22nd United States Congress

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The Twenty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America 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 3, 1833, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. Both chambers had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833

• First session: December 5, 1831 - July 16, 1832.
• Second session: December 3, 1832 - March 2, 1833.
• Previous congress: 21st Congress
  
• Next congress: 23rd Congress

Party summary

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) : 24 (majority) Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican (NR) : 22 Nullifier (N) : 2 TOTAL members: 48

House of Representatives Jacksonian or Democratic (D) : 126 (majority) Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican (NR) : 66 Anti Masonic (AM) : 17 Nullifier (N) : 4 TOTAL members: 213

Leadership

Senate Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate): John C. Calhoun, Democratic of South Carolina, resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant. President pro tempore of the Senate: Samuel Smith, Democratic of Maryland, first elected December 5, 1831 Littleton W. Tazewell, Democratic of Virginia, elected July 9, 1832 Hugh Lawson White, Democratic of Tennessee, elected December 3, 1832 House of Representatives Speaker of the House Andrew Stevenson, Democratic of Virginia, elected December 5, 1831

Major events

Events of 1831, 1832 & 1833

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 22nd Congress

• 1832 -- Tariff of 1832
• March 2, 1833 -- Compromise Tariff (Tariff of 1833), ch. 55, Template:USStat
• March 2, 1833 -- Force Bill, ch. 57, Template:USStat

Membership highlights by chamber

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed 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, requiring reelection in 1832; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

Alabama 2: William R. D. King (D) 3: Gabriel Moore (D) Connecticut 1: Samuel A. Foote (NR) 3: Gideon Tomlinson (NR) Delaware 2: John M. Clayton (NR) 1: Arnold Naudain (NR) Georgia 2: George M. Troup (D) 3: John Forsyth (D) Illinois 3: Elias K. Kane (D) 2: John M. Robinson (D) Indiana 3: William Hendricks (NR) 1: Robert Hanna (NR) John Tipton (D) Kentucky 2: George M. Bibb (D) 3: Henry Clay (NR) Louisiana 3: Josiah S. Johnston (NR) 2: Edward Livingston (D) George A. Waggaman (NR)

Maine 1: John Holmes (NR) 2: Peleg Sprague (NR) Maryland 1: Samuel Smith (D) 3: Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR) Massachusetts 2: Nathaniel Silsbee (NR) 1: Daniel Webster (NR) Mississippi 1: Powhatan Ellis (D) John Black (D) 2: George Poindexter (NR) Missouri 1: Thomas H. Benton (D) 3: Alexander Buckner (D) New Hampshire 2: Samuel Bell (NR) 3: Isaac Hill (D) New Jersey 1: Mahlon Dickerson (D) 2: Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR) New York 1: Charles E. Dudley (D) 3: William L. Marcy (D) Silas Wright, Jr. (D)

North Carolina 2: Bedford Brown (D) 3: Willie P. Mangum (D) Ohio 1: Benjamin Ruggles (NR) 3: Thomas Ewing (NR) Pennsylvania 1: Isaac D. Barnard (D) George M. Dallas (D) 3: William Wilkins (D) Rhode Island 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (NR) 1: Asher Robbins (NR) South Carolina 2: Robert Y. Hayne (N) John C. Calhoun (N) 3: Stephen D. Miller (N) Tennessee 2: Hugh Lawson White (D) 1: Felix Grundy (D) Vermont 1: Horatio Seymour (NR) 3: Samuel Prentiss (NR) Virginia 2: Littleton W. Tazewell (D) William C. Rives (D) 1: John Tyler (D)

House of Representatives

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: Clement C. Clay (D) 2: Samuel W. Mardis (D) 3: Dixon H. Lewis (D) Connecticut A/L: Noyes Barber (NR) A/L: William W. Ellsworth (NR) A/L: Jabez W. Huntington (NR) A/L: Ralph I. Ingersoll (NR) A/L: William L. Storrs (NR) A/L: Ebenezer Young (NR) Delaware A/L: John J. Milligan (NR) Georgia A/L: Thomas F. Foster (D) A/L: Henry G. Lamar (D) A/L: Wilson Lumpkin (D) Augustin S. Clayton (D) A/L: Daniel Newnan (D) A/L: Wiley Thompson (D) A/L: James M. Wayne (D) A/L: Richard Henry Wilde (D) Illinois A/L: Joseph Duncan (D) Indiana 1: Ratliff Boon (D) 2: John Carr (D) 3: Johnathan McCarty (D) Kentucky 1: Henry Daniel (D) 2: Thomas A. Marshall (NR) 3: Chilton Allan (NR) 4: Robert P. Letcher (NR) 5: Richard M. Johnson (D) 6: Joseph Lecompte (D) 7: John Adair (D) 8: Nathan Gaither (D) 9: Charles A. Wickliffe (D) 10: Christopher Tompkins (NR) 11: Albert G. Hawes (D) 12: Chittenden Lyon (D) Louisiana 1: Edward D. White (NR) 2: Philemon Thomas (NR) 3: Henry A. Bullard (NR) Maine 1: Rufus McIntire (D) 2: John Anderson (D) 3: Edward Kavanagh (D) 4: George Evans (NR) 5: Cornelius Holland (D) 6: Leonard Jarvis (D) 7: James Bates (D) Maryland 1: Daniel Jenifer (NR) 2: Benedict J. Semmes (NR) 3: George C. Washington (NR) 4: Francis Thomas (D) 5: Benjamin C. Howard (D) 5: John T. H. Worthington (D) 6: George E. Mitchell (D) Charles S. Sewall (D) 7: John L. Kerr (NR) 8: John S. Spence (NR) Massachusetts 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)

