomon Hillen, Jr. (D) 5: William Cost Johnson (W) 6: Francis Thomas (D) 7: Daniel Jenifer (W) Massachusetts 1: Abbott Lawrence (W) Robert C. Winthrop (W) 2: Leverett Saltonstall (W) 3: Caleb Cushing (W) 4: William Parmenter (D) 5: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (W) 6: James C. Alvord (W) Osmyn Baker (W) 7: George N. Briggs (W) 8: William B. Calhoun (W) 9: William S. Hastings (W) 10: Henry Williams (D) 11: John Reed, Jr. (W) 12: John Quincy Adams (W)

Michigan A/L: Isaac E. Crary (D) Mississippi A/L: Albert G. Brown (D) A/L: Jacob Thompson (D) Missouri A/L: Albert G. Harrison (D) John Jameson (D) A/L: John Miller (D) New Hampshire A/L: Charles G. Atherton (D) A/L: Edmund Burke (D) A/L: Ira A. Eastman (D) A/L: Tristram Shaw (D) A/L: Jared W. Williams (D) New Jersey A/L: William R. Cooper (D) A/L: Philemon Dickerson (D) A/L: Joseph Kille (D) A/L: Joseph F. Randolph (W) A/L: Daniel B. Ryall (D) A/L: Peter D. Vroom (D) New York 1: Thomas B. Jackson (D) 2: James De la Montanya (D) 3: Edward Curtis (W) 3: Moses H. Grinnell (W) 3: Ogden Hoffman (W) 3: James Monroe (W) 4: Gouverneur Kemble (D) 5: Charles Johnston (W) 6: Nathaniel Jones (D) 7: Rufus Palen (W) 8: John Ely (D) 8: Aaron Vanderpoel (D) 9: Hiram P. Hunt (W) 10: Daniel D. Barnard (W) 11: Anson Brown (W) Nicholas B. Doe (W) 12: David A. Russell (W) 13: Augustus C. Hand (D) 14: John Fine (D) 15: Peter J. Wagner (W) 16: Andrew W. Doig (D) 17: David P. Brewster (D) 17: John G. Floyd (D) 18: Thomas C. Chittenden (W) 19: John H. Prentiss (D) 20: Judson Allen (D) 21: John C. Clark (W) 22: Amasa Dana (D) 22: Stephen B. Leonard (D) 23: Nehemiah H. Earll (D) 23: Edward Rogers (D) 24: Christopher Morgan (W) 25: Theron R. Strong (D) 26: Francis Granger (W) 27: Meredith Mallory (D) 28: Thomas Kempshall (W) 29: Seth M. Gates (W) 30: Luther C. Peck (W) 31: Richard P. Marvin (W) 32: Millard Fillmore (W) 33: Charles F. Mitchell (W) North Carolina 1: Kenneth Rayner (W) 2: Jesse A. Bynum (D) 3: Edward Stanly (W) 4: Charles B. Shepard (D) 5: James I. McKay (D) 6: Micajah T. Hawkins (D) 7: Edmund Deberry (W) 8: William Montgomery (D) 9: John Hill (D) 10: Charles Fisher (D) 11: Henry W. Connor (D) 12: James Graham (W) 13: Lewis Williams (W) Ohio 1: Alexander Duncan (D) 2: John B. Weller (D) 3: Patrick G. Goode (W) 4: Thomas Corwin (W) Jeremiah Morrow (W) 5: William Doan (D) 6: Calvary Morris (W) 7: William K. Bond (W) 8: Joseph Ridgway (W) 9: William Medill (D) 10: Samson Mason (W) 11: Isaac Parrish (D) 12: Jonathan Taylor (D) 13: Daniel P. Leadbetter (D) 14: George Sweeny (D) 15: John W. Allen (W) 16: Joshua R. Giddings (W) 17: John Hastings (D) 18: David A. Starkweather (D) 19: Henry Swearingen (D)

