1831-1833 U.S. Congress
The 22nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives . It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1831, to March 4, 1833, during the third and fourth years of Andrew Jackson 's presidency . The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1820 United States census . Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership " section.
House of Representatives [ edit ]
President of the SenateJohn C. Calhoun
House of Representatives [ edit ]
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
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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 re-election in 1832; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1836.
▌ 2. William R. King (J)
▌ 3. Gabriel Moore (J)
▌ 1. Samuel A. Foot (NR)
▌ 3. Gideon Tomlinson (NR)
▌ 1. Arnold Naudain (NR)
▌ 2. John M. Clayton (NR)
▌ 2. George M. Troup (J)
▌ 3. John Forsyth (J)
▌ 2. John M. Robinson (J)
▌ 3. Elias K. Kane (J)
▌ 1. Robert Hanna (NR), from August 19, 1831 - January 3, 1832
▌ John Tipton (J), from January 3, 1832
▌ 3. William Hendricks (NR)
▌ 2. George M. Bibb (J)
▌ 3. Henry Clay (NR), from November 10, 1831
▌ 2. Edward Livingston (J), until May 24, 1831
▌ George A. Waggaman (NR), from November 15, 1831
▌ 3. Josiah S. Johnston (NR)
▌ 1. John Holmes (NR)
▌ 2. Peleg Sprague (NR)
▌ 1. Samuel Smith (J)
▌ 3. Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR)
▌ 1. Daniel Webster (NR)
▌ 2. Nathaniel Silsbee (NR)
▌ 1. Powhatan Ellis (J), until July 16, 1832
▌ John Black (J), from November 12, 1832
▌ 2. George Poindexter (NR)
▌ 1. Thomas H. Benton (J)
▌ 3. Alexander Buckner (J)
▌ 2. Samuel Bell (NR)
▌ 3. Isaac Hill (J)
▌ 1. Mahlon Dickerson (J)
▌ 2. Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR)
▌ 1. Charles E. Dudley (J)
▌ 3. William L. Marcy (J), until January 1, 1833
▌ Silas Wright Jr. (J), from January 4, 1833
▌ 2. Bedford Brown (J)
▌ 3. Willie P. Mangum (J)
▌ 1. Benjamin Ruggles (NR)
▌ 3. Thomas Ewing (NR)
▌ 1. Isaac D. Barnard (J), until December 6, 1831
▌ George M. Dallas (J), from December 13, 1831
▌ 3. William Wilkins (J)
▌ 1. Asher Robbins (NR)
▌ 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (NR)
▌ 2. Robert Y. Hayne (N), until December 3, 1832
▌ John C. Calhoun (N), from December 29, 1832
▌ 3. Stephen D. Miller (N), until March 2, 1833, vacant for remainder of term
▌ 1. Felix Grundy (J)
▌ 2. Hugh Lawson White (J)
▌ 1. Horatio Seymour (NR)
▌ 3. Samuel Prentiss (NR)
▌ 1. John Tyler (J)
▌ 2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J), until July 16, 1832
▌ William C. Rives (J), from December 10, 1832
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 22nd Congress in March 1831. 2 Jacksonians
1 Jacksonian and 1 Anti-Jacksonian
2 Anti-Jacksonians
2 Nullifiers
President pro tempore Samuel Smith
President pro tempore Hugh Lawson White
House of Representatives [ edit ]
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
▌ 1 . Clement C. Clay (J)
▌ 2 . Samuel W. Mardis (J)
▌ 3 . Dixon H. Lewis (J)
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
▌ At-large . Noyes Barber (NR)
▌ At-large . William W. Ellsworth (NR)
▌ At-large . Jabez W. Huntington (NR)
▌ At-large . Ralph I. Ingersoll (NR)
▌ At-large . William L. Storrs (NR)
▌ At-large . Ebenezer Young (NR)
▌ At-large . John J. Milligan (NR)
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
▌ At-large . Thomas F. Foster (J)
▌ At-large . Henry G. Lamar (J)
▌ At-large . Wilson Lumpkin (J), until ????, 1831
▌ Augustin S. Clayton (J), from January 21, 1832
▌ At-large . Daniel Newnan (J)
▌ At-large . Wiley Thompson (J)
▌ At-large . James M. Wayne (J)
▌ At-large . Richard Henry Wilde (J)
▌ At-large . Joseph Duncan (J)
▌ 1 . Ratliff Boon (J)
▌ 2 . John Carr (J)
▌ 3 . Johnathan McCarty (J)
▌ 1 . Henry Daniel (J)
▌ 2 . Thomas A. Marshall (NR)
▌ 3 . Chilton Allan (NR)
▌ 4 . Robert P. Letcher (NR)
