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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 California
* 7.4 Connecticut
* 7.5 Delaware
* 7.6 Florida
* 7.7 Georgia
* 7.8 Illinois
* 7.9 Indiana
* 7.10 Iowa
* 7.11 Kentucky
* 7.12 Louisiana
* 7.13 Maine
* 7.14 Maryland
* 7.15 Massachusetts
* 7.16 Michigan
* 7.17 Mississippi
* 7.18 Missouri
* 7.19 New Hampshire
* 7.20 New Jersey
* 7.21 New York
* 7.22 North Carolina
* 7.23 Ohio
* 7.24 Pennsylvania
* 7.25 Rhode Island
* 7.26 South Carolina
* 7.27 Tennessee
* 7.28 Texas
* 7.29 Vermont
* 7.30 Virginia
* 7.31 Wisconsin
* 7.32 Delegates
* 8 Membership detail by Chamber/Party
* 8.1 Senate
* 8.1.1 Democratic
* 8.1.2 Opposition
* 8.1.3 American
* 8.1.4 Republican
* 8.2 House of Representatives
* 8.2.1 Democratic
* 8.2.2 American
* 8.2.3 Opposition
* 8.2.4 Republican
* 9 Membership Changes
* 10 Officers
* 11 References

The Thirty-fourth 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, 1855 to March 3, 1857, during the last two years of the administration of  U.S. President Franklin Pierce.

The apportionment of seats in this  House of Representatives was based on the |Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had an anti-Democratic, coalition majority.

### Dates of sessions[edit]

March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857

* First session: December 3, 1855 - August 18, 1856
* Second session: August 21, 1856 - August 30, 1856
* Third session: December 1, 1856 - March 3, 1857
* Previous congress: 33rd Congress

* Next congress: 35th 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.

During the time of the elections for the Thirty-Fourth Congress opponents to the Democrats used the Whig party label inconsistently and not at all in some states. Hence in this Congress, and in accordance with the practice of the Senate and House, representatives not associated with the  Democratic Party or the  American Party are labeled as “Opposition.” This is the first example in U.S. history of a form of coalition government in either house of Congress.

Senate

* Democratic  (D) : 39 (majority)
* Opposition  (O) : 22
* American  (A) : 1

TOTAL members: 62

House of Representatives

* Democratic  (D) : 84
* Opposition  (O) : 100 (majority) [1]
* American  (A) : 51 (majority)

TOTAL members: 234

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### Leadership[edit]

Senate

* Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
* vacant
* President pro tempore of the Senate:
* Jesse D. Bright, Democratic of Indiana, elected December 3, 1855
* Charles E. Stuart, Democratic of Michigan, elected June 9, 1856
* James M. Mason, Democratic of Virginia, elected June 11, 1856

House of Representatives

* Speaker of the House
* Nathaniel P. Banks,  American of Massachusetts, elected February 2, 1856

### Major events[edit]

Events of 1855, 1856 and 1857

### Major legislation[edit]

List of United States federal legislation in the 34th Congress

* August 18, 1856 -- Guano Islands Act

### 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 1856; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

Alabama

* 2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (D)
* 3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D)

Arkansas

* 2: William K. Sebastian (D)
* 3: Robert W. Johnson (D)

California

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

Connecticut

* 1: Isaac Toucey (D)
* 3: La Fayette S. Foster (O)

Delaware

* 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (D)
* 2: John M. Clayton (O)

Joseph P. Comegys (O)
Martin W. Bates (D)

Florida

* 1: Stephen R. Mallory (D)
* 3: David Levy Yulee (D)

Georgia

* 2: Robert A. Toombs (D)
* 3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (D)

Illinois

* 2: Stephen A. Douglas (D)
* 3: Lyman Trumbull (D)

Indiana

* 1: Jesse D. Bright (D)
* 3: Graham N. Fitch (D)

Iowa

* 2: George W. Jones (D)
* 3: James Harlan (O)

Kentucky

* 2: John B. Thompson (O)
* 3: John J. Crittenden (O)

Louisiana

* 2: Judah P. Benjamin (O)
* 3: John Slidell (D)

Maine

* 1: Hannibal Hamlin (D)

Amos Nourse (R)
* 2: William Pitt Fessenden (O)

Maryland

* 3: James A. Pearce (O)
* 1: Thomas G. Pratt (O)

Massachusetts

* 1: Charles Sumner (O)
* 2: Henry Wilson (O)

Michigan

* 1: Lewis Cass (D)
* 2: Charles E. Stuart (D)

Mississippi

* 1: Stephen Adams (D)
* 2: Albert G. Brown (D)

Missouri

* 1: Henry S. Geyer (O)
* 3: James S. Green (D)

New Hampshire

* 2: John P. Hale (O)
* 3: James Bell (O)

New Jersey

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

New York

* 3: William H. Seward (O)
* 1: Hamilton Fish (O)

North Carolina

* 2: David S. Reid (D)
* 3: Asa Biggs (D)

Ohio

* 1: Benjamin F. Wade (O)
* 3: George E. Pugh (D)

Pennsylvania

* 1: Richard Brodhead (D)
* 3: William Bigler (D)

Rhode Island

* 1: Charles T. James (D)
* 2: Philip Allen (D)

South Carolina

* 3: Andrew P. Butler (D)
* 2: Josiah J. Evans (D)

Tennessee

* 2: John Bell (O)
* 1: James C. Jones (O)

Texas

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

Vermont

* 1: Solomon Foot (O)
* 3: Jacob Collamer (O)

Virginia

* 1: James M. Mason (D)
* 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (D)

Wisconsin

* 1: Henry Dodge (D)
* 3: Charles Durkee (O)

