34th United States Congress - State Delegations

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The Thirty-fourth 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, 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 - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 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

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 1856; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

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

2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic
3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 26, 1855.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

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

[edit] Arkansas

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Alfred B. Greenwood (1811-1889), Democratic
2: Albert Rust ( -1870), Democratic

[edit] California

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats) ^[1]

A/L: James W. Denver (1817-1892), Democratic
A/L: Philemon T. Herbert (1825-1864), Democratic

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

1: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic
3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Opposition

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813-1896), American
2: John Woodruff (1826-1868), American
3: Sidney Dean (1818-1901), American
4: William W. Welch (1818-1892), American

[edit] Delaware

Senate

1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
2: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Opposition …died November 9, 1856.

Joseph P. Comegys (1813-1893), Opposition …appointed to fill vacancy, November 19, 1856.

Martin W. Bates (1786-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 14, 1857.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Elisha D. Cullen (1799-1862), American

[edit] Florida

Senate

1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic
3: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Augustus E. Maxwell (1820-1903), Democratic

[edit] Georgia

Senate

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

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: James L. Seward (1813-1886), Democratic
2: Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Democratic
3: Robert P. Trippe (1819-1900), American
4: Hiram B. Warner (1802-1881), Democratic
5: John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Democratic
6: Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic
7: Nathaniel G. Foster (1809-1869), American
8: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Democratic

[edit] Illinois

Senate

2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

1: Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Opposition
2: James H. Woodworth (1804-1869), Opposition
3: Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), Opposition
4: James Knox (1807-1876), Opposition
5: William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic …resigned August 25, 1856.

Jacob C. Davis (1820-1883), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1856.
6: Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic
7: James C. Allen (1822-1912), Democratic …contested election, seat declared vacant July 18, 1856, subsequently elected, seated December 1, 1856.
8: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic …resigned December 1, 1856.

James L. D. Morrison (1816-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856.
9: Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic

[edit] Indiana

Senate

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

House of Representatives (11 seats)

1: Smith Miller (1804-1872), Democratic
2: William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic
3: George G. Dunn (1812-1857), Opposition
4: William Cumback (1829-1905), Opposition
5: David P. Holloway (1809-1883), Opposition
6: Lucien Barbour (1811-1880), Opposition
7: Harvey D. Scott (1818-1891), Opposition
8: Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Opposition
9: Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Opposition
10: Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Opposition
11: John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Opposition

[edit] Iowa

Senate

2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic
3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Opposition …elected to fill vacancy, December 31, 1855, seat declared vacant January 12, 1857, elected January 29, 1857.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Augustus Hall (1814-1861), Democratic
2: James Thorington (1816-1887), Opposition

[edit] Kentucky

Senate

2: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Opposition
3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Opposition

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic
2: John P. Campbell, Jr. (1820-1888), American
3: Warner L. Underwood (1808-1872), American
4: Albert G. Talbott (1808-1887), Democratic
5: Joshua H. Jewett (1815-1861), Democratic
6: John M. Elliott (1820-1879), Democratic
7: Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), American
8: Alexander K. Marshall (1808-1884), American
9: Leander M. Cox (1812-1865), American
10: Samuel F. Swope (1809-1865), American

[edit] Louisiana

Senate

2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Opposition
3: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

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

[edit] Maine

Senate

1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic …resigned January 7, 1857.

Amos Nourse (1794-1877), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 16, 1857.
2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Opposition

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: John M. Wood (1813-1864), Opposition
2: John J. Perry (1811-1897), Opposition
3: Ebenezer Knowlton (1815-1874), Opposition
4: Samuel P. Benson (1804-1876), Opposition
5: Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Opposition
6: Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808-1876), Democratic

[edit] Maryland

Senate

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

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Democratic
2: James B. Ricaud (1808-1866), American
3: J. Morrison Harris (1817-1898), American
4: Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), American
5: Henry W. Hoffman (1825-1895), American
6: Thomas F. Bowie (1808-1869), Democratic

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Opposition
2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Opposition

House of Representatives (11 seats)

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

[edit] Michigan

Senate

1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
2: Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: William A. Howard (1813-1880), Opposition
2: Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Opposition
3: David S. Walbridge (1802-1868), Opposition
4: George W. Peck (1818-1905), Democratic

[edit] Mississippi

Senate

1: Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic
2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

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

[edit] Missouri

Senate

1: Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Opposition
3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 12, 1857.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: Luther M. Kennett (1807-1873), Opposition
2: Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), Opposition
3: James J. Lindley (1822-1891), Opposition
4: Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898), Opposition
5: John G. Miller (1812-1856), Opposition …died May 11, 1856.

Thomas P. Akers (1828-1877), American …elected to fill vacancy, seated August 18, 1856.
6: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
7: Samuel Caruthers (1820-1860), Opposition

[edit] New Hampshire

Senate

2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Opposition …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30, 1855
3: James Bell (1804-1857), Opposition …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30, 1855

House of Representatives (3 seats)

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

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic
2: William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: Isaiah D. Clawson (1822-1879), Opposition
2: George R. Robbins (1808-1875), Opposition
3: James Bishop (1816-1895), Opposition
4: George Vail (1809-1875), Democratic
5: Alexander C. M. Pennington (1810-1867), Opposition

[edit] New York

Senate

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

House of Representatives (33 seats)

