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TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1837, TO MARCH 3, 1839

FIRST SESSION—September 4, 1837, to October 16, 1837 SECOND SESSION—December 4, 1837, to July 9, 1838 THIRD SESSION—December 3, 1838, to March 3, 1839 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1837, to March 10, 1837

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —RICHARD M. JOHNSON, 1 of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM R. KING, 2 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKENS, 3 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—JOHN SHACKFORD, of ; STEPHEN HAIGHT, 4 of

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JAMES K. POLK, 5 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—WALTER S. FRANKLIN, 6 of ; HUGH A. GARLAND, 7 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—RODERICK DORSEY, of DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—OVERTON CARR, of Maryland

ALABAMA , Saybrook Jabez Y. Jackson, Clarkesville SENATORS Thomas T. Whittlesey, Danbury George W. Owens, Savannah William R. King, Selma Elisha Haley, Mystic George W. B. Towns, Talbotton John McKinley, 8 Florence Lancelot Phelps, Hitchcockville Clement C. Clay, 9 Huntsville Orrin Holt, Willington REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS , Somerville DELAWARE John M. Robinson, Carmi Joshua L. Martin, Athens SENATORS Richard M. Young, Quincy 10 Joab Lawler, Mardisville Richard H. Bayard, Wilmington REPRESENTATIVES George W. Crabb, 11 Tuscaloosa Thomas Clayton, New Castle Adam W. Snyder, Belleville Dixon H. Lewis, Lowndesboro REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Francis S. Lyon, Demopolis Zadoc Casey, Mount Vernon John J. Milligan, Wilmington William L. May, Springfield ARKANSAS SENATORS GEORGIA William S. Fulton, Little Rock SENATORS SENATORS Ambrose H. Sevier, Lake Port Alfred Cuthbert, Monticello John Tipton, Logansport REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John P. King, 12 Augusta Oliver H. Smith, Connersville Archibald Yell, Fayetteville Wilson Lumpkin, 13 Athens REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE , Boonville Jesse F. Cleveland, Decatur John Ewing, Vincennes SENATORS William C. Dawson, Greensboro William Graham, Vallonia John M. Niles, Hartford Thomas Glascock, Augusta George H. Dunn, Lawrenceburg , New Milford Seaton Grantland, Milledgeville , Centerville REPRESENTATIVES Charles E. Haynes, Sparta , Columbus , Hartford Hopkins Holsey, Hamilton Albert S. White, La Fayette

1 Elected by the Senate February 8, 1837. 6 Reelected September 4, 1837; died September 20, 1838. 10 Died May 8, 1838. 2 Elected March 7, 1837 (special session of the Senate); 7 Elected December 3, 1838; Samuel Burch, the chief 11 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Joab Lawler, October 13, 1837; July 2, 1838; February 25, 1839. clerk, acted as clerk in the interim. and took his seat December 3, 1838. 3 Reelected September 11, 1837. 8 Resigned April 22, 1837, never having qualified. 12 Resigned November 1, 1837. 4 Elected September 4, 1837. 9 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 13 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 5 Reelected September 4, 1837. McKinley, and took his seat September 4, 1837. P. King, and took his seat December 13, 1837.

