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## Contents

* 1 Dates of sessions
* 2 Party summary
* 3 Leadership
* 4 Major events
* 5 Major legislation
* 6 Membership highlights by chamber
* 6.1 Senate
* 6.2 House of Representatives
* 6.3 Delegates
* 7 Membership detail by state
* 7.1 Alabama
* 7.2 Arkansas
* 7.3 Connecticut
* 7.4 Delaware
* 7.5 Georgia
* 7.6 Illinois
* 7.7 Indiana
* 7.8 Kentucky
* 7.9 Louisiana
* 7.10 Maine
* 7.11 Maryland
* 7.12 Massachusetts
* 7.13 Michigan
* 7.14 Mississippi
* 7.15 Missouri
* 7.16 New Hampshire
* 7.17 New Jersey
* 7.18 New York
* 7.19 North Carolina
* 7.20 Ohio
* 7.21 Pennsylvania
* 7.22 Rhode Island
* 7.23 South Carolina
* 7.24 Tennessee
* 7.25 Vermont
* 7.26 Virginia
* 7.27 Delegates
* 8 Membership detail by Chamber/Party
* 8.1 Senate
* 8.1.1 Democratic
* 8.1.2 Whig
* 8.1.3 Law and Order
* 8.2 House of Representatives
* 8.2.1 Democratic
* 8.2.2 Whig
* 8.2.3 Independent Democratic
* 8.2.4 Independent Whig
* 8.2.5 Law and Order
* 9 Membership Changes
* 10 Officers
* 11 Notes

The Twenty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845, during the last two years of the administration of  U.S. President John Tyler.

The apportionment of seats in this  House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. The Senate had a  Whig majority, and the House had a  Democratic majority.

### Dates of sessions[edit]

March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845

* First session: December 4, 1843 - June 17, 1844.
* Second session: December 2, 1844 - March 3, 1845.
* Previous congress: 27th Congress

* Next congress: 29th Congress

### Party summary[edit]

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

* Whig  (W) : 29 (majority)
* Democratic  (D) : 23
* vacant: 2

TOTAL members: 54

House of Representatives

* Democratic  (D) : 147 (majority)
* Whig  (W) : 72
* Law and Order  (LO) : 2
* Independent Democrat: 1
* Independent Whig: 1
* vacant: 1

TOTAL members: 224

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### Leadership[edit]

* President: Vacant
* President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum,  Whig of North Carolina, elected December 4, 1843.

House of Representatives

* Speaker:  John W. Jones,  Democratic of Virginia, elected December 4, 1843.

### Major events[edit]

Events of 1843, 1844 & 1845

### Major legislation[edit]

List of United States federal legislation in the 28th Congress

* March 3, 1845 -- Florida was admitted as a state into the Union.

### Membership highlights by chamber[edit]

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

#### Senate[edit]

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1848.

Alabama

* 2:  William R. D. King (D)

Dixon H. Lewis (D)
* 3: Arthur P. Bagby (D)

Arkansas

* 2:  William S. Fulton (D)

Chester Ashley (D)
* 3:  Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

Connecticut

* 1: Jabez W. Huntington (W)
* 3:  John M. Niles (D)

Delaware

* 1: Richard H. Bayard (W)
* 2: Thomas Clayton (W)

Florida

* 1: vacant
* 2: vacant

Georgia

* 2:  John Mcpherson Berrien (W)
* 3: Walter T. Colquitt (D)

Illinois

* 2: Samuel McRoberts (D)

James Semple (D)
* 3: Sidney Breese (D)

Indiana

* 1:  Albert S. White (W)
* 3: Edward A. Hannegan (D)

Kentucky

* 2:  James T. Morehead (W)
* 3: John J. Crittenden (W)

Louisiana

* 2: Alexander Barrow (W)
* 3: Henry Johnson (W)

Maine

* 2:  George Evans (W)
* 1: John Fairfield (D)

Maryland

* 1:  William D. Merrick (W)
* 3:  James A. Pearce (W)

Massachusetts

* 2: Isaac C. Bates (W)
* 1: Rufus Choate (W)

Michigan

* 1:  Augustus S. Porter (W)
* 2: William Woodbridge (W)

Mississippi

* 2: Robert J. Walker (D)
* 1:  John Henderson (W)

Missouri

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

David R. Atchison (D)

New Hampshire

* 2: Levi Woodbury (D)
* 3: Charles G. Atherton (D)

New Jersey

* 2: Jacob W. Miller (W)
* 1: William L. Dayton (W)

New York

* 3:  Silas Wright, Jr. (D)

Henry A. Foster (D)
John A. Dix (D)
* 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W)

Daniel S. Dickinson (D)

North Carolina

* 2:  Willie P. Mangum (W)
* 3:  William H. Haywood, Jr. (D)

Ohio

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

Pennsylvania

* 3: James Buchanan (D)
* 1: Daniel Sturgeon (D)

Rhode Island

* 2: James F. Simmons (W)
* 1:  William Sprague (W)

John B. Francis (LO)

South Carolina

* 3: George McDuffie (D)
* 2:  Daniel E. Huger (D)

Tennessee

* 1: Ephraim H. Foster (W)
* 2: Spencer Jarnagin (W)

Vermont

* 1: Samuel S. Phelps (W)
* 3: William Upham (W)

Virginia

* 1:  William C. Rives (W)
* 2: William S. Archer (W)

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#### House of Representatives[edit]

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: James Dellet (W)
* 2: James E. Belser (D)
* 3: Dixon H. Lewis (D)

