32nd United States Congress

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The Thirty-second 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, 1851 to March 3, 1853, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Millard Fillmore.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1851 -March 13, 1851
• First session: December 1, 1851 - August 31, 1852
• Second session: December 6, 1852 -March 3, 1853
• Previous congress: 31st Congress
  
• Next congress: 33rd 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 Democratic (D) : 36 (majority) Whig (W) : 23 Free Soil (FS) : 3 TOTAL members: 62

House of Representatives Democratic (D) : 127 (majority) Whig (W) : 85 Free Soil (FS) : 4 Independent Democratic (ID) : 3 Independent Whig (IW) : 1 States Rights (SR) : 3 Unionists (U) : 10 TOTAL members: 233

Leadership

Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • vacant
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • William R. King, Democratic of Alabama, elected March 4, 1851
  • David R. Atchison, Democratic of Missouri, elected December 20, 1852

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • Linn Boyd, Democratic of Kentucky, elected December 1, 1851

Major events

Events of 1851, 1852 and 1853

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 32nd Congress

• March 2, 1853 - Washington Territory was formed from Oregon Territory.

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 1856; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.

Alabama 3: William R. D. King (D) Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) 2: Jeremiah Clemens (D) Arkansas 3: Solon Borland (D) 2: William K. Sebastian (D) California 3: William M. Gwin (D) 1: John B. Weller (D) Connecticut 3: Truman Smith (W) 1: Isaac Toucey (D) Delaware 2: Presley Spruance (W) 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (D) Florida 3: Jackson Morton (W) 1: Stephen R. Mallory (D) Georgia 2: John Mcpherson Berrien (W) Robert M. Charlton (D) 3: William C. Dawson (W) Illinois 2: Stephen A. Douglas (D) 3: James Shields (D) Indiana 1: Jesse D. Bright (D) 3: James Whitcomb (D) Charles W. Cathcart (D) John Pettit (D) Iowa 3: Augustus C. Dodge (D) 2: George W. Jones (D)

Kentucky 2: Joseph R. Underwood (W) 3: Henry Clay (W) David Meriwether (D) Archibald Dixon (W) Louisiana 2: Solomon W. Downs (D) 3: Pierre Soulé (D) Maine 2: James W. Bradbury (D) 1: Hannibal Hamlin (D) Maryland 3: James A. Pearce (W) 1: Thomas G. Pratt (W) Massachusetts 2: John Davis (W) 1: Charles Sumner (FS) Michigan 1: Lewis Cass (D) 2: Alpheus Felch (D) Mississippi 2: Henry S. Foote (D) Walker Brooke (W) 1: Jefferson Davis (D) John J. McRae (D) Stephen Adams (D) Missouri 3: David R. Atchison (D) 1: Henry S. Geyer (W) New Hampshire 2: John P. Hale (FS) 3: Moses Norris, Jr. (D) New Jersey 2: Jacob W. Miller (W) 1: Robert F. Stockton (D)

New York 3: William H. Seward (W) 1: Hamilton Fish (W) North Carolina 2: Willie P. Mangum (W) 3: George E. Badger (W) Ohio 3: Salmon P. Chase (FS) 1: Benjamin F. Wade (W) Pennsylvania 3: James Cooper (W) 1: Richard Brodhead (D) Rhode Island 2: John H. Clarke (W) 1: Charles T. James (D) South Carolina 3: Andrew P. Butler (D) 2: R. Barnwell Rhett (D) William F. De Saussure (D) Tennessee 2: John Bell (W) 1: James C. Jones (W) Texas 2: Samuel Houston (D) 1: Thomas J. Rusk (D) Vermont 3: William Upham (W) Samuel S. Phelps (W) 1: Solomon Foot (W) Virginia 1: James M. Mason (D) 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (D) Wisconsin 1: Henry Dodge (D) 3: Isaac P. Walker (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: John Bragg (D) 2: James Abercrombie (W) 3: Sampson W. Harris (D) 4: William R. Smith (Unionist) 5: George S. Houston (D) 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (D) 7: Alexander White (W) Arkansas A/L: Robert W. Johnson (D) California A/L: Edward C. Marshall (D) A/L: Joseph W. McCorkle (D) Connecticut 1: Charles Chapman (W) 2: Colin M. Ingersoll (D) 3: Chauncey F. Cleveland (D) 4: Origen S. Seymour (D) Delaware A/L: George Read Riddle (D) Florida A/L: Edward C. Cabell (W) Georgia 1: Joseph W. Jackson (States Rights) 2: James Johnson (Unionist) 3: David J. Bailey (States Rights) 4: Charles Murphey (Unionist) 5: Elijah W. Chastain (Unionist) 6: Junius Hillyer (Unionist) 7: Alexander H. Stephens (Unionist) 8: Robert A. Toombs (Unionist) Illinois 1: William H. Bissell (D) 2: Willis Allen (D) 3: Orlando B. Ficklin (D) 4: Richard S. Molony (D) 5: William A. Richardson (D) 6: Thompson Campbell (D) 7: Richard Yates (W) Indiana 1: James Lockhart (D) 2: Cyrus L. Dunham (D) 3: John L. Robinson (D) 4: Samuel W. Parker (W) 5: Thomas A. Hendricks (D) 6: Willis A. Gorman (D) 7: John G. Davis (D) 8: Daniel Mace (D) 9: Graham N. Fitch (D) 10: Samuel Brenton (W) Iowa 1: Bernhart Henn (D) 2: Lincoln Clark (D) Kentucky 1: Linn Boyd (D) 2: Benjamin E. Grey (W) 3: Presley U. Ewing (W) 4: William T. Ward (W) 5: James W. Stone (D) 6: Addison White (W) 7: Humphrey Marshall (W) William Preston (W) 8: John C. Breckinridge (D) 9: John C. Mason (D) 10: Richard H. Stanton (D) Louisiana 1: Louis St. Martin (D) 2: J. Aristide Landry (W) 3: Alexander G. Penn (D) 4: John Moore (W) Maine 1: Moses MacDonald (D) 2: John Appleton (D) 3: Robert Goodenow (W) 4: Charles Andrews (D) Isaac Reed (W) 5: Ephraim K. Smart (D) 6: Israel Washburn, Jr. (W) 7: Thomas J. D. Fuller (D) Maryland 1: Richard J. Bowie (W) 2: William T. Hamilton (D) 3: Edward Hammond (D) 4: Thomas Yates Walsh (W) 5: Alexander Evans (W) 6: Joseph S. Cottman (IW)