Pennsylvania 1: Lemuel Paynter (D) 2: John Sergeant (W) 2: George W. Toland (W) 3: Charles Naylor (W) 4: Edward Davies (AM) 4: John Edwards (AM) 4: Francis James (AM) 5: Joseph Fornance (D) 6: John Davis (D) 7: David D. Wagener (D) 8: Peter Newhard (D) 9: George M. Keim (D) 10: William Simonton (W) 11: James Gerry (D) 12: James Cooper (W) 13: William S. Ramsey (D) Charles McClure (D) 14: William W. Potter (D) George McCulloch (D) 15: David Petrikin (D) 16: Robert H. Hammond (D) 17: Samuel W. Morris (D) 18: Charles Ogle (AM) 19: Albert G. Marchand (D) 20: Enos Hook (D) 21: Isaac Leet (D) 22: Richard Biddle (AM) Henry M. Brackenridge (W) 23: William Beatty (D) 24: Thomas Henry (AM) 25: John Galbraith (D) Rhode Island A/L: Robert B. Cranston (W) A/L: Joseph L. Tillinghast (W) South Carolina 1: Isaac E. Holmes (D) 2: R. Barnwell Rhett (D) 3: John Campbell (D) 4: Sampson H. Butler (D) 5: Francis W. Pickens (D) 6: Waddy Thompson, Jr. (W) 7: James Rogers (D) 8: Thomas D. Sumter (D) 9: John K. Griffin (D) Tennessee 1: William B. Carter (W) 2: Abraham McClellan (D) 3: Joseph L. Williams (W) 4: Julius W. Blackwell (D) 5: Hopkins L. Turney (D) 6: William B. Campbell (W) 7: John Bell (W) 8: Meredith P. Gentry (W) 9: Harvey M. Watterson (D) 10: Aaron V. Brown (D) 11: Cave Johnson (D) 12: John W. Crockett (W) 13: Christopher H. Williams (W) Vermont 1: Hiland Hall (W) 2: William Slade (W) 3: Horace Everett (W) 4: John Smith (D) 5: Isaac Fletcher (D) Virginia 1: Joel Holleman (D) Francis Mallory (W) 2: Francis E. Rives (D) 3: John W. Jones (D) 4: George C. Dromgoole (D) 5: John Hill (W) 6: Walter Coles (D) 7: William L. Goggin (W) 8: Henry A. Wise (W) 9: Robert M. T. Hunter (W) 10: John Taliaferro (W) 11: John M. Botts (W) 12: James Garland (C) 13: Linn Banks (D) 14: Charles F. Mercer (W) William M. McCarty (W) 15: William Lucas (D) 16: Green B. Samuels (D) 17: Robert Craig (D) 18: George W. Hopkins (C) 19: Andrew Beirne (D) 20: Joseph Johnson (D) 21: Lewis Steenrod (D)

Delegates

Florida Territory A/L: Charles Downing

Iowa Territory A/L: William W. Chapman (D) A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (D)

Wisconsin Territory A/L: James D. Doty (D)

