23rd United States Congress

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The Twenty-third 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, 1833 to March 3, 1835, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. The Senate had an Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican majority, and the House had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.

1. Dates of sessions

March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835

• First session: December 2, 1833 - June 30, 1834
• Second session: December 1, 1834 - March 3, 1835
• Previous congress: 22nd Congress
  
• Next congress: 24th Congress

2. 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) : 20 Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican (NR) : 26 (majority) Nullifier (N) : 2 TOTAL members: 48

House of Representatives Jacksonian or Democratic (D) : 143 (majority) Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican (NR) : 63 Anti Masonic (AM) : 25 Nullifier (N) : 9 TOTAL members: 240

3. Leadership

President of the Senate
Vice President
Martin Van Buren

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • Martin Van Buren, Democratic of New York
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • Hugh Lawson White, National Republican of Tennessee, elected December 2, 1833
  • George Poindexter, National Republican of Mississippi, elected June 28, 1834
  • John Tyler, National Republican of Virginia, elected March 3, 1835

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • Andrew Stevenson, Jacksonian of Virginia, elected December 2, 1833
• Speaker of the House
  • John Bell, Democratic of Tennessee, elected June 2, 1834

6. 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 began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

President pro tempore
Hugh Lawson White

President pro tempore
George Poindexter

Alabama 2: William R. D. King (D) 3: Gabriel Moore (NR) Connecticut 3: Gideon Tomlinson (NR) 1: Nathan Smith (NR) Delaware 2: John M. Clayton (NR) 1: Arnold Naudain (NR) Georgia 2: George M. Troup (D) John P. King (D) 3: John Forsyth (D) Alfred Cuthbert (D) Illinois 3: Elias K. Kane (D) 2: John M. Robinson (D) Indiana 3: William Hendricks (NR) 1: John Tipton (D) Kentucky 2: George M. Bibb (D) 3: Henry Clay (NR) Louisiana 3: Josiah S. Johnston (NR) Alexander Porter (NR) 2: George A. Waggaman (NR)

Maine 2 Peleg Sprague (NR) John Ruggles (D) 1: Ether Shepley (D) Maryland 3: Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR) Robert H. Goldsborough (NR) 1: Joseph Kent (NR) Massachusetts 2: Nathaniel Silsbee (NR) 1: Daniel Webster (NR) Mississippi 2: George Poindexter (NR) 1: John Black (NR) Missouri 1: Thomas H. Benton (D) 3: Alexander Buckner (D) Lewis F. Linn (D) New Hampshire 2: Samuel Bell (NR) 3: Isaac Hill (D) New Jersey 2: Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR) 1: Samuel L. Southard (NR) New York 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (D) 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (D)

North Carolina 2: Bedford Brown (D) 3: Willie P. Mangum (NR) Ohio 3: Thomas Ewing (NR) 1: Thomas Morris (D) Pennsylvania 3: William Wilkins (D) James Buchanan (D) 1: Samuel McKean (D) Rhode Island 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (NR) 1: Asher Robbins (NR) South Carolina 2: John C. Calhoun (N) 3: William C. Preston (N) Tennessee 2: Hugh Lawson White (D) 1: Felix Grundy (D) Vermont 3: Samuel Prentiss (NR) 1: Benjamin Swift (NR) Virginia 1: John Tyler (NR) 2: William C. Rives (D) Benjamin W. Leigh (NR)

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.

Speaker of the House
John Bell

Alabama 1: Clement C. Clay (D) 2: John McKinley (D) 3: Samuel W. Mardis (D) 4: Dixon H. Lewis (N) 5: John Murphy (D) Connecticut A/L: Noyes Barber (NR) A/L: William W. Ellsworth (NR) Joseph Trumbull (NR) A/L: Jabez W. Huntington (NR) Phineas Miner (NR) A/L: Samuel A. Foote (NR) Ebenezer Jackson, Jr. (NR) A/L: Samuel Tweedy (NR) A/L: Ebenezer Young (NR) Delaware A/L: John J. Milligan (NR) Georgia A/L: Augustin S. Clayton (D) A/L: John E. Coffee (D) A/L: Thomas F. Foster (D) A/L: Roger L. Gamble (D) A/L: George R. Gilmer (D) A/L: Seaborn Jones (D) A/L: William Schley (D) A/L: James M. Wayne (D) A/L: Richard Henry Wilde (D) Illinois 1: Charles Slade (D) John Reynolds (D) 2: Zadok Casey (D) 3: Joseph Duncan (D) William L. May (D) Indiana 1: Ratliff Boon (D) 2: John Ewing (NR) 3: John Carr (D) 4: Amos Lane (D) 5: Johnathan McCarty (D) 6: George L. Kinnard (D) 7: Edward A. Hannegan (D) Kentucky 1: Chittenden Lyon (D) 2: Albert G. Hawes (D) 3: Christopher Tompkins (NR) 4: Martin Beaty (NR) 5: Robert P. Letcher (NR) 6: Thomas Chilton (NR) 7: Benjamin Hardin (NR) 8: Patrick H. Pope (D) 9: James Love (NR) 10: Chilton Allan (NR) 11: Amos Davis (NR) 12: Thomas A. Marshall (NR) 13: Richard M. Johnson (D) Louisiana 1: Edward D. White (NR) Henry Johnson (NR) 2: Philemon Thomas (NR) 3: Henry A. Bullard (NR) Rice Garland (NR) Maine 1: Rufus McIntire (D) 2: Francis O. J. Smith (D) 3: Edward Kavanagh (D) 4: George Evans (NR) 5: Moses Mason, Jr. (D) 6: Joseph Hall (D) 7: Leonard Jarvis (D) 8: Gorham Parks (D) Maryland 1: Littleton P. Dennis (NR) John N. Steele (NR) 2: Richard B. Carmichael (D) 3: James Turner (D) 4: James P. Heath (D) 5: Isaac McKim (D) 6: William Cost Johnson (NR) 7: Francis Thomas (D) 8: John T. Stoddert (D) Massachusetts 1: Benjamin Gorham (NR) 2: Rufus Choate (NR) Stephen C. Phillips (NR) 3: Gayton P. Osgood (D) 4: Edward Everett (NR) 5: John Davis (NR) Levi Lincoln, Jr. (NR) 6: George J. Grennell, Jr. (NR) 7: George N. Briggs (NR) 8: Isaac C. Bates (NR) 9: William Jackson (AM) 10: William Baylies (NR) 11: John Reed, Jr. (NR) 12: John Quincy Adams (AM)