Massachusetts 1: William Appleton (W) 2: Robert J. Rantoul, Jr. (D) Francis B. Fay (W) 3: James H. Duncan (W) 4: Benjamin Thompson (W) Lorenzo Sabine (W) 5: Charles Allen (FS) 6: George T. Davis (W) 7: John Z. Goodrich (W) 8: Horace Mann (FS) 9: Orin Fowler (W) Edward P. Little (D) 10: Zeno Scudder (W) Michigan 1: Ebenezer J. Penniman (W) 2: Charles E. Stuart (D) 3: James L. Conger (W) Mississippi 1: Benjamin D. Nabers (Unionist) 2: John A. Wilcox (Unionist) 3: John D. Freeman (Unionist) 4: Albert G. Brown (States Rights) Missouri 1: John F. Darby (W) 2: Gilchrist Porter (W) 3: John G. Miller (W) 4: Willard P. Hall (D) 5: John S. Phelps (D) New Hampshire 1: Amos Tuck (W) 2: Charles H. Peaslee (D) 3: Jared Perkins (W) 4: Harry Hibbard (D) New Jersey 1: Nathan T. Stratton (D) 2: Charles Skelton (D) 3: Isaac Wildrick (D) 4: George H. Brown (W) 5: Rodman M. Price (D) New York 1: John G. Floyd (D) 2: Obadiah Bowne (W) 3: Emanuel B. Hart (D) 4: J. H. Hobart Haws (W) 5: George Briggs (W) 6: James Brooks (W) 7: Abraham P. Stephens (D) 8: Gilbert Dean (D) 9: William Murray (D) 10: Marius Schoonmaker (W) 11: Josiah Sutherland (D) 12: David L. Seymour (D) 13: John L. Schoolcraft (W) 14: John H. Boyd (W) 15: Joseph Russell (D) 16: John Wells (W) 17: Alexander H. Buell (D) 18: Preston King (D) 19: Willard Ives (D) 20: Timothy Jenkins (D) 21: William W. Snow (D) 22: Henry Bennett (W) 23: Leander Babcock (D) 24: Daniel T. Jones (D) 25: Thomas Y. Howe, Jr. (D) 26: Henry S. Walbridge (W) 27: William A. Sackett (W) 28: Abraham M. Schermerhorn (W) 29: Jerediah Horsford (W) 30: Reuben Robie (D) 31: Frederick S. Martin (W) 32: Solomon G. Haven (W) 33: Augustus P. Hascall (W) 34: Lorenzo Burrows (W) North Carolina 1: Thomas L. Clingman (W) 2: Joseph P. Caldwell (W) 3: Alfred Dockery (W) 4: James T. Morehead (W) 5: Abraham W. Venable (D) 6: John R. J. Daniel (D) 7: William S. Ashe (D) 8: Edward Stanly (W) 9: David Outlaw (W)