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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: Percy Walker (A)
* 2: Eli S. Shorter (D)
* 3: James F. Dowdell (D)
* 4: William R. Smith (A)
* 5: George S. Houston (D)
* 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (D)
* 7: Sampson W. Harris (D)

Arkansas

* 1: Alfred B. Greenwood (D)
* 2: Albert Rust (D)

California [2]

* A/L: James W. Denver (D)
* A/L: Philemon T. Herbert (D)

Connecticut

* 1: Ezra Clark, Jr. (A)
* 2: John Woodruff (A)
* 3: Sidney Dean (A)
* 4: William W. Welch (A)

Delaware

* A/L: Elisha D. Cullen (A)

Florida

* A/L: Augustus E. Maxwell (D)

Georgia

* 1: James L. Seward (D)
* 2: Martin J. Crawford (D)
* 3: Robert P. Trippe (A)
* 4: Hiram B. Warner (D)
* 5: John H. Lumpkin (D)
* 6: Howell Cobb (D)
* 7: Nathaniel G. Foster (A)
* 8: Alexander H. Stephens (D)

Illinois

* 1: Elihu B. Washburne (O)
* 2: James H. Woodworth (O)
* 3: Jesse O. Norton (O)
* 4: James Knox (O)
* 5: William A. Richardson (D)

Jacob C. Davis (D)
* 6: Thomas L. Harris (D)
* 7: James C. Allen (D)
* 8: James L. D. Morrison (D)
* 9: Samuel S. Marshall (D)

Indiana

* 1: Smith Miller (D)
* 2: William H. English (D)
* 3: George G. Dunn (O)
* 4: William Cumback (O)
* 5: David P. Holloway (O)
* 6: Lucien Barbour (O)
* 7: Harvey D. Scott (O)
* 8: Daniel Mace (O)
* 9: Schuyler Colfax (O)
* 10: Samuel Brenton (O)
* 11: John U. Pettit (O)

Iowa

* 1: Augustus Hall (D)
* 2: James Thorington (O)

Kentucky

* 1: Henry C. Burnett (D)
* 2: John P. Campbell, Jr. (A)
* 3: Warner L. Underwood (A)
* 4: Albert G. Talbott (D)
* 5: Joshua H. Jewett (D)
* 6: John M. Elliott (D)
* 7: Humphrey Marshall (A)
* 8: Alexander K. Marshall (A)
* 9: Leander M. Cox (A)
* 10: Samuel F. Swope (A)

Louisiana

* 1: George Eustis, Jr. (A)
* 2: Miles Taylor (D)
* 3: Thomas G. Davidson (D)
* 4: John M. Sandidge (D)

Maine

* 1: John M. Wood (O)
* 2: John J. Perry (O)
* 3: Ebenezer Knowlton (O)
* 4: Samuel P. Benson (O)
* 5: Israel Washburn, Jr. (O)
* 6: Thomas J. D. Fuller (D)

Maryland

* 1: James A. Stewart (D)
* 2: James B. Ricaud (A)
* 3: J. Morrison Harris (A)
* 4: Henry Winter Davis (A)
* 5: Henry W. Hoffman (A)
* 6: Thomas F. Bowie (D)

Massachusetts

* 1: Robert B. Hall (A)
* 2: James Buffinton (A)
* 3: William S. Damrell (A)
* 4: Linus B. Comins (A)
* 5: Anson Burlingame (A)
* 6: Timothy Davis (A)
* 7: Nathaniel P. Banks (A)
* 8: Chauncey L. Knapp (A)
* 9: Alexander De Witt (A)
* 10: Calvin C. Chaffee (A)
* 11: Mark Trafton (A)

Michigan

* 1: William A. Howard (O)
* 2: Henry Waldron (O)
* 3: David S. Walbridge (O)
* 4: George W. Peck (D)

Mississippi

* 1: Daniel B. Wright (D)
* 2: Hendley S. Bennett (D)
* 3: William Barksdale (D)
* 4: William A. Lake (A)
* 5: John A. Quitman (D)

Missouri

* 1: Luther M. Kennett (O)
* 2: Gilchrist Porter (O)
* 3: James J. Lindley (O)
* 4: Mordecai Oliver (O)
* 5: John G. Miller (O)

Thomas P. Akers (A)
* 6: John S. Phelps (D)
* 7: Samuel Caruthers (O)

New Hampshire

* 1: James Pike (A)
* 2: Mason W. Tappan (A)
* 3: Aaron H. Cragin (A)

New Jersey

* 1: Isaiah D. Clawson (O)
* 2: George R. Robbins (O)
* 3: James Bishop (O)
* 4: George Vail (D)
* 5: Alexander C. M. Pennington (O)

New York

* 1: William W. Valk (A)
* 2: James S. T. Stranahan (O)
* 3: Guy R. Pelton (O)
* 4: John Kelly (D)
* 5: Thomas R. Whitney (A)
* 6: John Wheeler (D)
* 7: Thomas Child, Jr. (O)
* 8: Abram Wakeman (O)
* 9: Bayard Clarke (O)
* 10: Ambrose S. Murray (O)
* 11: Rufus H. King (O)
* 12: Killian Miller (O)
* 13: Russell Sage (O)
* 14: Samuel Dickson (O)
* 15: Edward Dodd (O)
* 16: George A. Simmons (O)
* 17: Francis E. Spinner (D)
* 18: Thomas R. Horton (O)
* 19: Jonas A. Hughston (O)
* 20: Orsamus B. Matteson (O)
* 21: Henry Bennett (O)
* 22: Andrew Z. McCarty (O)
* 23: William A. Gilbert (O)
* 24: Amos P. Granger (O)
* 25: Edwin B. Morgan (O)
* 26: Andrew Oliver (D)
* 27: John M. Parker (O)
* 28: William H. Kelsey (O)
* 29: John Williams (D)
* 30: Benjamin Pringle (O)
* 31: Thomas T. Flagler (O)
* 32: Solomon G. Haven (O)
* 33: Francis S. Edwards (A)

