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THIRTIETH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1847, TO MARCH 3, 1849

FIRST SESSION—December 6, 1847, to August 14, 1848 SECOND SESSION—December 4, 1848, to March 3, 1849

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —GEORGE M. DALLAS, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—DAVID R. ATCHISON, 1 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKINS, 2 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—ROBERT BEALE, of Virginia

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—ROBERT C. WINTHROP, 3 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN B. FRENCH, of New Hampshire; THOMAS J. CAMPBELL, 4 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—NEWTON LANE, of ; NATHAN SARGENT, 5 of DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—ROBERT E. HORNER, of New Jersey

ALABAMA GEORGIA SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS 14 Arthur P. Bagby, 6 Tuscaloosa Jabez W. Huntington, Norwich Walter T. Colquitt, 18 Columbus Roger S. Baldwin, 15 New Haven 19 William R. King, 7 Selma Herschel V. Johnson, Milledgeville John M. Niles, Hartford Dixon H. Lewis, 8 Lowndesboro John Macpherson Berrien, 20 Savannah REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin Fitzgerald, 9 Wetumpka REPRESENTATIVES , Hartford Thomas Butler King, Frederica REPRESENTATIVES Samuel D. Hubbard, Middletown John Gayle, Mobile John A. Rockwell, Norwich Alfred Iverson, Columbus Henry W. Hilliard, Montgomery , Litchfield John W. Jones, Griffin Sampson W. Harris, Wetumpka Hugh A. Haralson, Lagrange Samuel W. Inge, Livingston DELAWARE John H. Lumpkin, Rome George S. , Athens SENATORS Howell Cobb, Athens Williamson R. W. Cobb, Bellefonte John M. Clayton, 16 New Castle Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordville Franklin W. Bowdon, Talladega John Wales, 17 Wilmington Robert Toombs, Washington Presley Spruance, Smyrna REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John W. Houston, Georgetown SENATORS SENATORS , Carlyle Ambrose H. Sevier, 10 Pine Bluff FLORIDA Stephen A. Douglas, Quincy 11 , Hot Springs SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES 12 , Little Rock , St. Augustine William K. Sebastin, 13 Helena Robert Smith, Alton James D. Westcott, Jr., Tallahassee John A. McClernand, Shawneetown REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Orlando B. Ficklin, Charleston Robert W. Johnson, Little Rock Edward C. Cabell, Tallahassee John Wentworth,

1 Elected February 2, 1848; June 1, 1848; June 26, 1848; 9 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Dixon 15 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Jabez July 29, 1848; December 26, 1848; and March 2, 1849. H. Lewis, and took his seat December 11, 1848. W. Huntington, and took his seat December 7, 1847; sub- 2 Reelected December 13, 1847. 10 Resigned March 15, 1848. sequently elected. 3 Elected December 6, 1847; Armistead Burt of South 11 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Am- 16 Resigned February 23, 1849, having been appointed Carolina was elected Speaker pro tempore, and served brose H. Sevier, and took his seat April 24, 1848; subse- Secretary of State. from June 19 to 22, 1848. quently elected. 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 4 12 M. Clayton, and took his seat February 26, 1849. Elected December 7, 1847. Died April 29, 1848. 18 5 Elected December 8, 1847. 13 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Chester Resigned in February, 1848. 19 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 6 Resigned June 16, 1848. Ashley, and took his seat May 31, 1848; subsequently 7 Walter T. Colquitt, and took his seat February 14, 1848. Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ar- elected. 20 Reelected for the term beginning March 4, 1847, and thur P. Bagby, and took his seat July 13, 1848. 14 Died November 1, 1847. took his seat December 16, 1847; vacancy in this class 8 Died October 25, 1848. from March 4, 1847, to November 12, 1847.

