34th United States Congress - State Delegations

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Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Members 2.1 Alabama 2.2 Arkansas 2.3 California 2.4 Connecticut 2.5 Delaware 2.6 Florida 2.7 Georgia 2.8 Illinois 2.9 Indiana 2.10 Iowa 2.11 Kentucky 2.12 Louisiana 2.13 Maine 2.14 Maryland 2.15 Massachusetts 2.16 Michigan 2.17 Mississippi 2.18 Missouri 2.19 New Hampshire 2.20 New Jersey 2.21 New York 2.22 North Carolina 2.23 Ohio 2.24 Pennsylvania 2.25 Rhode Island 2.26 South Carolina 2.27 Tennessee 2.28 Texas 2.29 Vermont 2.30 Virginia 2.31 Wisconsin 3 Delegates 4 References 5 External links

The Thirty-fourth 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, 1855 to March 3, 1857, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Franklin Pierce.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1850. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had an anti-Democratic or Whig majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 34th United States Congress

See also: 34th United States Congress - Membership Changes

See also: 34th United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: United States House election, 1854

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857

• First session: December 3, 1855 - August 18, 1856
• Second session: August 21, 1856 - August 30, 1856
• Third session: December 1, 1856 - March 3, 1857 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 33rd Congress
Next congress: 35th Congress

[edit] Members

At this time members of the Senate were elected by the legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. The members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote.

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

[edit] Alabama

Senate

• Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic
• Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, December 3, 1855.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• Williamson R.W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic
• James F. Dowdell (1818-1871), Democratic
• Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Democratic
• George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
• Eli S. Shorter (1823-1879), Democratic
• William R. Smith (1815-1896), American
• Percy Walker (1812-1880), American

[edit] Arkansas

Senate

• Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic
• William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• Alfred B. Greenwood (1811-1889), Democratic
• Albert Rust ( -1870), Democratic

[edit] California

Senate

• William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 13, 1857.
• John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• James W. Denver (1817-1892), Democratic
• Philemon T. Herbert (1825-1864), Democratic

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

• Lafayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Independent Whig
• Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813-1896), American
• Sidney Dean (1818-1901), American
• William W. Welch (1818-1892), American
• John Woodruff (1826-1868), American

[edit] Delaware

Senate

• Martin W. Bates (1786-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 14, 1857.
• James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
• John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Independent Whig …died November 9, 1856.
• Joseph P. Comegys (1813-1893), Independent Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, November 19, 1856.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• Elisha D. Cullen (1799-1862), American

[edit] Florida

Senate

• Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic
• David L. Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• Augustus E. Maxwell (1820-1903), Democratic

[edit] Georgia

Senate

• Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic
• Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic
• Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Democratic
• Nathaniel G. Foster (1809-1869), American
• John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Democratic
• James L. Seward (1813-1886), Democratic
• Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Democratic
• Robert P. Trippe (1819-1900), American
• Hiram Warner (1802-1881), Democratic

[edit] Illinois

Senate

• Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
• Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• James C. Allen (1822-1912), Democratic …contested election, seat declared vacant July 18, 1856, subsequently elected, seated December 1, 1856.
• Jacob C. Davis (1820-1883), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1856.
• Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic
• James Knox (1807-1876), Independent Whig
• Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic
• James L.D. Morrison (1816-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856.
• Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), Independent Whig
• William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic …resigned August 25, 1856.
• Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Independent Whig
• James H. Woodworth (1804-1869), Independent Whig

[edit] Indiana

Senate

• Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
• Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 4, 1857.

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• Lucien Barbour (1811-1880), Independent Whig
• Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Independent Whig
• Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Independent Whig
• William Cumback (1829-1905), Independent Whig
• George G. Dunn (1812-1857), Independent Whig
• William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic
• David P. Holloway (1809-1883), Independent Whig
• Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Independent Whig
• Smith Miller (1804-1872), Democratic
• John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Independent Whig
• Harvey D. Scott (1818-1891), Independent Whig

[edit] Iowa

Senate

• James Harlan (1820-1899), Independent Whig …elected to fill vacancy, December 31, 1855, seat declared vacant January 12, 1857, subsequenty elected January 29, 1857.
• George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• Augustus Hall (1814-1861), Democratic
• James Thorington (1816-1887), Independent Whig

[edit] Kentucky

Senate

• John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Independent Whig
• John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Independent Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic
• John P. Campbell, Jr. (1820-1888), American
• Leander M. Cox (1812-1865), American
• John M. Elliott (1820-1879), Democratic
• Joshua H. Jewett (1815-1861), Democratic
• Alexander Marshall (1808-1884), American
• Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), American
• Samuel F. Swope (1809-1865), American
• Albert G. Talbott (1808-1887), Democratic
• Warner L. Underwood (1808-1872), American

[edit] Louisiana

Senate

• Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Independent Whig
• John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Democratic
• George Eustis, Jr. (1828-1872), American
• John M. Sandidge (1817-1890), Democratic
• Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Democratic

