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THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1857, TO MARCH 3, 1859

FIRST SESSION—December 7, 1857, to June 14, 1858 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1858, to March 3, 1859 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1857, to March 14, 1857; June 15, 1858, to June 16, 1858

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—JAMES M. MASON, 1 of ; THOMAS J. RUSK, 2 of ; , 3 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKENS, of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—DUNNING R. MCNAIR, of

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JAMES L. ORR, 4 of South Carolina CLERK OF THE HOUSE—WILLIAM CULLOM, of ; JAMES C. ALLEN, 5 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—ADAM J. GLOSSBRENNER, of Pennsylvania DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—ROBERT B. HACKNEY, of Virginia

ALABAMA Joseph C. McKibbin, Downieville GEORGIA SENATORS SENATORS Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Wetumpka Robert Toombs, Clement C. Clay, Jr., Huntsville SENATORS Alfred Iverson, Columbus REPRESENTATIVES Lafayette S. Foster, Norwich REPRESENTATIVES James A. Stallworth, Evergreen James Dixon, Hartford James L. Seward, Thomasville Eli S. Shorter, Eufaula REPRESENTATIVES Martin J. Crawford, Columbus James F. Dowdell, Chambers Ezra Clark, Jr., Hartford Sydenham Moore, Greensboro Robert P. Trippe, Forsyth Samuel Arnold, Haddam George S. Houston, Athens Lucius J. Gartrell, Atlanta Sidney Dean, Putman Williamson R. W. Cobb, Bellefonte Augustus R. Wright, Rome William D. Bishop, Bridgeport Jabez L. M. Curry, Talladega James Jackson, Athens Joshua Hill, Madison ARKANSAS DELAWARE Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordville SENATORS SENATORS William K. Sebastian, Helena James A. Bayard, Wilmington ILLINOIS Robert W. Johnson, Pine Bluff Martin W. Bates, Dover SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Stephen A. Douglas, Chicago Alfred B. Greenwood, Bentonville William G. Whiteley, New Castle , Alton Edward A. Warren, Camden REPRESENTATIVES FLORIDA Elihu B. Washburne, Galena SENATORS Jno. F. Farnsworth, Chicago SENATORS Owen Lovejoy, Princeton Stephen R. Mallory, Key West William M. Gwin, San Francisco William Kellogg, Canton , Homasassa David C. Broderick, San Francisco Isaac N. Morris, Quincy REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Thomas L. Harris, 6 Petersburg Charles L. Scott, Sonora George S. Hawkins, Pensacola Charles D. Hodges, 7 Carrollton

1 Elected March 4, 1857 (special session of the Senate). 5 Elected December 7, 1857. 7 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas L. 2 Elected March 14, 1857 (special session of the Senate). 6 Died November 24, 1858, before the commencement Harris, and took his seat January 20, 1859. 3 Elected December 7, 1857; March 29, 1858; June 14, of the Thirty-sixth Congress, to which he had been re- 1858; January 25, 1859. elected. 4 Elected December 7, 1857.