Mississippi A/L: Franklin E. Plummer (D) Missouri A/L: Spencer D. Pettis (NR) William H. Ashley (NR) New Hampshire A/L: John Brodhead (D) A/L: Thomas Chandler (D) A/L: Joseph Hammons (D) A/L: Joseph M. Harper (D) A/L: Henry Hubbard (D) A/L: John W. Weeks (D) New Jersey A/L: Lewis Condict (NR) A/L: Silas Condit (NR) A/L: Richard M. Cooper (NR) A/L: Thomas H. Hughes (NR) A/L: James F. Randolph (NR) A/L: Isaac Southard (NR) New York 1: James Lent (D) 2: John T. Bergen (D) 3: Churchill C. Cambreleng (D) 3: Gulian C. Verplanck (D) 3: Campbell P. White (D) 4: Aaron Ward (D) 5: Edmund H. Pendleton (NR) 6: Samuel J. Wilkin (NR) 7: John C. Brodhead (D) 8: John King (D) 9: Job Pierson (D) 10: Gerrit Y. Lansing (D) 11: Erastus Root (D) 12: Joseph Bouck (D) 13: William G. Angel (D) 14: Samuel Beardsley (D) 15: Michael Hoffman (D) 16: Nathan Soule (D) 17: John W. Taylor (NR) 18: Nathaniel Pitcher (D) 19: William Hogan (D) 20: Charles Dayan (D) 20: Daniel Wardwell (D) 21: John A. Collier (AM) 22: Edward C. Reed (D) 23: Freeborn G. Jewett (D) 24: Ulysses F. Doubleday (D) 25: Gamaliel H. Barstow (AM) 26: William Babcock (AM) John Dickson (AM) 26: John Dickson (AM) 27: Frederick Whittlesey (AM) 28: Grattan H. Wheeler (AM) 29: Phineas L. Tracy (AM) 30: Bates Cooke (AM) North Carolina 1: William B. Shepard (NR) 2: John Branch (D) 3: Thomas H. Hall (D) 4: Jesse Speight (D) 5: James I. McKay (D) 6: Robert Potter (D) Micajah T. Hawkins (D) 7: Lauchlin Bethune (D) 8: Daniel L. Barringer (D) 9: Augustine H. Shepperd (D) 10: Abraham Rencher (D) 11: Henry W. Connor (D) 12: Samuel P. Carson (D) 13: Lewis Williams (NR) Ohio 1: James Findlay (D) 2: Thomas Corwin (NR) 3: Joseph H. Crane (NR) 4: Joseph Vance (NR) 5: William Russell (D) 6: William Creighton, Jr. (NR) 7: Samuel F. Vinton (NR) 8: William Stanbery (NR) 9: William W. Irvin (D) 10: William S. Kennon, Sr. (D) 11: Humphrey H. Leavitt (D) 12: John Thomson (D) 13: Elisha Whittlesey (NR) 14: Eleutheros Cooke (NR)

Pennsylvania 1: Joel B. Sutherland (D) 2: Henry Horn (D) 3: John G. Watmough (NR) 4: Joshua Evans, Jr. (D) 4: William Hiester (AM) 4: David Potts, Jr. (AM) 5: Joel K. Mann (D) 6: John C. Bucher (D) 7: Henry King (D) 7: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D) 8: Peter Ihrie, Jr. (D) 8: Samuel A. Smith (D) 9: Lewis Dewart (D) 9: James Ford (D) 9: Philander Stephens (D) 10: Adam King (D) 11: Thomas H. Crawford (D) 11: William Ramsey (D) Robert McCoy (D) 12: Robert Allison (AM) 13: George Burd (NR) 14: Andrew Stewart (AM) 15: Thomas M.T. McKennan (AM) 16: Harmar Denny (AM) 16: John Gilmore (D) 17: Richard Coulter (D) 18: John Banks (AM) Rhode Island A/L: Tristam Burges (NR) A/L: Dutee J. Pearce (NR) South Carolina 1: William Drayton (D) 2: Robert W. Barnwell (N) 3: Thomas R. Mitchell (D) 4: John M. Felder (D) 5: George McDuffie (N) 6: Warren R. Davis (N) 7: William T. Nuckolls (D) 8: James Blair (D) 9: John K. Griffin (N) Tennessee 1: John Blair (D) 2: Thomas D. Arnold (NR) 3: James I. Standifer (D) 4: Jacob C. Isacks (D) 5: William Hall (D) 6: James K. Polk (D) 7: John Bell (D) 8: Cave Johnson (D) 9: William Fitzgerald (D) Vermont 1: Jonathan Hunt (NR) Hiland Hall (NR) 2: Rollin C. Mallary (NR) William Slade (AM) 3: Horace Everett (NR) 4: Heman Allen (NR) 5: William Cahoon (AM) Virginia 1: Thomas Newton, Jr. (NR) 2: John Y. Mason (D) 3: William S. Archer (D) 4: Mark Alexander (D) 5: Thomas T. Bouldin (D) 6: Thomas Davenport (D) 7: Nathaniel H. Claiborne (D) 8: Richard Coke, Jr. (D) 9: Andrew Stevenson (D) 10: William F. Gordon (D) 11: John M. Patton (D) 12: John J. Roane (D) 13: Joseph W. Chinn (D) 14: Charles F. Mercer (NR) 15: John S. Barbour (D) 16: William Armstrong (NR) 17: Robert Allen (D) 18: Philip Doddridge (NR) Joseph Johnson (D) 19: William McCoy (D) 20: Robert Craig (D) 21: Lewis Maxwell (NR) 22: Charles C. Johnston (D) Joseph Draper (D)