Ohio 1: David T. Disney (D) 2: Lewis D. Campbell (W) 3: Hiram Bell (W) 4: Benjamin Stanton (W) 5: Alfred P. Edgerton (D) 6: Frederick W. Green (D) 7: Nelson Barrere (W) 8: John L. Taylor (W) 9: Edson B. Olds (D) 10: Charles Sweetser (D) 11: George H. Busby (D) 12: John Welch (W) 13: James M. Gaylord (D) 14: Alexander Harper (W) 15: William F. Hunter (W) 16: John Johnson (ID) 17: Joseph Cable (D) 18: David K. Cartter (D) 19: Eben Newton (W) 20: Joshua R. Giddings (FS) 21: Norton S. Townshend (D) Pennsylvania 1: Thomas B. Florence (D) 2: Joseph R. Chandler (W) 3: Henry D. Moore (W) 4: John Robbins, Jr. (D) 5: John McNair (D) 6: Thomas Ross (D) 7: John A. Morrison (D) 8: Thaddeus Stevens (W) 9: J. Glancey Jones (D) 10: Milo M. Dimmick (D) 11: Henry M. Fuller (W) 12: Galusha A. Grow (D) 13: James Gamble (D) 14: Thomas M. Bibighaus (W) 15: William H. Kurtz (D) 16: James X. McLanahan (D) 17: Andrew Parker (D) 18: John L. Dawson (D) 19: Joseph H. Kuhns (W) 20: John Allison (W) 21: Thomas M. Howe (W) 22: John W. Howe (W) 23: Carlton B. Curtis (D) 24: Alfred Gilmore (D) Rhode Island 1: George G. King (W) 2: Benjamin B. Thurston (D) South Carolina 1: Daniel Wallace (D) 2: James L. Orr (D) 3: Joseph A. Woodward (D) 4: John McQueen (D) 5: Armistead Burt (D) 6: William Aiken (D) 7: William F. Colcock (D) Tennessee 1: Andrew Johnson (D) 2: Albert G. Watkins (W) 3: William M. Churchwell (D) 4: John H. Savage (D) 5: George W.Jones (D) 6: William H. Polk (ID) 7: Meredith P. Gentry (W) 8: William Cullom (W) 9: Isham G. Harris (D) 10: Frederick P. Stanton (D) 11: Christopher H. Williams (W) Texas 1: Richardson A. Scurry (D) 2: Volney E. Howard (D) Vermont 1: Ahiman L. Miner (W) 2: William Hebard (W) 3: James Meacham (W) 4: Thomas Bartlett, Jr. (D) Virginia 1: John S. Millson (D) 2: Richard K. Meade (D) 3: Thomas H. Averett (D) 4: Thomas S. Bocock (D) 5: Paulus Powell (D) 6: John S. Caskie (D) 7: Thomas H. Bayly (D) 8: Alexander R. Holladay (D) 9: James F. Strother (W) 10: Charles J. Faulkner (W) 11: John Letcher (D) 12: Henry A. Edmundson (D) 13: LaFayette McMullen (D) 14: James M. H. Beale (D) 15: George W. Thompson (D) Sherrard Clemens (D) Wisconsin 1: Charles Durkee (FS) 2: Ben C. Eastman (D) 3: James D. Doty (D)

Delegates

Minnesota Territory A/L: Henry H. Sibley New Mexico Territory A/L: Richard H. Weightman (D)

Oregon Territory A/L: Joseph Lane (D)

Utah Territory A/L: John M. Bernhisel

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 1856; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.

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

• 3: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic …resigned December 20, 1852

  Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, January 14, 1853

• 2: Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: John Bragg (1806-1878), Democratic
• 2: James Abercrombie (1795-1861), Whig
• 3: Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Democratic
• 4: William R. Smith (1815-1896), Unionist
• 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
• 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic
• 7: Alexander White (1816-1893), Whig

Arkansas

Senate

• 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
• 3: Solon Borland (1808-1864), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic

California

Senate

• 3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
• 1: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 30, 1852

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: Edward C. Marshall (1821-1893), Democratic
• A/L: Joseph W. McCorkle (1819-1884), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate

• 3: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig
• 1: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, May 12, 1852

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Charles Chapman (1799-1869), Whig
• 2: Colin M. Ingersoll (1819-1903), Democratic
• 3: Chauncey F. Cleveland (1799-1887), Democratic
• 4: Origen S. Seymour (1804-1881), Democratic

Delaware

Senate

• 2: Presley Spruance (1785-1863), Whig
• 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: George Read Riddle (1817-1867), Democratic

Florida

Senate

• 3: Jackson Morton (1794-1874), Whig
• 1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Whig

Georgia

Senate

• 2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig …resigned May 28, 1852

  Robert M. Charlton (1807-1854), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 31, 1852

• 3: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Joseph W. Jackson (1796-1854), States Rights
• 2: James Johnson (1811-1891), Unionist
• 3: David J. Bailey (1812-1897), States Rights
• 4: Charles Murphey (1799-1861), Unionist
• 5: Elijah W. Chastain (1813-1874), Unionist
• 6: Junius Hillyer (1807-1886), Unionist
• 7: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Unionist
• 8: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Unionist

Illinois

Senate

• 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
• 3: James Shields (1806/1810-1879), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: William H. Bissell (1811-1860), Democratic
• 2: Willis Allen (1806-1859), Democratic
• 3: Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Democratic
• 4: Richard S. Molony (1811-1891), Democratic
• 5: William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic
• 6: Thompson Campbell (1811-1868), Democratic
• 7: Richard Yates (1815-1873), Whig

