32nd United States Congress - Political Parties
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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.
This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.
- Main article: 32nd United States Congress
- See also: 32nd United States Congress - Membership Changes
- See also: 32nd United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1850
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.
[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] Party summary
[edit] Senate
- Democratic: 36 (majority)
- Whig: 23
- Free Soil: 3
TOTAL members: 62
[edit] House of Representatives
- Democratic: 127 (majority)
- Whig: 85
- Free Soil: 4
- Independent Democrat: 3
- Independent Whig: 1
- States Rights: 3
- Unionists: 10
TOTAL members: 233
[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
- Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Mississippi …elected to fill vacancy, March 17, 1852.
- David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Missouri
- James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Delaware
- Solon Borland (1808-1864), Arkansas
- James W. Bradbury (1802-1901), Maine
- Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Indiana
- Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Pennsylvania
- Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), South Carolina
- Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Michigan
- Charles W. Cathcart (1809-1888), Indiana …appointed to fill vacancy, November 23, 1852.
- Robert M. Charlton (1807-1854), Georgia …appointed to fill vacancy, May 31, 1852.
- Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865), Alabama
- Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Mississippi …resigned September 23, 1851.
- William F. De Saussure (1792-1870), South Carolina …appointed to fill vacancy, May 24, 1852.
- Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Iowa
- Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Wisconsin
- Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Illinois
- Solomon W. Downs (1801-1854), Louisiana
- Alpheus Felch (1804-1896), Michigan
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Alabama …appointed to fill vacancy, January 14, 1853.
- Henry S. Foote (1804-1880), Mississippi …resigned January 8, 1852.
- William M. Gwin (1805-1885), California
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine
- Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Texas
- Robert M.T. Hunter (1809-1887), Virginia
- Charles T. James (1805-1862), Rhode Island
- George W. Jones (1804-1896), Iowa
- William R.D. King (1786-1853), Alabama …resigned December 20, 1852.
- Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Florida
- James M. Mason (1798-1871), Virginia
- John J. McRae (1815-1868), Mississippi …appointed to fill vacancy, December 1, 1851.
- David Meriwether (1800-1893), Kentucky …appointed to fill vacancy, July 6, 1852.
- Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), New Hampshire
- John Pettit (1807-1877), Indiana …elected to fill vacancy, January 11, 1853.
- Robert B. Rhett (1800-1876), South Carolina …resigned May 7, 1852.
- Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Texas
- William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Arkansas
- James Shields (1806/1810-1879), Illinois
- Robert B. Smith (1800-1876), South Carolina
- Pierre Soulé (1801-1870), Louisiana
- Robert F. Stockton (1795-1866), New Jersey …resigned September 23, 1851.
- Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Connecticut …elected to fill vacancy in class, May 12, 1852.
- Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872), Wisconsin
- John B. Weller (1812-1875), California …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 30, 1852.
- James Whitcomb (1795-1852), Indiana …died October 4, 1852.
[edit] Whig
- George E. Badger (1795-1866), North Carolina
- John Bell (1797-1869), Tennessee
- John M. Berrien (1781-1856), Georgia …resigned May 28, 1852.
- Walker Brooke (1813-1869), Mississippi …elected to fill vacancy, February 18, 1852.
- John H. Clarke (1789-1870), Rhode Island
- Henry Clay (1777-1852), Kentucky …died June 29, 1852.
- James Cooper (1810-1863), Pennsylvania
- John Davis (1787-1854), Massachusetts
- John Davis (1787-1854), Massachusetts
- William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Georgia
- Archibald Dixon (1802-1876), Kentucky …elected to fill vacancy, September 1, 1852.
- Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), New York
- Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Vermont
- Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Missouri
- James C. Jones (1809-1859), Tennessee
- Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), North Carolina
- Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), New Jersey
- Jackson Morton (1794-1874), Florida
- James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Maryland
- Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Vermont …appointed to fill vacancy, January 17, 1853.
- Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869), Maryland
- William H. Seward (1801-1872), New York
- Truman Smith (1791-1884), Connecticut
- Presley Spruance (1785-1863), Delaware
- Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Kentucky
- William Upham (1792-1853), Vermont …died January 14, 1853.
- Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, March 15, 1851.
[edit] Free Soil
- Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Ohio
- John P. Hale (1806-1873), New Hampshire
- Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy in class, April 23, 1851.
[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
- William Aiken (1806-1887), South Carolina
- Willis Allen (1806-1859), Illinois
- Charles Andrews (1814-1852), Maine …died April 30, 1852.
- John Appleton (1815-1864), Maine
- William S. Ashe (1814-1862), North Carolina
- Thomas H. Averett (1800-1855), Virginia
- Leander Babcock (1811-1864), New York
- Thomas Bartlett, Jr. (1808-1876), Vermont
- Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Virginia
- James M.H. Beale (1786-1866), Virginia
- William H. Bissell (1811-1860), Illinois
- Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Virginia
- Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Kentucky
- John Bragg (1806-1878), Alabama
- John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Kentucky
- Alexander H. Buell (1801-1853), New York …died January 29, 1853.
- Armistead Burt (1802-1883), South Carolina
- George H. Busby (1794-1869), Ohio
- Joseph Cable (1801-1880), Ohio
- Thompson Campbell (1811-1868), Illinois
- David K. Cartter (1812-1887), Ohio
- John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Virginia
- William M. Churchwell (1826-1862), Tennessee
- Lincoln Clark (1800-1886), Iowa
- Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1852.
- Chauncey F. Cleveland (1799-1887), Connecticut
- Williamson R.W. Cobb (1807-1864), Alabama
- William F. Colcock (1804-1889), South Carolina
- Carlton B. Curtis (1811-1883), Pennsylvania
- John R.J. Daniel (1802-1868), North Carolina
- John G. Davis (1810-1866), Indiana
- John L. Dawson (1813-1870), Pennsylvania
- Gilbert Dean (1819-1870), New York
- Milo M. Dimmick (1811-1872), Pennsylvania
- David T. Disney (1803-1857), Ohio
- James D. Doty (1799-1865), Wisconsin
- Cyrus L. Dunham (1817-1877), Indiana
- Ben C. Eastman (1812-1856), Wisconsin
- Alfred P. Edgerton (1813-1897), Ohio
- Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Virginia
- Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Illinois
- Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Indiana
- Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Pennsylvania
- John G. Floyd (1806-1881), New York
- Thomas J.D. Fuller (1808-1876), Maine
- James Gamble (1809-1883), Pennsylvania
- James M. Gaylord (1811-1874), Ohio
- Alfred Gilmore (1812-1890), Pennsylvania
- Willis A. Gorman (1816-1876), Indiana
- Frederick W. Green (1816-1879), Ohio
- Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Pennsylvania
- Willard P. Hall (1820-1882), Missouri
- William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Maryland
- Edward Hammond (1812-1882), Maryland
- Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Tennessee
- Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Alabama
- Emanuel B. Hart (1809-1897), New York
- Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), Indiana
- Bernhart Henn (1817-1865), Iowa
- Harry Hibbard (1816-1872), New Hampshire
- Alexander R. Holladay (1811-1877), Virginia
- George S. Houston (1811-1879), Alabama
- Volney E. Howard (1809-1889), Texas
- Thomas Y. Howe, Jr. (1801-1860), New York
- Colin M. Ingersoll (1819-1903), Connecticut
- Willard Ives (1806-1896), New York
- Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), New York
- Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Tennessee
- Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Arkansas
- Daniel T. Jones (1800-1861), New York
- George W.Jones (1806-1884), Tennessee
- Jehu G. Jones (1811-1878), Pennsylvania
- Preston King (1806-1865), New York
- William H. Kurtz (1804-1868), Pennsylvania
- John Letcher (1813-1884), Virginia
- Edward P. Little (1791-1875), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 30, 1852.