North Carolina

* 1: Robert T. Paine (A)
* 2: Thomas H. Ruffin (D)
* 3: Warren Winslow (D)
* 4: Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (D)
* 5: Edwin G. Reade (A)
* 6: Richard C. Puryear (A)
* 7: F. Burton Craige (D)
* 8: Thomas L. Clingman (D)

Ohio

* 1: Timothy C. Day (O)
* 2: John Scott Harrison (O)
* 3: Lewis D. Campbell (O)
* 4: Matthias H. Nichols (O)
* 5: Richard Mott (O)
* 6: Jonas R. Emrie (O)
* 7: Aaron Harlan (O)
* 8: Benjamin Stanton (O)
* 9: Cooper K. Watson (O)
* 10: Oscar F. Moore (O)
* 11: Valentine B. Horton (O)
* 12: Samuel Galloway (O)
* 13: John Sherman (O)
* 14: Philemon Bliss (O)
* 15: William R. Sapp (O)
* 16: Edward Ball (O)
* 17: Charles J. Albright (O)
* 18: Benjamin F. Leiter (O)
* 19: Edward Wade (O)
* 20: Joshua R. Giddings (O)
* 21: John A. Bingham (O)

Pennsylvania

* 1: Thomas B. Florence (D)
* 2: Job R. Tyson (O)
* 3: William Millward (O)
* 4: Jacob Broom (A)
* 5: John Cadwalader (D)
* 6: John Hickman (D)
* 7: Samuel C. Bradshaw (O)
* 8: J. Glancey Jones (D)
* 9: Anthony E. Roberts (O)
* 10: John C. Kunkel (O)
* 11: James H. Campbell (O)
* 12: Henry M. Fuller (O)
* 13: Asa Packer (D)
* 14: Galusha A. Grow (D)
* 15: John J. Pearce (O)
* 16: Lemuel Todd (O)
* 17: David F. Robison (O)
* 18: John R. Edie (O)
* 19: John Covode (O)
* 20: Jonathan Knight (O)
* 21: David Ritchie (O)
* 22: Samuel A. Purviance (O)
* 23: John Allison (O)
* 24: David Barclay (D)
* 25: John Dick (O)

Rhode Island

* 1: Nathaniel B. Durfee (A)
* 2: Benjamin B. Thurston (A)

South Carolina

* 1: John McQueen (D)
* 2: William Aiken (D)
* 3: Laurence M. Keitt (D)
* 4: Preston S. Brooks (D)
* 5: James L. Orr (D)
* 6: William W. Boyce (D)

Tennessee

* 1: Albert G. Watkins (D)
* 2: William H. Sneed (A)
* 3: Samuel A. Smith (D)
* 4: John H. Savage (D)
* 5: Charles Ready (A)
* 6: George W. Jones (D)
* 7: John V. Wright (D)
* 8: Felix K. Zollicoffer (A)
* 9: Emerson Etheridge (A)
* 10: Thomas Rivers (A)

Texas

* 1: Lemuel D. Evans (A)
* 2: Peter H. Bell (D)

Vermont

* 1: James Meacham (O)

George T. Hodges (R)
* 2: Justin S. Morrill (O)
* 3: Alvah Sabin (O)

Virginia

* 1: Thomas H. Bayly (D)

Muscoe R. H. Garnett (D)
* 2: John S. Millson (D)
* 3: John S. Caskie (D)
* 4: William O. Goode (D)
* 5: Thomas S. Bocock (D)
* 6: Paulus Powell (D)
* 7: William Smith (D)
* 8: Charles J. Faulkner (D)
* 9: John Letcher (D)
* 10: Zedekiah Kidwell (D)
* 11: John S. Carlile (A)
* 12: Henry A. Edmundson (D)
* 13: LaFayette McMullen (D)

Wisconsin

* 1: Daniel Wells, Jr. (D)
* 2: Cadwallader C. Washburn (O)
* 3: Charles Billinghurst (O)

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#### Delegates[edit]

Kansas Territory

* A/L: John W. Whitfield (D)

Minnesota Territory

* A/L: Henry M. Rice (D)

Nebraska Territory

* A/L: Bird B. Chapman (D)

New Mexico Territory

* A/L: José Manuel Gallegos (D)

Miguel A. Otero (D)

Oregon Territory

* A/L: Joseph Lane (D)

Utah Territory

* A/L: John M. Bernhisel

Washington Territory

* A/L: James P. Anderson (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 1856; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

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: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic
* 3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 26, 1855

House of Representatives (7 seats)

* 1: Percy Walker (1812-1880), American
* 2: Eli S. Shorter (1823-1879), Democratic
* 3: James F. Dowdell (1818-1871), Democratic
* 4: William R. Smith (1815-1896), American
* 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
* 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic
* 7: Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Democratic

#### Arkansas[edit]

Senate

* 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
* 3: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

* 1: Alfred B. Greenwood (1811-1889), Democratic
* 2: Albert Rust ( -1870), Democratic

#### California[edit]

Senate

* 1: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
* 3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 13, 1857

House of Representatives (2 seats) [3]

* A/L: James W. Denver (1817-1892), Democratic
* A/L: Philemon T. Herbert (1825-1864), Democratic

#### Connecticut[edit]

Senate

* 1: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic
* 3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Opposition

House of Representatives (4 seats)

* 1: Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813-1896), American
* 2: John Woodruff (1826-1868), American
* 3: Sidney Dean (1818-1901), American
* 4: William W. Welch (1818-1892), American

#### Delaware[edit]

Senate

* 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
* 2: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Opposition …died November 9, 1856

Joseph P. Comegys (1813-1893), Opposition …appointed to fill vacancy, November 19, 1856
Martin W. Bates (1786-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 14, 1857

