Английская Википедия:31st United States Congress
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox United States Congress The 31st 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, 1849, to March 4, 1851, during the 16 months of the Zachary Taylor presidency and the first eight months of the administration of Millard Fillmore's. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1840 United States census. The Senate had a Democratic majority, while there was a Democratic plurality in the House. Шаблон:TOC limit
Major events
- March 4, 1849: Zachary Taylor became President of the United States
- June, 1849: Relations with France broke down as the French ambassador Guillaume-Tell de La Vallée Poussin engaged in "insulting and confrontational" behavior towards President Taylor, shortly after this a row erupted with France over reparations which France owed the United States. The president of France, Napoleon III, made this worse by making remarks that led to several members of Congress openly condemning him.Шаблон:Efn
- December 3–22, 1849: The election for the House speakership takes 63 ballots.[1]
- March 7, 1850: Senator Daniel Webster gave his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorsed the Compromise of 1850 to prevent a possible civil war
- May 22, 1850: Senate votes 42-11 in favor of ratifying the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty after the motion to do so was put forth by William R. King of Alabama.[2] The results of the vote were celebrated in Britain.[3]
- July 9, 1850: President Taylor died and Vice President Millard Fillmore became President.
Major legislation
- September 9, 1850: Compromise of 1850, sess. 1, chs. 48-51, Шаблон:USStat - Шаблон:USStat
- September 18, 1850: Fugitive Slave Act, sess. 1, ch. 60, Шаблон:USStat
- September 20, 1850: "An Act to suppress the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia," sess. 1, ch. 63, Шаблон:USStat
- September 29, 1850: Donation Land Claim Act, sess. 1, ch. 76, Шаблон:USStat
States admitted and territories organized
- September 9, 1850 — As part of the Compromise of 1850:
- Texas's borders were changed, ch. 49, Шаблон:USStat
- New Mexico Territory was organized, ch. 49, Шаблон:USStat
- California was admitted as a state, ch. 50, Шаблон:USStat
- Utah Territory was organized, ch. 51, Шаблон:USStat
Party summary
Senate
During this Congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of California. Шаблон:US Congress party summary
House of Representatives
During this Congress, two House seats were added for the new state of California. Шаблон:US Congress party summary
Leadership
Senate
- President: Millard Fillmore (W), until July 9, 1850; vacant thereafter.
- President pro tempore: David Atchison (D), until May 5, 1850
- William R. King (D), from May 6, 1850
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Howell Cobb (D), elected December 22, 1849, after 63 ballots
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: James Thompson
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives by district.
Senate
Шаблон:Multiple image 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, facing re-election in 1850; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1854. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
Alabama
- Шаблон:Party stripe2. Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D), until November 30, 1849
- Шаблон:Party stripeJeremiah Clemens (D), from November 30, 1849
- Шаблон:Party stripe3. William R. King (D)
Arkansas
California
- Шаблон:Party stripe1. John C. Frémont (D), from September 10, 1850 (newly admitted state)
- Шаблон:Party stripe3. William M. Gwin (D), from September 10, 1850 (newly admitted state)
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
- Шаблон:Party stripe2. Stephen A. Douglas (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripe3. James Shields (D), until March 6, 1849
- Шаблон:Party stripeJames Shields (D), from December 3, 1849
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
- Шаблон:Party stripe1. Reverdy Johnson (W), until March 7, 1849
- Шаблон:Party stripeDavid Stewart (W), from December 6, 1849, until January 12, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeThomas Pratt (W), from January 12, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripe3. James Pearce (W)
Massachusetts
- Шаблон:Party stripe1. Daniel Webster (W), until July 22, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeRobert C. Winthrop (W), from July 30, 1850, until February 1, 1851
- Шаблон:Party stripeRobert Rantoul Jr. (D), from February 1, 1851
- Шаблон:Party stripe2. John Davis (W)
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
- Шаблон:Party stripe1. Thomas Corwin (W), until July 20, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeThomas Ewing (W), from July 20, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripe3. Salmon P. Chase (FS)
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- Шаблон:Party stripe2. John C. Calhoun (D), until March 31, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeFranklin H. Elmore (D), from April 11, 1850, until May 29, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeRobert W. Barnwell (D), from June 4, 1850, until December 18, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeRobert Rhett (D), from December 18, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripe3. Andrew Butler (D)
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
Alabama
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William J. Alston (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry W. Hilliard (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Sampson W. Harris (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel W. Inge (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David Hubbard (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Williamson R. W. Cobb (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Franklin W. Bowdon (D)
Arkansas
California
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward Gilbert (D), from September 11, 1850 (newly admitted state)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George W. Wright (I), from September 11, 1850 (newly admitted state)
Connecticut
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Loren P. Waldo (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Walter Booth (FS)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Chauncey F. Cleveland (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas B. Butler (W)
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas Butler King (W), until March 3, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeJoseph W. Jackson (D), from March 4, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Marshall J. Wellborn (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Allen F. Owen (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Hugh A. Haralson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas C. Hackett (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Howell Cobb (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Alexander H. Stephens (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert A. Toombs (W)
Illinois
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William H. Bissell (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John A. McClernand (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Timothy R. Young (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Wentworth (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William A. Richardson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward D. Baker (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas L. Harris (D)
Indiana
