Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:More footnotes Template:Infobox United States Congress The 26th 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, 1839, to March 4, 1841, during the third and fourth 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 chambers had a Democratic majority. Template:TOC limit
Major eventsEdit
- 1839: The first state law permitting women to own property was passed in Jackson, Mississippi
- December 14–16, 1839: An election for the House speakership takes 11 ballots
- January 19, 1840: Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigated Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
- November 7, 1840: 1840 United States presidential election: William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren
- February 18, 1841: The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate began and lasted until March 11
Major legislationEdit
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Party summaryEdit
SenateEdit
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House of RepresentativesEdit
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LeadershipEdit
Richard M. Johnson
SenateEdit
House of RepresentativesEdit
- Speaker: Robert M. T. Hunter (W) elected December 16, 1839, on the 11th ballot<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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MembersEdit
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
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 began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2
AlabamaEdit
ArkansasEdit
ConnecticutEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Thaddeus Betts (W), until April 7, 1840
- Template:Party stripeJabez W. Huntington (W), from May 4, 1840
- Template:Party stripe3. Perry Smith (D)
DelawareEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Richard H. Bayard (W), until September 19, 1839
- Template:Party stripeRichard H. Bayard (W), from January 12, 1841
- Template:Party stripe2. Thomas Clayton (W)
GeorgiaEdit
IllinoisEdit
IndianaEdit
KentuckyEdit
LouisianaEdit
MaineEdit
MarylandEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. William D. Merrick (W)
- Template:Party stripe3. John S. Spence (W), until October 24, 1840
- Template:Party stripeJohn L. Kerr (W), from January 5, 1841
MassachusettsEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Daniel Webster (W), until February 22, 1841
- Template:Party stripeRufus Choate (W), from February 23, 1841
- Template:Party stripe2. John Davis (W), until January 5, 1841
- Template:Party stripeIsaac C. Bates (W), from January 13, 1841
MichiganEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Augustus S. Porter (W), from January 20, 1840
- Template:Party stripe2. John Norvell (D)
MississippiEdit
MissouriEdit
New HampshireEdit
New JerseyEdit
New YorkEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W), from January 14, 1840
- Template:Party stripe3. Silas Wright Jr. (D)
North CarolinaEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. Bedford Brown (D), until November 16, 1840
- Template:Party stripeWillie P. Mangum (W), from November 25, 1840
- Template:Party stripe3. Robert Strange (D), until November 16, 1840
- Template:Party stripeWilliam A. Graham (W), from November 25, 1840
OhioEdit
PennsylvaniaEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Daniel Sturgeon (D), from January 14, 1840
- Template:Party stripe3. James Buchanan (D)
Rhode IslandEdit
South CarolinaEdit
TennesseeEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Felix Grundy (D), November 19, 1839 – December 19, 1840
- Template:Party stripeAlfred O. P. Nicholson (D), from December 25, 1840
- Template:Party stripe2. Hugh Lawson White (W), until January 13, 1840
- Template:Party stripeAlexander O. Anderson (D), from February 26, 1840
VermontEdit
VirginiaEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. William C. Rives (W), from January 18, 1841
- Template:Party stripe2. William H. Roane (D)
William R. King
House of RepresentativesEdit
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2
AlabamaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Reuben Chapman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Hubbard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Crabb (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dixon H. Lewis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Dellet (W)
ArkansasEdit
ConnecticutEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Trumbull (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William L. Storrs (W), until June ???, 1840
- Template:Party stripeWilliam W. Boardman (W), from December 7, 1840
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas W. Williams (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas B. Osborne (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Truman Smith (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Brockway (W)
DelawareEdit
GeorgiaEdit
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Julius C. Alford (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward J. Black (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Walter T. Colquitt (W), until July 21, 1840
- Template:Party stripeHines Holt (W), from February 1, 1841
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mark A. Cooper (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William C. Dawson (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard W. Habersham (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Butler King (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Eugenius A. Nisbet (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lott Warren (W)
IllinoisEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Reynolds (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Zadok Casey (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John T. Stuart (W)
IndianaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George H. Proffit (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Davis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Carr (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Smith (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Rariden (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Wick (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tilghman A. Howard (D), until July 1, 1840
- Template:Party stripeHenry S. Lane (W), from August 3, 1840
KentuckyEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Linn Boyd (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Philip Triplett (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph R. Underwood (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sherrod Williams (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Simeon H. Anderson (W), until August 11, 1840
- Template:Party stripeJohn B. Thompson (W), from December 7, 1840
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Willis Green (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. Landaff W. Andrews (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Garrett Davis (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William O. Butler (D)
LouisianaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward D. White (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas W. Chinn (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rice Garland (W), until July 21, 1840
- Template:Party stripeJohn Moore (W), from December 17, 1840
MaineEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathan Clifford (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert Smith (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Randall (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Evans (W), until March 3, 1841