William L. Yancey (D)
* 4: William W. Payne (D)
* 5: George S. Houston (D)
* 6: Reuben Chapman (D)
* 7: Felix G. McConnell (D)

Arkansas

* A/L: Edward Cross (D)

Connecticut

* 1: Thomas H. Seymour (D)
* 2: John Stewart (D)
* 3: George S. Catlin (D)
* 4: Samuel Simons (D)

Delaware

* A/L: George B. Rodney (W)

Florida

* A/L: vacant

Georgia [1]

* A/L: Edward J. Black (D)
* A/L: Howell Cobb (D)
* A/L: Mark A. Cooper (D)

Alexander H. Stephens (W)
* A/L: Hugh A. Haralson (D)
* A/L: John B. Lamar (D)

Absalom H. Chappell (W)
* A/L: John H. Lumpkin (D)
* A/L: John Millen (D)

Duncan L. Clinch (W)
* A/L: William H. Stiles (D)

Illinois

* 1: Robert Smith (D)
* 2: John A. McClernand (D)
* 3: Orlando B. Ficklin (D)
* 4: John Wentworth (D)
* 5: Stephen A. Douglas (D)
* 6: Joseph P. Hoge (D)
* 7: John J. Hardin (W)

Indiana

* 1: Robert D. Owen (D)
* 2: Thomas J. Henley (D)
* 3: Thomas Smith (D)
* 4: Caleb B. Smith (W)
* 5: William J. Brown (D)
* 6: John W. Davis (D)
* 7: Joseph A. Wright (D)
* 8: John Pettit (D)
* 9: Samuel C. Sample (W)
* 10: Andrew Kennedy (D)

Kentucky

* 1: Linn Boyd (D)
* 2: Willis Green (W)
* 3: Henry Grider (W)
* 4: George A. Caldwell (D)
* 5: James W. Stone (D)
* 6: John White (W)
* 7: William P. Thomasson (W)
* 8: Garrett Davis (W)
* 9: Richard French (D)
* 10: John W. Tibbatts (D)

Louisiana

* 1: John Slidell (D)
* 2: Alcée L. La Branche (D)
* 3: John B. Dawson (D)
* 4: Pierre E. J. B. Bossier (D)

Isaac E. Morse (D)

Maine

* 1: Joshua Herrick (D)
* 2: Robert P. Dunlap (D)
* 3: Luther Severance (W)
* 4: Freeman H. Morse (W)
* 5: Benjamin White (D)
* 6: Hannibal Hamlin (D)
* 7: Shepard Cary (D)

Maryland

* 1: John M. S. Causin (W)
* 2: Francis Brengle (W)
* 3: John Wethered (W)
* 4: John P. Kennedy (W)
* 5: Jacob A. Preston (W)
* 6: Thomas A. Spence (W)

Massachusetts

* 1: Robert C. Winthrop (W)
* 2: Daniel P. King (W)
* 3: Amos Abbott (W)
* 4: William Parmenter (D)
* 5: Charles Hudson (W)
* 6: Osmyn Baker (W)
* 7: Julius Rockwell (W)
* 8: John Quincy Adams (W)
* 9: Henry Williams (D)
* 10: Barker Burnell (W)

Joseph Grinnell (W)

Michigan

* 1: Robert McClelland (D)
* 2: Lucius Lyon (D)
* 3: James B. Hunt (D)

Mississippi [2]

* A/L: William H. Hammett (D)
* A/L: Robert W. Roberts (D)
* A/L: Jacob Thompson (D)
* A/L: Tilghman M. Tucker (D)

Missouri [3]

* A/L: Gustavus M. Bower (D)
* A/L: James B. Bowlin (D)
* A/L: James M. Hughes (D)
* A/L: John Jameson (D)
* A/L: James H. Relfe (D)

New Hampshire [4]

* A/L: Edmund Burke (D)
* A/L: John P. Hale (D)
* A/L: Moses Norris, Jr. (D)
* A/L: John R. Reding (D)

New Jersey

* 1: Lucius Q. C. Elmer (D)
* 2: George Sykes (D)
* 3: Isaac G. Farlee (D)
* 4: Littleton Kirkpatrick (D)
* 5: William Wright (IW)

New York

* 1: Selah B. Strong (D)
* 2: Henry C. Murphy (D)
* 3: J. Phillips Phoenix (W)
* 4: William B. Maclay (D)
* 5: Moses G. Leonard (D)
* 6: Hamilton Fish (W)
* 7: Joseph H. Anderson (D)
* 8: Richard D. Davis (D)
* 9: James G. Clinton (D)
* 10: Jeremiah Russell (D)
* 11: Zadock Pratt (D)
* 12: David L. Seymour (D)
* 13: Daniel D. Barnard (W)
* 14: Charles Rogers (W)
* 15: Lemuel Stetson (D)
* 16: Chesselden Ellis (D)
* 17: Charles S. Benton (D)
* 18: Preston King (D)
* 19: Orville Hungerford (D)
* 20: Samuel Beardsley (D)

Levi D. Carpenter (D)
* 21: Jeremiah E. Cary (D)
* 22: Smith M. Purdy (D)
* 23: Orville Robinson (D)
* 24: Horace Wheaton (D)
* 25: George O. Rathbun (D)
* 26: Amasa Dana (D)
* 27: Byram Green (D)
* 28: Thomas J. Patterson (W)
* 29: Charles H. Carroll (W)
* 30: William S. Hubbell (D)
* 31: Asher Tyler (W)
* 32: William A. Moseley (W)
* 33: Albert Smith (W)
* 34: Washington Hunt (W)

