Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use mdy dates Template:No footnotes Template:Infobox United States Congress The 25th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1839, during the first two years of Martin Van Buren's presidency.

The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1830 United States census. Both houses of congress had a Democratic majority. Template:TOC limit

Major eventsEdit

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The Modern Balaam and His Ass, an 1837 caricature placing the blame for the Panic of 1837 and the perilous state of the banking system on outgoing President Andrew Jackson, shown riding a donkey, while President Martin Van Buren comments approvingly.

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Major legislationEdit

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Territories organizedEdit

Party summaryEdit

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

SenateEdit

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House of RepresentativesEdit

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LeadershipEdit

SenateEdit

House of RepresentativesEdit

MembersEdit

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives by district.

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SenateEdit

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, ending in 1839; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, ending in 1841; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, ending in 1843. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break

AlabamaEdit

Template:Party stripe2. William R. King (D)
Template:Party stripe3. John McKinley (D), until April 22, 1837
Template:Party stripeClement C. Clay (D), from June 19, 1837

ArkansasEdit

Template:Party stripe2. William S. Fulton (D)
Template:Party stripe3. Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

ConnecticutEdit

Template:Party stripe1. John M. Niles (D)
Template:Party stripe3. Perry Smith (D)

DelawareEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Richard H. Bayard (W)
Template:Party stripe2. Thomas Clayton (W)

GeorgiaEdit

Template:Party stripe2. John P. King (D), until November 1, 1837
Template:Party stripeWilson Lumpkin (D), from November 22, 1837
Template:Party stripe3. Alfred Cuthbert (D)

IllinoisEdit

Template:Party stripe2. John M. Robinson (D)
Template:Party stripe3. Richard M. Young (D)

IndianaEdit

Template:Party stripe1. John Tipton (D)
Template:Party stripe3. Oliver H. Smith (W)

KentuckyEdit

Template:Party stripe2. John J. Crittenden (W)
Template:Party stripe3. Henry Clay (W)

LouisianaEdit

Template:Party stripe2. Robert C. Nicholas (D)
Template:Party stripe3. Alexander Mouton (D)

MaineEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Reuel Williams (D)
Template:Party stripe2. John Ruggles (D)

MarylandEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Joseph Kent (W), until November 24, 1837
Template:Party stripeWilliam D. Merrick (W), from January 4, 1838
Template:Party stripe3. John S. Spence (W)

MassachusettsEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Daniel Webster (W)
Template:Party stripe2. John Davis (W)

MichiganEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Lucius Lyon (D)
Template:Party stripe2. John Norvell (D)

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MississippiEdit

Template:Party stripe1. John Black (W), until January 22, 1838
Template:Party stripeJames F. Trotter (D), from January 22, 1838, until July 10, 1838
Template:Party stripeThomas Hickman Williams (D), from November 12, 1838
Template:Party stripe2. Robert J. Walker (D)

MissouriEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Thomas H. Benton (D)
Template:Party stripe3. Lewis F. Linn (D)

New HampshireEdit

Template:Party stripe2. Henry Hubbard (D)
Template:Party stripe3. Franklin Pierce (D)

New JerseyEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Samuel L. Southard (W)
Template:Party stripe2. Garret D. Wall (D)

New YorkEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (D)
Template:Party stripe3. Silas Wright Jr. (D)

North CarolinaEdit

Template:Party stripe2. Bedford Brown (D)
Template:Party stripe3. Robert Strange (D)

OhioEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Thomas Morris (D)
Template:Party stripe3. William Allen (D)

PennsylvaniaEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Samuel McKean (D)
Template:Party stripe3. James Buchanan (D)

Rhode IslandEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Asher Robbins (W)
Template:Party stripe2. Nehemiah R. Knight (W)

South CarolinaEdit

Template:Party stripe2. John C. Calhoun (D)
Template:Party stripe3. William C. Preston (W)

TennesseeEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Felix Grundy (D), until July 4, 1838
Template:Party stripeEphraim H. Foster (W), from September 17, 1838 – March 3, 1839
Template:Party stripe2. Hugh Lawson White (W)

VermontEdit

Template:Party stripe1. Benjamin Swift (W)
Template:Party stripe3. Samuel Prentiss (W)

