24th United States Congress - political parties

[
thumb|right|275px|United States Capitol] The Twenty-fourth 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 1835 to March 3 1837, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

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 Jacksonian or Democratic majority.

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

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

Dates of sessions

March 4 1835 - March 3 1837
*First session: December 7 1835 - July 4 1836
*Second session: December 5 1836 - March 3 1837 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: "23rd Congress"
Next congress: "25th 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
* Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), "Missouri"
* Bedford Brown (1795-1870), "North Carolina"
* James Buchanan (1791-1868), "Pennsylvania"
* Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), "Georgia"
* Judah Dana (1772-1845), "Maine" …appointed to fill vacancy, December 7 1836.
* William L. D. Ewing (1795-1846), "Illinois" …elected to fill vacancy, December 30 1835.
* William S. Fulton (1795-1844), "Arkansas" …newly admitted state, seated September 18 1836.:G-L
* Felix Grundy (1777-1840), "Tennessee"
* Isaac Hill (1789-1851), "New Hampshire" …resigned May 30 1836.
* Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), "New Hampshire"
* Elias K. Kane (1794-1835), "Illinois" …died December 12 1835.
* John P. King (1799-1888), "Georgia"
* William R. D. King (1786-1853), "Alabama"
* Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), "Missouri"
* Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), "Michigan" ...newly admitted state, seated January 26 1837.:M-R
* Samuel McKean (1787-1841), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas Morris (1776-1844), "Ohio"
* Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), "Louisiana" …elected to fill vacancy, January 12 1837.
* Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), "Louisiana" …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 13 1836.
* John M. Niles (1787-1856), "Connecticut" …appointed to fill vacancy, December 14 1835, subsequently elected.
* John Norvell (1789-1850), "Michigan" ...newly admitted state, seated January 26 1837.
* John Page (1787-1865), "New Hampshire" …appointed to fill vacancy, June 8 1836.
* Richard E. Parker (1783-1840), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, December 12 1836.
* William C. Rives (1793-1868), "Virginia" …elected to fill vacancy, March 4 1836.
* John M. Robinson (1794-1843), "Illinois"
* John Ruggles (1789-1874), "Maine" :S-Z
* Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), "Arkansas" …newly admitted state, seated September 18 1836.
* Ether Shepley (1789-1877), "Maine" …resigned March 3 1836.
* Robert Strange (1796-1854), "North Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, December 5 1836.
* Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), "New York"
* John Tipton (1786-1839), "Indiana"
* Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), "Mississippi"
* Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), "New Jersey"
* Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), "New York"

National Republican

:A-F
* Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), "Delaware" …elected to fill vacancy, June 17 1836.
* John Black ( -1854), "Mississippi"
* Henry Clay (1777-1852), "Kentucky"
* John M. Clayton (1796-1856), "Delaware" …resigned December 29 1836.
* Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), "Delaware" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 9 1837.
* John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), "Kentucky"
* John Davis (1787-1854), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), "Ohio" :G-L
* Robert H. Goldsborough (1779-1836), "Maryland" …died October 5 1836.
* William Hendricks (1782-1850), "Indiana"
* Joseph Kent (1779-1837), "Maryland"
* Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), "Rhode Island"
* Benjamin W. Leigh (1781-1849), "Virginia" …resigned July 4 1836.:M-R
* Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), "North Carolina" …resigned November 26 1836.
* Gabriel Moore (1785-1845), "Alabama"
* Arnold Naudain (1790-1872), "Delaware" …resigned June 16 1836.
* Alexander Porter (1785-1844), "Louisiana" …resigned January 5 1837.
* Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), "Vermont"
* Asher Robbins (1757-1845), "Rhode Island" :S-Z
* Nathan Smith (1770-1835), "Connecticut" …died December 6 1835.
* Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), "New Jersey"
* John S. Spence (1788-1840), "Maryland" …appointed to fill vacancy, December 31 1836.
* Benjamin Swift (1781-1847), "Vermont"
* Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), "Connecticut"
* John Tyler (1790-1862), "Virginia" …resigned February 29 1836.
* Daniel Webster (1782-1852), "Massachusetts"
* Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), "Tennessee"

=Nullifier=

* John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), "South Carolina"
* William C. Preston (1794-1860), "South Carolina"