Membership detail by state

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

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Alabama Senate 2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic 3: Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), Democratic House of Representatives (5 seats) 1: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic 2: David Hubbard (1792-1874), Democratic 3: George W. Crabb (1804-1846), Whig 4: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic 5: James Dellet (1788-1848), Whig Arkansas Senate 2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic House of Representatives (1 seat) A/L: Edward Cross (1798-1887), Democratic Connecticut Senate 3: Perry Smith (1783-1852), Democratic 1: Thaddeus Betts (1789-1840), Whig …died April 7, 1840. Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, May 4, 1840. House of Representatives (6 seats) A/L: Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), Whig A/L: William L. Storrs (1795-1861), Whig …resigned in June 1840. William W. Boardman (1794-1871), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840. A/L: Thomas W. Williams (1789-1874), Whig A/L: Thomas B. Osborne (1798-1869), Whig A/L: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig A/L: John H. Brockway (1801-1870), Whig Delaware Senate 1: Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), Whig …resigned September 19, 1839, elected to fill vacancy, January 12, 1840. 2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig House of Representatives (1 seat) A/L: Thomas Robinson, Jr. (1800-1843), Democratic Georgia Senate 3: Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic 2: Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), Democratic House of Representatives (9 seats) A/L: Julius C. Alford (1799-1863), Whig A/L: Edward J. Black (1806-1846), Whig A/L: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Whig …resigned July 21, 1840. Hines Holt (1805-1865), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1840. A/L: Mark A. Cooper (1800-1885), Whig A/L: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig A/L: Richard W. Habersham (1786-1842), Whig A/L: Thomas Butler King (1800-1864), Whig A/L: Eugenius A. Nisbet (1803-1871), Whig A/L: Lott Warren (1797-1861), Whig Illinois Senate 2: John M. Robinson (1794-1843), Democratic 3: Richard M. Young (1798-1861), Democratic House of Representatives (3 seats) 1: John Reynolds (1788-1865), Democratic 2: Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Democratic 3: John T. Stuart (1807-1885), Whig Indiana Senate 3: Oliver H. Smith (1794-1859), Whig 1: Albert S. White (1803-1864), Whig House of Representatives (7 seats) 1: George H. Proffit (1807-1847), Whig 2: John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic 3: John Carr (1793-1845), Democratic 4: Thomas Smith (1799-1876), Democratic 5: James Rariden (1795-1856), Whig 6: William W. Wick (1796-1868), Democratic 7: Tilghman A. Howard (1797-1844), Democratic …resigned August 1, 1840. Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840. Kentucky Senate 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), Whig 2: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig House of Representatives (13 seats) 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic 2: Philip Triplett (1799-1852), Whig 3: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig 4: Sherrod Williams (1804- ), Whig 5: Simeon H. Anderson (1802-1840), Whig …died August 11, 1840. John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840. 6: Willis Green ( - ), Whig 7: John Pope (1770-1845), Whig 8: William J. Graves (1805-1848), Whig 9: John White (1802-1845), Whig 10: Richard Hawes (1797-1877), Whig 11: Landaff W. Andrews (1803-1887), Whig 12: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig 13: William O. Butler (1791-1880), Democratic Louisiana Senate 2: Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), Democratic 3: Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), Democratic House of Representatives (3 seats) 1: Edward D. White (1795-1847), Whig 2: Thomas W. Chinn (1791-1852), Whig 3: Rice Garland (1795c-1861), Whig …resigned July 21, 1840. John Moore (1788-1867), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17, 1840. Maine Senate 2: John Ruggles (1789-1874), Democratic 1: Reuel Williams (1783-1862), Democratic House of Representatives (8 seats) 1: Nathan Clifford (1803-1881), Democratic 2: Albert Smith (1793-1867), Democratic 3: Benjamin Randall (1789-1859), Whig 4: George Evans (1797-1867), Whig 5: Virgil D. Parris (1807-1874), Democratic 6: Hugh J. Anderson (1801-1881), Democratic 7: Joshua A. Lowell (1801-1874), Democratic 8: Thomas Davee (1797-1841), Democratic Maryland Senate 3: John S. Spence (1788-1840), Whig …died October 24, 1840. John L. Kerr (1780-1844), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, January 5, 1840. 1: William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Whig House of Representatives (8 seats) 1: John Dennis (1807-1859), Whig 2: Philip F. Thomas (1810-1890), Democratic 3: John T. H. Worthington (1788-1849), Democratic 4: James Carroll (1791-1873), Democratic 4: Solomon Hillen, Jr. (1810-1873), Democratic 5: William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), Whig 6: Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic 7: Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), Whig Massachusetts Senate 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Whig …resigned February 22, 1840. Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, February 23, 1840. 2: John Davis (1787-1854), Whig …resigned January 5, 1841. Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, January 13, 1841. House of Representatives (12 seats) 1: Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), Whig …resigned September 18, 1840. Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840. 