32nd United States Congress
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The Thirty-second 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, 1851 to March 3, 1853, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Millard Fillmore.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1851 - March 13, 1851
- First session: December 1, 1851 - August 31, 1852
- Second session: December 6, 1852 - March 3, 1853 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 31st Congress
Next congress: 33rd Congress
[edit] Major events
- Main article: Events of 1851; Events of 1852; Events of 1853
[edit] Members
[edit] A
- James Abercrombie (Representative), Whig, Alabama
- Stephen Adams (Senator), Democrat, Mississippi
- William Aiken (Representative), Democrat, South Carolina
- Charles Allen (Representative), Free Soil, Massachusetts
- Willis Allen (Representative), Democrat, Illinois
- John Allison (Representative), Whig, Pennsylvania
- Charles Andrews (Representative), Democrat, Maine
- John Appleton (Representative), Democrat, Maine
- William Appleton (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- William Shepperd Ashe (Representative), Democrat, North Carolina
- David Rice Atchison (Senator), Democrat, Missouri
- Thomas Hamlet Averett (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
[edit] B
- Leander Babcock (Representative), Democrat, New York
- George Edmund Badger (Senator), Whig, North Carolina
- David Jackson Bailey (Representative), Democrat, Georgia
- Nelson Barrere (Representative), Whig, Ohio
- Thomas Bartlett, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, Vermont
- James Asheton Bayard, Jr. (Senator), Democrat, Delaware
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- James Madison Hite Beale (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Hiram Bell (Representative), Whig, Ohio
- John Bell (Senator), Whig, Tennessee
- Henry Bennett (Representative), Whig, New York
- John Milton Bernhisel (Delegate), Whig, Utah
- John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Whig, Georgia
- Thomas Marshal Bibighaus (Representative), Whig, Pennsylvania
- William Harrison Bissell (Representative), Democrat, Illinois
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Solon Borland (Senator), Democrat, Arkansas
- Richard Johns Bowie (Representative), Whig, Maryland
- Obadiah Bowne (Representative), Whig, New York
- John Huggins Boyd (Representative), Whig, New York
- Linn Boyd (Speaker of the House), Democrat, Kentucky
- James Ware Bradbury (Senator), Democrat, Maine
- John Bragg (Representative), Democrat, Alabama
- John Cabell Breckinridge (Representative), Democrat, Kentucky
- Samuel Brenton (Representative), Whig, Indiana
- George Briggs (Representative), Whig, New York
- Jesse David Bright (Senator), Democrat, Indiana
- Richard Brodhead (Senator), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- Walker Brooke (Senator), Whig, Mississippi
- James Brooks (Representative), Whig, New York
- Albert Gallatin Brown (Representative), Democrat, Mississippi
- George Houston Brown (Representative), Whig, New Jersey
- Alexander Hamilton Buell (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Lorenzo Burrows (Representative), Whig, New York
- Armistead Burt (Representative), Democrat, South Carolina
- George Henry Busby (Representative), Democrat, Ohio
- Andrew Pickens Butler (Senator), Democrat, South Carolina
[edit] C
- Edward Carrington Cabell (Representative), Whig, Florida
- Joseph Cable (Representative), Democrat, Ohio
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell (Representative), Whig, North Carolina
- Lewis D. Campbell (Representative), Whig, Ohio
- Thompson Campbell (Representative), Democrat, Illinois
- David Kellogg Cartter (Representative), Democrat, Ohio
- John Samuels Caskie (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Lewis Cass (Senator), Democrat, Michigan
- Charles William Cathcart (Senator), Democrat, Indiana
- Joseph Ripley Chandler (Representative), Whig, Pennsylvania
- Charles Chapman (Representative), Whig, Connecticut
- Robert Milledge Charlton (Senator), Democrat, Georgia
- Salmon Portland Chase (Senator), Free Soil, Ohio
- Elijah Webb Chastain (Representative), Democrat, Georgia
- Lincoln Clark (Representative), Democrat, Iowa
- John Hopkins Clarke (Senator), Whig, Rhode Island
- Henry Clay (Senator), Whig, Kentucky
- Jeremiah Clemens (Senator), Democrat, Alabama
- Sherrard Clemens (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Representative), Democrat, Connecticut
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Representative), Whig, North Carolina
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Representative), Democrat, Alabama
- William Ferguson Colcock (Representative), Democrat, South Carolina
- James Lockwood Conger (Representative), Whig, Michigan
- James Cooper (Senator), Whig, Pennsylvania
- Joseph Stewart Cottman (Representative), Independent Whig, Maryland
- William Cullom (Representative), Whig, Tennessee
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
