Template:Short description Template:No footnotes Template:Infobox United States Congress The 29th 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, 1845, to March 4, 1847, during the first two years of James Polk's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1840 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority. Template:TOClimit
Major eventsEdit
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- March 4, 1845: James K. Polk became President of the United States
- October 10, 1845: The Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opened in Annapolis, Maryland
- December 2, 1845: President Polk announced to Congress that the Monroe Doctrine should be strictly enforced and that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
- April 25, 1846: Open conflict over border disputes of Texas's boundaries began the Mexican–American War
Major legislationEdit
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- May 13, 1846: Mexican–American War declared, ch. 16, Template:USStat
- July 9, 1846: District of Columbia retrocession, ch. 35, Template:USStat
- July 30, 1846: Walker tariff, ch. 74, Template:USStat
TreatiesEdit
- June 15, 1846: Oregon Treaty established the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca
- January 13, 1847: Treaty of Cahuenga ended the fighting in the Mexican–American War in California (not a formal treaty between nations but an informal agreement between rival military forces)
States admittedEdit
- December 29, 1845: Texas admitted as the 28th state
- December 28, 1846: Iowa admitted as the 29th state
Party summaryEdit
SenateEdit
During this congress, two Senate seats were added for each of the new states of Texas and Iowa.
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House of RepresentativesEdit
During this congress, two House seats were added for each of the new states of Texas and Iowa.
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LeadershipEdit
George M. Dallas (D)
SenateEdit
- President: George M. Dallas (D)
- President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum (W), until March 4, 1845
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D), only on December 27, 1845
- David R. Atchison (D), from August 8, 1846
House of RepresentativesEdit
- Speaker: John W. Davis (D)
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, facing re-election in 1850; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1848. Template:Col begin Template:Col-break
AlabamaEdit
ArkansasEdit
ConnecticutEdit
DelawareEdit
FloridaEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. David Levy Yulee (D), from July 1, 1845
- Template:Party stripe3. James Westcott (D), from July 1, 1845
GeorgiaEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. John M. Berrien (W), until May, 1845; from November 13, 1845
- Template:Party stripe3. Walter T. Colquitt (D)
IllinoisEdit
IndianaEdit
IowaEdit
- 2. Vacant after being admitted to the Union December 28, 1846
- 3. Vacant after being admitted to the Union December 28, 1846
KentuckyEdit
LouisianaEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. Alexander Barrow (W), until December 29, 1846
- Template:Party stripePierre Soulé (D), from January 21, 1847
- Template:Party stripe3. Henry Johnson (W)
MaineEdit
MarylandEdit
MassachusettsEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Daniel Webster (W)
- Template:Party stripe2. Isaac C. Bates (W), until March 16, 1845
- Template:Party stripeJohn Davis (W), from March 24, 1845
MichiganEdit
MississippiEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Jesse Speight (D)
- Template:Party stripe2. Robert J. Walker (D), until March 5, 1845
- Template:Party stripeJoseph W. Chalmers (D), from November 3, 1845
MissouriEdit
New HampshireEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. Levi Woodbury (D), until September 20, 1845
- Template:Party stripeBenning W. Jenness (D), from December 1, 1845, until June 13, 1846
- Template:Party stripeJoseph Cilley (L), from June 13, 1846
- Template:Party stripe3. Charles G. Atherton (D)
New JerseyEdit
New YorkEdit
North CarolinaEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. Willie P. Mangum (W)
- Template:Party stripe3. William H. Haywood Jr. (D), until July 25, 1846
- Template:Party stripeGeorge E. Badger (W), from November 26, 1846
OhioEdit
PennsylvaniaEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Daniel Sturgeon (D)
- Template:Party stripe3. James Buchanan (D), until March 5, 1845
- Template:Party stripeSimon Cameron (D), from March 13, 1845
Rhode IslandEdit
South CarolinaEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. John C. Calhoun (D), from November 26, 1845
- Template:Party stripe3. George McDuffie (D), until August 17, 1846
- Template:Party stripeAndrew Butler (D), from December 4, 1846
TennesseeEdit
TexasEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Thomas J. Rusk (D), from February 21, 1846 (newly admitted state)
- Template:Party stripe2. Samuel Houston (D), from February 21, 1846 (newly admitted state)
VermontEdit
VirginiaEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Isaac S. Pennybacker (D), December 3, 1845 – January 12, 1847
- Template:Party stripeJames M. Mason (D), from January 21, 1847
- Template:Party stripe2. William S. Archer (W)
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. Edmund S. Dargan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry W. Hilliard (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William L. Yancey (D), until September 1, 1846
- Template:Party stripeJames L. Cottrell (D), from December 7, 1846
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Payne (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George S. Houston (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Reuben Chapman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Felix G. McConnell (D), until September 10, 1846
- Template:Party stripeFranklin W. Bowdon (D), from December 7, 1846
ArkansasEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Archibald Yell (D), until July 1, 1846
- Template:Party stripeThomas W. Newton (W), from February 6, 1847
ConnecticutEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Dixon (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel D. Hubbard (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John A. Rockwell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Truman Smith (W)
DelawareEdit
FloridaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward C. Cabell (W), from October 6, 1845, until January 24, 1846
- Template:Party stripeWilliam H. Brockenbrough (D), from January 24, 1846
GeorgiaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Butler King (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Seaborn Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. B. Towns (D), from January 5, 1846
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh A. Haralson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Lumpkin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Howell Cobb (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander H. Stephens (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert A. Toombs (W)
IllinoisEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Smith (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John A. McClernand (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Orlando B. Ficklin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Wentworth (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen A. Douglas (D), until March 3, 1847
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph P. Hoge (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward D. Baker (W), until January 15, 1847
- Template:Party stripeJohn Henry (W), from February 5, 1847
IndianaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert D. Owen (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas J. Henley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Smith (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Caleb B. Smith (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Wick (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Davis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward W. McGaughey (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Pettit (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles W. Cathcart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Kennedy (D)
IowaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. S. Clifton Hastings (D), from December 28, 1846 (newly admitted state)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Shepherd Leffler (D), from December 28, 1846 (newly admitted state)
KentuckyEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Linn Boyd (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. McHenry (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Grider (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joshua F. Bell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bryan R. Young (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John P. Martin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William P. Thomasson (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Garrett Davis (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew A. Trumbo (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Tibbatts (D)
LouisianaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Slidell (D), until November 10, 1845
- Template:Party stripeEmile La Sére (D), from January 29, 1846
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bannon G. Thibodeaux (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Harmanson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac E. Morse (D)
MaineEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John F. Scamman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert P. Dunlap (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Luther Severance (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John D. McCrate (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cullen Sawtelle (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hannibal Hamlin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hezekiah Williams (D)
MarylandEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Chapman (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas J. Perry (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas W. Ligon (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William F. Giles (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert Constable (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward H. C. Long (W)
MassachusettsEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert C. Winthrop (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel P. King (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Amos Abbott (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Thompson (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Hudson (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Ashmun (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Julius Rockwell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Quincy Adams (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Artemas Hale (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Grinnell (W)
MichiganEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert McClelland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John S. Chipman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James B. Hunt (D)
MississippiEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen Adams (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jefferson Davis (D), until October 28, 1846
- Template:Party stripeHenry T. Ellett (D), from January 26, 1847
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert W. Roberts (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob Thompson (D)
MissouriEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James B. Bowlin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John S. Phelps (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sterling Price (D), until August 12, 1846
- Template:Party stripeWilliam McDaniel (D), from December 7, 1846
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James H. Relfe (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Leonard H. Sims (D)
New HampshireEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James H. Johnson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mace Moulton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Moses Norris Jr. (D)
- Template:Ushr. Vacant
New JerseyEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James G. Hampton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel G. Wright (W), until July 30, 1845
- Template:Party stripeGeorge Sykes (D), from November 4, 1845
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Runk (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph E. Edsall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Wright (W)
New YorkEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Lawrence (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry J. Seaman (A)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Miller (A)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William B. Maclay (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas M. Woodruff (A)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Campbell (A)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph H. Anderson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Woodworth (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Archibald C. Niven (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Gordon (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John F. Collin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard P. Herrick (W), until June 20, 1846
- Template:Party stripeThomas C. Ripley (W), from December 17, 1846
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bradford R. Wood (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Erastus D. Culver (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Russell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh White (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles S. Benton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Preston King (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Orville Hungerford (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy Jenkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Goodyear (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen Strong (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William J. Hough (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Horace Wheaton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George O. Rathbun (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel S. Ellsworth (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John De Mott (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elias B. Holmes (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles H. Carroll (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Martin Grover (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abner Lewis (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William A. Moseley (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert Smith (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Washington Hunt (W)
North CarolinaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Graham (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel M. Barringer (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David S. Reid (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred Dockery (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James C. Dobbin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James I. McKay (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John R. J. Daniel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry S. Clark (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Asa Biggs (D)
OhioEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James J. Faran (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis A. Cunningham (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert C. Schenck (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Vance (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Sawyer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry St. John (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph J. McDowell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Allen G. Thurman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustus L. Perrill (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Columbus Delano (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob Brinkerhoff (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel F. Vinton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac Parrish (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Harper (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Morris (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John D. Cummins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Fries (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David A. Starkweather (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel R. Tilden (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joshua R. Giddings (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph M. Root (W)
PennsylvaniaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis C. Levin (A)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph R. Ingersoll (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Campbell (A)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles J. Ingersoll (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob S. Yost (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob Erdman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham R. McIlvaine (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Strohm (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Ritter (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Brodhead (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Owen D. Leib (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Wilmot (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Pollock (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Ramsey (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Moses McClean (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Black (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Blanchard (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Stewart (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry D. Foster (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Ewing (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cornelius Darragh (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Garvin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Thompson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Buffington (W)
Rhode IslandEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Y. Cranston (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lemuel H. Arnold (W)
South CarolinaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James A. Black (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard F. Simpson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph A. Woodward (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander D. Sims (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Armistead Burt (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac E. Holmes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Rhett (D)
TennesseeEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Johnson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William M. Cocke (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Crozier (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alvan Cullom (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barclay Martin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Meredith P. Gentry (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph H. Peyton (W), until November 11, 1845
- Template:Party stripeEdwin H. Ewing (W), from January 2, 1846
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lucien B. Chase (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick P. Stanton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Milton Brown (W)
TexasEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David S. Kaufman (D), from March 30, 1846 (newly admitted state)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy Pilsbury (D), from March 30, 1846 (newly admitted state)
VermontEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Solomon Foot (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob Collamer (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George P. Marsh (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Paul Dillingham Jr. (D)
VirginiaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Archibald Atkinson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George C. Dromgoole (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William M. Tredway (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edmund W. Hubard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Shelton F. Leake (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James A. Seddon (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. Bayly (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert M. T. Hunter (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John S. Pendleton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Bedinger (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Taylor (D), until January 17, 1846
- Template:Party stripeJames McDowell (D), from March 6, 1846
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustus A. Chapman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Hopkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Johnson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William G. Brown Sr. (D)
Non-voting membersEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustus C. Dodge (D), until December 28, 1846
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Morgan L. Martin (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 (D): no net change
- Whigs (W): no net change
- Deaths: 3
- Resignations: 6
- Interim appointments: 1
- Seats of newly admitted states: 4
- Total seats with changes: 14
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| Florida
(1)
| Vacant
| Florida admitted to the Union at end of previous congress
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | David L. Yulee (D)
| Elected July 1, 1845
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| Florida
(3)
| Vacant
| Florida admitted to the Union at end of previous congress
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | James Westcott (D)
| Elected July 1, 1845
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| South Carolina
(2)
| Vacant
| Senator Daniel E. Huger resigned in previous congress.
Successor elected November 26, 1845.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | John C. Calhoun (D)
| Elected November 26, 1845
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| Virginia
(1)
| Vacant
| Failure to elect
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Isaac S. Pennybacker (D)
| Elected December 3, 1845
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| Mississippi
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Robert J. Walker (D)
| Resigned March 5, 1845, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Successor appointed November 3, 1845.
