32nd United States Congress
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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 4, 1853, during the third and fourth years of Millard Fillmore's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Major events
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852
- March 20, 1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin published
- July 1, 1852: Henry Clay was the first to lie in state in the United States Capitol rotunda
- November 2, 1852: U.S. presidential election, 1852: Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig Winfield Scott
Major legislation
Main article: Major legislation: 32nd United States Congress
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Territories organized
- March 2, 1853: Washington Territory was formed from Oregon Territory.
Party summary
Senate
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic (D) |
Free Soil (FS) |
Whig (W) |
Other | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress | 36 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| Begin | 33 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 60 | 3 |
| End | 35 | 23 | 61 | 1 | ||
| Final voting share | 55.7% | 6.6% | 37.7% | 0.0% | ||
| Beginning of next Congress | 36 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 60 | 2 |
House of Representatives
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic (D) |
Independent Democratic (ID) |
Free Soil (FS) |
States Rights (SR) |
Constitutional Unionist (CU) |
Whig (W) |
Independent Whig (IW) |
Other | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress | 113 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 231 | 2 |
| Begin | 128 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 233 | 0 |
| End | 126 | 86 | 232 | 1 | ||||||
| Final voting share | 54.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 4.3% | 37.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% | ||
| Beginning of next Congress | 158 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 234 | 0 |
Leadership
President pro tempore
William R. King
William R. King
President pro tempore
David R. Atchison
David R. Atchison
Senate
- President: Vacant
- President pro tempore: William R. King (D)
- David R. Atchison (D), elected December 20, 1852
House of Representatives
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
Senate
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.
See also: United States Senate elections, 1850
House of Representatives
Speaker of the House
Linn Boyd
Linn Boyd
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- replacements: 8
- Democrats (D): 1 seat net gain
- Whigs (W): 1 seat net loss
- deaths: 3
- resignations: 6
- interim appointments: 3
- Total seats with changes: 13
| State (class) |
Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio (1) |
Vacant | Failure to elect | Benjamin Wade (W) | Elected March 15, 1851 |
| California (1) |
Vacant | Failure to take seat | John B. Weller (D) | Seated January 30, 1852 |
| Connecticut (1) |
Vacant | Failure to take seat | Isaac Toucey (D) | Seated May 12, 1852 |
| Mississippi (1) |
Jefferson Davis (D) | Resigned September 23, 1851 to run for Governor of Mississippi | John J. McRae (D) | Appointed December 1, 1851 |
| Mississippi (2) |
Henry S. Foote (D) | Resigned January 8, 1852 to become Governor of Mississippi | Walker Brooke (W) | Elected February 18, 1852 |
| Mississippi (1) |
John J. McRae (D) | Successor elected March 17, 1852 | Stephen Adams (D) | Elected March 17, 1852 |
| South Carolina (2) |
Robert Rhett (D) | Resigned May 7, 1852 | William F. De Saussure (D) | Appointed May 10, 1852 |
| Georgia (2) |
John M. Berrien (W) | Resigned May 28, 1852 | Robert M. Charlton (D) | Elected May 31, 1852 |
| Kentucky (3) |
Henry Clay (W) | Died June 29, 1852 | David Meriwether (D) | Appointed July 6, 1852 |
| Indiana (3) |
James Whitcomb (D) | Died October 4, 1852 | Charles W. Cathcart (D) | Appointed December 6, 1852 |
| Kentucky (3) |
David Meriwether (D) | Successor elected August 31, 1852 | Archibald Dixon (W) | Elected September 1, 1852 |
| Alabama (3) |
William R. King (D) | Resigned December 20, 1852 due to ill health | Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | Elected January 14, 1853 |
| New Jersey (1) |
Robert F. Stockton (D) | Resigned January 1, 1853 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| Vermont (3) |
William Upham (W) | Died January 14, 1853 | Samuel S. Phelps (W) | Appointed January 17, 1853 |
| Indiana (3) |
Charles W. Cathcart (D) | Successor elected January 18, 1853 | John Pettit (D) | Elected January 18, 1853 |
House of Representatives
- replacements: 6
- Democrats (D): 1 seat net loss
- Whigs (W): 1 seat net gain
- deaths: 2
- resignations: 5
- Total seats with changes: 7
| District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor seated |
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| Maine 4th | Charles Andrews (D) | Died April 30, 1852 | Isaac Reed (W) | Seated June 25, 1852 |
| Virginia 15th | George W. Thompson (D) | Resigned July 30, 1852 after being appointed judge of the Circuit Court of Virginia | Sherrard Clemens (D) | Seated December 6, 1852 |
| Kentucky 7th | Humphrey Marshall (W) | Resigned August 4, 1852 after being appointed Minister to China | William Preston (W) | Seated December 6, 1852 |
| Massachusetts 2nd | Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D) | Died August 7, 1852 | Francis B. Fay (W) | Seated December 13, 1852 |
| Massachusetts 9th | Orin Fowler (W) | Died September 3, 1852 | Edward P. Little (D) | Seated December 13, 1852 |
| Massachusetts 4th | Benjamin Thompson (W) | Died September 24, 1852 | Lorenzo Sabine (W) | Seated December 13, 1852 |
| New York 17th | Alexander H. Buell (D) | Died January 29, 1853 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
Employees
- Architect of the Capitol: Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11, 1851
Senate
- Chaplain: Clement M. Butler (Episcopalian)
- Secretary: Asbury Dickens elected December 12, 1836
- Sergeant at Arms: Robert Beale, elected December 9, 1845
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Littleton F. Morgan (Methodist), elected December 1, 1851
- James Gallagher (Presbyterian), elected December 6, 1852
- Clerk: John W. Forney
- Doorkeeper: Zadock W. McKnew
- Sergeant at Arms: Adam J. Glossbrenner
- Postmaster: John M. Johnson
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.
External links
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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