36th United States Congress - State Delegations

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The Thirty-sixth 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, 1859 to March 3, 1861, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President James Buchanan.

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 a Republican majority.

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

Main article: 36th United States Congress

See also: 36th United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1858

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861

Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1859 - March 10, 1859
First session: December 5, 1859 - June 25, 1860
Special session of the Senate: June 26, 1860 - June 28, 1860
Second session: December 3, 1860 - March 3, 1861 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 35th Congress
Next congress: 37th 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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term ended with 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

3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.
2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: James A. Stallworth (1822-1861), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.
2: James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.
3: David Clopton (1820-1892), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.
4: Sydenham Moore (1817-1862), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.
5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.
6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 30, 1861.
7: Jabez L. M. Curry (1825-1903), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.

[edit] Arkansas

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Thomas C. Hindman (1828-1868), Democratic
2: Albert Rust ( -1870), Democratic

[edit] California

Senate

3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
1: David C. Broderick (1820-1859), Democratic …died September 16, 1859.

Henry P. Haun (1815-1860), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 3, 1859.

Milton S. Latham (1827-1882), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 5, 1860.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: John C. Burch (1826-1885), Democratic
2: Charles L. Scott (1827-1899), Democratic

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Republican
1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Dwight Loomis (1821-1903), Republican
2: John Woodruff (1826-1868), Republican
3: Alfred A. Burnham (1819-1879), Republican
4: Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Republican

[edit] Delaware

Senate

1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: William G. Whiteley (1819-1886), Democratic

[edit] Florida

Senate

1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.
3: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: George S. Hawkins (1808-1878), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.

[edit] Georgia

Senate

2: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.
3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 28, 1861.

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: Peter E. Love (1818-1866), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861.
2: Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861.
3: Thomas Hardeman, Jr. (1825-1891), Independent …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861.
4: Lucius J. Gartrell (1821-1891), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861.
5: John W. H. Underwood (1816-1888), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861.
6: James Jackson (1819-1887), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861.
7: Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Independent …resigned January 23, 1861.
8: John J. Jones (1824-1898), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861.

[edit] Illinois

Senate

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

House of Representatives (9 seats)

1: Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican
2: John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
3: Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), Republican
4: William Kellogg (1814-1872), Republican
5: Isaac N. Morris (1812-1879), Democratic
6: Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic …died November 24, 1858.
6: John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 5, 1859.
7: James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic
8: Philip B. Fouke (1818-1876), Democratic
9: John A. Logan (1826-1886), Democratic

[edit] Indiana

Senate

1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
3: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic

House of Representatives (11 seats)

1: William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic
2: William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic
3: William McKee Dunn (1814-1887), Republican
4: William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
5: David Kilgore (1804-1879), Republican
6: Albert G. Porter (1824-1897), Republican
7: John G. Davis (1810-1866), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
8: James Wilson (1825-1867), Republican
9: Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican
10: Charles Case (1817-1883), Republican
11: John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Republican

[edit] Iowa

Senate

3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
2: James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Samuel R. Curtis (1805-1866), Republican
2: William Vandever (1817-1893), Republican

[edit] Kansas

Senate

vacant
vacant

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Martin F. Conway (1827-1882), Republican …newly admitted state, seated January 30, 1861.

[edit] Kentucky

Senate

3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), American
2: Lazarus W. Powell (1812-1867), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic
2: Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Democratic
3: Francis M. Bristow (1804-1864), Independent
4: William C. Anderson (1826-1861), Independent
5: John Y. Brown (1835-1904), Democratic
6: Green Adams (1812-1884), Independent
7: Robert Mallory (1815-1885), Independent
8: William E. Simms (1822-1898), Democratic
9: Laban T. Moore (1829-1892), Independent
10: John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Democratic

[edit] Louisiana

Senate

2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew February 4, 1861.
3: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew February 4, 1861.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: John E. Bouligny (1824-1864), American
2: Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew February 5, 1861.
3: Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after February 5, 1861.
4: John M. Landrum (1815-1861), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after February 5, 1861.

[edit] Maine

Senate

2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican
1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican …resigned January 17, 1861.

Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 17, 1861.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: Daniel E. Somes (1815-1888), Republican
2: John J. Perry (1811-1897), Republican
3: Ezra B. French (1810-1880), Republican
4: Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Republican
5: Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Republican

Stephen Coburn (1817-1882), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 2, 1861.
6: Stephen C. Foster (1799-1872), Republican

[edit] Maryland

Senate

3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Democratic
1: Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892), American

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Democratic
2: Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), American
3: J. Morrison Harris (1817-1898), American
4: Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), American
5: Jacob M. Kunkel (1822-1870), Democratic
6: George W. Hughes (1806-1870), Democratic

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

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

House of Representatives (11 seats)

1: Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Republican
2: James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
3: Charles F. Adams, Sr. (1807-1886), Republican
4: Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), Republican
5: Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), Republican
6: John B. Alley (1817-1896), Republican
7: Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Republican
8: Charles R. Train (1817-1885), Republican
9: Eli Thayer (1819-1899), Republican
10: Charles Delano (1820-1883), Republican
11: Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

[edit] Michigan

Senate

1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
2: Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: George B. Cooper (1808-1866), Democratic …contested election, served until May 15, 1860.