[edit] D
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Representative), Democrat, North Carolina
- John Fletcher Darby (Representative), Whig, Missouri
- George Thomas Davis (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- John Davis (Senator), Whig, Massachusetts
- John Givan Davis (Representative), Democrat, Indiana
- John Littleton Dawson (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- William Crosby Dawson (Senator), Whig, Georgia
- William Ford De Saussure (Senator), Democrat, South Carolina
- Gilbert Dean (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- David Tiernan Disney (Representative), Democrat, Ohio
- Archibald Dixon (Senator), Whig, Kentucky
- Alfred Dockery (Representative), Whig, North Carolina
- Augustus Caesar Dodge (Senator), Democrat, Iowa
- Henry Dodge (Senator), Democrat, Wisconsin
- James Duane Doty (Representative), Democrat, Wisconsin
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Senator), Democrat, Illinois
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Senator), Democrat, Louisiana
- James Henry Duncan (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Representative), Democrat, Indiana
- Charles Durkee (Representative), Republican, Wisconsin
[edit] E
- Ben C. Eastman (Representative), Democrat, Wisconsin
- Alfred Peck Edgerton (Representative), Democrat, Ohio
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Alexander Evans (Representative), Whig, Maryland
- Presley Underwood Ewing (Representative), Whig, Kentucky
[edit] F
- Charles James Faulkner (Representative), Whig, Virginia
- Francis Ball Fay (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- Alpheus Felch (Senator), Democrat, Michigan
- Orlando Bell Ficklin (Representative), Democrat, Illinois
- Hamilton Fish (Senator), Whig, New York
- Graham Newell Fitch (Representative), Democrat, Indiana
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick (Senator), Democrat, Alabama
- Thomas Birch Florence (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- John Gelston Floyd (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Solomon Foot (Senator), Whig, Vermont
- Henry Stuart Foote (Senator), Democrat, Mississippi
- Orin Fowler (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- John D. Freeman (Representative), Unionist, Mississippi
- Henry Mills Fuller (Representative), Whig, Pennsylvania
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Representative), Democrat, Maine
[edit] G
- James Gamble (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- James Madison Gaylord (Representative), Independent, Ohio
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Representative), Whig, Tennessee
- Henry Sheffie Geyer (Senator), Whig, Missouri
- Alfred Gilmore (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- Robert Goodenow (Representative), Whig, Maine
- John Zacheus Goodrich (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- Willis Arnold Gorman (Representative), Democrat, Indiana
- Frederick William Green (Representative), Democrat, Ohio
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Representative), Whig, Kentucky
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- William McKendree Gwin (Senator), Democrat, California
[edit] H
- John Parker Hale (Senator), Free Soil, New Hampshire
- Willard Preble Hall (Representative), Democrat, Missouri
- William Thomas Hamilton (Representative), Democrat, Maryland
- Hannibal Hamlin (Senator), Democrat, Maine
- Edward Hammond (Representative), Democrat, Maryland
- Alexander Harper (Representative), Whig, Ohio
- Isham Green Harris (Representative), Democrat, Tennessee
- Sampson Willis Harris (Representative), Democrat, Alabama
- Emanuel Bernard Hart (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Augustus Porter Hascall (Representative), Whig, New York
- Solomon George Haven (Representative), Whig, New York
- John Henry Hobart Haws (Representative), Whig, New York
- William Hebard (Representative), Whig, Vermont
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Representative), Democrat, Indiana
- Bernhart Henn (Representative), Democrat, Iowa
- Harry Hibbard (Representative), Democrat, New Hampshire
- Junius Hillyer (Representative), Democrat, Georgia
- Alexander Richmond Holladay (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Jerediah Horsford (Representative), Whig, New York
- George Smith Houston (Representative), Democrat, Alabama
- Samuel Houston (Senator), Democrat, Texas
- Volney Erskine Howard (Representative), Democrat, Texas
- John W. Howe (Representative), Whig, Pennsylvania
- Thomas Marshall Howe (Representative), Whig, Pennsylvania
- Thomas Y. Howe, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Senator), Democrat, Virginia
- William Forrest Hunter (Representative), Whig, Ohio
[edit] I
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll (Representative), Democrat, Connecticut
- Willard Ives (Representative), Democrat, New York
[edit] J
- Joseph Webber Jackson (Representative), Democrat, Georgia