Delegates

Arkansas Territory A/L: Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

Florida Territory A/L: Joseph M. White

Michigan Territory A/L: Austin E. Wing

Membership detail by state

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1832; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in 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

Senate

• 2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic
• 3: Gabriel Moore (1785-1845), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), Democratic
• 2: Samuel W. Mardis (1800-1836), Democratic
• 3: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate

• 1: Samuel A. Foote (1780-1846), National Republican
• 3: Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), National Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• A/L: Noyes Barber (1781-1844), National Republican
• A/L: William W. Ellsworth (1791-1868), National Republican
• A/L: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), National Republican
• A/L: Ralph I. Ingersoll (1789-1872), National Republican
• A/L: William L. Storrs (1795-1861), National Republican
• A/L: Ebenezer Young (1783-1851), National Republican

Delaware

Senate

• 2: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), National Republican
• 1: Arnold Naudain (1790-1872), National Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

Georgia

Senate

• 2: George M. Troup (1780-1856), Democratic
• 3: John Forsyth (1780-1841), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• A/L: Thomas F. Foster (1790-1848), Democratic
• A/L: Henry G. Lamar (1798-1861), Democratic
• A/L: Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), Democratic …resigned in 1831, before Congress assembled.

  Augustin S. Clayton (1783-1839), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21, 1832.

• A/L: Daniel Newnan (1780c-1851), Democratic
• A/L: Wiley Thompson (1781-1835), Democratic
• A/L: James M. Wayne (1790-1867), Democratic
• A/L: Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847), Democratic

Illinois

Senate

• 3: Elias K. Kane (1794-1835), Democratic
• 2: John M. Robinson (1794-1843), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Joseph Duncan (1794-1844), Democratic

Indiana

Senate

• 3: William Hendricks (1782-1850), National Republican
• 1: Robert Hanna (1786-1858), National Republican …appointed to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, August 19, 1831.

  John Tipton (1786-1839), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 4, 1832.

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), Democratic
• 2: John Carr (1793-1845), Democratic
• 3: Johnathan McCarty (1795-1852), Democratic

Kentucky

Senate

• 2: George M. Bibb (1776-1859), Democratic
• 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 10, 1831.

House of Representatives (12 seats)

• 1: Henry Daniel (1786-1873), Democratic
• 2: Thomas A. Marshall (1794-1871), National Republican
• 3: Chilton Allan (1786-1858), National Republican
• 4: Robert P. Letcher (1788-1861), National Republican
• 5: Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Democratic
• 6: Joseph Lecompte (1797-1851), Democratic
• 7: John Adair (1757-1840), Democratic
• 8: Nathan Gaither (1788-1862), Democratic
• 9: Charles A. Wickliffe (1788-1869), Democratic
• 10: Christopher Tompkins (1780-1858), National Republican
• 11: Albert G. Hawes (1804-1849), Democratic
• 12: Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate

• 3: Josiah S. Johnston (1784-1833), National Republican
• 2: Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Democratic …resigned May 24, 1831.

  George A. Waggaman (1782-1843), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, November 15, 1831.

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Edward D. White (1795-1847), National Republican
• 2: Philemon Thomas (1763-1847), National Republican
• 3: Henry A. Bullard (1788-1851), National Republican

Maine

Senate

• 1: John Holmes (1773-1843), National Republican
• 2: Peleg Sprague (1793-1880), National Republican

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: Rufus McIntire (1784-1866), Democratic
• 2: John Anderson (1792-1853), Democratic
• 3: Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844), Democratic
• 4: George Evans (1797-1867), National Republican
• 5: Cornelius Holland (1783-1870), Democratic
• 6: Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), Democratic
• 7: James Bates (1789-1882), Democratic

Maryland

Senate

• 1: Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Democratic
• 3: Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788-1867), National Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), National Republican
• 2: Benedict J. Semmes (1789-1863), National Republican
• 3: George C. Washington (1789-1854), National Republican
• 4: Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic
• 5: Benjamin C. Howard (1791-1872), Democratic
• 5: John T. H. Worthington (1788-1849), Democratic
• 6: George E. Mitchell (1781-1832), Democratic …died June 28, 1832.

  Charles S. Sewall (1779-1848), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1832.

