25th United States Congress - political parties

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United States Capitol] The Twenty-fifth 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 1837 to March 3 1839, during the first 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: 25th United States Congress":"See also: 25th United States Congress - State Delegations":"See also: United States House elections, 1836"

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

Dates of sessions

March 4 1837 - March 3 1839
*Special session of the Senate: March 4 1837 – March 10 1837
*First session: September 4 1837 - October 16 1837
*Second session: December 4 1837 - July 9 1838
*Third session: December 3 1838 - March 3 1839 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "24th Congress"
Next congress: "26th 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"
* Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), "Missouri"
* Bedford Brown (1795-1870), "North Carolina"
* James Buchanan (1791-1868), "Pennsylvania"
* John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), "South Carolina"
* Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), "Alabama" …elected to fill vacancy June 19 1837.
* Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), "Georgia"
* William S. Fulton (1795-1844), "Arkansas" :G-L
* Felix Grundy (1777-1840), "Tennessee" …resigned July 4 1838.
* Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), "New Hampshire"
* John P. King (1799-1888), "Georgia" …resigned November 1 1837.
* William R. D. King (1786-1853), "Alabama"
* Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), "Missouri"
* Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy November 22 1837.
* Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), "Michigan" :M-R
* Samuel McKean (1787-1841), "Pennsylvania"
* John McKinley (1780-1852), "Alabama" …resigned April 22 1837.
* Thomas Morris (1776-1844), "Ohio"
* Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), "Louisiana"
* Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), "Louisiana"
* John M. Niles (1787-1856), "Connecticut"
* John Norvell (1789-1850), "Michigan"
* Richard E. Parker (1783-1840), "Virginia" …resigned March 13 1837.
* Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), "New Hampshire"
* William C. Rives (1793-1868), "Virginia"
* William H. Roane (1787-1845), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy March 14 1837.
* 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"
* Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), "New York"
* John Tipton (1786-1839), "Indiana"
* James F. Trotter (1802-1866), "Mississippi" …elected to fill vacancy January 22 1838, resigned July 10 1838.
* Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), "Mississippi"
* Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), "New Jersey"
* Reuel Williams (1783-1862), "Maine" …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress February 22 1837.
* Thomas H. Williams (1801-1851), "Mississippi" …appointed to fill vacancy November 12 1838, subsequently elected.
* Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), "New York"
* Richard M. Young (1798-1861), "Illinois"

=Whig=

:A-F
* Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), "Delaware"
* John Black ( -1854), "Mississippi" …resigned January 22 1838.
* Henry Clay (1777-1852), "Kentucky"
* Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), "Delaware"
* John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), "Kentucky"
* John Davis (1787-1854), "Massachusetts"
* Ephraim H. Foster (1794-1854), "Tennessee" …appointed to fill vacancy September 17 1838, subsequently elected, resigned March 3 1839.:G-L
* Joseph Kent (1779-1837), "Maryland" …died November 24 1837.
* Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), "Rhode Island" :M-R
* William D. Merrick (1793-1857), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy January 4 1838.
* Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), "Vermont"
* William C. Preston (1794-1860), "South Carolina"
* Asher Robbins (1757-1845), "Rhode Island" :S-Z
* Oliver H. Smith (1794-1859), "Indiana"
* Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), "New Jersey"
* John S. Spence (1788-1840), "Maryland"
* Benjamin Swift (1781-1847), "Vermont"
* Daniel Webster (1782-1852), "Massachusetts"
* Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), "Tennessee"

