26th United States Congress - political parties

The Twenty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1839 to March 3 1841, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Martin Van Buren.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

:"Main article: 26th United States Congress":"See also: 26th United States Congress - State Delegations":"See also: United States House elections, 1838"

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1839 - March 3 1841
*First session: December 2 1839 - July 21 1840
*Second session: December 7 1840 - March 3 1841 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "25th Congress"
Next congress: "27th Congress"

Party summary

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Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

=Democratic=

:A-F
* William Allen (1803-1879), "Ohio"
* Alexander O. Anderson (1794-1869), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy January 27 1840.
* Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), "Missouri"
* Bedford Brown (1795-1870), "North Carolina" …resigned November 16 1840.
* James Buchanan (1791-1868), "Pennsylvania"
* John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), "South Carolina"
* Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), "Alabama"
* Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), "Georgia"
* William S. Fulton (1795-1844), "Arkansas" :G-L
* Felix Grundy (1777-1840), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy in class, December 14 1839, died December 19 1840.
* Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), "New Hampshire"
* William R. D. King (1786-1853), "Alabama"
* Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), "Missouri"
* Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), "Georgia" :M-R
* Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), "Louisiana"
* Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), "Louisiana"
* Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), "Tennessee" …appointed to fill vacancy December 25 1840.
* John Norvell (1789-1850), "Michigan"
* Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), "New Hampshire"
* William H. Roane (1787-1845), "Virginia"
* John M. Robinson (1794-1843), "Illinois"
* John Ruggles (1789-1874), "Maine" :S-Z
* Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), "Arkansas"
* Perry Smith (1783-1852), "Connecticut"
* Robert Strange (1796-1854), "North Carolina" …resigned November 16 1840.
* Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 14 1840.
* Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), "Ohio"
* Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), "Mississippi"
* Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), "New Jersey"
* Reuel Williams (1783-1862), "Maine"
* Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), "New York"
* Richard M. Young (1798-1861), "Illinois"

=Whig=

:A-F
* Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy January 13 1841.
* Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), "Delaware" …resigned September 19 1839, elected to fill vacancy January 12 1841.
* Thaddeus Betts (1789-1840), "Connecticut" …died April 7 1840.
* Rufus Choate (1799-1859), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy February 23 1841.
* Henry Clay (1777-1852), "Kentucky"
* Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), "Delaware"
* John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), "Kentucky"
* John Davis (1787-1854), "Massachusetts" …resigned January 5 1841.
* Nathan F. Dixon (1774-1842), "Rhode Island" :G-L
* William A. Graham (1804-1875), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy November 25 1840.
* John Henderson (1797-1857), "Mississippi"
* Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy May 4 1840.
* John L. Kerr (1780-1844), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy January 5 1841.
* Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), "Rhode Island" :M-R
* Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy November 25 1840.
* William D. Merrick (1793-1857), "Maryland"
* Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), "Vermont"
* Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), "Michigan" …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 20 1840.
* Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), "Vermont"
* William C. Preston (1794-1860), "South Carolina"
* William C. Rives (1793-1868), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 18 1841.:S-Z
* Oliver H. Smith (1794-1859), "Indiana"
* Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), "New Jersey"
* John S. Spence (1788-1840), "Maryland" …died October 24 1840.
* Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), "New York"
* Daniel Webster (1782-1852), "Massachusetts" …resigned February 22 1841.
* Albert S. White (1803-1864), "Indiana"
* Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), "Tennessee" …resigned January 13 1840.

