30th United States Congress
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The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President James K. Polk.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Whig majority.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: December 6, 1847 - August 14, 1848
- Second session: December 4, 1848 - March 3, 1849 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 29th Congress
Next congress: 31st Congress
[edit] Major events
- Main article: Events of 1847; Events of 1848; Events of 1849
[edit] Major Legislation
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Senate
[edit] House
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Senate
President of the Senate: George M. Dallas
[edit] House
- Robert Charles Winthrop (Speaker of the House), Whig
[edit] Members
[edit] A
- Amos Abbott (Representative), Whig, MA
- Green Adams (Representative), Whig, KY
- John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
- William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
- Chester Ashley (Senator), Democrat, AR
- George Ashmun (Representative), Whig, MA
- David Rice Atchison (Senator), Democrat, MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton (Senator), Democrat, NH
- Archibald Atkinson (Representative), Democrat, VA
[edit] B
- George Edmund Badger (Senator), Whig, NC
- Arthur Pendleton Bagby (Senator), Democrat, AL
- Roger Sherman Baldwin (Senator), Whig, CT
- Daniel Moreau Barringer (Representative), Whig, NC
- Washington Barrow (Representative), Whig, TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Henry Bedinger (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Hiram Belcher (Representative), Whig, ME
- John Bell (Senator), Whig, TN
- Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Democrat, MO
- John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Whig, GA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham (Representative), Democrat, MI
- Ausburn Birdsall (Representative), Democrat, NY
- James Augustus Black (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Esbon Blackmar (Representative), Whig, NY
- John Blanchard (Representative), Whig, PA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Solon Borland (Senator), Democrat, AR
- John Minor Botts (Representative), Whig, VA
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon (Representative), Democrat, AL
- James Butler Bowlin (Representative), Democrat, MO
- Linn Boyd (Representative), Democrat, KY
- Nathaniel Boyden (Representative), Whig, NC
- James Ware Bradbury (Senator), Democrat, ME
- Edward Bradley (Representative), Democrat, MI
- Jasper Ewing Brady (Representative), Whig, PA
- Sidney Breese (Senator), Democrat, IL
- Samuel Augustus Bridges (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Jesse David Bright (Senator), Democrat, IN
- Richard Brodhead (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Albert Gallatin Brown (Representative), Democrat, MS
- Charles Brown (Representative), Democrat, PA
- William Gay Brown (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Aylette Buckner (Representative), Whig, KY
- Armistead Burt (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Andrew Pickens Butler (Senator), Democrat, SC
- Chester Pierce Butler (Representative), Whig, PA
[edit] C
- Edward Carrington Cabell (Representative), Whig, FL
- John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
- Simon Cameron (Senator), Democrat, PA
- Richard Sprigg Canby (Representative), Whig, OH
- Lewis Cass (Senator), Democrat, MI
- Charles William Cathcart (Representative), Democrat, IN
- John Grant Chapman (Representative), Whig, MD
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase (Representative), Democrat, TN
- Asa William Henry Clapp (Representative), Democrat, ME
- Franklin Clark (Representative), Democrat, ME
- Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Representative), Democrat, KY
- John Hopkins Clarke (Senator), Whig, RI
- John M. Clayton (Senator), Whig, DE
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Representative), Whig, NC
- Howell Cobb (Representative), Democrat, GA
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Representative), Democrat, AL
- William Michael Cocke (Representative), Whig, TN
- Jacob Collamer (Representative), Whig, VT
- William Collins (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Walter Terry Colquitt (Senator), Democrat, GA
- Harmon Sweatland Conger (Representative), Whig, NY
- Thomas Corwin (Senator), Whig, OH
- Robert Bennie Cranston (Representative), Whig, RI
- John Woodland Crisfield (Representative), Whig, MD
- John Jordan Crittenden (Senator), Whig, KY
- John Crowell (Representative), Whig, OH
