31st United States Congress - State Delegations

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Thirty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851, during the administration of U.S. President Zachary Taylor and the first months of the administration of his successor, 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 state delegation.

Main article: 31st United States Congress

See also: 31st United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1848

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851

Special session of the Senate: March 5, 1849 - March 23, 1849
First session: December 3, 1849 - September 30, 1850
Second session: December 2, 1850 - March 3, 1851 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 30th Congress
Next congress: 32nd Congress

[edit] Members

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1850; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

[edit] Alabama

Senate

3: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic
2: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic

Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, November 30, 1849.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: William J. Alston (1800-1876), Whig
2: Henry W. Hilliard (1808-1892), Whig
3: Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Democratic
4: Samuel W. Inge (1817-1868), Democratic
5: David Hubbard (1792-1874), Democratic
6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic
7: Franklin W. Bowdon (1817-1857), Democratic

[edit] Arkansas

Senate

3: Solon Borland (1808-1864), Democratic
2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic

[edit] California

Senate

3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic …newly admitted state, elected September 9, 1850.
1: John C. Frémont (1813-1890), Democratic …newly admitted state, elected September 9, 1850.

House of Representatives (2 seats) ^[1]

A/L: Edward Gilbert (1819c-1852), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated September 11, 1850.
A/L: George W. Wright (1816-1885), Independent …newly admitted state, seated September 11, 1850.

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

1: Roger S. Baldwin (1793-1863), Whig
3: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Loren P. Waldo (1802-1881), Democratic
2: Walter Booth (1791-1870), Free Soil
3: Chauncey F. Cleveland (1799-1887), Democratic
4: Thomas B. Butler (1806-1873), Whig

[edit] Delaware

Senate

2: Presley Spruance (1785-1863), Whig
1: John Wales (1783-1863), Whig

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: John W. Houston (1814-1896), Whig

[edit] Florida

Senate

1: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic
3: Jackson Morton (1794-1874), Whig

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Whig

[edit] Georgia

Senate

2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig
3: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: Thomas B. King (1800-1864), Whig …resigned in 1850.

Joseph W. Jackson (1796-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 4, 1850.
2: Marshall J. Wellborn (1808-1874), Democratic
3: Allen F. Owen (1816-1865), Whig
4: Hugh A. Haralson (1805-1854), Democratic
5: Thomas C. Hackett ( -1851), Democratic
6: Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic
7: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Whig
8: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Whig

[edit] Illinois

Senate

2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
3: James Shields (1806/1810-1879), Democratic …seat declared vacant March 15, 1849, subsequently elected to fill vacancy October 27, 1849.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: William H. Bissell (1811-1860), Democratic
2: John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic
3: Timothy R. Young (1811-1898), Democratic
4: John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic
5: William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic
6: Edward D. Baker (1811-1861), Whig
7: Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic

[edit] Indiana

Senate

1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
3: James Whitcomb (1795-1852), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Nathaniel Albertson (1800-1863), Democratic
2: Cyrus L. Dunham (1817-1877), Democratic
3: John L. Robinson (1813-1860), Democratic
4: George W. Julian (1817-1899), Free Soil
5: William J. Brown (1805-1857), Democratic
6: Willis A. Gorman (1816-1876), Democratic
7: Edward W. McGaughey (1817-1852), Whig
8: Joseph E. McDonald (1819-1891), Democratic
9: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic
10: Andrew J. Harlan (1815-1907), Democratic

[edit] Iowa

Senate

3: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic
2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: William Thompson (1813-1897), Democratic …contested election, served until June 29, 1850.

Daniel F. Miller (1814-1895), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 20, 1850.
2: Shepherd Leffler (1811-1879), Democratic

[edit] Kentucky

Senate

2: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig
3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
2: James L. Johnson (1818-1877), Whig
3: Finis E. McLean (1806-1881), Whig
4: George A. Caldwell (1814-1866), Democratic
5: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig
6: Daniel Breck (1788-1871), Whig
7: Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), Whig
8: Charles S. Morehead (1802-1868), Whig
9: John C. Mason (1802-1865), Democratic
10: Richard H. Stanton (1812-1891), Democratic

[edit] Louisiana

Senate

2: Solomon W. Downs (1801-1854), Democratic
3: Pierre Soulé (1801-1870), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Emile La Sére (1802-1882), Democratic
2: Charles M. Conrad (1804-1878), Whig …resigned August 17, 1850.

Henry A. Bullard (1788-1851), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1850.
3: John H. Harmanson (1803-1850), Democratic …died October 25, 1850.

Alexander G. Penn (1799-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 30, 1850.
4: Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Democratic

[edit] Maine

Senate

2: James W. Bradbury (1802-1901), Democratic
1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: Elbridge Gerry (1813-1886), Democratic
2: Nathaniel S. Littlefield (1804-1882), Democratic
3: John Otis (1801-1856), Whig
4: Rufus K. Goodenow (1790-1863), Whig
5: Cullen Sawtelle (1805-1887), Democratic
6: Charles Stetson (1801-1863), Democratic
7: Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808-1876), Democratic

[edit] Maryland

Senate

3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig
1: Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Whig …resigned March 7, 1849.