Mississippi A/L: Harry Cage (D) A/L: Franklin E. Plummer (D) Missouri A/L: William H. Ashley (NR) A/L: John Bull (NR) New Hampshire A/L: Benning M. Bean (D) A/L: Robert Burns (D) A/L: Joseph M. Harper (D) A/L: Henry Hubbard (D) A/L: Franklin Pierce (D) New Jersey A/L: Philemon Dickerson (D) A/L: Samuel Fowler (D) A/L: Thomas Lee (D) A/L: James Parker (D) A/L: Ferdinand S. Schenck (D) A/L: William N. Shinn (D) New York 1: Abel Huntington (D) 2: Isaac B. Van Houten (D) 3: Churchill C. Cambreleng (D) 3: Cornelius V. Lawrence (D) John J. Morgan (D) 3: Dudley Selden (D) Charles G. Ferris (D) 3: Campbell P. White (D) 4: Aaron Ward (D) 5: Abraham Bockee (D) 6: John W. Brown (D) 7: Charles Bodle (D) 8: John Adams (D) 8: Aaron Vanderpoel (D) 9: Job Pierson (D) 10: Gerrit Y. Lansing (D) 11: John Cramer (D) 12: Henry C. Martindale (AM) 13: Reuben Whallon (D) 14: Ransom H. Gillet (D) 15: Charles McVean (D) 16: Abijah Mann, Jr. (D) 17: Samuel Beardsley (D) 17: Joel Turrill (D) 18: Daniel Wardwell (D) 19: Sherman Page (D) 20: Noadiah Johnson (D) 21: Henry Mitchell (D) 22: Nicoll Halsey (D) 22: Samuel G. Hathaway (D) 23: William K. Fuller (D) 23: William Taylor (D) 24: Rowland Day (D) 25: Samuel Clark (D) 26: John Dickson (AM) 27: Edward Howell (D) 28: Frederick Whittlesey (AM) 29: George W. Lay (AM) 30: Philo C. Fuller (AM) 31: Abner Hazeltine (AM) 32: Millard Fillmore (AM) 33: Gideon Hard (AM) North Carolina 1: William B. Shepard (NR) 2: Jesse A. Bynum (D) 3: Thomas H. Hall (D) 4: Jesse Speight (D) 5: James I. McKay (D) 6: Micajah T. Hawkins (D) 7: Edmund Deberry (NR) 8: Daniel L. Barringer (NR) 9: Augustine H. Shepperd (NR) 10: Abraham Rencher (NR) 11: Henry W. Connor (D) 12: James Graham (NR) 13: Lewis Williams (NR) Ohio 1: Robert T. Lytle (D) 2: Taylor Webster (D) 3: Joseph H. Crane (NR) 4: Thomas Corwin (NR) 5: Thomas L. Hamer (D) 6: Samuel F. Vinton (NR) 7: William Allen (D) 8: Jeremiah McLene (D) 9: John Chaney (D) 10: Joseph Vance (NR) 11: James M. Bell (NR) 12: Robert Mitchell (D) 13: David Spangler (NR) 14: William Patterson (D) 15: Jonathan Sloane (AM) 16: Elisha Whittlesey (AM) 17: John Thomson (D) 18: Benjamin Jones (D) 19: Humphrey H. Leavitt (D) Daniel Kilgore (D)

Pennsylvania 1: Joel B. Sutherland (D) 2: Horace Binney (NR) 2: James Harper (NR) 3: John G. Watmough (NR) 4: Edward Darlington (AM) 4: William Hiester (AM) 4: David Potts, Jr. (AM) 5: Joel K. Mann (D) 6: Robert Ramsey (D) 7: David D. Wagener (D) 8: Henry King (D) 9: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D) 10: William Clark (AM) 11: Charles A. Barnitz (AM) 12: George Chambers (AM) 13: Jesse Miller (D) 14: Joseph Henderson (D) 15: Andrew Beaumont (D) 16: Joseph B. Anthony (D) 17: John Laporte (D) 18: George Burd (NR) 19: Richard Coulter (D) 20: Andrew Stewart (AM) 21: Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM) 22: Harmar Denny (AM) 23: Samuel S. Harrison (D) 24: John Banks (AM) 25: John Galbraith (D) Rhode Island A/L: Tristam Burges (NR) A/L: Dutee J. Pearce (AM) South Carolina 1: Henry L. Pinckney (N) 2: William J. Grayson (N) 3: Thomas D. Singleton (N) Robert B. Campbell (N) 4: John M. Felder (N) 5: George McDuffie (N) Francis W. Pickens (N) 6: Warren R. Davis (N) 7: William K. Clowney (N) 8: James Blair (D) Richard I. Manning (D) 9: John K. Griffin (N) Tennessee 1: John Blair (D) 2: Samuel Bunch (D) 3: Luke Lea (D) 4: James I. Standifer (D) 5: John B. Forester (D) 6: Balie Peyton (D) 7: John Bell (D) 8: David W. Dickinson (D) 9: James K. Polk (D) 10: William M. Inge (D) 11: Cave Johnson (D) 12: David Crockett (NR) 13: William C. Dunlap (D) Vermont 1: Hiland Hall (NR) 2: William Slade (AM) 3: Horace Everett (NR) 4: Heman Allen (NR) 5: Benjamin F. Deming (AM) Henry F. Janes (AM) Virginia 1: George Loyall (D) 2: John Y. Mason (D) 3: William S. Archer (D) 4: James H. Gholson (NR) 5: John Randolph (D) Thomas T. Bouldin (D) James W. Bouldin (D) 6: Thomas Davenport (NR) 7: Nathaniel H. Claiborne (D) 8: Henry A. Wise (D) 9: William P. Taylor (NR) 10: Joseph W. Chinn (D) 11: Andrew Stevenson (D) John Robertson (NR) 12: William F. Gordon (D) 13: John M. Patton (D) 14: Charles F. Mercer (NR) 15: Edward Lucas (D) 16: James M. H. Beale (D) 17: Samuel M. Moore (NR) 18: John H. Fulton (D) 19: William McComas (D) 20: John J. Allen (NR) 21: Edgar C. Wilson (NR) Delegates Arkansas Territory A/L: Ambrose H. Sevier (D) Florida Territory A/L: Joseph M. White Michigan Territory A/L: Lucius Lyon (D)

