Английская Википедия:25th United States Congress
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Redirect Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:No footnotes Шаблон:Infobox United States Congress The 25th 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, 1837, to March 4, 1839, during the first two years of Martin Van Buren's presidency.
The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1830 United States census. Both houses of congress had a Democratic majority. Шаблон:TOC limit
Major events
- March 4, 1837: Martin Van Buren became President of the United States
- May 10, 1837: Panic of 1837
- January 6, 1838: First public demonstration of Samuel Morse's telegraph
- May 26, 1838: Trail of Tears: The Cherokee removal began
Major legislation
Territories organized
- June 12, 1838: Iowa Territory was formed from the Wisconsin Territory.
Party summary
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.
Senate
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House of Representatives
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Leadership
Senate
House of Representatives
- Speaker: James K. Polk (D)
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives by district.
Senate
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, ending in 1839; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, ending in 1841; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, ending in 1843. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
Alabama
- Шаблон:Party stripe2. William R. King (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripe3. John McKinley (D), until April 22, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeClement C. Clay (D), from June 19, 1837
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
- Шаблон:Party stripe2. John P. King (D), until November 1, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeWilson Lumpkin (D), from November 22, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripe3. Alfred Cuthbert (D)
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
- Шаблон:Party stripe1. Joseph Kent (W), until November 24, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeWilliam D. Merrick (W), from January 4, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripe3. John S. Spence (W)
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
- Шаблон:Party stripe1. John Black (W), until January 22, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeJames F. Trotter (D), from January 22, 1838, until July 10, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeThomas Hickman Williams (D), from November 12, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripe2. Robert J. Walker (D)
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
- Шаблон:Party stripe1. Felix Grundy (D), until July 4, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeEphraim H. Foster (W), from September 17, 1838 – March 3, 1839
- Шаблон:Party stripe2. Hugh Lawson White (W)
Vermont
Virginia
- Шаблон:Party stripe1. William C. Rives (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripe2. Richard E. Parker (D), until March 4, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeWilliam H. Roane (D), from March 14, 1837
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. Reuben Chapman (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joshua L. Martin (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joab Lawler (W), until May 8, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeGeorge W. Crabb (W), from September 4, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Dixon H. Lewis (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Francis S. Lyon (W)
Arkansas
Connecticut
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Isaac Toucey (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel Ingham (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Elisha Haley (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas T. Whittlesey (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Lancelot Phelps (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Orrin Holt (D)
Delaware
Georgia
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jesse F. Cleveland (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William C. Dawson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas Glascock (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Seaton Grantland (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles E. Haynes (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Hopkins Holsey (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jabez Y. Jackson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George W. Owens (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George W. B. Towns (D)
Illinois
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Adam W. Snyder (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Zadok Casey (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William L. May (D)
Indiana
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Ratliff Boon (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Ewing (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Graham (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George H. Dunn (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James Rariden (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Herod (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Albert S. White (W)
Kentucky
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John L. Murray (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward Rumsey (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph R. Underwood (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Sherrod Williams (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James Harlan (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Calhoon (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Pope (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William J. Graves (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John White (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard Hawes (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard H. Menefee (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Chambers (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William W. Southgate (W)
Louisiana
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry Johnson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Eleazar W. Ripley (D), until March 2, 1839
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Rice Garland (W)
Maine
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Fairfield (D), until December 24, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Francis O. J. Smith (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jonathan Cilley (D), until February 24, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeEdward Robinson (W), from April 28, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George Evans (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Timothy J. Carter (D), until March 14, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeVirgil D. Parris (D), from May 29, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Hugh J. Anderson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph C. Noyes (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas Davee (D)
Maryland
The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Dennis (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James A. Pearce (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John T. H. Worthington (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Benjamin C. Howard (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Isaac McKim (D), until April 1, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeJohn P. Kennedy (W), from April 25, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Cost Johnson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Francis Thomas (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Daniel Jenifer (W)
Massachusetts
