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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 National Republican
* 8.1.3 Nullifier
* 8.2 House of Representatives
* 8.2.1 Democratic
* 8.2.2 National Republican
* 8.2.3 Anti-Masonic
* 8.2.4 Nullifier
* 9 Membership Changes
* 9.1 Changes summary
* 9.2 Senate
* 9.3 House of Representatives
* 10 Officers
* 11 Notes

The Twenty-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, 1835 to March 3, 1837, during the last two years of the second administration of  U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

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

### Dates of sessions[edit]

March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837

* First session: December 7, 1835 - July 4, 1836.
* Second session: December 5, 1836 - March 3, 1837.
* Previous congress: 23rd Congress

* Next congress: 25th Congress

### Party summary[edit]

Arkansas (U.S. state) and Michigan were newly admitted to the Union and first represented as states in this Congress.

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

* Jacksonian or  Democratic  (D) : 26 (majority)
* Anti-Jacksonian or  National Republican  (NR) : 24
* Nullifier  (N) : 2

TOTAL members: 52

House of Representatives

* Jacksonian or  Democratic  (D) : 143 (majority)
* Anti-Jacksonian or  National Republican  (NR) : 75
* Anti Masonic  (AM) : 16
* Nullifier  (N) : 8

TOTAL members: 242

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### Leadership[edit]

Senate

* Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
* Martin Van Buren,  Democratic of New York
* President pro tempore of the Senate:
* William R. King,  Democratic of Alabama (U.S. state), elected July 1, 1836.

House of Representatives

* Speaker of the House
* James K. Polk,  Democratic of Tennessee, elected December 7, 1835.

### Major events[edit]

Events of 1835, 1836 & 1837

* April 20, 1836 -- Wisconsin Territory was formed from the Michigan Territory
* June 15, 1836 -- Arkansas (U.S. state) was admitted as a state into the Union.
* January 26, 1837 -- Michigan was admitted as a state into the Union.

### Major legislation[edit]

List of United States federal legislation in the 24th Congress

### 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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

Alabama

* 2:  William R. D. King (D)
* 3: Gabriel Moore (NR)

Arkansas

* 2:  William S. Fulton (D)
* 3:  Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

Connecticut

* 3: Gideon Tomlinson (NR)
* 1:  Nathan Smith (NR)

John M. Niles (D)

Delaware

* 2: John M. Clayton (NR)

Thomas Clayton (NR)
* 1: Arnold Naudain (NR)

Richard H. Bayard (NR)

Georgia

* 2:  John P. King (D)
* 3: Alfred Cuthbert (D)

Illinois

* 3:  Elias K. Kane (D)

William L. D. Ewing (D)
* 2: John M. Robinson (D)

Indiana

* 3: William Hendricks (NR)
* 1: John Tipton (D)

Kentucky

* 3: Henry Clay (NR)
* 2: John J. Crittenden (NR)

Louisiana

* 3: Alexander Porter (NR)

Alexander Mouton (D)
* 2: Robert C. Nicholas (D)

Maine

* 1: Ether Shepley (D)

Judah Dana (D)
* 2: John Ruggles (D)

Maryland

* 3:  Robert H. Goldsborough (NR)

John S. Spence (NR)
* 1: Joseph Kent (NR)

Massachusetts

* 1: Daniel Webster (NR)
* 2:  John Davis (NR)

Michigan

* 1: Lucius Lyon (D)
* 2: John Norvell (D)

Mississippi

* 1:  John Black (NR)
* 2: Robert J. Walker (D)

Missouri

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

New Hampshire

* 3: Isaac Hill (D)

John Page (D)
* 2: Henry Hubbard (D)

New Jersey

* 1: Samuel L. Southard (NR)
* 2: Garret D. Wall (D)

New York

* 3:  Silas Wright, Jr. (D)
* 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (D)

North Carolina

* 2: Bedford Brown (D)
* 3:  Willie P. Mangum (NR)

Robert Strange (D)

Ohio

* 3: Thomas Ewing (NR)
* 1:  Thomas Morris (D)

Pennsylvania

* 1: Samuel McKean (D)
* 3: James Buchanan (D)

Rhode Island

* 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (NR)
* 1: Asher Robbins (NR)

South Carolina

* 2: John C. Calhoun (N)
* 3: William C. Preston (N)

Tennessee

* 2: Hugh Lawson White (NR)
* 1: Felix Grundy (D)

Vermont

* 3: Samuel Prentiss (NR)
* 1: Benjamin Swift (NR)

Virginia

* 1: John Tyler (NR)

William C. Rives (D)
* 2: Benjamin W. Leigh (NR)

Richard E. Parker (D)

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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: Reuben Chapman (D)
* 2: Joshua L. Martin (D)
* 3: Joab Lawler (D)
* 4:  Dixon H. Lewis (N)
* 5: Francis S. Lyon (NR)

Arkansas

* A/L: Archibald Yell (D)

Connecticut [1]

* A/L: Elisha Haley (D)
* A/L: Samuel Ingham (D)
* A/L: Andrew T. Judson (D)

Orrin Holt (D)
* A/L: Lancelot Phelps (D)
* A/L: Isaac Toucey (D)
* A/L: Zalmon Wildman (D)

Thomas T. Whittlesey (D)

Delaware

* A/L: John J. Milligan (NR)

Georgia [2]

* A/L: John E. Coffee (D)

William C. Dawson (NR)
* A/L: Seaton Grantland (D)
* A/L:  Charles E. Haynes (D)
* A/L:  James M. Wayne (D)

Jabez Y. Jackson (D)
* A/L:  George W. Owens (D)
* A/L: John W. A. Sanford (D)

Thomas Glascock (D)
* A/L: William Schley (D)

Jesse F. Cleveland (D)
* A/L: James C. Terrell (D)

Hopkins Holsey (D)
* A/L:  George W. B. Towns (D)

Julius C. Alford (NR)

Illinois

* 1:  John Reynolds (D)
* 2: Zadok Casey (D)
* 3: William L. May (D)

Indiana

* 1: Ratliff Boon (D)
* 2:  John W. Davis (D)
* 3:  John Carr (D)
* 4: Amos Lane (D)
* 5: Johnathan McCarty (NR)
* 6: George L. Kinnard (D)

William Herod (NR)
* 7: Edward A. Hannegan (D)

Kentucky

* 1: Linn Boyd (D)
* 2: Albert G. Hawes (D)
* 3: Joseph R. Underwood (NR)
* 4: Sherrod Williams (NR)
* 5:  James Harlan (NR)
* 6: John Calhoon (NR)
* 7: Benjamin Hardin (NR)
* 8: William J. Graves (NR)
* 9:  John White (NR)
* 10: Chilton Allan (NR)
* 11: Richard French (D)
* 12:  John Chambers (NR)
* 13:  Richard M. Johnson (D)

Louisiana

* 1:  Henry Johnson (NR)
* 2: Eleazar W. Ripley (D)
* 3: Rice Garland (NR)