- John Hervey Crozier (Representative), Whig, TN
- John D. Cummins (Representative), Democrat, OH
[edit] D
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Representative), Democrat, NC
- Mason Cook Darling (Representative), Democrat, WI
- Jefferson Davis (Senator), Democrat, MS
- John Davis (Senator), Whig, MA
- William Lewis Dayton (Senator), Whig, NJ
- John Dickey (Representative), Whig, PA
- Daniel Stevens Dickinson (Senator), Democrat, NY
- Rodolphus Dickinson (Representative), Democrat, OH
- John Adams Dix (Senator), Democrat, NY
- James Dixon (Representative), Whig, CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge (Senator), Democrat, IA
- Henry Dodge (Senator), Democrat, WI
- Richard Spaight Donnell (Representative), Whig, NC
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Senator), Democrat, IL
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Senator), Democrat, LA
- George Coke Dromgoole (Representative), Democrat, VA
- William Duer (Representative), Whig, NY
- Daniel Duncan (Representative), Whig, OH
- Garnett Duncan (Representative), Whig, KY
- William Garnett Duncan (Representative), Whig, KY
- George Grundy Dunn (Representative), Whig, IN
[edit] E
- George Nicholas Eckert (Representative), Whig, PA
- Joseph E. Edsall (Representative), Democrat, NJ
- Thomas Owen Edwards (Representative), Whig, OH
- Elisha Embree (Representative), Whig, IN
- Alexander Evans (Representative), Whig, MD
- Nathan Evans (Representative), Whig, OH
[edit] F
- John Fairfield (Senator), Democrat, ME
- James John Faran (Representative), Democrat, OH
- John Wilson Farrelly (Representative), Whig, PA
- Winfield Scott Featherston (Representative), Democrat, MS
- Alpheus Felch (Senator), Democrat, MI
- Orlando Bell Ficklin (Representative), Democrat, IL
- David Fisher (Representative), Whig, OH
- Thomas Fitzgerald (Senator), Democrat, MI
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick (Senator), Democrat, AL
- Thomas Stanhope Flournoy (Representative), Whig, VA
- Henry Stuart Foote (Senator), Democrat, MS
- John Freedley (Representative), Whig, PA
- Richard French (Representative), Democrat, KY
- George Fries (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Andrew Steele Fulton (Representative), Whig, VA
[edit] G
- John Pollard Gaines (Representative), Whig, KY
- John Gayle (Representative), Whig, AL
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Representative), Whig, TN
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Representative), Whig, OH
- William Leftwich Goggin (Representative), Whig, VA
- Daniel Gott (Representative), Whig, NY
- Horace Greeley (Representative), Whig, NY
- James Stephen Green (Representative), Democrat, MO
- Albert Collins Greene (Senator), Whig, RI
- Dudley Sanford Gregory (Representative), Whig, NJ
- Joseph Grinnell (Representative), Whig, MA
[edit] H
- Artemas Hale (Representative), Whig, MA
- John Parker Hale (Senator), Independent Democrat, NH
- Nathan Kelsey Hall (Representative), Whig, NY
- Willard Preble Hall (Representative), Democrat, MO
- Hannibal Hamlin (Senator), Democrat, ME
- David Hammons (Representative), Democrat, ME
- James Giles Hampton (Representative), Whig, NJ
- Moses Hampton (Representative), Whig, PA
- Edward Allen Hannegan (Senator), Democrat, IN
- Hugh A. Haralson (Representative), Democrat, GA
- John Henry Harmanson (Representative), Democrat, LA
- Sampson Willis Harris (Representative), Democrat, AL
- William T. Haskell (Representative), Whig, TN
- Thomas Jefferson Henley (Representative), Democrat, IN
- William Henry (Representative), Whig, VT
- Hugh Lawson White Hill (Representative), Democrat, TN
- Henry Washington Hilliard (Representative), Whig, AL
- John Milton Holley (Representative), Whig, NY
- Elias Bellows Holmes (Representative), Whig, NY
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Representative), Democrat, SC
- John Westbrook Hornbeck (Representative), Whig, PA
- George Smith Houston (Representative), Democrat, AL
- John W. Houston (Representative), Whig, DE
- Sam Houston (Senator), Democrat, TX
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (Representative), Whig, CT
- Charles Hudson (Representative), Whig, MA
- Washington Hunt (Representative), Whig, NY
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Senator), Democrat, VA
- Jabez Williams Huntington (Senator), Whig, CT
[edit] I
- Samuel Williams Inge (Representative), Democrat, AL
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Representative), Whig, PA
- Alexander Irvin (Representative), Whig, PA
- Alfred Iverson, Sr. (Representative), Democrat, GA
[edit] J
- David Sherwood Jackson (Representative), -, NY
- John Jameson (Representative), Democrat, MO