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William A. Richardson, 21 Rushville Thomas J. Turner, Freeport SENATORS SENATORS , Springfield John Fairfield, 26 Saco Jesse Speight, 35 Plymouth 36 INDIANA Wyman B. S. Moor, 27 Bangor , Warrenton , 28 Hampden Henry S. Foote, Jackson SENATORS James W. Bradbury, Augusta REPRESENTATIVES Edward A. Hannegan, Covington REPRESENTATIVES Jacob Thompson, Oxford Jesse D. Bright, Madison David Hammons, Lovell Winfield S. Featherston, Houston REPRESENTATIVES Asa W. H. Clapp, Portland Patrick W. Tompkins, Vicksburg Elisha Embree, Princeton Hiram Belcher, Farmington Albert G. Brown, Gallatin Thomas J. Henley, New Washington Franklin Clark, Wiscasset John L. Robinson, Rushville Ephraim K. Smart, Camden MISSOURI Caleb B. Smith, Connersville James S. Wiley, Dover SENATORS William W. Wick, Indianapolis Hezekiah Williams, Castine Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis George G. Dunn, Bedford David R. Atchison, Platte City Richard W. Thompson, Terre Haute John Pettit, La Fayette REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Charles W. Cathcart, Laporte James B. Bowlin, St. Louis William Rockhill, Fort Wayne James A. Pearce, Chestertown John Jameson, Fulton , James S. Green, Canton IOWA REPRESENTATIVES Willard P. Hall, St. Joseph John S. Phelps, Springfield SENATORS John G. Chapman, Port Tobacco J. Dixon Roman, Hagerstown Augustus C. Dodge, 22 Burlington Thomas W. Ligon, Ellicotts Mills NEW HAMPSHIRE George W. Jones, 23 Dubuque Robert M. McLane, Baltimore SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Alexander Evans, Elkton Charles G. Atherton, Nashua William Thompson, Mount Pleasant John W. Crisfield, Princess Anne John P. Hale, Dover Shepherd Leffler, Burlington REPRESENTATIVES MASSACHUSETTS Amos Tuck, Exeter KENTUCKY SENATORS Charles H. Peaslee, Concord SENATORS , Boston James Wilson, Keene John J. Crittenden, 24 Frankfort John Davis, Worcester James H. Johnson, Bath 25 Thomas Metcalfe, Forest Retreat REPRESENTATIVES Joseph R. Underwood, Bowling Green NEW JERSEY Robert C. Winthrop, Boston REPRESENTATIVES Daniel P. King, South Danvers SENATORS , Cadiz , Andover Jacob W. Miller, Morristown Beverly L. Clarke, Franklin John G. Palfrey, Cambridge William L. Dayton, Trenton Samuel O. Peyton, Hartford Charles Hudson, Westminster REPRESENTATIVES Aylett Buckner, Greensburg , Springfield James G. Hampton, Bridgeton John B. Thompson, Harrodsburg , Pittsfield William A. Newell, Allentown , Barbourville , 29 Quincy Joseph E. Edsall, Hamburg W. , Louisville , 30 West Newton John Van Dyke, New Brunswick Charles S. Morehead, Frankfort , Bridgewater Dudley S. Gregory, Jersey City Richard French, Mount Sterling Joseph Grinnell, New Bedford John P. Gaines, Walton SENATORS SENATORS Daniel S. Dickinson, Binghamton SENATORS , 31 Detroit John A. Dix, Albany 32 Henry Johnson, New River Thomas Fitzgerald, St. Joseph REPRESENTATIVES Solomon W. Downs, Monroe , Ann Arbor Frederick W. Lord, Greenport REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Henry C. Murphy, Brooklyn Emile La Se´re, Robert McClelland, Monroe Henry Nicoll, Bannon G. Thibodeaux, Thibodaux Edward Bradley, 33 Marshall William B. Maclay, New York City John H. Harmanson, Simmsport Charles E. Stuart, 34 Kalamazoo Frederick A. Tallmadge, New York City Isaac E. Morse, St. Martinville Kinsley S. Bingham, Kensington David S. Jackson, 37 New York City