House of Representatives (1 seat)

* A/L: Elisha D. Cullen (1799-1862), American

#### Florida[edit]

Senate

* 1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic
* 3: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

* A/L: Augustus E. Maxwell (1820-1903), Democratic

#### Georgia[edit]

Senate

* 2: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Democratic
* 3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

* 1: James L. Seward (1813-1886), Democratic
* 2: Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Democratic
* 3: Robert P. Trippe (1819-1900), American
* 4: Hiram B. Warner (1802-1881), Democratic
* 5: John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Democratic
* 6: Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic
* 7: Nathaniel G. Foster (1809-1869), American
* 8: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Democratic

#### Illinois[edit]

Senate

* 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
* 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

* 1: Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Opposition
* 2: James H. Woodworth (1804-1869), Opposition
* 3: Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), Opposition
* 4: James Knox (1807-1876), Opposition
* 5: William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic …resigned August 25, 1856

Jacob C. Davis (1820-1883), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1856
* 6: Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic
* 7: James C. Allen (1822-1912), Democratic …contested election, seat declared vacant July 18, 1856, subsequently elected, seated December 1, 1856
* 8: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic …resigned December 1, 1856

James L. D. Morrison (1816-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856
* 9: Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic

#### Indiana[edit]

Senate

* 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
* 3: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 4, 1857

House of Representatives (11 seats)

* 1: Smith Miller (1804-1872), Democratic
* 2: William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic
* 3: George G. Dunn (1812-1857), Opposition
* 4: William Cumback (1829-1905), Opposition
* 5: David P. Holloway (1809-1883), Opposition
* 6: Lucien Barbour (1811-1880), Opposition
* 7: Harvey D. Scott (1818-1891), Opposition
* 8: Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Opposition
* 9: Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Opposition
* 10: Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Opposition
* 11: John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Opposition

#### Iowa[edit]

Senate

* 2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic
* 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Opposition …elected to fill vacancy, December 31, 1855, seat declared vacant January 12, 1857]], elected January 29, 1857

House of Representatives (2 seats)

* 1: Augustus Hall (1814-1861), Democratic
* 2: James Thorington (1816-1887), Opposition

#### Kentucky[edit]

Senate

* 2: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Opposition
* 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Opposition

House of Representatives (10 seats)

* 1: Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic
* 2: John P. Campbell, Jr. (1820-1888), American
* 3: Warner L. Underwood (1808-1872), American
* 4: Albert G. Talbott (1808-1887), Democratic
* 5: Joshua H. Jewett (1815-1861), Democratic
* 6: John M. Elliott (1820-1879), Democratic
* 7: Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), American
* 8: Alexander K. Marshall (1808-1884), American
* 9: Leander M. Cox (1812-1865), American
* 10: Samuel F. Swope (1809-1865), American

#### Louisiana[edit]

Senate

* 2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Opposition
* 3: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

* 1: George Eustis, Jr. (1828-1872), American
* 2: Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Democratic
* 3: Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Democratic
* 4: John M. Sandidge (1817-1890), Democratic

#### Maine[edit]

Senate

* 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic …resigned January 7, 1857

Amos Nourse (1794-1877), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 16, 1857
* 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Opposition

House of Representatives (6 seats)

* 1: John M. Wood (1813-1864), Opposition
* 2: John J. Perry (1811-1897), Opposition
* 3: Ebenezer Knowlton (1815-1874), Opposition
* 4: Samuel P. Benson (1804-1876), Opposition
* 5: Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Opposition
* 6: Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808-1876), Democratic

#### Maryland[edit]

Senate

* 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Opposition
* 1: Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869), Opposition

House of Representatives (6 seats)

* 1: James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Democratic
* 2: James B. Ricaud (1808-1866), American
* 3: J. Morrison Harris (1817-1898), American
* 4: Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), American
* 5: Henry W. Hoffman (1825-1895), American
* 6: Thomas F. Bowie (1808-1869), Democratic

#### Massachusetts[edit]

Senate

* 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Opposition
* 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Opposition

House of Representatives (11 seats)

* 1: Robert B. Hall (1812-1868), American
* 2: James Buffinton (1817-1875), American
* 3: William S. Damrell (1809-1860), American
* 4: Linus B. Comins (1817-1892), American
* 5: Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), American
* 6: Timothy Davis (1821-1888), American
* 7: Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), American
* 8: Chauncey L. Knapp (1809-1898), American
* 9: Alexander De Witt (1798-1879), American
* 10: Calvin C. Chaffee (1811-1896), American
* 11: Mark Trafton (1810-1901), American

#### Michigan[edit]

Senate

* 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
* 2: Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

* 1: William A. Howard (1813-1880), Opposition
* 2: Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Opposition
* 3: David S. Walbridge (1802-1868), Opposition
* 4: George W. Peck (1818-1905), Democratic

#### Mississippi[edit]

Senate

* 1: Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic
* 2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

* 1: Daniel B. Wright (1812-1887), Democratic
* 2: Hendley S. Bennett (1807-1891), Democratic
* 3: William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic
* 4: William A. Lake (1808-1861), American
* 5: John A. Quitman (1799-1858), Democratic

#### Missouri[edit]

Senate

* 1: Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Opposition
* 3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 12, 1857

House of Representatives (7 seats)

* 1: Luther M. Kennett (1807-1873), Opposition
* 2: Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), Opposition
* 3: James J. Lindley (1822-1891), Opposition
* 4: Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898), Opposition
* 5: John G. Miller (1812-1856), Opposition …died May 11, 1856

Thomas P. Akers (1828-1877), American …elected to fill vacancy, seated August 18, 1856
* 6: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
* 7: Samuel Caruthers (1820-1860), Opposition