VirginiaEdit

Template:Party stripe1. William C. Rives (D)
Template:Party stripe2. Richard E. Parker (D), until March 4, 1837
Template:Party stripeWilliam H. Roane (D), from March 14, 1837

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Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 25th Congress in March 1837. Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend

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House of RepresentativesEdit

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break

AlabamaEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Reuben Chapman (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joshua L. Martin (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joab Lawler (W), until May 8, 1838
Template:Party stripeGeorge W. Crabb (W), from September 4, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dixon H. Lewis (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis S. Lyon (W)

ArkansasEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Archibald Yell (D)

ConnecticutEdit

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac Toucey (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Ingham (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elisha Haley (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas T. Whittlesey (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lancelot Phelps (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Orrin Holt (D)

DelawareEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John J. Milligan (W)

GeorgiaEdit

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jesse F. Cleveland (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William C. Dawson (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Glascock (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Seaton Grantland (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles E. Haynes (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hopkins Holsey (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jabez Y. Jackson (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Owens (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. B. Towns (D)

IllinoisEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Adam W. Snyder (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Zadok Casey (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William L. May (D)

IndianaEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ratliff Boon (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Ewing (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Graham (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George H. Dunn (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Rariden (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Herod (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert S. White (W)

KentuckyEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John L. Murray (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Rumsey (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph R. Underwood (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sherrod Williams (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Harlan (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Calhoon (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Pope (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William J. Graves (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John White (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Hawes (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard H. Menefee (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Chambers (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Southgate (W)

LouisianaEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Johnson (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Eleazar W. Ripley (D), until March 2, 1839
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rice Garland (W)

MaineEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Fairfield (D), until December 24, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis O. J. Smith (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan Cilley (D), until February 24, 1838
Template:Party stripeEdward Robinson (W), from April 28, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Evans (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy J. Carter (D), until March 14, 1838
Template:Party stripeVirgil D. Parris (D), from May 29, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh J. Anderson (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph C. Noyes (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Davee (D)

MarylandEdit

The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Dennis (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James A. Pearce (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John T. H. Worthington (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin C. Howard (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac McKim (D), until April 1, 1838
Template:Party stripeJohn P. Kennedy (W), from April 25, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Cost Johnson (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis Thomas (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Jenifer (W)

MassachusettsEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Fletcher (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen C. Phillips (W), until September 28, 1838
Template:Party stripeLeverett Saltonstall I (W), from December 25, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Caleb Cushing (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Parmenter (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Levi Lincoln Jr. (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Grennell Jr. (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George N. Briggs (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William B. Calhoun (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Hastings (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathaniel B. Borden (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Reed Jr. (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Quincy Adams (W)

MichiganEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac E. Crary (D)

MississippiEdit

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John F. H. Claiborne (D), from July 18, 1837, until February 5, 1838
Template:Party stripeSeargent S. Prentiss (W), from May 30, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel J. Gholson (D), from July 18, 1837, until February 5, 1838
Template:Party stripeThomas J. Word (W), from May 30, 1838

MissouriEdit

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert G. Harrison (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Miller (D)

New HampshireEdit

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles G. Atherton (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Cushman (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Farrington (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Weeks (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jared W. Williams (D)

New JerseyEdit

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John B. Aycrigg (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Halstead (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John P. B. Maxwell (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph F. Randolph (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles C. Stratton (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Jones Yorke (W)

New YorkEdit

There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas B. Jackson (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham Vanderveer (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Churchill C. Cambreleng (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Curtis (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ogden Hoffman (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ely Moore (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gouverneur Kemble (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Obadiah Titus (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathaniel Jones (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John C. Brodhead (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert McClellan (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Zadock Pratt (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Vail (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert Gallup (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John I. De Graff (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David A. Russell (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Palmer (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James B. Spencer (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Edwards (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Arphaxed Loomis (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry A. Foster (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham P. Grant (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac H. Bronson (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Prentiss (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Amasa J. Parker (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John C. Clark (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew D. W. Bruyn (D), until July 27, 1838
Template:Party stripeCyrus Beers (D), from December 3, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hiram Gray (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bennet Bicknell (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Taylor (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Noble (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Birdsall (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mark H. Sibley (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John T. Andrews (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy Childs (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Patterson (W), until August 14, 1838
Template:Party stripeHarvey Putnam (W), from November 7, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Luther C. Peck (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard P. Marvin (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Millard Fillmore (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles F. Mitchell (W)

