28th United States Congress - Political Parties
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The Twenty-eighth 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, 1843 to March 3, 1845, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President John Tyler.
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 Whig majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.
- Main article: 28th United States Congress
- See also: 28th United States Congress - Membership Changes
- See also: 28th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1842
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: December 4, 1843 - June 17, 1844
- Second session: December 2, 1844 - March 3, 1845 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 27th Congress
Next congress: 29th Congress
[edit] Senate
- Democratic: 23
- Whig: 29 (majority)
TOTAL members: 52
[edit] House of Representatives
- Democratic: 147 (majority)
- Whig: 72
- Law and Order: 2
- Independent Democrat: 1
- Independent Whig: 1
TOTAL members: 223
[edit] Senate
At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.
[edit] Democratic
- William Allen (1803-1879), Ohio
- Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Arkansas …elected to fill vacancy, November 8, 1844.
- David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Missouri …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1844.
- Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), New Hampshire
- Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Alabama
- Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), Missouri
- Sidney Breese (1800-1878), Illinois
- James Buchanan (1791-1868), Pennsylvania
- Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Georgia
- Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), New York …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30, 1844.
- John Fairfield (1797-1847), Maine
- Henry A. Foster (1800-1889), New York …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30, 1844.
- William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Arkansas …died August 15, 1844.
- Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Indiana
- William H. Haywood, Jr. (1801-1852), North Carolina
- Daniel E. Huger (1779-1854), South Carolina …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, March 4, 1843, resigned March 3, 1845.
- William R.D. King (1786-1853), Alabama …resigned April 14, 1844.
- Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Alabama …appointed to fill vacancy, April 22, 1844, subsequently elected.
- Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Missouri …died October 3, 1843.
- George McDuffie (1790-1851), South Carolina
- Samuel McRoberts (1799-1843), Illinois …died March 27, 1843.
- John M. Niles (1787-1856), Connecticut
- James Semple (1798-1866), Illinois …appointed to fill vacancy, August 16, 1843, subsequently elected.
- Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Arkansas
- Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Pennsylvania
- Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), Ohio
- Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Mississippi
- Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), New Hampshire
- Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), New York …resigned November 26, 1844.
[edit] Whig
- William S. Archer (1789-1855), Virginia
- Alexander Barrow (1801-1846), Louisiana
- Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Massachusetts
- Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), Delaware
- John M. Berrien (1781-1856), Georgia
- Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Massachusetts
- Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Delaware
- John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Kentucky
- William L. Dayton (1807-1864), New Jersey
- George Evans (1797-1867), Maine
- Ephraim H. Foster (1794-1854), Tennessee …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 17, 1843.
- John Henderson (1797-1857), Mississippi
- Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Connecticut
- Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853), Tennessee …elected to fill vacancy, October 17, 1843.
- Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 12, 1844.
- Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), North Carolina
- William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Maryland
- Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), New Jersey
- James T. Morehead (1797-1854), Kentucky
- James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Maryland
- Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Vermont
- Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), Michigan
- William C. Rives (1793-1868), Virginia
- James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Rhode Island
- William Sprague (1799-1856), Rhode Island …resigned January 17, 1844.
- Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), New York …resigned June 17, 1844.
- William Upham (1792-1853), Vermont
- Albert S. White (1803-1864), Indiana
- William Woodbridge (1780-1861), Michigan
[edit] Law and Order
- John B. Francis (1791-1864), Rhode Island …elected to fill vacancy, January 25, 1844.
[edit] House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.
[edit] Democratic
- A-F
- Joseph H. Anderson (1800-1870), New York
- Archibald H. Arrington (1809-1872), North Carolina
- Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Virginia
- Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 6, 1844.
- Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), New York …resigned March 6, 1844.
- James E. Belser (1805-1859), Alabama
- Charles S. Benton (1810-1882), New York
- Benjamin A. Bidlack (1804-1849), Pennsylvania
- Edward J. Black (1806-1846), Georgia
- James Black (1793-1872), Pennsylvania
- James A. Black (1793-1848), South Carolina
- Julius W. Blackwell (1797c- ), Tennessee
- Pierre J.B.E. Bossier (1797-1844), Louisiana …died April 24, 1844.
- Gustavus M. Bower (1790-1864), Missouri
- James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Missouri
- Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Kentucky
- Henry R. Brinkerhoff (1787-1844), Ohio …died April 30, 1844.
- Jacob Brinkerhoff (1810-1880), Ohio
- Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Pennsylvania
- Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), Tennessee
- William J. Brown (1805-1857), Indiana
- Edmund Burke (1809-1882), New Hampshire
- Armistead Burt (1802-1883), South Carolina
- George A. Caldwell (1814-1866), Kentucky
- John Campbell ( -1845), South Carolina
- Levi D. Carpenter (1802-1856), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- Jeremiah E. Cary (1803-1888), New York
- Shepard Cary (1805-1866), Maine …seated May 10, 1844.