David Stewart (1800-1858), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, December 6, 1849.

Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, January 12, 1850.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: Richard J. Bowie (1807-1881), Whig
2: William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic
3: Edward Hammond (1812-1882), Democratic
4: Robert M. McLane (1815-1898), Democratic
5: Alexander Evans (1818-1888), Whig
6: John B. Kerr (1809-1878), Whig

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Whig …resigned July 22, 1850.

Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, July 30, 1850.

Robert J. Rantoul, Jr. (1805-1852), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1851.
2: John Davis (1787-1854), Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig …resigned July 30, 1850.

Samuel A. Eliot (1798-1862), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated August 22, 1850.
2: Daniel P. King (1801-1850), Whig …died July 25, 1850.
3: James H. Duncan (1793-1869), Whig
4: vacant
5: Charles Allen (1797-1869), Free Soil
6: George Ashmun (1804-1870), Whig
7: Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig
8: Horace Mann (1796-1859), Whig
9: Orin Fowler (1791-1852), Whig
10: Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig

[edit] Michigan

Senate

1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
2: Alpheus Felch (1804-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: Alexander W. Buel (1813-1868), Democratic
2: William Sprague (1809-1868), Whig
3: Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Democratic

[edit] Mississippi

Senate

2: Henry S. Foote (1804-1880), Democratic
1: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic
2: Winfield S. Featherston (1820-1891), Democratic
3: William McWillie (1795-1869), Democratic
4: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic

[edit] Missouri

Senate

1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Democratic
2: William V. Bay (1818-1894), Democratic
3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic
4: Willard P. Hall (1820-1882), Democratic
5: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic

[edit] New Hampshire

Senate

2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Free Soil
3: Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Amos Tuck (1810-1879), Free Soil
2: Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), Democratic
3: James Wilson (1797-1881), Whig …resigned September 9, 1850.

George W. Morrison (1809-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1850.
4: Harry Hibbard (1816-1872), Democratic

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig
1: William L. Dayton (1807-1864), Whig

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: Andrew K. Hay (1809-1881), Whig
2: William A. Newell (1817-1901), Whig
3: Isaac Wildrick (1803-1892), Democratic
4: John Van Dyke (1807-1878), Whig
5: James G. King (1791-1853), Whig

[edit] New York

Senate

1: Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), Democratic
3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Whig

House of Representatives (34 seats)

1: John A. King (1788-1867), Whig
2: David A. Bokee (1805-1860), Whig
3: J. Phillips Phoenix (1788-1859), Whig
4: Walter Underhill (1795-1866), Whig
5: George Briggs (1805-1869), Whig
6: James Brooks (1810-1873), Whig
7: William Nelson (1784-1869), Whig
8: Ransom Halloway (1793c-1851), Whig
9: Thomas McKissock (1790-1866), Whig
10: Herman D. Gould (1799-1852), Whig
11: Peter H. Silvester (1807-1882), Whig
12: Gideon Reynolds (1813-1896), Whig
13: John L. Schoolcraft (1804-1860), Whig
14: George R. Andrews (1808-1873), Whig
15: John R. Thurman (1814-1854), Whig
16: Hugh White (1798-1870), Whig
17: Henry P. Alexander (1801-1867), Whig
18: Preston King (1806-1865), Free Soil
19: Charles E. Clarke (1790-1863), Whig
20: Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889), Whig
21: Hiram Walden (1800-1880), Democratic
22: Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Whig
23: William Duer (1805-1879), Whig
24: Daniel Gott (1794-1864), Whig
25: Harmon S. Conger (1816-1882), Whig
26: William T. Jackson (1794-1882), Whig
27: William A. Sackett (1811-1895), Whig
28: Abraham M. Schermerhorn (1791-1855), Whig
29: Robert L. Rose (1804-1877), Whig
30: David Rumsey, Jr. (1810-1883), Whig
31: Elijah Risley (1787-1870), Whig
32: Elbridge G. Spaulding (1809-1897), Whig
33: Harvey Putnam (1793-1855), Whig
34: Lorenzo Burrows (1805-1885), Whig

[edit] North Carolina

Senate

2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
3: George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig

House of Representatives (9 seats)

1: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Whig
2: Joseph P. Caldwell (1808-1853), Whig
3: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig
4: Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), Whig
5: Abraham W. Venable (1799-1876), Democratic
6: John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic
7: William S. Ashe (1814-1862), Democratic
8: Edward Stanly (1810-1872), Whig
9: David Outlaw (1806-1868), Whig

[edit] Ohio

Senate

1: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Whig …resigned July 20, 1850.

Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, July 20, 1850.
3: Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Free Soil

House of Representatives (21 seats)

1: David T. Disney (1803-1857), Democratic
2: Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Whig
3: Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Whig
4: Moses B. Corwin (1790-1872), Whig
5: Emery D. Potter (1804-1896), Democratic
6: Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849), Democratic …died March 20, 1849.