2: Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845), Whig 3: Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), Whig 4: William Parmenter (1789-1866), Democratic 5: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), Whig 6: James C. Alvord (1808-1839), Whig …died September 27, 1839, before Congress assembled. Osmyn Baker (1800-1875), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 14, 1840. 7: George N. Briggs (1796-1861), Whig 8: William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), Whig 9: William S. Hastings (1798-1842), Whig 10: Henry Williams (1805-1887), Democratic 11: John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), Whig 12: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig Michigan Senate 2: John Norvell (1789-1850), Democratic 1: Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 20, 1840. House of Representatives (1 seat) A/L: Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), Democratic Mississippi Senate 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic 1: John Henderson (1797-1857), Whig House of Representatives (2 seats) A/L: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic A/L: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic Missouri Senate 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic 3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic House of Representatives (2 seats) A/L: Albert G. Harrison (1800-1839), Democratic …died September 7, 1839. John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1839. A/L: John Miller (1781-1846), Democratic New Hampshire Senate 2: Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Democratic 3: Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), Democratic House of Representatives (5 seats) A/L: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic A/L: Edmund Burke (1809-1882), Democratic A/L: Ira A. Eastman (1809-1881), Democratic A/L: Tristram Shaw (1786-1843), Democratic A/L: Jared W. Williams (1796-1864), Democratic New Jersey Senate 1: Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), Whig 2: Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), Democratic House of Representatives (6 seats) A/L: William R. Cooper (1793-1856), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840. A/L: Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840. A/L: Joseph Kille (1790-1865), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840. A/L: Joseph F. Randolph (1803-1873), Whig A/L: Daniel B. Ryall (1798-1864), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840. A/L: Peter D. Vroom (1791-1873), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840. New York Senate 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Whig House of Representatives (40 seats) 1: Thomas B. Jackson (1797-1881), Democratic 2: James De la Montanya (1798-1849), Democratic 3: Edward Curtis (1801-1856), Whig 3: Moses H. Grinnell (1803-1877), Whig 3: Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1793-1856), Whig 3: James Monroe (1799-1870), Whig 4: Gouverneur Kemble (1786-1875), Democratic 5: Charles Johnston (1793-1845), Whig 6: Nathaniel Jones (1788-1866), Democratic 7: Rufus Palen (1807-1844), Whig 8: John Ely (1774-1849), Democratic 8: Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), Democratic 9: Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865), Whig 10: Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), Whig 11: Anson Brown (1800-1840), Whig …died June 14, 1840. Nicholas B. Doe (1786-1856), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840. 12: David A. Russell (1780-1861), Whig 13: Augustus C. Hand (1803-1878), Democratic 14: John Fine (1794-1867), Democratic 15: Peter J. Wagner (1795-1884), Whig 16: Andrew W. Doig (1799-1875), Democratic 17: David P. Brewster (1801-1876), Democratic 17: John G. Floyd (1806-1881), Democratic 18: Thomas C. Chittenden (1788-1866), Whig 19: John H. Prentiss (1784-1861), Democratic 20: Judson Allen (1797-1880), Democratic 21: John C. Clark (1793-1852), Whig 22: Amasa Dana (1792-1867), Democratic 22: Stephen B. Leonard (1793-1876), Democratic 23: Nehemiah H. Earll (1787-1872), Democratic 23: Edward Rogers (1787-1857), Democratic 24: Christopher Morgan (1808-1877), Whig 25: Theron R. Strong (1802-1873), Democratic 26: Francis Granger (1792-1868), Whig 27: Meredith Mallory ( - ), Democratic 28: Thomas Kempshall (1796c-1865), Whig 29: Seth M. Gates (1800-1877), Whig 30: Luther C. Peck (1800-1876), Whig 31: Richard P. Marvin (1803-1892), Whig 32: Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), Whig 33: Charles F. Mitchell (1808c- ), Whig North Carolina Senate 2: Bedford Brown (1795-1870), Democratic …resigned November 16, 1840. Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig …elected to fill vacancy November 25, 1840. 3: Robert Strange (1796-1854), Democratic …resigned November 16, 1840. William A. Graham (1804-1875), Whig …elected to fill vacancy November 25, 1840. House of Representatives (13 seats) 1: Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), Whig 2: Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), Democratic 3: Edward Stanly (1810-1872), Whig 4: Charles B. Shepard (1808-1843), Democratic 5: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic 6: Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), Democratic 7: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig 8: William Montgomery (1789-1844), Democratic 9: John Hill (1797-1861), Democratic 10: Charles Fisher (1789-1849), Democratic 11: Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), Democratic 12: James Graham (1793-1851), Whig 13: Lewis Williams (1782-1842), Whig Ohio Senate 3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic 1: Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), Democratic House of Representatives (19 seats) 1: Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), Democratic 2: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic 3: Patrick G. Goode (1798-1862), Whig 4: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Whig …resigned May 30, 1840. Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840. 