- George S. Catlin (1808-1851), Connecticut
- Augustus A. Chapman (1803-1876), Virginia
- Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Alabama
- James G. Clinton (1804-1849), New York
- Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Georgia
- Walter Coles (1790-1857), Virginia
- Mark A. Cooper (1800-1885), Georgia …resigned April 14, 1844.
- Edward Cross (1798-1887), Arkansas
- Alvan Cullom (1797-1877), Tennessee
- Amasa Dana (1792-1867), New York
- John R.J. Daniel (1802-1868), North Carolina
- John W. Davis (1799-1859), Indiana
- Richard D. Davis (1799-1871), New York
- John B. Dawson (1798-1845), Louisiana
- Ezra Dean (1795-1872), Ohio
- Paul Dillingham, Jr. (1799-1891), Vermont
- Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Illinois
- George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Virginia
- Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), Ohio
- Robert P. Dunlap (1794-1859), Maine
- Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854), New York
- Lucius Q.C. Elmer (1793-1883), New Jersey
- Isaac G. Farlee (1787-1855), New Jersey
- Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Illinois
- Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Pennsylvania
- Richard French (1792-1854), Kentucky
- George Fuller (1802-1888), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- G-L
- Thomas W. Gilmer (1802-1844), Virginia …resigned February 16, 1844.
- Byram Green (1786-1865), New York
- John P. Hale (1806-1873), New Hampshire
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine
- William H. Hammett (1799-1861), Mississippi
- Hugh A. Haralson (1805-1854), Georgia
- Samuel Hays (1783-1868), Pennsylvania
- Thomas J. Henley (1810-1865), Indiana
- Joshua Herrick (1793-1874), Maine
- Joseph P. Hoge (1810-1891), Illinois
- Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), South Carolina
- George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Virginia
- George S. Houston (1811-1879), Alabama
- Edmund W. Hubard (1806-1878), Virginia
- William S. Hubbell (1801-1873), New York
- James M. Hughes (1809-1861), Missouri
- Orville Hungerford (1790-1851), New York
- James B. Hunt (1799-1857), Michigan
- Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Pennsylvania
- John Jameson (1802-1857), Missouri
- Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Tennessee
- Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Tennessee
- George W. Jones (1806-1884), Tennessee
- John W. Jones (1791-1848), Virginia
- Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847), Indiana
- Preston King (1806-1865), New York
- Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859), New Jersey
- Alcée L. La Branche (1806-1861), Louisiana
- John B. Lamar (1812-1862), Georgia …resigned July 29, 1843, before Congress assembled.
- Moses G. Leonard (1809-1899), New York
- Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Alabama …resigned April 22, 1844.
- William Lucas (1800-1877), Virginia
- John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Georgia
- Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Michigan
- M-R
- William B. Maclay (1812-1882), New York
- James Mathews (1805-1887), Ohio
- William C. McCauslen (1796-1863), Ohio
- Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Michigan
- John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Illinois
- Felix G. McConnell (1809-1846), Alabama
- Joseph J. McDowell (1800-1877), Ohio
- James I. McKay (1793-1853), North Carolina
- John Millen (1804-1843), Georgia …died October 15, 1843, before Congress assembled.
- Heman A. Moore (1809-1844), Ohio …died April 3, 1844.
- Joseph Morris (1795-1854), Ohio
- Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- Henry C. Murphy (1810-1882), New York
- Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), New Hampshire
- Robert D. Owen (1801-1877), Indiana
- William Parmenter (1789-1866), Massachusetts
- William W. Payne (1807-1874), Alabama
- John Pettit (1807-1877), Indiana
- Emery D. Potter (1804-1896), Ohio
- Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), New York
- Smith M. Purdy (1796-1870), New York
- George O. Rathbun (1803-1870), New York
- Almon H. Read (1790-1844), Pennsylvania …died June 3, 1844.
- John R. Reding (1805-1892), New Hampshire
- David S. Reid (1813-1891), North Carolina
- James H. Relfe (1791-1863), Missouri
- Robert B. Rhett (1800-1876), South Carolina
- John Ritter (1779-1851), Pennsylvania
- Robert W. Roberts (1784-1865), Mississippi
- Orville Robinson (1801-1882), New York
- Jeremiah Russell (1786-1867), New York
- S-Z
- Romulus M. Saunders (1791-1867), North Carolina
- David L. Seymour (1803-1867), New York
- Thomas H. Seymour (1807-1868), Connecticut
- Samuel Simons (1792-1847), Connecticut
- Richard F. Simpson (1798-1882), South Carolina
- John Slidell (1793-1871), Louisiana
- John T. Smith ( - ), Pennsylvania
- Robert Smith (1802-1867), Illinois
- Robert B. Smith (1800-1876), South Carolina
- Thomas Smith (1799-1876), Indiana
- Henry St. John (1783-1869), Ohio
- Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), Virginia
- Lemuel Stetson (1804-1868), New York
- John Stewart (1795-1860), Connecticut
- William H. Stiles (1808-1865), Georgia
- Alfred P. Stone (1813-1865), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- James W. Stone (1813-1854), Kentucky
- Selah B. Strong (1792-1872), New York
- George Sykes (1802-1880), New Jersey
- William Taylor (1788-1846), Virginia
- Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Mississippi
- John W. Tibbatts (1802-1852), Kentucky
- Tilghman M. Tucker (1802-1859), Mississippi
- John B. Weller (1812-1875), Ohio
- John Wentworth (1815-1888), Illinois
- Horace Wheaton (1803-1882), New York
- Benjamin White (1790-1860), Maine …seated December 2, 1844.