#### New Hampshire[edit]

Senate

* 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Opposition …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30, 1855
* 3: James Bell (1804-1857), Opposition …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30, 1855

House of Representatives (3 seats)

* 1: James Pike (1818-1895), American
* 2: Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), American
* 3: Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), American

#### New Jersey[edit]

Senate

* 1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic
* 2: William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

* 1: Isaiah D. Clawson (1822-1879), Opposition
* 2: George R. Robbins (1808-1875), Opposition
* 3: James Bishop (1816-1895), Opposition
* 4: George Vail (1809-1875), Democratic
* 5: Alexander C. M. Pennington (1810-1867), Opposition

#### New York[edit]

Senate

* 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Opposition
* 1: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Opposition

House of Representatives (33 seats)

* 1: William W. Valk (1806-1879), American
* 2: James S. T. Stranahan (1808-1898), Opposition
* 3: Guy R. Pelton (1824-1890), Opposition
* 4: John Kelly (1822-1886), Democratic
* 5: Thomas R. Whitney (1807-1858), American
* 6: John Wheeler (1823-1906), Democratic
* 7: Thomas Child, Jr. (1818-1869), Opposition
* 8: Abram Wakeman (1824-1889), Opposition
* 9: Bayard Clarke (1815-1884), Opposition
* 10: Ambrose S. Murray (1807-1885), Opposition
* 11: Rufus H. King (1820-1890), Opposition
* 12: Killian Miller (1785-1859), Opposition
* 13: Russell Sage (1816-1906), Opposition
* 14: Samuel Dickson (1807-1858), Opposition
* 15: Edward Dodd (1805-1891), Opposition
* 16: George A. Simmons (1791-1857), Opposition
* 17: Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), Democratic
* 18: Thomas R. Horton (1822-1894), Opposition
* 19: Jonas A. Hughston (1808-1862), Opposition
* 20: Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889), Opposition …resigned February 27, 1857
* 21: Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Opposition
* 22: Andrew Z. McCarty (1808-1879), Opposition
* 23: William A. Gilbert (1815-1875), Opposition …resigned February 28, 1857
* 24: Amos P. Granger (1789-1866), Opposition
* 25: Edwin B. Morgan (1806-1881), Opposition
* 26: Andrew Oliver (1815-1889), Democratic
* 27: John M. Parker (1805-1873), Opposition
* 28: William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), Opposition
* 29: John Williams (1807-1875), Democratic
* 30: Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887), Opposition
* 31: Thomas T. Flagler (1811-1897), Opposition
* 32: Solomon G. Haven (1810-1861), Opposition
* 33: Francis S. Edwards (1817-1899), American

#### North Carolina[edit]

Senate

* 2: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic
* 3: Asa Biggs (1811-1878), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

* 1: Robert T. Paine (1812-1872), American
* 2: Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic
* 3: Warren Winslow (1810-1862), Democratic
* 4: Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862), Democratic
* 5: Edwin G. Reade (1812-1894), American
* 6: Richard C. Puryear (1801-1867), American
* 7: F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), Democratic
* 8: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic

#### Ohio[edit]

Senate

* 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Opposition
* 3: George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Democratic

House of Representatives (21 seats)

* 1: Timothy C. Day (1819-1869), Opposition
* 2: John Scott Harrison (1804-1878), Opposition
* 3: Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Opposition
* 4: Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862), Opposition
* 5: Richard Mott (1804-1888), Opposition
* 6: Jonas R. Emrie (1812-1869), Opposition
* 7: Aaron Harlan (1802-1868), Opposition
* 8: Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Opposition
* 9: Cooper K. Watson (1810-1880), Opposition
* 10: Oscar F. Moore (1817-1885), Opposition
* 11: Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), Opposition
* 12: Samuel Galloway (1811-1872), Opposition
* 13: John Sherman (1823-1900), Opposition
* 14: Philemon Bliss (1813-1889), Opposition
* 15: William R. Sapp (1804-1875), Opposition
* 16: Edward Ball (1811-1872), Opposition
* 17: Charles J. Albright (1816-1883), Opposition
* 18: Benjamin F. Leiter (1813-1866), Opposition
* 19: Edward Wade (1802-1866), Opposition
* 20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Opposition
* 21: John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Opposition

#### Pennsylvania[edit]

Senate

* 1: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
* 3: William Bigler (1814-1880), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 14, 1856

House of Representatives (25 seats)

* 1: Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
* 2: Job R. Tyson (1803-1858), Opposition
* 3: William Millward (1822-1871), Opposition
* 4: Jacob Broom (1808-1864), American
* 5: John Cadwalader (1805-1879), Democratic
* 6: John Hickman (1810-1875), Democratic
* 7: Samuel C. Bradshaw (1809-1872), Opposition
* 8: J. Glancey Jones (1811-1878), Democratic
* 9: Anthony E. Roberts (1803-1885), Opposition
* 10: John C. Kunkel (1816-1870), Opposition
* 11: James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Opposition
* 12: Henry M. Fuller (1820-1860), Opposition
* 13: Asa Packer (1805-1879), Democratic
* 14: Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Democratic
* 15: John J. Pearce (1826-1912), Opposition
* 16: Lemuel Todd (1817-1891), Opposition
* 17: David F. Robison (1816-1859), Opposition
* 18: John R. Edie (1814-1888), Opposition
* 19: John Covode (1808-1871), Opposition
* 20: Jonathan Knight (1787-1858), Opposition
* 21: David Ritchie (1812-1867), Opposition
* 22: Samuel A. Purviance (1809-1882), Opposition
* 23: John Allison (1812-1878), Opposition
* 24: David Barclay (1823-1889), Democratic
* 25: John Dick (1794-1872), Opposition

#### Rhode Island[edit]

Senate

* 1: Charles T. James (1805-1862), Democratic
* 2: Philip Allen (1785-1865), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