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Nathaniel Albertson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Cyrus L. Dunham (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John L. Robinson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George W. Julian (FS)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William J. Brown (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Willis A. Gorman (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward W. McGaughey (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph E. McDonald (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Graham N. Fitch (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Andrew J. Harlan (D)
Iowa
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Thompson (D), until June 29, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeDaniel F. Miller (W), from December 20, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Shepherd Leffler (D)
Kentucky
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Linn Boyd (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James L. Johnson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Finis E. McLean (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George A. Caldwell (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John B. Thompson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Daniel Breck (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Humphrey Marshall (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles S. Morehead (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John C. Mason (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard H. Stanton (D)
Louisiana
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Emile La Sére (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles M. Conrad (W), until August 17, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeHenry A. Bullard (W), from December 5, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John H. Harmanson (D), until October 24, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeAlexander G. Penn (D), from December 30, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Isaac E. Morse (D)
Maine
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Elbridge Gerry (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Nathaniel Littlefield (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Otis (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Rufus K. Goodenow (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Cullen Sawtelle (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles Stetson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas J. D. Fuller (D)
Maryland
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard Bowie (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William T. Hamilton (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward Hammond (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert M. McLane (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Alexander Evans (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John B. Kerr (W)
Massachusetts
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert C. Winthrop (W), until July 30, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeSamuel Atkins Eliot (W), from August 22, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Daniel P. King (W), until July 25, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James H. Duncan (W)
- Шаблон:0Шаблон:Ushr. vacant
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles Allen (FS)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George Ashmun (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Julius Rockwell (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Horace Mann (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Orin Fowler (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph Grinnell (W)
Michigan
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Alexander W. Buel (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Sprague (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Kinsley S. Bingham (D)
Mississippi
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jacob Thompson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Winfield S. Featherston (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William McWillie (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Albert G. Brown (D)
Missouri
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James B. Bowlin (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William V. Bay (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James S. Green (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Willard P. Hall (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John S. Phelps (D)
New Hampshire
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Amos Tuck (FS)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles H. Peaslee (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James Wilson (W), until September 9, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeGeorge W. Morrison (D), from October 8, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Harry Hibbard (D)
New Jersey
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Andrew K. Hay (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William A. Newell (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Isaac Wildrick (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Van Dyke (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James G. King (W)
New York
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John A. King (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David A. Bokee (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. J. Phillips Phoenix (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Walter Underhill (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George Briggs (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James Brooks (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Nelson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Ransom Halloway (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas McKissock (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Herman D. Gould (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Peter H. Silvester (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Gideon Reynolds (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John L. Schoolcraft (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George R. Andrews (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John R. Thurman (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Hugh White (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry P. Alexander (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Preston King (FS)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles E. Clarke (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Orsamus B. Matteson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Hiram Walden (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry Bennett (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Duer (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Daniel Gott (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Harmon S. Conger (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William T. Jackson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William A. Sackett (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Abraham M. Schermerhorn (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert L. Rose (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David Rumsey Jr. (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Elijah Risley (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Elbridge G. Spaulding (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Harvey Putnam (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Lorenzo Burrows (W)
North Carolina