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

=Democratic=

:A-B-C
* Judson Allen (1797-1880), "New York"
* Hugh J. Anderson (1801-1881), "Maine"
* Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), "New Hampshire"
* Linn Banks (1784-1842), "Virginia"
* William Beatty (1787-1851), "Pennsylvania"
* Andrew Beirne (1771-1845), "Virginia"
* Julius W. Blackwell (1797c- ), "Tennessee"
* Linn Boyd (1800-1859), "Kentucky"
* David P. Brewster (1801-1876), "New York"
* Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), "Tennessee"
* Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), "Mississippi"
* Edmund Burke (1809-1882), "New Hampshire"
* Sampson H. Butler (1803-1848), "South Carolina"
* William O. Butler (1791-1880), "Kentucky"
* Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), "North Carolina"
* John Campbell ( -1845), "South Carolina"
* John Carr (1793-1845), "Indiana"
* James Carroll (1791-1873), "Maryland"
* Zadok Casey (1796-1862), "Illinois"
* Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), "Alabama"
* Nathan Clifford (1803-1881), "Maine"
* Walter Coles (1790-1857), "Virginia"
* Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), "North Carolina"
* William R. Cooper (1793-1856), "New Jersey" …contested election, seated March 10 1840.
* Robert Craig (1792-1852), "Virginia"
* Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), "Michigan"
* Edward Cross (1798-1887), "Arkansas" :D-E-F
* Amasa Dana (1792-1867), "New York"
* Thomas Davee (1797-1841), "Maine"
* John Davis (1788-1878), "Pennsylvania"
* John W. Davis (1799-1859), "Indiana"
* James De la Montanya (1798-1849), "New York"
* Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862), "New Jersey" …contested election, seated March 10 1840.
* William Doan (1792-1847), "Ohio"
* Andrew W. Doig (1799-1875), "New York"
* George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), "Virginia"
* Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), "Ohio"
* Nehemiah H. Earll (1787-1872), "New York"
* Ira A. Eastman (1809-1881), "New Hampshire"
* John Ely (1774-1849), "New York"
* John Fine (1794-1867), "New York"
* Charles Fisher (1789-1849), "North Carolina"
* Isaac Fletcher (1784-1842), "Vermont"
* John G. Floyd (1806-1881), "New York"
* Joseph Fornance (1804-1852), "Pennsylvania" :G-H-I
* John Galbraith (1794-1860), "Pennsylvania"
* James Gerry (1796-1873), "Pennsylvania"
* John K. Griffin (1789-1841), "South Carolina"
* Robert H. Hammond (1791-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* Augustus C. Hand (1803-1878), "New York"
* Albert G. Harrison (1800-1839), "Missouri" …died September 7 1839.
* John Hastings (1778-1854), "Ohio"
* Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), "North Carolina"
* John Hill (1797-1861), "North Carolina"
* Solomon Hillen, Jr. (1810-1873), "Maryland"
* Joel Holleman (1799-1844), "Virginia" …resigned in 1840.
* Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), "South Carolina"
* Enos Hook (1804-1841), "Pennsylvania"
* Tilghman A. Howard (1797-1844), "Indiana" …resigned August 1 1840.
* David Hubbard (1792-1874), "Alabama" :J-K-L
* Thomas B. Jackson (1797-1881), "New York"
* John Jameson (1802-1857), "Missouri" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12 1839.
* Cave Johnson (1793-1866), "Tennessee"
* Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), "Virginia"