North Carolina

* 1: Thomas L. Clingman (W)
* 2: Daniel M. Barringer (W)
* 3: David S. Reid (D)
* 4: Edmund Deberry (W)
* 5: Romulus M. Saunders (D)
* 6: James I. McKay (D)
* 7: John R. J. Daniel (D)
* 8: Archibald H. Arrington (D)
* 9: Kenneth Rayner (W)

Ohio

* 1: Alexander Duncan (D)
* 2: John B. Weller (D)
* 3: Robert C. Schenck (W)
* 4: Joseph Vance (W)
* 5: Emery D. Potter (D)
* 6: Henry St. John (D)
* 7: Joseph J. McDowell (D)
* 8: John I. Vanmeter (W)
* 9: Elias Florence (W)
* 10: Heman Allen Moore (D)

Alfred P. Stone (D)
* 11: Jacob Brinkerhoff (D)
* 12: Samuel F. Vinton (W)
* 13: Perley B. Johnson (W)
* 14: Alexander Harper (W)
* 15: Joseph Morris (D)
* 16: James Mathews (D)
* 17: William C. McCauslen (D)
* 18: Ezra Dean (D)
* 19: Daniel R. Tilden (W)
* 20: Joshua R. Giddings (W)
* 21: Henry R. Brinkerhoff (D)

Edward S. Hamlin (W)

Pennsylvania

* 1: Edward Joy Morris (W)
* 2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (W)
* 3: John T. Smith (D)
* 4: Charles J. Ingersoll (D)
* 5: Jacob S. Yost (D)
* 6: Michael H. Jenks (W)
* 7: Abraham R. McIlvaine (W)
* 8: Jeremiah Brown (W)
* 9: John Ritter (D)
* 10: Richard Brodhead (D)
* 11: Benjamin A. Bidlack (D)
* 12: Almon H. Read (D)

George Fuller (D)
* 13: Henry Frick (W)

James Pollock (W)
* 14: Alexander Ramsey (W)
* 15: Henry Nes (ID)
* 16: James Black (D)
* 17: James Irvin (W)
* 18: Andrew Stewart (W)
* 19: Henry D. Foster (D)
* 20: John Dickey (W)
* 21: William Wilkins (D)

Cornelius Darragh (W)
* 22: Samuel Hays (D)
* 23: Charles M. Reed (W)
* 24: Joseph Buffington (W)

Rhode Island

* 1: Henry Y. Cranston (LO)
* 2: Elisha R. Potter (LO)

South Carolina

* 1: James A. Black (D)
* 2: Richard F. Simpson (D)
* 3: Joseph A. Woodward (D)
* 4: John Campbell (D)
* 5: Armistead Burt (D)
* 6: Isaac E. Holmes (D)
* 7: R. Barnwell Rhett (D)

Tennessee

* 1: Andrew Johnson (D)
* 2: William T. Senter (W)
* 3: Julius W. Blackwell (D)
* 4: Alvan Cullom (D)
* 5: George W. Jones (D)
* 6: Aaron V. Brown (D)
* 7: David W. Dickinson (W)
* 8: Joseph H. Peyton (W)
* 9: Cave Johnson (D)
* 10: John B. Ashe (W)
* 11: Milton Brown (W)

Vermont

* 1: Solomon Foot (W)
* 2: Jacob Collamer (W)
* 3: George P. Marsh (W)
* 4: Paul Dillingham, Jr. (D)

Virginia

* 1: Archibald Atkinson (D)
* 2: George C. Dromgoole (D)
* 3: Walter Coles (D)
* 4: Edmund W. Hubard (D)
* 5: Thomas W. Gilmer (D)

William L. Goggin (W)
* 6: John W. Jones (D)
* 7: Henry A. Wise (D)

Thomas H. Bayly (D)
* 8: Willoughby Newton (W)
* 9: Samuel Chilton (W)
* 10: William Lucas (D)
* 11: William Taylor (D)
* 12: Augustus A. Chapman (D)
* 13: George W. Hopkins (D)
* 14: George W. Summers (W)
* 15: Lewis Steenrod (D)

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#### Delegates[edit]

Florida Territory

* A/L: David Levy Yulee (D)

Iowa Territory

* A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (D)

Wisconsin Territory

* A/L: Henry Dodge (D)

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### Membership detail by state[edit]

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1848.

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[edit]

Senate

* 2:  William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic …resigned April 14, 1844.

Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, April 22, 1844, subsequently elected.
* 3: Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

* 1: James Dellet (1788-1848), Whig
* 2: James E. Belser (1805-1859), Democratic
* 3:  Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …resigned April 22, 1844.

William L. Yancey (1814-1863), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
* 4: William W. Payne (1807-1874), Democratic
* 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
* 6: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic
* 7: Felix G. McConnell (1809-1846), Democratic

#### Arkansas[edit]

Senate

* 2:  William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic …died August 15, 1844.

Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 8, 1844.
* 3:  Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

* A/L:  Edward Cross (1798-1887), Democratic

#### Connecticut[edit]

Senate

* 1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig
* 3:  John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

* 1: Thomas H. Seymour (1807-1868), Democratic
* 2:  John Stewart (1795-1860), Democratic
* 3: George S. Catlin (1808-1851), Democratic
* 4: Samuel Simons (1792-1847), Democratic

#### Delaware[edit]

Senate

* 1: Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), Whig
* 2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig

House of Representatives (1 seat)

* A/L: George B. Rodney (1803-1883), Whig

#### Georgia[edit]

Senate

* 2:  John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig
* 3: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats) [5]

* A/L:  Edward J. Black (1806-1846), Democratic
* A/L: Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic
* A/L:  Mark A. Cooper (1800-1885), Democratic …resigned April 14, 1844.

Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1843.
* A/L: Hugh A. Haralson (1805-1854), Democratic
* A/L:  John B. Lamar (1812-1862), Democratic …resigned July 29, 1843, before Congress assembled.

Absalom H. Chappell (1801-1878), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1843.
* A/L:  John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Democratic
* A/L: John Millen (1804-1843), Democratic …died October 15, 1843, before Congress assembled.

Duncan L. Clinch (1787-1849), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 15, 1844.
* A/L:  William H. Stiles (1808-1865), Democratic

#### Illinois[edit]

Senate

* 2: Samuel McRoberts (1799-1843), Democratic …died March 27, 1843.

James Semple (1798-1866), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, August 16, 1843, subsequently elected.
* 3: Sidney Breese (1800-1878), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

* 1:  Robert Smith (1802-1867), Democratic
* 2:  John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic
* 3: Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Democratic
* 4:  John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic
* 5: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
* 6: Joseph P. Hoge (1810-1891), Democratic
* 7: John J. Hardin (1810-1847), Whig

#### Indiana[edit]

Senate

* 1:  Albert S. White (1803-1864), Whig
* 3: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

* 1:  Robert D. Owen (1801-1877), Democratic
* 2: Thomas J. Henley (1810-1865), Democratic
* 3:  Thomas Smith (1799-1876), Democratic
* 4:  Caleb B. Smith (1808-1864), Whig
* 5:  William J. Brown (1805-1857), Democratic
* 6:  John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic
* 7: Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867), Democratic
* 8: John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic
* 9: Samuel C. Sample (1796-1855), Whig
* 10:  Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847), Democratic

#### Kentucky[edit]

Senate

* 2:  James T. Morehead (1797-1854), Whig
* 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

* 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
* 2: Willis Green ( - ), Whig
* 3: Henry Grider (1796-1866), Whig
* 4:  George A. Caldwell (1814-1866), Democratic
* 5: James W. Stone (1813-1854), Democratic
* 6:  John White (1802-1845), Whig
* 7: William P. Thomasson (1797-1882), Whig
* 8: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig
* 9: Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic
* 10: John W. Tibbatts (1802-1852), Democratic

#### Louisiana[edit]

Senate

* 2: Alexander Barrow (1801-1846), Whig
* 3:  Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 12, 1844.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

* 1: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic
* 2:  Alcée L. La Branche (1806-1861), Democratic
* 3:  John B. Dawson (1798-1845), Democratic
* 4:  Pierre E. J. B. Bossier (1797-1844), Democratic …died April 24, 1844.

Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.

#### Maine[edit]

Senate

* 2:  George Evans (1797-1867), Whig
* 1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

* 1: Joshua Herrick (1793-1874), Democratic
* 2: Robert P. Dunlap (1794-1859), Democratic
* 3: Luther Severance (1797-1855), Whig
* 4: Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Whig
* 5: Benjamin White (1790-1860), Democratic …seated December 2, 1844.
* 6: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic
* 7: Shepard Cary (1805-1866), Democratic …seated May 10, 1844.

#### Maryland[edit]

Senate

* 1:  William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Whig
* 3:  James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig

House of Representatives (6 seats)

* 1:  John M. S. Causin (1811-1861), Whig
* 2: Francis Brengle (1807-1846), Whig
* 3: John Wethered (1809-1888), Whig
* 4: John P. Kennedy (1795-1870), Whig
* 5: Jacob A. Preston (1796-1868), Whig
* 6:  Thomas A. Spence (1810-1877), Whig

#### Massachusetts[edit]

Senate

* 2: Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig
* 1: Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

* 1:  Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig
* 2: Daniel P. King (1801-1850), Whig
* 3: Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Whig
* 4: William Parmenter (1789-1866), Democratic
* 5:  Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Whig
* 6: Osmyn Baker (1800-1875), Whig
* 7: Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig
* 8: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig
* 9:  Henry Williams (1805-1887), Democratic
* 10: Barker Burnell (1798-1843), Whig …died June 15, 1843, before Congress assembled.

Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1843.

#### Michigan[edit]

Senate

* 1:  Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), Whig
* 2: William Woodbridge (1780-1861), Whig

House of Representatives (3 seats)

* 1:  Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Democratic
* 2: Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Democratic
* 3: James B. Hunt (1799-1857), Democratic

#### Mississippi[edit]

Senate

* 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic
* 1:  John Henderson (1797-1857), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats) [6]

* A/L: William H. Hammett (1799-1861), Democratic
* A/L: Robert W. Roberts (1784-1865), Democratic
* A/L: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic
* A/L:  Tilghman M. Tucker (1802-1859), Democratic

#### Missouri[edit]

Senate

* 1:  Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
* 3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic …died October 3, 1843.

David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1844.

House of Representatives (5 seats) [7]

* A/L: Gustavus M. Bower (1790-1864), Democratic
* A/L: James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Democratic
* A/L: James M. Hughes (1809-1861), Democratic
* A/L: John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic
* A/L: James H. Relfe (1791-1863), Democratic

#### New Hampshire[edit]

Senate

* 2: Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), Democratic
* 3: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats) [8]

* A/L:  Edmund Burke (1809-1882), Democratic
* A/L: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Democratic
* A/L:  Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic
* A/L: John R. Reding (1805-1892), Democratic

#### New Jersey[edit]

Senate

* 2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig
* 1: William L. Dayton (1807-1864), Whig

House of Representatives (5 seats)

* 1:  Lucius Q. C. Elmer (1793-1883), Democratic
* 2:  George Sykes (1802-1880), Democratic
* 3: Isaac G. Farlee (1787-1855), Democratic
* 4: Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859), Democratic
* 5:  William Wright (1794-1866), Independent Whig

#### New York[edit]

Senate

* 3:  Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic …resigned November 26, 1844.