Maine

* 1: John Fairfield (D)
* 2:  Francis O. J. Smith (D)
* 3: Jeremiah Bailey (NR)
* 4:  George Evans (NR)
* 5: Moses Mason, Jr. (D)
* 6:  Joseph Hall (D)
* 7: Leonard Jarvis (D)
* 8: Gorham Parks (D)

Maryland [3]

* 1:  John N. Steele (NR)
* 2:  James A. Pearce (NR)
* 3:  James Turner (D)
* 4:  Benjamin C. Howard (D)
* 4: Isaac McKim (D)
* 5:  George C. Washington (NR)
* 6: Francis Thomas (D)
* 7: Daniel Jenifer (NR)

Massachusetts

* 1: Abbott Lawrence (NR)
* 2: Stephen C. Phillips (NR)
* 3: Caleb Cushing (NR)
* 4: Samuel Hoar (NR)
* 5: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (NR)
* 6:  George J. Grennell, Jr. (NR)
* 7: George N. Briggs (NR)
* 8: William B. Calhoun (NR)
* 9:  William Jackson (AM)
* 10: Nathaniel B. Borden (D)
* 11: John Reed, Jr. (AM)
* 12: John Quincy Adams (AM)

Michigan

* A/L: Isaac E. Crary (D)

Mississippi [4]

* A/L:  John F. H. Claiborne (D)
* A/L:  David Dickson (NR)

Samuel J. Gholson (D)

Missouri [5]

* A/L:  William H. Ashley (NR)
* A/L: Albert G. Harrison (D)

New Hampshire [6]

* A/L: Benning M. Bean (D)
* A/L:  Robert Burns (D)
* A/L: Samuel Cushman (D)
* A/L: Franklin Pierce (D)
* A/L: Joseph Weeks (D)

New Jersey [7]

* A/L: Philemon Dickerson (D)

William Chetwood (NR)
* A/L:  Samuel Fowler (D)
* A/L:  Thomas Lee (D)
* A/L:  James Parker (D)
* A/L:  Ferdinand S. Schenck (D)
* A/L: William N. Shinn (D)

New York [8]

* 1: Abel Huntington (D)
* 2:  Samuel Barton (D)
* 3: Churchill C. Cambreleng (D)
* 3: Campbell P. White (D)

Gideon Lee (D)
* 3: John McKeon (D)
* 3: Ely Moore (D)
* 4:  Aaron Ward (D)
* 5: Abraham Bockee (D)
* 6:  John W. Brown (D)
* 7: Nicholas Sickles (D)
* 8: Valentine Efner (D)
* 8: Aaron Vanderpoel (D)
* 9: Hiram P. Hunt (NR)
* 10: Gerrit Y. Lansing (D)
* 11:  John Cramer (D)
* 12:  David A. Russell (NR)
* 13: Dudley Farlin (D)
* 14: Ransom H. Gillet (D)
* 15: Matthias J. Bovee (D)
* 16: Abijah Mann, Jr. (D)
* 17: Samuel Beardsley (D)

Rutger B. Miller (D)
* 17: Joel Turrill (D)
* 18: Daniel Wardwell (D)
* 19: Sherman Page (D)
* 20:  William Seymour (D)
* 21:  William Mason (D)
* 22: Stephen B. Leonard (D)
* 22: Joseph Reynolds (D)
* 23: William K. Fuller (D)
* 23:  William Taylor (D)
* 24: Ulysses F. Doubleday (D)
* 25: Graham H. Chapin (D)
* 26: Francis Granger (NR)
* 27:  Joshua Lee (D)
* 28: Timothy Childs (NR)
* 29: George W. Lay (NR)
* 30: Philo C. Fuller (NR)

John Young (NR)
* 31: Abner Hazeltine (NR)
* 32: Thomas C. Love (NR)
* 33: Gideon Hard (NR)

North Carolina

* 1:  William B. Shepard (NR)
* 2:  Jesse A. Bynum (D)
* 3: Ebenezer Pettigrew (NR)
* 4: Jesse Speight (D)
* 5:  James I. McKay (D)
* 6:  Micajah T. Hawkins (D)
* 7: Edmund Deberry (NR)
* 8:  William Montgomery (D)
* 9:  Augustine H. Shepperd (NR)
* 10: Abraham Rencher (NR)
* 11:  Henry W. Connor (D)
* 12:  James Graham (NR)
* 13: Lewis Williams (NR)

Ohio

* 1:  Bellamy Storer (NR)
* 2: Taylor Webster (D)
* 3:  Joseph H. Crane (NR)
* 4: Thomas Corwin (NR)
* 5: Thomas L. Hamer (D)
* 6:  Samuel F. Vinton (NR)
* 7: William K. Bond (NR)
* 8: Jeremiah McLene (D)
* 9:  John Chaney (D)
* 10: Samson Mason (NR)
* 11: William Kennon, Sr. (D)
* 12: Elias Howell (NR)
* 13:  David Spangler (NR)
* 14:  William Patterson (D)
* 15: Jonathan Sloane (AM)
* 16: Elisha Whittlesey (NR)
* 17:  John Thomson (D)
* 18:  Benjamin Jones (D)
* 19: Daniel Kilgore (D)

Pennsylvania [9]

* 1:  Joel B. Sutherland (D)
* 2:  James Harper (NR)
* 2:  Joseph R. Ingersoll (NR)
* 3:  Michael W. Ash (D)
* 4: Edward Darlington (AM)
* 4:  William Hiester (AM)
* 4: David Potts, Jr. (AM)
* 5: Jacob Fry, Jr. (D)
* 6: Mathias Morris (NR)
* 7:  David D. Wagener (D)
* 8:  Edward B. Hubley (D)
* 9: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D)
* 10:  William Clark (AM)
* 11: Henry Logan (D)
* 12:  George Chambers (AM)
* 13: Jesse Miller (D)

James Black (D)
* 14:  Joseph Henderson (D)
* 15: Andrew Beaumont (D)
* 16:  Joseph B. Anthony (D)
* 17: John Laporte (D)
* 18: Job Mann (D)
* 19:  John J. Klingensmith, Jr. (D)
* 20: Andrew Buchanan (D)
* 21:  Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM)
* 22: Harmar Denny (AM)
* 23:  Samuel S. Harrison (D)
* 24:  John Banks (AM)

John J. Pearson (NR)
* 25:  John Galbraith (D)

Rhode Island [10]

* A/L: Dutee J. Pearce (AM)
* A/L:  William Sprague (AM)

South Carolina

* 1: Henry L. Pinckney (N)
* 2: William J. Grayson (N)
* 3: Robert B. Campbell (N)
* 4:  James H. Hammond (N)

Franklin H. Elmore (N)
* 5:  Francis W. Pickens (N)
* 6: Warren R. Davis (N)

Waddy Thompson, Jr. (NR)
* 7:  James Rogers (D)
* 8:  Richard I. Manning (D)

John P. Richardson (D)
* 9: John K. Griffin (N)

Tennessee

* 1:  William B. Carter (NR)
* 2: Samuel Bunch (NR)
* 3:  Luke Lea (NR)
* 4:  James I. Standifer (NR)
* 5: John B. Forester (NR)
* 6: Balie Peyton (NR)
* 7:  John Bell (NR)
* 8:  Abram P. Maury (NR)
* 9: James K. Polk (D)
* 10: Ebenezer J. Shields (NR)
* 11: Cave Johnson (D)
* 12: Adam Huntsman (D)
* 13:  William C. Dunlap (D)