1: William W. Valk (1806-1879), American
2: James S. T. Stranahan (1808-1898), Opposition
3: Guy R. Pelton (1824-1890), Opposition
4: John Kelly (1822-1886), Democratic
5: Thomas R. Whitney (1807-1858), American
6: John Wheeler (1823-1906), Democratic
7: Thomas Child, Jr. (1818-1869), Opposition
8: Abram Wakeman (1824-1889), Opposition
9: Bayard Clarke (1815-1884), Opposition
10: Ambrose S. Murray (1807-1885), Opposition
11: Rufus H. King (1820-1890), Opposition
12: Killian Miller (1785-1859), Opposition
13: Russell Sage (1816-1906), Opposition
14: Samuel Dickson (1807-1858), Opposition
15: Edward Dodd (1805-1891), Opposition
16: George A. Simmons (1791-1857), Opposition
17: Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), Democratic
18: Thomas R. Horton (1822-1894), Opposition
19: Jonas A. Hughston (1808-1862), Opposition
20: Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889), Opposition …resigned February 27, 1857.
21: Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Opposition
22: Andrew Z. McCarty (1808-1879), Opposition
23: William A. Gilbert (1815-1875), Opposition …resigned February 28, 1857.
24: Amos P. Granger (1789-1866), Opposition
25: Edwin B. Morgan (1806-1881), Opposition
26: Andrew Oliver (1815-1889), Democratic
27: John M. Parker (1805-1873), Opposition
28: William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), Opposition
29: John Williams (1807-1875), Democratic
30: Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887), Opposition
31: Thomas T. Flagler (1811-1897), Opposition
32: Solomon G. Haven (1810-1861), Opposition
33: Francis S. Edwards (1817-1899), American

[edit] North Carolina

Senate

2: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic
3: Asa Biggs (1811-1878), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: Robert T. Paine (1812-1872), American
2: Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic
3: Warren Winslow (1810-1862), Democratic
4: Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862), Democratic
5: Edwin G. Reade (1812-1894), American
6: Richard C. Puryear (1801-1867), American
7: F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), Democratic
8: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic

[edit] Ohio

Senate

1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Opposition
3: George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Democratic

House of Representatives (21 seats)

1: Timothy C. Day (1819-1869), Opposition
2: John Scott Harrison (1804-1878), Opposition
3: Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Opposition
4: Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862), Opposition
5: Richard Mott (1804-1888), Opposition
6: Jonas R. Emrie (1812-1869), Opposition
7: Aaron Harlan (1802-1868), Opposition
8: Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Opposition
9: Cooper K. Watson (1810-1880), Opposition
10: Oscar F. Moore (1817-1885), Opposition
11: Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), Opposition
12: Samuel Galloway (1811-1872), Opposition
13: John Sherman (1823-1900), Opposition
14: Philemon Bliss (1813-1889), Opposition
15: William R. Sapp (1804-1875), Opposition
16: Edward Ball (1811-1872), Opposition
17: Charles J. Albright (1816-1883), Opposition
18: Benjamin F. Leiter (1813-1866), Opposition
19: Edward Wade (1802-1866), Opposition
20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Opposition
21: John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Opposition

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

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

House of Representatives (25 seats)

1: Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
2: Job R. Tyson (1803-1858), Opposition
3: William Millward (1822-1871), Opposition
4: Jacob Broom (1808-1864), American
5: John Cadwalader (1805-1879), Democratic
6: John Hickman (1810-1875), Democratic
7: Samuel C. Bradshaw (1809-1872), Opposition
8: J. Glancey Jones (1811-1878), Democratic
9: Anthony E. Roberts (1803-1885), Opposition
10: John C. Kunkel (1816-1870), Opposition
11: James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Opposition
12: Henry M. Fuller (1820-1860), Opposition
13: Asa Packer (1805-1879), Democratic
14: Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Democratic
15: John J. Pearce (1826-1912), Opposition
16: Lemuel Todd (1817-1891), Opposition
17: David F. Robison (1816-1859), Opposition
18: John R. Edie (1814-1888), Opposition
19: John Covode (1808-1871), Opposition
20: Jonathan Knight (1787-1858), Opposition
21: David Ritchie (1812-1867), Opposition
22: Samuel A. Purviance (1809-1882), Opposition
23: John Allison (1812-1878), Opposition
24: David Barclay (1823-1889), Democratic
25: John Dick (1794-1872), Opposition

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

1: Charles T. James (1805-1862), Democratic
2: Philip Allen (1785-1865), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Nathaniel B. Durfee (1812-1872), American
2: Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), American

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

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

House of Representatives (6 seats)

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

[edit] Tennessee

Senate

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

House of Representatives (10 seats)

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

[edit] Texas

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

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

[edit] Vermont

Senate

1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Opposition
3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Opposition

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: James Meacham (1810-1856), Opposition …died August 23, 1856.

George T. Hodges (1789-1860), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856.
2: Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Opposition
3: Alvah Sabin (1793-1885), Opposition

[edit] Virginia

Senate

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

House of Representatives (13 seats)

1: Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic …died June 23, 1856.

Muscoe R. H. Garnett (1821-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856.
2: John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
3: John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Democratic
4: William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic
5: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
6: Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic
7: William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic
8: Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Democratic
9: John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic
10: Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872), Democratic
11: John S. Carlile (1817-1878), American
12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
13: LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic

[edit] Wisconsin

Senate

1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic
3: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Opposition

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: Daniel Wells, Jr. (1808-1902), Democratic
2: Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Opposition
3: Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), Opposition

[edit] Delegates

Kansas Territory

A/L: John W. Whitfield (1818-1879), Democratic

Minnesota Territory

A/L: Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic

Nebraska Territory

A/L: Bird B. Chapman (1821-1871), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

A/L: José Manuel Gallegos (1815-1875), Democratic

Miguel A. Otero (1829-1882), Democratic

Oregon Territory

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

Utah Territory

A/L: John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881)

Washington Territory

A/L: James P. Anderson (1822-1872), Democratic

[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.