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
* Joseph B. Anthony (1795-1851), "Pennsylvania"
* Michael W. Ash (1789-1858), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Barton (1785-1858), "New York"
* James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), "Virginia"
* Benning M. Bean (1782-1866), "New Hampshire"
* Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), "New York" …resigned March 29 1836.
* Andrew Beaumont (1790-1853), "Pennsylvania"
* James Black (1793-1872), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.
* Abraham Bockee (1784-1865), "New York"
* Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), "Indiana"
* Nathaniel B. Borden (1801-1865), "Massachusetts"
* James W. Bouldin (1792-1854), "Virginia"
* Matthias J. Bovee (1793-1872), "New York"
* Linn Boyd (1800-1859), "Kentucky"
* John W. Brown (1796-1875), "New York"
* Andrew Buchanan (1780-1848), "Pennsylvania"
* Robert Burns (1792-1866), "New Hampshire"
* Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), "North Carolina"
* Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), "New York"
* John Carr (1793-1845), "Indiana"
* Zadok Casey (1796-1862), "Illinois"
* John Chaney (1790-1881), "Ohio"
* Graham H. Chapin (1799-1843), "New York"
* Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), "Alabama"
* John F. H. Claiborne (1809-1884), "Mississippi"
* Jesse F. Cleveland (1804-1841), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1835.
* John E. Coffee (1782-1836), "Georgia" …died September 25 1835.
* Walter Coles (1790-1857), "Virginia"
* Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), "North Carolina"
* Robert Craig (1792-1852), "Virginia"
* John Cramer (1779-1870), "New York"
* Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), "Michigan" ...newly admitted state, seated January 27 1837.
* Samuel Cushman (1783-1851), "New Hampshire" :D-E-F
* John W. Davis (1799-1859), "Indiana"
* Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862), "New Jersey" …resigned November 3 1836.
* Ulysses F. Doubleday (1792-1866), "New York"
* George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), "Virginia"
* William C. Dunlap (1798-1872), "Tennessee"
* Valentine Efner (1776-1865), "New York"
* John Fairfield (1797-1847), "Maine"
* Dudley Farlin (1777-1837), "New York"
* Samuel Fowler (1779-1844), "New Jersey"
* Richard French (1792-1854), "Kentucky"
* Jacob Fry, Jr. (1802-1866), "Pennsylvania"
* William K. Fuller (1792-1883), "New York" :G-H-I
* John Galbraith (1794-1860), "Pennsylvania"
* James Garland (1791-1885), "Virginia"
* Samuel J. Gholson (1808-1883), "Mississippi" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7 1837.
* Ransom H. Gillet (1800-1876), "New York"
* Thomas Glascock (1790-1841), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1835.
* Seaton Grantland (1782-1864), "Georgia"
* Elisha Haley (1776-1860), "Connecticut"
* Joseph Hall (1793-1859), "Maine"
* Thomas L. Hamer (1800-1846), "Ohio"
* Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), "Indiana"
* Albert G. Harrison (1800-1839), "Missouri"
* Samuel S. Harrison (1780-1853), "Pennsylvania"
* Albert G. Hawes (1804-1849), "Kentucky"
* Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), "North Carolina"
* Charles E. Haynes (1784-1841), "Georgia"
* Joseph Henderson (1791-1863), "Pennsylvania"
* Hopkins Holsey (1779-1859), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1835.
* Orrin Holt (1792-1855), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.
* George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), "Virginia"
* Benjamin C. Howard (1791-1872), "Maryland"
* Edward B. Hubley (1792-1856), "Pennsylvania"
* Abel Huntington (1777-1858), "New York"
* Adam Huntsman (1786-1849), "Tennessee"
* Samuel Ingham (1793-1881), "Connecticut" :J-K-L
* Jabez Y. Jackson (1790- ), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7 1835.
* Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), "Maine"
* Cave Johnson (1793-1866), "Tennessee"
* Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), "Virginia"
* Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), "Kentucky"