* 1: Nathaniel B. Durfee (1812-1872), American
* 2: Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), American

#### South Carolina[edit]

Senate

* 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic
* 2: Josiah J. Evans (1786-1858), Democratic

House of Representatives (6 seats)

* 1: John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic
* 2: William Aiken (1806-1887), Democratic
* 3: Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), Democratic …resigned July 16, 1856, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, seated August 6, 1856
* 4: Preston S. Brooks (1819-1857), Democratic …resigned July 14, 1856, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, seated August 1, 1856, died January 27, 1857
* 5: James L. Orr (1822-1873), Democratic
* 6: William W. Boyce (1818-1890), Democratic

#### Tennessee[edit]

Senate

* 2: John Bell (1797-1869), Opposition
* 1: James C. Jones (1809-1859), Opposition

House of Representatives (10 seats)

* 1: Albert G. Watkins (1818-1895), Democratic
* 2: William H. Sneed (1812-1869), American
* 3: Samuel A. Smith (1822-1863), Democratic
* 4: John H. Savage (1815-1904), Democratic
* 5: Charles Ready (1802-1878), American
* 6: George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
* 7: John V. Wright (1828-1908), Democratic
* 8: Felix K. Zollicoffer (1812-1862), American
* 9: Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), American
* 10: Thomas Rivers (1819-1863), American

#### Texas[edit]

Senate

* 2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), American
* 1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

* 1: Lemuel D. Evans (1810-1877), American
* 2: Peter H. Bell (1812-1898), Democratic

#### Vermont[edit]

Senate

* 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Opposition
* 3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Opposition

House of Representatives (3 seats)

* 1: James Meacham (1810-1856), Opposition …died August 23, 1856

George T. Hodges (1789-1860), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856
* 2: Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Opposition
* 3: Alvah Sabin (1793-1885), Opposition

#### Virginia[edit]

Senate

* 1 James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
* 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic

House of Representatives (13 seats)

* 1: Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic …died June 23, 1856

Muscoe R. H. Garnett (1821-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856
* 2: John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
* 3: John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Democratic
* 4: William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic
* 5: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
* 6: Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic
* 7: William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic
* 8: Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Democratic
* 9: John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic
* 10: Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872), Democratic
* 11: John S. Carlile (1817-1878), American
* 12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
* 13: LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic

#### Wisconsin[edit]

Senate

* 1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic
* 3: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Opposition

House of Representatives (3 seats)

* 1: Daniel Wells, Jr. (1808-1902), Democratic
* 2: Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Opposition
* 3: Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), Opposition

#### Delegates[edit]

Kansas Territory

* A/L: John W. Whitfield (1818-1879), Democratic

Minnesota Territory

* A/L: Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic

Nebraska Territory

* A/L: Bird B. Chapman (1821-1871), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

* A/L: José Manuel Gallegos (1815-1875), Democratic

Miguel A. Otero (1829-1882), Democratic

Oregon Territory

* A/L: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic

Utah Territory

* A/L: John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881)

Washington Territory

* A/L: James P. Anderson (1822-1872), 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

* Stephen Adams, Mississippi
* Philip Allen, Rhode Island
* Martin W. Bates, Delaware
* James A. Bayard, Jr., Delaware
* Asa Biggs, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* William Bigler, Pennsylvania
* Jesse D. Bright, Indiana
* Richard Brodhead, Pennsylvania
* Albert G. Brown, Mississippi
* Andrew P. Butler, South Carolina
* Lewis Cass, Michigan
* Clement C. Clay, Jr., Alabama (U.S. state)
* Henry Dodge, Wisconsin
* Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois (U.S. state)
* Josiah J. Evans, South Carolina
* Graham N. Fitch, Indiana
* Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Alabama (U.S. state)

G-R

* James S. Green, [[Missouri]]
* William M. Gwin, California (U.S. state)
* Hannibal Hamlin, Maine
* Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia
* Alfred Iverson, Sr., Georgia
* Charles T. James, Rhode Island
* Robert W. Johnson, Arkansas (U.S. state)
* George W. Jones, Iowa
* Stephen R. Mallory, Florida
* James M. Mason, Virginia
* George E. Pugh, Ohio
* David S. Reid, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Thomas J. Rusk, Texas

S-Z

* William K. Sebastian, Arkansas (U.S. state)
* John Slidell, Louisiana
* Charles E. Stuart, Michigan
* John R. Thomson, New Jersey
* Robert A. Toombs, Georgia
* Isaac Toucey, Connecticut
* Lyman Trumbull, Illinois (U.S. state)
* John B. Weller, California (U.S. state)
* William Wright, New Jersey
* David Levy Yulee, Florida

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##### Opposition[edit]

A-F

* James Bell, New Hampshire
* John Bell, Tennessee
* Judah P. Benjamin, Louisiana
* John M. Clayton, Delaware
* Jacob Collamer, Vermont
* Joseph P. Comegys, Delaware
* John J. Crittenden, Kentucky
* Charles Durkee, Wisconsin
* William Pitt Fessenden, Maine
* Hamilton Fish, New York
* Solomon Foot, Vermont
* La Fayette S. Foster, Connecticut

G-R

* Henry S. Geyer, [[Missouri]]
* John P. Hale, New Hampshire
* James Harlan, Iowa
* James C. Jones, Tennessee
* Thomas G. Pratt, Maryland

S-Z

* William H. Seward, New York
* Charles Sumner, Massachusetts
* John B. Thompson, Kentucky
* Benjamin F. Wade, Ohio
* Henry Wilson, Massachusetts

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##### American[edit]