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas L. Clingman (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph P. Caldwell (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edmund Deberry (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Augustine H. Shepperd (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Abraham W. Venable (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John R. J. Daniel (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William S. Ashe (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward Stanly (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David Outlaw (W)
Ohio
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David T. Disney (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Lewis D. Campbell (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert C. Schenck (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Moses B. Corwin (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Emery D. Potter (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Rodolphus Dickinson (D), until March 20, 1849
- Шаблон:Party stripeAmos E. Wood (D), from December 3, 1849, until November 19, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeJohn Bell (W), from January 7, 1851
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jonathan D. Morris (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John L. Taylor (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edson B. Olds (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles Sweetser (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John K. Miller (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel F. Vinton (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William A. Whittlesey (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Nathan Evans (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William F. Hunter (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Moses Hoagland (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph Cable (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David K. Cartter (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Crowell (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joshua R. Giddings (FS)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph M. Root (FS)
Pennsylvania
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Lewis C. Levin (A)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph R. Chandler (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry D. Moore (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Robbins Jr. (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Freedley (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas Ross (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jesse C. Dickey (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thaddeus Stevens (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Strong (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Milo M. Dimmick (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Chester P. Butler (W), until October 5, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeJohn Brisbin (D), from November 13, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David Wilmot (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph Casey (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles W. Pitman (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry Nes (W), until September 10, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeJoel B. Danner (D), from December 2, 1850
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James X. McLanahan (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel Calvin (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Andrew J. Ogle (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Job Mann (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert R. Reed (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Moses Hampton (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John W. Howe (FS)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James Thompson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Alfred Gilmore (D)
Rhode Island
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George G. King (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Nathan F. Dixon Jr. (W)
South Carolina
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Daniel Wallace (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James L. Orr (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph A. Woodward (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John McQueen (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Armistead Burt (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Isaac E. Holmes (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William F. Colcock (D)
Tennessee
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Andrew Johnson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Albert G. Watkins (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Josiah M. Anderson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John H. Savage (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George W. Jones (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James H. Thomas (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Meredith P. Gentry (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Andrew Ewing (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Isham G. Harris (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Frederick P. Stanton (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Christopher H. Williams (W)
Texas
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David S. Kaufman (D), until January 31, 1851
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Volney E. Howard (D)
Vermont
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Henry (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Hebard (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George P. Marsh (W), until May 29, 1849
- Шаблон:Party stripeJames Meacham (W), from December 3, 1849
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Lucius B. Peck (D)
Virginia
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John S. Millson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard K. Meade (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas H. Averett (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas S. Bocock (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Paulus Powell (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James A. Seddon (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas H. Bayly (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Alexander Holladay (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jeremiah Morton (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard Parker (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James McDowell (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry A. Edmundson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. LaFayette McMullen (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James M. H. Beale (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Alexander Newman (D), until September 8, 1849
- Шаблон:Party stripeThomas Haymond (W), from November 8, 1849
Wisconsin
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles Durkee (FS)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Orasmus Cole (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James D. Doty (D)
Non-voting members
- Шаблон:0Шаблон:Ushr. Henry H. Sibley, from July 7, 1849
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel Thurston (D)
House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 5
- Democrats (D): no net change
- Whigs (W): no net change
- Deaths: 1
- Resignations: 3
- Seats from newly admitted states: 2
- Interim appointments: 4
- Total seats with changes: 8
Шаблон:See also Шаблон:Ordinal US Congress change
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| Illinois
(3)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | James Shields (D)
| Senate voided election March 6, 1849, as Sen. Shields was determined not to have been a US citizen for the number of years required by the Constitution.