• 7: John L. Kerr (1780-1844), National Republican
• 8: John S. Spence (1788-1840), National Republican

Massachusetts

Senate

• 2: Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850), National Republican
• 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), National Republican

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: Nathan Appleton (1779-1861), National Republican
• 2: Rufus Choate (1799-1859), National Republican
• 3: Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838), National Republican
• 4: Edward Everett (1794-1865), National Republican
• 5: John Davis (1787-1854), National Republican
• 6: Joseph G. Kendall (1788-1847), National Republican
• 7: George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), National Republican
• 8: Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), National Republican
• 9: George N. Briggs (1796-1861), National Republican
• 10: Henry A. S. Dearborn (1783-1851), National Republican
• 11: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), National Republican
• 12: James L. Hodges (1790-1846), National Republican
• 13: John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), National Republican

Mississippi

Senate

• 1: Powhatan Ellis (1790-1863), Democratic …resigned July 16, 1832.

  John Black ( -1854), Democratic ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 12, 1832, subsequently elected.

• 2: George Poindexter (1779-1853), National Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Franklin E. Plummer ( -1847), Democratic

Missouri

Senate

• 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
• 3: Alexander Buckner (1785-1833), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Spencer D. Pettis National Republican …died August 28, 1831, before Congress assembled.

  William H. Ashley (1778-1838), National Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1831.

New Hampshire

Senate

• 2: Samuel Bell (1770-1850), National Republican
• 3: Isaac Hill (1789-1851), Democratic

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• A/L: John Brodhead (1770-1838), Democratic
• A/L: Thomas Chandler (1772-1866), Democratic
• A/L: Joseph Hammons (1787-1836), Democratic
• A/L: Joseph M. Harper (1787-1865), Democratic
• A/L: Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Democratic
• A/L: John W. Weeks (1781-1853), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate

• 1: Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), Democratic
• 2: Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862), National Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• A/L: Lewis Condict (1772-1862), National Republican
• A/L: Silas Condit (1778-1861), National Republican
• A/L: Richard M. Cooper (1768-1843), National Republican
• A/L: Thomas H. Hughes (1769-1839), National Republican
• A/L: James F. Randolph (1791-1872), National Republican
• A/L: Isaac Southard (1783-1850), National Republican

New York

Senate

• 1: Charles E. Dudley (1780-1841), Democratic
• 3: William L. Marcy (1786-1857), Democratic …resigned January 1, 1833.

  Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 4, 1833.

House of Representatives (34 seats)

• 1: James Lent (1782-1833), Democratic
• 2: John T. Bergen (1786-1855), Democratic
• 3: Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), Democratic
• 3: Gulian C. Verplanck (1786-1870), Democratic
• 3: Campbell P. White (1787-1859), Democratic
• 4: Aaron Ward (1790-1867), Democratic
• 5: Edmund H. Pendleton (1788-1862), National Republican
• 6: Samuel J. Wilkin (1793-1866), National Republican
• 7: John C. Brodhead (1780-1859), Democratic
• 8: John King (1775-1836), Democratic
• 9: Job Pierson (1791-1860), Democratic
• 10: Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783-1862), Democratic
• 11: Erastus Root (1773-1846), Democratic
• 12: Joseph Bouck (1788-1858), Democratic
• 13: William G. Angel (1790-1858), Democratic
• 14: Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic
• 15: Michael Hoffman (1787-1848), Democratic
• 16: Nathan Soule ( - ), Democratic
• 17: John W. Taylor (1784-1854), National Republican
• 18: Nathaniel Pitcher (1777-1836), Democratic
• 19: William Hogan (1792-1874), Democratic
• 20: Charles Dayan (1792-1877), Democratic
• 20: Daniel Wardwell (1791-1878), Democratic
• 21: John A. Collier (1787-1873), Anti-Masonic
• 22: Edward C. Reed (1793-1883), Democratic
• 23: Freeborn G. Jewett (1791-1858), Democratic
• 24: Ulysses F. Doubleday (1792-1866), Democratic
• 25: Gamaliel H. Barstow (1784-1865), Anti-Masonic
• 26: William Babcock (1785-1838), Anti-Masonic
• 26: John Dickson (1783-1852), Anti-Masonic
• 27: Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851), Anti-Masonic
• 28: Grattan H. Wheeler (1783-1852), Anti-Masonic
• 29: Phineas L. Tracy (1786-1876), Anti-Masonic
• 30: Bates Cooke (1787-1841), Anti-Masonic

North Carolina

Senate

• 2: Bedford Brown (1795-1870), Democratic
• 3: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Democratic

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: William B. Shepard (1799-1852), National Republican
• 2: John Branch (1782-1863), Democratic
• 3: Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), Democratic
• 4: Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic
• 5: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
• 6: Robert Potter (1800c-1842), Democratic …resigned November 1831, before Congress assembled.

  Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 6, 1832.