Vermont

* 1: Hiland Hall (NR)
* 2: William Slade (AM)
* 3: Horace Everett (NR)
* 4:  Heman Allen (NR)
* 5: Henry F. Janes (AM)

Virginia

* 1: George Loyall (D)
* 2: John Y. Mason (D)
* 3:  John W. Jones (D)
* 4:  George C. Dromgoole (D)
* 5: James W. Bouldin (D)
* 6: Walter Coles (D)
* 7:  Nathaniel H. Claiborne (NR)
* 8: Henry A. Wise (D)
* 9: John Roane (D)
* 10: John Taliaferro (NR)
* 11:  John Robertson (NR)
* 12: James Garland (D)
* 13: John M. Patton (D)
* 14: Charles F. Mercer (NR)
* 15:  Edward Lucas (D)
* 16: James M. H. Beale (D)
* 17:  Robert Craig (D)
* 18:  George W. Hopkins (D)
* 19: William McComas (NR)
* 20:  Joseph Johnson (D)
* 21: William S. Morgan (D)

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#### Delegates[edit]

Arkansas Territory

* A/L:  Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

Florida Territory

* A/L: Joseph M. White (D)

Michigan Territory

* A/L: George W. Jones (D)

Wisconsin Territory

* A/L: George W. Jones (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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

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
* 3: Gabriel Moore (1785-1845), National Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

* 1: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic
* 2: Joshua L. Martin (1799-1856), Democratic
* 3: Joab Lawler (1796-1838), Democratic
* 4:  Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848),  Nullifier
* 5: Francis S. Lyon (1800-1882), National Republican

#### Arkansas[edit]

Senate

* 2:  William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated September 18, 1836.
* 3:  Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated September 18, 1836.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

* A/L: Archibald Yell (1797-1847), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 6, 1836.

#### Connecticut[edit]

Senate

* 3: Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), National Republican
* 1:  Nathan Smith (1770-1835), National Republican …died December 6, 1835.

John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 14, 1835, subsequently elected.

House of Representatives (6 seats) [11]

* A/L: Elisha Haley (1776-1860), Democratic
* A/L: Samuel Ingham (1793-1881), Democratic
* A/L: Andrew T. Judson (1784-1853), Democratic …resigned July 4, 1836.

Orrin Holt (1792-1855), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.
* A/L: Lancelot Phelps (1784-1866), Democratic
* A/L: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic
* A/L: Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835), Democratic …died December 10, 1835.

Thomas T. Whittlesey (1798-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 29, 1836.

#### Delaware[edit]

Senate

* 2: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), National Republican …resigned December 29, 1836.

Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 9, 1837.
* 1: Arnold Naudain (1790-1872), National Republican …resigned June 16, 1836.

Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, June 17, 1836.

House of Representatives

* A/L: John J. Milligan (1795-1875), National Republican

#### Georgia[edit]

Senate

* 2:  John P. King (1799-1888), Democratic
* 3: Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats) [12]

* A/L: John E. Coffee (1782-1836), Democratic …died September 25, 1835.

William C. Dawson (1798-1856), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 26, 1836.
* A/L: Seaton Grantland (1782-1864), Democratic
* A/L:  Charles E. Haynes (1784-1841), Democratic
* A/L:  James M. Wayne (1790-1867), Democratic …resigned January 13, 1835.

Jabez Y. Jackson (1790- ), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7, 1835.
* A/L:  George W. Owens (1786-1856), Democratic
* A/L: John W. A. Sanford (1798-1870), Democratic …resigned July 25, 1835.

Thomas Glascock (1790-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1835.
* A/L: William Schley (1786-1858), Democratic …resigned July 1, 1835.

Jesse F. Cleveland (1804-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1835.
* A/L: James C. Terrell (1806-1835), Democratic …resigned July 8, 1835.

Hopkins Holsey (1779-1859), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1835.
* A/L:  George W. B. Towns (1801-1854), Democratic …resigned September 1,1836.

Julius C. Alford (1799-1863), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 31, 1837.

#### Illinois[edit]

Senate

* 3:  Elias K. Kane (1794-1835), Democratic …died December 12, 1835.

William L. D. Ewing (1795-1846), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 30, 1835.
* 2: John M. Robinson (1794-1843), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

* 1:  John Reynolds (1788-1865), Democratic
* 2: Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Democratic
* 3: William L. May (1793c-1849), Democratic

#### Indiana[edit]

Senate

* 3: William Hendricks (1782-1850), National Republican
* 1: John Tipton (1786-1839), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

* 1: Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), Democratic
* 2:  John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic
* 3: John Carr (1793-1845), Democratic
* 4: Amos Lane (1778-1849), Democratic
* 5: Johnathan McCarty (1795-1852), National Republican
* 6: George L. Kinnard (1803-1836), Democratic …died November 26, 1836.

William Herod (1801-1871), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 25, 1837.
* 7: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic

#### Kentucky[edit]

Senate

* 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), National Republican
* 2: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), National Republican

House of Representatives (13 seats)

* 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
* 2: Albert G. Hawes (1804-1849), Democratic
* 3: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), National Republican
* 4: Sherrod Williams (1804- ), National Republican
* 5:  James Harlan (1800-1863), National Republican
* 6: John Calhoon (1797- ), National Republican
* 7: Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), National Republican
* 8: William J. Graves (1805-1848), National Republican
* 9:  John White (1802-1845), National Republican
* 10: Chilton Allan (1786-1858), National Republican
* 11: Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic
* 12:  John Chambers (1780-1852), National Republican
* 13:  Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Democratic

#### Louisiana[edit]

Senate

* 3: Alexander Porter (1785-1844), National Republican …resigned January 5, 1837.

Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 12, 1837.
* 2: Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 13, 1836.

House of Representatives (3 seats)

* 1:  Henry Johnson (1783-1864), National Republican
* 2: Eleazar W. Ripley (1782-1839), Democratic
* 3: Rice Garland (1795c-1861), National Republican

#### Maine[edit]

Senate

* 1: Ether Shepley (1789-1877), Democratic …resigned March 3, 1836.

