Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 30th 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, 1847, to March 4, 1849, during the last two years of the administration of President James K. Polk. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1840 United States census. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Whig majority. It was the only Congress in which Abraham Lincoln served. Template:TOClimit
Major eventsEdit
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- July 1, 1847: United States issued its first postage stamps
- January 24, 1848: Gold found at Sutter's Mill, beginning the California Gold Rush
- January 31, 1848: Washington Monument established
- May 29, 1848: Wisconsin is granted statehood, becoming the 30th state
- February 23, 1848: Former President John Quincy Adams, now a Congressman representing Massachusetts, dies in the Speaker's office after suffering a stroke in the House Chambers.
- July 19, 1848: Seneca Falls Convention
- November 7, 1848: U.S. presidential election, 1848: Whig Zachary Taylor defeated Lewis Cass in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day.
- 1846–1848: Mexican–American War
Major legislationEdit
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- March 3, 1849: United States Department of the Interior established, sess. 2, ch. 108, Template:USStat
- March 3, 1849: Gold Coinage Act, sess. 2, ch. 109, Template:USStat
TreatyEdit
- February 2, 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed, ending the Mexican–American War and ceding to the United States virtually all of what is today the southwest United States.
States admitted and territories establishedEdit
- May 29, 1848: Wisconsin admitted as the 30th U.S. state, sess. 1, ch. 50, Template:USStat
- August 14, 1848: Oregon Territory was formed from territory ceded by Great Britain, sess. 1, ch. 177, Template:USStat
- March 3, 1849: Minnesota Territory formed from the Wisconsin Territory, sess. 2, ch. 121, Template:USStat
Party summaryEdit
SenateEdit
During this congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of Wisconsin.
Template:US Congress party summary
House of RepresentativesEdit
During this congress, two House seats were added for the new state of Wisconsin.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | style="background color:Template:Party color" | | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | |||
| American | Democratic | Independent Democratic |
Independent | Whig | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress | 12 | Template:Party shading/Democratic| 137 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 226 | 2 |
| Begin | 1 | 107 | 2 | 1 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Whig | 116 | 227 | 1 |
| April 27, 1847 | 106 | 226 | 2 | ||||
| December 6, 1847 | 108 | 228 | 0 | ||||
| January 16, 1848 | Template:Party shading/Whig | 115 | 227 | 1 | ||||
| February 23, 1848 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whig | 114 | 226 | 2 | ||||
| March 6, 1848 | 109 | 227 | 1 | ||||
| March 8, 1848 | 113 | 226 | 2 | ||||
| April 3, 1848 | 108 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Whig | 114 | 226 | 2 | |||
| April 19, 1848 | 107 | 225 | 3 | ||||
| May 29, 1848 | 225 | 5 | |||||
| June 8, 1848 | 109 | 227 | 3 | ||||
| June 12, 1848 | 110 | 114 | 228 | 2 | |||
| November 22, 1848 | 109 | Template:Party shading/Whig | 114 | 227 | 3 | |||
| December 4, 1848 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whig | 116 | 229 | 1 | ||||
| February 12, 1849 | 110 | 230 | 0 | ||||
| Final voting share | .5% | 48% | 1% | .5% | Template:Party shading/Whig | 50.5% | ||
| Beginning of the next Congress | 1 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | 113 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 221 | 1 |
LeadershipEdit
George M. Dallas
SenateEdit
House of RepresentativesEdit
MembersEdit
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district.