William A. Howard (1813-1880), Republican …contested election, seated May 15, 1860.
2: Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Republican
3: Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Republican
4: De Witt C. Leach (1822-1909), Republican

[edit] Minnesota

Senate

1: Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic
2: Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats) ^[1]

A/L: Cyrus Aldrich (1808-1871), Republican
A/L: William Windom (1827-1891), Republican

[edit] Mississippi

Senate

2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861.
1: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861.

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893), Democratic …resigned December 1860, seat not filled in this Congress..
2: Reuben Davis (1813-1890), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861.
3: William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861.
4: Otho R. Singleton (1814-1889), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861.
5: John J. McRae (1815-1868), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861.

[edit] Missouri

Senate

3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic
1: Trusten Polk (1811-1876), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: John R. Barret (1825-1903), Democratic …contested election, served until June 8, 1860, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1860.

Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Republican …contested election, seated June 8, 1860, resigned June 25, 1860.

John R. Barret (1825-1903), Democratic …contested election, served until June 8, 1860, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1860.
2: Thomas L. Anderson (1808-1885), Independent Democratic
3: John B. Clark (1802-1885), Democratic
4: James Craig (1818-1888), Democratic
5: Samuel H. Woodson (1815-1881), American
6: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
7: John W. Noell (1816-1863), Democratic

[edit] New Hampshire

Senate

2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Republican
3: Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: Gilman Marston (1811-1890), Republican
2: Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), Republican
3: Thomas M. Edwards (1795-1875), Republican

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic
2: John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: John T. Nixon (1820-1889), Republican
2: John L. N. Stratton (1817-1889), Republican
3: Garnett B. Adrain (1815-1878), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
4: Jetur R. Riggs (1809-1869), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
5: William Pennington (1796-1862), Republican

[edit] New York

Senate

3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Republican
1: Preston King (1806-1865), Republican

House of Representatives (33 seats)

1: Luther C. Carter (1805-1875), Republican
2: James Humphrey (1811-1866), Republican
3: Daniel E. Sickles (1819-1914), Democratic
4: Thomas J. Barr (1812-1881), Independent Democratic
5: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic
6: John Cochrane (1813-1898), Democratic
7: George Briggs (1805-1869), Republican
8: Horace F. Clark (1815-1873), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
9: John B. Haskin (1821-1895), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
10: Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican
11: William S. Kenyon (1820-1896), Republican
12: Charles L. Beale (1824-1900), Republican
13: Abram B. Olin (1808-1879), Republican
14: John H. Reynolds (1819-1875), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
15: James B. McKean (1821-1879), Republican
16: George W. Palmer (1818-1916), Republican
17: Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), Republican
18: Clark B. Cochrane (1815-1867), Republican
19: James H. Graham (1812-1881), Republican
20: Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
21: R. Holland Duell (1824-1891), Republican
22: M. Lindley Lee (1805-1876), Republican
23: Charles B. Hoard (1805-1886), Republican
24: Charles B. Sedgwick (1815-1883), Republican
25: Martin Butterfield (1790-1866), Republican
26: Emory B. Pottle (1815-1891), Republican
27: Alfred Wells (1814-1867), Republican
28: William Irvine (1820-1882), Republican
29: Alfred Ely (1815-1892), Republican
30: Augustus Frank (1826-1895), Republican
31: Silas M. Burroughs (1810-1860), Republican …died June 3, 1860.

Edwin R. Reynolds (1816-1908), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1860.
32: Elbridge G. Spaulding (1809-1897), Republican
33: Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

[edit] North Carolina

Senate

3: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic
2: Thomas Bragg (1810-1872), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: William N. H. Smith (1812-1889), Independent
2: Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic
3: Warren Winslow (1810-1862), Democratic
4: Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862), Democratic
5: John A. Gilmer (1805-1868), Independent
6: James M. Leach (1815-1891), Independent
7: F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), Democratic
8: Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), Independent

[edit] Ohio

Senate

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

House of Representatives (21 seats)

1: George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Democratic
2: John A. Gurley (1813-1863), Republican
3: Clement L. Vallandigham (1820-1871), Democratic
4: William Allen (1827-1881), Democratic
5: James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Republican
6: William Howard (1817-1891), Democratic
7: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Republican
8: Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Republican
9: John Carey (1792-1875), Republican
10: Carey A. Trimble (1813-1887), Republican
11: Charles D. Martin (1829-1911), Democratic
12: Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
13: John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
14: Cyrus Spink (1793-1859), Republican …died May 31, 1859, before Congress assembled.