- Charles Tillinghast James (Senator), Democrat, Rhode Island
- Timothy Jenkins (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Andrew Johnson (Representative), Democrat, Tennessee
- James Johnson (Representative), Unionist, Georgia
- John johnson (Representative), Independent Democrat, Ohio
- Robert Ward Johnson (Representative), Democrat, Arkansas
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Representative), Democrat, New York
- George Wallace Jones (Senator), Democrat, Iowa
- George Washington Jones (Representative), Democrat, Tennessee
- James Chamberlain Jones (Senator), Whig, Tennessee
- Jehu Glancy Jones (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
[edit] K
- George Gordon King (Representative), Whig, Rhode Island
- Preston King (Representative), Democrat, New York
- William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, Alabama
- Joseph Henry Kuhns (Representative), Whig, Pennsylvania
- William Henry Kurtz (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
[edit] L
- Joseph Aristide Landry (Representative), Whig, Louisiana
- Joseph Lane (Delegate), Democrat, Oregon
- John Letcher (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Edward Preble Little (Representative), Democrat, Massachusetts
- James Lockhart (Representative), Democrat, Indiana
[edit] M
- Moses Macdonald (Representative), Democrat, Maine
- Daniel Mace (Representative), Democrat, Indiana
- Stephen Mallory (Senator), Democrat, Florida
- Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Whig, North Carolina
- Horace Mann (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- Edward Colston Marshall (Representative), Democrat, California
- Humphrey Marshall (Representative), Whig, Kentucky
- Frederick Stanley Martin (Representative), Whig, New York
- James Murray Mason (Senator), Democrat, Virginia
- John Calvin Mason (Representative), Democrat, Kentucky
- Joseph Walker McCorkle (Representative), Democrat, California
- James Xavier McLanahan (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- Fayette McMullen (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- John McNair (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- John McQueen (Representative), Democrat, South Carolina
- John Jones McRae (Senator), Democrat, Mississippi
- James Meacham (Representative), Whig, Vermont
- Richard Kidder Meade (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- David Meriwether (Senator), Democrat, Kentucky
- Jacob Welsh Miller (Senator), Whig, New Jersey
- John Gaines Miller (Representative), Whig, Missouri
- John Singleton Millson (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Ahiman Louis Miner (Representative), Whig, Vermont
- Richard Sheppard Molony (Representative), Democrat, Illinois
- Henry Dunning Moore (Representative), Whig, Pennsylvania
- John Moore (Representative), Whig, Louisiana
- James Turner Morehead (Representative), Whig, North Carolina
- John Alexander Morrison (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- Jackson Morton (Senator), Whig, Florida
- Charles Murphey (Representative), Unionist, Georgia
- William Murray (Representative), Democrat, New York
[edit] N
- Benjamin Duke Nabers (Representative), Unionist, Mississippi
- Eben Newton (Representative), Whig, Ohio
- Moses Norris, Jr (Senator), Democrat, New Hampshire
[edit] O
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Representative), Democrat, Ohio
- James Lawrence Orr (Representative), Democrat, South Carolina
- David Outlaw (Representative), Whig, North Carolina
[edit] P
- Andrew Parker (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Representative), Whig, Indiana
- James Alfred Pearce (Senator), Whig, Maryland
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Representative), Democrat, New Hampshire
- Alexander Gordon Penn (Representative), Democrat, Louisiana
- Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (Representative), Whig, Michigan
- Jared Perkins (Representative), Whig, New Hampshire
- John Pettit (Representative), Democrat, Indiana
- John Smith Phelps (Representative), Democrat, Missouri
- William Hawkins Polk (Representative), Independent Democrat, Tennessee
- Gilchrist Porter (Representative), Whig, Missouri
- Paulus Powell (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Thomas George Pratt (Senator), Whig, Maryland
- William Preston (Representative), Whig, Kentucky
- Rodman McCamley Price (Representative), Democrat, New Jersey
[edit] R
- Robert Rantoul, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, Massachusetts
- Isaac Reed (Representative), Whig, Maine
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Senator), Democrat, South Carolina
- William Alexander Richardson (Representative), Democrat, Illinois
- George Read Riddle (Representative), Democrat, Delaware
- John Robbins (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- Reuben Robie (Representative), Democrat, New York
- John Larne Robinson (Representative), Democrat, Indiana
- Thomas Ross (Representative), Democrat, Pennsylvania