5: William Doan (1792-1847), Democratic 6: Calvary Morris (1798-1871), Whig 7: William K. Bond (1792-1864), Whig 8: Joseph Ridgway (1783-1861), Whig 9: William Medill (1802-1865), Democratic 10: Samson Mason (1793-1869), Whig 11: Isaac Parrish (1804-1860), Democratic 12: Jonathan Taylor (1796-1848), Democratic 13: Daniel P. Leadbetter (1797-1870), Democratic 14: George Sweeny (1796-1877), Democratic 15: John W. Allen (1802-1887), Whig 16: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig 17: John Hastings (1778-1854), Democratic 18: David A. Starkweather (1802-1876), Democratic 19: Henry Swearingen (1792c-1849), Democratic Pennsylvania Senate 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 14, 1840. House of Representatives (28 seats) 1: Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863), Democratic 2: John Sergeant (1779-1852), Whig 2: George W. Toland (1796-1869), Whig 3: Charles Naylor (1806-1872), Whig 4: Edward Davies (1779-1853), Anti-Masonic 4: John Edwards (1786-1843), Anti-Masonic 4: Francis James (1799-1886), Anti-Masonic 5: Joseph Fornance (1804-1852), Democratic 6: John Davis (1788-1878), Democratic 7: David D. Wagener (1792-1860), Democratic 8: Peter Newhard (1783-1860), Democratic 9: George M. Keim (1805-1861), Democratic 10: William Simonton (1788-1846), Whig 11: James Gerry (1796-1873), Democratic 12: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig 13: William S. Ramsey (1810-1840), Democratic …died October 17, 1840. Charles McClure (1804-1846), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840. 14: William W. Potter (1792-1839), Democratic …died October 28, 1839, before Congress assembled. George McCulloch (1792-1861), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1839. 15: David Petrikin (1788-1847), Democratic 16: Robert H. Hammond (1791-1847), Democratic 17: Samuel W. Morris (1786-1847), Democratic 18: Charles Ogle (1798-1841), Anti-Masonic 19: Albert G. Marchand (1811-1848), Democratic 20: Enos Hook (1804-1841), Democratic 21: Isaac Leet (1801-1844), Democratic 22: Richard Biddle (1796-1847), Anti-Masonic …resigned in 1840. Henry M. Brackenridge (1786-1871), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 10, 1840. 23: William Beatty (1787-1851), Democratic 24: Thomas Henry (1779-1849), Anti-Masonic 25: John Galbraith (1794-1860), Democratic Rhode Island Senate 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), Whig 1: Nathan F. Dixon (1774-1842), Whig House of Representatives (2 seats) A/L: Robert B. Cranston (1791-1873), Whig A/L: Joseph L. Tillinghast (1791-1844), Whig South Carolina Senate 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic 3: William C. Preston (1794-1860), Whig House of Representatives (9 seats) 1: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic 2: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic 3: John Campbell ( -1845), Democratic 4: Sampson H. Butler (1803-1848), Democratic 5: Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), Democratic 6: Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), Whig 7: James Rogers (1795-1873), Democratic 8: Thomas D. Sumter (1809-1874), Democratic 9: John K. Griffin (1789-1841), Democratic Tennessee Senate 2: Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), Whig …resigned January 13, 1840. Alexander O. Anderson (1794-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy January 27, 1840. 1: Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, December 14, 1839, died December 19, 1840. Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy December 25, 1840. House of Representatives (13 seats) 1: William B. Carter (1792-1848), Whig 2: Abraham McClellan (1789-1866), Democratic 3: Joseph L. Williams (1810-1865), Whig 4: Julius W. Blackwell (1797c- ), Democratic 5: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic 6: William B. Campbell (1807-1867), Whig 7: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig 8: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig 9: Harvey M. Watterson (1811-1891), Democratic 10: Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), Democratic 11: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic 12: John W. Crockett (1807-1852), Whig 13: Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), Whig Vermont Senate 3: Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), Whig 1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig House of Representatives (5 seats) 1: Hiland Hall (1795-1885), Whig 2: William Slade (1786-1859), Whig 3: Horace Everett (1779-1851), Whig 4: John Smith (1789-1858), Democratic 5: Isaac Fletcher (1784-1842), Democratic Virginia Senate 2: William H. Roane (1787-1845), Democratic 1: William C. Rives (1793-1868), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 18, 1841. House of Representatives (21 seats) 1: Joel Holleman (1799-1844), Democratic …resigned in 1840. Francis Mallory (1807-1860), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1841. 2: Francis E. Rives (1792-1861), Democratic 3: John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic 4: George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic 5: John Hill (1800-1880), Whig 6: Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic 7: William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig 8: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Whig 9: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Whig 10: John Taliaferro (1768-1852), Whig 11: John M. Botts (1802-1869), Whig 12: James Garland (1791-1885), Conservative 13: Linn Banks (1784-1842), Democratic 14: Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), Whig …resigned December 26, 1839. William M. McCarty (1789c-1863), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 26, 1839. 15: William Lucas (1800-1877), Democratic 16: Green B. Samuels (1806-1859), Democratic 17: Robert Craig (1792-1852), Democratic 18: George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Conservative 19: Andrew Beirne (1771-1845), Democratic 20: Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic 21: Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), Democratic