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KENTUCKY Benjamin C. Howard, Baltimore , Hillsboro 23 SENATORS Isaac McKim, Baltimore REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John P. Kennedy, 24 Baltimore , Lexington , Jefferson Charles G. Atherton, Nashua John J. Crittenden, Frankfort , Frederick Samuel Cushman, Portsmouth REPRESENTATIVES , Harris Lot James Farrington, Rochester John L. Murray, Wadesboro Joseph Weeks, Richmond Edward Rumsey, Greenville Jared W. Williams, Lancaster Joseph R. Underwood, Bowling Green SENATORS , Monticello , James Harlan, Harrodsburg John Davis, Worcester SENATORS , Hardinsburg REPRESENTATIVES Samuel L. Southard, Trenton John Pope, Springfield Richard Fletcher, Boston Garret D. Wall, Burlington William J. Graves, New Castle Stephen C. Phillips, 25 Salem REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John White, Richmond , 26 Salem , Winchester , Newburyport John B. Aycrigg, Hackensack Richard H. Menifee, Mount Sterling , East Cambridge William Halstead, Trenton John Chambers, Washington Levi Lincoln, Worcester John P. B. Maxwell, Belvidere William W. Southgate, Covington George Grennell, Jr., Greenfield Joseph F. Randolph, Freehold George N. Briggs, Lanesboro Charles C. Stratton, Swedesboro LOUISIANA William B. Calhoun, Springfield Thomas Jones Yorke, Salem William S. Hastings, Mendon SENATORS Nathaniel B. Borden, Fall River NEW YORK Robert C. Nicholas, Donaldsonville John Reed, Yarmouth Alexander Mouton, Vermilionville , Quincy SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Silas Wright, Jr., Canton Henry Johnson, Donaldsonville Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, Poughkeepsie Eleazer W. Ripley, 14 Jackson SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Rice Garland, Opelousas Lucius Lyon, Bronson Thomas B. Jackson, Newtown , Abraham Vanderveer, Brooklyn REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE J. , SENATORS Isaac E. Crary, Marshall Edward Curtis, New York City , Thomaston Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York Reuel Williams, 15 Augusta MISSISSIPPI City SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Ely Moore, New York City John Black, 27 Monroe Gouverneur Kemble, Cold Spring Hugh J. Anderson, Belfast 28 16 James F. Trotter, Holly Springs Obadiah Titus, Washington Timothy J. Carter, Paris 29 17 Thomas H. Williams, Pontotoc Nathaniel Jones, Warwick Virgil D. Parris, Buckfield Robert J. Walker, Madisonville Jonathan Cilley, 18 Thomaston John C. Brodhead, Modena REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE 19 Zadock Pratt, Prattsville Edward Robinson, Thomaston 30 , 20 Saco John F. H. Claiborne, Madisonville Robert McClellan, Middleburg Samuel J. Gholson, 30 Athens Joseph C. Noyes, Eastport Henry Vail, Troy Sergeant S. Prentiss, 30 Vicksburg Albert Gallup, East Berne Francis O. J. Smith, Portland Thomas J. Word, 30 Pontotoc Thomas Davee, Blanchard John I. De Graff, Schenectady George Evans, Gardiner David A. Russell, Salem MISSOURI John Palmer, Plattsburg MARYLAND SENATORS James B. Spencer, Fort Covington Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis , Ephratah SENATORS Lewis F. Linn, Ste. Genevieve Arphaxed Loomis, Little Falls 21 , Bladensburg REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Henry A. Foster, Rome 22 William D. Merrick, Allens Fresh Albert G. Harrison, Fulton Abraham P. Grant, Oswego John S. Spence, Berlin John Miller, Boonville Isaac H. Bronson, Watertown REPRESENTATIVES John H. Prentiss, Cooperstown John Dennis, Princess Anne NEW HAMPSHIRE Amasa J. Parker, Delhi James A. Pearce, Chestertown SENATORS John C. Clark, Bainbridge John T. H. Worthington, Golden Henry Hubbard, Charlestown Andrew D. W. Bruyn, 31 Ithaca

14 Never qualified owing to prolonged illness. 23 Died April 1, 1838. tember, the governor issued writs for a special election 15 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ether 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Isaac to fill vacancies until the regular election; John F. H. Shepley in preceding Congress, and took his seat March McKim, and took his seat April 30, 1838. Claiborne and Samuel J. Gholson presented credentials 4, 1837. 25 Resigned September 28, 1838. and were seated September 4, 1837, when, at their request 16 Died March 14, 1838. 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ste- the question of the validity of their election was referred 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Timothy phen C. Phillips, and took his seat December 5, 1838. to the Committee on Elections; on October 3, 1837, the J. Carter, and took his seat May 29, 1838. 27 Resigned January 22, 1838. House decided they had been elected for the full term; 18 Killed in a duel with William J. Graves, of Kentucky, 28 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John February 24, 1838. Black, and took his seat February 19, 1838; resigned July Sergeant S. Prentiss and Thomas J. Word presented cre- 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Jonathan 10, 1838. dentials on December 27, 1837, and on February 5, 1838, Cilley, and took his seat April 28, 1838. 29 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of the House rescinded its former decision and declared the 20 Resigned December 24, 1838, having been elected gov- James F. Trotter, and took his seat December 13, 1838; seats vacant; Prentiss and Word were subsequently elect- ernor of Maine. subsequently elected. ed, and took their seats May 30, 1838. 21 Died November 24, 1837. 30 Mississippi elected its Representatives in November 31 Died July 27, 1838. 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Joseph Kent, of odd numbered years (after the beginning of the congres- and took his seat January 5, 1838. sional term); as Congress had been called to meet in Sep- TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS 117