SenateEdit
Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break
AlabamaEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. Dixon H. Lewis (D), until October 25, 1848
- Template:Party stripeBenjamin Fitzpatrick (D), from November 25, 1848
- Template:Party stripe3. Arthur P. Bagby (D), until June 16, 1848
- Template:Party stripeWilliam R. King (D), from July 1, 1848
ArkansasEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. Chester Ashley (D), until April 29, 1848
- Template:Party stripeWilliam K. Sebastian (D), from May 12, 1848
- Template:Party stripe3. Ambrose H. Sevier (D), until March 15, 1848
- Template:Party stripeSolon Borland (D), from March 30, 1848
ConnecticutEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Jabez W. Huntington (W), until November 1, 1847
- Template:Party stripeRoger S. Baldwin (W), from November 11, 1847
- Template:Party stripe3. John M. Niles (D)
DelawareEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. John M. Clayton (W), until February 23, 1849
- Template:Party stripeJohn Wales (W), from February 23, 1849
- Template:Party stripe2. Presley Spruance (W)
FloridaEdit
GeorgiaEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. John Macpherson Berrien (W)
- Template:Party stripe3. Walter T. Colquitt (D), until February 4, 1848
- Template:Party stripeHerschel V. Johnson (D), from February 4, 1848
IllinoisEdit
IndianaEdit
IowaEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. George Wallace Jones (D), from December 7, 1848
- Template:Party stripe3. Augustus C. Dodge (D), from December 7, 1848
KentuckyEdit
- Template:Party stripe2. Joseph R. Underwood (W)
- Template:Party stripe3. John J. Crittenden (W), until June 12, 1848
- Template:Party stripeThomas Metcalfe (W), from June 23, 1848
LouisianaEdit
MaineEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. John Fairfield (D), until December 24, 1847
- Template:Party stripeWyman B. S. Moor (D), January 5, 1848 – June 7, 1848
- Template:Party stripeHannibal Hamlin (D), from June 7, 1848
- Template:Party stripe2. James W. Bradbury (D)
MarylandEdit
MassachusettsEdit
MichiganEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Lewis Cass (D), until May 29, 1848
- Template:Party stripeThomas Fitzgerald (D), from June 8, 1848
- Template:Party stripe2. Alpheus Felch (D)
MississippiEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Jesse Speight (D), until May 1, 1847
- Template:Party stripeJefferson Davis (D), from August 10, 1847
- Template:Party stripe2. Henry S. Foote (D)
MissouriEdit
New HampshireEdit
New JerseyEdit
New YorkEdit
North CarolinaEdit
OhioEdit
PennsylvaniaEdit
Rhode IslandEdit
South CarolinaEdit
TennesseeEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Hopkins L. Turney (D)
- Template:Party stripe2. John Bell (W), from November 22, 1847
TexasEdit
VermontEdit
VirginiaEdit
WisconsinEdit
- Template:Party stripe1. Henry Dodge (D), from June 8, 1848 (newly admitted state)
- Template:Party stripe3. Isaac P. Walker (D), from June 8, 1848 (newly admitted state)
David R. Atchison
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. John Gayle (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry W. Hilliard (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sampson W. Harris (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel W. Inge (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George S. Houston (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Williamson R. W. Cobb (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Franklin W. Bowdon (D)
ArkansasEdit
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
GeorgiaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Butler King (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred Iverson Sr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Jones (W)
- 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 (ID)
- 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. William A. Richardson (D), from December 6, 1847
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas J. Turner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham Lincoln (W)
IndianaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elisha Embree (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas J. Henley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John L. Robinson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Caleb B. Smith (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Wick (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George G. Dunn (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard W. Thompson (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Pettit (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles W. Cathcart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William R. Rockhill (D)
IowaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Thompson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Shepherd Leffler (D)
KentuckyEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Linn Boyd (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Beverly L. Clarke (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel O. Peyton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Aylette Buckner (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John B. Thompson (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Green Adams (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. W. Garnett Duncan (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles S. Morehead (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard French (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John P. Gaines (W)
LouisianaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Emile La Sére (D)
- 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. David Hammons (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Asa W. H. Clapp (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hiram Belcher (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Franklin Clark (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ephraim K. Smart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James S. Wiley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hezekiah Williams (D)
MarylandEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Chapman (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. Dixon Roman (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas W. Ligon (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert M. McLane (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Evans (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Crisfield (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. John G. Palfrey (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), until February 23, 1848
- Template:Party stripeHorace Mann (W), from April 3, 1848
- 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. Edward Bradley (D), until August 5, 1847
- Template:Party stripeCharles E. Stuart (D), from December 6, 1847
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Kinsley S. Bingham (D)
MississippiEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob Thompson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Winfield S. Featherston (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Patrick W. Tompkins (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert G. Brown (D)
MissouriEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James B. Bowlin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Jameson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James S. Green (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Willard P. Hall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John S. Phelps (D)
New HampshireEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Amos Tuck (I)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles H. Peaslee (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Wilson (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James H. Johnson (D)
New JerseyEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James G. Hampton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William A. Newell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph E. Edsall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Van Dyke (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dudley S. Gregory (W)
New YorkEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick W. Lord (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry C. Murphy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Nicoll (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William B. Maclay (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick A. Tallmadge (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David S. Jackson (D), until April 19, 1848
- Template:Party stripeHorace Greeley (W), from December 4, 1848