Harrison G. O. Blake (1818-1876), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1859.
15: William Helmick (1817-1888), Republican
16: Cydnor B. Tompkins (1810-1862), Republican
17: Thomas C. Theaker (1812-1883), Republican
18: Sidney Edgerton (1818-1900), Republican
19: Edward Wade (1802-1866), Republican
20: John Hutchins (1812-1891), Republican
21: John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican

[edit] Oregon

Senate

3: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic
2: Edward D. Baker (1811-1861), Republican …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 2, 1860.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Lansing Stout (1828-1871), Democratic

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

3: William Bigler (1814-1880), Democratic
1: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican

House of Representatives (25 seats)

1: Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
2: Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Republican
3: John P. Verree (1817-1889), Republican
4: William Millward (1822-1871), Republican
5: John Wood (1816-1898), Republican
6: John Hickman (1810-1875), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
7: Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871), Republican
8: John Schwartz (1793-1860), Anti-Lecompton Democratic …died June 20, 1860.

Jacob K. McKenty (1827-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1860.
9: Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Republican
10: John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican
11: James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Republican
12: George W. Scranton (1811-1861), Republican
13: William H. Dimmick (1815-1861), Democratic
14: Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Republican
15: James T. Hale (1810-1865), Republican
16: Benjamin F. Junkin (1822-1908), Republican
17: Edward McPherson (1830-1895), Republican
18: Samuel S. Blair (1821-1890), Republican
19: John Covode (1808-1871), Republican
20: William Montgomery (1818-1870), Democratic
21: James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Republican
22: Robert McKnight (1820-1885), Republican
23: William Stewart (1810-1876), Republican
24: Chapin Hall (1816-1879), Republican
25: Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887), Republican

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

1: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Republican
2: Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Christopher Robinson (1806-1889), Republican
2: William D. Brayton (1815-1887), Republican

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

3: James H. Hammond (1807-1864), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew November 11, 1860.
2: James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew November 10, 1860.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860.
2: William P. Miles (1822-1899), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after December 13, 1860.
3: Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after December 10, 1860.
4: Milledge L. Bonham (1813-1890), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860.
5: John D. Ashmore (1819-1871), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860.
6: William W. Boyce (1818-1890), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860.

[edit] Tennessee

Senate

1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
2: Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew March 3, 1861.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Thomas A. R. Nelson (1812-1873), Independent
2: Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Independent
3: Reese B. Brabson (1817-1863), Independent
4: William B. Stokes (1814-1897), Independent
5: Robert H. Hatton (1826-1862), Independent
6: James H. Thomas (1808-1876), Democratic
7: John V. Wright (1828-1908), Democratic
8: James M. Quarles (1823-1901), Independent
9: Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), Independent
10: William T. Avery (1819-1880), Democratic

[edit] Texas

Senate

1: Matthias Ward (1805-1861), Democratic

Louis T. Wigfall (1816-1874), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, December 5, 1859.
2: John Hemphill (1803-1862), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Democratic
2: Andrew J. Hamilton (1815-1875), Independent Democratic

[edit] Vermont

Senate

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

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: Eliakim P. Walton (1812-1890), Republican
2: Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican
3: Homer E. Royce (1819-1891), Republican

[edit] Virginia

Senate

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

House of Representatives (13 seats)

1: Muscoe R. H. Garnett (1821-1864), Democratic
2: John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
3: Daniel C. De Jarnette (1822-1881), Independent Democratic
4: William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic …died July 3, 1859.

Roger A. Pryor (1828-1919), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1859.
5: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
6: Shelton F. Leake (1812-1884), Independent Democratic
7: William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic
8: Alexander R. Boteler (1815-1892), Independent
9: John T. Harris (1823-1899), Independent Democratic
10: Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Democratic
11: Albert G. Jenkins (1830-1864), Democratic
12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
13: Elbert S. Martin (1829c-1876), Independent Democratic

[edit] Wisconsin

Senate

3: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Republican
1: James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: John F. Potter (1817-1899), Republican
2: Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Republican …resigned January 1, 1861.
3: Charles H. Larrabee (1820-1883), Democratic

[edit] Delegates

Kansas Territory

A/L: Marcus J. Parrott (1828-1879), Republican ...newly admitted state, served until January 29, 1861.

Nebraska Territory

A/L: Samuel G. Daily (1823-1866), Republican …contested election, seated May 18, 1860.
A/L: Experience Estabrook (1813-1894), …contested election, served until May 18, 1860.

New Mexico Territory

A/L: Miguel A. Otero (1829-1882), Democratic

Utah Territory

A/L: William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Democratic

Washington Territory

A/L: Isaac I. Stevens (1818-1862), 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.