Indiana

Senate

• 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
• 3: James Whitcomb (1795-1852), Democratic …died October 4, 1852

  Charles W. Cathcart (1809-1888), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 23, 1852

  John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 11, 1853

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: James Lockhart (1806-1857), Democratic
• 2: Cyrus L. Dunham (1817-1877), Democratic
• 3: John L. Robinson (1813-1860), Democratic
• 4: Samuel W. Parker (1805-1859), Whig
• 5: Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), Democratic
• 6: Willis A. Gorman (1816-1876), Democratic
• 7: John G. Davis (1810-1866), Democratic
• 8: Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Democratic
• 9: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic
• 10: Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Whig

Iowa

Senate

• 3: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic
• 2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Bernhart Henn (1817-1865), Democratic
• 2: Lincoln Clark (1800-1886), Democratic

Kentucky

• 2: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig
• 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), Whig …died June 29, 1852

  David Meriwether (1800-1893), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, July 6, 1852

  Archibald Dixon (1802-1876), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, September 1, 1852

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
• 2: Benjamin E. Grey ( - ), Whig
• 3: Presley U. Ewing (1822-1854), Whig
• 4: William T. Ward (1808-1878), Whig
• 5: James W. Stone (1813-1854), Democratic
• 6: Addison White (1824-1909), Whig
• 7: Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), Whig …resigned August 4, 1852

  William Preston (1816-1887), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1852

• 8: John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Democratic
• 9: John C. Mason (1802-1865), Democratic
• 10: Richard H. Stanton (1812-1891), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate

• 2: Solomon W. Downs (1801-1854), Democratic
• 3: Pierre Soulé (1801-1870), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Louis St. Martin (1820-1893), Democratic
• 2: J. Aristide Landry (1817-1881), Whig
• 3: Alexander G. Penn (1799-1866), Democratic
• 4: John Moore (1788-1867), Whig

Maine

Senate

• 2: James W. Bradbury (1802-1901), Democratic
• 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: Moses MacDonald (1815-1869), Democratic
• 2: John Appleton (1815-1864), Democratic
• 3: Robert Goodenow (1800-1874), Whig
• 4: Charles Andrews (1814-1852), Democratic …died April 30, 1852

  Isaac Reed (1809-1887), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 25, 1852

• 5: Ephraim K. Smart (1813-1872), Democratic
• 6: Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Whig
• 7: Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808-1876), Democratic

Maryland

Senate

• 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig
• 1: Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869), Whig

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: Richard J. Bowie (1807-1881), Whig
• 2: William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic
• 3: Edward Hammond (1812-1882), Democratic
• 4: Thomas Yates Walsh (1809-1865), Whig
• 5: Alexander Evans (1818-1888), Whig
• 6: Joseph S. Cottman (1803-1863), Independent Whig

Massachusetts

Senate

• 2: John Davis (1787-1854), Whig
• 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Free Soil …elected to fill vacancy in class, April 23, 1851

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: William Appleton (1786-1862), Whig
• 2: Robert J. Rantoul, Jr. (1805-1852), Democratic …died August 7, 1852

  Francis B. Fay (1793-1876), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 29, 1852

• 3: James H. Duncan (1793-1869), Whig
• 4: Benjamin Thompson (1798-1852), Whig …died September 24, 1852

  Lorenzo Sabine (1803-1877), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 28, 1852

• 5: Charles Allen (1797-1869), Free Soil
• 6: George T. Davis (1810-1877), Whig
• 7: John Z. Goodrich (1804-1885), Whig
• 8: Horace Mann (1796-1859), Free Soil
• 9: Orin Fowler (1791-1852), Whig …died September 3, 1852

  Edward P. Little (1791-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 30, 1852

• 10: Zeno Scudder (1807-1857), Whig

Michigan

Senate

• 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
• 2: Alpheus Felch (1804-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Ebenezer J. Penniman (1804-1890), Whig
• 2: Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic
• 3: James L. Conger (1805-1876), Whig

Mississippi

Senate

• 2: Henry S. Foote (1804-1880), Democratic …resigned January 8, 1852

  Walker Brooke (1813-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, February 18, 1852

• 1: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …resigned September 23, 1851

  John J. McRae (1815-1868), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 1, 1851

  Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 17, 1852

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Benjamin D. Nabers (1812-1878), Unionist
• 2: John A. Wilcox (1819-1864), Unionist
• 3: John D. Freeman ( -1886), Unionist
• 4: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), States Rights

Missouri

Senate

• 3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic
• 1: Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Whig

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: John F. Darby (1803-1882), Whig
• 2: Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), Whig
• 3: John G. Miller (1812-1856), Whig
• 4: Willard P. Hall (1820-1882), Democratic
• 5: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate

• 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Free Soil
• 3: Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Amos Tuck (1810-1879), Whig
• 2: Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), Democratic
• 3: Jared Perkins (1793-1854), Whig
• 4: Harry Hibbard (1816-1872), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate

• 2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig
• 1: Robert F. Stockton (1795-1866), Democratic …resigned January 10, 1853