▌ 5 . Richard M. Johnson (J)
▌ 6 . Joseph Lecompte (J)
▌ 7 . John Adair (J)
▌ 8 . Nathan Gaither (J)
▌ 9 . Charles A. Wickliffe (J)
▌ 10 . Christopher Tompkins (NR)
▌ 11 . Albert G. Hawes (J)
▌ 12 . Chittenden Lyon (J)
▌ 1 . Edward D. White (NR)
▌ 2 . Philemon Thomas (J)
▌ 3 . Henry A. Bullard (NR)
▌ 1 . Rufus McIntire (J)
▌ 2 . John Anderson (J)
▌ 3 . Edward Kavanagh (J)
▌ 4 . George Evans (NR)
▌ 5 . Cornelius Holland (J)
▌ 6 . Leonard Jarvis (J)
▌ 7 . James Bates (J)
The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
▌ 1 . Daniel Jenifer (NR)
▌ 2 . Benedict J. Semmes (NR)
▌ 3 . George C. Washington (NR)
▌ 4 . Francis Thomas (J)
▌ 5 . Benjamin C. Howard (J)
▌ 5 . John T. H. Worthington (J)
▌ 6 . George E. Mitchell (J), until June 28, 1832
▌ Charles S. Sewall (J), from October 1, 1832
▌ 7 . John L. Kerr (NR)
▌ 8 . John S. Spence (NR)
▌ 1 . Nathan Appleton (NR)
▌ 2 . Rufus Choate (NR)
▌ 3 . Jeremiah Nelson (NR)
▌ 4 . Edward Everett (NR)
▌ 5 . John Davis (NR)
▌ 6 . Joseph G. Kendall (NR)
▌ 7 . George J. Grennell Jr. (NR)
▌ 8 . Isaac C. Bates (NR)
▌ 9 . George N. Briggs (NR)
▌ 10 . Henry A. S. Dearborn (NR)
▌ 11 . John Quincy Adams (NR)
▌ 12 . James L. Hodges (NR)
▌ 13 . John Reed Jr. (NR)
▌ At-large . Franklin E. Plummer (J)
▌ At-large . Spencer D. Pettis (J), until August 28, 1831
▌ William H. Ashley (J), from October 31, 1831
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
▌ At-large . John Brodhead (J)
▌ At-large . Thomas Chandler (J)
▌ At-large . Joseph Hammons (J)
▌ At-large . Joseph M. Harper (J)
▌ At-large . Henry Hubbard (J)
▌ At-large . John W. Weeks (J)
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
▌ At-large . Lewis Condict (NR)
▌ At-large . Silas Condit (NR)
▌ At-large . Richard M. Cooper (NR)
▌ At-large . Thomas H. Hughes (NR)
▌ At-large . James F. Randolph (NR)
▌ At-large . Isaac Southard (NR)
There were three plural districts, the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, the 3rd had three representatives.
▌ 1 . James Lent (J), until February 22, 1833, vacant thereafter
▌ 2 . John T. Bergen (J)
▌ 3 . Churchill C. Cambreleng (J)
▌ 3 . Gulian C. Verplanck (J)
▌ 3 . Campbell P. White (J)
▌ 4 . Aaron Ward (J)
▌ 5 . Edmund H. Pendleton (NR)
▌ 6 . Samuel J. Wilkin (NR)
▌ 7 . John C. Brodhead (J)
▌ 8 . John King (J)
▌ 9 . Job Pierson (J)
▌ 10 . Gerrit Y. Lansing (J)
▌ 11 . Erastus Root (J)
▌ 12 . Joseph Bouck (J)
▌ 13 . William G. Angel (J)
▌ 14 . Samuel Beardsley (J)
▌ 15 . Michael Hoffman (J)
▌ 16 . Nathan Soule (J)
▌ 17 . John W. Taylor (NR)
▌ 18 . Nathaniel Pitcher (J)
▌ 19 . William Hogan (J)
▌ 20 . Charles Dayan (J)
▌ 20 . Daniel Wardwell (J)
▌ 21 . John A. Collier (Anti-M)
▌ 22 . Edward C. Reed (J)
▌ 23 . Freeborn G. Jewett (J)
▌ 24 . Ulysses F. Doubleday (J)
▌ 25 . Gamaliel H. Barstow (Anti-M)
▌ 26 . William Babcock (Anti-M)
▌ 26 . John Dickson (Anti-M)
▌ 27 . Frederick Whittlesey (Anti-M)
▌ 28 . Grattan H. Wheeler (Anti-M)
▌ 29 . Phineas L. Tracy (Anti-M)
▌ 30 . Bates Cooke (Anti-M)
▌ 1 . William B. Shepard (NR)
▌ 2 . John Branch (J), from May 12, 1831
▌ 3 . Thomas H. Hall (J)
▌ 4 . Jesse Speight (J)
▌ 5 . James I. McKay (J)
▌ 6 . Robert Potter (J), until November ????, 1831
▌ Micajah T. Hawkins (J), from December 15, 1831
▌ 7 . Lauchlin Bethune (J)
▌ 8 . Daniel L. Barringer (J)
▌ 9 . Augustine H. Shepperd (J)
▌ 10 . Abraham Rencher (J)
▌ 11 . Henry W. Connor (J)
▌ 12 . Samuel P. Carson (J)
▌ 13 . Lewis Williams (NR)
▌ 1 . James Findlay (J)
▌ 2 . Thomas Corwin (NR)
▌ 3 . Joseph H. Crane (NR)
▌ 4 . Joseph Vance (NR)
▌ 5 . William Russell (J)
▌ 6 . William Creighton Jr. (NR)
▌ 7 . Samuel F. Vinton (NR)
▌ 8 . William Stanbery (NR)
▌ 9 . William W. Irvin (J)
▌ 10 . William Kennon Sr. (J)
▌ 11 . Humphrey H. Leavitt (J)
▌ 12 . John Thomson (J)
▌ 13 . Elisha Whittlesey (NR)
▌ 14 . Eleutheros Cooke (NR)
There were six plural districts, the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.