- James Lockhart (1806-1857), Indiana
- M-R
- Moses MacDonald (1815-1869), Maine
- Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Indiana
- Edward C. Marshall (1821-1893), California
- John C. Mason (1802-1865), Kentucky
- Joseph W. McCorkle (1819-1884), California
- James X. McLanahan (1809-1861), Pennsylvania
- Fayette McMullen (1805-1880), Virginia
- John McNair (1800-1861), Pennsylvania
- John McQueen (1804-1867), South Carolina
- Richard K. Meade (1803-1862), Virginia
- John S. Millson (1808-1874), Virginia
- Richard S. Molony (1811-1891), Illinois
- John A. Morrison (1814-1904), Pennsylvania
- William Murray (1803-1875), New York
- Edson B. Olds (1802-1869), Ohio
- James L. Orr (1822-1873), South Carolina
- Andrew Parker (1805-1864), Pennsylvania
- Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), New Hampshire
- Alexander G. Penn (1799-1866), Louisiana
- John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Missouri
- Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Virginia
- Rodman M. Price (1816-1894), New Jersey
- Robert Rantoul, Jr. (1805-1852), Massachusetts …died August 7, 1852.
- William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Illinois
- George R. Riddle (1817-1867), Delaware
- John Robbins (1808-1880), Pennsylvania
- Reuben Robie (1799-1872), New York
- John L. Robinson (1813-1860), Indiana
- Thomas Ross (1806-1865), Pennsylvania
- Joseph Russell ( - ), New York
- S-Z
- John H. Savage (1815-1904), Tennessee
- Richardson Scurry (1811-1862), Texas
- David L. Seymour (1803-1867), New York
- Origen S. Seymour (1804-1881), Connecticut
- Charles Skelton (1806-1879), New Jersey
- Ephraim K. Smart (1813-1872), Maine
- William W. Snow (1812-1886), New York
- Louis St. Martin (1820-1893), Louisiana
- Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894), Tennessee
- Richard H. Stanton (1812-1891), Kentucky
- Abraham P. Stephens (1796-1859), New York
- James W. Stone (1813-1854), Kentucky
- Nathan T. Stratton (1813-1887), New Jersey
- Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Michigan
- Josiah Sutherland (1804-1887), New York
- Charles Sweetser (1808-1864), Ohio
- George W. Thompson (1806-1888), Virginia …resigned July 30, 1852.
- Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), Rhode Island
- Norton S. Townshend (1815-1895), Ohio
- Abraham W. Venable (1799-1876), North Carolina
- Daniel Wallace (1801-1859), South Carolina
- Isaac Wildrick (1803-1892), New Jersey
- Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), South Carolina
[edit] Whig
- A-F
- James Abercrombie (1795-1861), Alabama
- John Allison (1812-1878), Pennsylvania
- William Appleton (1786-1862), Massachusetts
- Nelson Barrere (1808-1883), Ohio
- Hiram Bell (1808-1855), Ohio
- Henry Bennett (1808-1868), New York
- Thomas M. Bibighaus (1817-1853), Pennsylvania
- Richard J. Bowie (1807-1881), Maryland
- Obadiah Bowne (1822-1874), New York
- John H. Boyd (1799-1868), New York
- Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Indiana
- George Briggs (1805-1869), New York
- James Brooks (1810-1873), New York
- George H. Brown (1810-1865), New Jersey
- Lorenzo Burrows (1805-1885), New York
- Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Florida
- Joseph P. Caldwell (1808-1853), North Carolina
- Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Ohio
- Joseph R. Chandler (1792-1880), Pennsylvania
- Charles Chapman (1799-1869), Connecticut
- Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), North Carolina
- James L. Conger (1805-1876), Michigan
- William Cullom (1810-1896), Tennessee
- John F. Darby (1803-1882), Missouri
- George T. Davis (1810-1877), Massachusetts
- Alfred Dockery (1797-1875), North Carolina
- James H. Duncan (1793-1869), Massachusetts
- Alexander Evans (1818-1888), Maryland
- Presley U. Ewing (1822-1854), Kentucky
- Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Virginia
- Francis B. Fay (1793-1876), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 29, 1852.