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Aaron Shaw, Lawrenceville Miles Taylor, Donaldsonville , Hillsdale Robert Smith, Alton Thomas G. Davidson, East Feliciana David S. Walbridge, Kalamazoo Samuel S. Marshall, McLeansboro John M. Sandidge, Pineville De Witt C. Leach, Lansing MAINE MINNESOTA 18 8 SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS Jesse D. Bright, Jeffersonville William Pitt Fessenden, Portland Henry M. Rice, 19 St. Paul Graham N. Fitch, Logansport , Hampden James Shields, 20 St. Paul REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE 21 James Lockhart, 9 Evansville John M. Wood, Portland William E. Niblack, 10 Vicennes James M. Cavanaugh, Chatfield Charles J. Gilman, Brunswick William W. Phelps, Red Wing William H. English, Lexington Nehemiah Abbott, Belfast James Hughes, Bloomington Freeman H. Morse, Bath MISSISSIPPI James B. Foley, Greensburg Israel Washburn, Jr., Orono , Yorktown Stephen C. Foster, Pembroke SENATORS James M. Gregg, Danville Albert G. Brown, Newton John G. Davis, Rockville MARYLAND , Hurricane James Wilson, Crawfordsville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Schyler Colfax, South Bend James A. Pearce, Chestertown Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Abbeville , 11 Fort Wayne Anthony Kennedy, Baltimore , 12 Fort Wayne Reuben Davis, Aberdeen John U. Pettit, Wabash REPRESENTATIVES William Barksdale, Columbus James A. Stewart, Cambridge Otho R. Singleton, Canton IOWA James B. Ricaud, Chestertown John A. Quitman, 22 Natchez 23 SENATORS J. Morrison Harris, 13 Baltimore John J. McRae, State Line George W. Jones, Dubuque H. Winter Davis, 14 Baltimore James Harlan, Mount Pleasant Jacob M. Kunkel, Frederick MISSOURI REPRESENTATIVES Thomas F. Bowie, Upper Marlboro SENATORS James S. Green, Canton Samuel R. Curtis, Keokuk Timothy Davis, Dubuque Trusten Polk, St. Louis SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES , 15 Boston KENTUCKY Francis P. Blair, Jr., St. Louis , Natick SENATORS Thomas L. Anderson, Palmyra John B. Thompson, Harrodsburg REPRESENTATIVES John B. Clark, 24 Fayette John J. Crittenden, Frankfort Robert B. Hall, Plymouth James Craig, St. Joseph REPRESENTATIVES James Buffinton, Fall River Samuel H. Woodson, Independence Henry C. Burnett, Cadiz William S. Damrell, Dedham John S. Phelps, Springfield Samuel O. Peyton, Hartford Linus B. Comins, Boston Samuel Caruthers, Cape Girardeau Warner L. Underwood, Bowling Green , Cambridge Albert G. Talbott, Danville Timothy Davis, Gloucester 16 Joshua H. Jewett, Elizabethtown Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., Waltham SENATORS Daniel W. Gooch, 17 Melrose John M. Elliott, Prestonburg James Bell, 25 Laconia Humphrey Marshall, Springport Chauncey L. Knapp, Lowell Daniel Clark, 26 Manchester James B. Clay, Lexington Eli Thayer, Worcester John P. Hale, Dover John C. Mason, Owingsville Calvin C. Chaffee, Springfield John W. Stevenson, Covington Henry L. Dawes, North Adams REPRESENTATIVES James Pike, Sanbornton Bridge Mason W. Tappan, Bradford SENATORS SENATORS Aaron H. Cragin, Lebanon Judah P. Benjamin, Charles E. Stuart, Kalamazoo John Slidell, New Orleans Zachariah Chandler, Detroit NEW JERSEY REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS George Eustis, Jr., New Orleans William A. Howard, Detroit John R. Thomson, Princeton

8 A protest of certain members of the legislature was 9 Died September 7, 1857, before Congress assembled. 21 Credentials of James M. Cavanaugh and William W. presented in the preceding Congress against the legality 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James Phelps were presented on May 13, 1858, and referred of the election of both Mr. Fitch and Mr. Bright, setting Lockhart, and took his seat December 7, 1857. to the Committee on Elections ‘‘to inquire into and report out ‘‘they were not elected by the legislature, but by a 11 Died March 29, 1857. upon the right of these gentlemen to be admitted and convocation of a portion of the members thereof, not au- 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of Samuel sworn as Members of this House,’’ and on May 22, 1858, thorized by State law, legislative resolution, or constitu- Brenton, and took his seat December 7, 1857. the committee resolution ‘‘that they be admitted and tional provision’’; both the Senators were seated upon their 13 Election unsuccessfully contested by William Pinkney sworn’’ was adopted, and took their seats the same day. credentials, and the credentials and protest were referred Whyte. 22 to the Committee on the Judiciary; the committee reported 14 Election unsuccessfully contested by Henry P. Brooks. Died July 17, 1858. May 24, 1858, that the sitting Senators were entitled to 15 Owing to ill health Charles Sumner was present in 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John A. their seats, and this report was agreed to June 12, 1858. this Congress but one day (December 7, 1857). Quitman, and took his seat December 7, 1858. On January 24, 1859, a memorial of the State of Indiana 16 Resigned December 24, 1857, having been elected gov- 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- was presented representing that it was the wish of the ernor of Massachusetts. resentative-elect James S. Green (before the beginning of State that Henry S. Lane and William M. McCarty be 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Na- the congressional term), who had later been elected Sen- admitted to seats as the only legally chosen Senators; thaniel P. Banks, and took his seat January 21, 1858. ator, and took his seat December 7, 1857. February 3, 1859, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 18 Admitted as a State into the Union May 11, 1858. 25 Died May 26, 1857. to which was referred the memorial, reported there was 19 Took his seat May 12, 1858; term to expire, as deter- 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James Bell, no vacancy in the Senate from the State of Indiana, and mined by lot, March 3, 1863. and took his seat December 7, 1857. that the election of Messrs. Lane and McCarty was void; 20 Took his seat May 12, 1858; term to expire, as deter- the Senate agreed to this report February 14, 1859. mined by lot, March 3, 1859. 156 Biographical Directory