* Benjamin Jones (1787-1861), "Ohio"
* John W. Jones (1791-1848), "Virginia"
* Andrew T. Judson (1784-1853), "Connecticut" …resigned July 4 1836.
* William Kennon, Sr. (1793-1881), "Ohio"
* Daniel Kilgore (1793-1851), "Ohio"
* George L. Kinnard (1803-1836), "Indiana" …died November 26 1836.
* John J. Klingensmith, Jr. (1786-1854), "Pennsylvania"
* Amos Lane (1778-1849), "Indiana"
* Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783-1862), "New York"
* John Laporte (1798-1862), "Pennsylvania"
* Joab Lawler (1796-1838), "Alabama"
* Gideon Lee (1778-1841), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1835.
* Joshua Lee (1783-1842), "New York"
* Thomas Lee (1780-1856), "New Jersey"
* Stephen B. Leonard (1793-1876), "New York"
* Henry Logan (1784-1866), "Pennsylvania"
* George Loyall (1789-1868), "Virginia"
* Edward Lucas (1780-1858), "Virginia" :M-N-O
* Abijah Mann, Jr. (1793-1868), "New York"
* Job Mann (1795-1873), "Pennsylvania"
* Richard I. Manning (1789-1836), "South Carolina" …died May 1 1836.
* Joshua L. Martin (1799-1856), "Alabama"
* John Y. Mason (1799-1859), "Virginia" …resigned January 11 1837.
* Moses Mason, Jr. (1789-1866), "Maine"
* William Mason (1786-1860), "New York"
* William L. May (1793c-1849), "Illinois"
* James I. McKay (1793-1853), "North Carolina"
* John McKeon (1808-1883), "New York"
* Isaac McKim (1775-1838), "Maryland"
* Jeremiah McLene (1767-1837), "Ohio"
* Jesse Miller (1800-1850), "Pennsylvania" …resigned October 30 1836.
* Rutger B. Miller (1805-1877), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.
* William Montgomery (1789-1844), "North Carolina"
* Ely Moore (1798-1860), "New York"
* William S. Morgan (1801-1878), "Virginia"
* Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), "Pennsylvania"
* George W. Owens (1786-1856), "Georgia" :P-Q-R
* Sherman Page (1779-1853), "New York"
* James Parker (1776-1868), "New Jersey"
* Gorham Parks (1794-1877), "Maine"
* William Patterson (1790-1868), "Ohio"
* John M. Patton (1797-1858), "Virginia"
* Lancelot Phelps (1784-1866), "Connecticut"
* Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), "New Hampshire"
* James K. Polk (1795-1849), "Tennessee"
* John Reynolds (1788-1865), "Illinois"
* Joseph Reynolds (1785-1864), "New York"
* John P. Richardson (1801-1864), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19 1836.
* Eleazar W. Ripley (1782-1839), "Louisiana"
* John Roane (1766-1838), "Virginia"
* James Rogers (1795-1873), "South Carolina" :S-T-U-V
* John W. A. Sanford (1798-1870), "Georgia" …resigned July 25 1835.
* Ferdinand S. Schenck (1790-1860), "New Jersey"
* William Schley (1786-1858), "Georgia" …resigned July 1 1835.
* William Seymour (1780c-1848), "New York"
* William N. Shinn (1782-1871), "New Jersey"
* Nicholas Sickles (1801-1845), "New York"
* Francis O. J. Smith (1806-1876), "Maine"
* Jesse Speight (1795-1847), "North Carolina"
* Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), "Pennsylvania"
* William Taylor (1791-1865), "New York"
* James C. Terrell (1806-1835), "Georgia" …resigned July 8 1835.
* Francis Thomas (1799-1876), "Maryland"
* John Thomson (1780-1852), "Ohio"
* Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), "Connecticut"
* George W. B. Towns (1801-1854), "Georgia" …resigned September 1 1836.
* James Turner (1783-1861), "Maryland"
* Joel Turrill (1794-1859), "New York"
* Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), "New York" :W-X-Y-Z
* David D. Wagener (1792-1860), "Pennsylvania"
* Aaron Ward (1790-1867), "New York"
* Daniel Wardwell (1791-1878), "New York"
* James M. Wayne (1790-1867), "Georgia" …resigned January 13 1835.
* Taylor Webster (1800-1876), "Ohio"
* Joseph Weeks (1773-1845), "New Hampshire"
* Campbell P. White (1787-1859), "New York" …resigned before Congress assembled.
* Thomas T. Whittlesey (1798-1868), "Connecticut" …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 29 1836.
* Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835), "Connecticut" …died December 10 1835.
* Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), "Virginia"
* Archibald Yell (1797-1847), "Arkansas" …newly admitted state, seated December 6 1836.

