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THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1855, TO MARCH 3, 1857 FIRST SESSION—December 3, 1855, to August 18, 1856 SECOND SESSION—August 21, 1856, to August 30, 1856 THIRD SESSION—December 1, 1856, to March 3, 1857 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—JESSE D. BRIGHT, 2 of Indiana; CHARLES E. STUART, 3 of Michigan; JAMES M. MASON, 4 of Virginia SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKINS, of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—DUNNING MCNAIR, of Pennsylvania SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—NATHANIEL P. BANKS, 5 of Massachusetts CLERK OF THE HOUSE—JOHN W. FORNEY, of Pennsylvania; WILLIAM CULLOM, 6 of Tennessee SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—ADAM J. GLOSSBRENNER, of Pennsylvania DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—NATHAN DARLING, of New York ALABAMA William M. Gwin, 8 San Francisco FLORIDA SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE SENATORS Clement C. Clay, Jr., Huntsville James W. Denver, Weaverville Stephen R. Mallory, Key West Benjamin Fitzpatrick, 7 Wetumpka Philemon T. Herbert, Mariposa City David Levy Yulee, Homasassa REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Percy Walker, Mobile CONNECTICUT Augustus E. Maxwell, Tallahassee Eli S. Shorter, Eufaula SENATORS James F. Dowdell, Chambers Isaac Toucey, Hartford GEORGIA William R. Smith, Fayette Lafayette S. Foster, Norwich SENATORS George S. Houston, Athens REPRESENTATIVES Robert Toombs, Washington Williamson R. W. Cobb, Bellefonte Alfred Iverson, Columbus Sampson W. Harris, Wetumpka Ezra Clark, Jr., Hartford John Woodruff, New Haven REPRESENTATIVES ARKANSAS Sidney Dean, Putnam James L. Seward, Thomasville William W. Welch, Norfolk Martin J. Crawford, Columbus SENATORS Robert P. Trippe, Forsyth William K. Sebastian, Helena DELAWARE Hiram Warner, Greenville Robert W. Johnson, Pine Bluff John H. Lumpkin, Rome REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Howell Cobb, Athens Alfred B. Greenwood, Bentonville James A. Bayard, Wilmington Nathaniel G. Foster, Madison Albert Rust, El Dorado John M. Clayton, 9 Chippewa Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordville Joseph P. Comegys, 10 Dover CALIFORNIA Martin W. Bates, 11 Dover ILLINOIS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS John B. Weller, San Francisco Elisha D. Cullen, Georgetown Stephen A. Douglas, Chicago 1 Vice President William R. King died in preceding Con- 5 Elected February 2, 1856, upon the one hundred and 8 Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1855, and gress; Vice Presidency remained vacant until March 4, thirty-third voice vote and the fourth vote under a plu- took his seat February 16, 1857; vacancy in this class 1857. rality resolution adopted that day. from March 4, 1855, to January 12, 1857. 2 Continued from preceding Congress; again elected June 6 Elected February 4, 1856. 9 Died November 9, 1856. 11, 1856. 7 Elected for term beginning March 4, 1855, and took 10 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of John 3 Served June 5, 1856; elected June 9, 1856; resigned his seat December 3, 1855; vacancy in this class from M. Clayton, and took his seat December 4, 1856. 11 June 11, 1856. March 4, 1855, to December 2, 1855. Elected January 14, 1857, to fill vacancy caused by 4 Served January 5, 1856; elected January 6, 1857. death of John M. Clayton, but did not take his seat until March 4, 1857. [ 150 ] THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS 151 Lyman Trumbull, Alton John Slidell, New Orleans Henry Waldron, Hillsdale REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES David S. Walbridge, Kalamazoo Elihu B. Washburne, Galena George Eustis, Jr., 20 New Orleans George W. Peck, Lansing James H. Woodworth, Chicago Miles Taylor, Donaldsonville Jesse O. Norton, Joliet Thomas G. Davidson, East Feliciana MISSISSIPPI James Knox, Knoxville John M. Sandidge, Pineville SENATORS William A. Richardson, 12 Quincy Stephen Adams, Aberdeen Jacob C. Davis, 13 Warsaw MAINE Albert G. Brown, Newton Thomas L. Harris, Petersburg SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES James C. Allen, 14 Palestine Hannibal Hamlin, 21 Hampden Daniel B. Wright, Salem James L. D. Morrison, 15 Belleville Amos Nourse, 22 Bath Hendley S. Bennett, Grenada Samuel S. Marshall, 16 McLeansboro William Pitt Fessenden, Portland William Barksdale, Columbus INDIANA REPRESENTATIVES William A. Lake, Vicksburg SENATORS John M. Wood, Portland John A. Quitman, Natchez Jesse D. Bright, Madison John J. Perry, Oxford MISSOURI Graham N. Fitch, 17 Logansport Ebenezer Knowlton, South Montville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Samuel P. Benson, Winthrop Henry S. Geyer, St. Louis Smith Miller, Patoka Israel Washburn, Jr., Orono 23 James S. Green, 24 Canton William H. English, Lexington Thomas J. D. Fuller, Calais George G. Dunn, Bedford REPRESENTATIVES William Cumback, Greensburg MARYLAND Luther M. Kennett, St. Louis David