- William Wilkins (1779-1865), Pennsylvania …resigned February 14, 1844.
- Henry Williams (1805-1887), Massachusetts
- Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Virginia …resigned February 12, 1844.
- Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), South Carolina
- Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867), Indiana
- William L. Yancey (1814-1863), Alabama …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- Jacob S. Yost (1801-1872), Pennsylvania
[edit] Whig
- A-L
- Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Massachusetts
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Massachusetts
- John B. Ashe (1810-1857), Tennessee
- Osmyn Baker (1800-1875), Massachusetts
- Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), New York
- Daniel M. Barringer (1806-1873), North Carolina
- Francis Brengle (1807-1846), Maryland
- Jeremiah Brown (1785-1858), Pennsylvania
- Milton Brown (1804-1883), Tennessee
- Joseph Buffington (1803-1872), Pennsylvania
- Barker Burnell (1798-1843), Massachusetts …died June 15, 1843, before Congress assembled.
- Charles H. Carroll (1794-1865), New York
- John M.S. Causin (1811-1861), Maryland
- Absalom H. Chappell (1801-1878), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1843.
- Samuel Chilton (1804-1867), Virginia
- Duncan L. Clinch (1787-1849), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 15, 1844.
- Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), North Carolina
- Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Vermont
- Cornelius Darragh (1809-1854), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 26, 1844.
- Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Kentucky
- Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), North Carolina
- James Dellet (1788-1848), Alabama
- John Dickey (1794-1853), Pennsylvania
- David W. Dickinson (1808-1845), Tennessee
- Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), New York
- Elias Florence (1797-1880), Ohio
- Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Vermont
- Henry Frick (1795-1844), Pennsylvania …died March 1, 1844.
- Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Ohio
- William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 10, 1844.
- Willis Green ( - ), Kentucky
- Henry Grider (1796-1866), Kentucky
- Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1843.
- Edward S. Hamlin (1808-1894), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- John J. Hardin (1810-1847), Illinois
- Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Ohio
- Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Massachusetts
- Washington Hunt (1811-1867), New York
- Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), Pennsylvania
- James Irvin (1800-1862), Pennsylvania
- Michael H. Jenks (1795-1867), Pennsylvania
- Perley B. Johnson (1798-1870), Ohio
- John P. Kennedy (1795-1870), Maryland
- Daniel P. King (1801-1850), Massachusetts
- M-Z
- George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Vermont
- Abraham R. McIlvaine (1804-1863), Pennsylvania
- Edward J. Morris (1815-1881), Pennsylvania
- Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Maine
- William A. Moseley (1798-1873), New York
- Willoughby Newton (1802-1874), Virginia
- Thomas J. Patterson (1808c- ), New York
- Joseph H. Peyton (1808-1845), Tennessee
- Jonas P. Phoenix (1788-1859), New York
- James Pollock (1810-1890), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 23, 1844.
- Jacob A. Preston (1796-1868), Maryland
- Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Pennsylvania
- Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), North Carolina
- Charles M. Reed (1803-1871), Pennsylvania
- Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Massachusetts
- George B. Rodney (1803-1883), Delaware
- Charles Rogers (1800-1874), New York
- Samuel C. Sample (1796-1855), Indiana
- Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Ohio
- William T. Senter (1801-1848), Tennessee
- Luther Severance (1797-1855), Maine
- Albert Smith (1805-1870), New York
- Caleb B. Smith (1808-1864), Indiana
- Thomas A. Spence (1810-1877), Maryland
- Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1843.
- Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Pennsylvania
- George W. Summers (1804-1868), Virginia
- William P. Thomasson (1797-1882), Kentucky
- Daniel R. Tilden (1804-1890), Ohio
- Asher Tyler (1798-1875), New York
- Joseph Vance (1786-1852), Ohio
- John I. Vanmeter (1798-1875), Ohio
- Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Ohio
- John Wethered (1809-1888), Maryland
- John White (1802-1845), Kentucky
- Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Massachusetts
- William Wright (1794-1866), New Jersey
[edit] Independent Democratic
- Henry Nes (1799-1850), Pennsylvania
[edit] Law and Order
- Henry Y. Cranston (1789-1864), Rhode Island
- Elisha R. Potter (1811-1882), Rhode Island
[edit] References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
[edit] External links
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [1]
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [2]
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [3]
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [4]
- U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [5]
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [6]
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