John Bell (1796-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1851.

Amos E. Wood (1810-1850), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1849, died November 19, 1850.
7: Jonathan D. Morris (1804-1875), Democratic
8: John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Whig
9: Edson B. Olds (1802-1869), Democratic
10: Charles Sweetser (1808-1864), Democratic
11: John K. Miller (1819-1863), Democratic
12: Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Whig
13: William A. Whittlesey (1796-1866), Democratic
14: Nathan Evans (1804-1879), Whig
15: William F. Hunter (1808-1874), Whig
16: Moses Hoagland (1812-1865), Democratic
17: Joseph Cable (1801-1880), Democratic
18: David K. Cartter (1812-1887), Democratic
19: John Crowell (1801-1883), Whig
20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Free Soil
21: Joseph M. Root (1807-1879), Free Soil

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic
3: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig

House of Representatives (24 seats)

1: Lewis C. Levin (1808-1860), 'American
2: Joseph R. Chandler (1792-1880), Whig
3: Henry D. Moore (1817-1887), Whig
4: John Robbins, Jr. (1808-1880), Democratic
5: John Freedley (1793-1851), Whig
6: Thomas Ross (1806-1865), Democratic
7: Jesse C. Dickey (1808-1890), Whig
8: Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Whig
9: William Strong (1808-1895), Democratic
10: Milo M. Dimmick (1811-1872), Democratic
11: Chester P. Butler (1798-1850), Whig …died October 5, 1850.

John Brisbin (1818-1880), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 13, 1851.
12: David Wilmot (1814-1868), Democratic
13: Joseph Casey (1814-1879), Whig
14: Charles W. Pitman ( -1871), Whig
15: Henry Nes (1799-1850), Whig …died September 10, 1850.

Joel B. Danner (1804-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1850.
16: James X. McLanahan (1809-1861), Democratic
17: Samuel Calvin (1811-1890), Whig
18: Andrew J. Ogle (1822-1852), Whig
19: Job Mann (1795-1873), Democratic
20: Robert R. Reed (1807-1864), Whig
21: Moses Hampton (1803-1878), Whig
22: John W. Howe (1801-1873), Free Soil
23: James Thompson (1806-1874), Democratic
24: Alfred Gilmore (1812-1890), Democratic

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

1: Albert C. Greene (1792-1863), Whig
2: John H. Clarke (1789-1870), Whig

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: George G. King (1807-1870), Whig
2: Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (1812-1881), Whig

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic …died March 31, 1850.

Franklin H. Elmore (1799-1850), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, April 11, 1850, died May 29, 1850.

Robert W. Barnwell (1801-1882), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, June 4, 1850.

R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 18, 1850.
3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: Daniel Wallace (1801-1859), Democratic
2: James L. Orr (1822-1873), Democratic
3: Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), Democratic
4: Alexander D. Sims (1803-1848), Democratic …died November 16, 1848.

John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress.
5: Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic
6: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic
7: William F. Colcock (1804-1889), Democratic

[edit] Tennessee

Senate

1: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic
2: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig

House of Representatives (11 seats)

1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
2: Albert G. Watkins (1818-1895), Whig
3: Josiah M. Anderson (1807-1861), Whig
4: John H. Savage (1815-1904), Democratic
5: George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
6: James H. Thomas (1808-1876), Democratic
7: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig
8: Andrew Ewing (1813-1864), Democratic
9: Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Democratic
10: Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894), Democratic
11: Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), Whig

[edit] Texas

Senate

2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Democratic
1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: David S. Kaufman (1813-1851), Democratic …died January 31, 1851.
2: Volney E. Howard (1809-1889), Democratic

[edit] Vermont

Senate

1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig
3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: William Henry (1788-1861), Whig
2: William Hebard (1800-1875), Whig
3: George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Whig …resigned in 1849.

James Meacham (1810-1856), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1849.
4: Lucius B. Peck (1802-1866), Democratic

[edit] Virginia

Senate

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

House of Representatives (15 seats)

1: John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
2: Richard K. Meade (1803-1862), Democratic
3: Thomas H. Averett (1800-1855), Democratic
4: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
5: Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic
6: James A. Seddon (1815-1880), Democratic
7: Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic
8: Alexander R. Holladay (1811-1877), Democratic
9: Jeremiah Morton (1799-1878), Whig
10: Richard Parker (1810-1893), Democratic
11: James McDowell (1795-1851), Democratic
12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
13: LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic
14: James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), Democratic
15: Alexander Newman (1804-1849), Democratic …died September 8, 1849.

Thomas S. Haymond (1794-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1849.

[edit] Wisconsin

Senate

1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic
3: Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Free Soil
2: Orsamus Cole (1819-1903), Whig
3: James D. Doty (1799-1865), Democratic

[edit] Delegates

Minnesota Territory

A/L: Henry H. Sibley (1811-1891), …newly formed territory, seated December 3, 1849.

Oregon Territory

A/L: Samuel R. Thurston (1816-1851), Democratic …newly formed territory, seated December 3, 1849.

[edit] Notes

^ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[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.