NEW JERSEY—Continued Thomas Ruffin, Goldsboro J. Glancy Jones, 39 Reading Warren Winslow, Fayetteville William H. Keim, 40 Reading SENATORS—Continued Lawrence O’B. Branch, Raleigh Anthony E. Roberts, Lancaster William Wright, Newark Jno. A. Gilmer, Greensboro John C. Kunkel, Harrisburg REPRESENTATIVES Alfred M. Scales, Madison William L. Dewart, Sunbury Isaiah D. Clawson, Woodstown Burton Craige, Salisbury John G. Montgomery, 41 Danville George R. Robbins, Hamilton Square Thomas L. Clingman, 31 Ashville Paul Leidy, 42 Danville Garnett B. Adrain, New Brunswick Zebulon B. Vance, 32 Asheville William H. Dimmick, Honesdale John Huyler, Hackensack Galusha A. Grow, Glenwood Jacob R. Wortendyke, Jersey City Allison White, Lock Haven SENATORS John A. Ahl, Newville Benjamin F. Wade, Jefferson Wilson Reilly, Chambersburg SENATORS George E. Pugh, Cincinnati John R. Edie, Somerset John Covode, Lockport William H. Seward, Auburn REPRESENTATIVES Preston King, Ogdensburg William Montgomery, Washington George H. Pendleton, Cincinnati REPRESENTATIVES David Ritchie, Pittsburgh William S. Groesbeck, Cincinnati Samuel A. Purviance, Butler John A. Searing, Hempstead Branch 33 Lewis D. Campbell, Hamilton William Stewart, Mercer George Taylor, Brooklyn 34 Clement L. Vallandigham, Dayton James L. Gillis, Ridgway Daniel E. Sickles, New York City Matthias H. Nichols, Lima 27 John Dick, Meadville John Kelly, New York City Richard Mott, Toledo Thomas J. Barr, 28 New York City Joseph R. Cockerill, West Union RHODE ISLAND William B. Maclay, New York City Aaron Harlan, Yellow Springs John Cochrane, New York City SENATORS Benjamin Stanton, Bellefontaine Elijah Ward, New York City Lawerence W. Hall, Bucyrus Philip Allen, Providence Horace F. Clark, New York City Joseph Miller, Chillicothe James F. Simmons, Providence John B. Haskin, Fordham Valentine B. Horton, Pomeroy REPRESENTATIVES Ambrose S. Murray, Goshen William F. Russell, Saugerties Samuel S. Cox, Columbus Nathaniel B. Durfee, Tiverton John Thompson, Poughkeepsie , Mansfield William D. Brayton, Warwick Abram B. Olin, Troy Philemon Bliss, Elyria Erastus Corning, Albany Joseph Burns, Coshocton SOUTH CAROLINA Edward Dodd, Argyle Cydnor B. Tompkins, McConnellsville SENATORS George W. Palmer, Plattsburg William Lawrence, Washington Andrew P. Butler, 43 Edgefield Francis E. Spinner, Mohawk Benjamin F. Leiter, Canton James H. Hammond, 44 Beech Island Clark B. Cochrane, Schenectady Edward Wade, Cleveland Josiah J. Evans, 45 Society Hill Oliver A. Morse, Cherry Valley Joshua R. Giddings, Jefferson Arthur P. Hayne, 46 Charleston Orsamus B. Matteson, Utica John A. Bingham, Cadiz James Chesnut, Jr., 47 Kershaw Henry Bennett, New Berlin 35 REPRESENTATIVES Henry C. Goodwin, Hamilton John McQueen, Marlboro SENATORS Charles B. Hoard, Watertown W. Porcher Miles, Charleston Amos P. Granger, Syracuse 36 , Winchester Laurence M. Keitt, Orangeburg Edwin B. Morgan, Aurora 37 , Portland Milledge L. Bonham, Edgefield Emory B. Pottle, Naples REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE James L. Orr, Anderson John M. Parker, Owego , 38 Salem William W. Boyce, Winnsboro William H. Kelsey, Geneseo Samuel G. Andrews, Rochester Judson W. Sherman, Angelica PENNSYLVANIA TENNESSEE Silas M. Burroughs, Medina SENATORS SENATORS Israel T. Hatch, Buffalo William Bigler, Clearfield John Bell, Nashville Reuben E. Fenton, Frewsburg , Harrisburg , Greenville REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES NORTH CAROLINA Thomas B. Florence, Albert G. Watkins, Panther Springs SENATORS Edward Joy Morris, Philadelphia Horace Maynard, Knoxville David S. Reid, Pleasantville James Landy, Philadelphia Samuel A. Smith, Charleston Asa Biggs, 29 Williamston Henry M. Phillips, Philadelphia John H. Savage, Smithville Thomas L. Clingman, 30 Asheville Owen Jones, Cabinet Charles Ready, Murfreesboro REPRESENTATIVES John Hickman, West Chester George W. Jones, Fayetteville Henry M. Shaw, Indian Town Henry Chapman, Coylestown John V. Wright, Purdy