- Orin Fowler (1791-1852), Massachusetts …died September 3, 1852.
- Henry M. Fuller (1820-1860), Pennsylvania
- G-L
- Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Tennessee
- Robert Goodenow (1800-1874), Maine
- John Z. Goodrich (1804-1885), Massachusetts
- Benjamin E. Grey ( - ), Kentucky
- Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Ohio
- Augustus P. Hascall (1800-1872), New York
- Solomon G. Haven (1810-1861), New York
- John H.H. Haws (1809-1858), New York
- William Hebard (1800-1875), Vermont
- Jerediah Horsford (1791-1875), New York
- John W. Howe (1801-1873), Pennsylvania
- Thomas M. Howe (1808-1877), Pennsylvania
- William F. Hunter (1808-1874), Ohio
- George G. King (1807-1870), Rhode Island
- Joseph H. Kuhns (1800-1883), Pennsylvania
- Joseph A. Landry (1817-1881), Louisiana
- M-R
- Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), Kentucky …resigned August 4, 1852.
- Frederick S. Martin (1794-1865), New York
- James Meacham (1810-1856), Vermont
- John G. Miller (1812-1856), Missouri
- Ahiman L. Miner (1804-1886), Vermont
- Henry D. Moore (1817-1887), Pennsylvania
- John Moore (1788-1867), Louisiana
- James T. Morehead (1799-1875), North Carolina
- Eben Newton (1795-1885), Ohio
- David Outlaw (1806-1868), North Carolina
- Samuel W. Parker (1805-1859), Indiana
- Ebenezer J. Penniman (1804-1890), Michigan
- Jared Perkins (1793-1854), New Hampshire
- Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), Missouri
- William Preston (1816-1887), Kentucky …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1852.
- Isaac Reed (1809-1887), Maine …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 25, 1852.
- S-Z
- Lorenzo Sabine (1803-1877), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 28, 1852.
- William A. Sackett (1811-1895), New York
- Abraham M. Schermerhorn (1791-1855), New York
- John L. Schoolcraft (1804-1860), New York
- Marius Schoonmaker (1811-1894), New York
- Zeno Scudder (1807-1857), Massachusetts
- Edward Stanly (1810-1872), North Carolina
- Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Ohio
- Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Pennsylvania
- James F. Strother (1811-1860), Virginia
- John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Ohio
- Benjamin Thompson (1798-1852), Massachusetts …died September 24, 1852.
- Amos Tuck (1810-1879), New Hampshire
- Henry S. Walbridge (1801-1869), New York
- Thomas Y. Walsh (1809-1865), Maryland
- William T. Ward (1808-1878), Kentucky
- Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Maine
- Albert G. Watkins (1818-1895), Tennessee
- John Welch (1805-1891), Ohio
- John Wells (1817-1877), New York
- Addison White (1824-1909), Kentucky
- Alexander White (1816-1893), Alabama
- Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), Tennessee
- Richard Yates (1815-1873), Illinois
[edit] Independent Democratic
- John Johnson (1805-1867), Ohio
- William H. Polk (1815-1862), Tennessee
[edit] Free Soil
- Willis Allen (1797-1869), Massachusetts
- Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Wisconsin
- Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Ohio
- Horace Mann (1796-1859), Massachusetts
[edit] Independent Whig
- Joseph S. Cottman (1803-1863), Maryland
[edit] States Rights
- David J. Bailey (1812-1897), Georgia
- Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Mississippi
- Joseph W. Jackson (1796-1854), Georgia
[edit] Unionist
- Elijah W. Chastain (1813-1874), Georgia
- John D. Freeman ( -1886), Mississippi
- Junius Hillyer (1807-1886), Georgia
- James Johnson (1811-1891), Georgia
- Charles Murphey (1799-1861), Georgia
- Benjamin D. Nabers (1812-1878), Mississippi
- William R. Smith (1815-1896), Alabama
- Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Georgia
- Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Georgia
- John A. Wilcox (1819-1864), Mississippi
[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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