7. 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 began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last 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), National Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), Democratic
• 2: John McKinley (1780-1852), Democratic
• 3: Samuel W. Mardis (1800-1836), Democratic
• 4: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Nullifier
• 5: John Murphy (1786-1841), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate

• 3: Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), National Republican
• 1: Nathan Smith (1770-1835), National Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• A/L: Noyes Barber (1781-1844), National Republican
• A/L: William W. Ellsworth (1791-1868), National Republican …resigned July 8, 1834.

  Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

• A/L: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), National Republican …resigned August 16, 1834.

  Phineas Miner (1777-1839), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

• A/L: Samuel A. Foote (1780-1846), National Republican …resigned May 9, 1834.

  Ebenezer Jackson, Jr. (1796-1874), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

• A/L: Samuel Tweedy (1776-1868), 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 …resigned November 8, 1833.

  John P. King (1799-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 21, 1833.

• 3: John Forsyth (1780-1841), Democratic …resigned July 27, 1834.

  Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 12, 1835.

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• A/L: Augustin S. Clayton (1783-1839), Democratic
• A/L: John E. Coffee (1782-1836), Democratic
• A/L: Thomas F. Foster (1790-1848), Democratic
• A/L: Roger L. Gamble (1787-1847), Democratic
• A/L: George R. Gilmer (1790-1859), Democratic
• A/L: Seaborn Jones (1788-1864), Democratic
• A/L: William Schley (1786-1858), Democratic
• A/L: James M. Wayne (1790-1867), Democratic …resigned January 13, 1835.
• 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 (3 seats)

• 1: Charles Slade ( -1834), Democratic …died July 26, 1834.

  John Reynolds (1788-1865), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

• 2: Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Democratic
• 3: Joseph Duncan (1794-1844), Democratic …resigned September 21, 1834.

  William L. May (1793c-1849), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

Indiana

Senate

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

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), Democratic
• 2: John Ewing (1789-1858), National Republican
• 3: John Carr (1793-1845), Democratic
• 4: Amos Lane (1778-1849), Democratic
• 5: Johnathan McCarty (1795-1852), Democratic
• 6: George L. Kinnard (1803-1836), Democratic
• 7: Edward A. Hannegan Democratic

Kentucky

Senate

• 2: George M. Bibb (1776-1859), Democratic
• 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), National Republican

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842), Democratic
• 2: Albert G. Hawes (1804-1849), Democratic
• 3: Christopher Tompkins (1780-1858), National Republican
• 4: Martin Beaty (1784-1856), National Republican
• 5: Robert P. Letcher (1788-1861), National Republican
• 6: Thomas Chilton (1798-1854), National Republican
• 7: Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), National Republican
• 8: Patrick H. Pope (1806-1841), Democratic
• 9: James Love (1795-1874), National Republican
• 10: Chilton Allan (1786-1858), National Republican
• 11: Amos Davis (1794-1835), National Republican
• 12: Thomas A. Marshall (1794-1871), National Republican
• 13: Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate

• 3: Josiah S. Johnston (1784-1833), National Republican …died May 19, 1833.

  Alexander Porter (1785-1844), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, December 19, 1833.

• 2: George A. Waggaman (1782-1843), National Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Edward D. White (1795-1847), National Republican …resigned November 15, 1834.

  Henry Johnson (1783-1864), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

• 2: Philemon Thomas (1763-1847), National Republican
• 3: Henry A. Bullard (1788-1851), National Republican …resigned January 4, 1834.

  Rice Garland (1795c-1861), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 28, 1834.

Maine

Senate

• 2 Peleg Sprague (1793-1880), National Republican …resigned January 1, 1835.

  John Ruggles (1789-1874), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 20, 1835.

• 1: Ether Shepley (1789-1877), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Rufus McIntire (1784-1866), Democratic
• 2: Francis O. J. Smith (1806-1876), Democratic
• 3: Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844), Democratic
• 4: George Evans (1797-1867), National Republican
• 5: Moses Mason, Jr. (1789-1866), Democratic
• 6: Joseph Hall (1793-1859), Democratic
• 7: Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), Democratic
• 8: Gorham Parks (1794-1877), Democratic

Maryland

Senate

• 3: Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788-1867), National Republican …resigned in 1834.

  Robert H. Goldsborough (1779-1836), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 13, 1835.

• 1: Joseph Kent (1779-1837), National Republican

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Littleton P. Dennis (1786-1834), National Republican …died April 14, 1834.

  John N. Steele (1796-1853), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 9, 1834.