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
* Hugh J. Anderson (1801-1881), "Maine"
* John T. Andrews (1803-1894), "New York"
* Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), "New Hampshire"
* Linn Banks (1784-1842), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 19 1838.
* William Beatty (1787-1851), "Pennsylvania"
* Cyrus Beers (1786-1850), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.
* Andrew Beirne (1771-1845), "Virginia"
* Bennet Bicknell (1781-1841), "New York"
* Samuel Birdsall (1791-1872), "New York"
* Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), "Indiana"
* Nathaniel B. Borden (1801-1865), "Massachusetts"
* James W. Bouldin (1792-1854), "Virginia"
* John C. Brodhead (1780-1859), "New York"
* Isaac H. Bronson (1802-1855), "New York"
* Andrew D. W. Bruyn (1790-1838), "New York" …died July 27 1838.
* Andrew Buchanan (1780-1848), "Pennsylvania"
* Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), "North Carolina"
* Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), "New York"
* Timothy J. Carter (1800-1838), "Maine" …died March 14 1838.
* Zadok Casey (1796-1862), "Illinois"
* John Chaney (1790-1881), "Ohio"
* Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), "Alabama"
* Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838), "Maine" …died February 24 1838.
* John F. H. Claiborne (1809-1884), "Mississippi" …contested election, served until February 5 1838.
* John C. Clark (1793-1852), "New York"
* Jesse F. Cleveland (1804-1841), "Georgia"
* Walter Coles (1790-1857), "Virginia"
* Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), "North Carolina"
* Robert Craig (1792-1852), "Virginia"
* Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), "Michigan"
* Samuel Cushman (1783-1851), "New Hampshire" :D-E-F
* Thomas Davee (1797-1841), "Maine"
* John I. De Graff (1783-1848), "New York"
* George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), "Virginia"
* Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), "Ohio"
* John Edwards (1781-1850), "New York"
* John Fairfield (1797-1847), "Maine" …resigned December 24 1838.
* James Farrington (1791-1859), "New Hampshire"
* Isaac Fletcher (1784-1842), "Vermont"
* Henry A. Foster (1800-1889), "New York"
* Jacob Fry, Jr. (1802-1866), "Pennsylvania" :G-H-I
* Albert Gallup (1796-1851), "New York"
* James Garland (1791-1885), "Virginia"
* Samuel J. Gholson (1808-1883), "Mississippi" …contested election, served until February 5 1838.
* Thomas Glascock (1790-1841), "Georgia"
* Abraham P. Grant (1804-1871), "New York"
* Seaton Grantland (1782-1864), "Georgia"
* Hiram Gray (1801-1890), "New York"
* Elisha Haley (1776-1860), "Connecticut"
* Thomas L. Hamer (1800-1846), "Ohio"
* Robert H. Hammond (1791-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* Francis J. Harper (1800-1837), "Pennsylvania" …died March 18 1837, before Congress assembled.
* Albert G. Harrison (1800-1839), "Missouri"
* Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), "North Carolina"
* Charles E. Haynes (1784-1841), "Georgia"
* Hopkins Holsey (1779-1859), "Georgia"
* Orrin Holt (1792-1855), "Connecticut"
* George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), "Virginia"
* Benjamin C. Howard (1791-1872), "Maryland"
* Edward B. Hubley (1792-1856), "Pennsylvania"
* William H. Hunter ( -1842), "Ohio"
* Samuel Ingham (1793-1881), "Connecticut" :J-K-L
* Jabez Y. Jackson (1790- ), "Georgia"
* Thomas B. Jackson (1797-1881), "New York"
* Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), "Virginia"
* John W. Jones (1791-1848), "Virginia"
* Nathaniel Jones (1788-1866), "New York"
* George M. Keim (1805-1861), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 17 1838.
* Gouverneur Kemble (1786-1875), "New York"
* Daniel Kilgore (1793-1851), "Ohio" …resigned July 4 1838.
* John J. Klingensmith, Jr. (1786-1854), "Pennsylvania"
* Daniel P. Leadbetter (1797-1870), "Ohio"
* Hugh S. Legaré (1797-1843), "South Carolina"
* Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), "Alabama"
* Henry Logan (1784-1866), "Pennsylvania"
* Arphaxed Loomis (1798-1885), "New York" :M-N-O
* Joshua L. Martin (1799-1856), "Alabama"
* James M. Mason (1798-1871), "Virginia"
* William L. May (1793c-1849), "Illinois"
* Abraham McClellan (1789-1866), "Tennessee"
* Robert McClellan (1806-1860), "New York"
* Charles McClure (1804-1846), "Pennsylvania"
* James I. McKay (1793-1853), "North Carolina"
* Isaac McKim (1775-1838), "Maryland" …died April 1 1838.
* John Miller (1781-1846), "Missouri"
* William Montgomery (1789-1844), "North Carolina"
* Ely Moore (1798-1860), "New York"
* William S. Morgan (1801-1878), "Virginia"
* Samuel W. Morris (1786-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), "Pennsylvania" …resigned February 9 1838.
* John L. Murray (1806-1842), "Kentucky"
* William H. Noble (1788-1850), "New York"
* George W. Owens (1786-1856), "Georgia" :P-Q-R
* John Palmer (1785-1840), "New York"
* Amasa J. Parker (1807-1890), "New York"
* William Parmenter (1789-1866), "Massachusetts"
* Virgil D. Parris (1807-1874), "Maine" …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 29 1838.
* John M. Patton (1797-1858), "Virginia" …resigned in 1838.
* Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863), "Pennsylvania"
* Isaac S. Pennybacker (1805-1847), "Virginia"
* David Petrikin (1788-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* Lancelot Phelps (1784-1866), "Connecticut"
* Arnold Plumer (1801-1869), "Pennsylvania"
* James K. Polk (1795-1849), "Tennessee"
* William W. Potter (1792-1839), "Pennsylvania"
* Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), "New York"
* John H. Prentiss (1784-1861), "New York"
* Luther Reily (1794-1854), "Pennsylvania"
* John P. Richardson (1801-1864), "South Carolina"
* Eleazar W. Ripley (1782-1839), "Louisiana" …never qualified
* Francis E. Rives (1792-1861), "Virginia" :S-T-U-V
* Daniel Sheffer (1783-1880), "Pennsylvania"
* Matthias Shepler (1790-1863), "Ohio"
* Francis O. J. Smith (1806-1876), "Maine"
* Adam W. Snyder (1799-1842), "Illinois"
* James B. Spencer (1781-1848), "New York"
* Archibald Stuart (1795-1855), "Virginia"
* Henry Swearingen (1792c-1849), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.
* William Taylor (1791-1865), "New York"
* Francis Thomas (1799-1876), "Maryland"
* Obadiah Titus (1789-1854), "New York"
* Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), "Connecticut"
* George W. B. Towns (1801-1854), "Georgia"
* Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), "Tennessee"
* Henry Vail (1782-1853), "New York"
* Abraham Vanderveer (1781-1839), "New York" :W-X-Y-Z
* David D. Wagener (1792-1860), "Pennsylvania"
* Taylor Webster (1800-1876), "Ohio"
* Joseph Weeks (1773-1845), "New Hampshire"
* Thomas T. Whittlesey (1798-1868), "Connecticut"
* Jared W. Williams (1796-1864), "New Hampshire"
* John T. H. Worthington (1788-1849), "Maryland"
* Archibald Yell (1797-1847), "Arkansas"