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard Fletcher (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Stephen C. Phillips (W), until September 28, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeLeverett Saltonstall I (W), from December 25, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Caleb Cushing (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Parmenter (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Levi Lincoln Jr. (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George Grennell Jr. (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George N. Briggs (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William B. Calhoun (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William S. Hastings (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Nathaniel B. Borden (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Reed Jr. (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Quincy Adams (W)
Michigan
Mississippi
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John F. H. Claiborne (D), from July 18, 1837, until February 5, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeSeargent S. Prentiss (W), from May 30, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel J. Gholson (D), from July 18, 1837, until February 5, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeThomas J. Word (W), from May 30, 1838
Missouri
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Albert G. Harrison (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Miller (D)
New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles G. Atherton (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel Cushman (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James Farrington (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph Weeks (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jared W. Williams (D)
New Jersey
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John B. Aycrigg (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Halstead (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John P. B. Maxwell (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph F. Randolph (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles C. Stratton (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas Jones Yorke (W)
New York
There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas B. Jackson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Abraham Vanderveer (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Churchill C. Cambreleng (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward Curtis (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Ogden Hoffman (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Ely Moore (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Gouverneur Kemble (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Obadiah Titus (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Nathaniel Jones (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John C. Brodhead (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert McClellan (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Zadock Pratt (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry Vail (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Albert Gallup (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John I. De Graff (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David A. Russell (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Palmer (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James B. Spencer (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Edwards (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Arphaxed Loomis (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry A. Foster (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Abraham P. Grant (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Isaac H. Bronson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John H. Prentiss (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Amasa J. Parker (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John C. Clark (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Andrew D. W. Bruyn (D), until July 27, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeCyrus Beers (D), from December 3, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Hiram Gray (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Bennet Bicknell (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Taylor (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William H. Noble (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel Birdsall (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Mark H. Sibley (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John T. Andrews (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Timothy Childs (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Patterson (W), until August 14, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeHarvey Putnam (W), from November 7, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Luther C. Peck (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard P. Marvin (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Millard Fillmore (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles F. Mitchell (W)
North Carolina
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel T. Sawyer (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jesse A. Bynum (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward Stanly (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles B. Shepard (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James I. McKay (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Micajah T. Hawkins (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edmund Deberry (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Montgomery (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Augustine H. Shepperd (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Abraham Rencher (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry W. Connor (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James Graham (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Lewis Williams (W)
Ohio
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Alexander Duncan (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Taylor Webster (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Patrick G. Goode (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas Corwin (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas L. Hamer (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Calvary Morris (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William K. Bond (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph Ridgway (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Chaney (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samson Mason (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James Alexander Jr. (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Alexander Harper (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Daniel P. Leadbetter (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William H. Hunter (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John W. Allen (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Elisha Whittlesey (W), until July 9, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeJoshua R. Giddings (W), from December 3, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Andrew W. Loomis (W), until October 20, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeCharles D. Coffin (W), from December 20, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Matthias Shepler (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Daniel Kilgore (D), until July 4, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeHenry Swearingen (D), from December 3, 1838
Pennsylvania