Cyrus Beers, 32 Ithaca Daniel Kilgore, 39 Cadiz Francis W. Pickens, Edgefield Hiram Gray, Elmira Henry Swearingen, 40 Smithfield R. Barnwell Rhett, Beaufort William Taylor, Manlius John P. Richardson, Fulton Bennet Bicknell, Morrisville PENNSYLAVANIA Waddy Thompson, Jr., Greenville William H. Noble, Cato SENATORS Samuel Birdsall, Waterloo Samuel McKean, Burlington TENNESSEE Mark H. Sibley, Canandaigua , Lancaster SENATORS John T. Andrews, North Reading Timothy Childs, Rochester REPRESENTATIVES , Knoxville 45 William Patterson, 33 Warsaw Lemuel Paynter, , Nashville 46 Harvey Putnam, 34 Attica John Sergeant, Philadelphia Ephraim H. Foster, Nashville Luther C. Peck, Pike George W. Toland, Philadelphia REPRESENTATIVES Richard P. Marvin, Jamestown Francis J. Harper, 41 Frankford William B. Carter, Elizabethton Millard Fillmore, Buffalo Charles Naylor, 42 Philadelphia Abraham McClellan, Blountville Charles F. Mitchell, Lockport Edward Davies, Churchtown Joseph L. Williams, Knoxville David Potts, Jr., Pottstown James Standifer, 47 Mountairy NORTH CAROLINA Edward Darlington, Chester William Stone, 48 Delphi SENATORS Jacob Fry, Jr., Trappe Hopkins L. Turney, Winchester , Browns Store Mathias Morris, Doylestown William B. Campbell, Carthage Robert Strange, Fayetteville David D. Wagener, Easton John Bell, Nashville REPRESENTATIVES Edward B. Hubley, Orwigsburg Abram P. Maury, Franklin Samuel T. Sawyer, Edenton Henry A. P. Muhlenberg, 43 Reading James K. Polk, Columbia Jesse A. Bynum, Halifax George M. Keim, 44 Reading Ebenezer J. Shields, Pulaski , Washington Luther Reily, Harrisburg Richard Cheatham, Springfield Charles B. Shepard, New Bern Henry Logan, Dillsburg John W. Crockett, Paris James I. McKay, Elizabethtown Daniel Sheffer, York Christopher H. Williams, Lexington Micajah T. Hawkins, Warrenton Charles McClure, Carlisle Edmund Deberry, Lawrenceville William W. Potter, Bellefonte William Montgomery, Albrights , Danville SENATORS Augustine H. Shepperd, Bethania Robert H. Hammond, Milton Samuel Prentiss, Montpelier Abraham Rencher, Pittsboro Samuel W. Morris, Wellsboro , St. Albans Henry W. Connor, Sherrills Ford Charles Ogle, Somerset REPRESENTATIVES James Graham, Rutherfordton John Klingensmith, Jr., Stewartsville Hiland Hall, Bennington Lewis Williams, Panther Creek Andrew Buchanan, Waynesburg William Slade, Middlebury Thomas M. T. McKennan, Washington Horace Everett, Windsor Richard Biddle, Pittsburgh SENATORS Heman Allen, Burlington William Beatty, Butler Isaac Fletcher, Lyndon Thomas Morris, Bethel Thomas Henry, Beaver William Allen, Chillicothe Arnold Plumer, Franklin REPRESENTATIVES VIRGINIA Alexander Duncan, SENATORS Taylor Webster, Hamilton SENATORS William C. Rives, Lindseys Store Patrick G. Goode, Sidney Richard E. Parker, 49 Snickersville Nehemiah R. Knight, Providence , Lebanon William H. Roane, 50 Richmond Asher Robbins, Newport Thomas L. Hamer, Georgetown REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Calvary Morris, Athens Andrew Beirne, Union William K. Bond, Chillicothe Robert B. Cranston, Newport James W. Bouldin, Charlotte Joseph Ridgway, Columbus Joseph L. Tillinghast, Providence John Chaney, Courtwright Walter Coles, Robertsons Store , Springfield SOUTH CAROLINA Robert Craig, Christiansburg George C. Dromgoole, Gholsonville James Alexander, Jr., St. Clairsville SENATORS Alexander Harper, Zanesville James Garland, Lovingston John C. Calhoun, Fort Hill George W. Hopkins, Lebanon Daniel P. Leadbetter, Millersburg William C. Preston, Columbia William H. Hunter, Sandusky Robert M. T. Hunter, Lloyds John W. Allen, Cleveland REPRESENTATIVES Joseph Johnson, Bridgeport Elisha Whittlesey, 35 Canfield John Campbell, Parnassus John W. Jones, Petersburg Joshua R. Giddings, 36 Jefferson William K. Clowney, Union Francis Mallory, Hampton Andrew W. Loomis, 37 New Lisbon Franklin H. Elmore, Columbia James M. Mason, Winchester Charles D. Coffin, 38 New Lisbon John K. Griffin, Milton Charles F. Mercer, Aldie Matthias Shepler, Bethlehem Hugh S. Legare, Charleston William S. Morgan, White Day