=Whig=

:A-B-C
* John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), "Massachusetts"
* James Alexander, Jr. (1789-1846), "Ohio"
* Heman Allen (1777-1844), "Vermont"
* John W. Allen (1802-1887), "Ohio"
* John B. Aycrigg (1798-1856), "New Jersey"
* John Bell (1797-1869), "Tennessee"
* William K. Bond (1792-1864), "Ohio"
* George N. Briggs (1796-1861), "Massachusetts"
* John Calhoon (1797- ), "Kentucky"
* William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), "Massachusetts"
* William B. Campbell (1807-1867), "Tennessee"
* William B. Carter (1792-1848), "Tennessee"
* John Chambers (1780-1852), "Kentucky"
* Richard Cheatham (1799-1845), "Tennessee"
* Timothy Childs (1785-1847), "New York"
* Charles D. Coffin (1805-1880), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 20 1837.
* Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), "Ohio"
* George W. Crabb (1804-1846), "Alabama" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.
* 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
* William C. Dawson (1798-1856), "Georgia"
* Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), "North Carolina"
* John Dennis (1807-1859), "Maryland"
* George H. Dunn (1794-1854), "Indiana"
* George Evans (1797-1867), "Maine"
* Horace Everett (1779-1851), "Vermont"
* John Ewing (1789-1858), "Indiana"
* Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), "New York"
* Richard Fletcher (1788-1869), "Massachusetts" :G-H-I
* Rice Garland (1795c-1861), "Louisiana"
* Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), "Ohio" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.
* Patrick G. Goode (1798-1862), "Ohio"
* James Graham (1793-1851), "North Carolina"
* William Graham (1782-1858), "Indiana"
* William J. Graves (1805-1848), "Kentucky"
* George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), "Massachusetts"
* Hiland Hall (1795-1885), "Vermont"
* William Halstead (1794-1878), "New Jersey"
* James Harlan (1800-1863), "Kentucky"
* Alexander Harper (1786-1860), "Ohio"
* William S. Hastings (1798-1842), "Massachusetts"
* Richard Hawes (1797-1877), "Kentucky"
* William Herod (1801-1871), "Indiana"
* Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1793-1856), "New York"
* Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), "Virginia" :J-K-L
* Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), "Maryland"
* Henry Johnson (1783-1864), "Louisiana"
* William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), "Maryland"
* John P. Kennedy (1795-1870), "Maryland" …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 30 1838.
* Joab Lawler (1796-1838), "Alabama" …died May 8 1838.
* Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), "Massachusetts"
* Andrew W. Loomis (1797-1873), "Ohio" …resigned October 20 1837.
* Francis S. Lyon (1800-1882), "Alabama" :M-N-O
* Francis Mallory (1807-1860), "Virginia"
* Richard P. Marvin (1803-1892), "New York"
* Samson Mason (1793-1869), "Ohio"
* Abram P. Maury (1801-1848), "Tennessee"
* John P. B. Maxwell (1804-1845), "New Jersey"
* Richard H. Menefee (1809-1841), "Kentucky"
* Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), "Virginia"
* John J. Milligan (1795-1875), "Delaware"
* Charles F. Mitchell (1808c- ), "New York"
* Calvary Morris (1798-1871), "Ohio"
* Mathias Morris (1787-1839), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles Naylor (1806-1872), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated September 4 1837.
* Joseph C. Noyes (1798-1868), "Maine" :P-Q-R
* William Patterson (1789-1838), "New York" …died August 14 1838.
* James A. Pearce (1805-1862), "Maryland"
* Luther C. Peck (1800-1876), "New York"
* Stephen C. Phillips (1801-1857), "Massachusetts" …resigned September 28 1838.
* Seargent S. Prentiss (1808-1850), "Mississippi" …contested election, seated February 5 1838.
* Harvey Putnam (1793-1855), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.
* Joseph F. Randolph (1803-1873), "New Jersey"
* James Rariden (1795-1856), "Indiana"
* John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), "Massachusetts"
* Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), "North Carolina"
* Joseph Ridgway (1783-1861), "Ohio"
* John Robertson (1787-1873), "Virginia"
* Edward Robinson (1796-1857), "Maine" …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 28 1838.
* Edward Rumsey (1796-1868), "Kentucky"
* David A. Russell (1780-1861), "New York" :S-T-U-V
* Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845), "Massachusetts" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1838.
* Samuel T. Sawyer (1800-1865), "North Carolina"
* John Sergeant (1779-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles B. Shepard (1808-1843), "North Carolina"
* Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), "North Carolina"
* Ebenezer J. Shields (1778-1846), "Tennessee"
* Mark H. Sibley (1796-1852), "New York"
* William Slade (1786-1859), "Vermont"
* William W. Southgate (1800-1849), "Kentucky"
* James I. Standifer (1782-1837), "Tennessee" …died August 20 1837.
* Edward Stanly (1810-1872), "North Carolina"
* William Stone (1791-1853), "Tennessee" …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 6 1837.
* Charles C. Stratton (1796-1859), "New Jersey"
* John Taliaferro (1768-1852), "Virginia"
* Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), "South Carolina"
* Joseph L. Tillinghast (1791-1844), "Rhode Island"
* George W. Toland (1796-1869), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), "Kentucky" :W-X-Y-Z
* Albert S. White (1803-1864), "Indiana"
* John White (1802-1845), "Kentucky"
* Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), "Ohio" …resigned July 9 1838.
* Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), "Tennessee"
* Joseph L. Williams (1810-1865), "Tennessee"
* Lewis Williams (1782-1842), "North Carolina"
* Sherrod Williams (1804- ), "Kentucky"
* Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), "Virginia"
* Thomas J. Word ( - ), "Mississippi" …contested election, seated February 5 1838.
* Thomas Jones Yorke (1801-1882), "New Jersey"

Anti-Masonic

:A-Z
* Richard Biddle (1796-1847), "Pennsylvania"
* Edward Darlington (1795-1884), "Pennsylvania"
* Edward Davies (1779-1853), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas Henry (1779-1849), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas M. T. McKennan (1794-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles Ogle (1798-1841), "Pennsylvania"
* David Potts, Jr. (1794c-1863), "Pennsylvania"

=Nullifier=

:A-Z
* John Campbell ( -1845), "South Carolina"
* William K. Clowney (1797-1851), "South Carolina"
* Franklin H. Elmore (1799-1850), "South Carolina"
* John K. Griffin (1789-1841), "South Carolina"
* Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), "South Carolina"
* R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), "South Carolina"

=Independent Whig=

* John Pope (1770-1845), "Kentucky"

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]