- Timothy Jenkins (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Andrew Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
- Henry Johnson (Senator), Whig, LA
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson (Senator), Democrat, GA
- James Hutchins Johnson (Representative), Democrat, NH
- Reverdy Johnson (Senator), Whig, MD
- Robert Ward Johnson (Representative), Democrat, AR
- George Wallace Jones (Senator), Democrat, IA
- George Washington Jones (Representative), Democrat, TN
- John William Jones (Representative), Whig, GA
[edit] K
- David Spangler Kaufman (Representative), Democrat, TX
- Orlando Kellogg (Representative), Whig, NY
- William Kennon, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Daniel Putnam King (Representative), Whig, MA
- Thomas Butler King (Representative), Whig, GA
- William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL
[edit] L
- La Sére, Emile (Representative), Democrat, LA
- Samuel Lahm (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Sidney Lawrence (Representative), Democrat, NY
- William Thomas Lawrence (Representative), -, NY
- Shepherd Leffler (Representative), Democrat, IA
- Lewis Charles Levin (Representative), American Party, PA
- David Levy (Senator), Democrat, FL
- Dixon Hall Lewis (Senator), Democrat, AL
- Thomas Watkins Ligon (Representative), Democrat, MD
- Abraham Lincoln (Representative), Whig, IL
- Frederick William Lord (Representative), Democrat, NY
- John Henry Lumpkin (Representative), Democrat, GA
- William Pitt Lynde (Representative), Democrat, WI
[edit] M
- William Brown Maclay (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Whig, NC
- Horace Mann (Representative), Whig, MA
- Job Mann (Representative), Democrat, PA
- George Perkins Marsh (Representative), Whig, VT
- Dudley Marvin (Representative), Whig, NY
- James Murray Mason (Senator), Democrat, VA
- Robert McClelland (Representative), Democrat, MI
- John Alexander McClernand (Representative), Democrat, IL
- James McDowell (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Representative), Whig, PA
- James Iver McKay (Representative), Democrat, NC
- Robert Milligan McLane (Representative), Democrat, MD
- John McQueen (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Richard Kidder Meade (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Thomas Metcalfe (Senator), Whig, KY
- Jacob Welsh Miller (Senator), Whig, NJ
- John Krepps Miller (Representative), Democrat, OH
- James Monroe (Representative), Whig, NY
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (Senator), Democrat, ME
- Charles Slaughter Morehead (Representative), Whig, KY
- Jonathan David Morris (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Isaac Edward Morse (Representative), Democrat, LA
- Joseph Mullin (Representative), Whig, NY
- Henry Cruse Murphy (Representative), Democrat, NY
[edit] N
- William Nelson (Representative), Whig, NY
- Henry Nes (Representative), Whig, PA
- William Augustus Newell (Representative), Whig, NJ
- Henry Nicoll (Representative), Democrat, NY
- John Milton Niles (Senator), Democrat, CT
[edit] O
- David Outlaw (Representative), Whig, NC
[edit] P
- John Gorham Palfrey (Representative), Whig, MA
- James Alfred Pearce (Senator), Whig, MD
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Representative), Democrat, NH
- Lucius Benedict Peck (Representative), Democrat, VT
- John Strother Pendleton (Representative), Whig, VA
- George Petrie (Representative), Independent Democrat, NY
- Samuel Oldham Peyton (Representative), Democrat, KY
- John Smith Phelps (Representative), Democrat, MO
- Samuel Shethar Phelps (Senator), Whig, VT
- Timothy Pilsbury (Representative), Democrat, TX
- James Pollock (Representative), Whig, PA
- William Ballard Preston (Representative), Whig, VA
- Harvey Putnam (Representative), Whig, NY
[edit] R
- Gideon Reynolds (Representative), Whig, NY
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Representative), Democrat, SC
- William Alexander Richardson (Representative), Democrat, IL
- Thomas Ritchey (Representative), Democrat, OH
- John Larne Robinson (Representative), Democrat, IN
- William Rockhill (Representative), Democrat, IN
- John Arnold Rockwell (Representative), Whig, CT
- Julius Rockwell (Representative), Whig, MA
- James Dixon Roman (Representative), Whig, MD
- Joseph Mosley Root (Representative), Free Soilier, OH
- Robert Lawson Rose (Representative), Whig, NY
- David Rumsey (Representative), Whig, NY
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Senator), Democrat, TX
[edit] S
- William Sawyer (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Representative), Whig, OH
- William King Sebastian (Senator), Democrat, AR