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Senator), Democrat, Texas
- Joseph Russell (Representative), Democrat, New York
[edit] S
- Lorenzo Sabine (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- William Augustus Sackett (Representative), Whig, New York
- John Houston Savage (Representative), Democrat, Tennessee
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (Representative), Whig, New York
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Representative), Whig, New York
- Marius Schoonmaker (Representative), Whig, New York
- Zeno Scudder (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- Richardson Scurry (Representative), Democrat, Texas
- William King Sebastian (Senator), Democrat, Arkansas
- William Henry Seward (Senator), Whig, New York
- David Lowrey Seymour (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Origen Storrs Seymour (Representative), Democrat, Connecticut
- James Shields (Senator), Democrat, Illinois
- Henry Hastings Sibley (Delegate), Independent, Minnesota
- Charles Skelton (Representative), Democrat, New Jersey
- Ephraim Knight Smart (Representative), Democrat, Maine
- Robert Barnwell Smith (Senator), Democrat, South Carolina
- Truman Smith (Senator), Whig, Connecticut
- William Russell Smith (Representative), Democrat, Alabama
- William W. Snow (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Pierre Soul (Senator), Democrat, Louisiana
- Presley Spruance (Senator), Whig, Delaware
- Louis St. Martin (Representative), Democrat, Louisiana
- Edward Stanly (Representative), Whig, North Carolina
- Benjamin Stanton (Representative), Whig, Ohio
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Representative), Democrat, Tennessee
- Richard Henry Stanton (Representative), Democrat, Kentucky
- Abraham P. Stephens (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Representative), Unionist, Georgia
- Thaddeus Stevens (Representative), Whig, Pennsylvania
- Robert Field Stockton (Senator), Democrat, New Jersey
- James W. Stone (Representative), Democrat, Kentucky
- Nathan Taylor Stratton (Representative), Democrat, New Jersey
- James French Strother (Representative), Whig, Virginia
- Charles Edward Stuart (Representative), Democrat, Michigan
- Charles Sumner (Senator), Free Soil, Massachusetts
- Josiah Sutherland (Representative), Democrat, New York
- Charles Sweetser (Representative), Democrat, Ohio
[edit] T
- John Lampkin Taylor (Representative), Whig, Ohio
- Benjamin Thompson (Representative), Whig, Massachusetts
- George Western Thompson (Representative), Democrat, Virginia
- Benjamin Babock Thurston (Representative), Democrat, Rhode Island
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Representative), Whig, Georgia
- Isaac Toucey (Senator), Democrat, Connecticut
- Norton Strange Townshend (Representative), Democrat, Ohio
- Amos Tuck (Representative), Whig, New Hampshire
[edit] U
- Joseph Rogers Underwood (Senator), Whig, Kentucky
- William Upham (Senator), Whig, Vermont
[edit] V
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Representative), Democrat, North Carolina
[edit] W
- Benjamin Franklin Wade (Senator), Whig, Ohio
- Henry Sanford Walbridge (Representative), Whig, New York
- Isaac Pigeon Walker (Senator), Democrat, Wisconsin
- Daniel Wallace (Representative), Democrat, South Carolina
- Thomas Yates Walsh (Representative), Whig, Maryland
- William Thomas Ward (Representative), Whig, Kentucky
- Israel Washburn, Jr. (Representative), Whig, Maine
- Albert Galiton Watkins (Representative), Whig, Tennessee
- Richard Hanson Weightman (Delegate), Democrat, New Mexico
- John Welch (Representative), Whig, Ohio
- John B. Weller (Senator), Democrat, California
- John Wells (Representative), Whig, New York
- James Whitcomb (Senator), Democrat, Indiana
- Addison White (Representative), Whig, Kentucky
- Alexander White (Representative), Whig, Alabama
- John A. Wilcox (Representative), Unionist, Mississippi
- Isaac Wildrick (Representative), Democrat, New Jersey
- Christopher Harris Williams (Representative), Whig, Tennessee
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Representative), Democrat, South Carolina
[edit] Y
- Richard Yates (Representative), Whig, Illinois
[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. Clement M. Butler, Episcopalian, elected January 9, 1850.
[edit] House of Representatives
- Clerk of the House:
- John M. Forney of Pennsylvania elected December 1, 1851.
- Sergeant at Arms of the House:
- Adam J. Glossbrenner of Pennsylvania, elected December 1, 1851.
- Doorkeeper of the House:
- Zadock W. McKnew of Maryland, elected December 1, 1851.
- Postmaster of the House:
- John M. Johnson of Virginia, elected December 1, 1851.
- Chaplain of the House
- The Rev. Littleton F. Morgan, Methodist, elected December 1, 1851.
- The Rev. James Gallagher, Presbyterian, elected December 6, 1852.
[edit] Other
- Architect of the Capitol:
- Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11, 1851.
[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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