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Nelson (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cornelius Warren (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel B. St. John (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Eliakim Sherrill (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter H. Silvester (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gideon Reynolds (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John I. Slingerland (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Orlando Kellogg (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sidney Lawrence (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh White (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Petrie (ID)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Collins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Mullin (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy Jenkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George A. Starkweather (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ausburn Birdsall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Duer (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Gott (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harmon S. Conger (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William T. Lawrence (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Holley (W), until March 8, 1848
- Template:Party stripeEsbon Blackmar (W), from December 4, 1848
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elias B. Holmes (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert L. Rose (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Rumsey Jr. (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dudley Marvin (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathan K. Hall (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harvey Putnam (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Washington Hunt (W)
North CarolinaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas L. Clingman (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathaniel Boyden (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel M. Barringer (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustine H. Shepperd (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham W. Venable (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John R. J. Daniel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James I. McKay (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard S. Donnell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Outlaw (W)
OhioEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James J. Faran (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Fisher (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert C. Schenck (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard S. Canby (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Sawyer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rodolphus Dickinson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan D. Morris (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John L. Taylor (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas O. Edwards (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Duncan (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John K. Miller (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel F. Vinton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Ritchey (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathan Evans (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Kennon Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John D. Cummins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Fries (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Lahm (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Crowell (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. Charles Brown (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles J. Ingersoll (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Freedley (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Hornbeck (W), until January 16, 1848
- Template:Party stripeSamuel A. Bridges (D), from March 6, 1848
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham R. McIlvaine (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Strohm (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Strong (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Brodhead (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chester P. Butler (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Wilmot (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Pollock (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George N. Eckert (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Nes (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jasper E. Brady (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Blanchard (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Stewart (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Job Mann (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Dickey (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Moses Hampton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Farrelly (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Thompson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Irvin (W)
Rhode IslandEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert B. Cranston (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin B. Thurston (D)
South CarolinaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James A. Black (D), until April 3, 1848
- Template:Party stripeDaniel Wallace (D), from June 12, 1848
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard F. Simpson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph A. Woodward (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander D. Sims (D), until November 22, 1848
- Template:Party stripeJohn McQueen (D), from February 12, 1849
- 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. Hugh L. W. Hill (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James H. Thomas (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Meredith P. Gentry (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Washington Barrow (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lucien B. Chase (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick P. Stanton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William T. Haskell (W)
TexasEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David S. Kaufman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy Pilsbury (D)
VermontEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Henry (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob Collamer (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George P. Marsh (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lucius B. Peck (D)
VirginiaEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Archibald Atkinson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Dromgoole (D), until April 27, 1847
- Template:Party stripeRichard K. Meade (D), from August 5, 1847
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas S. Flournoy (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas S. Bocock (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William L. Goggin (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Botts (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. Bayly (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard L. T. Beale (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John S. Pendleton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Bedinger (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James McDowell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William B. Preston (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew S. Fulton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert A. Thompson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William G. Brown Sr. (D)
WisconsinEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William P. Lynde (D), from June 8, 1848 (newly admitted state)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mason C. Darling (D), from June 8, 1848 (newly admitted state)
Non-voting membersEdit
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Tweedy (W), until May 29, 1848
- Template:0Henry H. Sibley, from October 30, 1848
Robert C. Winthrop
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Changes in membershipEdit
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
SenateEdit
- Replacements: 11
- Democrats (D): 4 seat net gain
- Whigs (W): no net change
- Deaths: 5
- Resignations: 6
- Interim appointments: 7
- Seats of newly admitted states: 4
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| Tennessee
(2)
| Vacant
| Failure to elect.
Successor elected November 22, 1847.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John Bell (W)
| Elected November 22, 1847.
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| Iowa
(2)
| Vacant
| Iowa had been admitted to the Union December 28, 1846, but the legislature failed to elect due to a three-way split that prevented any candidate from earning the required number of 30 legislators' votes.<ref name=clark>Template:Cite book</ref>
First Senator elected December 7, 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | George Wallace Jones (D)
| Elected December 7, 1848.
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| Iowa
(3)
| Vacant
| Iowa had been admitted to the Union December 28, 1846, but the legislature failed to elect due to a three-way split that prevented any candidate from earning the required number of 30 legislators' votes.<ref name=clark/>
First Senator elected December 7, 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Augustus C. Dodge (D)
| Elected December 7, 1848.
