THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1853, TO MARCH 3, 1855

FIRST SESSION—December 5, 1853, to August 7, 1854 SECOND SESSION—December 4, 1854, to March 3, 1855 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1853, to April 11, 1853

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—WILLIAM R. KING, 1 of Alabama PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—DAVID R. ATCHISON, 2 of Missouri; LEWIS CASS, 3 of Michigan; JESSE D. BRIGHT, 4 of Indiana SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKINS, of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—ROBERT BEALE, of Virginia; DUNNING MCNAIR, 5 of Pennsylvania

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—LINN BOYD, 6 of Kentucky CLERK OF THE HOUSE—JOHN W. FORNEY, 7 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—ADAM J. GLOSSBRENNER, of Pennsylvania DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—Z. W. MCKNEW, of Maryland

ALABAMA John B. Weller, San Francisco Stephen R. Mallory, Jacksonville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Wetumpka James A. McDougall, San Francisco Augustus E. Maxwell, Tallahassee Clement C. Clay, Jr., 8 Huntsville Milton S. Latham, Sacramento REPRESENTATIVES GEORGIA CONNECTICUT SENATORS Philip Phillips, Mobile SENATORS James Abercrombie, Girard William C. Dawson, Greensboro Truman Smith, 11 Litchfield Robert Toombs, Washington Sampson W. Harris, Wetumpka Francis Gillette, 12 Hartford William R. Smith, Fayette Isaac Toucey, Hartford REPRESENTATIVES George S. Houston, Athens REPRESENTATIVES James L. Seward, Thomasville Williamson R. W. Cobb, Bellefonte Alfred H. Colquitt, Newton James T. Pratt, Rockyhill James F. Dowdell, Chambers Colin M. Ingersoll, New Haven David J. Bailey, Jackson Nathan Belcher, New London William B. W. Dent, Newnan ARKANSAS Origen S. Seymour, Litchfield Elijah W. Chastain, Tacoah SENATORS Junius Hillyer, Monroe William K. Sebastian, Helena DELAWARE David A. Reese, Monticello Solon Borland, 9 Hot Springs SENATORS Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordville Robert W. Johnson, 10 Little Rock James A. Bayard, Wilmington REPRESENTATIVES John M. Clayton, Chippewa ILLINOIS Alfred B. Greenwood, Bentonville REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS Edward A. Warren, Camden George Read Riddle, Wilmington Stephen A. Douglas, Chicago James Shields, Belleville CALIFORNIA FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS SENATORS Elihu B. Washburne, Galena William M. Gwin, San Francisco Jackson Morton, Pensacola John Wentworth, Chicago

1 Died April 18, 1853, after taking the oath of office 6 Reelected December 5, 1853. 10 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of at Habana, Cuba, a privilege accorded by special act of 7 Reelected December 5, 1853. Solon Borland, and took his seat December 5, 1853; subse- Congress; Vice Presidency remained vacant until March 8 Elected for term beginning March 4, 1853, and took quently elected. 4, 1857. his seat December 14, 1853; vacancy in this class from 11 Resigned, effective May 24, 1854. 2 Elected March 4, 1853. March 4, 1853, to November 28, 1853. 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Tru- 3 Elected December 4, 1854, for one day only. 9 Resigned April 3, 1853, to become minister to Nica- man Smith, and took his seat May 25, 1854. 4 Elected December 5, 1854. ragua and the other Central American Republics. 5 Elected March 17, 1853.

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Jesse O. Norton, Joliet Theodore G. Hunt, New Orleans Hestor L. Stevens, Pontiac James Knox, Knoxville John Perkins, Jr., Ashwood William A. Richardson, Quincy Roland Jones, Shreveport MISSISSIPPI Richard Yates, Jacksonville SENATORS James C. Allen, Palestine MAINE Stephen Adams, Aberdeen William H. Bissell, Belleville SENATORS Albert G. Brown, 23 Newton Willis Allen, Marion Hannibal Hamlin, Hampden REPRESENTATIVES 17 INDIANA William Pitt Fessenden, Portland Daniel B. Wright, Salem REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS William S. Barry, Greenwood Moses Macdonald, Portland Jesse D. Bright, Madison O. R. Singleton, Canton Samuel Mayall, Gray John Pettit, La Fayette Wiley P. Harris, Monticello E. Wilder Farley, Newcastle At Large–William Barksdale, REPRESENTATIVES Samuel P. Benson, Winthrop Columbus Smith Miller, Patoka Israel Washburn, Jr., Orono William H. English, Lexington Thomas J. D. Fuller, Calais MISSOURI Cyrus L. Dunham, Salem SENATORS James H. Lane, Lawrenceburg MARYLAND David R. Atchison, Platte City Samuel W. Parker, Connersville SENATORS Thomas A. Hendricks, Shelbyville Henry S. Geyer, St. Louis James A. Pearce, Chestertown John G. Davis, Rockville REPRESENTATIVES Thomas G. Pratt, Annapolis Daniel Mace, La Fayette Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis Norman Eddy, South Bend REPRESENTATIVES Alfred W. Lamb, Hannibal Ebenezer M. Chamberlain, Goshen John R. Franklin, Snow Hill James J. Lindley, Monticello Andrew J. Harlan, Marion Jacob Shower, Manchester Mordecai Oliver, Richmond Joshua Vansant, Baltimore John G. Miller, Boonville IOWA Henry May, Baltimore John S. Phelps, Springfield SENATORS William T. Hamilton, Hagerstown Samuel Caruthers, Cape Girardeau Augustus C. Dodge, Burlington Augustus R. Sollers, Prince Frederick George W. Jones, Dubuque NEW HAMPSHIRE REPRESENTATIVES MASSACHUSETTS SENATORS Bernhart Henn, Fairfield SENATORS Moses Norris, Jr., 24 Manchester John P. Cook, Davenport Charles Sumner, Boston John S. Wells, 25 Exeter Edward Everett, 18 Boston Charles G. Atherton, 26 Nashua KENTUCKY Julius Rockwell, 19 Pittsfield Jared W. Williams, 27 Lancaster 20 SENATORS Henry Wilson, Natick REPRESENTATIVES Archibald Dixon, Henderson REPRESENTATIVES George W. Kittredge, Newmarket John B. Thompson, Harrodsburg Zeno Scudder, 21 Barnstable George W. Morrison, Manchester REPRESENTATIVES Thos. D. Eliot, 22 New Bedford Harry Hibbard, Bath Linn Boyd, Paducah Samuel L. Crocker, Taunton Ben Edwards Grey, Hopkinsville J. Wiley Edmands, Lawrence NEW JERSEY Presley U. Ewing, 13 Russellville Samuel H. Walley, Roxbury SENATORS 14 Francis M. Bristow, Elkton William Appleton, Boston 28 Charles W. Upham, Salem John R. Thomson, Princeton James S. Chrisman, Monticello William Wright, Newark Clement S. Hill, Lebanon Nathaniel P. Banks, Waltham REPRESENTATIVES John M. Elliott, Prestonburg Tappan Wentworth, Lowell William Preston, Louisville Alexander De Witt, Oxford Nathan T. Stratton, Mullica Hill John C. Breckinridge, Lexington Edward Dickinson, Amherst Charles Skelton, Trenton Leander M. Cox, Flemingsburg John Z. Goodrich, Glendale Samuel Lilly, Lambertville Richard H. Stanton, Maysville George Vail, Morristown MICHIGAN Alexander C. M. Pennington, Newark LOUISIANA SENATORS SENATORS Lewis Cass, Detroit NEW YORK Pierre Soule´, 15 New Orleans Charles E. Stuart, Kalamazoo SENATORS John Slidell, 16 New Orleans REPRESENTATIVES William H. Seward, Auburn Judah P. Benjamin, New Orleans David Stuart, Detroit Hamilton Fish, New York City REPRESENTATIVES David A. Noble, Monroe REPRESENTATIVES William Dunbar, New Orleans Samuel Clarke, Kalamazoo James Maurice, Maspeth

13 Died September 27, 1854. 19 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ed- 25 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Moses 14 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Presley U. ward Everett, and took his seat June 15, 1854. Norris, Jr., and took his seat January 22, 1855. Ewing, and took his seat December 4, 1854. 20 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ed- 26 Died November 15, 1853. 15 Resigned April 11, 1853. ward Everett, and took his seat February 10, 1855. 27 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Charles 21 16 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Pierre Resigned March 4, 1854. G. Atherton, and took his seat December 12, 1853; by 22 Soule´, and took his seat December 5, 1853. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Zeno resolution, August 3, 1854, Senate declared representation 17 Scudder, and took his seat April 17, 1854. Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1853, and 23 under the appointment had expired. Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1853, and 28 took his seat February 23, 1854; vacancy in this class took his seat January 26, 1854; vacancy in this class from Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Robert from March 4, 1853, to February 10, 1854. March 4, 1853, to January 7, 1854. F. Stockton in preceding Congress, and took his seat 18 Resigned, effective June 1, 1854. 24 Died January 11, 1855. March 4, 1853. 148 Biographical Directory