* Samuel Houston, Texas

##### Republican[edit]

* Amos Nourse, Maine

#### 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

* William Aiken, South Carolina
* James C. Allen, Illinois (U.S. state)
* David Barclay, Pennsylvania
* William Barksdale, Mississippi
* Thomas H. Bayly, Virginia
* Peter H. Bell), Texas
* Hendley S. Bennett, Mississippi
* Thomas S. Bocock, Virginia
* Thomas F. Bowie, Maryland
* William W. Boyce, South Carolina
* Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Preston S. Brooks, South Carolina
* Henry C. Burnett, Kentucky
* John Cadwalader, Pennsylvania
* John S. Caskie, Virginia
* Thomas L. Clingman, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Howell Cobb, Georgia
* Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama (U.S. state)
* F. Burton Craige, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Martin J. Crawford, Georgia

D-E-F

* Thomas G. Davidson, Louisiana
* Jacob C. Davis, Illinois (U.S. state)
* James W. Denver, California (U.S. state)
* James F. Dowdell, Alabama (U.S. state)
* Henry A. Edmundson, Virginia
* John M. Elliott, Kentucky
* William H. English, Indiana
* Charles J. Faulkner, Virginia
* Thomas B. Florence, Pennsylvania
* Thomas J. D. Fuller, Maine

G-H-I

* Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Virginia
* William O. Goode, Virginia
* Alfred B. Greenwood, Arkansas (U.S. state)
* Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania
* Augustus Hall, Iowa
* Sampson W. Harris, Alabama (U.S. state)
* Thomas L. Harris, Illinois (U.S. state)
* Philemon T. Herbert, California (U.S. state)
* John Hickman, Pennsylvania
* George S. Houston, Alabama (U.S. state)

J-K-L

* Joshua H. Jewett, Kentucky
* George W. Jones, Tennessee
* J. Glancey Jones, Pennsylvania
* Laurence M. Keitt, South Carolina
* John Kelly, New York
* Zedekiah Kidwell, Virginia
* John Letcher, Virginia
* John H. Lumpkin, Georgia

M-N-O

* Samuel S. Marshall, Illinois (U.S. state)
* Augustus E. Maxwell, Florida
* LaFayette McMullen, Virginia
* John McQueen, South Carolina
* Smith Miller, Indiana
* John S. Millson, Virginia
* James L. D. Morrison, Illinois (U.S. state)
* Andrew Oliver, New York
* James L. Orr, South Carolina

P-Q-R

* Asa Packer, Pennsylvania
* George W. Peck, Michigan
* John S. Phelps, [[Missouri]]
* Paulus Powell, Virginia
* John A. Quitman, Mississippi
* William A. Richardson, Illinois (U.S. state)
* Thomas H. Ruffin, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Albert Rust, Arkansas (U.S. state)

S-T-U-V

* John M. Sandidge, Louisiana
* John H. Savage, Tennessee
* James L. Seward, Georgia
* Eli S. Shorter, Alabama (U.S. state)
* Samuel A. Smith, Tennessee
* William Smith, Virginia
* Francis E. Spinner, New York
* Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia
* James A. Stewart, Maryland
* Albert G. Talbott, Kentucky
* Miles Taylor, Louisiana
* George Vail, New Jersey

W-X-Y-Z

* Hiram B. Warner, Georgia
* Albert G. Watkins, Tennessee
* Daniel Wells, Jr., Wisconsin
* John Wheeler, New York
* John Williams, New York
* Warren Winslow, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Daniel B. Wright, Mississippi
* John V. Wright, Tennessee

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##### American[edit]

A-B-C

* Thomas P. Akers, [[Missouri]]
* Nathaniel P. Banks, Massachusetts
* Jacob Broom, Pennsylvania
* James Buffinton, Massachusetts
* Anson Burlingame, Massachusetts
* John P. Campbell, Jr., Kentucky
* John S. Carlile, Virginia
* Calvin C. Chaffee, Massachusetts
* Ezra Clark, Jr., Connecticut
* Linus B. Comins, Massachusetts
* Leander M. Cox, Kentucky
* Aaron H. Cragin), New Hampshire
* Elisha D. Cullen, Delaware

D-E-F

* William S. Damrell, Massachusetts
* Henry Winter Davis, Maryland
* Timothy Davis, Massachusetts
* Alexander De Witt, Massachusetts
* Sidney Dean, Connecticut
* Nathaniel B. Durfee, Rhode Island
* Francis S. Edwards, New York
* Emerson Etheridge, Tennessee
* George Eustis, Jr., Louisiana
* Lemuel D. Evans, Texas
* Nathaniel G. Foster, Georgia

G-H-I

* Robert B. Hall, Massachusetts
* J. Morrison Harris), Maryland
* Henry W. Hoffman, Maryland

J-K-L

* Chauncey L. Knapp), Massachusetts
* William A. Lake, Mississippi

M-N-O

* Alexander K. Marshall, Kentucky
* Humphrey Marshall, Kentucky

P-Q-R

* Robert T. Paine, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* James Pike, New Hampshire
* Richard C. Puryear, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Edwin G. Reade, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Charles Ready, Tennessee
* James B. Ricaud, Maryland
* Thomas Rivers, Tennessee

S-T-U-V

* William R. Smith, Alabama (U.S. state)
* William H. Sneed, Tennessee
* Samuel F. Swope, Kentucky
* Mason W. Tappan, New Hampshire
* Benjamin B. Thurston, Rhode Island
* Mark Trafton, Massachusetts
* Robert P. Trippe, Georgia
* Warner L. Underwood, Kentucky
* William Valk, New York

W-X-Y-Z

* Percy Walker, Alabama (U.S. state)
* William W. Welch, Connecticut
* Thomas R. Whitney, New York
* John Woodruff, Connecticut
* Felix K. Zollicoffer, Tennessee

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##### Opposition[edit]