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Virgil D. Parris (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh J. Anderson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joshua A. Lowell (D)
- 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. Philip F. Thomas (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John T. H. Worthington (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Carroll (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Solomon Hillen Jr. (D)
- 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. Abbott Lawrence (W), until September 18, 1840
- Template:Party stripeRobert C. Winthrop (W), from November 9, 1840
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Leverett Saltonstall I (W)
- 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. James C. Alvord (W), until September 27, 1839
- Template:Party stripeOsmyn Baker (W), from January 14, 1840
- 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. Henry Williams (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Reed Jr. (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Quincy Adams (W)
MichiganEdit
MississippiEdit
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert G. Brown (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob Thompson (D)
MissouriEdit
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert G. Harrison (D), until September 7, 1839
- Template:Party stripeJohn Jameson (D), from December 12, 1839
- 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. Edmund Burke (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ira A. Eastman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tristram Shaw (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jared W. Williams (D)
New JerseyEdit
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William R. Cooper (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Philemon Dickerson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Kille (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph F. Randolph (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel B. Ryall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter D. Vroom (D)
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. James De la Montanya (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Curtis (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Moses H. Grinnell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ogden Hoffman (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Monroe (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gouverneur Kemble (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Johnston (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathaniel Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rufus Palen (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Ely (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Aaron Vanderpoel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hiram P. Hunt (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel D. Barnard (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Anson Brown (W), until June 14, 1840
- Template:Party stripeNicholas B. Doe (W), from December 7, 1840
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David A. Russell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustus C. Hand (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Fine (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter J. Wagner (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew W. Doig (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David P. Brewster (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Floyd (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas C. Chittenden (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Prentiss (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Judson Allen (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John C. Clark (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Amasa Dana (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen B. Leonard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nehemiah H. Earll (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Rogers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Christopher Morgan (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Theron R. Strong (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis Granger (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Meredith Mallory (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Kempshall (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Seth M. Gates (W)
- 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)
North CarolinaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Kenneth Rayner (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jesse A. Bynum (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Stanly (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles B. Shepard (D)
- 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. John Hill (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Fisher (D)
- 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. John B. Weller (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Patrick G. Goode (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Corwin (W), until May 30, 1840
- Template:Party stripeJeremiah Morrow (W), from October 13, 1840
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Doan (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. William Medill (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samson Mason (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac Parrish (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan Taylor (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel P. Leadbetter (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Sweeny (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Allen (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joshua R. Giddings (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Hastings (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David A. Starkweather (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Swearingen (D)
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. Charles Naylor (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Davies (AM)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Edwards (AM)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis James (AM)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Fornance (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Davis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David D. Wagener (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter Newhard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George M. Keim (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Simonton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Gerry (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Cooper (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Ramsey (D), until October 17, 1840
- Template:Party stripeCharles McClure (D), from December 7, 1840
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Potter (D), until October 28, 1839
- Template:Party stripeGeorge McCulloch (D), from November 20, 1839
- 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. Albert G. Marchand (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Enos Hook (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac Leet (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Biddle (AM), until July 21, 1840
- Template:Party stripeHenry M. Brackenridge (W), from October 13, 1840
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Beatty (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Henry (AM)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Galbraith (D)
Rhode IslandEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert B. Cranston (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph L. Tillinghast (W)
South CarolinaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac E. Holmes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Rhett (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Campbell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sampson H. Butler (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis W. Pickens (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Waddy Thompson Jr. (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Rogers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas D. Sumter (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John K. Griffin (D)
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. Julius W. Blackwell (D)
- 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. Meredith P. Gentry (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harvey M. Watterson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Aaron V. Brown (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cave Johnson (D)
- 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. John Smith (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac Fletcher (D)
VirginiaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joel Holleman (D), until December 1840
- Template:Party stripeFrancis Mallory (W), from December 28, 1840
- 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. John Hill (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Walter Coles (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William L. Goggin (W)
- 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 M. Botts (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Garland (C)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Linn Banks (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles F. Mercer (W), until December 26, 1839
- Template:Party stripeWilliam M. McCarty (W), from January 25, 1840
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Lucas (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Green B. Samuels (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Craig (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Hopkins (C)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Beirne (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Johnson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis Steenrod (D)
Non-voting membersEdit
- Template:0Template:Ushr. Charles Downing
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Chapman (D), until October 27, 1840
- Template:Party stripeAugustus C. Dodge (D), from October 28, 1840
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James D. Doty (D)
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Changes in membershipEdit
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
SenateEdit
- Replacements: 8
- Democrats: 0-seat net loss
- Whigs: 0-seat net gain
- Deaths: 3
- Resignations: 7
- Interim appointments: 0
- Total seats with changes: 11
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| Tennessee
(1)
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Felix Grundy (D)
| Elected November 19, 1839
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| New York
(1)
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W)
| Elected January 14, 1840
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| Pennsylvania
(1)
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Daniel Sturgeon (D)
| Elected January 14, 1840
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| Michigan
(1)
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after legislature failed to reelect incumbent.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Augustus S. Porter (W)
| Elected January 20, 1840
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| Virginia
(1)
| colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after legislature failed to reelect incumbent.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | William C. Rives (W)
| Elected January 18, 1841
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| Delaware
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Richard H. Bayard (W)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 19, 1839, to become Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Richard H. Bayard (W)
| Elected January 12, 1841, to his former position
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| Tennessee
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Hugh Lawson White (W)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 13, 1840, because he could not conscientiously obey the intentions of his constituents
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Alexander O. Anderson (D)
| Elected February 26, 1840
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| Connecticut
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Thaddeus Betts (W)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 7, 1840
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Jabez W. Huntington (W)
| Elected May 4, 1840
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| Maryland
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John S. Spence (W)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 24, 1840
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John L. Kerr (W)
| Elected January 5, 1841
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| North Carolina
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Bedford Brown (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 16, 1840, because he could not obey instructions of the North Carolina General Assembly
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Willie P. Mangum (W)
| Elected November 25, 1840
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| North Carolina
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Robert Strange (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 16, 1840
| Template:Party shading/Whig | William A. Graham (W)
| Elected November 25, 1840
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| Tennessee
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Felix Grundy (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 19, 1840
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D)
| Elected December 25, 1840
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| Massachusetts
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John Davis (W)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1841, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Isaac C. Bates (W)
| Elected January 13, 1841
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| Massachusetts
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Daniel Webster (W)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 22, 1841
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Rufus Choate (W)
| Elected February 23, 1841
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House of RepresentativesEdit
- Replacements: 15
- Democrats: 2-seat net loss
- Whigs: 3-seat net gain
- Anti-Masonic: 1-seat net loss
- Deaths: 6
- Resignations: 10
- Contested election: 0
- Total seats with changes: 17
