32nd United States Congress - State Delegations

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The Thirty-second 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, 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 state delegation.

Main article: 32nd United States Congress

See also: 32nd United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1850

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853

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] 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 began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1856; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last 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 …resigned December 20, 1852.

Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, January 14, 1853.
2: Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: John Bragg (1806-1878), Democratic
2: James Abercrombie (1795-1861), Whig
3: Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Democratic
4: William R. Smith (1815-1896), Unionist
5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic
7: Alexander White (1816-1893), Whig

[edit] Arkansas

Senate

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

House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

[edit] California

Senate

3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
1: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 30, 1852.

House of Representatives (2 seats) ^[1]

A/L: Edward C. Marshall (1821-1893), Democratic
A/L: Joseph W. McCorkle (1819-1884), Democratic

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

3: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig
1: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, May 12, 1852.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Charles Chapman (1799-1869), Whig
2: Colin M. Ingersoll (1819-1903), Democratic
3: Chauncey F. Cleveland (1799-1887), Democratic
4: Origen S. Seymour (1804-1881), Democratic

[edit] Delaware

Senate

2: Presley Spruance (1785-1863), Whig
1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: George Read Riddle (1817-1867), Democratic

[edit] Florida

Senate

3: Jackson Morton (1794-1874), Whig
1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

[edit] Georgia

Senate

2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig …resigned May 28, 1852.

Robert M. Charlton (1807-1854), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 31, 1852.
3: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: Joseph W. Jackson (1796-1854), States Rights
2: James Johnson (1811-1891), Unionist
3: David J. Bailey (1812-1897), States Rights
4: Charles Murphey (1799-1861), Unionist
5: Elijah W. Chastain (1813-1874), Unionist
6: Junius Hillyer (1807-1886), Unionist
7: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Unionist
8: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Unionist

[edit] Illinois

Senate

2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
3: James Shields (1806/1810-1879), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: William H. Bissell (1811-1860), Democratic
2: Willis Allen (1806-1859), Democratic
3: Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Democratic
4: Richard S. Molony (1811-1891), Democratic
5: William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic
6: Thompson Campbell (1811-1868), Democratic
7: Richard Yates (1815-1873), Whig

[edit] Indiana

Senate

1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
3: James Whitcomb (1795-1852), Democratic …died October 4, 1852.

Charles W. Cathcart (1809-1888), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 23, 1852.

John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 11, 1853.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: James Lockhart (1806-1857), Democratic
2: Cyrus L. Dunham (1817-1877), Democratic
3: John L. Robinson (1813-1860), Democratic
4: Samuel W. Parker (1805-1859), Whig
5: Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), Democratic
6: Willis A. Gorman (1816-1876), Democratic
7: John G. Davis (1810-1866), Democratic
8: Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Democratic
9: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic
10: Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Whig

[edit] Iowa

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Bernhart Henn (1817-1865), Democratic
2: Lincoln Clark (1800-1886), Democratic

[edit] Kentucky

2: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig
3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), Whig …died June 29, 1852.

David Meriwether (1800-1893), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, July 6, 1852.

Archibald Dixon (1802-1876), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, September 1, 1852.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
2: Benjamin E. Grey ( - ), Whig
3: Presley U. Ewing (1822-1854), Whig
4: William T. Ward (1808-1878), Whig
5: James W. Stone (1813-1854), Democratic
6: Addison White (1824-1909), Whig
7: Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), Whig …resigned August 4, 1852.

William Preston (1816-1887), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1852.
8: John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Democratic
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: Louis St. Martin (1820-1893), Democratic
2: J. Aristide Landry (1817-1881), Whig
3: Alexander G. Penn (1799-1866), Democratic
4: John Moore (1788-1867), Whig

[edit] Maine

Senate

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

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: Moses MacDonald (1815-1869), Democratic
2: John Appleton (1815-1864), Democratic
3: Robert Goodenow (1800-1874), Whig
4: Charles Andrews (1814-1852), Democratic …died April 30, 1852.