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Nathan T. Stratton (1813-1887), Democratic
• 2: Charles Skelton (1806-1879), Democratic
• 3: Isaac Wildrick (1803-1892), Democratic
• 4: George H. Brown (1810-1865), Whig
• 5: Rodman M. Price (1816-1894), Democratic

New York

Senate

• 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Whig
• 1: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Whig

House of Representatives (34 seats)

• 1: John G. Floyd (1806-1881), Democratic
• 2: Obadiah Bowne (1822-1874), Whig
• 3: Emanuel B. Hart (1809-1897), Democratic
• 4: J. H. Hobart Haws (1809-1858), Whig
• 5: George Briggs (1805-1869), Whig
• 6: James Brooks (1810-1873), Whig
• 7: Abraham P. Stephens (1796-1859), Democratic
• 8: Gilbert Dean (1819-1870), Democratic
• 9: William Murray (1803-1875), Democratic
• 10: Marius Schoonmaker (1811-1894), Whig
• 11: Josiah Sutherland (1804-1887), Democratic
• 12: David L. Seymour (1803-1867), Democratic
• 13: John L. Schoolcraft (1804-1860), Whig
• 14: John H. Boyd (1799-1868), Whig
• 15: Joseph Russell ( - ), Democratic
• 16: John Wells (1817-1877), Whig
• 17: Alexander H. Buell (1801-1853), Democratic …died January 29, 1853
• 18: Preston King (1806-1865), Democratic
• 19: Willard Ives (1806-1896), Democratic
• 20: Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), Democratic
• 21: William W. Snow (1812-1886), Democratic
• 22: Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Whig
• 23: Leander Babcock (1811-1864), Democratic
• 24: Daniel T. Jones (1800-1861), Democratic
• 25: Thomas Y. Howe, Jr. (1801-1860), Democratic
• 26: Henry S. Walbridge (1801-1869), Whig
• 27: William A. Sackett (1811-1895), Whig
• 28: Abraham M. Schermerhorn (1791-1855), Whig
• 29: Jerediah Horsford (1791-1875), Whig
• 30: Reuben Robie (1799-1872), Democratic
• 31: Frederick S. Martin (1794-1865), Whig
• 32: Solomon G. Haven (1810-1861), Whig
• 33: Augustus P. Hascall (1800-1872), Whig
• 34: Lorenzo Burrows (1805-1885), Whig

North Carolina

Senate

• 2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
• 3: George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Whig
• 2: Joseph P. Caldwell (1808-1853), Whig
• 3: Alfred Dockery (1797-1875), Whig
• 4: James T. Morehead (1799-1875), Whig
• 5: Abraham W. Venable (1799-1876), Democratic
• 6: John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic
• 7: William S. Ashe (1814-1862), Democratic
• 8: Edward Stanly (1810-1872), Whig
• 9: David Outlaw (1806-1868), Whig

Ohio

Senate

• 3: Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Free Soil
• 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, March 15, 1851

House of Representatives (21 seats)

• 1: David T. Disney (1803-1857), Democratic
• 2: Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Whig
• 3: Hiram Bell (1808-1855), Whig
• 4: Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Whig
• 5: Alfred P. Edgerton (1813-1897), Democratic
• 6: Frederick W. Green (1816-1879), Democratic
• 7: Nelson Barrere (1808-1883), Whig
• 8: John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Whig
• 9: Edson B. Olds (1802-1869), Democratic
• 10: Charles Sweetser (1808-1864), Democratic
• 11: George H. Busby (1794-1869), Democratic
• 12: John Welch (1805-1891), Whig
• 13: James M. Gaylord (1811-1874), Democratic
• 14: Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig
• 15: William F. Hunter (1808-1874), Whig
• 16: John Johnson (1805-1867), Independent Democratic
• 17: Joseph Cable (1801-1880), Democratic
• 18: David K. Cartter (1812-1887), Democratic
• 19: Eben Newton (1795-1885), Whig
• 20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Free Soil
• 21: Norton S. Townshend (1815-1895), Democratic

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 3: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig
• 1: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic

House of Representatives (24 seats)

• 1: Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
• 2: Joseph R. Chandler (1792-1880), Whig
• 3: Henry D. Moore (1817-1887), Whig
• 4: John Robbins, Jr. (1808-1880), Democratic
• 5: John McNair (1800-1861), Democratic
• 6: Thomas Ross (1806-1865), Democratic
• 7: John A. Morrison (1814-1904), Democratic
• 8: Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Whig
• 9: J. Glancey Jones (1811-1878), Democratic
• 10: Milo M. Dimmick (1811-1872), Democratic
• 11: Henry M. Fuller (1820-1860), Whig
• 12: Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Democratic
• 13: James Gamble (1809-1883), Democratic
• 14: Thomas M. Bibighaus (1817-1853), Whig
• 15: William H. Kurtz (1804-1868), Democratic
• 16: James X. McLanahan (1809-1861), Democratic
• 17: Andrew Parker (1805-1864), Democratic
• 18: John L. Dawson (1813-1870), Democratic
• 19: Joseph H. Kuhns (1800-1883), Whig
• 20: John Allison (1812-1878), Whig
• 21: John W. Howe (1801-1873), Whig
• 22: Thomas M. Howe (1808-1877), Whig
• 23: Carlton B. Curtis (1811-1883), Democratic
• 24: Alfred Gilmore (1812-1890), Democratic