* John W. Jones (1791-1848), "Virginia"
* Nathaniel Jones (1788-1866), "New York"
* George M. Keim (1805-1861), "Pennsylvania"
* Gouverneur Kemble (1786-1875), "New York"
* Joseph Kille (1790-1865), "New Jersey" …contested election, seated March 10 1840.
* Daniel P. Leadbetter (1797-1870), "Ohio"
* Isaac Leet (1801-1844), "Pennsylvania"
* Stephen B. Leonard (1793-1876), "New York"
* Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), "Alabama"
* Joshua A. Lowell (1801-1874), "Maine"
* William Lucas (1800-1877), "Virginia" :M-N-O
* Meredith Mallory ( - ), "New York"
* Albert G. Marchand (1811-1848), "Pennsylvania"
* Abraham McClellan (1789-1866), "Tennessee"
* Charles McClure (1804-1846), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1840.
* George McCulloch (1792-1861), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1839.
* James I. McKay (1793-1853), "North Carolina"
* William Medill (1802-1865), "Ohio"
* John Miller (1781-1846), "Missouri"
* William Montgomery (1789-1844), "North Carolina"
* Samuel W. Morris (1786-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* Peter Newhard (1783-1860), "Pennsylvania" :P-Q-R
* William Parmenter (1789-1866), "Massachusetts"
* Virgil D. Parris (1807-1874), "Maine"
* Isaac Parrish (1804-1860), "Ohio"
* Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863), "Pennsylvania"
* David Petrikin (1788-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), "South Carolina"
* William W. Potter (1792-1839), "Pennsylvania" …died October 28 1839, before Congress assembled.
* John H. Prentiss (1784-1861), "New York"
* William S. Ramsey (1810-1840), "Pennsylvania" …died October 17 1840.
* John Reynolds (1788-1865), "Illinois"
* R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), "South Carolina"
* Francis E. Rives (1792-1861), "Virginia"
* Thomas Robinson, Jr. (1800-1843), "Delaware"
* Edward Rogers (1787-1857), "New York"
* James Rogers (1795-1873), "South Carolina"
* Daniel B. Ryall (1798-1864), "New Jersey" …contested election, seated March 10 1840.:S-T-U-V
* Green B. Samuels (1806-1859), "Virginia"
* Tristram Shaw (1786-1843), "New Hampshire"
* Charles B. Shepard (1808-1843), "North Carolina"
* Albert Smith (1793-1867), "Maine"
* John Smith (1789-1858), "Vermont"
* Thomas Smith (1799-1876), "Indiana"
* David A. Starkweather (1802-1876), "Ohio"
* Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), "Virginia"
* Theron R. Strong (1802-1873), "New York"
* Thomas D. Sumter (1809-1874), "South Carolina"
* Henry Swearingen (1792c-1849), "Ohio"
* George Sweeny (1796-1877), "Ohio"
* Jonathan Taylor (1796-1848), "Ohio"
* Francis Thomas (1799-1876), "Maryland"
* Phillip F. Thomas (1810-1890), "Maryland"
* Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), "Mississippi"
* Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), "Tennessee"
* Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), "New York"
* Peter D. Vroom (1791-1873), "New Jersey" …contested election, seated March 10 1840.:W-X-Y-Z
* David D. Wagener (1792-1860), "Pennsylvania"
* Harvey M. Watterson (1811-1891), "Tennessee"
* John B. Weller (1812-1875), "Ohio"
* William W. Wick (1796-1868), "Indiana"
* Henry Williams (1805-1887), "Massachusetts"
* Jared W. Williams (1796-1864), "New Hampshire"
* John T. H. Worthington (1788-1849), "Maryland"