There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Lemuel Paynter (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Sergeant (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George W. Toland (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Francis J. Harper (D), until March 18, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeCharles Naylor (W), from June 29, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward Darlington (AM)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward Davies (AM)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David Potts Jr. (AM)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Jacob Fry Jr. (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Mathias Morris (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David D. Wagener (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Edward B. Hubley (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D), until February 9, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeGeorge M. Keim (D), from March 17, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Luther Reily (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry Logan (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Daniel Sheffer (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles McClure (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William W. Potter (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. David Petrikin (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert H. Hammond (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Samuel W. Morris (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles Ogle (AM)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John J. Klingensmith Jr. (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Andrew Buchanan (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard Biddle (AM)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Beatty (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Thomas Henry (AM)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Arnold Plumer (D)
Rhode Island
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert B. Cranston (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph L. Tillinghast (W)
South Carolina
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Hugh S. Legaré (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert Rhett (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Campbell (N)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Franklin H. Elmore (States Rights D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Francis W. Pickens (N)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Waddy Thompson Jr. (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William K. Clowney (N)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John P. Richardson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John K. Griffin (N)
Tennessee
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William B. Carter (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Abraham McClellan (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph L. Williams (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James I. Standifer (W), until August 20, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeWilliam Stone (W), from September 14, 1837
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Hopkins L. Turney (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William B. Campbell (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Bell (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Abram P. Maury (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James K. Polk (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Ebenezer J. Shields (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Richard Cheatham (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John W. Crockett (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Christopher H. Williams (W)
Vermont
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Hiland Hall (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William Slade (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Horace Everett (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Heman Allen (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Isaac Fletcher (D)
Virginia
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Francis Mallory (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Francis E. Rives (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John W. Jones (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George C. Dromgoole (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James W. Bouldin (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Walter Coles (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Archibald Stuart (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Henry A. Wise (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert M. T. Hunter (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Taliaferro (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John Robertson (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James Garland (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. John M. Patton (D), until April 7, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeLinn Banks (D), from April 28, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Charles F. Mercer (W)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. James M. Mason (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Isaac S. Pennybacker (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Robert Craig (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George W. Hopkins (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Andrew Beirne (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. Joseph Johnson (D)
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William S. Morgan (D)
Non-voting members
- Шаблон:Ushr. Charles Downing
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. William W. Chapman (D), from September 10, 1838
- Шаблон:Party stripeШаблон:Ushr. George Wallace Jones (D), until January 14, 1839
- Шаблон:Party stripeJames D. Doty (D), from January 14, 1839
House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
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Шаблон:Legend | Шаблон:Legend |
Шаблон:Legend | Шаблон:Legend |
Шаблон:Legend | Шаблон:Legend |
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 6
- Democrats: no net change
- Whigs: no net change
- Deaths: 1
- Resignations: 6
- Total seats with changes: 7
Шаблон:See also Шаблон:Ordinal US Congress change
|-
| Virginia
(2)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Richard E. Parker (D)
| Resigned March 4, 1837, after accepting a seat on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | William H. Roane (D)
| Elected March 14, 1837
|-
| Alabama
(3)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John McKinley (D)
| Resigned April 22, 1837, after being appointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Clement C. Clay (D)
| Elected June 19, 1837
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John P. King (D)
| Resigned November 1, 1837
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Wilson Lumpkin (D)
| Elected November 22, 1837
|-
| Maryland
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Joseph Kent (W)
| Died November 24, 1837
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | William D. Merrick (W)
| Elected January 4, 1838
|-
| Mississippi
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | John Black (W)
| Resigned January 22, 1838
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | James F. Trotter (D)
| Appointed January 22, 1838
|-
| Tennessee
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Felix Grundy (D)
| Resigned July 4, 1838, after being appointed United States Attorney General
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Ephraim H. Foster (W)
| Elected September 17, 1838
|-
| Mississippi
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | James F. Trotter (D)
| Resigned July 10, 1838
| Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Thomas H. Williams (D)
| Appointed November 12, 1838, and subsequently elected
|-
| Tennessee
(1)
| Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Ephraim H. Foster (W)
| Resigned March 3, 1839 before start of new Congress under orders of state legislature.
| Vacant
|
|}
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 16
- Democrats: 5-seat net loss
- Whigs: 5-seat net gain
- Deaths: 9
- Resignations: 6
- Contested election:1
- Total seats with changes: 20
Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Ordinal US Congress change