• 2: Richard B. Carmichael (1807-1884), Democratic
• 3: James Turner (1783-1861), Democratic
• 4: James P. Heath (1777-1854), Democratic
• 5: Isaac McKim (1775-1838), Democratic
• 6: William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), National Republican
• 7: Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic
• 8: John T. Stoddert (1790-1870), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate

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

House of Representatives (12 seats)

• 1: Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855), National Republican
• 2: Rufus Choate (1799-1859), National Republican …resigned June 30, 1834.

  Stephen C. Phillips (1801-1857), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

• 3: Gayton P. Osgood (1797-1861), Democratic
• 4: Edward Everett (1794-1865), National Republican
• 5: John Davis (1787-1854), National Republican …resigned January 14, 1834.

  Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 5, 1834.

• 6: George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), National Republican
• 7: George N. Briggs (1796-1861), National Republican
• 8: Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), National Republican
• 9: William Jackson (1783-1855), Anti-Masonic
• 10: William Baylies (1776-1865), National Republican
• 11: John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), National Republican
• 12: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Anti-Masonic

Mississippi

Senate

• 2: George Poindexter (1779-1853), National Republican
• 1: John Black ( -1854), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 22, 1833.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: Harry Cage ( -1859), Democratic
• A/L: Franklin E. Plummer ( -1847), Democratic

Missouri

Senate

• 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
• 3: Alexander Buckner (1785-1833), Democratic …died June 6, 1833.

  Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, October 25, 1833, subsequently elected.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: William H. Ashley (1778-1838), National Republican
• A/L: John Bull (1803-1863), National Republican

New Hampshire

Senate

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

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• A/L: Benning M. Bean (1782-1866), Democratic
• A/L: Robert Burns (1792-1866), Democratic
• A/L: Joseph M. Harper (1787-1865), Democratic
• A/L: Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Democratic
• A/L: Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate

• 2: Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862), National Republican
• 1: Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), National Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• A/L: Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862), Democratic
• A/L: Samuel Fowler (1779-1844), Democratic
• A/L: Thomas Lee (1780-1856), Democratic
• A/L: James Parker (1776-1868), Democratic
• A/L: Ferdinand S. Schenck (1790-1860), Democratic
• A/L: William N. Shinn (1782-1871), Democratic

New York

Senate

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

House of Representatives (40 seats)

• 1: Abel Huntington (1777-1858), Democratic
• 2: Isaac B. Van Houten (1776-1850), Democratic
• 3: Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), Democratic
• 3: Cornelius V. Lawrence (1791-1861), Democratic …resigned May 14, 1834.

  John J. Morgan (1770-1849), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

• 3: Dudley Selden ( -1855), Democratic …resigned July 1, 1834.

  Charles G. Ferris (1796c-1848), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

• 3: Campbell P. White (1787-1859), Democratic
• 4: Aaron Ward (1790-1867), Democratic
• 5: Abraham Bockee (1784-1865), Democratic
• 6: John W. Brown (1796-1875), Democratic
• 7: Charles Bodle (1787-1835), Democratic
• 8: John Adams (1778-1854), Democratic
• 8: Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), Democratic
• 9: Job Pierson (1791-1860), Democratic
• 10: Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783-1862), Democratic
• 11: John Cramer (1779-1870), Democratic
• 12: Henry C. Martindale (1780-1860), Anti-Masonic
• 13: Reuben Whallon (1776-1843), Democratic
• 14: Ransom H. Gillet (1800-1876), Democratic
• 15: Charles McVean (1802-1848), Democratic
• 16: Abijah Mann, Jr. (1793-1868), Democratic
• 17: Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic
• 17: Joel Turrill (1794-1859), Democratic
• 18: Daniel Wardwell (1791-1878), Democratic
• 19: Sherman Page (1779-1853), Democratic
• 20: Noadiah Johnson (1795-1839), Democratic
• 21: Henry Mitchell (1784-1856), Democratic
• 22: Nicoll Halsey (1782-1865), Democratic
• 22: Samuel G. Hathaway (1780-1867), Democratic
• 23: William K. Fuller (1792-1883), Democratic
• 23: William Taylor (1791-1865), Democratic
• 24: Rowland Day (1779-1853), Democratic
• 25: Samuel Clark (1800-1870), Democratic
• 26: John Dickson (1783-1852), Anti-Masonic
• 27: Edward Howell (1792-1871), Democratic
• 28: Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851), Anti-Masonic
• 29: George W. Lay (1798-1860), Anti-Masonic
• 30: Philo C. Fuller (1787-1855), Anti-Masonic
• 31: Abner Hazeltine (1793-1879), Anti-Masonic
• 32: Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), Anti-Masonic
• 33: Gideon Hard (1797-1885), Anti-Masonic

North Carolina

Senate

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

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: William B. Shepard (1799-1852), National Republican
• 2: Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), Democratic
• 3: Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), Democratic
• 4: Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic
• 5: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
• 6: Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), Democratic
• 7: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), National Republican
• 8: Daniel L. Barringer (1788-1852), National Republican
• 9: Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), National Republican
• 10: Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), National Republican
• 11: Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), Democratic
• 12: James Graham (1793-1851), National Republican
• 13: Lewis Williams (1782-1842), National Republican

Ohio

Senate

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

House of Representatives (19 seats)

• 1: Robert T. Lytle (1804-1839), Democratic …resigned March 10, 1834, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 27, 1834.
• 2: Taylor Webster (1800-1876), Democratic
• 3: Joseph H. Crane (1782-1851), National Republican
• 4: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), National Republican
• 5: Thomas L. Hamer (1800-1846), Democratic
• 6: Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), National Republican
• 7: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
• 8: Jeremiah McLene (1767-1837), Democratic
• 9: John Chaney (1790-1881), Democratic
• 10: Joseph Vance (1786-1852), National Republican
• 11: James M. Bell (1796-1849), National Republican
• 12: Robert Mitchell (1778-1848), Democratic
• 13: David Spangler (1796-1856), National Republican
• 14: William Patterson (1790-1868), Democratic
• 15: Jonathan Sloane (1785-1854), Anti-Masonic
• 16: Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), Anti-Masonic
• 17: John Thomson (1780-1852), Democratic
• |18: Benjamin Jones (1787-1861), Democratic
• 19: Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796-1873), Democratic …resigned July 10, 1834.