▌ 1 . Joel B. Sutherland (J)
▌ 2 . Henry Horn (J)
▌ 3 . John G. Watmough (NR)
▌ 4 . Joshua Evans Jr. (J)
▌ 4 . William Hiester (Anti-M)
▌ 4 . David Potts Jr. (Anti-M)
▌ 5 . Joel K. Mann (J)
▌ 6 . John C. Bucher (J)
▌ 7 . Henry King (J)
▌ 7 . Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (J)
▌ 8 . Peter Ihrie Jr. (J)
▌ 8 . Samuel A. Smith (J)
▌ 9 . Lewis Dewart (J)
▌ 9 . James Ford (J)
▌ 9 . Philander Stephens (J)
▌ 10 . Adam King (J)
▌ 11 . Thomas H. Crawford (J)
▌ 11 . William Ramsey (J), until September 29, 1831
▌ Robert McCoy (J), from November 22, 1831
▌ 12 . Robert Allison (Anti-M)
▌ 13 . George Burd (NR)
▌ 14 . Andrew Stewart (Anti-M)
▌ 15 . Thomas M.T. McKennan (Anti-M)
▌ 16 . Harmar Denny (Anti-M)
▌ 16 . John Gilmore (J)
▌ 17 . Richard Coulter (J)
▌ 18 . John Banks (Anti-M)
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
▌ At-large . Tristam Burges (NR)
▌ At-large . Dutee J. Pearce (NR)
▌ 1 . William Drayton (J)
▌ 2 . Robert W. Barnwell (N)
▌ 3 . Thomas R. Mitchell (J)
▌ 4 . John Myers Felder (J)
▌ 5 . George McDuffie (N)
▌ 6 . Warren R. Davis (N)
▌ 7 . William T. Nuckolls (J)
▌ 8 . James Blair (J)
▌ 9 . John K. Griffin (N)
▌ 1 . John Blair (J)
▌ 2 . Thomas D. Arnold (NR)
▌ 3 . James I. Standifer (J)
▌ 4 . Jacob C. Isacks (J)
▌ 5 . William Hall (J)
▌ 6 . James K. Polk (J)
▌ 7 . John Bell (J)
▌ 8 . Cave Johnson (J)
▌ 9 . William Fitzgerald (J)
▌ 1 . Jonathan Hunt (NR), until May 15, 1832
▌ Hiland Hall (NR), from January 1, 1833
▌ 2 . Rollin C. Mallary (NR), until April 15, 1831
▌ William Slade (Anti-M), from November 1, 1831
▌ 3 . Horace Everett (NR)
▌ 4 . Heman Allen (NR)
▌ 5 . William Cahoon (Anti-M)
▌ 1 . Thomas Newton Jr. (NR)
▌ 2 . John Y. Mason (J)
▌ 3 . William S. Archer (J)
▌ 4 . Mark Alexander (J)
▌ 5 . Thomas T. Bouldin (J)
▌ 6 . Thomas Davenport (J)
▌ 7 . Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J)
▌ 8 . Richard Coke Jr. (J)
▌ 9 . Andrew Stevenson (J)
▌ 10 . William F. Gordon (J)
▌ 11 . John M. Patton (J)
▌ 12 . John J. Roane (J)
▌ 13 . Joseph W. Chinn (J)
▌ 14 . Charles F. Mercer (NR)
▌ 15 . John S. Barbour (J)
▌ 16 . William Armstrong (NR)
▌ 17 . Robert Allen (J)
▌ 18 . Philip Doddridge (NR), until November 19, 1832
▌ Joseph Johnson (J), from January 21, 1833
▌ 19 . William McCoy (J)
▌ 20 . Robert Craig (J)
▌ 21 . Lewis Maxwell (NR)
▌ 22 . Charles C. Johnston (J), until June 17, 1832
▌ Joseph Draper (J), from December 6, 1832
▌ Arkansas Territory . Ambrose H. Sevier (J)
▌ Florida Territory . Joseph M. White
▌ Michigan Territory . Austin E. Wing
Speaker of the House Andrew Stevenson
Changes in membership [ edit ]
These counts reflect changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Replacements: 7
Jacksonians: no net change
National Republicans: no net change
Nullifiers: no net change
Deaths: 0
Resignations: 7
Interim appointments: 1
Total seats with changes: 9
Senate changes
State (class)
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal installation[ a]
Indiana (1)
Vacant
James Noble had died February 26, 1831, in the previous Congress. Successor appointed August 19, 1831.