P. Holloway, Richmond SENATORS Gilchrist Porter, Hannibal Lucien Barbour, Indianapolis James A. Pearce, Chestertown James J. Lindley, Monticello Harvey D. Scott, Terre Haute Thomas G. Pratt, Annapolis Mordecai Oliver, Richmond Daniel Mace, La Fayette REPRESENTATIVES John G. Miller, 25 Boonville Schuyler Colfax, South Bend James A. Stewart, Cambridge Thomas P. Akers, 26 Lexington Samuel Brenton, Fort Wayne James B. Ricaud, Chestertown John S. Phelps, Springfield John U. Pettit, Wabash J. Morrison Harris, Baltimore Samuel Caruthers, Cape Girardeau IOWA H. Winter Davis, Baltimore Henry W. Hoffman, Cumberland NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATORS Thomas F. Bowie, Upper Marlboro SENATORS George W. Jones, Dubuque John P. Hale, 27 Dover James Harlan, 18 Mount Pleasant MASSACHUSETTS James Bell, 28 Laconia REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Augustus Hall, 19 Keosauqua Charles Sumner, Boston James Pike, South Newmarket James Thorington, Davenport Henry Wilson, Natick Mason W. Tappan, Bradford KENTUCKY REPRESENTATIVES Aaron H. Cragin, Lebanon SENATORS Robert B. Hall, Plymouth James Buffinton, Fall River NEW JERSEY John B. Thompson, Harrodsburg SENATORS John J. Crittenden, Frankfort William S. Damrell, Dedham Linus B. Comins, Roxbury John R. Thompson, Princeton REPRESENTATIVES Anson Burlingame, Cambridge William Wright, Newark Henry C. Burnett, Cadiz Timothy Davis, Gloucester REPRESENTATIVES John P. Campbell, Belleview Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., Waltham Isaiah D. Clawson, Woodstown Warner L. Underwood, Bowling Green Chauncey L. Knapp, Lowell George R. Robbins, Hamilton Square Albert G. Talbott, Danville Alexander De Witt, Oxford James Bishop, New Brunswick Joshua H. Jewett, Elizabethtown Calvin C. Chaffee, Springfield George Vail, Morristown John M. Elliott, Prestonburg Mark Trafton, Westfield Humphrey Marshall, Springport Alexander C. M. Pennington, Newark Alexander K. Marshall, Nicholasville MICHIGAN Leander M. Cox, Flemingsburg NEW YORK Samuel F. Swope, Falmouth SENATORS SENATORS Lewis Cass, Detroit William H. Seward, Auburn LOUISIANA Charles E. Stuart, Kalamazoo Hamilton Fish, New York SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Judah P. Benjamin, New Orleans William A. Howard, Detroit William W. Valk, Flushing 12 Resigned August 25, 1856. 17 Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1855, and 24 Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1855, and 13 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- took his seat February 9, 1857; vacancy in this class from took his seat January 21, 1857; vacancy in this class from liam A. Richardson, and took his seat December 4, 1856. March 4, 1855, to February 3, 1857. March 4, 1855, to January 11, 1857. 14 Election contested by William B. Archer, and seat de- 18 Seat declared vacant by resolution, January 12, 1857; 25 Died May 11, 1856; never qualified owing to illness. clared vacant July 18, 1856; subsequently elected, and subsequently elected, and took his seat January 29, 1857. 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John G. took his seat December 1, 1856. 19 Election unsuccessfully contested by R. L. B. Clarke. Miller, and took his seat August 18, 1856. 15 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- 20 Election unsuccessfully contested by Albert Fabre. 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Charles resentative-elect Lyman Trumbull, who was elected Sen- 21 ator before the beginning of the Congress, and took his Resigned January 7, 1857, having been elected gov- G. Atherton in preceding Congress, and took his seat De- seat December 1, 1856. Philip B. Fouke claimed the seat, ernor. cember 4, 1855; vacancy in this class from July 16, 1854, contesting the election of Lyman Trumbull, but the House, 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Han- to July 29, 1855. on April 10, 1856, decided he was not entitled to it, and nibal Hamlin, and took his seat January 24, 1857. 28 Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1855, and that the seat was vacant. 23 Election unsuccessfully contested by James A. took his seat December 3, 1855; vacancy in this class 16 Election unsuccessfully contested by L. Jay S. Turney. Milliken. from March 4, 1855, to July 29, 1855. 152 Biographical Directory NEW YORK—Continued Aaron Harlan, Yellow Springs William Aiken, Charleston Benjamin Stanton, Bellefontaine Laurence M. Keitt, 33 Orangeburg REPRESENTATIVES—Continued Cooper K. Watson, Tiffin Preston S. Brooks, 34 Ninety Six James S. T. Stranahan, Brooklyn Oscar F. Moore, Portsmouth James L. Orr, Anderson Guy R. Pelton, New York City Valentine B. Horton, Pomeroy William W. Boyce, Winnsboro John Kelly, New York City Samuel Galloway, Columbus Thomas R. Whitney, New York City John Sherman, Mansfield TENNESSEE John Wheeler, New York City Philemon Bliss, Elyria SENATORS 29 Thomas Child, Jr., New York City William R. Sapp, Mount Vernon John Bell, Nashville Abram Wakeman, New York City Edward Ball, Zanesville James C. Jones,