• 7: Lauchlin Bethune (1785-1874), Democratic
• 8: Daniel L. Barringer (1788-1852), Democratic
• 9: Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), Democratic
• 10: Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), Democratic
• 11: Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), Democratic
• 12: Samuel P. Carson (1798-1838), Democratic
• 13: Lewis Williams (1782-1842), National Republican

Ohio

Senate

• 1: Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), National Republican
• 3: Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), National Republican

House of Representatives (14 seats)

• 1: James Findlay (1770-1835), Democratic
• 2: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), National Republican
• 3: Joseph H. Crane (1782-1851), National Republican
• 4: Joseph Vance (1786-1852), National Republican
• 5: William Russell (1782-1845), Democratic
• 6: William Creighton, Jr. (1778-1851), National Republican
• 7: Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), National Republican
• 8: William Stanbery (1788-1873), National Republican
• 9: William W. Irvin (1778c-1842), Democratic
• 10: William S. Kennon, Sr. (1793-1881), Democratic
• 11: Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796-1873), Democratic
• 12: John Thomson (1780-1852), Democratic
• 13: Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), National Republican
• 14: Eleutheros Cooke (1787-1864), National Republican

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 1: Isaac D. Barnard (1791-1834), Democratic …resigned December 6, 1831.

  George M. Dallas (1792-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 13, 1831.

• 3: William Wilkins (1779-1865), Democratic

House of Representatives (26 seats)

• 1: Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), Democratic
• 2: Henry Horn (1786-1862), Democratic
• 3: John G. Watmough (1793-1861), National Republican
• 4: Joshua Evans, Jr. (1777-1846), Democratic
• 4: William Hiester (1790-1853), Anti-Masonic
• 4: David Potts, Jr. (1794c-1863), Anti-Masonic
• 5: Joel K. Mann (1780-1857), Democratic
• 6: John C. Bucher (1792-1851), Democratic
• 7: Henry King (1790-1861), Democratic
• 7: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), Democratic
• 8: Peter Ihrie, Jr. (1796-1871), Democratic
• 8: Samuel A. Smith (1795-1861), Democratic
• 9: Lewis Dewart (1780-1852), Democratic
• 9: James Ford (1783-1859), Democratic
• 9: Philander Stephens (1788-1842), Democratic
• 10: Adam King (1790-1835), Democratic
• 11: Thomas H. Crawford (1786-1863), Democratic
• 11: William Ramsey (1779-1831), Democratic …died September 29, 1831, before Congress assembled.

  Robert McCoy ( -1849), Democratic …elected to vacancy, seated December 5, 1831.

• 12: Robert Allison (1777-1840), Anti-Masonic
• 13: George Burd (1793-1844), National Republican
• 14: Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Anti-Masonic
• 15: Thomas M.T. McKennan (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
• 16: Harmar Denny (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
• 16: John Gilmore (1780-1845), Democratic
• 17: Richard Coulter (1788-1852), Democratic
• 18: John Banks (1793-1864), Anti-Masonic

Rhode Island

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: Tristam Burges (1770-1853), National Republican
• A/L: Dutee J. Pearce (1789-1849), National Republican

South Carolina

Senate

• 2: Robert Y. Hayne (1791-1839), Nullifier …resigned December 13, 1832.

  John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Nullifier …elected to fill vacancy, December 29, 1832.

• 3: Stephen D. Miller (1787-1838), Nullifier …resigned March 2, 1833.

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: William Drayton (1776-1846), Democratic
• 2: Robert W. Barnwell (1801-1882), Nullifier
• 3: Thomas R. Mitchell (1783-1837), Democratic
• 4: John M. Felder (1782-1851), Democratic
• 5: George McDuffie (1790-1851), Nullifier
• 6: Warren R. Davis (1793-1835), Nullifier
• 7: William T. Nuckolls (1801-1855), Democratic
• 8: James Blair (1790c-1834), Democratic
• 9: John K. Griffin (1789-1841), Nullifier

Tennessee

Senate

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

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: John Blair (1790-1863), Democratic
• 2: Thomas D. Arnold (1798-1870), National Republican
• 3: James I. Standifer (1782-1837), Democratic
• 4: Jacob C. Isacks ( - ), Democratic
• 5: William Hall (1775-1856), Democratic
• 6: James K. Polk (1795-1849), Democratic
• 7: John Bell (1797-1869), Democratic
• 8: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
• 9: William Fitzgerald (1799-1864), Democratic

Vermont

Senate

• 1: Horatio Seymour (1778-1857), National Republican
• 3: Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), National Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Jonathan Hunt (1787-1832), National Republican …died May 14, 1832.

  Hiland Hall (1795-1885), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 21, 1833.

• 2: Rollin C. Mallary (1784-1831), National Republican …died April 16, 1831, before Congress assembled.

  William Slade (1786-1859), Anti-Masonic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1831.

• 3: Horace Everett (1779-1851), National Republican
• 4: Heman Allen (1777-1844), National Republican
• 5: William Cahoon (1774-1833), Anti-Masonic

Virginia

Senate

• 2: Littleton W. Tazewell (1774-1860), Democratic …resigned July 16, 1832.

  William C. Rives (1793-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 10, 1832.