Rhode Island

Senate

• 2: John H. Clarke (1789-1870), Whig
• 1: Charles T. James (1805-1862), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: George G. King (1807-1870), Whig
• 2: Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), Democratic

South Carolina

Senate

• 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic
• 2: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic …resigned May 7, 1852

  William F. De Saussure (1792-1870), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 24, 1852

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: Daniel Wallace (1801-1859), Democratic
• 2: James L. Orr (1822-1873), Democratic
• 3: Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), Democratic
• 4: John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic
• 5: Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic
• 6: William Aiken (1806-1887), Democratic
• 7: William F. Colcock (1804-1889), Democratic

Tennessee

Senate

• 2: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig
• 1: James C. Jones (1809-1859), Whig

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• 1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
• 2: Albert G. Watkins (1818-1895), Whig
• 3: William M. Churchwell (1826-1862), Democratic
• 4: John H. Savage (1815-1904), Democratic
• 5: George W.Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
• 6: William H. Polk (1815-1862), Independent Democratic
• 7: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig
• 8: William Cullom (1810-1896), Whig
• 9: Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Democratic
• 10: Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894), Democratic
• 11: Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), Whig

Texas

Senate

• 2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Democratic
• 1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862), Democratic
• 2: Volney E. Howard (1809-1889), Democratic

Vermont

Senate

• 3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig …died January 14, 1853

  Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, January 17, 1853

• 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Ahiman L. Miner (1804-1886), Whig
• 2: William Hebard (1800-1875), Whig
• 3: James Meacham (1810-1856), Whig
• 4: Thomas Bartlett, Jr. (1808-1876), Democratic

Virginia

Senate

• 1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
• 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic

House of Representatives (15 seats)

• 1: John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
• 2: Richard K. Meade (1803-1862), Democratic
• 3: Thomas H. Averett (1800-1855), Democratic
• 4: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
• 5: Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic
• 6: John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Democratic
• 7: Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic
• 8: Alexander R. Holladay (1811-1877), Democratic
• 9: James F. Strother (1811-1860), Whig
• 10: Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Whig
• 11: John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic
• 12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
• 13: LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic
• 14: James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), Democratic
• 15: George W. Thompson (1806-1888), Democratic …resigned July 30, 1852

  Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1852

Wisconsin

Senate

• 1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic
• 3: Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Free Soil
• 2: Ben C. Eastman (1812-1856), Democratic
• 3: James D. Doty (1799-1865), Democratic

Delegates

Minnesota Territory

• A/L: Henry H. Sibley (1811-1891)

New Mexico Territory

• A/L: Richard H. Weightman (1816-1861), Democratic …newly created territory, seated December 1, 1851

Oregon Territory

• A/L: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic

Utah Territory

• A/L: John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881), …newly created territory, seated December 1, 1851

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 Stephen Adams, Mississippi David R. Atchison, Missouri James A. Bayard, Jr., Delaware Solon Borland, Arkansas James W. Bradbury, Maine Jesse D. Bright, Indiana Richard Brodhead, Pennsylvania Andrew P. Butler, South Carolina Lewis Cass, Michigan Charles W. Cathcart, Indiana Robert M. Charlton, Georgia Jeremiah Clemens, Alabama Jefferson Davis, Mississippi William F. De Saussure, South Carolina Augustus C. Dodge, Iowa Henry Dodge, Wisconsin Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois Solomon W. Downs, Louisiana Alpheus Felch, Michigan Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Alabama Henry S. Foote, Mississippi

G-R William M. Gwin, California Hannibal Hamlin, Maine Samuel Houston, Texas Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia Charles T. James, Rhode Island George W. Jones, Iowa William R. D. King, Alabama Stephen R. Mallory, Florida James M. Mason, Virginia John J. McRae, Mississippi David Meriwether, Kentucky Moses Norris, Jr., New Hampshire John Pettit, Indiana R. Barnwell Rhett, South Carolina Thomas J. Rusk, Texas

S-Z William K. Sebastian, Arkansas James Shields, Illinois Pierre Soulé, Louisiana Robert F. Stockton, New Jersey Isaac Toucey, Connecticut Isaac P. Walker, Wisconsin John B. Weller, California James Whitcomb, Indiana

Whig

A-F George E. Badger, North Carolina John Bell, Tennessee John Mcpherson Berrien, Georgia Walker Brooke, Mississippi John H. Clarke, Rhode Island Henry Clay, Kentucky James Cooper, Pennsylvania John Davis, Massachusetts William C. Dawson, Georgia Archibald Dixon, Kentucky Hamilton Fish, New York Solomon Foot, Vermont