32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Andrew 39 Resigned July 4, 1838. 46 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of D. W. Bruyn, and took his seat December 3, 1838. 40 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Daniel Felix Grundy, and took his seat December 3, 1838; subse- 33 Died August 14, 1838. Kilgore, and took his seat December 3, 1838. quently elected for full term commencing March 4, 1839, 34 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 41 Died March 18, 1837, before Congress assembled. but resigned March 3, 1839. Patterson, and took his seat December 3, 1828. 42 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Francis 47 Died August 20, 1837, before Congress assembled. 35 Resigned July 9, 1838. 48 36 J. Harper, and took his seat September 4, 1837. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Elisha 43 Resigned February 9, 1838. Standifer, and took his seat October 6, 1837. Whittlesey, and took his seat December 3, 1838. 44 49 37 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Henry Resigned March 13, 1837. Resigned October 20, 1837. 50 38 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of An- A. P. Muhlenberg, and took his seat March 17, 1838. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rich- drew W. Loomis, and took his seat December 20, 1837. 45 Resigned July 4, 1838. ard E. Parker, and took his seat September 4, 1837. 118 Biographical Directory

VIRGINIA—Continued John Talliaferro, Fredericksburg TERRITORY OF IOWA 53 REPRESENTATIVES—Continued Henry A. Wise, Accomac DELEGATE John M. Patton, 51 Fredericksburg William W. Chapman, 54 Burlington Linn Banks, 52 Madison TERRITORY OF FLORIDA Isaac S. Pennybacker, Harrisonburg TERRITORY OF Francis E. Rives, Littleton DELEGATE DELEGATE John Robertson, Richmond Charles Downing, St. Augustine George W. Jones, 55 Sinsinawa Mound Archibald Stuart, Mount Airy James D. Doty, 56 Astor

51 Resigned in 1838. 53 Formed from a portion of the Territory of Wisconsin 55 Served until January 14, 1839; succeeded by James 52 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John and granted a Delegate in Congress by act of June 12, D. Doty, who contested his election. M. Patton, and took his seat May 19, 1838. 1838. 56 Successfully contested the election of George W. Jones, 54 Took his seat December 3, 1838. and took his seat January 14, 1839.