Henry A. Foster (1800-1889), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30, 1844.
John A. Dix (1798-1879), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 18, 1844.
* 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Whig …resigned June 17, 1844.

Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30, 1844.

House of Representatives (34 seats)

* 1: Selah B. Strong (1792-1872), Democratic
* 2:  Henry C. Murphy (1810-1882), Democratic
* 3: J. Phillips Phoenix (1788-1859), Whig
* 4: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic
* 5: Moses G. Leonard (1809-1899), Democratic
* 6: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Whig
* 7: Joseph H. Anderson (1800-1870), Democratic
* 8: Richard D. Davis (1799-1871), Democratic
* 9: James G. Clinton (1804-1849), Democratic
* 10: Jeremiah Russell (1786-1867), Democratic
* 11: Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), Democratic
* 12: David L. Seymour (1803-1867), Democratic
* 13: Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), Whig
* 14:  Charles Rogers (1800-1874), Whig
* 15: Lemuel Stetson (1804-1868), Democratic
* 16: Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854), Democratic
* 17: Charles S. Benton (1810-1882), Democratic
* 18: Preston King (1806-1865), Democratic
* 19: Orville Hungerford (1790-1851), Democratic
* 20: Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic …resigned March 6, 1844.

Levi D. Carpenter (1802-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
* 21: Jeremiah E. Cary (1803-1888), Democratic
* 22: Smith M. Purdy (1796-1870), Democratic
* 23: Orville Robinson (1801-1882), Democratic
* 24: Horace Wheaton (1803-1882), Democratic
* 25: George O. Rathbun (1803-1870), Democratic
* 26: Amasa Dana (1792-1867), Democratic
* 27: Byram Green (1786-1865), Democratic
* 28:  Thomas J. Patterson (1808c- ), Whig
* 29: Charles H. Carroll (1794-1865), Whig
* 30:  William S. Hubbell (1801-1873), Democratic
* 31: Asher Tyler (1798-1875), Whig
* 32: William A. Moseley (1798-1873), Whig
* 33:  Albert Smith (1805-1870), Whig
* 34: Washington Hunt (1811-1867), Whig

#### North Carolina[edit]

Senate

* 2:  Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
* 3:  William H. Haywood, Jr. (1801-1852), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

* 1:  Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Whig
* 2:  Daniel M. Barringer (1806-1873), Whig
* 3:  David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic
* 4: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig
* 5:  Romulus M. Saunders (1791-1867), Democratic
* 6:  James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
* 7:  John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic
* 8:  Archibald H. Arrington (1809-1872), Democratic
* 9: Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), Whig

#### Ohio[edit]

Senate

* 3:  William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
* 1: Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (21 seats)

* 1:  Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), Democratic
* 2: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
* 3: Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Whig
* 4: Joseph Vance (1786-1852), Whig
* 5: Emery D. Potter (1804-1896), Democratic
* 6:  Henry St. John (1783-1869), Democratic
* 7: Joseph J. McDowell (1800-1877), Democratic
* 8: John I. Vanmeter (1798-1875), Whig
* 9: Elias Florence (1797-1880), Whig
* 10: Heman Allen Moore (1809-1844), Democratic …died April 3, 1844.

Alfred P. Stone (1813-1865), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
* 11: Jacob Brinkerhoff (1810-1880), Democratic
* 12:  Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Whig
* 13: Perley B. Johnson (1798-1870), Whig
* 14: Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig
* 15:  Joseph Morris (1795-1854), Democratic
* 16:  James Mathews (1805-1887), Democratic
* 17: William C. McCauslen (1796-1863), Democratic
* 18: Ezra Dean (1795-1872), Democratic
* 19: Daniel R. Tilden (1804-1890), Whig
* 20:  Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig
* 21: Henry R. Brinkerhoff (1787-1844), Democratic …died April 30, 1844.

Edward S. Hamlin (1808-1894), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.

#### Pennsylvania[edit]

Senate

* 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic
* 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic

House of Representatives (24 seats)

* 1: Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Whig
* 2:  Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), Whig
* 3:  John T. Smith ( - ), Democratic
* 4:  Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Democratic
* 5:  Jacob S. Yost (1801-1872), Democratic
* 6:  Michael H. Jenks (1795-1867), Whig
* 7:  Abraham R. McIlvaine (1804-1863), Whig
* 8: Jeremiah Brown (1785-1858), Whig
* 9:  John Ritter (1779-1851), Democratic
* 10: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
* 11:  Benjamin A. Bidlack (1804-1849), Democratic
* 12:  Almon H. Read (1790-1844), Democratic …died June 3, 1844.

George Fuller (1802-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
* 13: Henry Frick (1795-1844), Whig …died March 1, 1844.

James Pollock (1810-1890), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 23, 1844.
* 14: Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Whig
* 15: Henry Nes (1799-1850), Independent Democratic
* 16:  James Black (1793-1872), Democratic
* 17: James Irvin (1800-1862), Whig
* 18: Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Whig
* 19:  Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Democratic
* 20: John Dickey (1794-1853), Whig
* 21:  William Wilkins (1779-1865), Democratic …resigned February 14, 1844.