Isaac Reed (1809-1887), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 25, 1852.
5: Ephraim K. Smart (1813-1872), Democratic
6: Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Whig
7: Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808-1876), Democratic

[edit] Maryland

Senate

3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig
1: Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869), Whig

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: Thomas Yates Walsh (1809-1865), Whig
5: Alexander Evans (1818-1888), Whig
6: Joseph S. Cottman (1803-1863), Independent Whig

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

2: John Davis (1787-1854), Whig
1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Free Soil …elected to fill vacancy in class, April 23, 1851.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: William Appleton (1786-1862), Whig
2: Robert J. Rantoul, Jr. (1805-1852), Democratic …died August 7, 1852.

Francis B. Fay (1793-1876), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 29, 1852.
3: James H. Duncan (1793-1869), Whig
4: Benjamin Thompson (1798-1852), Whig …died September 24, 1852.

Lorenzo Sabine (1803-1877), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 28, 1852.
5: Charles Allen (1797-1869), Free Soil
6: George T. Davis (1810-1877), Whig
7: John Z. Goodrich (1804-1885), Whig
8: Horace Mann (1796-1859), Free Soil
9: Orin Fowler (1791-1852), Whig …died September 3, 1852.

Edward P. Little (1791-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 30, 1852.
10: Zeno Scudder (1807-1857), Whig

[edit] Michigan

Senate

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

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: Ebenezer J. Penniman (1804-1890), Whig
2: Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic
3: James L. Conger (1805-1876), Whig

[edit] Mississippi

Senate

2: Henry S. Foote (1804-1880), Democratic …resigned January 8, 1852.

Walker Brooke (1813-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, February 18, 1852.
1: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …resigned September 23, 1851.

John J. McRae (1815-1868), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 1, 1851.

Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 17, 1852.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Benjamin D. Nabers (1812-1878), Unionist
2: John A. Wilcox (1819-1864), Unionist
3: John D. Freeman ( -1886), Unionist
4: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), States Rights

[edit] Missouri

Senate

3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic
1: Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Whig

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: John F. Darby (1803-1882), Whig
2: Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), Whig
3: John G. Miller (1812-1856), Whig
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), Whig
2: Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), Democratic
3: Jared Perkins (1793-1854), Whig
4: Harry Hibbard (1816-1872), Democratic

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig
1: Robert F. Stockton (1795-1866), Democratic …resigned January 10, 1853.

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: Nathan T. Stratton (1813-1887), Democratic
2: Charles Skelton (1806-1879), Democratic
3: Isaac Wildrick (1803-1892), Democratic
4: George H. Brown (1810-1865), Whig
5: Rodman M. Price (1816-1894), Democratic

[edit] New York

Senate

3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Whig
1: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Whig

House of Representatives (34 seats)

1: John G. Floyd (1806-1881), Democratic
2: Obadiah Bowne (1822-1874), Whig
3: Emanuel B. Hart (1809-1897), Democratic
4: J. H. Hobart Haws (1809-1858), Whig
5: George Briggs (1805-1869), Whig
6: James Brooks (1810-1873), Whig
7: Abraham P. Stephens (1796-1859), Democratic
8: Gilbert Dean (1819-1870), Democratic
9: William Murray (1803-1875), Democratic
10: Marius Schoonmaker (1811-1894), Whig
11: Josiah Sutherland (1804-1887), Democratic
12: David L. Seymour (1803-1867), Democratic
13: John L. Schoolcraft (1804-1860), Whig
14: John H. Boyd (1799-1868), Whig
15: Joseph Russell ( - ), Democratic
16: John Wells (1817-1877), Whig
17: Alexander H. Buell (1801-1853), Democratic …died January 29, 1853.
18: Preston King (1806-1865), Democratic
19: Willard Ives (1806-1896), Democratic
20: Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), Democratic
21: William W. Snow (1812-1886), Democratic
22: Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Whig
23: Leander Babcock (1811-1864), Democratic
24: Daniel T. Jones (1800-1861), Democratic
25: Thomas Y. Howe, Jr. (1801-1860), Democratic
26: Henry S. Walbridge (1801-1869), Whig
27: William A. Sackett (1811-1895), Whig
28: Abraham M. Schermerhorn (1791-1855), Whig
29: Jerediah Horsford (1791-1875), Whig
30: Reuben Robie (1799-1872), Democratic
31: Frederick S. Martin (1794-1865), Whig
32: Solomon G. Haven (1810-1861), Whig
33: Augustus P. Hascall (1800-1872), 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: Alfred Dockery (1797-1875), Whig
4: James T. Morehead (1799-1875), 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

3: Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Free Soil
1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, March 15, 1851.

