26th United States Congress: Difference between revisions

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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

Arkansas

A/L: Edward Cross (D)

Connecticut ^[1]

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 ^[2]

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

Maine

Maryland ^[3]

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 ^[4]

A/L: Albert G. Brown (D)
A/L: Jacob Thompson (D)

Missouri ^[5]

A/L: Albert G. Harrison (D)
John Jameson (D)
A/L: John Miller (D)

New Hampshire ^[6]

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 ^[7]

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 ^[8]

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

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 ^[9]

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 ^[10]

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

South Carolina

Tennessee

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) ^[11]

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) ^[12]

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) ^[13]

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) ^[14]

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) ^[15]

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) ^[16]

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) ^[17]

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) ^[18]

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) ^[19]

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) ^[20]

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
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
John Ruggles, Maine

S-Z

Ambrose H. Sevier, Arkansas (U.S. state)
Perry Smith , Connecticut
Robert Strange, North Carolina
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

Whig

A-F

G-R

S-Z

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

D-E-F

G-H-I

J-K-L

M-N-O

P-Q-R

S-T-U-V

W-X-Y-Z

Whig

A-B-C

D-E-F

G-H-I

J-K-L

M-N-O

P-Q-R

S-T-U-V

W-X-Y-Z

Anti-Masonic

A-F

G-Z

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, 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.

Notes

↑ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.
↑ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.
↑ There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.
↑ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.
↑ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
↑ There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.
↑ There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.
↑ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[1] All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[2] All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[3] The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.

[4] Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[5] Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[6] All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[7] All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[8] There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.

[9] There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.

[10] Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[11] All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[12] All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[13] The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.

[14] Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[15] Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[16] All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[17] All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[18] There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.

[19] There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.