G-R Henry S. Geyer, Missouri James C. Jones, Tennessee Willie P. Mangum, North Carolina Jacob W. Miller, New Jersey Jackson Morton, Florida James A. Pearce, Maryland Samuel S. Phelps, Vermont Thomas G. Pratt, Maryland

S-Z William H. Seward, New York Truman Smith, Connecticut Presley Spruance, Delaware Joseph R. Underwood, Kentucky William Upham, Vermont Benjamin F. Wade, Ohio

Free Soil

Salmon P. Chase, Ohio John P. Hale, New Hampshire Charles Sumner, Massachusetts

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 William Aiken, South Carolina Willis Allen, Illinois Charles Andrews, Maine John Appleton, Maine William S. Ashe, North Carolina Thomas H. Averett, Virginia Leander Babcock, New York Thomas Bartlett, Jr., Vermont Thomas H. Bayly, Virginia James M. H. Beale, Virginia William H. Bissell, Illinois Thomas S. Bocock, Virginia Linn Boyd, Kentucky John Bragg, Alabama John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky Alexander H. Buell, New York Armistead Burt, South Carolina George H. Busby, Ohio Joseph Cable, Ohio Thompson Campbell, Illinois David K. Cartter, Ohio John S. Caskie, Virginia William M. Churchwell, Tennessee Lincoln Clark, Iowa Sherrard Clemens, Virginia Chauncey F. Cleveland, Connecticut Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama William F. Colcock, South Carolina Carlton B. Curtis, Pennsylvania D-E-F John R. J. Daniel, North Carolina John G. Davis, Indiana John L. Dawson, Pennsylvania Gilbert Dean, New York Milo M. Dimmick, Pennsylvania David T. Disney, Ohio James D. Doty, Wisconsin Cyrus L. Dunham, Indiana Ben C. Eastman, Wisconsin Alfred P. Edgerton, Ohio Henry A. Edmundson, Virginia Orlando B. Ficklin, Illinois Graham N. Fitch, Indiana Thomas B. Florence, Pennsylvania John G. Floyd, New York Thomas J. D. Fuller, Maine

G-H-I James Gamble, Pennsylvania James M. Gaylord, Ohio Alfred Gilmore, Pennsylvania Willis A. Gorman, Indiana Frederick W. Green, Ohio Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania Willard P. Hall, Missouri William T. Hamilton, Maryland Edward Hammond, Maryland Isham G. Harris, Tennessee Sampson W. Harris, Alabama Emanuel B. Hart, New York Thomas A. Hendricks, Indiana Bernhart Henn, Iowa Harry Hibbard, New Hampshire Alexander R. Holladay, Virginia George S. Houston, Alabama Volney E. Howard, Texas Thomas Y. Howe, Jr., New York Colin M. Ingersoll, Connecticut Willard Ives, New York J-K-L Timothy Jenkins, New York Andrew Johnson, Tennessee Robert W. Johnson, Arkansas Daniel T. Jones, New York George W.Jones, Tennessee J. Glancey Jones, Pennsylvania Preston King, New York William H. Kurtz, Pennsylvania John Letcher, Virginia Edward P. Little, Massachusetts James Lockhart, Indiana M-N-O Moses MacDonald, Maine Daniel Mace, Indiana Edward C. Marshall, California John C. Mason, Kentucky Joseph W. McCorkle, California James X. McLanahan, Pennsylvania LaFayette McMullen, Virginia John McNair, Pennsylvania John McQueen, South Carolina Richard K. Meade, Virginia John S. Millson, Virginia Richard S. Molony, Illinois John A. Morrison, Pennsylvania William Murray, New York Edson B. Olds, Ohio James L. Orr, South Carolina

P-Q-R Andrew Parker, Pennsylvania Charles H. Peaslee, New Hampshire Alexander G. Penn, Louisiana John S. Phelps, Missouri Paulus Powell, Virginia Rodman M. Price, New Jersey Robert J. Rantoul, Jr., Massachusetts William A. Richardson, Illinois George Read Riddle, Delaware John Robbins, Jr., Pennsylvania Reuben Robie, New York John L. Robinson, Indiana Thomas Ross, Pennsylvania Joseph Russell, New York S-T-U-V John H. Savage, Tennessee Richardson A. Scurry, Texas David L. Seymour, New York Origen S. Seymour, Connecticut Charles Skelton, New Jersey Ephraim K. Smart, Maine William W. Snow, New York Louis St. Martin, Louisiana Frederick P. Stanton, Tennessee Richard H. Stanton, Kentucky Abraham P. Stephens, New York James W. Stone, Kentucky Nathan T. Stratton, New Jersey Charles E. Stuart, Michigan Josiah Sutherland, New York Charles Sweetser, Ohio George W. Thompson, Virginia Benjamin B. Thurston, Rhode Island Norton S. Townshend, Ohio Abraham W. Venable, North Carolina W-X-Y-Z Daniel Wallace, South Carolina Isaac Wildrick, New Jersey Joseph A. Woodward, South Carolina