21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- 27 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of John 32 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of resentative-elect Stephen A. Douglas in preceding Con- Fairfield, and took his seat January 17, 1848. Lewis Cass, and took his seat June 20, 1848. gress, and took his seat December 6, 1847. 28 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John Fair- 33 Died August 5, 1847, before Congress assembled. 22 Took his seat December 26, 1848; term to expire, as field, and took his seat June 12, 1848. 34 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Edward determined by lot, March 3, 1849. 29 Died in the Speaker’s room at the Capitol, February Bradley, and took his seat December 6, 1847. 23 Took his seat December 26, 1848; term to expire, as 23, 1848. 35 Died May 1, 1847. 36 determined by lot, March 3, 1853. 30 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John Quincy Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Jesse 24 Resigned June 12, 1848. Speight, and took his seat December 6, 1847; subsequently 25 Adams, and took his seat April 13, 1848. Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 31 elected. John J. Crittenden, and took his seat July 3, 1848; subse- Resigned May 29, 1848; subsequently elected to fill 37 Election contested by , but the House quently elected. vacancy caused by his own resignation, and took his seat declared on April 19, 1848, that neither was entitled to 26 Died December 24, 1847. March 4, 1849. the seat. 136 Biographical Directory

NEW YORK—Continued Rodolphus Dickinson, Lower Sandusky Andrew P. Butler, Edgefield Jonathan D. Morris, 41 Batavia REPRESENTATIVES—Continued REPRESENTATIVES John L. Taylor, Chillicothe James A. Black, 44 Cherokee Iron Horace Greeley, 38 New York City Thomas O. Edwards, Lancaster Works William Nelson, Peekskill Daniel Duncan, Newark Daniel Wallace, 45 Union Cornelius Warren, Cold Spring John K. Miller, Mount Vernon Richard F. Simpson, Pendleton Daniel B. St. John, Monticello Samuel F. Vinton, Gallipolis Joseph A. Woodward, Winnsboro Eliakim Sherrill, Shandaken Thomas Ritchey, Somerset Alexander D. Sims, 46 Darlington Peter H. Silvester, Coxsackie Nathan Evans, Cambridge John McQueen, 47 Bennettsville Gideon Reynolds, Hoosick William Kennon, Jr., St. Clairsville Armistead Burt, Willington John I. Slingerland, Bethlehem John D. Cummins, New Isaac E. Holmes, Charleston Orlando Kellogg, Elizabethtown George Fries, Hanoverton R. Barnwell Rhett, Ashepoo Sidney Lawrence, Moira Samuel Lahm, Canton Hugh White, Cohoes John Crowell, Warren TENNESSEE George Petrie, Little Falls Joshua R. Giddings, Jefferson William Collins, Lowville Joseph M. Root, Norwalk SENATORS Joseph Mullin, Watertown Hopkins L. Turney, Winchester Timothy Jenkins, Oneida Castle PENNSYLVANIA John Bell, Nashville George A. Starkweather, Cooperstown SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Ausburn Birdsall, Binghamton , Uniontown , Greeneville William Duer, Oswego , Middletown William M. Cocke, Rutledge Daniel Gott, Pompey REPRESENTATIVES John H. Crozier, Knoxville Harmon S. Conger, Cortland Hugh L. W. Hill, Irving College William T. Lawrence, Cayutaville Lewis C. Levin, Philadelphia Joseph R. Ingersoll, Philadelphia George W. Jones, Fayetteville John M. Holley, 39 Lyons Charles Brown, Philadelphia James H. Thomas, Columbia Esbon Blackmar, 40 Newark Charles J. Ingersoll, Philadelphia Meredith P. Gentry, Franklin Elias B. Holmes, Brockport John Freedley, Norristown Washington Barrow, Nashville Robert L. Rose, Allens Hill John W. Hornbeck, 42 Lucien B. Chase, Clarksville David Rumsey, Jr., Bath Allentown 43 Frederick P. Stanton, Memphis Dudley Marvin, Ripley Samuel A. Bridges, Allentown William T. Haskell, Jackson Nathan K. Hall, Buffalo Abraham R. McIlvaine, Brandywine Harvey Putnam, Attica John Strohm, New Providence Washington Hunt, Lockport William Strong, Reading , Easton SENATORS NORTH CAROLINA Chester P. Butler, Wilkes-Barre Sam Houston, Raven Hill , Towanda Thomas J. Rusk, Nacogdoches SENATORS James Pollock, Milton Willie P. Mangum, Red Mountain George N. Eckert, Pottsville REPRESENTATIVES George E. Badger, Raleigh Henry Nes, York David S. Kaufman, Sabine REPRESENTATIVES Jasper E. Brady, Chambersburg Timothy Pilsbury, Brazoria Thomas L. Clingman, Asheville John Blanchard, Bellefonte Nathaniel Boyden, Salisbury Andrew Stewart, Uniontown VERMONT Daniel M. Barringer, Concord Job Mann, Bedford SENATORS Augustine H. Shepperd, Salem John Dickey, Beaver Samuel S. Phelps, Middlebury Abraham W. Venable, Brownsville Moses Hampton, , Montpelier John R. J. Daniel, Halifax John W. Farrelly, Meadville James I. McKay, Elizabethtown James Thompson, Erie REPRESENTATIVES Richard S. Donnell, New Bern Alexander Irvin, Clearfield William Henry, Bellows Falls David Outlaw, Windsor , Woodstock RHODE ISLAND George P. Marsh, Burlington SENATORS Lucius B. Peck, Montpelier SENATORS Albert C. Greene, Providence VIRGINIA William Allen, Chillicothe John H. Clarke, Providence , Lebanon REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Robert B. Cranston, Newport James M. Mason, Winchester James J. Faran, Cincinnati Benjamin B. Thurston, Hopkinton Robert M. T. Hunter, Lloyds David Fisher, Wilmington REPRESENTATIVES Robert C. Schenck, Dayton Archibald Atkinson, Smithfield Richard S. Canby, Bellefontaine SENATORS George C. Dromgoole, 48 Summit William Sawyer, St. Marys John C. Calhoun, Pendleton Richard K. Meade, 49 Petersburg