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North CarolinaEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel T. Sawyer (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jesse A. Bynum (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Stanly (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles B. Shepard (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James I. McKay (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Micajah T. Hawkins (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edmund Deberry (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Montgomery (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustine H. Shepperd (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham Rencher (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry W. Connor (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Graham (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis Williams (W)

OhioEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Duncan (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Taylor Webster (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Patrick G. Goode (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Corwin (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas L. Hamer (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Calvary Morris (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William K. Bond (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Ridgway (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Chaney (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samson Mason (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Alexander Jr. (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Harper (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel P. Leadbetter (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Hunter (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Allen (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elisha Whittlesey (W), until July 9, 1838
Template:Party stripeJoshua R. Giddings (W), from December 3, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew W. Loomis (W), until October 20, 1837
Template:Party stripeCharles D. Coffin (W), from December 20, 1837
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Matthias Shepler (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Kilgore (D), until July 4, 1838
Template:Party stripeHenry Swearingen (D), from December 3, 1838

PennsylvaniaEdit

There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lemuel Paynter (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Sergeant (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Toland (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis J. Harper (D), until March 18, 1837
Template:Party stripeCharles Naylor (W), from June 29, 1837
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Darlington (AM)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Davies (AM)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Potts Jr. (AM)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob Fry Jr. (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mathias Morris (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David D. Wagener (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward B. Hubley (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D), until February 9, 1838
Template:Party stripeGeorge M. Keim (D), from March 17, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Luther Reily (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Logan (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Sheffer (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles McClure (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Potter (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Petrikin (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert H. Hammond (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel W. Morris (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Ogle (AM)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John J. Klingensmith Jr. (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Buchanan (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Biddle (AM)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Beatty (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Henry (AM)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Arnold Plumer (D)

Rhode IslandEdit

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert B. Cranston (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph L. Tillinghast (W)

South CarolinaEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh S. Legaré (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Rhett (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Campbell (N)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Franklin H. Elmore (States Rights D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis W. Pickens (N)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Waddy Thompson Jr. (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William K. Clowney (N)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John P. Richardson (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John K. Griffin (N)

TennesseeEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William B. Carter (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham McClellan (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph L. Williams (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James I. Standifer (W), until August 20, 1837
Template:Party stripeWilliam Stone (W), from September 14, 1837
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hopkins L. Turney (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William B. Campbell (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Bell (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abram P. Maury (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James K. Polk (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ebenezer J. Shields (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Cheatham (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Crockett (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Christopher H. Williams (W)

VermontEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hiland Hall (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Slade (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Horace Everett (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Heman Allen (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac Fletcher (D)

VirginiaEdit

Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis Mallory (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis E. Rives (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Jones (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George C. Dromgoole (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James W. Bouldin (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Walter Coles (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Archibald Stuart (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry A. Wise (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert M. T. Hunter (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Taliaferro (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Robertson (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Garland (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Patton (D), until April 7, 1838
Template:Party stripeLinn Banks (D), from April 28, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles F. Mercer (W)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James M. Mason (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac S. Pennybacker (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Craig (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Hopkins (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Beirne (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Johnson (D)
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Morgan (D)

Non-voting membersEdit

Template:Ushr. Charles Downing
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Chapman (D), from September 10, 1838
Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Wallace Jones (D), until January 14, 1839
Template:Party stripeJames D. Doty (D), from January 14, 1839

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Speaker of the House
James Polk

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Changes in membershipEdit

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

SenateEdit

  • Replacements: 6
    • Democrats: no net change
    • Whigs: no net change
  • Deaths: 1
  • Resignations: 6
  • Total seats with changes: 7