House of Representatives (21 seats)

1: David T. Disney (1803-1857), Democratic
2: Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Whig
3: Hiram Bell (1808-1855), Whig
4: Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Whig
5: Alfred P. Edgerton (1813-1897), Democratic
6: Frederick W. Green (1816-1879), Democratic
7: Nelson Barrere (1808-1883), Whig
8: John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Whig
9: Edson B. Olds (1802-1869), Democratic
10: Charles Sweetser (1808-1864), Democratic
11: George H. Busby (1794-1869), Democratic
12: John Welch (1805-1891), Whig
13: James M. Gaylord (1811-1874), Democratic
14: Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig
15: William F. Hunter (1808-1874), Whig
16: John Johnson (1805-1867), Independent Democratic
17: Joseph Cable (1801-1880), Democratic
18: David K. Cartter (1812-1887), Democratic
19: Eben Newton (1795-1885), Whig
20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Free Soil
21: Norton S. Townshend (1815-1895), Democratic

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

3: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig
1: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic

House of Representatives (24 seats)

1: Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
2: Joseph R. Chandler (1792-1880), Whig
3: Henry D. Moore (1817-1887), Whig
4: John Robbins, Jr. (1808-1880), Democratic
5: John McNair (1800-1861), Democratic
6: Thomas Ross (1806-1865), Democratic
7: John A. Morrison (1814-1904), Democratic
8: Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Whig
9: J. Glancey Jones (1811-1878), Democratic
10: Milo M. Dimmick (1811-1872), Democratic
11: Henry M. Fuller (1820-1860), Whig
12: Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Democratic
13: James Gamble (1809-1883), Democratic
14: Thomas M. Bibighaus (1817-1853), Whig
15: William H. Kurtz (1804-1868), Democratic
16: James X. McLanahan (1809-1861), Democratic
17: Andrew Parker (1805-1864), Democratic
18: John L. Dawson (1813-1870), Democratic
19: Joseph H. Kuhns (1800-1883), Whig
20: John Allison (1812-1878), Whig
21: John W. Howe (1801-1873), Whig
22: Thomas M. Howe (1808-1877), Whig
23: Carlton B. Curtis (1811-1883), Democratic
24: Alfred Gilmore (1812-1890), Democratic

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

2: John H. Clarke (1789-1870), Whig
1: Charles T. James (1805-1862), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: George G. King (1807-1870), Whig
2: Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), Democratic

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic
2: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic …resigned May 7, 1852.

William F. De Saussure (1792-1870), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 24, 1852.

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: John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic
5: Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic
6: William Aiken (1806-1887), Democratic
7: William F. Colcock (1804-1889), Democratic

[edit] Tennessee

Senate

2: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig
1: James C. Jones (1809-1859), Whig

House of Representatives (11 seats)

1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
2: Albert G. Watkins (1818-1895), Whig
3: William M. Churchwell (1826-1862), Democratic
4: John H. Savage (1815-1904), Democratic
5: George W.Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
6: William H. Polk (1815-1862), Independent Democratic
7: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig
8: William Cullom (1810-1896), Whig
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: Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862), Democratic
2: Volney E. Howard (1809-1889), Democratic

[edit] Vermont

Senate

3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig …died January 14, 1853.

Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, January 17, 1853.
1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Ahiman L. Miner (1804-1886), Whig
2: William Hebard (1800-1875), Whig
3: James Meacham (1810-1856), Whig
4: Thomas Bartlett, Jr. (1808-1876), 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: John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Democratic
7: Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic
8: Alexander R. Holladay (1811-1877), Democratic
9: James F. Strother (1811-1860), Whig
10: Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Whig
11: John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic
12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
13: LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic
14: James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), Democratic
15: George W. Thompson (1806-1888), Democratic …resigned July 30, 1852.

Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1852.

[edit] Wisconsin

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Free Soil
2: Ben C. Eastman (1812-1856), Democratic
3: James D. Doty (1799-1865), Democratic

[edit] Delegates

Minnesota Territory

A/L: Henry H. Sibley (1811-1891)

New Mexico Territory

A/L: Richard H. Weightman (1816-1861), Democratic …newly created territory, seated December 1, 1851.

Oregon Territory

A/L: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic

Utah Territory

A/L: John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881), …newly created territory, seated December 1, 1851.

[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.