38 Elected to fill vacancy declared to exist by resolutions in the war with Mexico), and took his seat December 46 Died November 16, 1848, before the commencement of April 19, 1848, and took his seat December 4, 1848. 6, 1847. of the Thirty-first Congress, to which he had been re- 39 Died March 8, 1848. 42 Died January 16, 1848. elected. 40 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John M. 43 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John W. 47 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Alexander Holley, and took his seat December 4, 1848. Hornbeck, and took his seat March 6, 1848. D. Sims, and took his seat February 12, 1849. 41 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- 44 Died April 3, 1848. 48 Died April 27, 1847, before Congress assembled. tive-elect Thomas L. Hamer (December 2, 1846, before 45 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James A. 49 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of George C. the beginning of the congressional term, while serving Black, and took his seat on June 12, 1848. Dromgoole, and took his seat December 6, 1847. THIRTIETH CONGRESS 137

Thomas S. Flournoy, Halifax Andrew S. Fulton, Wytheville Isaac P. Walker, 52 Milwaukee Thomas S. Bocock, Appomattox Robert A. Thompson, Kanawha REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE William L. Goggin, Otter Bridge Mason C. Darling, 53 Fond du Lac John M. Botts, Richmond William G. Brown, Kingwood William P. Lynde, 54 Milwaukee Thomas H. Bayly, Accomac Richard L. T. Beale, Hague 50 55 John S. Pendleton, Culpeper TERRITORY OF WISCONSIN DELEGATE Henry Bedinger, Charlestown SENATORS James McDowell, Lexington John H. Tweedy, 56 Milwaukee William B. Preston, Blacksburg Henry Dodge, 51 Dodgeville Henry H. Sibley, 57 Mendota

50 Formed from the eastern portion of the Territory of 53 Took his seat June 9, 1848. 56 Served until May 29, 1848, when that portion of the Wisconsin by authority of act approved August 6, 1846, 54 Took his seat June 5, 1848. Territory of Wisconsin in which he resided was admitted and admitted as a State into the Union May 29, 1848. 55 The western portion of the Territory of Wisconsin re- to statehood. 51 Took his seat June 23, 1848; term to expire, as deter- tained its territorial organization under the same name 57 Elected to fill vacancy caused by disqualification of mined by lot, March 3, 1851. until reorganized into the Territory of Minnesota by act John H. Tweedy, and took his seat January 15, 1849. 52 Took his seat June 26, 1848; term to expire as deter- of March 3, 1849, the eastern portion having been granted mined by lot, March 3, 1849. statehood May 29, 1848, as the State of Wisconsin.