• 1: John Tyler (1790-1862), Democratic

House of Representatives (22 seats)

• 1: Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), National Republican
• 2: John Y. Mason (1799-1859), Democratic
• 3: William S. Archer (1789-1855), Democratic
• 4: Mark Alexander (1792-1883), Democratic
• 5: Thomas T. Bouldin (1781-1834), Democratic
• 6: Thomas Davenport ( -1838), Democratic
• 7: Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), Democratic
• 8: Richard Coke, Jr. (1790-1851), Democratic
• 9: Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), Democratic
• 10: William F. Gordon (1787-1858), Democratic
• 11: John M. Patton (1797-1858), Democratic
• 12: John J. Roane (1794-1869), Democratic
• 13: Joseph W. Chinn (1798-1840), Democratic
• 14: Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), National Republican
• 15: John S. Barbour (1790-1855), Democratic
• 16: William Armstrong (1782-1865), National Republican
• 17: Robert Allen (1794-1859), Democratic
• 18: Philip Doddridge (1773-1832), National Republican …died November 19, 1832.

  Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21, 1833.

• 19: William McCoy ( -1864), Democratic
• 20: Robert Craig (1792-1852), Democratic
• 21: Lewis Maxwell (1790-1862), National Republican
• 22: Charles C. Johnston (1795-1832), Democratic …died June 17, 1832.

  Joseph Draper (1794-1834), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1832.

Delegates

Arkansas Territory

• A/L: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic

Florida Territory

• A/L: Joseph M. White (1781-1839),

Michigan Territory

• A/L: Austin E. Wing (1792-1849),

Membership detail by Chamber/Party

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

A-F Isaac D. Barnard, Pennsylvania Thomas H. Benton, Missouri George M. Bibb, Kentucky John Black, Mississippi Bedford Brown, North Carolina Alexander Buckner, Missouri George M. Dallas, Pennsylvania Mahlon Dickerson, New Jersey Charles E. Dudley, New York Powhatan Ellis, Mississippi John Forsyth, Georgia

G-L Felix Grundy, Tennessee Isaac Hill , New Hampshire Elias K. Kane , Illinois William R. D. King, Alabama (U.S. state) Edward Livingston, Louisiana M-R Willie P. Mangum , North Carolina William L. Marcy, New York Gabriel Moore, Alabama (U.S. state) William C. Rives, Virginia John M. Robinson, Illinois

S-Z Samuel Smith , Maryland Littleton W. Tazewell, Virginia John Tipton, Indiana George M. Troup, Georgia John Tyler, Virginia Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee William Wilkins, Pennsylvania Silas Wright, Jr., New York

National Republican

A-F Samuel Bell, New Hampshire Ezekiel F. Chambers, Maryland Henry Clay, Kentucky John M. Clayton, Delaware Thomas Ewing, Ohio Samuel A. Foote, Connecticut Theodore Frelinghuysen, New Jersey

G-L Robert Hanna, Indiana William Hendricks, Indiana J ohn Holmes, Maine Josiah S. Johnston, Louisiana Nehemiah R. Knight , Rhode Island M-R Arnold Naudain, Delaware George Poindexter , Mississippi Samuel Prentiss, Vermont Asher Robbins, Rhode Island Benjamin Ruggles, Ohio

S-Z Horatio Seymour , Vermont Nathaniel Silsbee, Massachusetts Peleg Sprague, Maine Gideon Tomlinson, Connecticut George A. Waggaman , Louisiana Daniel Webster , Massachusetts

Nullifier

John C. Calhoun, South Carolina Robert Y. Hayne, South Carolina Stephen D. Miller, South Carolina

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C John Adair, Kentucky Mark Alexander , Virginia Robert Allen , Virginia John Anderson , Maine William G. Angel , New York William S. Archer , Virginia John S. Barbour , Virginia Daniel L. Barringer , North Carolina James Bates , Maine Samuel Beardsley , New York John Bell , Tennessee John T. Bergen , New York Lauchlin Bethune , North Carolina James Blair , South Carolina John Blair , Tennessee Ratliff Boon , Indiana Joseph Bouck , New York Thomas T. Bouldin , Virginia John Branch , North Carolina John Brodhead , New Hampshire John C. Brodhead , New York John C. Bucher , Pennsylvania Churchill C. Cambreleng , New York John Carr , Indiana Samuel P. Carson , North Carolina Thomas Chandler, New Hampshire Joseph W. Chinn , Virginia Nathaniel H. Claiborne , Virginia Clement C. Clay , Alabama (U.S. state) Augustin S. Clayton , Georgia Richard Coke, Jr. , Virginia Henry W. Connor , North Carolina Richard Coulter , Pennsylvania Robert Craig , Virginia Thomas H. Crawford , Pennsylvania D-E-F Henry Daniel , Kentucky Thomas Davenport , Virginia Charles Dayan , New York Lewis Dewart , Pennsylvania Ulysses F. Doubleday , New York Joseph Draper , Virginia William Drayton , South Carolina Joseph Duncan, Illinois Joshua Evans, Jr. , Pennsylvania John M. Felder , South Carolina James Findlay , Ohio William Fitzgerald , Tennessee James Ford , Pennsylvania Thomas F. Foster , Georgia