Delegates

Florida Territory A/L: Charles Downing ( -1845) Iowa Territory A/L: William W. Chapman (1808-1892), Democratic …served until October 27, 1840. A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1840. Wisconsin Territory A/L: James D. Doty (1799-1865), Democratic

Membership detail by Chamber/Party

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

A-F William Allen, Ohio Alexander O. Anderson, Tennessee Thomas H. Benton, [[Missouri]] Bedford Brown, North Carolina (U.S. state) James Buchanan, Pennsylvania John C. Calhoun, South Carolina Clement C. Clay, Alabama (U.S. state) Alfred Cuthbert, Georgia William S. Fulton, Arkansas (U.S. state)

G-R Felix Grundy, Tennessee Henry Hubbard, New Hampshire William R. D. King, Alabama (U.S. state) Lewis F. Linn, [[Missouri]] Wilson Lumpkin, Georgia Alexander Mouton, Louisiana Robert C. Nicholas, Louisiana Alfred O. P. Nicholson, Tennessee John Norvell, Michigan Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire William H. Roane, Virginia John M. Robinson, Illinois (U.S. state) John Ruggles, Maine

S-Z Ambrose H. Sevier, Arkansas (U.S. state) Perry Smith , Connecticut Robert Strange, North Carolina (U.S. state) Daniel Sturgeon, Pennsylvania Benjamin Tappan, Ohio Robert J. Walker, Mississippi Garret D. Wall, New Jersey Reuel Williams, Maine Silas Wright, Jr., New York Richard M. Young, Illinois (U.S. state)

Whig

A-F Isaac C. Bates, Massachusetts Richard H. Bayard, Delaware Thaddeus Betts, Connecticut Rufus Choate, Massachusetts Henry Clay, Kentucky Thomas Clayton, Delaware John J. Crittenden, Kentucky John Davis, Massachusetts Nathan F. Dixon, Rhode Island

G-R William A. Graham, North Carolina (U.S. state) John Henderson, Mississippi Jabez W. Huntington, Connecticut John L. Kerr, Maryland Nehemiah R. Knight, Rhode Island Willie P. Mangum, North Carolina (U.S. state) William D. Merrick, Maryland Samuel S. Phelps, Vermont Augustus S. Porter, Michigan Samuel Prentiss, Vermont William C. Preston, South Carolina William C. Rives, Virginia

S-Z Oliver H. Smith, Indiana Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey John S. Spence, Maryland Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, New York Daniel Webster, Massachusetts Albert S. White, Indiana Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C Judson Allen, New York Hugh J. Anderson, Maine Charles G. Atherton, New Hampshire Linn Banks, Virginia William Beatty, Pennsylvania Andrew Beirne, Virginia Julius W. Blackwell, Tennessee Linn Boyd, Kentucky David P. Brewster, New York Aaron V. Brown, Tennessee Albert G. Brown, Mississippi Edmund Burke, New Hampshire Sampson H. Butler, South Carolina William O. Butler, Kentucky Jesse A. Bynum, North Carolina (U.S. state) John Campbell, South Carolina John Carr, Indiana James Carroll, Maryland Zadok Casey, Illinois (U.S. state) Reuben Chapman, Alabama (U.S. state) Nathan Clifford, Maine Walter Coles, Virginia Henry W. Connor, North Carolina (U.S. state) William R. Cooper, New Jersey Robert Craig, Virginia Isaac E. Crary, Michigan Edward Cross, Arkansas (U.S. state) D-E-F Amasa Dana, New York Thomas Davee, Maine John Davis, Pennsylvania John W. Davis, Indiana James De la Montanya, New York Philemon Dickerson, New Jersey William Doan, Ohio Andrew W. Doig, New York George C. Dromgoole, Virginia Alexander Duncan, Ohio Nehemiah H. Earll, New York Ira A. Eastman, New Hampshire John Ely, New York John Fine, New York Charles Fisher, North Carolina (U.S. state) Isaac Fletcher, Vermont John G. Floyd, New York Joseph Fornance, Pennsylvania