Cornelius Darragh (1809-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 26, 1844.
* 22: Samuel Hays (1783-1868), Democratic
* 23:  Charles M. Reed (1803-1871), Whig
* 24:  Joseph Buffington (1803-1872), Whig

#### Rhode Island[edit]

Senate

* 2: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Whig
* 1:  William Sprague (1799-1856), Whig …resigned January 17, 1844.

John B. Francis (1791-1864), Law and Order …elected to fill vacancy, January 25, 1844.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

* 1: Henry Y. Cranston (1789-1864), Law and Order
* 2: Elisha R. Potter (1811-1882), Law and Order

#### South Carolina[edit]

Senate

* 3: George McDuffie (1790-1851), Democratic
* 2:  Daniel E. Huger (1779-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, March 4, 1843, resigned March 3, 1844.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

* 1: James A. Black (1793-1848), Democratic
* 2: Richard F. Simpson (1798-1882), Democratic
* 3: Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), Democratic
* 4:  John Campbell (1795-1845), Democratic
* 5: Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic
* 6: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic
* 7:  R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic

#### Tennessee[edit]

Senate

* 1: Ephraim H. Foster (1794-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 17, 1843.
* 2: Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, October 17, 1843.

House of Representatives (11 seats)

* 1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
* 2:  William T. Senter (1801-1848), Whig
* 3: Julius W. Blackwell (1797c- ), Democratic
* 4: Alvan Cullom (1797-1877), Democratic
* 5:  George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
* 6: Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), Democratic
* 7: David W. Dickinson (1808-1845), Whig
* 8:  Joseph H. Peyton (1808-1845), Whig
* 9: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
* 10:  John B. Ashe (1810-1857), Whig
* 11:  Milton Brown (1804-1883), Whig

#### Vermont[edit]

Senate

* 1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig
* 3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats)

* 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig
* 2: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Whig
* 3:  George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Whig
* 4: Paul Dillingham, Jr. (1799-1891), Democratic

#### Virginia[edit]

Senate

* 1:  William C. Rives (1793-1868), Whig
* 2: William S. Archer (1789-1855), Whig

House of Representatives (15 seats)

* 1: Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Democratic
* 2:  George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic
* 3: Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic
* 4: Edmund W. Hubard (1806-1878), Democratic
* 5:  Thomas W. Gilmer (1802-1844), Democratic …resigned February 16, 1844.

William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 10, 1844.
* 6: John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic
* 7: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Democratic …resigned February 12, 1844.

Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 6, 1844.
* 8: Willoughby Newton (1802-1874), Whig
* 9: Samuel Chilton (1804-1867), Whig
* 10:  William Lucas (1800-1877), Democratic
* 11:  William Taylor (1788-1846), Democratic
* 12: Augustus A. Chapman (1803-1876), Democratic
* 13:  George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Democratic
* 14: George W. Summers (1804-1868), Whig
* 15: Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), Democratic

#### Delegates[edit]

Florida Territory

* A/L: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic …granted statehood March 3, 1844.

Iowa Territory

* A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic

Wisconsin Territory

* A/L: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic

### Membership detail by Chamber/Party[edit]

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

#### Senate[edit]

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

#####  Democratic[edit]

A-F

* William Allen, Ohio
* Chester Ashley, Arkansas
* David R. Atchison, Missouri
* Charles G. Atherton, New Hampshire
* Arthur P. Bagby, Alabama
* Thomas H. Benton, Missouri
* Sidney Breese, Illinois
* James Buchanan, Pennsylvania
* Walter T. Colquitt, Georgia
* Daniel S. Dickinson, New York
* John A. Dix, New York
* John Fairfield, Maine
* Henry A. Foster, New York
* William S. Fulton, Arkansas

G-R

* Edward A. Hannegan, Indiana
* William H. Haywood, Jr., North Carolina
* Daniel E. Huger, South Carolina
* William R. D. King, Alabama
* Dixon H. Lewis, Alabama
* Lewis F. Linn, Missouri
* George McDuffie, South Carolina
* Samuel McRoberts, Illinois
* John M. Niles, Connecticut

S-Z

* James Semple, Illinois
* Ambrose H. Sevier, Arkansas
* Daniel Sturgeon, Pennsylvania
* Benjamin Tappan, Ohio
* Robert J. Walker, Mississippi
* Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire
* Silas Wright, Jr., New York

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#####  Whig[edit]

A-F

* William S. Archer, Virginia
* Alexander Barrow, Louisiana
* Isaac C. Bates, Massachusetts
* Richard H. Bayard, Delaware
* John Mcpherson Berrien, Georgia
* Rufus Choate, Massachusetts
* Thomas Clayton, Delaware
* John J. Crittenden, Kentucky
* William L. Dayton, New Jersey
* George Evans, Maine
* Ephraim H. Foster, Tennessee

G-R

* John Henderson, Mississippi
* Jabez W. Huntington, Connecticut
* Spencer Jarnagin, Tennessee
* Henry Johnson, Louisiana
* Willie P. Mangum, North Carolina
* William D. Merrick, Maryland
* Jacob W. Miller, New Jersey
* James T. Morehead, Kentucky
* James A. Pearce, Maryland
* Samuel S. Phelps, Vermont
* Augustus S. Porter, Michigan
* William C. Rives, Virginia

S-Z

* James F. Simmons, Rhode Island
* William Sprague, Rhode Island
* Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, New York
* William Upham, Vermont
* Albert S. White, Indiana
* William Woodbridge, Michigan