G-H-I Nathan Gaither , Kentucky John Gilmore , Pennsylvania William F. Gordon , Virginia Thomas H. Hall , North Carolina William Hall , Tennessee Joseph Hammons , New Hampshire Joseph M. Harper , New Hampshire Albert G. Hawes , Kentucky Micajah T. Hawkins , North Carolina Michael Hoffman , New York William Hogan , New York Cornelius Holland , Maine Henry Horn , Pennsylvania Benjamin C. Howard , Maryland Henry Hubbard , New Hampshire Peter Ihrie, Jr. , Pennsylvania William W. Irvin , Ohio Jacob C. Isacks , Tennessee J-K-L Leonard Jarvis , Maine Freeborn G. Jewett , New York Cave Johnson , Tennessee Joseph Johnson , Virginia Richard M. Johnson , Kentucky Charles C. Johnston , Virginia Edward Kavanagh , Maine William S. Kennon, Sr. , Ohio Adam King , Pennsylvania Henry King , Pennsylvania John King , New York Henry G. Lamar , Georgia Gerrit Y. Lansing , New York Humphrey H. Leavitt , Ohio Joseph Lecompte , Kentucky James Lent , New York Dixon H. Lewis , Alabama (U.S. state) Wilson Lumpkin , Georgia Chittenden Lyon , Kentucky

M-N-O Joel K. Mann , Pennsylvania Samuel W. Mardis , Alabama (U.S. state) John Y. Mason , Virginia Johnathan McCarty , Indiana Robert McCoy , Pennsylvania William McCoy, Virginia Rufus McIntire, Maine James I. McKay, North Carolina George E. Mitchell, Maryland Thomas R. Mitchell, South Carolina Henry A. P. Muhlenberg , Pennsylvania Daniel Newnan , Georgia William T. Nuckolls , South Carolina P-Q-R John M. Patton , Virginia Job Pierson , New York Nathaniel Pitcher , New York Franklin E. Plummer, Mississippi James K. Polk , Tennessee Robert Potter, North Carolina William Ramsey, Pennsylvania Edward C. Reed , New York Abraham Rencher , North Carolina John J. Roane, Virginia Erastus Root , New York William Russell , Ohio S-T-U-V Charles S. Sewall , Maryland Augustine H. Shepperd , North Carolina Samuel A. Smith , Pennsylvania Nathan Soule , New York Jesse Speight , North Carolina James I. Standifer , Tennessee Philander Stephens , Pennsylvania Andrew Stevenson , Virginia Joel B. Sutherland , Pennsylvania Francis Thomas , Maryland Wiley Thompson , Georgia John Thomson, Ohio Gulian C. Verplanck , New York W-X-Y-Z Aaron Ward , New York Daniel Wardwell , New York James M. Wayne , Georgia John W. Weeks , New Hampshire Campbell P. White , New York Charles A. Wickliffe , Kentucky Richard Henry Wilde , Georgia John T. H. Worthington, Maryland

National Republican

A-B-C John Quincy Adams , Massachusetts Chilton Allan , Kentucky Heman Allen, Vermont Nathan Appleton , Massachusetts William Armstrong , Virginia Thomas D. Arnold , Tennessee William H. Ashley , Missouri Noyes Barber , Connecticut Isaac C. Bates , Massachusetts George N. Briggs , Massachusetts Henry A. Bullard , Louisiana George Burd , Pennsylvania Tristam Burges , Rhode Island Rufus Choate , Massachusetts Lewis Condict , New Jersey Silas Condit , New Jersey Eleutheros Cooke , Ohio Richard M. Cooper , New Jersey Thomas Corwin , Ohio Joseph H. Crane , Ohio William Creighton, Jr. , Ohio D-E-F John Davis , Massachusetts Henry A. S. Dearborn , Massachusetts Philip Doddridge , Virginia William W. Ellsworth, Connecticut George Evans , Maine Edward Everett , Massachusetts Horace Everett , Vermont

G-H-I George J. Grennell, Jr. , Massachusetts Hiland Hall, Vermont James L. Hodges , Massachusetts Thomas H. Hughes , New Jersey Jonathan Hunt , Vermont Jabez W. Huntington , Connecticut Ralph I. Ingersoll , Connecticut J-K-L Daniel Jenifer , Maryland Joseph G. Kendall , Massachusetts John L. Kerr , Maryland Robert P. Letcher , Kentucky M-N-O Rollin C. Mallary , Vermont Thomas A. Marshall , Kentucky Lewis Maxwell , Virginia Charles F. Mercer , Virginia John J. Milligan Delaware Jeremiah Nelson , Massachusetts Thomas Newton, Jr. , Virginia P-Q-R Dutee J. Pearce , Rhode Island Edmund H. Pendleton , New York Spencer D. Pettis, Missouri James F. Randolph , New Jersey John Reed, Jr., Massachusetts

S-T-U-V Benedict J. Semmes , Maryland William B. Shepard, North Carolina Isaac Southard , New Jersey John S. Spence , Maryland William Stanbery , Ohio William L. Storrs , Connecticut John W. Taylor , New York Philemon Thomas , Louisiana Christopher Tompkins , Kentucky Joseph Vance , Ohio Samuel F. Vinton , Ohio W-X-Y-Z George C. Washington , Maryland John G. Watmough , Pennsylvania Edward D. White , Louisiana Elisha Whittlesey , Ohio Samuel J. Wilkin , New York Lewis Williams , North Carolina Ebenezer Young , Connecticut

Anti-Masonic

A-L Robert Allison, Pennsylvania William Babcock , New York John Banks , Pennsylvania Gamaliel H. Barstow , New York William Cahoon , Vermont John A. Collier , New York Bates Cooke , New York Harmar Denny , Pennsylvania John Dickson , New York William Hiester , Pennsylvania