27 Resigned December 25, 1858. 34 Successfully contested the election of Lewis D. Camp- 42 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John G. 28 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John bell, and took his seat May 25, 1858. Montgomery, and took his seat December 7, 1857. Kelly, and took his seat January 17, 1859. 35 Admitted as a State into the Union February 14, 1859. 43 Died May 25, 1857. 29 Resigned May 5, 1858. 36 Took his seat February 14, 1859; term to expire, as 44 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Andrew 30 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Asa determined by lot, March 3, 1861. P. Butler, and took his seat January 7, 1858. 37 Biggs, and took his seat December 6, 1858; subsequently Took his seat February 14, 1859; term to expire, as 45 Died May 6, 1858. elected. determined by lot, March 3, 1859. 46 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Josiah 31 Resigned May 7, 1858, having been elected Senator. 38 Took his seat February 15, 1859. 32 39 J. Evans, and took his seat May 20, 1858. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thom- Resigned October 30, 1858. 47 as L. Clingman, and took his seat December 7, 1858. 40 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of J. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Josiah J. 33 Served until May 25, 1858; succeeded by Clement L. Glancy Jones, and took his seat December 7, 1858. Evans, and took his seat January 5, 1859. Vallandigham, who contested his election. 41 Died April 24, 1857, before Congress assembled. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS 157

Felix K. Zollicoffer, Nashville John S. Millson, Norfolk TERRITORY OF John D. C. Atkins, Paris John S. Caskie, Richmond MINNESOTA 51 William T. Avery, Memphis William O. Goode, Boydton Thomas S. Bocock, Appomattox DELEGATE TEXAS Paulus Powell, Amherst William W. Kingsbury, 52 Endion SENATORS William Smith, Warrenton , Huntsville Charles J. Faulkner, Martinsburg TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA Thomas J. Rusk, 48 Nacogdoches John Letcher, Lexington DELEGATE 49 J. Pinckney Henderson, Marshville Sherrard Clemens, Wheeling Fenner Ferguson, 53 Belleview Matthias Ward, 50 Jefferson Albert G. Jenkins, Green Bottom REPRESENTATIVES Henry A. Edmundson, Salem TERRITORY OF NEW John H. Reagan, Palestine George W. Hopkins, Abington Guy M. Bryan, Brazoria DELEGATE VERMONT WISCONSIN Miguel A. Otero, Albuquerque SENATORS SENATORS , Rutland TERRITORY OF OREGON 54 , Woodstock Charles Durkee, Kenosha DELEGATE James R. Doolittle, Racine REPRESENTATIVES Joseph Lane, 55 Winchester E. P. Walton, Montpelier REPRESENTATIVES Justin S. Morrill, Strafford TERRITORY OF UTAH Homer E. Royce, Berkshire John F. Potter, East Troy C. C. Washburn, Mineral Point DELEGATE VIRGINIA Charles Billinghurst, Juneau John M. Bernhisel, Salt Lake City SENATORS James M. Mason, Winchester TERRITORY OF OF Robert M. T. Hunter, Lloyds WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATE DELEGATE Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Lovettsville Marcus J. Parrott, Leavenworth Isaac I. Stevens, Olympia

48 Died July 29, 1857. 52 Served until May 11, 1858, when a portion of the 53 Election unsuccessfully contested by Bird B. Chap- 49 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas Territory was granted statehood; the House decided that man. J. Rusk, and took his seat March 1, 1858; died June the remainder was ‘‘without any legally organized govern- 54 Granted statehood February 14, 1859. 4, 1858. ment and not entitled to a Delegate in Congress,’’ al- 55 Served until February 14, 1859, when the Territory 50 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of J. Pinck- though William W. Kingsbury and Alpheus G. Fuller both of Oregon was granted statehood; then became one of the ney Henderson, and took his seat December 6, 1858. claimed to have been elected. Senators from the new State. 51 Granted statehood May 11, 1858.