Robert Hanna (NR)
Installed August 19, 1831
Kentucky (3)
Vacant
Legislature elected late November 10, 1831.
Henry Clay (NR)
Installed November 10, 1831
Louisiana (2)
Edward Livingston (J)
Resigned May 24, 1831, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of State . Successor elected November 15, 1831.
George A. Waggaman (NR)
Installed November 15, 1831
Pennsylvania (1)
Isaac D. Barnard (J)
Resigned December 6, 1831, due to ill health. Successor elected December 13, 1831.
George M. Dallas (J)
Installed December 13, 1831
Indiana (1)
Robert Hanna (NR)
Appointee retired when elected successor qualified. Successor elected January 3, 1832.
John Tipton (J)
Installed January 3, 1832
Mississippi (1)
Powhatan Ellis (J)
Resigned July 16, 1832, after being appointed U.S. District Judge . Successor appointed November 12, 1832, to finish the term.
John Black (J)
Installed November 12, 1832
Virginia (2)
Littleton Waller Tazewell (J)
Resigned July 16, 1832. Successor elected December 10, 1832.
William C. Rives (J)
Installed December 10, 1832
South Carolina (2)
Robert Y. Hayne (N)
Resigned December 13, 1832, to become Governor of South Carolina . Successor elected December 29, 1832.
John C. Calhoun (N)
Installed December 29, 1832
New York (3)
William L. Marcy (J)
Resigned January 1, 1833, after becoming Governor of New York . Successor elected January 14, 1833.
Silas Wright (J)
Installed January 4, 1833
South Carolina (3)
Stephen D. Miller (N)
Resigned March 2, 1833, due to ill health.
Vacant
Not filled this term
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Replacements: 9
Jacksonians: 1-seat net gain
National Republicans: 2-seat net loss
Anti-Masonics: 1-seat net gain
Deaths: 8
Resignations: 2
Contested election: 0
Total seats with changes: 11
House changes
District
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal installation[ a]
North Carolina 2nd
Vacant
Vacancy in term
John Branch (J)
Seated May 12, 1831
Georgia at-large
Wilson Lumpkin (J)
Resigned some time in 1831 before the convening of Congress
Augustin S. Clayton (J)
Seated January 21, 1832
Vermont 2nd
Rollin C. Mallary (NR)
Died April 15, 1831
William Slade (AM)
Seated November 1, 1831
Missouri at-large
Spencer D. Pettis (NR)
Died August 28, 1831
William H. Ashley (NR)
Seated October 31, 1831
Pennsylvania 11th
William Ramsey (J)
Died September 29, 1831
Robert McCoy (J)
Seated November 22, 1831
North Carolina 6th
Robert Potter (J)
Resigned November ????, 1831
Micajah T. Hawkins (J)
Seated December 15, 1831
Vermont 1st
Jonathan Hunt (NR)
Died May 15, 1832. A special election was held and a new member elected January 1, 1833 on the fourth ballot.
Hiland Hall (NR)
Seated January 21, 1833
Virginia 22nd
Charles C. Johnston (J)
Died June 17, 1832
Joseph Draper (J)
Seated December 6, 1832
Maryland 6th
George E. Mitchell (J)
Died June 28, 1832
Charles S. Sewall (J)
Seated October 1, 1832
Virginia 18th
Philip Doddridge (NR)
Died November 19, 1832
Joseph Johnson (J)
Seated January 21, 1833
New York 1st
James Lent (J)
Died February 22, 1833
Vacant
Not filled this Congress
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
House of Representatives [ edit ]
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^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress . New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts . New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.