|- | Шаблон:Ushr | Vacant | Rep-elect Claiborne presented credentials July 18, 1837 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John F. H. Claiborne (D) | Seated July 18, 1837 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Vacant | Rep-elect Gholson presented credentials July 18, 1837 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Samuel J. Gholson (D) | Seated July 18, 1837 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Francis J. Harper (D) | Died March 18, 1837 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Charles Naylor (W) | Seated June 29, 1837 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | James I. Standifer (W) | Died August 20, 1837 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | William Stone (W) | Seated September 14, 1837 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Elisha Whittlesey (W) | Resigned October 20, 1837 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Charles D. Coffin (W) | Seated December 20, 1837 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John F. H. Claiborne (D) | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Seargent S. Prentiss (W) | Seated May 30, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Samuel J. Gholson (D) | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Thomas J. Word (W) | Seated May 30, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D) | Resigned February 9, 1838, after being appointed Minister to Austrian Empire | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | George M. Keim (D) | Seated March 17, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Jonathan Cilley (D) | Killed in a duel February 24, 1838, by Rep. William J. Graves | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Edward Robinson (W) | Seated April 28, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Timothy J. Carter (D) | Died March 14, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Virgil D. Parris (D) | Seated May 29, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Isaac McKim (D) | Died April 1, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | John P. Kennedy (W) | Seated April 25, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John M. Patton (D) | Resigned April 7, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Linn Banks (D) | Seated April 28, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Joab Lawler (W) | Died May 8, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | George W. Crabb (W) | Seated October 5, 1835 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Daniel Kilgore (D) | Resigned July 4, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Henry Swearingen (D) | Seated December 3, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Elisha Whittlesey (W) | Resigned July 9, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Joshua R. Giddings (W) | Seated December 3, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Andrew D. Bruyn (D) | Died July 27, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Cyrus Beers (D) | Seated December 3, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | William Patterson (W) | Died August 14, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Harvey Putnam (W) | Seated November 7, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | New seat | Iowa Territory seated its first delegate September 10, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | George Wallace Jones (D) | Seated September 10, 1838
|- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Stephen C. Phillips (W) | Seat declared vacant September 28, 1838 | Шаблон:Party shading/Whig | Leverett Saltonstall (W) | Seated December 15, 1838 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | John Fairfield (D) | Resigned December 24, 1838, after being elected Governor of Maine | Vacant | Not filled this congress |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | George Wallace Jones (D) | Lost contested election January 14, 1839 | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | James D. Doty (D) | Seated January 14, 1839 |- | Шаблон:Ushr | Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Eleazar W. Ripley (D) | Died March 2, 1839 | Vacant | Not filled this congress |}
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
- Agriculture (Chairman: Perry Smith)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Samuel McKean)
- Claims (Chairman: Henry Hubbard)
- Commerce (Chairman: William R. King)
- Danger of Steam Vessels (Select)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: William H. Roane)
- Engrossed Bills (Chairman: John Norvell)
- Finance (Chairman: Silas Wright)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: James Buchanan)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Hugh Lawson White)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Felix Grundy)
- Letter of Mr. Ruggles (Select)
- Manufactures (Chairman: John M. Niles)
- Memorial of A. B. Quinby (Select)
- Memorial of the Citizens of Georgetown (DC) for the Retrocession of that Part of the District (Select)
- Memorial of Duff Green (Select)
- Memorial of Edward D. Tippett (Select)
- Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton)
- Militia (Chairman: Clement C. Clay)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: William C. Rives)
- Occupation of the Columbia River (Select)
- Oregon Territory (Select)
- Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: John Ruggles then Robert Strange)
- Pensions (Chairman: Thomas Morris)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John M. Robinson)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Lewis F. Linn)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: N/A)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Robert J. Walker)
- Purchasing Boyd Reilly's Gas Apparatus (Select)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Bedford Brown)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Thomas Tipton)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: Joseph Johnson)
- Agriculture (Chairman: Edmund Deberry)
- Amendment to the Constitution (Select)
- Claims (Chairman: John Chambers)
- Commerce (Chairman: Samuel Cushman)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: James W. Bouldin)
- Elections (Chairman: Andrew Buchanan)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John C. Brodhead)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Timothy Childs)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Mathias Morris)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Heman Allen)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William K. Clowney)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Samuel T. Sawyer)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin C. Howard)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: John Bell)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: William Taylor)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Francis Thomas)
- Manufactures (Chairman: John Quincy Adams)
- Mileage (Chairman: William C. Dawson)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: James I. McKay)
- Militia (Chairman: David D. Wagener)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Samuel Ingham)
- Patents (Chairman: Isaac Fletcher)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Henry W. Connor)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: William L. May)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Levi Lincoln Jr.)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: Elisha Haley)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Ratliff Boon until 1838, then Zadok Casey)[1]
- Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Matthias Shepler)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Robert Craig)
- Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: William S. Morgan)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Charles F. Mercer)
- Rules (Select)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: Isaac H. Bronson)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Churchill C. Cambreleng)
- Whole
Joint committees
Employees
Senate
- Chaplain: John R. Goodman (Episcopalian), until September 11, 1837
- Henry Slicer (Methodist), elected September 11, 1837
- Secretary: Asbury Dickins
- Sergeant at Arms: John Shackford (died)
- Stephen Haight, elected September 4, 1837
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Septimus Tustin (Presbyterian), elected September 4, 1837
- Levi R. Reese (Methodist), elected December 4, 1837
- Clerk: Walter S. Franklin, until September 20, 1838 (died)
- Hugh A. Garland, elected December 3, 1838
- Doorkeeper: Overton Carr
- Postmaster: William J. McCormick
- Reading Clerks: Шаблон:Data missing
- Sergeant at Arms: Roderick Dorsey
See also
- 1836 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1838 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