Incumbent was re-elected October 27, 1849, having by then qualified.
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | James Shields (D)
| Seated December 3, 1849
|-
| Maryland
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Reverdy Johnson (W)
| Resigned March 7, 1849, having been appointed United States Attorney General
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | David Stewart (W)
| Appointed December 6, 1849
|-
| Alabama
(2)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D)
| Sen. Dixon Lewis successor elected November 30, 1849
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Jeremiah Clemens (D)
| Elected November 30, 1849
|-
| Maryland
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | David Stewart (W)
| Successor elected January 12, 1850
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Thomas Pratt (W)
| Elected January 12, 1850
|-
| South Carolina
(2)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John C. Calhoun (D)
| Died March 31, 1850
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Franklin H. Elmore (D)
| Appointed April 11, 1850
|-
| South Carolina
(2)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Franklin H. Elmore (D)
| Died May 29, 1850
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Robert W. Barnwell (D)
| Appointed June 4, 1850
|-
| Ohio
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Thomas Corwin (W)
| Resigned July 20, 1850, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Thomas Ewing (W)
| Appointed July 20, 1850
|-
| Massachusetts
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Daniel Webster (W)
| Resigned July 22, 1850, after being appointed United States Secretary of State again.
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Robert C. Winthrop (W)
| Appointed July 30, 1850
|-
| California
(1)
| New state
| California admitted to the Union September 9, 1850.
The first Senator was elected September 10, 1850.
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John C. Frémont (D)
| Elected September 10, 1850
|-
| California
(3)
| New state
| California admitted to the Union September 9, 1850.
The first Senator was elected September 10, 1850.
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | William M. Gwin (D)
| Elected September 10, 1850
|-
| South Carolina
(2)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Robert W. Barnwell (D)
| Successor elected December 18, 1850
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Robert Rhett (D)
| Elected December 18, 1850
|-
| Massachusetts
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Robert C. Winthrop (W)
| Successor elected February 1, 1851
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Robert Rantoul Jr. (D)
| Elected February 1, 1851
|}
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 11
- Democrats (D): 2 seat net gain
- Whigs (W): 2 seat net loss
- Deaths: 8
- Resignations: 5
- Contested election:1
- Seats from newly admitted states: 2
- Total seats with changes: 16
Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Ordinal US Congress change
|- | Шаблон:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Seat remained vacant after territory became organized at end of previous congress | Henry H. Sibley | Seated July 7, 1849 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | George Perkins Marsh (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in 1849 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | James Meacham (W) | Seated December 3, 1849 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Rodolphus Dickinson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 20, 1849 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Amos E. Wood (D) | Seated December 3, 1849 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Alexander Newman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 8, 1849 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Thomas Haymond (W) | Seated November 8, 1849 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Thomas B. King (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1850 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Joseph W. Jackson (D) | Seated March 4, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Daniel P. King (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 25, 1850 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | William Thompson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Seat declared vacant June 29, 1850, after contested election. House ruled neither candidate entitled to seat and forced special election | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Daniel F. Miller (W) | Seated December 20, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Robert C. Winthrop (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 30, 1850, after being appointed to the US Senate | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Samuel A. Eliot (W) | Seated August 22, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Charles M. Conrad (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 17, 1850, after being appointed United States Secretary of War | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Henry A. Bullard (W) | Seated December 5, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | James Wilson (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 9, 1850 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | George W. Morrison (D) | Seated October 8, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | California admitted into the Union September 9, 1850, and seat remained vacant until September 11, 1850 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Edward Gilbert (D) | Seated September 11, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | California admitted into the Union September 9, 1850, and seat remained vacant until September 11, 1850 | Шаблон:Party shading/Independent (US) | George W. Wright (I) | Seated September 11, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Henry Nes (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 10, 1850 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Joel B. Danner (D) | Seated December 2, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Chester P. Butler (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 5, 1850 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John Brisbin (D) | Seated November 13, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John H. Harmanson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 24, 1850 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Alexander G. Penn (D) | Seated December 30, 1850 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Amos E. Wood (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 19, 1850 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | John Bell (W) | Seated January 7, 1851 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | David S. Kaufman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 31, 1851 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
Senate
- Agriculture (Chairman: Daniel Sturgeon)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Augustus Dodge)
- California's Admission to the Union (Select)
- Claims (Chairman: Moses Norris Jr.)