[20] Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

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@@ Line 1,002: / Line 1,002: @@
 * [[Garret D. Wall]], ''[[New Jersey]]''
 * [[Reuel Williams]], ''[[Maine]]''
-* [[Silas Wright| Silas Wright, Jr.]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Silas Wright| Silas Wright, Jr.]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Richard M. Young]], ''[[Illinois]]''
 |}
@@ Line 1,039: / Line 1,039: @@
 * [[Samuel L. Southard]], ''[[New Jersey]]''
 * [[John S. Spence]], ''[[Maryland]]''
-* [[Nathaniel P. Tallmadge]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Nathaniel P. Tallmadge]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Daniel Webster]], ''[[Massachusetts]]''
 * [[Albert White (U.S. Senator)| Albert S. White]], ''[[Indiana]]''
@@ Line 1,053: / Line 1,053: @@
 |
 :'''A-B-C'''
-* [[Judson Allen]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Judson Allen]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Hugh J. Anderson]], ''[[Maine]]''
 * [[Charles G. Atherton]], ''[[New Hampshire]]''
@@ Line 1,061: / Line 1,061: @@
 * [[Julius W. Blackwell]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
 * [[Linn Boyd]], ''[[Kentucky]]''
-* [[David P. Brewster]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[David P. Brewster]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Aaron V. Brown]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
 * [[Albert G. Brown]], ''[[Mississippi]]''
@@ Line 1,081: / Line 1,081: @@
 * [[Edward Cross (politician)| Edward Cross]], ''[[Arkansas (U.S. state)]]''
 :'''D-E-F'''
-* [[Amasa Dana]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Amasa Dana]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Thomas Davee]], ''[[Maine]]''
 * [[John Davis (Pennsylvania)| John Davis]], ''[[Pennsylvania]]''
 * [[John Wesley Davis| John W. Davis]], ''[[Indiana]]''
-* [[James De la Montanya]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[James De la Montanya]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Philemon Dickerson]], ''[[New Jersey]]''
 * [[William Doan]], ''[[Ohio]]''
-* [[Andrew W. Doig]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Andrew W. Doig]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[George Dromgoole| George C. Dromgoole]], ''[[Virginia]]''
 * [[Alexander Duncan]], ''[[Ohio]]''
-* [[Nehemiah H. Earll]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Nehemiah H. Earll]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Ira A. Eastman]], ''[[New Hampshire]]''
-* [[John Ely (representative)| John Ely]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[John Ely (representative)| John Ely]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
-* [[John Fine]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[John Fine]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Charles Fisher (congressman)| Charles Fisher]], ''[[North Carolina]]''
 * [[Isaac Fletcher]], ''[[Vermont]]''
-* [[John G. Floyd]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[John G. Floyd]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Joseph Fornance]], ''[[Pennsylvania]]''
 |
@@ Line 1,105: / Line 1,105: @@
 * [[John K. Griffin]], ''[[South Carolina]]''
 * [[Robert Hanna Hammond| Robert H. Hammond]], ''[[Pennsylvania]]''
-* [[Augustus C. Hand]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Augustus C. Hand]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Albert G. Harrison]], ''[[Missouri]]''
 * [[John Hastings (representative)| John Hastings]], ''[[Ohio]]''
@@ Line 1,117: / Line 1,117: @@
 * [[David Hubbard]], ''[[Alabama (U.S. state)]]''
 :'''J-K-L'''
-* [[Thomas B. Jackson]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Thomas B. Jackson]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[John Jameson]], ''[[Missouri]]''
 * [[Cave Johnson]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
 * [[Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician)| Joseph Johnson]], ''[[Virginia]]''
 * [[John Winston Jones| John W. Jones]], ''[[Virginia]]''
-* [[Nathaniel Jones (representative)| Nathaniel Jones]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Nathaniel Jones (representative)| Nathaniel Jones]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[George May Keim| George M. Keim]], ''[[Pennsylvania]]''
-* [[Gouverneur Kemble]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Gouverneur Kemble]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Joseph Kille]], ''[[New Jersey]]''
 * [[Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter| Daniel P. Leadbetter]], ''[[Ohio]]''
 * [[Isaac Leet]], ''[[Pennsylvania]]''
-* [[Stephen B. Leonard]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Stephen B. Leonard]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Dixon Hall Lewis| Dixon H. Lewis]], ''[[Alabama (U.S. state)]]''
 * [[Joshua A. Lowell]] , ''[[Maine]]''
 * [[William Lucas (politician)| William Lucas]] ''[[Virginia]]''
 :'''M-N-O'''
-* [[Meredith Mallory]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Meredith Mallory]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Albert Gallatin Marchand| Albert G. Marchand]], ''[[Pennsylvania]]''
 * [[Abraham McClellan]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
@@ Line 1,153: / Line 1,153: @@
 * [[Francis Wilkinson Pickens| Francis W. Pickens]], ''[[South Carolina]]''
 * [[William Wilson Potter| William W. Potter]], ''[[Pennsylvania]]''
-* [[John Holmes Prentiss| John H. Prentiss]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[John Holmes Prentiss| John H. Prentiss]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[William Sterrett Ramsey| William S. Ramsey]], ''[[Pennsylvania]]''
 * [[John Reynolds (U.S. politician)| John Reynolds]], ''[[Illinois]]''
@@ Line 1,159: / Line 1,159: @@
 * [[Francis E. Rives]], ''[[Virginia]]''
 * [[Thomas Robinson, Jr.]], ''[[Delaware (U.S. state)|Delaware]]''
-* [[Edward Rogers (representative)| Edward Rogers]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Edward Rogers (representative)| Edward Rogers]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[James Rogers (representative)| James Rogers]], ''[[South Carolina]]''
 * [[Daniel Bailey Ryall| Daniel B. Ryall]], ''[[New Jersey]]''
@@ Line 1,171: / Line 1,171: @@
 * [[David A. Starkweather]], ''[[Ohio]]''
 * [[Lewis Steenrod]], ''[[Virginia]]''
-* [[Theron R. Strong]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Theron R. Strong]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Thomas D. Sumter]], ''[[South Carolina]]''
 * [[Henry Swearingen]], ''[[Ohio]]''
@@ Line 1,180: / Line 1,180: @@
 * [[Jacob Thompson]], ''[[Mississippi]]''
 * [[Hopkins L. Turney]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
-* [[Aaron Vanderpoel]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Aaron Vanderpoel]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Peter Dumont Vroom| Peter D. Vroom]], ''[[New Jersey]]''
 :'''W-X-Y-Z'''
@@ Line 1,204: / Line 1,204: @@
 * [[Landaff Andrews| Landaff W. Andrews]], ''[[Kentucky]]''