  Daniel Kilgore (1793-1851), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 3: William Wilkins (1779-1865), Democratic …resigned June 30, 1834.

  James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 6, 1834.

• 1: Samuel McKean (1787-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, December 7, 1833.

House of Representatives (28 seats)

• 1: Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), Democratic
• 2: Horace Binney (1780-1875), National Republican
• 2: James Harper (1780-1873), National Republican
• 3: John G. Watmough (1793-1861), National Republican
• 4: Edward Darlington (1795-1884), Anti-Masonic
• 4: William Hiester (1790-1853), Anti-Masonic
• 4: David Potts, Jr. (1794c-1863), Anti-Masonic
• 5: Joel K. Mann (1780-1857), Democratic
• 6: Robert Ramsey (1780-1849), Democratic
• 7: David D. Wagener (1792-1860), Democratic
• 8: Henry King (1790-1861), Democratic
• 9: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), Democratic
• 10: William Clark (1774-1851), Anti-Masonic
• 11: Charles A. Barnitz (1780-1850), Anti-Masonic
• 12: George Chambers (1786-1866), Anti-Masonic
• 13: Jesse Miller (1800-1850), Democratic
• 14: Joseph Henderson (1791-1863), Democratic
• 15: Andrew Beaumont (1790-1853), Democratic
• 16: Joseph B. Anthony (1795-1851), Democratic
• 17: John Laporte (1798-1862), Democratic
• 18: George Burd (1793-1844), National Republican
• 19: Richard Coulter (1788-1852), Democratic
• 20: Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Anti-Masonic
• 21: Thomas M. T. McKennan (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
• 22: Harmar Denny (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
• 23: Samuel S. Harrison (1780-1853), Democratic
• 24: John Banks (1793-1864), Anti-Masonic
• 25: John Galbraith (1794-1860), Democratic

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), Anti-Masonic

South Carolina

Senate

• 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Nullifier
• 3: William C. Preston (1794-1860), Nullifier …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, November 26, 1833.

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Henry L. Pinckney (1794-1863), Nullifier
• 2: William J. Grayson (1788-1863), Nullifier
• 3: Thomas D. Singleton ( -1833), Nullifier …died November 25, 1833.

  Robert B. Campbell ( -1862), Nullifier …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 27, 1834.

• 4: John M. Felder (1782-1851), Nullifier
• 5: George McDuffie (1790-1851), Nullifier …resigned in 1834.

  Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), Nullifier …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1834.

• 6: Warren R. Davis (1793-1835), Nullifier …died January 29, 1835.
• 7: William K. Clowney (1797-1851), Nullifier
• 8: James Blair (1790c-1834), Democratic …died April 1, 1834.

  Richard I. Manning (1789-1836), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1834.

• 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 (13 seats)

• 1: John Blair (1790-1863), Democratic
• 2: Samuel Bunch (1786-1849), Democratic
• 3: Luke Lea (1783-1851), Democratic
• 4: James I. Standifer (1782-1837), Democratic
• 5: John B. Forester ( -1845), Democratic
• 6: Balie Peyton (1803-1878), Democratic
• 7: John Bell (1797-1869), Democratic
• 8: David W. Dickinson (1808-1845), Democratic
• 9: James K. Polk (1795-1849), Democratic
• 10: William M. Inge (1802-1846), Democratic
• 11: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
• 12: David Crockett (1786-1836), National Republican
• 13: William C. Dunlap (1798-1872), Democratic

Vermont

Senate

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

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Hiland Hall (1795-1885), National Republican
• 2: William Slade (1786-1859), Anti-Masonic
• 3: Horace Everett (1779-1851), National Republican
• 4: Heman Allen (1777-1844), National Republican
• 5: Benjamin F. Deming (1790-1834), Anti-Masonic …died July 11, 1834.

  Henry F. Janes (1792-1879), Anti-Masonic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1834.

Virginia

Senate

• 1: John Tyler (1790-1862), National Republican
• 2: William C. Rives (1793-1868), Democratic …resigned February 22, 1834.

  Benjamin W. Leigh (1781-1849), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, February 26, 1834.

House of Representatives (21 seats)

• 1: George Loyall (1789-1868), Democratic
• 2: John Y. Mason (1799-1859), Democratic
• 3: William S. Archer (1789-1855), Democratic
• 4: James H. Gholson (1798-1848), National Republican
• 5: John Randolph (1773-1833), Democratic …died May 24, 1833.

  Thomas T. Bouldin (1781-1834), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1833, died February 11, 1834.

  James W. Bouldin (1792-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 28, 1834.

• 6: Thomas Davenport ( -1838), National Republican
• 7: Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), Democratic
• 8: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Democratic
• 9: William P. Taylor ( - ), National Republican
• 10: Joseph W. Chinn (1798-1840), Democratic
• 11: Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), Democratic …resigned June 2, 1834.

  John Robertson (1787-1873), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1834.