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#####  Law and Order[edit]

* John B. Francis, Rhode Island

#### House of Representatives[edit]

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

#####  Democratic[edit]

A-B-C

* Joseph H. Anderson, New York
* Archibald H. Arrington, North Carolina
* Archibald Atkinson, Virginia
* Thomas H. Bayly, Virginia .
* Samuel Beardsley, New York .
* James E. Belser, Alabama
* Charles S. Benton, New York
* Benjamin A. Bidlack, Pennsylvania
* Edward J. Black, Georgia
* James Black, Pennsylvania
* James A. Black, South Carolina
* Julius W. Blackwell, Tennessee
* Pierre E. J. B. Bossier, Louisiana
* Gustavus M. Bower, Missouri
* James B. Bowlin, Missouri
* Linn Boyd, Kentucky
* Henry R. Brinkerhoff, Ohio
* Jacob Brinkerhoff, Ohio
* Richard Brodhead, Pennsylvania
* Aaron V. Brown, Tennessee
* William J. Brown, Indiana
* Edmund Burke, New Hampshire
* Armistead Burt, South Carolina
* George A. Caldwell, Kentucky
* John Campbell, South Carolina
* Levi D. Carpenter, New York
* Jeremiah E. Cary, New York
* Shepard Cary, Maine .
* George S. Catlin, Connecticut
* Augustus A. Chapman]], Virginia
* Reuben Chapman, Alabama
* James G. Clinton, New York
* Howell Cobb, Georgia
* Walter Coles, Virginia
* Mark A. Cooper, Georgia
* Edward Cross, Arkansas
* Alvan Cullom, Tennessee

D-E-F

* Amasa Dana, New York
* John R. J. Daniel, North Carolina
* John W. Davis, Indiana
* Richard D. Davis, New York
* John B. Dawson, Louisiana
* Ezra Dean, Ohio
* Paul Dillingham, Jr., Vermont
* Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois
* George C. Dromgoole, Virginia
* Alexander Duncan, Ohio
* Robert P. Dunlap, Maine
* Chesselden Ellis, New York
* Lucius Q. C. Elmer, New Jersey
* Isaac G. Farlee, New Jersey
* Orlando B. Ficklin, Illinois
* Henry D. Foster, Pennsylvania
* Richard French, Kentucky
* George Fuller, Pennsylvania

G-H-I

* Thomas W. Gilmer, Virginia
* Byram Green, New York
* John P. Hale, New Hampshire
* Hannibal Hamlin, Maine
* William H. Hammett, Mississippi
* Hugh A. Haralson, Georgia
* Samuel Hays, Pennsylvania
* Thomas J. Henley, Indiana
* Joshua Herrick, Maine
* Joseph P. Hoge, Illinois
* Isaac E. Holmes, South Carolina
* George W. Hopkins, Virginia
* George S. Houston, Alabama
* Edmund W. Hubard, Virginia
* William S. Hubbell, New York
* James M. Hughes, Missouri
* Orville Hungerford, New York
* James B. Hunt, Michigan
* Charles J. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania

J-K-L

* John Jameson, Missouri
* Andrew Johnson, Tennessee
* Cave Johnson, Tennessee
* George W. Jones, Tennessee
* John W. Jones, Virginia
* Andrew Kennedy, Indiana
* Preston King, New York
* Littleton Kirkpatrick, New Jersey
* Alcée L. La Branche, Louisiana
* John B. Lamar, Georgia
* Moses G. Leonard, New York
* Dixon H. Lewis, Alabama
* William Lucas, Virginia
* John H. Lumpkin,
* Lucius Lyon, Michigan

M-N-O

* William B. Maclay, New York
* James Mathews, Ohio
* William C. McCauslen, Ohio
* Robert McClelland , Michigan
* John A. McClernand, Illinois
* Felix G. McConnell, Alabama
* Joseph J. McDowell, Ohio
* James I. McKay, North Carolina
* John Millen, Georgia
* Heman Allen Moore, Ohio
* Joseph Morris, Ohio
* Isaac E. Morse, Louisiana
* Henry C. Murphy, New York
* Moses Norris, Jr. , New Hampshire
* Robert D. Owen, Indiana

P-Q-R

* William Parmenter, Massachusetts
* William W. Payne, Alabama
* John Pettit, Indiana
* Emery D. Potter, Ohio
* Zadock Pratt, New York
* Smith M. Purdy, New York
* George O. Rathbun, New York
* Almon H. Read, Pennsylvania .
* John R. Reding, New Hampshire
* David S. Reid, North Carolina
* James H. Relfe , Missouri
* R. Barnwell Rhett, South Carolina
* John Ritter, Pennsylvania
* Robert W. Roberts, Mississippi
* Orville Robinson, New York
* Jeremiah Russell, New York

S-T-U-V

* Romulus M. Saunders, North Carolina
* David L. Seymour, New York
* Thomas H. Seymour, Connecticut
* Samuel Simons, Connecticut
* Richard F. Simpson, South Carolina
* John Slidell, Louisiana
* John T. Smith, Pennsylvania
* Robert Smith, Illinois
* Robert B. Smith, South Carolina
* Thomas Smith, Indiana
* Henry St. John, Ohio
* Lewis Steenrod, Virginia
* Lemuel Stetson, New York
* John Stewart, Connecticut
* William H. Stiles, Georgia
* Alfred P. Stone, Ohio
* James W. Stone, Kentucky
* Selah B. Strong, New York
* George Sykes, New Jersey
* William Taylor, Virginia
* Jacob Thompson, Mississippi
* John W. Tibbatts, Kentucky
* Tilghman M. Tucker, Mississippi