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| Mississippi
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Jesse Speight (D)
| Incumbent died May 1, 1847.
Successor appointed August 10, 1847, and then elected January 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Jefferson Davis (D)
| Appointed December 5, 1847.
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| Connecticut
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Jabez W. Huntington (W)
| Incumbent died November 1, 1847.
Successor appointed November 11, 1847, and then elected May 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Roger S. Baldwin (W)
| Appointed December 5, 1847.
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| Maine
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | John Fairfield (D)
| Incumbent died December 24, 1847.
Successor appointed January 5, 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Wyman B. S. Moor (D)
| Appointed January 5, 1848.
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| Georgia
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Walter T. Colquitt (D)
| Incumbent resigned February 4, 1848.
Successor appointed February 4, 1848, to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Herschel V. Johnson (D)
| Appointed February 4, 1848.
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| Arkansas
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Ambrose H. Sevier (D)
| Incumbent resigned March 15, 1848.
Successor appointed March 30, 1848, to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Solon Borland (D)
| Appointed March 30, 1848.
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| Arkansas
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Chester Ashley (D)
| Incumbent died April 29, 1848.
Successor appointed May 12, 1848, and elected sometime thereafter.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | William K. Sebastian (D)
| Elected May 12, 1848.
|-
| Wisconsin
(1)
| colspan=2 | Wisconsin admitted to the Union May 29, 1848.
First Senator elected June 8, 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Henry Dodge (D)
| Elected June 8, 1848.
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| Wisconsin
(3)
| colspan=2 | Wisconsin admitted to the Union May 29, 1848.
First Senator elected June 8, 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Isaac P. Walker (D)
| Elected June 8, 1848.
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| Michigan
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Lewis Cass (D)
| Incumbent resigned May 29, 1848, to run for U.S. President.
Successor appointed June 8, 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Thomas Fitzgerald (D)
| Elected June 8, 1848.
|-
| Maine
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Wyman B. S. Moor (D)
| Interim appointee retired when successor elected June 7, 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Hannibal Hamlin (D)
| Elected June 7, 1848.
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| Kentucky
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John J. Crittenden (W)
| Incumbent resigned June 12, 1848, to run for Governor of Kentucky.
Successor appointed June 23, 1848, and elected sometime thereafter.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Thomas Metcalfe (W)
| Elected June 23, 1848.
|-
| Alabama
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Arthur P. Bagby (D)
| Incumbent resigned June 16, 1848, to become U.S. Minister to Russia.
Successor elected July 1, 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | William R. King (D)
| Elected July 1, 1848.
|-
| Alabama
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Dixon H. Lewis (D)
| Incumbent died October 25, 1848.
Successor elected November 25, 1848.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D)
| Elected November 25, 1848.
|-
| Delaware
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John M. Clayton (W)
| Incumbent resigned February 23, 1849, to become U.S. Secretary of State.
Successor elected February 23, 1849.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John Wales (W)
| Elected February 23, 1849.
|}
House of RepresentativesEdit
- Replacements: 10
- Democrats (D): no net change
- Whigs (W): no net change
- Deaths: 7
- Resignations: 0
- Contested election: 1
- Seats of newly admitted states: 2
- Total seats with changes: 12
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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Representative Stephen A. Douglas resigned at end of previous congress. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William A. Richardson (D) | Seated December 6, 1847
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | George Dromgoole (D) | Incumbent died April 27, 1847. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Richard K. Meade (D) | Seated August 5, 1847
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Edward Bradley (D) | Incumbent died August 5, 1847. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Charles E. Stuart (D) | Seated December 6, 1847
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | John W. Hornbeck (W) | Incumbent died January 16, 1848. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Samuel A. Bridges (D) | Seated March 6, 1848
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | John Quincy Adams (W) | Incumbent died February 23, 1848. | Template:Party shading/Whig | Horace Mann (W) | Seated April 3, 1848
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | John M. Holley (W) | Incumbent died March 8, 1848. | Template:Party shading/Whig | Esbon Blackmar (W) | Seated December 4, 1848
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | James A. Black (D) | Incumbent died April 3, 1848. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Daniel Wallace (D) | Seated June 12, 1848
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | David S. Jackson (D) | James Monroe contested seat after which the House declared the seat vacant April 19, 1848. | Template:Party shading/Whig | Horace Greeley (W) | Seated December 4, 1848
|- | Template:Ushr | colspan=2 | Wisconsin admitted into the Union May 29, 1848, and seat remained vacant until June 8, 1848. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | William P. Lynde (D) | Seated June 8, 1848
|- | Template:Ushr | colspan=2 | Wisconsin admitted into the Union May 29, 1848, and seat remained vacant until June 8, 1848. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Mason C. Darling (D) | Seated June 8, 1848
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | John H. Tweedy (W) | Incumbent was disqualified May 29, 1848, after the portion of territory he resided in achieved statehood. | Henry H. Sibley | Seated October 30, 1848
|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Alexander D. Sims (D) | Incumbent died November 22, 1848. | Template:Party shading/Democratic | John McQueen (D) | Seated February 12, 1849
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CommitteesEdit
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
SenateEdit
- Agriculture (Chairman: Daniel Sturgeon)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Alpheus Felch then Isaac P. Walker)
- Claims (Chairman: Moses Norris Jr.)