G-H-I John Galbraith, Pennsylvania James Gerry, Pennsylvania John K. Griffin, South Carolina Robert H. Hammond, Pennsylvania Augustus C. Hand, New York Albert G. Harrison, [[Missouri]] John Hastings, Ohio Micajah T. Hawkins, North Carolina (U.S. state) John Hill, North Carolina (U.S. state) Solomon Hillen, Jr., Maryland Joel Holleman, Virginia Isaac E. Holmes, South Carolina Enos Hook, Pennsylvania Tilghman A. Howard, Indiana David Hubbard, Alabama (U.S. state) J-K-L Thomas B. Jackson, New York John Jameson, [[Missouri]] Cave Johnson, Tennessee Joseph Johnson, Virginia John W. Jones, Virginia Nathaniel Jones, New York George M. Keim, Pennsylvania Gouverneur Kemble, New York Joseph Kille, New Jersey Daniel P. Leadbetter, Ohio Isaac Leet, Pennsylvania Stephen B. Leonard, New York Dixon H. Lewis, Alabama (U.S. state) Joshua A. Lowell , Maine William Lucas Virginia M-N-O Meredith Mallory, New York Albert G. Marchand, Pennsylvania Abraham McClellan, Tennessee Charles McClure, Pennsylvania George McCulloch, Pennsylvania James I. McKay, North Carolina (U.S. state) William Medill, Ohio John Miller, [[Missouri]] William Montgomery, North Carolina (U.S. state) Samuel W. Morris, Pennsylvania Peter Newhard, Pennsylvania

P-Q-R William Parmenter, Massachusetts Virgil D. Parris, Maine Isaac Parrish, Ohio Lemuel Paynter, Pennsylvania David Petrikin, Pennsylvania Francis W. Pickens, South Carolina William W. Potter, Pennsylvania John H. Prentiss, New York William S. Ramsey, Pennsylvania John Reynolds, Illinois (U.S. state) R. Barnwell Rhett, South Carolina Francis E. Rives, Virginia Thomas Robinson, Jr., Delaware Edward Rogers, New York James Rogers, South Carolina Daniel B. Ryall, New Jersey S-T-U-V Green B. Samuels, Virginia Tristram Shaw, New Hampshire Charles B. Shepard, North Carolina (U.S. state) Albert Smith, Maine John Smith, Vermont Thomas Smith, Indiana David A. Starkweather, Ohio Lewis Steenrod, Virginia Theron R. Strong, New York Thomas D. Sumter, South Carolina Henry Swearingen, Ohio George Sweeny, Ohio Jonathan Taylor, Ohio Francis Thomas, Maryland Phillip F. Thomas, Maryland Jacob Thompson, Mississippi Hopkins L. Turney, Tennessee Aaron Vanderpoel, New York Peter D. Vroom, New Jersey W-X-Y-Z David D. Wagener, Pennsylvania Harvey M. Watterson, Tennessee John B. Weller, Ohio William W. Wick, Indiana Henry Williams, Massachusetts Jared W. Williams, New Hampshire John T. H. Worthington, Maryland

Whig

A-B-C John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts Julius C. Alford, Georgia John W. Allen, Ohio James C. Alvord, Massachusetts Simeon H. Anderson, Kentucky Landaff W. Andrews, Kentucky Osmyn Baker, Massachusetts Daniel D. Barnard New York John Bell, Tennessee Edward J. Black Georgia William W. Boardman, Connecticut William K. Bond, Ohio John M. Botts, Virginia Henry M. Brackenridge, Pennsylvania George N. Briggs, Massachusetts John H. Brockway, Connecticut Anson Brown, New York William B. Calhoun, Massachusetts William B. Campbell, Tennessee William B. Carter, Tennessee Thomas W. Chinn, Louisiana Thomas C. Chittenden, New York John C. Clark, New York Walter T. Colquitt, Georgia James Cooper, Pennsylvania Mark A. Cooper, Georgia Thomas Corwin, Ohio George W. Crabb, Alabama (U.S. state) Robert B. Cranston, Rhode Island John W. Crockett, Tennessee Edward Curtis, New York Caleb Cushing, Massachusetts D-E-F Garrett Davis, Kentucky William C. Dawson, Georgia Edmund Deberry, North Carolina (U.S. state) James Dellet, Alabama (U.S. state) John Dennis, Maryland Nicholas B. Doe, New York George Evans, Maine Horace Everett, Vermont Millard Fillmore, New York