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|- | Virginia
(2) | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Richard E. Parker (D) | Resigned March 4, 1837, after accepting a seat on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William H. Roane (D) | Elected March 14, 1837 |- | Alabama
(3) | Template:Party shading/Democratic | John McKinley (D) | Resigned April 22, 1837, after being appointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Clement C. Clay (D) | Elected June 19, 1837 |- | Georgia
(2) | Template:Party shading/Democratic | John P. King (D) | Resigned November 1, 1837 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Wilson Lumpkin (D) | Elected November 22, 1837 |- | Maryland
(1) | Template:Party shading/Whig | Joseph Kent (W) | Died November 24, 1837 | Template:Party shading/Whig | William D. Merrick (W) | Elected January 4, 1838 |- | Mississippi
(1) | Template:Party shading/Whig | John Black (W) | Resigned January 22, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | James F. Trotter (D) | Appointed January 22, 1838 |- | Tennessee
(1) | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Felix Grundy (D) | Resigned July 4, 1838, after being appointed United States Attorney General | Template:Party shading/Whig | Ephraim H. Foster (W) | Elected September 17, 1838 |- | Mississippi
(1) | Template:Party shading/Democratic | James F. Trotter (D) | Resigned July 10, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Thomas H. Williams (D) | Appointed November 12, 1838, and subsequently elected |- | Tennessee
(1) | Template:Party shading/Whig | Ephraim H. Foster (W) | Resigned March 3, 1839 before start of new Congress under orders of state legislature. | Vacant | |}

House of RepresentativesEdit

  • Replacements: 16
    • Democrats: 5-seat net loss
    • Whigs: 5-seat net gain
  • Deaths: 9
  • Resignations: 6
  • Contested election:1
  • Total seats with changes: 20

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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Rep-elect Claiborne presented credentials July 18, 1837 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | John F. H. Claiborne (D) | Seated July 18, 1837 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Rep-elect Gholson presented credentials July 18, 1837 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Samuel J. Gholson (D) | Seated July 18, 1837 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Francis J. Harper (D) | Died March 18, 1837 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Charles Naylor (W) | Seated June 29, 1837 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | James I. Standifer (W) | Died August 20, 1837 | Template:Party shading/Whig | William Stone (W) | Seated September 14, 1837 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Elisha Whittlesey (W) | Resigned October 20, 1837 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Charles D. Coffin (W) | Seated December 20, 1837 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | John F. H. Claiborne (D) | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Seargent S. Prentiss (W) | Seated May 30, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Samuel J. Gholson (D) | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Thomas J. Word (W) | Seated May 30, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D) | Resigned February 9, 1838, after being appointed Minister to Austrian Empire | Template:Party shading/Democratic | George M. Keim (D) | Seated March 17, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Jonathan Cilley (D) | Killed in a duel February 24, 1838, by Rep. William J. Graves | Template:Party shading/Whig | Edward Robinson (W) | Seated April 28, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Timothy J. Carter (D) | Died March 14, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Virgil D. Parris (D) | Seated May 29, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Isaac McKim (D) | Died April 1, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Whig | John P. Kennedy (W) | Seated April 25, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | John M. Patton (D) | Resigned April 7, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Linn Banks (D) | Seated April 28, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Joab Lawler (W) | Died May 8, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Whig | George W. Crabb (W) | Seated October 5, 1835 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Daniel Kilgore (D) | Resigned July 4, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Henry Swearingen (D) | Seated December 3, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Elisha Whittlesey (W) | Resigned July 9, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Joshua R. Giddings (W) | Seated December 3, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Andrew D. Bruyn (D) | Died July 27, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Cyrus Beers (D) | Seated December 3, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | William Patterson (W) | Died August 14, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Harvey Putnam (W) | Seated November 7, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | New seat | Iowa Territory seated its first delegate September 10, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | George Wallace Jones (D) | Seated September 10, 1838

|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Stephen C. Phillips (W) | Seat declared vacant September 28, 1838 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Leverett Saltonstall (W) | Seated December 15, 1838 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | John Fairfield (D) | Resigned December 24, 1838, after being elected Governor of Maine | Vacant | Not filled this congress |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | George Wallace Jones (D) | Lost contested election January 14, 1839 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | James D. Doty (D) | Seated January 14, 1839 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Eleazar W. Ripley (D) | Died March 2, 1839 | Vacant | Not filled this congress |}

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