Judah Dana (1772-1845), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 7, 1836.
* 2: John Ruggles (1789-1874), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

* 1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic
* 2:  Francis O. J. Smith (1806-1876), Democratic
* 3: Jeremiah Bailey (1773-1853), National Republican
* 4:  George Evans (1797-1867), National Republican
* 5: Moses Mason, Jr. (1789-1866), Democratic
* 6:  Joseph Hall (1793-1859), Democratic
* 7: Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), Democratic
* 8: Gorham Parks (1794-1877), Democratic

#### Maryland[edit]

Senate

* 3:  Robert H. Goldsborough (1779-1836), National Republican …died October 5, 1836.
* John S. Spence (1788-1840), National Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, December 31, 1836.
* 1: Joseph Kent (1779-1837), National Republican

House of Representatives (8 seats) [13]

* 1:  John N. Steele (1796-1853), National Republican
* 2:  James A. Pearce (1805-1862), National Republican
* 3:  James Turner (1783-1861), Democratic
* 4: Benjamin C. Howard (1791-1872), Democratic
* 4: Isaac McKim (1775-1838), Democratic
* 5:  George C. Washington (1789-1854), National Republican
* 6: Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic
* 7: Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), National Republican

#### Massachusetts[edit]

Senate

* 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), National Republican
* 2:  John Davis (1787-1854), National Republican

House of Representatives (12 seats)

* 1: Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), National Republican
* 2: Stephen C. Phillips (1801-1857), National Republican
* 3: Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), National Republican
* 4: Samuel Hoar (1778-1856), National Republican
* 5: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), National Republican
* 6:  George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), National Republican
* 7: George N. Briggs (1796-1861), National Republican
* 8: William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), National Republican
* 9:  William Jackson (1783-1855), Anti-Masonic
* 10: Nathaniel B. Borden (1801-1865), Democratic
* 11: John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), Anti-Masonic
* 12: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Anti-Masonic

#### Michigan[edit]

Senate

* 1: Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Democratic ...newly admitted state, seated January 26, 1837.
* 2: John Norvell (1789-1850), Democratic ...newly admitted state, seated January 26, 1837.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

* A/L: Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), Democratic ...newly admitted state, seated January 27, 1837.

#### Mississippi[edit]

Senate

* 1:  John Black ( -1854), National Republican
* 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats) [14]

* A/L:  John F. H. Claiborne (1809-1884), Democratic
* A/L:  David Dickson ( -1836), National Republican …died in 1836.

Samuel J. Gholson (1808-1883), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1837.

#### Missouri[edit]

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats) [15]

* A/L:  William H. Ashley (1778-1838), National Republican
* A/L: Albert G. Harrison (1800-1839), Democratic

#### New Hampshire[edit]

Senate

* 3: Isaac Hill (1789-1851), Democratic …resigned May 30, 1836.

John Page (1787-1865), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, June 8, 1836.
* 2: Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats) [16]

* A/L: Benning M. Bean (1782-1866), Democratic
* A/L:  Robert Burns (1792-1866), Democratic
* A/L: Samuel Cushman (1783-1851), Democratic
* A/L: Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), Democratic
* A/L: Joseph Weeks (1773-1845), Democratic

#### New Jersey[edit]

Senate

* 1: Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), National Republican
* 2: Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), Democratic

House of Representatives (6 seats) [17]

* A/L: Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862), Democratic …resigned November 3, 1836.

William Chetwood (1771-1857), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.
* A/L: Samuel Fowler (1779-1844), Democratic
* A/L: Thomas Lee (1780-1856), Democratic
* A/L: James Parker (1776-1868), Democratic
* A/L:  Ferdinand S. Schenck (1790-1860), Democratic
* A/L: William N. Shinn (1782-1871), Democratic

#### New York[edit]

Senate

* 3:  Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic
* 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Democratic

House of Representatives (40 seats) [18]

* 1: Abel Huntington (1777-1858), Democratic
* 2:  Samuel Barton (1785-1858), Democratic
* 3: Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), Democratic
* 3|3: Campbell P. White (1787-1859), Democratic …resigned before Congress assembled.

Gideon Lee (1778-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1835.
* 3: John McKeon (1808-1883), Democratic
* 3: Ely Moore (1798-1860), Democratic
* 4 :  Aaron Ward (1790-1867), Democratic
* 5: Abraham Bockee (1784-1865), Democratic
* 6:  John W. Brown (1796-1875), Democratic
* 7: Nicholas Sickles (1801-1845), Democratic
* 8: Valentine Efner (1776-1865), Democratic
* 8: Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), Democratic
* 9: Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865), National Republican
* 10: Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783-1862), Democratic
* 11:  John Cramer (1779-1870), Democratic
* 12:  David A. Russell (1780-1861), National Republican
* 13: Dudley Farlin (1777-1837), Democratic
* 14: Ransom H. Gillet (1800-1876), Democratic
* 15: Matthias J. Bovee (1793-1872), Democratic
* 16: Abijah Mann, Jr. (1793-1868), Democratic
* 17: Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic …resigned March 29, 1836.

Rutger B. Miller (1805-1877), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.
* 17: Joel Turrill (1794-1859), Democratic
* 18: Daniel Wardwell (1791-1878), Democratic
* 19: Sherman Page (1779-1853), Democratic
* 20:  William Seymour (1780c-1848), Democratic
* 21:  William Mason (1786-1860), Democratic
* 22: Stephen B. Leonard (1793-1876), Democratic
* 22: Joseph Reynolds (1785-1864), Democratic
* 23: William K. Fuller (1792-1883), Democratic
* 23:  William Taylor (1791-1865), Democratic
* 24: Ulysses F. Doubleday (1792-1866), Democratic
* 25: Graham H. Chapin (1799-1843), Democratic
* 26: Francis Granger (1792-1868), National Republican
* 27:  Joshua Lee (1783-1842), Democratic
* 28: Timothy Childs (1785-1847), National Republican
* 29: George W. Lay (1798-1860), National Republican
* 30: Philo C. Fuller (1787-1855), National Republican …resigned September 2, 1836.

John Young (1802-1852), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1836.
* 31: Abner Hazeltine (1793-1879), National Republican
* 32: Thomas C. Love (1789-1853), National Republican
* 33: Gideon Hard (1797-1885), National Republican

#### North Carolina[edit]

Senate

* 2: Bedford Brown (1795-1870), Democratic
* 3:  Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), National Republican …resigned November 26, 1836.

Robert Strange (1796-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 5, 1836.

House of Representatives (13 seats)

* 1:  William B. Shepard (1799-1852), National Republican
* 2:  Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), Democratic
* 3: Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783-1848), National Republican
* 4: Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic
* 5:  James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
* 6:  Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), Democratic
* 7: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), National Republican
* 8: William Montgomery (1789-1844), Democratic
* 9:  Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), National Republican
* 10: Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), National Republican
* 11:  Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), Democratic
* 12:  James Graham (1793-1851), National Republican …contested election, seat declared vacant March 29, 1836, subsequently elected, seated December 5, 1836.
* 13: Lewis Williams (1782-1842), National Republican

#### Ohio[edit]

Senate

* 3: Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), National Republican
* 1:  Thomas Morris (1776-1844), Democratic

House of Representatives (19 seats)

* 1:  Bellamy Storer (1796-1875), National Republican
* 2: Taylor Webster (1800-1876), Democratic
* 3:  Joseph H. Crane (1782-1851), National Republican
* 4: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), National Republican
* 5: Thomas L. Hamer (1800-1846), Democratic
* 6:  Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), National Republican
* 7: William K. Bond (1792-1864), National Republican
* 8: Jeremiah McLene (1767-1837), Democratic
* 9:  John Chaney (1790-1881), Democratic
* 10: Samson Mason (1793-1869), National Republican
* 11: William Kennon, Sr. (1793-1881), Democratic
* 12: Elias Howell (1792-1844), National Republican
* 13:  David Spangler (1796-1856), National Republican
* 14:  William Patterson (1790-1868), Democratic
* 15: Jonathan Sloane (1785-1854), Anti-Masonic
* 16: Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), National Republican
* 17:  John Thomson (1780-1852), Democratic
* 18:  Benjamin Jones (1787-1861), Democratic
* 19: Daniel Kilgore (1793-1851), Democratic