- Commerce (Chairman: John Adams Dix)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Herschel V. Johnson)
- Expedition of John C. Fremont (Select)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Thomas J. Rusk)
- Finance (Chairman: Charles G. Atherton)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: Ambrose H. Sevier then Edward A. Hannegan then Thomas Hart Benton)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: David R. Atchison)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Andrew P. Butler)
- Library (Chairman: James A. Pearce)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Daniel S. Dickinson)
- Memorial of Certain Cherokee Claimants (Select)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Lewis Cass then Thomas Hart Benton)
- Militia (Chairman: Thomas J. Rusk)
- Monuments to Deceased Senators (Select)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: David Levy Yulee)
- Oregon Railroad (Select)
- Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
- Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: James D. Westcott)
- Pensions (Chairman: Henry Johnson)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John M. Niles)
- Printing (Chairman: Simon Cameron)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Solomon W. Downs)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Robert M.T. Hunter)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Sidney Breese then Alpheus Felch)
- Retired List for the Army and the Navy (Select)
- Retrenchment (Chairman: Hopkins L. Turney)
- Seventh Census (Select)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Jesse D. Bright)
- Rivers and Harbors Convention in Chicago (Select)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Edward A. Hannegan)
- Tariff Bill of 1828 (Special)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Territories (Chairman: Stephen A. Douglas)
- Whole
House of RepresentativesEdit
- Accounts (Chairman: Daniel P. King)
- Agriculture (Chairman: Hugh White)
- Claims (Chairman: Joseph R. Ingersoll)
- Commerce (Chairman: Washington Hunt)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: John G. Chapman)
- Elections (Chairman: Richard W. Thompson)
- Engraving (Chairman: Lewis Charles Levin)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: James G. Hampton)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Patrick W. Tompkins)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: James Wilson)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Daniel M. Barringer)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph M. Root)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John H. Crozier)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Edward Carrington Cabell)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: John A. McClernand)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Daniel M. Barringer)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Andrew S. Fulton)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Joseph R. Ingersoll)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Andrew Stewart)
- Mileage (Chairman: Hiram Belcher)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: John M. Botts)
- Militia (Chairman: John B. Thompson)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Butler King)
- Patents (Chairman: John W. Farrelly)
- Printing (Chairman: Harmon S. Conger)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: John Gayle)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William L. Goggin)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John W. Houston)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: Thomas L. Clingman)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Jacob Collamer)
- Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Henry Nes)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Daniel P. King)
- Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: William M. Cocke)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Robert C. Schenck)
- Rules (Select)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: Caleb B. Smith)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Samuel F. Vinton)
- Whole
Joint committeesEdit
EmployeesEdit
SenateEdit
House of RepresentativesEdit
- Chaplain: William T.S. Sprole (Presbyterian), until December 6, 1847
- Ralph Gurley (Presbyterian), elected December 6, 1847
- Clerk: Benjamin B. French, until December 8, 1847
- Thomas J. Campbell, elected December 8, 1847
- Doorkeeper: Robert E. Horner, elected December 8, 1847
- Postmaster: John M. Johnson
- Reading Clerks: Template:Dm
- Sergeant at Arms: Newton Lane, until December 8, 1847
- Nathan Sergeant, elected December 8, 1847
See alsoEdit
- 1846 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1848 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)