M-Z Thomas M.T. McKennan , Pennsylvania David Potts, Jr. , Pennsylvania William Slade , Vermont Andrew Stewart , Pennsylvania Phineas L. Tracy , New York Grattan H. Wheeler , New York Frederick Whittlesey , New York

Nullifier

Robert W. Barnwell , South Carolina Warren R. Davis , South Carolina John K. Griffin , South Carolina George McDuffie , South Carolina

Membership Changes

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

Senate replacements: 7 Democrats: no net change National Republicans: no net change deaths: 0 resignations: 7 interim appointments: 1 Total seats with changes: 9

House of Representatives replacements: 5 Democrats: 1 seat net gain National Republicans: 1 seat net loss deaths: 7 resignations: 2 contested election: 0 Total seats with changes: 9

Senate

State	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Change	Successor	Successor's selection
Indiana class 1	vacant	Vacancy Vacancy from preceding Congress	Robert Hanna Republican	appointed August 19, 1831.
Indiana class 1	Robert Hanna Republican	Interim appointment John Tipton was elected to fill seat of Senator Robert Hanna.	John Tipton Democratic	elected January 4, 1832.
Kentucky class 3	vacant	Vacancy Vacancy from preceding Congress	Henry Clay Republican	elected November 10, 1831.
Louisiana class 2	Edward Livingston Democratic	Resignation Senator Edward Livingston resigned May 24, 1831.	George A. Waggaman Republican	elected November 15, 1831.
Mississippi class 1	Powhatan Ellis Democratic	Resignation Senator Powhatan Ellis resigned July 16, 1832.	John Black Democratic	appointed November 12, 1832, subsequently elected.
New York class 3	William L. Marcy Democratic	Resignation Senator William L. Marcy resigned January 1, 1833.	Silas Wright, Jr. Democratic	elected January 4, 1833.
Pennsylvania class 1	Isaac D. Barnard Democratic	Resignation Senator Isaac D. Barnard resigned December 6, 1831.	George M. Dallas Democratic	elected December 13, 1831.
South Carolina class 2	Robert Y. Hayne Nullifier	Resignation Senator Robert Y. Hayne resigned March 9, 1829.	John C. Calhoun Nullifier	elected December 29, 1832.
South Carolina class 3	Stephen D. Miller Nullifier	Resignation Senator Stephen D. Miller resigned March 2, 1833.	vacant	not filled in this Congress
Virginia class 2	Littleton W. Tazewell Democratic	Resignation Senator John Branch resigned July 16, 1832.	William C. Rives Democratic	elected December 10, 1832.

House of Representatives

State	Outgoing Representative	Reason for Change	Successor	Successor's selection
Georgia 3rd at large	Wilson Lumpkin Democratic	Resignation Senator Wilson Lumpkin resigned in 1831, before Congress assembled.	Augustin S. Clayton Democratic	seated January 21, 1832.
Maryland 6th	George E. Mitchell Democratic	Death Representative George E. Mitchell died August 28, 1831, before Congress assembled.	Charles S. Sewall Democratic	seated December 3, 1832.
Missouri at large	Spencer D. Pettis Republican	Death Representative Spencer D. Pettis died April 17, 1830.	William H. Ashley Republican	seated December 5, 1831.
North Carolina 6th	Robert Potter Democratic	Resignation Representative Robert Potter resigned November 1831, before Congress assembled.	Micajah T. Hawkins Democratic	seated January 6, 1832.
Pennsylvania 11th	William Ramsey Democratic	Death Representative William Ramsey died April 17, 1830.	Robert McCoy Democratic	seated December 5, 1831.
Vermont 1st	Jonathan Hunt Republican	Death Representative Jonathan Hunt died May 14, 1832.	Hiland Hall Republican	seated January 21, 1833.
Vermont 2nd	Rollin C. Mallary Republican	Death Representative Rollin C. Mallary died April 16, 1831, before Congress assembled.	William Slade Anti-Masonic	seated December 5, 1831.
Virginia 18th	Philip Doddridge Republican	Death Representative Philip Doddridge died November 19, 1832.	Joseph Johnson Democratic	seated January 21, 1833.
Virginia 22nd	Charles C. Johnston Democratic	Death Representative Charles C. Johnston died June 17, 1832.	Joseph Draper Democratic	seated December 12, 1832.

Officers

Senate Secretary of the Senate: Walter Lowrie of Pennsylvania elected December 12, 1825. Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Mountjoy Bayly of New Hampshire, elected November 6, 1811. Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. John P. Durbin, Methodist, elected December 19, 1831. The Rev. Charles C. Pise, Roman Catholic, elected December 11, 1832.

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: Matthew S. Clarke of Pennsylvania, elected December 5, 1831. Sergeant at Arms of the House: John O. Dunn of District of Columbia, elected December 5, 1831. Doorkeeper of the House: Overton Carr of Maryland, elected December 5, 1831 Chaplain of the House The Rev. Reuben Post, Presbyterian, elected December 5, 1831. The Rev. William Hamett, Presbyterian, elected December 3, 1832.