A-B-C

* Charles J. Albright, Ohio
* John Allison, Pennsylvania
* Edward Ball, Ohio
* Lucien Barbour, Indiana
* Henry Bennett, New York
* Samuel P. Benson, Maine
* Charles Billinghurst, Wisconsin
* John A. Bingham, Ohio
* James Bishop, New Jersey
* Philemon Bliss, Ohio
* Samuel C. Bradshaw, Pennsylvania
* Samuel Brenton, Indiana
* James H. Campbell, Pennsylvania
* Lewis D. Campbell, Ohio
* Samuel Caruthers, [[Missouri]]
* Thomas Child, Jr., New York
* Bayard Clarke, New York
* Isaiah D. Clawson, New Jersey
* Schuyler Colfax, Indiana
* John Covode, Pennsylvania
* William Cumback, Indiana

D-E-F

* Timothy C. Day, Ohio
* John Dick, Pennsylvania
* Samuel Dickson, New York
* Edward Dodd, New York
* George G. Dunn, Indiana
* John R. Edie, Pennsylvania
* Jonas R. Emrie, Ohio
* Thomas T. Flagler, New York
* Henry M. Fuller, Pennsylvania

G-H-I

* Samuel Galloway, Ohio
* Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio
* William A. Gilbert, New York
* Amos P. Granger, New York
* Aaron Harlan, Ohio
* John Scott Harrison, Ohio
* Solomon G. Haven, New York
* David P. Holloway, Indiana
* Thomas R. Horton, New York
* Valentine B. Horton, Ohio
* William A. Howard, Michigan
* Jonas A. Hughston, New York

J-K-L

* William H. Kelsey, New York
* Luther M. Kennett, [[Missouri]]
* Rufus H. King, New York
* Jonathan Knight, Pennsylvania
* Ebenezer Knowlton, Maine
* James Knox, Illinois (U.S. state)
* John C. Kunkel, Pennsylvania
* Benjamin F. Leiter, Ohio
* James J. Lindley, [[Missouri]]

M-N-O

* Daniel Mace, Indiana
* Orsamus B. Matteson, New York
* Andrew Z. McCarty, New York
* James Meacham, Vermont
* John G. Miller, [[Missouri]]
* Killian Miller, New York
* William Millward, Pennsylvania
* Oscar F. Moore, Ohio
* Edwin B. Morgan, New York
* Justin S. Morrill), Vermont
* Richard Mott, Ohio
* Ambrose S. Murray, New York
* Matthias H. Nichols, Ohio
* Jesse O. Norton, Illinois (U.S. state)
* Mordecai Oliver), [[Missouri]]

P-Q-R

* John M. Parker, New York
* John J. Pearce, Pennsylvania
* Guy R. Pelton, New York
* Alexander C. M. Pennington, New Jersey
* John J. Perry, Maine
* John U. Pettit, Indiana
* Gilchrist Porter, [[Missouri]]
* Benjamin Pringle, New York
* Samuel A. Purviance, Pennsylvania
* David Ritchie, Pennsylvania
* George R. Robbins, New Jersey
* Anthony E. Roberts, Pennsylvania
* David F. Robison, Pennsylvania
* Alvah Sabin, Vermont

S-T-U-V

* Russell Sage, New York
* William R. Sapp, Ohio
* Harvey D. Scott, Indiana
* John Sherman, Ohio
* George A. Simmons, New York
* Benjamin Stanton, Ohio
* James S. T. Stranahan), New York
* James Thorington, Iowa
* Lemuel Todd, Pennsylvania
* Job R. Tyson, Pennsylvania

W-X-Y-Z

* Edward Wade, Ohio
* Abram Wakeman, New York
* David S. Walbridge, Michigan
* Henry Waldron, Michigan
* Cadwallader C. Washburn, Wisconsin
* Israel Washburn, Jr., Maine
* Elihu B. Washburne, Illinois (U.S. state)
* Cooper K. Watson, Ohio
* John M. Wood, Maine
* James H. Woodworth, Illinois (U.S. state)

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##### Republican[edit]

* George T. Hodges, Vermont

### Membership Changes[edit]

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

Senate

* replacements: 2
* Democrats  (D) : no net change
* Opposition  (O) : 2 seat net loss
* Republicans  (R) : 1 seat net gain
* Americans  (A) : 1 seat net gain
* deaths: 1
* resignations: 1
* interim appointments: 1
* Total seats with changes: 10

House of Representatives

* replacements: 6
* Democrats  (D) : 2 seat net loss
* Opposition  (O) : 3 seat net gain
* Free Soilers  (FS) : 1 seat net loss
* deaths: 4
* resignations: 5
* contested election: 1
* Total seats with changes: 10

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### Officers[edit]

Senate

* Secretary of the Senate:
* Asbury Dickens of North Carolina (U.S. state) elected December 12, 1836
* Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
* Dunning R. McNair of Pennsylvania, elected March 17, 1853
* Chaplain of the Senate
* The Rev. Henry C. Dean,  Methodist, elected December 4, 1855
* The Rev. Stephen P. Hill, Baptist, elected December 8, 1856

Other

* Architect of the Capitol:
* Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11, 1851

House of Representatives

* Clerk of the House:
* John W. Forney of Pennsylvania elected December 5, 1853
* William Cullom of Tennessee elected February 4, 1856
* Sergeant at Arms of the House:
* Adam J. Glossbrenner of Pennsylvania, elected February 4, 1856
* Doorkeeper of the House:
* Nathan Darling of New York, elected February 4, 1856
* Postmaster of the House:
* Robert Morris, elected February 4, 1856
* Messenger to the Speaker:
* Thaddeus Morrice
* Chaplain of the House
* The Rev. William H. Milburn,  Methodist, elected December 5, 1853

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## References[edit]

1. ↑ The parties that opposed the Democrats joined a coalition and formed the majority.
2. ↑ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
3. ↑ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.