G-H-I Rice Garland, Louisiana Seth M. Gates, New York Meredith P. Gentry, Tennessee Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio William L. Goggin, Virginia Patrick G. Goode, Ohio James Graham, North Carolina (U.S. state) Francis Granger, New York William J. Graves, Kentucky Willis Green, Kentucky Moses H. Grinnell, New York Richard W. Habersham, Georgia Hiland Hall, Vermont William S. Hastings, Massachusetts Richard Hawes, Kentucky John Hill, Virginia Josiah Ogden Hoffman, New York Hines Holt, Georgia Hiram P. Hunt , New York Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia J-K-L Daniel Jenifer, Maryland William Cost Johnson, Maryland Charles Johnston, New York Thomas Kempshall, New York Thomas Butler King, Georgia Henry S. Lane, Indiana Abbott Lawrence, Massachusetts Levi Lincoln, Jr., Massachusetts M-N-O Francis Mallory, Virginia Richard P. Marvin, New York Samson Mason, Ohio William M. McCarty, Virginia Charles F. Mercer, Virginia Charles F. Mitchell, New York James Monroe, New York John Moore, Louisiana Christopher Morgan, New York Calvary Morris, Ohio Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio Charles Naylor, Pennsylvania Eugenius A. Nisbet, Georgia Thomas B. Osborne, Connecticut

P-Q-R Rufus Palen, New York Luther C. Peck, New York John Pope, Kentucky George H. Proffit, Indiana Benjamin Randall, Maine Joseph F. Randolph, New Jersey James Rariden, Indiana Kenneth Rayner, North Carolina (U.S. state) John Reed, Jr., Massachusetts Joseph Ridgway, Ohio David A. Russell, New York S-T-U-V Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts John Sergeant, Pennsylvania William Simonton, Pennsylvania William Slade, Vermont Truman Smith, Connecticut Edward Stanly, North Carolina (U.S. state) William L. Storrs, Connecticut John T. Stuart, Illinois (U.S. state) John Taliaferro, Virginia John B. Thompson, Kentucky Waddy Thompson, Jr., South Carolina Joseph L. Tillinghast, Rhode Island George W. Toland, Pennsylvania Philip Triplett, Kentucky Joseph Trumbull, Connecticut Joseph R. Underwood , Kentucky W-X-Y-Z Peter J. Wagner, New York Lott Warren , Georgia Edward D. White, Louisiana John White, Kentucky Christopher H. Williams, Tennessee Joseph L. Williams , Tennessee Lewis Williams , North Carolina (U.S. state) Sherrod Williams, Kentucky Thomas W. Williams , Connecticut Robert C. Winthrop , Massachusetts Henry A. Wise , Virginia

Anti-Masonic

A-F Richard Biddle, Pennsylvania Edward Davies, Pennsylvania John Edwards , Pennsylvania

G-Z Thomas Henry, Pennsylvania Francis James, Pennsylvania Charles Ogle, Pennsylvania

Virginia Conservative

James Garland, Virginia George W. Hopkins, Virginia

Membership Changes

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

Senate replacements: 8 Democrats (D) : 1 seat net loss Whigs (W) : 1 seat net gain deaths: 3 resignations: 6 interim appointments: 0 Total seats with changes: 12

House of Representatives replacements: 15 Democrats (D) : 2 seat net loss Whigs (W) : 3 seat net gain Anti Masonics (AM) : 1 seat net loss deaths: 6 resignations: 9 contested election: 5 Total seats with changes: 20

Officers

Senate Secretary of the Senate: Asbury Dickens of North Carolina (U.S. state), elected December 12, 1836. Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Stephen Haight of New York, elected September 4, 1837. Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. George G. Cookman, Methodist, elected December 31, 1839.

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: Hugh A. Garland of Virginia, elected December 21, 1839. Sergeant at Arms of the House: Roderick Dorsey of Maryland, elected December 21, 1839. Doorkeeper of the House: Joseph Follansbee of Massachusetts, elected December 21, 1839. Postmaster of the House: William J. McCormick, elected December 21, 1839. Chaplain of the House The Rev. Joshua Bates, Congregationalist, elected December 2, 1839. The Rev. Thomas W. Braxton, Baptist, elected December 7, 1840.