• 12: William F. Gordon (1787-1858), Democratic
• 13: John M. Patton (1797-1858), Democratic
• 14: Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), National Republican
• 15: Edward Lucas (1780-1858), Democratic
• 16: James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), Democratic
• 17: Samuel M. Moore (1796-1875), National Republican
• 18: John H. Fulton ( -1836), Democratic
• 19: William McComas (1795-1865), Democratic
• 20: John J. Allen (1797-1871), National Republican
• 21: Edgar C. Wilson (1800-1860), National Republican

Delegates

Arkansas Territory

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

Florida Territory

• A/L: Joseph M. White

Michigan Territory

• A/L: Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Democratic

8. 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 Thomas H. Benton, Missouri George M. Bibb, Kentucky Bedford Brown, North Carolina James Buchanan, Pennsylvania Alexander Buckner, Missouri Alfred Cuthbert, Georgia John Forsyth , Georgia

G-L Felix Grundy , Tennessee Isaac Hill, New Hampshire Elias K. Kane, Illinois John P. King, Georgia William R. D. King, Alabama Lewis F. Linn, Missouri M-R Samuel McKean, Pennsylvania Thomas Morris, Ohio William C. Rives, Virginia John M. Robinson, Illinois John Ruggles, Maine .

S-Z Ether Shepley, Maine Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, New York John Tipton, Indiana George M. Troup, Georgia Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee William Wilkins, Pennsylvania Silas Wright, Jr., New York

National Republican

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

G-L Robert H. Goldsborough, Maryland William Hendricks, Indiana Josiah S. Johnston, Louisiana Joseph Kent, Maryland Nehemiah R. Knight, Rhode Island Benjamin W. Leigh, Virginia M-R Willie P. Mangum, North Carolina Gabriel Moore, Alabama Arnold Naudain, Delaware George Poindexter, Mississippi Alexander Porter, Louisiana Samuel Prentiss, Vermont Asher Robbins, Rhode Island

S-Z Nathaniel Silsbee , Massachusetts Nathan Smith, Connecticut Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey Peleg Sprague, Maine Benjamin Swift, Vermont Gideon Tomlinson, Connecticut John Tyler, Virginia George A. Waggaman, Louisiana Daniel Webster, Massachusetts

Nullifier

John C. Calhoun, South Carolina William C. Preston, 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 Adams, New York William Allen, Ohio Joseph B. Anthony, Pennsylvania William S. Archer, Virginia James M. H. Beale, Virginia Benning M. Bean, New Hampshire Samuel Beardsley, New York Andrew Beaumont, Pennsylvania John Bell, Tennessee James Blair, South Carolina John Blair, Tennessee Abraham Bockee, New York Charles Bodle, New York Ratliff Boon, Indiana James W. Bouldin, Virginia Thomas T. Bouldin, Virginia John W. Brown, New York Samuel Bunch, Tennessee Robert Burns, New Hampshire Jesse A. Bynum, North Carolina Harry Cage, Mississippi Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York Richard B. Carmichael, Maryland John Carr, Indiana Zadok Casey, Illinois John Chaney, Ohio Joseph W. Chinn, Virginia Nathaniel H. Claiborne , Virginia Samuel Clark, New York Clement C. Clay, Alabama Augustin S. Clayton, Georgia John E. Coffee, Georgia Henry W. Connor, North Carolina Richard Coulter, Pennsylvania John Cramer, New York

D-E-F Rowland Day, New York Philemon Dickerson, New Jersey David W. Dickinson, Tennessee Joseph Duncan, Illinois William C. Dunlap, Tennessee G-H-I Charles G. Ferris, New York John B. Forester, Tennessee Thomas F. Foster, Georgia Samuel Fowler, New Jersey William K. Fuller, New York John H. Fulton, Virginia John Galbraith, Pennsylvania Roger L. Gamble, Georgia Ransom H. Gillet, New York George R. Gilmer, Georgia William F. Gordon, Virginia Joseph Hall, Maine Thomas H. Hall, North Carolina Nicoll Halsey, New York Thomas L. Hamer, Ohio Edward A. Hannegan , Indiana Joseph M. Harper, New Hampshire Samuel S. Harrison, Pennsylvania Samuel G. Hathaway , New York Albert G. Hawes, Kentucky Micajah T. Hawkins, North Carolina James P. Heath, Maryland Joseph Henderson, Pennsylvania Edward Howell, New York Henry Hubbard, New Hampshire Abel Huntington, New York William M. Inge, Tennessee J-K-L Leonard Jarvis, Maine Cave Johnson, Tennessee Noadiah Johnson, New York Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky Benjamin Jones, Ohio Seaborn Jones, Georgia Edward Kavanagh, Maine Daniel Kilgore, Ohio Henry King, Pennsylvania George L. Kinnard, Indiana Amos Lane , Indiana Gerrit Y. Lansing , New York John Laporte, Pennsylvania Cornelius V. Lawrence, New York Luke Lea, Tennessee Humphrey H. Leavitt, Ohio Thomas Lee, New Jersey George Loyall, Virginia Edward Lucas, Virginia Chittenden Lyon, Kentucky Robert T. Lytle, Ohio

M-N-O Abijah Mann, Jr. , New York Joel K. Mann, Pennsylvania Richard I. Manning, South Carolina Samuel W. Mardis, Alabama John Y. Mason, Virginia Moses Mason, Jr., Maine William L. May , Illinois Johnathan McCarty , Indiana William McComas , Virginia Rufus McIntire, Maine James I. McKay, North Carolina Isaac McKim, Maryland John McKinley, Alabama Jeremiah McLene, Ohio Charles McVean, New York Jesse Miller, Pennsylvania Henry Mitchell, New York Robert Mitchell, Ohio John J. Morgan, New York Henry A. P. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania John Murphy, Alabama Gayton P. Osgood, Massachusetts P-Q-R Sherman Page, New York James Parker, New Jersey Gorham Parks, Maine William Patterson, Ohio John M. Patton, Virginia Balie Peyton, Tennessee Franklin Pierce , New Hampshire Job Pierson , New York Franklin E. Plummer, Mississippi James K. Polk, Tennessee Patrick H. Pope, Kentucky Robert Ramsey , Pennsylvania John Randolph , Virginia John Reynolds , Illinois S-T-U-V Ferdinand S. Schenck, New Jersey William Schley, Georgia Dudley Selden, New York William N. Shinn, New Jersey Charles Slade, Illinois Francis O. J. Smith, Maine Jesse Speight, North Carolina James I. Standifer, Tennessee Andrew Stevenson, Virginia John T. Stoddert , Maryland Joel B. Sutherland, Pennsylvania William Taylor, New York Francis Thomas, Maryland John Thomson, Ohio James Turner, Maryland Joel Turrill, New York Isaac B. Van Houten, New York Aaron Vanderpoel, New York David D. Wagener, Pennsylvania W-X-Y-Z Aaron Ward, New York Daniel Wardwell, New York James M. Wayne, Georgia Taylor Webster, Ohio Reuben Whallon, New York Campbell P. White, New York Richard Henry Wilde , Georgia Henry A. Wise , Virginia