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (Representative), Whig, NC
- Eliakim Sherrill (Representative), Whig, NY
- Henry Hastings Sibley (Delegate), Wisconsin Territory
- Peter Henry Silvester (Representative), Whig, NY
- Richard Franklin Simpson (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims (Representative), Democrat, SC
- John I. Slingerland (Representative), Whig, NY
- Ephraim Knight Smart (Representative), Democrat, ME
- Caleb Blood Smith (Representative), Whig, IN
- Robert Smith (Representative), Democrat, IL
- Robert Barnwell Smith (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Truman Smith (Representative), Whig, CT
- Pierre Soulé (Senator), Democrat, LA
- Jesse Speight (Senator), Democrat, MS
- Presley Spruance (Senator), Whig, DE
- Daniel Bennett St. John (Representative), Whig, NY
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Representative), Democrat, TN
- George Anson Starkweather (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Representative), Whig, GA
- Andrew Stewart (Representative), Whig, PA
- John Strohm (Representative), Whig, PA
- William Strong (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Charles E. Stuart (Representative), Democrat, MI
- Daniel Sturgeon (Senator), Democrat, PA
[edit] T
- Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (Representative), Whig, NY
- John Lampkin Taylor (Representative), Whig, OH
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux (Representative), -, LA
- James Houston Thomas (Representative), Democrat, TN
- Jacob Thompson (Representative), Democrat, MS
- James Thompson (Representative), Democrat, PA
- John Burton Thompson (Representative), Whig, KY
- Richard Wigginton Thompson (Representative), Whig, IN
- Robert Augustine Thompson (Representative), Democrat, VA
- William Thompson (Representative), Democrat, IA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston (Representative), Democrat, RI
- Patrick Watson Tompkins (Representative), Whig, MS
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Representative), Whig, GA
- Amos Tuck (Representative), Whig, NH
- Thomas Johnston Turner (Representative), Democrat, IL
- Hopkins Lacy Turney (Senator), Democrat, TN
- John Hubbard Tweedy (Delegate), Whig, Wisconsin Territory
[edit] U
- Joseph Rogers Underwood (Senator), Whig, KY
- William Upham (Senator), Whig, VT
[edit] V
- John Van Dyke (Representative), Whig, NJ
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Representative), Democrat, NC
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Representative), Whig, OH
[edit] W
- John Wales (Senator), Whig, DE
- Isaac Pigeon Walker (Senator), Democrat, WI
- Daniel Wallace (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Cornelius Warren (Representative), Whig, NY
- Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
- John Wentworth (Representative), Democrat, IL
- James Westcott (Senator), Democrat, FL
- Hugh White (Representative), Whig, NY
- William Watson Wick (Representative), Democrat, IN
- James Sullivan Wiley (Representative), Democrat, ME
- Hezekiah Williams (Representative), Democrat, ME
- David Wilmot (Representative), Democrat, PA
- James Wilson (Representative), Whig, NH
- Robert Charles Winthrop (Speaker of the House), Whig, U.S.
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Representative), Democrat, SC
[edit] Y
- David Levy Yulee (Senator), Democrat, FL
[edit] Officers
[edit] Senate
- Secretary of the Senate:
- Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12, 1836.
- Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
- Robert Beale of Virginia, elected December 9, 1845.
- Chaplain of the Senate
- The Rev. Henry Slicer, Methodist, elected December 16, 1846.
[edit] House of Representatives
- Clerk of the House:
- Thomas J. Campbell of Tennessee elected December 7, 1847.
- Sergeant at Arms of the House:
- Nathan Sergeant of Vermont, elected December 7, 1847.
- Doorkeeper of the House:
- Robert E. Horner of New Jersey, elected December 7, 1847.
- Postmaster of the House:
- John M. Johnson of Virginia, elected December 7, 1847.
- Chaplain of the House
- The Rev. Ralph Gurley, Presbyterian, elected December 6, 1847.
[edit] References
- Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
- Library of Congress (2006). Statutes at Large, 1789-1875. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- U.S. Congress (2005). Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- U.S. House of Representatives (2006). Congressional History. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- U.S. Senate (2006). Statistics and Lists. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
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