Appointee was later elected on an unknown date.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Joseph W. Chalmers (D)
| Appointed November 3, 1845
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| Pennsylvania
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | James Buchanan (D)
| Resigned March 5, 1845, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of State
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Simon Cameron (D)
| Elected March 13, 1845
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| Massachusetts
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Isaac C. Bates (W)
| Died March 16, 1845
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John Davis (W)
| Elected March 24, 1845
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| Georgia
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John M. Berrien (W)
| Resigned May, 1845 when appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John M. Berrien (W)
| Elected November 13, 1845
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| New Hampshire
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Levi Woodbury (D)
| Resigned November 20, 1845, to become Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Benning W. Jenness (D)
| Appointed December 1, 1845
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| Texas
(1)
| colspan=2 | Texas admitted to the Union December 29, 1845, and remained vacant until February 21, 1846
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Thomas J. Rusk (D)
| Elected February 21, 1846
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| Texas
(2)
| colspan=2 | Texas admitted to the Union December 29, 1845, and remained vacant until February 21, 1846
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Sam Houston (D)
| Elected February 21, 1846
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| New Hampshire
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Benning W. Jenness (D)
| Lost election to finish the term.
Winner elected June 13, 1846.
| Template:Party shading/Liberty | Joseph Cilley (L)
| Elected June 13, 1846
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| North Carolina
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | William H. Haywood Jr. (D)
| Resigned July 25, 1846, after having refused to be instructed by the North Carolina state legislature on a tariff question
| Template:Party shading/Whig | George E. Badger (W)
| Elected November 25, 1846
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| South Carolina
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | George McDuffie (D)
| Resigned August 17, 1846.
Successor appointed December 4, 1846, and subsequently elected to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Andrew Butler (D)
| Seated December 4, 1846
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| Iowa
(2)
| colspan=2 | Iowa admitted to the Union December 28, 1846
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Iowa
(3)
| colspan=2 | Iowa admitted to the Union December 28, 1846
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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| Louisiana
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Alexander Barrow (W)
| Died December 29, 1846
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Pierre Soulé (D)
| Elected January 21, 1847
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| Virginia
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Isaac S. Pennybacker (D)
| Died January 12, 1847
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | James M. Mason (D)
| Elected January 21, 1847
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House of RepresentativesEdit
- Replacements: 12
- Democrats (D): 1 seat net gain
- Whigs (W): 1 seat net loss
- Deaths: 5
- Resignations: 6
- Contested election: 1
- Seats of newly admitted states: 4
- Total seats with changes: 17
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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Florida admitted to the Union at end of previous congress | Template:Party shading/Whig | Edward C. Cabell (W) | Seated October 6, 1845 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Washington Poe declined the seat | Template:Party shading/Democratic | George W. Towns (D) | Seated January 5, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Texas admitted into the Union December 29, 1845, and seat remained vacant until March 30, 1846 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | David S. Kaufman (D) | Seated March 30, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Texas admitted into the Union December 29, 1845, and seat remained vacant until March 30, 1846 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Timothy Pilsbury (D) | Seated March 30, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Samuel G. Wright (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 30, 1845 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | George Sykes (D) | Seated November 4, 1845 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | John Slidell (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 10, 1845, after being appointed Minister to Mexico, but government refused to accept him | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Emile La Sére (D) | Seated January 29, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Joseph H. Peyton (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 11, 1845 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Edwin H. Ewing (W) | Seated January 2, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William Taylor (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 17, 1846 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | James McDowell (D) | Seated March 6, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Edward C. Cabell (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election January 24, 1846 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William H. Brockenbrough (D) | Seated January 24, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Jefferson Davis (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in June, 1846 in order to take part in the Mexican War | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Henry T. Ellett (D) | Seated January 26, 1847 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Richard P. Herrick (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 20, 1846 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Thomas C. Ripley (W) | Seated December 17, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Archibald Yell (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1846, in order to take part in the Mexican War | Template:Party shading/Whig | Thomas W. Newton (W) | Seated February 6, 1847 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Sterling Price (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 12, 1846, in order to take part in the Mexican War | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William McDaniel (D) | Seated December 7, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William L. Yancey (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 1, 1846 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | James L. Cottrell (D) | Seated December 7, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Felix G. McConnell (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 10, 1846 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Franklin W. Bowdon (D) | Seated December 7, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Augustus C. Dodge (D) | colspan=3 style="font-size:80%" | Territory was dissolved after Iowa was admitted to the Union December 28, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Iowa admitted into the Union December 28, 1846 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | S. Clinton Hastings (D) | Seated December 28, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Iowa admitted into the Union December 28, 1846 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Shepherd Leffler (D) | Seated December 28, 1846 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Edward D. Baker (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 15, 1847, in order to take part in the Mexican War | Template:Party shading/Whig | John Henry (W) | Seated February 5, 1847 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1847, at close of congress after being elected to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |}
CommitteesEdit
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
SenateEdit
- Agriculture (Chairman: Daniel Sturgeon)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Jesse Speight)
- Charges of Corruption Contained in the Daily Times (Select)
- Claims (Chairman: Isaac S. Pennybacker)
- Commerce (Chairman: William Haywood then John Adams Dix)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: William Haywood then Simon Cameron)
- Finance (Chairman: John C. Calhoun then Dixon H. Lewis)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: William Allen then Ambrose H. Sevier)
- French Spoilations (Select) (Chairman: Daniel Webster)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Ambrose H. Sevier then Arthur P. Bagby)
- International Copyright Law (Select) (Chairman: Lewis Cass)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Chester Ashley)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Daniel S. Dickinson)
- Memorial on W.T.G. Morton (Select)
- Memphis Convention (Select) (Chairman: John C. Calhoun)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas H. Benton)
- Militia (Chairman: David R. Atchison)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: John Fairfield)
- Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
- Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Simon Cameron then Walter Colquitt)
- Pensions (Chairman: Henry Johnson)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John M. Niles)
- Printing (Chairman: Charles G. Atherton)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: David Levy Yulee)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Simon Cameron)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Sidney Breese)
- Retrenchment (Chairman: Dixon H. Lewis)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Thomas Clayton)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Edward A. Hannegan)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Territories (Chairman: James Westcott)
- Smithsonian Institution (Select) (Chairman: John Adams Dix)
- Whole
House of RepresentativesEdit
- Accounts (Chairman: Daniel P. King)
- Agriculture (Chairman: Joseph H. Anderson)
- Claims (Chairman: John Reeves Jones Daniel)
- Commerce (Chairman: Robert McClelland)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Robert M.T. Hunter)
- Elections (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin)
- Engraving (Chairman: Jacob S. Yost)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John F. Collin)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: John H. Harmanson)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Stephen Strong)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: John F. Scammon)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Owen D. Leib)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Orlando B. Ficklin)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Charles J. Ingersoll)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: John A. McClernand)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Preston King)
- Judiciary (Chairman: George O. Rathbun)
- Manufactures (Chairman: John Quincy Adams)
- Mileage (Chairman: John P. Martin)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Hugh A. Haralson)
- Militia (Chairman: James A. Black)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Isaac E. Holmes)
- Patents (Chairman: Thomas J. Henley)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George W. Hopkins)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: James B. Bowlin)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Orlando B. Ficklin)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: Robert P. Dunlap)
- Public Lands (Chairman: John A. McClernand)
- Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Cullen Sawtelle)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Joseph Johnson)
- Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: Richard Brodhead)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Robert Smith)
- Rules (Select)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: Stephen A. Douglas)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: James I. McKay)
- Whole
Joint committeesEdit
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. Jesse D. Bright)
- The Library (Chairman: N/A)
- Printing (Chairman: N/A)
- Smithsonian Bequest
EmployeesEdit
SenateEdit
- Chaplain: Septimus Tustin (Presbyterian), until December 16, 1846
- Henry Slicer (Methodist), elected December 16, 1846
- Secretary: Asbury Dickins
- Sergeant at Arms: Edward Dyer, died September 8, 1845
- Robert Beale, elected December 9, 1845
House of RepresentativesEdit
- Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodist), elected December 3, 1845
- William T.S. Sprole (Presbyterian), elected December 7, 1846
- Clerk: Benjamin B. French
- Doorkeeper: Cornelius C. Whitney, elected December 3, 1845
- Postmaster: John M. Johnson
- Reading Clerks: Template:Dm
- Sergeant at Arms: Newton Lane
See alsoEdit
- 1844 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1846 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Statutes at Large, 1789–1875
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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