National Republican

A-B-C Chilton Allan, Kentucky Heman Allen, Vermont John J. Allen, Virginia William H. Ashley, Missouri Noyes Barber, Connecticut Daniel L. Barringer, North Carolina Isaac C. Bates, Massachusetts William Baylies , Massachusetts Martin Beaty, Kentucky James M. Bell, Ohio Horace Binney, Pennsylvania George N. Briggs, Massachusetts John Bull, Missouri Henry A. Bullard, Louisiana George Burd, Pennsylvania Tristam Burges , Rhode Island Thomas Chilton, Kentucky Rufus Choate, Massachusetts Thomas Corwin, Ohio Joseph H. Crane , Ohio David Crockett , Tennessee D-E-F Thomas Davenport, Virginia Amos Davis , Kentucky John Davis, Massachusetts Edmund Deberry , North Carolina Littleton P. Dennis , Maryland William W. Ellsworth, Connecticut George Evans, Maine Edward Everett, Massachusetts Horace Everett, Vermont John Ewing, Indiana Samuel A. Foote, Connecticut

G-H-I Rice Garland, Louisiana James H. Gholson, Virginia Benjamin Gorham, Massachusetts James Graham, North Carolina George J. Grennell, Jr., Massachusetts Hiland Hall, Vermont Benjamin Hardin, Kentucky James Harper, Pennsylvania Jabez W. Huntington, Connecticut J-K-L Ebenezer Jackson, Jr., Connecticut Henry Johnson, Louisiana William Cost Johnson, Maryland Robert P. Letcher, Kentucky Levi Lincoln, Jr., Massachusetts James Love, Kentucky M-N-O Thomas A. Marshall, Kentucky Charles F. Mercer, Virginia John J. Milligan, Delaware Phineas Miner, Connecticut Samuel M. Moore, Virginia

P-Q-R Stephen C. Phillips, Massachusetts John Reed, Jr., Massachusetts Abraham Rencher, North Carolina John Robertson, Virginia S-T-U-V William B. Shepard, North Carolina Augustine H. Shepperd, North Carolina David Spangler , Ohio John N. Steele , Maryland William P. Taylor, Virginia Philemon Thomas, Louisiana Christopher Tompkins, Kentucky Joseph Trumbull, Connecticut Samuel Tweedy, Connecticut Joseph Vance, Ohio Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio W-X-Y-Z John G. Watmough , Pennsylvania Edward D. White , Louisiana Lewis Williams , North Carolina Edgar C. Wilson , Virginia Ebenezer Young , Connecticut

Anti-Masonic

A-L John Quincy Adams , Massachusetts John Banks , Pennsylvania Charles A. Barnitz , Pennsylvania George Chambers, Pennsylvania William Clark , Pennsylvania Edward Darlington , Pennsylvania Benjamin F. Deming , Vermont Harmar Denny , Pennsylvania John Dickson, New York Millard Fillmore , New York Philo C. Fuller , New York Gideon Hard , New York Abner Hazeltine , New York William Hiester , Pennsylvania Henry F. Janes , Vermont William Jackson , Massachusetts George W. Lay , New York

M-Z Henry C. Martindale , New York Thomas M. T. McKennan , Pennsylvania Dutee J. Pearce , Rhode Island David Potts, Jr. , Pennsylvania William Slade , Vermont Jonathan Sloane, Ohio Andrew Stewart , Pennsylvania Elisha Whittlesey , Ohio Frederick Whittlesey , New York

Nullifier

Robert B. Campbell, South Carolina William K. Clowney, South Carolina Warren R. Davis , South Carolina John M. Felder, South Carolina William J. Grayson , South Carolina John K. Griffin , South Carolina Dixon H. Lewis , Alabama George McDuffie , South Carolina Francis W. Pickens , South Carolina Henry L. Pinckney , South Carolina Thomas D. Singleton, South Carolina

9. Membership Changes

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

Senate replacements: 8 Democrats: no net change National Republicans: no net change deaths: 2 resignations: 6 interim appointments: 0 Total seats with changes: 11

House of Representatives replacements: 18 Democrats: 1 seat net loss National Republicans: 1 seat net gain deaths: 8 resignations: 15 contested election: 0 Total seats with changes: 22

