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Twenty-Fifth Congress March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839 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 UNITED STATES—RICHARD M. JOHNSON, 1 of Kentucky PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM R. KING, 2 of Alabama SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKENS, 3 of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—JOHN SHACKFORD, of New Hampshire; STEPHEN HAIGHT, 4 of New York SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JAMES K. POLK, 5 of Tennessee CLERK OF THE HOUSE—WALTER S. FRANKLIN, 6 of Pennsylvania; HUGH A. GARLAND, 7 of Virginia SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—RODERICK DORSEY, of Maryland DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—OVERTON CARR, of Maryland ALABAMA Samuel Ingham, 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 ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Reuben Chapman, 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 INDIANA 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 Ratliff Boon, Boonville CONNECTICUT 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 Perry Smith, New Milford Seaton Grantland, Milledgeville James Rariden, Centerville REPRESENTATIVES Charles E. Haynes, Sparta William Herod, Columbus Isaac Toucey, 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. [ 115 ] 116 Biographical Directory KENTUCKY Benjamin C. Howard, Baltimore Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro 23 SENATORS Isaac McKim, Baltimore REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John P. Kennedy, 24 Baltimore Henry Clay, Lexington William Cost Johnson, Jefferson Charles G. Atherton, Nashua John J. Crittenden, Frankfort Francis Thomas, Frederick Samuel Cushman, Portsmouth REPRESENTATIVES Daniel Jenifer, Harris Lot James Farrington, Rochester John L. Murray, Wadesboro Joseph Weeks, Richmond Edward Rumsey, Greenville MASSACHUSETTS Jared W. Williams, Lancaster Joseph R. Underwood, Bowling Green SENATORS Sherrod Williams, Monticello Daniel Webster, Boston NEW JERSEY James Harlan, Harrodsburg John Davis, Worcester SENATORS John Calhoon, 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 Leverett Saltonstall, 26 Salem Richard Hawes, Winchester Caleb Cushing, Newburyport John B. Aycrigg, Hackensack Richard H. Menifee, Mount Sterling William Parmenter, 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 John Quincy Adams, Quincy SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Silas Wright, Jr., Canton Henry Johnson, Donaldsonville MICHIGAN Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, Poughkeepsie Eleazer W. Ripley, 14 Jackson SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Rice Garland, Opelousas Lucius Lyon, Bronson Thomas B. Jackson, Newtown John Norvell, Detroit Abraham Vanderveer, Brooklyn MAINE REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE J. Ogden Hoffman, New York City SENATORS Isaac E. Crary, Marshall Edward Curtis, New York City John Ruggles, 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 John Fairfield, 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 John Edwards, Ephratah SENATORS Lewis F. Linn, Ste. Genevieve Arphaxed Loomis, Little Falls 21 Joseph Kent, 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 James Buchanan, Lancaster SENATORS John T. Andrews, North Reading Timothy Childs, Rochester REPRESENTATIVES Hugh Lawson White, Knoxville 45 William Patterson, 33 Warsaw
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