#### Pennsylvania[edit]

Senate

* 1: Samuel McKean (1787-1841), Democratic
* 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic

House of Representatives (28 seats) [19]

* 1:  Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), Democratic
* 2:  James Harper (1780-1873), National Republican
* 2:  Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), National Republican
* 3:  Michael W. Ash (1789-1858), Democratic
* 4: Edward Darlington (1795-1884), Anti-Masonic
* 4:  William Hiester (1790-1853), Anti-Masonic
* 4: David Potts, Jr. (1794c-1863), Anti-Masonic
* 5: Jacob Fry, Jr. (1802-1866), Democratic
* 6: Mathias Morris (1787-1839), National Republican
* 7:  David D. Wagener (1792-1860), Democratic
* 8:  Edward B. Hubley (1792-1856), Democratic
* 9: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), Democratic
* 10:  William Clark (1774-1851), Anti-Masonic
* 11: Henry Logan (1784-1866), Democratic
* 12:  George Chambers (1786-1866), Anti-Masonic
* 13: Jesse Miller (1800-1850), Democratic …resigned October 30, 1836.

James Black (1793-1872), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.
* 14:  Joseph Henderson (1791-1863), Democratic
* 15: Andrew Beaumont (1790-1853), Democratic
* 16:  Joseph B. Anthony (1795-1851), Democratic
* 17: John Laporte (1798-1862), Democratic
* 18: Job Mann (1795-1873), Democratic
* 19:  John J. Klingensmith, Jr. (1786-1854), Democratic
* 20:  Andrew Buchanan (1780-1848), Democratic
* 21:  Thomas M. T. McKennan (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
* 22: Harmar Denny (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
* 23:  Samuel S. Harrison (1780-1853), Democratic
* 24:  John Banks (1793-1864), Anti-Masonic …resigned in 1836.

John J. Pearson (1800-1888), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1836.
* 25:  John Galbraith (1794-1860), Democratic

#### Rhode Island[edit]

Senate

* 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), National Republican
* 1: Asher Robbins (1757-1845), National Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats) [20]

* A/L: Dutee J. Pearce (1789-1849), Anti-Masonic
* A/L:  William Sprague (1799-1856), Anti-Masonic

#### South Carolina[edit]

Senate

* 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850),  Nullifier
* 3: William C. Preston (1794-1860),  Nullifier

House of Representatives (9 seats)

* 1: Henry L. Pinckney (1794-1863),  Nullifier
* 2: William J. Grayson (1788-1863),  Nullifier
* 3: Robert B. Campbell ( -1862),  Nullifier
* 4:  James H. Hammond (1807-1864),  Nullifier …resigned February 26, 1836.

Franklin H. Elmore (1799-1850),  Nullifier …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19, 1836.
* 5:  Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869),  Nullifier
* 6: Warren R. Davis Nullifier …died before Congress assembled.

Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 16, 1836.
* 7: James Rogers (1795-1873), Democratic
* 8:  Richard I. Manning (1789-1836), Democratic …died May 1,1836.

John P. Richardson (1801-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19, 1836.
* 9: John K. Griffin (1789-1841),  Nullifier

#### Tennessee[edit]

Senate

* 2: Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), National Republican
* 1: Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Democratic

House of Representatives (13 seats)

* 1:  William B. Carter (1792-1848), National Republican
* 2: [Samuel Bunch]] (1786-1849), National Republican
* 3:  Luke Lea (1783-1851), National Republican
* 4:  James I. Standifer (1782-1837), National Republican
* 5: John B. Forester ( -1845), National Republican
* 6: Balie Peyton (1803-1878), National Republican
* 7:  John Bell (1797-1869), National Republican
* 8:  Abram P. Maury (1801-1848), National Republican
* 9: James K. Polk (1795-1849), Democratic
* 10: Ebenezer J. Shields (1778-1846), National Republican
* 11: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
* 12: Adam Huntsman (1786-1849), Democratic
* 13:  William C. Dunlap (1798-1872), Democratic

#### Vermont[edit]

Senate

* 3: Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), National Republican
* 1: Benjamin Swift (1781-1847), National Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

* 1: Hiland Hall (1795-1885), National Republican
* 2: William Slade (1786-1859), Anti-Masonic
* 3: Horace Everett (1779-1851), National Republican
* 4:  Heman Allen (1777-1844), National Republican
* 5: Henry F. Janes (1792-1879), Anti-Masonic

#### Virginia[edit]

Senate

* 1: John Tyler (1790-1862), National Republican …resigned February 29, 1836.

William C. Rives (1793-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 4, 1836.
* 2: Benjamin W. Leigh (1781-1849), National Republican …resigned July 4, 1836.

Richard E. Parker (1783-1840), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 12, 1836.

House of Representatives (21 seats)

* 1: George Loyall (1789-1868), Democratic
* 2: John Y. Mason (1799-1859), Democratic …resigned January 11, 1837.
* 3:  John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic
* 4:  George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic
* 5: James W. Bouldin (1792-1854), Democratic
* 6: Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic
* 7:  Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), National Republican
* 8: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Democratic
* 9: John Roane (1766-1838), Democratic
* 10: John Taliaferro (1768-1852), National Republican
* 11:  John Robertson (1787-1873), National Republican
* 12: James Garland (1791-1885), Democratic
* 13: John M. Patton (1797-1858), Democratic
* 14: Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), National Republican
* 15:  Edward Lucas (1780-1858), Democratic
* 16: James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), Democratic
* 17:  Robert Craig (1792-1852), Democratic
* 18:  George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Democratic
* 19: William McComas (1795-1865), National Republican
* 20:  Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic
* 21: William S. Morgan (1801-1878), Democratic

#### Delegates[edit]

Arkansas Territory

* A/L:  Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic …newly admitted state, served until June 15, 1836.

Florida Territory

* A/L: Joseph M. White (1781-1839), Democratic

Michigan Territory

* A/L: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …newly admitted state, served until December 5, 1836.

Wisconsin Territory

* A/L: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …new territory, seated April 20, 1836.