[edit] Maine

Senate

• William P. Fessenden (1806-1869), Independent Whig
• Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic …resigned January 7, 1857.
• Amos Nourse (1794-1877), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 16, 1857.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• Samuel P. Benson (1804-1876), Independent Whig
• Thomas J.D. Fuller (1808-1876), Democratic
• Ebenezer Knowlton (1815-1874), Independent Whig
• John J. Perry (1811-1897), Independent Whig
• Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Independent Whig
• John M. Wood (1813-1864), Independent Whig

[edit] Maryland

Senate

• James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Independent Whig
• Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869), Independent Whig

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• Thomas F. Bowie (1808-1869), Democratic
• Henry W. Davis (1817-1865), American
• James M. Harris (1817-1898), American
• Henry W. Hoffman (1825-1895), American
• James B. Ricaud (1808-1866), American
• James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Democratic

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

• Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Independent Whig
• Henry Wilson (1812-1875), American
• Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Independent Whig

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), American
• James Buffinton (1817-1875), American
• Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), American
• Calvin C. Chaffee (1811-1896), American
• Linus B. Comins (1817-1892), American
• William S. Damrell (1809-1860), American
• Timothy Davis (1821-1888), American
• Alexander De Witt (1798-1879), American
• Robert B. Hall (1812-1868), American
• Chauncey L. Knapp (1809-1898), American
• Mark Trafton (1810-1901), American

[edit] Michigan

Senate

• Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
• Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• William A. Howard (1813-1880), Independent Whig
• George W. Peck (1818-1905), Democratic
• David S. Walbridge (1802-1868), Independent Whig
• Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Independent Whig

[edit] Mississippi

Senate

• Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic
• Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic
• Hendley S. Bennett (1807-1891), Democratic
• William A. Lake (1808-1861), American
• John A. Quitman (1799-1858), Democratic
• Daniel B. Wright (1812-1887), Democratic

[edit] Missouri

Senate

• Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Independent Whig
• James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 12, 1857.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• Thomas P. Akers (1828-1877), American …elected to fill vacancy, seated August 18, 1856.
• Samuel Caruthers (1820-1860), Independent Whig
• Luther M. Kennett (1807-1873), Independent Whig
• James J. Lindley (1822-1891), Independent Whig
• John G. Miller (1812-1856), Independent Whig …died May 11, 1856.
• Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898), Independent Whig
• John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
• Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), Independent Whig

[edit] New Hampshire

Senate

• James Bell (1804-1857), Independent Whig …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30, 1855
• John P. Hale (1806-1873), Independent Whig …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30, 1855

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), American
• James Pike (1818-1895), American
• Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), American

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

• John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic
• William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• James Bishop (1816-1895), Independent Whig
• Isaiah D. Clawson (1822-1879), Independent Whig
• Alexander C.M. Pennington (1810-1867), Independent Whig
• George R. Robbins (1808-1875), Independent Whig
• George Vail (1809-1875), Democratic

[edit] New York

Senate

• Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Independent Whig
• William H. Seward (1801-1872), Independent Whig

House of Representatives (33 seats)

• Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Independent Whig
• Thomas Child, Jr. (1818-1869), Independent Whig
• Bayard Clarke (1815-1884), Independent Whig
• Samuel Dickson (1807-1858), Independent Whig
• Edward Dodd (1805-1891), Independent Whig
• Francis S. Edwards (1817-1899), American
• Thomas T. Flagler (1811-1897), Independent Whig
• William A. Gilbert (1815-1875), Independent Whig …resigned February 28, 1857.
• Amos P. Granger (1789-1866), Independent Whig
• Solomon G. Haven (1810-1861), Independent Whig
• Thomas R. Horton (1822-1894), Independent Whig
• Jonas A. Hughston (1808-1862), Independent Whig
• John Kelly (1822-1886), Democratic
• William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), Independent Whig
• Rufus H. King (1820-1890), Independent Whig
• Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889), Independent Whig …resigned February 27, 1857.
• Andrew Z. McCarty (1808-1879), Independent Whig
• Killian Miller (1785-1859), Independent Whig
• Edwin B. Morgan (1806-1881), Independent Whig
• Ambrose S. Murray (1807-1885), Independent Whig
• Andrew Oliver (1815-1889), Democratic
• John M. Parker (1805-1873), Independent Whig
• Guy R. Pelton (1824-1890), Independent Whig
• Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887), Independent Whig
• Russell Sage (1816-1906), Independent Whig
• George A. Simmons (1791-1857), Independent Whig
• Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), Democratic
• James S.T. Stranahan (1808-1898), Independent Whig
• William W. Valk (1806-1879), American
• Abram Wakeman (1824-1889), Independent Whig
• John Wheeler (1823-1906), Democratic
• Thomas R. Whitney (1807-1858), American
• John Williams (1807-1875), Democratic

[edit] North Carolina

Senate

• Asa Biggs (1811-1878), Democratic
• David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• Lawrence O. Branch (1820-1862), Democratic
• Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic
• Francis B. Craige (1811-1875), Democratic
• Robert T. Paine (1812-1872), American
• Richard C. Puryear (1801-1867), American
• Edwin G. Reade (1812-1894), American
• Thomas Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic
• Warren Winslow (1810-1862), Democratic