W-X-Y-Z

* John B. Weller, Ohio
* John Wentworth, Illinois
* Horace Wheaton, New York
* Benjamin White, Maine
* William Wilkins, Pennsylvania
* Henry Williams, Massachusetts
* Henry A. Wise, Virginia
* Joseph A. Woodward, South Carolina
* Joseph A. Wright, Indiana
* William L. Yancey, Alabama
* Jacob S. Yost, Pennsylvania

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#####  Whig[edit]

A-B-C

* Amos Abbott, Massachusetts
* John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts
* John B. Ashe, Tennessee
* Osmyn Baker, Massachusetts
* Daniel D. Barnard, New York
* Daniel M. Barringer, North Carolina
* Francis Brengle , Maryland
* Jeremiah Brown, Pennsylvania
* Milton Brown, Tennessee
* Joseph Buffington, Pennsylvania
* Barker Burnell , Massachusetts
* Charles H. Carroll, New York
* John M. S. Causin, Maryland
* Absalom H. Chappell, Georgia
* Samuel Chilton, Virginia
* Duncan L. Clinch, Georgia
* Thomas L. Clingman, North Carolina
* Jacob Collamer, Vermont

D-E-F

* Cornelius Darragh, Pennsylvania
* Garrett Davis, Kentucky
* Edmund Deberry, North Carolina
* James Dellet, Alabama
* John Dickey, Pennsylvania
* David W. Dickinson, Tennessee
* Hamilton Fish, New York
* Elias Florence, Ohio
* Solomon Foot, Vermont
* Henry Frick, Pennsylvania .

G-H-I

* Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio
* William L. Goggin, Virginia
* Willis Green, Kentucky
* Henry Grider, Kentucky
* Joseph Grinnell, Massachusetts
* Edward S. Hamlin, Ohio
* John J. Hardin, Illinois
* Alexander Harper, Ohio
* Charles Hudson, Massachusetts
* Washington Hunt, New York
* Joseph R. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania
* James Irvin), Pennsylvania

J-K-L

* Michael H. Jenks, Pennsylvania
* Perley B. Johnson, Ohio
* John P. Kennedy, Maryland
* Daniel P. King, Massachusetts

M-N-O

* George P. Marsh, Vermont
* Abraham R. McIlvaine, Pennsylvania
* Edward Joy Morris, Pennsylvania
* Freeman H. Morse, Maine
* William A. Moseley, New York
* Willoughby Newton, Virginia

P-Q-R

* Thomas J. Patterson, New York
* Joseph H. Peyton, Tennessee
* J. Phillips Phoenix, New York
* James Pollock, Pennsylvania
* Jacob A. Preston, Maryland
* Alexander Ramsey, Pennsylvania
* Kenneth Rayner, North Carolina
* Charles M. Reed, Pennsylvania
* Julius Rockwell, Massachusetts
* George B. Rodney, Delaware
* Charles Rogers, New York

S-T-U-V

* Samuel C. Sample Indiana
* Robert C. Schenck, Ohio
* William T. Senter, Tennessee
* Luther Severance, Maine
* Albert Smith, New York
* Caleb B. Smith, Indiana
* Thomas A. Spence, Maryland
* Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia.
* Andrew Stewart, Pennsylvania
* George W. Summers, Virginia
* William P. Thomasson, Kentucky
* Daniel R. Tilden, Ohio
* Asher Tyler, New York
* Joseph Vance, Ohio
* John I. Vanmeter, Ohio
* Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio

W-X-Y-Z

* John Wethered, Maryland
* John White, Kentucky
* Robert C. Winthrop, Massachusetts

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#####  Independent Democratic[edit]

* Henry Nes, Pennsylvania

#####  Independent Whig[edit]

* William Wright, New Jersey

#####  Law and Order[edit]

* Henry Y. Cranston, Rhode Island
* Elisha R. Potter, Rhode Island

### Membership Changes[edit]

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

Senate

* replacements: 7
* Democrats  (D) : no net change
* Whigs  (W) : 1 seat net loss
* Law and Order  (LO) : 1 seat net gain
* deaths: 3
* resignations: 5
* interim appointments: 1
* Total seats with changes: 10

House of Representatives

* replacements: 14
* Democrats  (D) : 6 seat net loss
* Whigs  (W) : 6 seat net gain
* deaths: 7
* resignations: 7
* contested election: 0
* Total seats with changes: 16

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### Officers[edit]

Senate

* Secretary of the Senate:
* Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12, 1836.
* Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
* Edward Dyer of Maryland, elected March 8, 1841.
* Chaplain of the Senate
* The Rev. Septimus Tustin,  Presbyterian, elected June 12, 1841.

House of Representatives

* Clerk of the House:
* Caleb J. McNulty of Ohio, elected December 6, 1843, dismissed January 18, 1845.
* Benjamin B. French of New Hampshire, elected January 18, 1845.
* Sergeant at Arms of the House:
* Newton Lane of Kentucky, elected December 6, 1843.
* Doorkeeper of the House:
* Jesse E. Dow of Connecticut, elected December 6, 1843.
* Postmaster of the House:
* John M. Johnson of Virginia, elected January 4, 1844.
* Chaplain of the House
* The Rev. Isaac S. Tinsley, Baptist, elected December 4, 1843.
* The Rev. William M. Daily,  Methodist, elected December 4, 1844.

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### Notes[edit]

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