NEW YORK—Continued John Scott Harrison, Cleves Benjamin B. Thurston, Hopkinton Lewis D. Campbell, Hamilton REPRESENTATIVES—Continued Matthias H. Nichols, Lima SOUTH CAROLINA Thomas W. Cumming, Brooklyn Alfred P. Edgerton, Hicksville SENATORS Hiram Walbridge, New York City Andrew Ellison, Georgetown Andrew P. Butler, Edgefield Mike Walsh, New York City Aaron Harlan, Yellow Springs Josiah J. Evans, Society Hill William M. Tweed, New York City Moses B. Corwin, Urbana John Wheeler, New York City Frederick W. Green, Tiffin REPRESENTATIVES William A. Walker, New York City John L. Taylor, Chillicothe John McQueen, Marlboro Francis B. Cutting, New York City Thomas Ritchey, Somerset William Aiken, Charleston Jared V. Peck, Port Chester Edson B. Olds, Circleville Laurence M. Keitt, Orangeburg William Murray, Goshen William D. Lindsley, Sandusky Preston S. Brooks, Ninety Six Theodore R. Westbrook, Kingston Harvey H. Johnson, Ashland James L. Orr, Anderson Gilbert Dean, 29 Poughkeepsie William R. Sapp, Mount Vernon William W. Boyce, Winnsboro Isaac Teller, 30 Mattawan Edward Ball, Zanesville Russell Sage, Troy Wilson Shannon, St. Clairsville TENNESSEE Rufus W. Peckham, Albany George Bliss, Akron SENATORS Charles Hughes, Sandy Hill Edward Wade, Cleveland John Bell, Nashville George A. Simmons, Keeseville Joshua R. Giddings, Jefferson James C. Jones, Memphis Bishop Perkins, Ogdensburg Andrew Stuart, Steubenville REPRESENTATIVES Peter Rowe, Schenectady Brookins Campbell, 39 Washington George W. Chase, Schenevus PENNSYLVANIA College SENATORS Orsamus B. Matteson, Utica 40 Henry Bennett, New Berlin N. G. Taylor, Happy Valley James Cooper, Pottsville William M. Churchwell, Knoxville Gerrit Smith, 31 Petersboro Richard Brodhead, Easton 32 Samuel A. Smith, Charleston Henry C. Goodwin, Hamilton REPRESENTATIVES Caleb Lyon, Lyonsdale William Cullom, Carthage Thomas B. Florence, Philadelphia Charles Ready, Murfreesboro Daniel T. Jones, Baldwinsville Joseph R. Chandler, Philadelphia Edwin B. Morgan, Aurora George W. Jones, Fayetteville John Robbins, Jr., Kensington Robert M. Bugg, Lynnville Andrew Oliver, Penn Yan William H. Witte, Richmond John J. Taylor, Owego Felix K. Zollicoffer, Nashville John McNair, Norristown Emerson Etheridge, Dresden George Hastings, Mount Morris William Everhart, West Chester 33 Frederick P. Stanton, Memphis Azariah Boody, Rochester Samuel A. Bridges, Allentown Davis Carpenter, 34 Brockport Henry A. Muhlenberg, 36 Berks TEXAS Benjamin Pringle, Batavia 37 J. Glancy Jones, Reading SENATORS Thomas T. Flagler, Lockport Isaac E. Heister, Lancaster Solomon G. Haven, Buffalo Ner Middleswarth, Beavertown Sam Houston, Huntsville Reuben E. Fenton, Frewsburg Christian M. Staub, Pottsville Thomas J. Rusk, Nacogdoches REPRESENTATIVES NORTH CAROLINA Hendrick B. Wright, Wilkes-Barre Asa Packer, Mauch Chunk George W. Smyth, Jasper SENATORS Galusha A. Grow, Glenwood P. H. Bell, Austin George E. Badger, Raleigh James Gamble, Jersey Shore David S. Reid, 35 Wentworth William H. Kurtz, York VERMONT REPRESENTATIVES Samuel L. Russell, Bedford SENATORS Henry M. Shaw, Indian Town John McCulloch, Shaver’s Creek Solomon Foot, Rutland Thomas Ruffin, Goldsboro Augustus Drum, Indiana Samuel S. Phelps, 41 Middlebury William S. Ashe, Wilmington John L. Dawson, Brownsville Lawrence Brainerd, 42 St. Albans Sion H. Rogers, Raleigh David Ritchie, Pittsburgh REPRESENTATIVES John Kerr, Yanceyville Thomas M. Howe, Allegheny City Richard C. Puryear, Huntsville Michael C. Trout, Sharon James Meacham, Middlebury Burton Craige, Salisbury Carlton B. Curtis, Warren Andrew Tracy, Woodstock Thomas L. Clingman, Asheville John Dick, Meadville Alvah Sabin, Georgia OHIO RHODE ISLAND VIRGINIA SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS Salmon P. Chase, Cincinnati Charles T. James, Providence James M. Mason, Winchester Benjamin F. Wade, Jefferson Philip Allen, 38 Providence Robert M. T. Hunter, Lloyds REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES David T. Disney, Cincinnati Thomas Davis, Providence Thomas H. Bayly, Accomac