### 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

* Thomas H. Benton, [[Missouri]]
* Bedford Brown, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* James Buchanan, Pennsylvania
* Alfred Cuthbert, Georgia
* Judah Dana, Maine
* William L. D. Ewing, Illinois (U.S. state)
* William S. Fulton, Arkansas (U.S. state)

G-L

* Felix Grundy, Tennessee
* Isaac Hill, New Hampshire
* Henry Hubbard, New Hampshire
* Elias K. Kane, Illinois (U.S. state)
* John P. King, Georgia
* William R. D. King, Alabama (U.S. state)
* Lewis F. Linn, [[Missouri]]
* Lucius Lyon, Michigan

M-R

* Samuel McKean, Pennsylvania
* Thomas Morris, Ohio
* Alexander Mouton, Louisiana
* Robert C. Nicholas, Louisiana
* John M. Niles, Connecticut
* John Norvell, Michigan
* John Page, New Hampshire
* Richard E. Parker, Virginia
* William C. Rives, Virginia
* John M. Robinson, Illinois (U.S. state)
* John Ruggles, Maine

S-Z

* Ambrose H. Sevier, Arkansas (U.S. state)
* Ether Shepley, Maine
* Robert Strange, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, New York
* John Tipton, Indiana
* Robert J. Walker, Mississippi
* Garret D. Wall, New Jersey
* Silas Wright, Jr., New York

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##### National Republican[edit]

A-F

* Richard H. Bayard, Delaware
* John Black, Mississippi
* Henry Clay, Kentucky
* John M. Clayton, Delaware
* Thomas Clayton, Delaware
* John J. Crittenden, Kentucky
* John Davis, Massachusetts
* Thomas Ewing, Ohio

G-L

* Robert H. Goldsborough, Maryland
* William Hendricks, Indiana
* Joseph Kent, Maryland
* Nehemiah R. Knight, Rhode Island
* Benjamin W. Leigh, Virginia

M-R

* Willie P. Mangum, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Gabriel Moore, Alabama (U.S. state)
* Arnold Naudain, Delaware
* Alexander Porter, Louisiana
* Samuel Prentiss, Vermont
* Asher Robbins, Rhode Island

S-Z

* Nathan Smith, Connecticut
* Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey
* John S. Spence, Maryland
* Benjamin Swift, Vermont
* Gideon Tomlinson, Connecticut
* John Tyler, Virginia
* Daniel Webster, Massachusetts
* Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee

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##### Nullifier[edit]

* John C. Calhoun, South Carolina
* William C. Preston, South Carolina

#### 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 B. Anthony, Pennsylvania
* Michael W. Ash, Pennsylvania
* Samuel Barton, New York
* James M. H. Beale, Virginia
* Benning M. Bean, New Hampshire
* Samuel Beardsley, New York
* Andrew Beaumont, Pennsylvania
* James Black, Pennsylvania
* Abraham Bockee, New York
* Ratliff Boon, Indiana
* Nathaniel B. Borden, Massachusetts
* James W. Bouldin, Virginia
* Matthias J. Bovee, New York
* Linn Boyd, Kentucky
* J ohn W. Brown, New York
* Andrew Buchanan, Pennsylvania
* Robert Burns, New Hampshire
* Jesse A. Bynum, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York
* John Carr, Indiana
* Zadok Casey, Illinois (U.S. state)
* John Chaney, Ohio
* Graham H. Chapin, New York
* Reuben Chapman, Alabama (U.S. state)
* John F. H. Claiborne, Mississippi
* Jesse F. Cleveland, Georgia
* John E. Coffee, Georgia
* Walter Coles, Virginia
* Henry W. Connor, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Robert Craig, Virginia
* John Cramer, New York
* Isaac E. Crary, Michigan
* Samuel Cushman, New Hampshire

D-E-F

* John W. Davis, Indiana
* Philemon Dickerson, New Jersey
* Ulysses F. Doubleday, New York
* George C. Dromgoole, Virginia
* William C. Dunlap, Tennessee
* Valentine Efner, New York
* John Fairfield, Maine
* Dudley Farlin, New York
* Samuel Fowler, New Jersey
* Richard French, Kentucky
* Jacob Fry, Jr., Pennsylvania
* William K. Fuller, New York

G-H-I

* John Galbraith, Pennsylvania
* James Garland, Virginia
* Samuel J. Gholson, Mississippi
* Ransom H. Gillet, New York
* Thomas Glascock, Georgia
* Seaton Grantland, Georgia
* Elisha Haley, Connecticut
* Joseph Hall, Maine
* Thomas L. Hamer, Ohio
* Edward A. Hannegan, Indiana
* Albert G. Harrison, [[Missouri]]
* Samuel S. Harrison, Pennsylvania
* Albert G. Hawes, Kentucky
* Micajah T. Hawkins, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Charles E. Haynes, Georgia
* Joseph Henderson, Pennsylvania
* Hopkins Holsey, Georgia
* Orrin Holt, Connecticut
* George W. Hopkins, Virginia
* Benjamin C. Howard, Maryland
* Edward B. Hubley, Pennsylvania
* Abel Huntington, New York
* Adam Huntsman, Tennessee
* Samuel Ingham, Connecticut

J-K-L

* Jabez Y. Jackson, Georgia
* Leonard Jarvis, Maine
* Cave Johnson, Tennessee
* Joseph Johnson, Virginia
* Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky
* Benjamin Jones, Ohio
* John W. Jones, Virginia
* Andrew T. Judson, Connecticut
* William Kennon, Sr., Ohio
* Daniel Kilgore, Ohio
* George L. Kinnard, Indiana
* John J. Klingensmith, Jr., Pennsylvania
* Amos Lane, Indiana
* Gerrit Y. Lansing, New York
* John Laporte, Pennsylvania
* Joab Lawler, Alabama (U.S. state)
* Gideon Lee, New York
* Joshua Lee, New York
* Thomas Lee, New Jersey
* Stephen B. Leonard, New York
* Henry Logan, Pennsylvania
* George Loyall, Virginia
* Edward Lucas, Virginia

M-N-O

* Abijah Mann, Jr., New York
* Job Mann, Pennsylvania
* Richard I. Manning, South Carolina
* Joshua L. Martin, Alabama (U.S. state)
* John Y. Mason, Virginia
* Moses Mason, Jr., Maine
* William Mason, New York
* William L. May, Illinois (U.S. state)
* James I. McKay, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* John McKeon, New York
* Isaac McKim, Maryland
* Jeremiah McLene, Ohio
* Jesse Miller, Pennsylvania
* Rutger B. Miller, New York
* William Montgomery, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Ely Moore, New York
* William S. Morgan, Virginia
* Henry A. P. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania
* George W. Owens, Georgia

P-Q-R

* Sherman Page, New York
* James Parker, New Jersey
* Gorham Parks, Maine
* William Patterson, Ohio
* John M. Patton, Virginia
* Lancelot Phelps, Connecticut
* Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire
* James K. Polk, Tennessee
* John Reynolds, Illinois (U.S. state)
* Joseph Reynolds, New York
* John P. Richardson, South Carolina
* Eleazar W. Ripley, Louisiana
* John Roane, Virginia
* James Rogers, South Carolina

S-T-U-V

* John W. A. Sanford, Georgia
* Ferdinand S. Schenck, New Jersey
* William Schley, Georgia
* William Seymour, New York
* William N. Shinn, New Jersey
* Nicholas Sickles, New York
* Francis O. J. Smith, Maine
* Jesse Speight, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Joel B. Sutherland, Pennsylvania
* William Taylor , New York
* James C. Terrell, Georgia
* Francis Thomas, Maryland
* John Thomson, Ohio
* Isaac Toucey, Connecticut
* George W. B. Towns, Georgia
* James Turner, Maryland
* Joel Turrill, New York
* Aaron Vanderpoel, New York