 * [[Osmyn Baker]], ''[[Massachusetts]]''
-* [[Daniel D. Barnard]] ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Daniel D. Barnard]] ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[John Bell (Tennessee politician)| John Bell]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
 * [[Edward Junius Black| Edward J. Black]]  ''[[Georgia]]''
@@ Line 1,213: / Line 1,213: @@
 * [[George N. Briggs]], ''[[Massachusetts]]''
 * [[John H. Brockway]], ''[[Connecticut (U.S. state)|Connecticut]]''
-* [[Anson Brown]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Anson Brown]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[William B. Calhoun]], ''[[Massachusetts]]''
 * [[William B. Campbell]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
 * [[William Blount Carter| William B. Carter]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
 * [[Thomas Withers Chinn| Thomas W. Chinn]], ''[[Louisiana]]''
-* [[Thomas C. Chittenden]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Thomas C. Chittenden]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
-* [[John C. Clark]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[John C. Clark]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Walter T. Colquitt]], ''[[Georgia]]''
 * [[James Cooper (Pennsylvania)| James Cooper]], ''[[Pennsylvania]]''
@@ Line 1,227: / Line 1,227: @@
 * [[Robert B. Cranston]], ''[[Rhode Island]]''
 * [[John Wesley Crockett| John W. Crockett]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
-* [[Edward Curtis (politician)| Edward Curtis]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Edward Curtis (politician)| Edward Curtis]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Caleb Cushing]], ''[[Massachusetts]]''
 :'''D-E-F'''
@@ Line 1,235: / Line 1,235: @@
 * [[James Dellet]], ''[[Alabama (U.S. state)]]''
 * [[John Dennis (1807-1859)| John Dennis]], ''[[Maryland]]''
-* [[Nicholas B. Doe]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Nicholas B. Doe]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[George Evans (politician)| George Evans]], ''[[Maine]]''
 * [[Horace Everett]], ''[[Vermont]]''
-* [[Millard Fillmore]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Millard Fillmore]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 |
 :'''G-H-I'''
 * [[Rice Garland]], ''[[Louisiana]]''
-* [[Seth Merrill Gates| Seth M. Gates]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Seth Merrill Gates| Seth M. Gates]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Meredith Poindexter Gentry| Meredith P. Gentry]], ''[[Tennessee]]''
 * [[Joshua Reed Giddings| Joshua R. Giddings]], ''[[Ohio]]''
@@ Line 1,248: / Line 1,248: @@
 * [[Patrick Gaines Goode| Patrick G. Goode]], ''[[Ohio]]''
 * [[James Graham (NC politician)| James Graham]], ''[[North Carolina]]''
-* [[Francis Granger]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Francis Granger]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[William J. Graves]], ''[[Kentucky]]''
 * [[Willis Green]], ''[[Kentucky]]''
-* [[Moses H. Grinnell]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Moses H. Grinnell]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Richard W. Habersham]], ''[[Georgia]]''
 * [[Hiland Hall]], ''[[Vermont]]''
@@ Line 1,257: / Line 1,257: @@
 * [[Richard Hawes]], ''[[Kentucky]]''
 * [[John Hill (Virginia politician)| John Hill]], ''[[Virginia]]''
-* [[Josiah Ogden Hoffman]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Josiah Ogden Hoffman]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Hines Holt]], ''[[Georgia]]''
-* [[Hiram P. Hunt]] , ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Hiram P. Hunt]] , ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter| Robert M. T. Hunter]], ''[[Virginia]]''
 :'''J-K-L'''
 * [[Daniel Jenifer]], ''[[Maryland]]''
 * [[William Cost Johnson]], ''[[Maryland]]''
-* [[Charles Johnston (representative)| Charles Johnston]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Charles Johnston (representative)| Charles Johnston]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
-* [[Thomas Kempshall]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Thomas Kempshall]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Thomas Butler King]], ''[[Georgia]]''
 * [[Henry Smith Lane| Henry S. Lane]], ''[[Indiana]]''
@@ Line 1,272: / Line 1,272: @@
 :'''M-N-O'''
 * [[Francis Mallory]], ''[[Virginia]]''
-* [[Richard P. Marvin]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Richard P. Marvin]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Samson Mason]], ''[[Ohio]]''
 * [[William M. McCarty]], ''[[Virginia]]''
 * [[Charles F. Mercer]], ''[[Virginia]]''
-* [[Charles F. Mitchell]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Charles F. Mitchell]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
-* [[James Monroe (1799 - 1870)| James Monroe]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[James Monroe (1799 - 1870)| James Monroe]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[John Moore (Whig)| John Moore]], ''[[Louisiana]]''
-* [[Christopher Morgan]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Christopher Morgan]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Calvary Morris]], ''[[Ohio]]''
 * [[Jeremiah Morrow]], ''[[Ohio]]''
@@ Line 1,287: / Line 1,287: @@
 |
 :'''P-Q-R'''
-* [[Rufus Palen]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Rufus Palen]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
-* [[Luther C. Peck]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Luther C. Peck]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[John Pope (politician)| John Pope]], ''[[Kentucky]]''
 * [[George H. Proffit]], ''[[Indiana]]''
@@ Line 1,297: / Line 1,297: @@
 * [[John Reed, Jr.]], ''[[Massachusetts]]''
 * [[Joseph Ridgway]], ''[[Ohio]]''
-* [[David Abel Russell| David A. Russell]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[David Abel Russell| David A. Russell]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 :'''S-T-U-V'''
 * [[Leverett Saltonstall I| Leverett Saltonstall]], ''[[Massachusetts]]''
@@ Line 1,316: / Line 1,316: @@
 * [[Joseph R. Underwood]] , ''[[Kentucky]]''
 :'''W-X-Y-Z'''
-* [[Peter Joseph Wagner| Peter J. Wagner]], ''[[New York]]''
+* [[Peter Joseph Wagner| Peter J. Wagner]], ''[[New York (disambiguation)|New York]]''
 * [[Lott Warren]] , ''[[Georgia]]''
 * [[Edward Douglass White Sr.| Edward D. White]], ''[[Louisiana]]''
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 ** [[Asbury Dickens]] of [[North Carolina]], elected December 12, 1836.
 *[[Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate| Sergeant at Arms of the Senate]]:
-** [[Stephen Haight]] of [[New York]], elected September 4, 1837.
+** [[Stephen Haight]] of [[New York (disambiguation)|New York]], elected September 4, 1837.
 *[[Chaplain of the United States Senate| Chaplain of the Senate]]
 ** [[George G. Cookman| The Rev. George G. Cookman]], [[Methodism| ''Methodist'']], elected December 31, 1839.

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