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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Howard presented credentials August 5, 1839 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Tilghman Howard (D) | Seated August 5, 1839 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Albert G. Harrison (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1839 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | John Jameson (D) | Seated December 12, 1839 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | James C. Alvord (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 27, 1839 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Osmyn Baker (W) | Seated January 14, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William W. Potter (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 28, 1839 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | George McCulloch (D) | Seated November 20, 1839 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Charles F. Mercer (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 26, 1839 | Template:Party shading/Whig | William M. McCarty (W) | Seated January 25, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Thomas Corwin (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 30, 1840, having become a candidate for Governor of Ohio | Template:Party shading/Whig | Jeremiah Morrow (W) | Seated October 13, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | William L. Storrs (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in June, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Whig | William W. Boardman (W) | Seated December 7, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Anson Brown (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 14, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Nicholas B. Doe (W) | Seated December 7, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Tilghman Howard (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Whig | HHenry S. Lane (W) | Seated August 3, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Walter T. Colquitt (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Hines Holt (W) | Seated February 1, 1841 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Rice Garland (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840, to accept appointment as judge of Louisiana Supreme Court | Template:Party shading/Whig | John Moore (W) | Seated December 17, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Anti-Masonic | Richard Biddle (AM) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Henry M. Brackenridge (W) | Seated October 13, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Simeon H. Anderson (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 11, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Whig | John B. Thompson (W) | Seated December 7, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Abbott Lawrence (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 18, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Robert C. Winthrop (W) | Seated November 9, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William S. Ramsey (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 17, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Charles McClure (D) | Seated December 7, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William W. Chapman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Term expired by law October 27, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Augustus C. Dodge (D) | Seated October 28, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Joel Holleman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned in December 1840 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Francis Mallory (W) | Seated December 28, 1840 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | George Evans (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1841, after being elected to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |}
CommitteesEdit
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
SenateEdit
- Agriculture (Chairman: Alexander Mouton)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Nehemiah R. Knight)
- Claims (Chairman: Henry Hubbard)
- Commerce (Chairman: William R. King)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Richard H. Bayard)&
- Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Oliver Smith then John Henderson)
- Finance (Chairman: Silas Wright)
- Fiscal Corporation of the United States (Select)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: James Buchanan)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Ambrose H. Sevier)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Garret D. Wall)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Wilson Lumpkin)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton)
- Militia (Chairman: Clement C. Clay)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Reuel Williams)
- Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Daniel Sturgeon)
- Pensions (Chairman: Franklin Pierce)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John M. Robinson)
- Printing (Chairman: N/A)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Lewis F. Linn)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William S. Fulton)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Robert J. Walker)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Perry Smith)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Richard M. Young)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Whole
House of RepresentativesEdit
- Accounts (Chairman: Joseph Johnson)
- Agriculture (Chairman: Edmund Deberry)
- Apportionment of Representatives (Select)
- Claims (Chairman: David A. Russell)
- Commerce (Chairman: Edward Curtis)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: William C. Johnson)
- Elections (Chairman: Francis E. Rives)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall I)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Richard P. Marvin)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Joseph R. Underwood)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: George Evans)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Peter J. Wagner)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Edward Stanly)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Francis W. Pickens)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: John Bell)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Sherrod Williams)
- Judiciary (Chairman: John Sergeant)
- Manufactures (Chairman: John Quincy Adams)
- Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi (Select)
- Mileage (Chairman: Thomas W. Williams)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Cave Johnson until 1840, then Waddy Thompson Jr.)
- Militia (Chairman: George M. Keim)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Francis Thomas)
- Patents (Chairman: Issac Fletcher)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James I. McKay)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: William B. Calhoun)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Stephen B. Leonard)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: William K. Bond)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas Corwin 1839-1840, then Samson Mason 1840, then Jeremiah Morrow)
- Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Luther C. Peck)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Joseph F. Randolph)
- Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John Taliaferro)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Charles Ogle)
- Rules (Select)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: John Pope)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: John W. Jones)
- Whole
Joint committeesEdit
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. Benjamin Tappan)
- The Library (Chairman: N/A)
EmployeesEdit
SenateEdit
- Chaplain: Henry Slicer (Methodist), until December 31, 1839
- George G. Cookman (Methodist), from December 31, 1839
- Secretary: Asbury Dickins
- Sergeant at Arms: Stephen Haight
House of RepresentativesEdit
- Chaplain: Levi M. Reese (Methodist), until February 4, 1840
- Joshua Bates (Congregationalist), elected February 4, 1840
- Thomas W. Braxton (Baptist), elected December 7, 1840
- Clerk: Hugh A. Garland
- Doorkeeper: Joseph Follansbee, elected December 23, 1839
- Postmaster: William J. McCormick, elected December 23, 1839
- Reading Clerks: Template:Dm
- Sergeant at Arms: Roderick Dorsey
See alsoEdit
- 1838 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1840 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)