[edit] Ohio

Senate

• George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Democratic
• Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Independent Whig

House of Representatives (21 seats)

• Charles J. Albright (1816-1883), Independent Whig
• Edward Ball (1811-1872), Independent Whig
• John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Independent Whig
• Philemon Bliss (1813-1889), Independent Whig
• Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Independent Whig
• Timothy C. Day (1819-1869), Independent Whig
• Jonas R. Emrie (1812-1869), Independent Whig
• Samuel Galloway (1811-1872), Independent Whig
• Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Independent Whig
• Aaron Harlan (1802-1868), Independent Whig
• John S. Harrison (1804-1878), Independent Whig
• Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), Independent Whig
• Benjamin F. Leiter (1813-1866), Independent Whig
• Oscar F. Moore (1817-1885), Independent Whig
• Richard Mott (1804-1888), Independent Whig
• Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862), Independent Whig
• William R. Sapp (1804-1875), Independent Whig
• John Sherman (1823-1900), Independent Whig
• Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Independent Whig
• Edward Wade (1802-1866), Independent Whig
• Cooper K. Watson (1810-1880), Independent Whig

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

• William Bigler (1814-1880), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 14, 1856.
• Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic

House of Representatives (25 seats)

• John Allison (1812-1878), Independent Whig
• David Barclay (1823-1889), Democratic
• Samuel C. Bradshaw (1809-1872), Independent Whig
• Jacob Broom (1808-1864), American
• John Cadwalader (1805-1879), Democratic
• James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Independent Whig
• John Covode (1808-1871), Independent Whig
• John Dick (1794-1872), Independent Whig
• John R. Edie (1814-1888), Independent Whig
• Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
• Henry M. Fuller (1820-1860), Independent Whig
• Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Democratic
• John Hickman (1810-1875), Democratic
• Jehu G. Jones (1811-1878), Democratic
• Jonathan Knight (1787-1858), Independent Whig
• John C. Kunkel (1816-1870), Independent Whig
• William Millward (1822-1871), Independent Whig
• Asa Packer (1805-1879), Democratic
• John J. Pearce (1826-1912), Independent Whig
• Samuel A. Purviance (1809-1882), Independent Whig
• David Ritchie (1812-1867), Independent Whig
• Anthony E. Roberts (1803-1885), Independent Whig
• David F. Robison (1816-1859), Independent Whig
• Lemuel Todd (1817-1891), Independent Whig
• Job R. Tyson (1803-1858), Independent Whig

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

• Philip Allen (1785-1865), Democratic
• Charles T. James (1805-1862), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• Nathaniel B. Durfee (1812-1872), American
• Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), American

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

• Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic
• Josiah J. Evans (1786-1858), Democratic

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• William Aiken (1806-1887), Democratic
• William W. Boyce (1818-1890), Democratic
• Preston S. Brooks (1819-1857), Democratic …resigned July 14, 1856, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, seated August 1, 1856, died January 27, 1857.
• Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), Democratic …resigned July 16, 1856, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, seated August 6, 1856.
• John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic
• James L. Orr (1822-1873), Democratic

[edit] Tennessee

Senate

• John Bell (1797-1869), Independent Whig
• James C. Jones (1809-1859), Independent Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), American
• George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
• Charles Ready (1802-1878), American
• Thomas Rivers (1819-1863), American
• John H. Savage (1815-1904), Democratic
• Samuel A. Smith (1822-1863), Democratic
• William H. Sneed (1812-1869), American
• Albert G. Watkins (1818-1895), Democratic
• John V. Wright (1828-1908), Democratic
• Felix K. Zollicoffer (1812-1862), American

[edit] Texas

Senate

• Samuel Houston (1793-1863), American
• Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• Peter H. Bell (1812-1898), Democratic
• Lemuel D. Evans (1810-1877), American

[edit] Vermont

Senate

• Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Independent Whig
• Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Independent Whig

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• George T. Hodges (1789-1860), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856.
• James Meacham (1810-1856), Independent Whig …died August 23, 1856.
• Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Independent Whig
• Alvah Sabin (1793-1885), Independent Whig

[edit] Virginia

Senate

• Robert M.T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic
• James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic …died June 23, 1856.
• Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
• John S. Carlile (1817-1878), American
• John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Democratic
• Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
• Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Democratic
• Muscoe R.H. Garnett (1821-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856.
• William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic
• Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872), Democratic
• John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic
• Fayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic
• John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
• Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic
• William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic

[edit] Wisconsin

Senate

• Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic
• Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Independent Whig

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), Independent Whig
• Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Independent Whig
• Daniel Wells, Jr. (1808-1902), Democratic

[edit] Delegates

Kansas Territory

• John W. Whitfield (1818-1879), Democratic

Minnesota Territory

• Henry Mower Rice (1816-1894), Democratic

Nebraska Territory

• Bird B. Chapman (1821-1871), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

• José M. Gallegos (1815-1875), Democratic
• Miguel A. Otero (1829-1882), Democratic

Oregon Territory

• Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic

Utah Territory

• John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881),

Washington Territory

• James P. Anderson (1822-1872), Democratic

[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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