W-X-Y-Z

* David D. Wagener, Pennsylvania
* Aaron Ward, New York
* Daniel Wardwell, New York
* James M. Wayne, Georgia
* Taylor Webster, Ohio
* Joseph Weeks, New Hampshire
* Campbell P. White, New York
* Thomas T. Whittlesey, Connecticut
* Zalmon Wildman, Connecticut
* Henry A. Wise, Virginia
* Archibald Yell, Arkansas (U.S. state)

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##### National Republican[edit]

A-B-C

* Julius C. Alford, Georgia
* Chilton Allan, Kentucky
* Heman Allen, Vermont
* William H. Ashley, [[Missouri]]
* Jeremiah Bailey, Maine
* John Bell, Tennessee
* William K. Bond, Ohio
* George N. Briggs, Massachusetts
* Samuel Bunch, Tennessee
* John Calhoon, Kentucky
* William B. Calhoun, Massachusetts
* William B. Carter, Tennessee
* John Chambers, Kentucky
* William Chetwood, New Jersey
* Timothy Childs, New York
* Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Virginia
* Thomas Corwin, Ohio
* Joseph H. Crane, Ohio
* Caleb Cushing, Massachusetts

D-E-F

* William C. Dawson, Georgia
* Edmund Deberry, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* David Dickson, Mississippi
* George Evans, Maine
* Horace Everett, Vermont
* John B. Forester, Tennessee
* Philo C. Fuller , New York

G-H-I

* Rice Garland, Louisiana
* James Graham, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Francis Granger, New York
* William J. Graves, Kentucky
* George J. Grennell, Jr., Massachusetts
* Hiland Hall, Vermont
* Gideon Hard, New York
* Benjamin Hardin, Kentucky
* James Harlan, Kentucky
* James Harper, Pennsylvania
* Abner Hazeltine, New York
* William Herod, Indiana
* Samuel Hoar, Massachusetts
* Elias Howell, Ohio
* Hiram P. Hunt, New York
* Joseph R. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania

J-K-L

* Daniel Jenifer, Maryland
* Henry Johnson, Louisiana
* Abbott Lawrence, Massachusetts
* George W. Lay, New York
* Luke Lea, Tennessee
* Levi Lincoln, Jr., Massachusetts
* Thomas C. Love, New York
* Francis S. Lyon, Alabama (U.S. state)

M-N-O

* Samson Mason, Ohio
* Abram P. Maury, Tennessee
* Johnathan McCarty, Indiana
* William McComas , Virginia
* Charles F. Mercer, Virginia
* John J. Milligan, Delaware
* Mathias Morris, Pennsylvania

P-Q-R

* James A. Pearce, Maryland
* John J. Pearson, Pennsylvania
* Ebenezer Pettigrew, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Balie Peyton, Tennessee
* Stephen C. Phillips, Massachusetts
* Abraham Rencher, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* John Robertson, Virginia
* David A. Russell, New York

S-T-U-V

* William B. Shepard, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Augustine H. Shepperd, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Ebenezer J. Shields, Tennessee
* David Spangler, Ohio
* James I. Standifer, Tennessee
* John N. Steele, Maryland
* Bellamy Storer, Ohio
* John Taliaferro, Virginia
* Waddy Thompson, Jr., South Carolina
* Joseph R. Underwood, Kentucky
* Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio

W-X-Y-Z

* George C. Washington, Maryland
* John White, Kentucky
* Elisha Whittlesey, Ohio
* Lewis Williams, North Carolina (U.S. state)
* Sherrod Williams, Kentucky
* John Young, New York

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##### Anti-Masonic[edit]

A-F

* John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts
* John Banks, Pennsylvania
* George Chambers, Pennsylvania
* William Clark, Pennsylvania
* Edward Darlington, Pennsylvania
* Harmar Denny, Pennsylvania

G-O

* William Hiester, Pennsylvania
* William Jackson, Massachusetts
* Henry F. Janes, Vermont
* Thomas M. T. McKennan, Pennsylvania

P-Z

* Dutee J. Pearce, Rhode Island
* David Potts, Jr., Pennsylvania
* John Reed, Jr., Massachusetts
* William Slade, Vermont
* Jonathan Sloane, Ohio
* William Sprague, Rhode Island

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##### Nullifier[edit]

A-F

* Robert B. Campbell, South Carolina
* Warren R. Davis, South Carolina
* Franklin H. Elmore, South Carolina

G-O

* William J. Grayson, South Carolina
* John K. Griffin, South Carolina
* James H. Hammond, South Carolina
* Dixon H. Lewis, Alabama (U.S. state)

P-Z

* Francis W. Pickens, South Carolina
* Henry L. Pinckney, South Carolina

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### Membership Changes[edit]

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

#### Changes summary[edit]

Senate

* replacements: 11
* Democrats  (D) : 5 seat net gain
* National Republicans  (NR) : 5 seat net loss
* deaths: 3
* resignations: 8
* interim appointments: 0
* Total seats with changes: 16

House of Representatives

* replacements: 14
* Democrats  (D) : 3 seat net loss
* National Republicans  (NR) : 5 seat net gain
* Anti Masonics  (AM) : 1 seat net loss
* Nullifiers  (N) : 1 seat net loss
* deaths: 6
* resignations: 14
* contested election: 0
* Total seats with changes: 23

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#### Senate[edit]

State  | Outgoing Senator  | Reason for Change  | Successor  | Successor's selection

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Arkansas (U.S. state)
class 2 | vacant  | Newly admitted state
Arkansas (U.S. state) was admitted to the union November 8, 1833.  |  William S. Fulton
Democratic | seated
September 18, 1836.
Arkansas (U.S. state)
class 3 | vacant  | Newly admitted state
Arkansas (U.S. state) was admitted to the union November 8, 1833.  |  Ambrose H. Sevier
Democratic | seated
September 18, 1836.
Connecticut
class 1 |  Nathan Smith
Republican | Death
Senator  Nathan Smith died December 6, 1835.  | John M. Niles
Democratic | appointed
December 14, 1835, subsequently elected.
Delaware
class 1 | John M. Clayton
Republican | Resignation
Senator John M. Clayton resigned December 29, 1836.  | Thomas Clayton
Republican | elected
January 9, 1837.
Delaware
class 2 | Arnold Naudain
Republican | Resignation
Senator Arnold Naudain resigned June 16, 1836.  | Richard H. Bayard
Republican | elected
June 17, 1836.
Illinois (U.S. state)
class 3 |  Elias K. Kane
Democratic | Death
Senator  Elias K. Kane died December 12, 1835.  |  William L. D. Ewing
Democratic | elected
December 30, 1835.
Louisiana
class 2 | Alexander Porter
Republican | Resignation
Senator Alexander Porter resigned January 5, 1837.  | Alexander Mouton
Democratic | elected
January 12, 1837.
Louisiana
class 3 | vacant  | Vacancy
Vacancy in class from preceding Congress  | Robert C. Nicholas
Democratic | elected
January 13, 1836.
Maine
class 1 | Ether Shepley
Democratic | Resignation
Senator Ether Shepley resigned March 3, 1836.  | Judah Dana
Democratic | appointed
December 7, 1836.
Maryland
class 3 |  Robert H. Goldsborough
Republican | Death
Senator  Robert H. Goldsborough died October 5, 1836.  | John S. Spence
Republican | appointed
December 31, 1836.
Michigan
class 1 | vacant  | Newly admitted state
Michigan was admitted to the union January 26, 1837.  | Lucius Lyon
Democratic | seated
January 26, 1837.
Michigan
class 2 | vacant  | Newly admitted state
Michigan was admitted to the union January 26, 1837.  | John Norvell
Democratic | seated
January 26, 1837.
New Hampshire
class 3 | Isaac Hill
Democratic | Resignation
Senator Isaac Hill resigned May 30, 1836.  |  John Page
Democratic | appointed
June 8, 1836.
North Carolina (U.S. state)
class 3 |  Willie P. Mangum
Republican | Resignation
Senator  Willie P. Mangum resigned November 26, 1836.  | Robert Strange
Democratic | elected
December 5, 1836.
Virginia
class 1 | John Tyler
Republican | Resignation
Senator John Tyler resigned February 29, 1836.  |  William C. Rives
Democratic | elected
March 4, 1836.
Virginia
class 2 | Benjamin W. Leigh
Republican | Resignation
Senator Benjamin W. Leigh resigned July 4, 1836.  | Richard E. Parker
Democratic | elected
December 12, 1836.