Senate

State	Outgoing Senator	Reason for Change	Successor	Successor's selection
Georgia class 2	George M. Troup Democratic	Resignation Senator George M. Troup resigned November 8, 1833.	John P. King Democratic	elected November 21, 1833
Georgia class 3	John Forsyth Democratic	Resignation Senator John Forsyth resigned July 27, 1834.	Alfred Cuthbert Democratic	elected January 12, 1835
Louisiana class 3	Josiah S. Johnston Republican	Death Senator Josiah S. Johnston died[May 19, 1833.	Alexander Porter Republican	elected December 19, 1833
Maine class 2	Peleg Sprague Republican	Resignation Senator Peleg Sprague resigned January 1, 1835.	John Ruggles Democratic	elected January 20, 1835
Maryland class 3	Ezekiel F. Chambers Republican	Resignation Senator Ezekiel F. Chambers resigned in 1834.	Robert H. Goldsborough Republican	elected January 13, 1835.
Mississippi class 1	vacant	Vacancy Vacancy from preceding Congress	John Black Republican	elected November 22, 1833
Missouri class 3	Alexander Buckner Democratic	Death Senator Alexander Buckner died June 6, 1833.	Lewis F. Linn Democratic	appointed October 25, 1833, subsequently elected.
Pennsylvania class 3	William Wilkins Democratic	Resignation Senator William Wilkins resigned June 30, 1834.	James Buchanan Democratic	elected December 6, 1834.
Pennsylvania class 1	vacant	Vacancy Vacancy from preceding Congress	Samuel McKean Democratic	elected<brDecember 7, 1833.
South Carolina class 3	vacant	Vacancy Vacancy from preceding Congress	William C. Preston Nullifier	elected November 26, 1833
Virginia class 2	William C. Rives Democratic	Resignation Senator William C. Rives resigned February 22, 1834.	Benjamin W. Leigh Republican	elected February 26, 1834

House of Representatives

State	Outgoing Representative	Reason for Change	Successor	Successor's selection
Connecticut 2nd at large	William W. Ellsworth Republican	Resignation Representative William W. Ellsworth resigned July 8, 1834.	Joseph Trumbull Republican	seated December 1, 1834
Connecticut 3rd at large	Jabez W. Huntington Republican	Resignation Representative Jabez W. Huntington resigned August 16, 1834.	Phineas Miner Republican	seated December 1, 1834
Connecticut 4th at large	Samuel A. Foote Republican	Resignation Representative Samuel A. Foote resigned May 9, 1834.	Ebenezer Jackson, Jr. Republican	seated December 1, 1834
Georgia 8th at large	James M. Wayne Democratic	Resignation Senator James M. Wayne resigned January 13, 1835.	vacant	not filled in this Congress
Illinois 1st	Charles Slade Democratic	Death Representative Charles Slade died July 26, 1834.	John Reynolds Democratic	seated December 1, 1834
Illinois 3rd	Joseph Duncan Democratic	Resignation Representative Joseph Duncan resigned September 21, 1834.	William L. May Democratic	seated December 1, 1834
Louisiana 1st	Edward D. White Republican	Resignation Representative Edward D. White resigned in 1831, before Congress assembled.	Henry Johnson Republican	seated December 1, 1834
Louisiana 3rd	Henry A. Bullard Republican	Resignation Representative Henry A. Bullard resigned January 4, 1834.	Rice Garland Republican	seated April 28, 1834
Maryland 1st	Littleton P. Dennis Democratic	Death Representative Littleton P. Dennis died April 14, 1834.	John N. Steele Democratic	seated June 9, 1834
Massachusetts 2nd	Rufus Choate Republican	Resignation Representative Rufus Choate resigned June 30, 1834.	Stephen C. Phillips Republican	seated December 1, 1834
Massachusetts< 5th	John Davis Republican	Resignation Representative John Davis resigned January 14, 1834.	Levi Lincoln Republican	seated March 5, 1834
New York 3rd	Cornelius V. Lawrence Democratic	Resignation Representative Cornelius V. Lawrence resigned May 14, 1834.	John J. Morgan Democratic	seated December 1, 1834
New York 3rd	Dudley Selden Democratic	Resignation Representative Dudley Selden resigned July 1, 1834.	Charles G. Ferris Democratic	seated December 1, 1834
Ohio 1st	Robert T. Lytle Democratic	Resignation Representative Robert T. Lytle resigned March 10, 1834	Robert T. Lytle Democratic	re-seated December 27, 1834
Ohio 19th	Humphrey H. Leavitt Democratic	Resignation Representative Humphrey H. Leavitt resigned July 10, 1834.	Daniel Kilgore Democratic	seated December 1, 1834
South Carolina 3rd	Thomas D. Singleton Nullifier	Death Representative Thomas D. Singleton died November 25, 1833.	Robert B. Campbell Nullifier	seated February 27, 1834
South Carolina 5th	George McDuffie Nullifier	Resignation Representative George McDuffie resigned in 1834.	Francis W. Pickens Null.	seated December 8, 1834
South Carolina 6th	Warren R. Davis Nullifier	Death Representative Warren R. Davis died January 29, 1835.	vacant	not filled in this Congress
South Carolina 8th	James Blair Democratic	Death Representative James Blair died April 1, 1834.	Richard I. Manning Democratic	seated December 8, 1834
Vermont 5th	Benjamin F. Deming Anti-Masonic	Death Representative Benjamin F. Deming died July 11, 1834.	Henry F. Janes Anti-Masonic	seated December 2,1834
Virginia 5th	John Randolph Democratic	Death Representative John Randolph died May 24, 1833.	Thomas T. Bouldin Democratic	seated December 2, 1833
Virginia 5th	Thomas T. Bouldin Democratic	Death Representative Thomas T. Bouldin died February 11, 1834.	James W. Bouldin Democratic	seated March 28, 1834.
Virginia 11th	Andrew Stevenson Democratic	Resignation Representative Andrew Stevenson resigned June 2, 1834.	John Robertson Republican	seated December 8, 1834.

10. 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 John Shackford of New Hampshire, elected December 9, 1833 Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. Frederick W. Hatch, Episcopalian, elected December 10, 1833

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: Walter S. Franklin of Pennsylvania, elected December 2, 1833 Sergeant at Arms of the House: Thomas B. Randolph of Virginia, elected December 2, 1833 Doorkeeper of the House: Overton Carr of Maryland, elected December 2, 1833 Postmaster of the House: William J. McCormick Chaplain of the House The Rev. Thomas H. Stockton, Methodist, elected December 2, 1833 The Rev. Edward D. Smith, Presbyterian, elected December 1, 1833

12. References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 

13. 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