Whig

A-B-C James Abercrombie, Alabama John Allison, Pennsylvania William Appleton, Massachusetts Nelson Barrere, Ohio Hiram Bell, Ohio Henry Bennett, New York Thomas M. Bibighaus, Pennsylvania Richard J. Bowie, Maryland Obadiah Bowne, New York John H. Boyd, New York Samuel Brenton, Indiana George Briggs, New York James Brooks, New York George H. Brown, New Jersey Lorenzo Burrows, New York Edward C. Cabell, Florida Joseph P. Caldwell, North Carolina Lewis D. Campbell, Ohio Joseph R. Chandler, Pennsylvania Charles Chapman, Connecticut Thomas L. Clingman, North Carolina James L. Conger, Michigan William Cullom, Tennessee D-E-F John F. Darby, Missouri George T. Davis, Massachusetts Alfred Dockery, North Carolina James H. Duncan, Massachusetts Alexander Evans, Maryland Presley U. Ewing, Kentucky Charles J. Faulkner, Virginia Francis B. Fay, Massachusetts Orin Fowler, Massachusetts Henry M. Fuller, Pennsylvania

G-H-I Meredith P. Gentry, Tennessee Robert Goodenow, Maine John Z. Goodrich, Massachusetts Benjamin E. Grey, Kentucky Alexander Harper, Ohio Augustus P. Hascall, New York Solomon G. Haven, New York J. H. Hobart Haws, New York William Hebard, Vermont Jerediah Horsford, New York John W. Howe, Pennsylvania Thomas M. Howe, Pennsylvania William F. Hunter, Ohio J-K-L George G. King, Rhode Island Joseph H. Kuhns, Pennsylvania J. Aristide Landry, Louisiana M-N-O Humphrey Marshall, Kentucky Frederick S. Martin, New York James Meacham, Vermont John G. Miller, Missouri Ahiman L. Miner, Vermont Henry D. Moore, Pennsylvania John Moore, Louisiana James T. Morehead, North Carolina Eben Newton, Ohio David Outlaw, North Carolina

P-Q-R Samuel W. Parker, Indiana Ebenezer J. Penniman, Michigan Jared Perkins, New Hampshire Gilchrist Porter, Missouri William Preston, Kentucky Isaac Reed, Maine S-T-U-V Lorenzo Sabine, Massachusetts William A. Sackett, New York Abraham M. Schermerhorn, New York John L. Schoolcraft, New York Marius Schoonmaker, New York Zeno Scudder, Massachusetts Edward Stanly, North Carolina Benjamin Stanton, Ohio Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania James F. Strother, Virginia John L. Taylor, Ohio Benjamin Thompson, Massachusetts Amos Tuck, New Hampshire W-X-Y-Z Henry S. Walbridge, New York Thomas Yates Walsh, Maryland William T. Ward, Kentucky Israel Washburn, Jr., Maine Albert G. Watkins, Tennessee John Welch, Ohio John Wells, New York Addison White, Kentucky Alexander White, Alabama Christopher H. Williams, Tennessee Richard Yates, Illinois

Independent Democratic

John Johnson, Ohio William H. Polk, Tennessee

Free Soil

Charles Allen, Massachusetts Charles Durkee, Wisconsin Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio Horace Mann, Massachusetts

Independent Whig

Joseph S. Cottman, Maryland

States Rights

David J. Bailey, Georgia Albert G. Brown, Mississippi Joseph W. Jackson, Georgia

Unionist

A-O Elijah W. Chastain, Georgia John D. Freeman, Mississippi Junius Hillyer, Georgia James Johnson, Georgia Charles Murphey, Georgia Benjamin D. Nabers, Mississippi

P-Z William R. Smith, Alabama Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia Robert A. Toombs, Georgia John A. Wilcox, Mississippi

Membership Changes

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

Senate replacements: 8 Democratic Party (United States) Democrats '' (D) '': 1 seat net gain Whigs (W) : 1 seat net loss deaths: 3 resignations: 6 interim appointments: 3 Total seats with changes: 13

House of Representatives replacements: 6 Democrats (D) : 1 seat net loss Whigs (W) : 1 seat net gain deaths: 2 resignations: 5 Total seats with changes: 7

Officers

Senate Secretary of the Senate: Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12, 1836 Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Robert Beale of Virginia, elected December 9, 1845] Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. Clement M. Butler, Episcopalian, elected January 9, 1850 Other Architect of the Capitol: Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11, 1851

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: John M. Forney of Pennsylvania elected December 1, 1851 Sergeant at Arms of the House: Adam J. Glossbrenner of Pennsylvania, elected December 1, 1851 Doorkeeper of the House: Zadock W. McKnew of Maryland, elected December 1, 1851 Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives Postmaster of the House: John M. Johnson of Virginia, elected December 1, 1851 Chaplain of the House The Rev. Littleton F. Morgan, Methodist, elected December 1, 1851 The Rev. James Gallagher, ' 'Presbyterian, elected December 6, 1852