National Republican

:A-B-C
* Julius C. Alford (1799-1863), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 31 1837.
* Chilton Allan (1786-1858), "Kentucky"
* Heman Allen (1777-1844), "Vermont"
* William H. Ashley (1778-1838), "Missouri"
* Jeremiah Bailey (1773-1853), "Maine"
* John Bell (1797-1869), "Tennessee"
* William K. Bond (1792-1864), "Ohio"
* George N. Briggs (1796-1861), "Massachusetts"
* Samuel Bunch (1786-1849), "Tennessee"
* John Calhoon (1797- ), "Kentucky"
* William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), "Massachusetts"
* William B. Carter (1792-1848), "Tennessee"
* John Chambers (1780-1852), "Kentucky"
* William Chetwood (1771-1857), "New Jersey" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.
* Timothy Childs (1785-1847), "New York"
* Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), "Virginia"
* Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), "Ohio"
* Joseph H. Crane (1782-1851), "Ohio"
* Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), "Massachusetts" :D-E-F
* William C. Dawson (1798-1856), "Georgia" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 26 1836.
* Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), "North Carolina"
* David Dickson ( -1836), "Mississippi" …died in 1836.
* George Evans (1797-1867), "Maine"
* Horace Everett (1779-1851), "Vermont"
* John B. Forester ( -1845), "Tennessee"
* Philo C. Fuller (1787-1855), "New York" …resigned September 2 1836.:G-H-I
* Rice Garland (1795c-1861), "Louisiana"
* James Graham (1793-1851), "North Carolina" …contested election, seat declared vacant March 29 1836, subsequently elected, seated December 5 1836.
* Francis Granger (1792-1868), "New York"
* William J. Graves (1805-1848), "Kentucky"
* George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), "Massachusetts"
* Hiland Hall (1795-1885), "Vermont"
* Gideon Hard (1797-1885), "New York"
* Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), "Kentucky"
* James Harlan (1800-1863), "Kentucky"
* James Harper (1780-1873), "Pennsylvania"
* Abner Hazeltine (1793-1879), "New York"
* William Herod (1801-1871), "Indiana" …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 25 1837.
* Samuel Hoar (1778-1856), "Massachusetts"
* Elias Howell (1792-1844), "Ohio"
* Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865), "New York"
* Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), "Pennsylvania" :J-K-L
* Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), "Maryland"
* Henry Johnson (1783-1864), "Louisiana"
* Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), "Massachusetts"
* George W. Lay (1798-1860), "New York"
* Luke Lea (1783-1851), "Tennessee"
* Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), "Massachusetts"
* Thomas C. Love (1789-1853), "New York"
* Francis S. Lyon (1800-1882), "Alabama" :M-N-O
* Samson Mason (1793-1869), "Ohio"
* Abram P. Maury (1801-1848), "Tennessee"
* Johnathan McCarty (1795-1852), "Indiana"
* William McComas (1795-1865), "Virginia"
* Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), "Virginia"
* John J. Milligan (1795-1875), "Delaware"
* Mathias Morris (1787-1839), "Pennsylvania" :P-Q-R
* James A. Pearce (1805-1862), "Maryland"
* John J. Pearson (1800-1888), "Pennsylvania" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.
* Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783-1848), "North Carolina"
* Balie Peyton (1803-1878), "Tennessee"
* Stephen C. Phillips (1801-1857), "Massachusetts"
* Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), "North Carolina"
* John Robertson (1787-1873), "Virginia"
* David A. Russell (1780-1861), "New York" :S-T-U-V
* William B. Shepard (1799-1852), "North Carolina"
* Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), "North Carolina"
* Ebenezer J. Shields (1778-1846), "Tennessee"
* David Spangler (1796-1856), "Ohio"
* James I. Standifer (1782-1837), "Tennessee"
* John N. Steele (1796-1853), "Maryland"
* Bellamy Storer (1796-1875), "Ohio"
* John Taliaferro (1768-1852), "Virginia"
* Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 16 1836.
* Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), "Kentucky"
* Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), "Ohio" :W-X-Y-Z
* George C. Washington (1789-1854), "Maryland"
* John White (1802-1845), "Kentucky"
* Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), "Ohio"
* Lewis Williams (1782-1842), "North Carolina"
* Sherrod Williams (1804- ), "Kentucky"
* John Young (1802-1852), "New York" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1836.

Anti-Masonic

:A-L
* John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), "Massachusetts"
* John Banks (1793-1864), "Pennsylvania" …resigned in 1836.
* George Chambers (1786-1866), "Pennsylvania"
* William Clark (1774-1851), "Pennsylvania"
* Edward Darlington (1795-1884), "Pennsylvania"
* Harmar Denny (1794-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* William Hiester (1790-1853), "Pennsylvania"
* William Jackson (1783-1855), "Massachusetts"
* Henry F. Janes (1792-1879), "Vermont" :M-Z
* Thomas M. T. McKennan (1794-1852), "Pennsylvania"
* Dutee J. Pearce (1789-1849), "Rhode Island"
* David Potts, Jr. (1794c-1863), "Pennsylvania"
* John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), "Massachusetts"
* William Slade (1786-1859), "Vermont"
* Jonathan Sloane (1785-1854), "Ohio"
* William Sprague (1799-1856), "Rhode Island"

=Nullifier=

:A-Z
* Robert B. Campbell ( -1862), "South Carolina"
* Warren R. Davis "South Carolina" …died before Congress assembled.
* Franklin H. Elmore (1799-1850), "South Carolina" …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19 1836.
* William J. Grayson (1788-1863), "South Carolina"
* John K. Griffin (1789-1841), "South Carolina"
* James H. Hammond (1807-1864), "South Carolina" …resigned February 26 1836.
* Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), "Alabama"
* Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), "South Carolina"
* Henry L. Pinckney (1794-1863), "South Carolina"

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]