- Commerce (Chairman: Clement C. Clay)
- Disorder in the Senate of April 17, 1850 (Select)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: James M. Mason)
- Eligibility of James Shields (Special)
- Finance (Chairman: Daniel S. Dickinson then James Pearce)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: William R. King then Henry S. Foote)
- French Spoilations (Select) (Chairman: Truman Smith)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: David R. Atchison)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Andrew P. Butler)
- Manufactures (Chairman: William K. Sebastian)
- Mexican Boundary Commission (Select)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Jefferson Davis)
- Militia (Chairman: Sam Houston)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: David Levy Yulee)
- Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
- Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: David S. Reid)
- Pensions (Chairman: George Wallace Jones)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas J. Rusk)
- Printing (Chairman: Solon Borland)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Solomon W. Downs)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Robert M.T. Hunter)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Alpheus Felch)
- Retrenchment (Chairman: James W. Bradbury)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Isaac P. Walker)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Jesse D. Bright)
- Seventh Census (Select)
- Settlement of the Slavery Question (Select)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Territories (Chairman: Stephen A. Douglas)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: Daniel P. King)
- Agriculture (Chairman: Nathaniel S. Littlefield)
- Bounty Land Act of 1850 (Select)
- Claims (Chairman: John Reeves Jones Daniel)
- Commerce (Chairman: Robert M. McLane)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Albert G. Brown)
- Elections (Chairman: William Strong)
- Engraving (Chairman: Edward Hammond)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Alexander Holladay)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William Thompson)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Kingsley S. Bingham)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: George A. Caldwell)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Milo M. Dimmick)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: James M. H. Beale)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: John A. McClernand)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Robert W. Johnson)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Shepherd Leffler)
- Judiciary (Chairman: James Thompson)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Lucius B. Peck)
- Mileage (Chairman: Graham N. Fitch)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Armistead Burt)
- Militia (Chairman: Charles H. Peaslee)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick P. Stanton)
- Patents (Chairman: Hiram Walden)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Emery D. Potter)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Isaac E. Morse)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Franklin W. Bowdon)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: Andrew Johnson)
- Public Lands (Chairman: James B. Bowlin)
- Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Williamson R. W. Cobb)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Cullen Sawtelle)
- Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: Loren P. Waldo)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: John L. Robinson)
- Rules (Chairman: David S. Kaufman)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: Linn Boyd)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Thomas H. Bayly)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. Thomas J. Rusk then Sen. George Badger)
- The Library (Chairman: N/A)
- The Printing (Chairman: N/A)
Caucuses
- Democratic (House)
- Democratic (Senate)
Employees
Senate
- Chaplain: Henry Slicer (Methodist), until January 9, 1850
- Clement M. Butler (Episcopalian), elected January 9, 1850
- Secretary: Asbury Dickins
- Sergeant at Arms: Robert Beale
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Ralph Gurley (Presbyterian)
- Clerk: Thomas J. Campbell, died April 13, 1850
- Richard M. Young, elected April 17, 1850
- Doorkeeper: Robert E. Horner
- Postmaster: John M. Johnson
- Reading Clerks: Шаблон:Dm
- Sergeant at Arms: Nathan Sargent, until January 15, 1850
- Adam J. Glossbrenner, from January 15, 1850
See also
- 1848 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1850 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
Notes
References
External links
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite conference
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Mediation of the Honduran-Guatemalan Boundary Question: Held Under the Good Offices of the Department of State, 1918-1919 ... by United States. Department of State U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 pg. 211