#### House of Representatives[edit]

State  | Outgoing Representative  | Reason for Change  | Successor  | Successor's selection

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Arkansas (U.S. state)
at large | vacant  | Newly admitted state
Arkansas (U.S. state) was admitted to the union November 8, 1833.  | Archibald Yell
Democratic | seated
December 6, 1836.
Connecticut
3rd at large | Andrew T. Judson
Democratic | Resignation
Representative Andrew T. Judson resigned July 4, 1836.  | Orrin Holt
Democratic | seated
December 5, 1836.
Connecticut
6th at large | Zalmon Wildman
Democratic | Death
Representative Zalmon Wildman died December 10, 1835.  | Thomas T. Whittlesey
Democratic | seated
April 29, 1836.
Georgia
1st at large | John E. Coffee
Democratic | Death
Representative John E. Coffee died September 25, 1835.  |  William C. Dawson
Republican | seated
December 26, 1836.
Georgia
4th at large |  James M. Wayne
Democratic | Resignation
Representative  James M. Wayne resigned January 13, 1835.  |  Jabez Y. Jackson
Democratic | seated
December 7, 1835.
Georgia
6th at large | John W. A. Sanford
Democratic | Resignation
Representative John W. A. Sanford resigned July 25, 1835.  | Thomas Glascock
Democratic | seated
December 7, 1835.
Georgia
7th at large | William Schley
Democratic | Resignation
Representative William Schley resigned July 1, 1835.  |  Jesse F. Cleveland
Democratic | seated
December 7, 1835.
Georgia
8th at large | James C. Terrell
Democratic | Resignation
Representative James C. Terrell resigned July 8, 1835.  | Samuel McKean
Democratic | seated
December 7, 1835
Georgia
9th at large |  George W. B. Towns
Democratic | Resignation
Representative  George W. B. Towns resigned September 1, 1836.  | Julius C. Alford]]
Republican | seated
January 31, 1837.
Indiana
6th | George L. Kinnard
Democratic | Death
Representative George L. Kinnard died November 26, 1836.  | William Herod
Republican | seated
January 25, 1837.
Michigan
at large | vacant  | Newly admitted state
Michigan was admitted to the union January 26, 1837.  | Isaac E. Crary
Democratic | seated
January 27, 1837.
Mississippi
2nd at large |  David Dickson
Republican | Death
Representative  David Dickson died in 1836.  | Samuel J. Gholson
Democratic | seated
January 7, 1837.
New Jersey
1st at large | Philemon Dickerson
Democratic | Resignation
Representative Philemon Dickerson resigned November 3, 1836.  | William Chetwood
Republican | seated
December 5, 1836.
New York
3rd [21] | Campbell P. White
Democratic | Resignation
Representative Campbell P. White resigned before Congress assembled.  | Gideon Lee
Democratic | seated
December 7, 1835.
New York
17th [22] | Samuel Beardsley
Democratic | Resignation
Representative Samuel Beardsley resigned March 29, 1836.  | Rutger B. Miller
Democratic | seated
December 5, 1836.
New York
30th | Philo C. Fuller
Republican | Resignation
Representative Philo C. Fuller resigned September 2, 1836.  |  John Young
Republican | seated
December 6, 1836.
North Carolina (U.S. state)
12th |  James Graham
Republican | Contested election
Representative  James Graham served until March 29, 1836, when seat declared vacant.  |  James Graham
Republican | re-seated
December 5, 1836.
Pennsylvania
13th | Jesse Miller
Democratic | Resignation
Representative Jesse Miller resigned October 30, 1836.  |  James Black
Democratic | seated
December 5, 1836.
Pennsylvania
24th |  John Banks
Anti-Masonic | Resignation
Representative  John Banks resigned in 1836.  |  John J. Pearson
Republican | seated
December 5, 1836.
South Carolina
4th |  James H. Hammond
Nullifier | Resignation
Representative  James H. Hammond resigned February 26, 1836.  | Franklin H. Elmore
Nullifier | seated
December 19, 1836.
South Carolina
6th | Warren R. Davis
Nullifier | Death
Representative Warren R. Davis died before Congress assembled.  |  John Davis
Republican | not filled in this Congress
South Carolina
8th |  Richard I. Manning
Democratic | Death
Representative Warren R. Davis died May 1, 1836.  |  John P. Richardson
Democratic | seated
December 19, 1836.
Virginia
2nd | John Y. Mason
Democratic | Resignation
Representative John Y. Mason resigned January 11, 1837.  | vacant  | not filled in this Congress

### Officers[edit]

Senate

* Secretary of the Senate:
* Walter Lowrie of Pennsylvania elected December 12, 1825.
* Asbury Dickens of North Carolina (U.S. state) elected December 12, 1836.
* Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
* John Shackford of New Hampshire, elected December 9, 1833.
* Chaplain of the Senate
* The Rev. Edward Y. Higbee,  Episcopalian, elected December 23, 1835.
* The Rev. John R. Goodman,  Episcopalian, elected December 28, 1836.

House of Representatives

* Clerk of the House:
* Walter S. Franklin of Pennsylvania, elected December 7, 1835.
* Sergeant at Arms of the House:
* Roderick Dorsey of Maryland, elected December 15, 1835.
* Doorkeeper of the House:
* Overton Carr of Maryland, elected December 15, 1835.
* Postmaster of the House:
* William J. McCormick
* Chaplain of the House
* The Rev. Thomas H. Stockton,  Methodist, elected December 7, 1835.
* The Rev. Oliver C. Comstock, Baptist, elected December 5, 1836.

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### Notes[edit]

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.
21. ↑ This was a plural district with 4 representatives.
22. ↑ This was a plural district with 2 representatives.