29 Resigned July 3, 1854. 35 Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1853, and 40 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Brookins 30 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Gilbert took his seat December 11, 1854; vacancy in this class Campbell, and took his seat March 30, 1854. Dean, and took his seat December 4, 1854. from March 4, 1853, to December 6, 1854. 41 Appointed in preceding Congress to fill vacancy caused 31 Resigned August 7, 1854. 36 Died January 9, 1854. by death of William Upham; by resolution of Senate of 37 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Gerrit Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Henry A. March 16, 1854, declared not entitled to retain his seat. Muhlenberg, and took his seat February 13, 1854. 42 Smith, and took his seat December 4, 1854. 38 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 33 Resigned in October 1853, before Congress assembled. Elected on May 4, 1853, for the term beginning March Upham in preceding Congress, and took his seat December 34 4, 1853, and took his seat December 5, 1853; vacancy Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of in this class from March 4, 1853, to July 20, 1853. 4, 1854; vacancy in this class from March 17, 1854, to Azariah Boody, and took his seat December 5, 1853. 39 Died December 25, 1853, never having qualified owing October 13, 1854. to illness. THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS 149

John S. Millson, Norfolk Isaac P. Walker, Milwaukee TERRITORY OF NEW John S. Caskie, Richmond REPRESENTATIVES MEXICO William O. Goode, Boydton Daniel Wells, Jr., Milwaukee DELEGATE Thomas S. Bocock, Appomattox Ben. C. Eastman, Platteville Jose´ Manuel Gallegos, 49 Albuquerque Paulus Powell, Amherst John B. Macy, Fond du Lac William Smith, Warrenton TERRITORY OF OREGON 50 Charles J. Faulkner, Martinsburg TERRITORY OF KANSAS 45 John Letcher, Lexington DELEGATE Zedekiah Kidwell, Fairmont DELEGATE Joseph Lane, Winchester John F. Snodgrass, 43 Parkersburg J. W. Whitfield, 46 Tecumseh Chas. S. Lewis, 44 Clarksburg TERRITORY OF UTAH Henry A. Edmundson, Salem TERRITORY OF MINNESOTA DELEGATE Fayette McMullen, Rye Cove DELEGATE John M. Bernhisel, Salt Lake City Henry M. Rice, St. Paul WISCONSIN TERRITORY OF TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA 47 WASHINGTON 51 SENATORS DELEGATE DELEGATE Henry Dodge, Dodgeville Napoleon B. Giddings, 48 Nebraska City Columbia Lancaster, 52 St. Helena

43 Died June 5, 1854. 46 Took his seat December 20, 1854. 50 The Territory of Washington was formed from a por- 44 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John F. 47 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the tion of the Territory of Oregon by the act of March 2, Snodgrass, and took his seat December 4, 1854. United States by France by the treaty of April 30, 1803, 1853. 45 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by and granted a Delegate in Congress by act of May 30, 51 Formed March 2, 1853, from a portion of the Territory France by the treaty signed in Paris on April 30, 1803, 1854. of Oregon, and granted a Delegate in Congress. 48 and by the State of Texas, in the settlement of her bound- Took his seat January 5, 1855. 52 Took his seat April 12, 1854. aries in 1850; established a Territorial government and 49 Election unsuccessfully contested by William Carr granted a Delegate in Congress by act of May 30, 1854. Lane.