=Whig=

:A-B-C
* John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), "Massachusetts"
* Julius C. Alford (1799-1863), "Georgia"
* John W. Allen (1802-1887), "Ohio"
* James C. Alvord (1808-1839), "Massachusetts" …died September 27 1839, before Congress assembled.
* Simeon H. Anderson (1802-1840), "Kentucky" …died August 11 1840.
* Landaff W. Andrews (1803-1887), "Kentucky"
* Osmyn Baker (1800-1875), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 14 1840.
* Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), "New York"
* John Bell (1797-1869), "Tennessee"
* Edward J. Black (1806-1846), "Georgia"
* William W. Boardman (1794-1871), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1840.
* William K. Bond (1792-1864), "Ohio"
* John M. Botts (1802-1869), "Virginia"
* Henry M. Brackenridge (1786-1871), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 10 1840.
* George N. Briggs (1796-1861), "Massachusetts"
* John H. Brockway (1801-1870), "Connecticut"
* Anson Brown (1800-1840), "New York" …died June 14 1840.
* William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), "Massachusetts"
* William B. Campbell (1807-1867), "Tennessee"
* William B. Carter (1792-1848), "Tennessee"
* Thomas W. Chinn (1791-1852), "Louisiana"
* Thomas C. Chittenden (1788-1866), "New York"
* John C. Clark (1793-1852), "New York"
* Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), "Georgia" …resigned July 21 1840.
* James Cooper (1810-1863), "Pennsylvania"
* Mark A. Cooper (1800-1885), "Georgia"
* Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), "Ohio" …resigned May 30 1840.
* George W. Crabb (1804-1846), "Alabama"
* Robert B. Cranston (1791-1873), "Rhode Island"
* John W. Crockett (1807-1852), "Tennessee"
* Edward Curtis (1801-1856), "New York"
* Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), "Massachusetts" :D-E-F
* Garrett Davis (1801-1872), "Kentucky"
* William C. Dawson (1798-1856), "Georgia"
* Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), "North Carolina"
* James Dellet (1788-1848), "Alabama"
* John Dennis (1807-1859), "Maryland"
* Nicholas B. Doe (1786-1856), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1840.
* George Evans (1797-1867), "Maine"
* Horace Everett (1779-1851), "Vermont"
* Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), "New York" :G-H-I
* Rice Garland (1795c-1861), "Louisiana" …resigned July 21 1840.
* Seth M. Gates (1800-1877), "New York"
* Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), "Tennessee"
* Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), "Ohio"
* William L. Goggin (1807-1870), "Virginia"
* Patrick G. Goode (1798-1862), "Ohio"
* James Graham (1793-1851), "North Carolina"
* Francis Granger (1792-1868), "New York"
* William J. Graves (1805-1848), "Kentucky"
* Willis Green ( - ), "Kentucky"
* Moses H. Grinnell (1803-1877), "New York"
* Richard W. Habersham (1786-1842), "Georgia"
* Hiland Hall (1795-1885), "Vermont"
* William S. Hastings (1798-1842), "Massachusetts"
* Richard Hawes (1797-1877), "Kentucky"
* John Hill (1800-1880), "Virginia"
* Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1793-1856), "New York"
* Hines Holt (1805-1865), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1 1841.
* Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865), "New York"
* Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), "Virginia" :J-K-L
* Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), "Maryland"
* William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), "Maryland"
* Charles Johnston (1793-1845), "New York"
* Thomas Kempshall (1796c-1865), "New York"
* Thomas Butler King (1800-1864), "Georgia"
* Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), "Indiana" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1840.
* Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), "Massachusetts" …resigned September 18 1840.
* Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), "Massachusetts" :M-N-O
* Francis Mallory (1807-1860), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7 1841.
* Richard P. Marvin (1803-1892), "New York"
* Samson Mason (1793-1869), "Ohio"
* William M. McCarty (1789c-1863), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 26 1839.
* Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), "Virginia" …resigned December 26 1839.
* Charles F. Mitchell (1808c- ), "New York"
* James Monroe (1799-1870), "New York"
* John Moore (1788-1867), "Louisiana" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17 1840.
* Christopher Morgan (1808-1877), "New York"
* Calvary Morris (1798-1871), "Ohio"
* Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1840.
* Charles Naylor (1806-1872), "Pennsylvania"
* Eugenius A. Nisbet (1803-1871), "Georgia"
* Thomas B. Osborne (1798-1869), "Connecticut" :P-Q-R
* Rufus Palen (1807-1844), "New York"
* Luther C. Peck (1800-1876), "New York"
* John Pope (1770-1845), "Kentucky"
* George H. Proffit (1807-1847), "Indiana"
* Benjamin Randall (1789-1859), "Maine"
* Joseph F. Randolph (1803-1873), "New Jersey"
* James Rariden (1795-1856), "Indiana"
* Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), "North Carolina"
* John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), "Massachusetts"
* Joseph Ridgway (1783-1861), "Ohio"
* David A. Russell (1780-1861), "New York" :S-T-U-V
* Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845), "Massachusetts"
* John Sergeant (1779-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* William Simonton (1788-1846), "Pennsylvania"
* William Slade (1786-1859), "Vermont"
* Truman Smith (1791-1884), "Connecticut"
* Edward Stanly (1810-1872), "North Carolina"
* William L. Storrs (1795-1861), "Connecticut" …resigned in June 1840.
* John T. Stuart (1807-1885), "Illinois"
* John Taliaferro (1768-1852), "Virginia"
* John B. Thompson (1810-1874), "Kentucky" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1840.
* Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), "South Carolina"
* Joseph L. Tillinghast (1791-1844), "Rhode Island"
* George W. Toland (1796-1869), "Pennsylvania"
* Philip Triplett (1799-1852), "Kentucky"
* Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), "Connecticut"
* Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), "Kentucky" :W-X-Y-Z
* Peter J. Wagner (1795-1884), "New York"
* Lott Warren (1797-1861), "Georgia"
* Edward D. White (1795-1847), "Louisiana"
* John White (1802-1845), "Kentucky"
* Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), "Tennessee"
* Joseph L. Williams (1810-1865), "Tennessee"
* Lewis Williams (1782-1842), "North Carolina"
* Sherrod Williams (1804- ), "Kentucky"
* Thomas W. Williams (1789-1874), "Connecticut"
* Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1840.
* Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), "Virginia"

Anti-Masonic

:A-Z
* Richard Biddle (1796-1847), "Pennsylvania" …resigned in 1840.
* Edward Davies (1779-1853), "Pennsylvania"
* John Edwards (1786-1843), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas Henry (1779-1849), "Pennsylvania"
* Francis James (1799-1886), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles Ogle (1798-1841), "Pennsylvania"

Virginia Conservative

* James Garland (1791-1885), "Virginia"
* George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), "Virginia"

References

*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =
*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html Statutes at Large, 1789-1875]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsjlink.html Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhjlink.html#anchor2 House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History]
* [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists]