THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1851, TO MARCH 3, 1853
FIRST SESSION—December 1, 1851, to August 31, 1852 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1852, to March 3, 1853 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1851, to March 13, 1851
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE— WILLIAM R. KING, 2 of Alabama; DAVID R. ATCHISON, 3 of Missouri SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKENS, of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—ROBERT BEALE, of Virginia
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—LINN BOYD, 4 of Kentucky CLERK OF THE HOUSE—RICHARD M. YOUNG, of Illinois; JOHN W. FORNEY, 5 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, 8 San Francisco Stephen R. Mallory, 10 Jacksonville REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE William R. King, 6 Selma Edward C. Marshall, Sonora Edward C. Cabell, Tallahassee Benjamin Fitzpatrick, 7 Wetumpka Joseph W. McCorkle, Marysville Jeremiah Clemens, Huntsville GEORGIA CONNECTICUT SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS John Macpherson Berrien, 11 Savannah John Bragg, Mobile Truman Smith, Litchfield Robert M. Charlton, 12 Savannah James Abercrombie, Girard Isaac Toucey, 9 Hartford William C. Dawson, Greensboro Sampson W. Harris, Wetumpka William R. Smith, Fayette REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES George S. Houston, Athens Charles Chapman, Hartford Joseph W. Jackson, Savannah Williamson R. W. Cobb, Bellefonte Colin M. Ingersoll, New Haven James Johnson, Columbus Alexander White, Talladega Chauncey F. Cleveland, Hampton David J. Bailey, Jackson Origen S. Seymour, Litchfield Charles Murphey, Decatur ARKANSAS Elijah W. Chastain, Tacoah DELAWARE Junius Hillyer, Monroe SENATORS SENATORS Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordville William K. Sebastian, Helena Presley Spruance, Smyrna Robert Toombs, Washington Solon Borland, Hot Springs James A. Bayard, Wilmington REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE ILLINOIS Robert W. Johnson, Little Rock George Read Riddle, Wilmington SENATORS Stephen A. Douglas, Chicago CALIFORNIA FLORIDA James Shields, Belleville SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES William M. Gwin, San Francisco Jackson Morton, Pensacola William H. Bissell, Belleville
1 Vice President Millard Fillmore became President on 7 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- March 4, 1851, to May 11, 1852, because of failure of the death of Zachary Taylor in preceding Congress; Vice liam R. King, and took his seat January 20, 1853; subse- governor to appoint. Presidency remained vacant until March 4, 1853. quently elected. 10 Election unsuccessfully contested by David Levy 2 Resigned as President pro tempore December 20, 1852. 8 Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1851, and Yulee. 3 Elected December 20, 1852. took his seat March 17, 1852; vacancy in this class from 11 Resigned May 28, 1852. 4 Elected December 1, 1851. March 4, 1851, to January 30, 1852. 12 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 5 Elected December 1, 1851. 9 Elected for the term beginning March 4, 1851, and John Macpherson Berrien, and took his seat June 11, 6 Resigned December 20, 1852. took his seat May 14, 1852; vacancy in this class from 1852.
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Willis Allen, Marion Pierre Soule´, New Orleans Alpheus Felch, Ann Arbor Orlando B. Ficklin, Charleston REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Richard S. Molony, Belvidere Louis St. Martin, New Orleans Ebenezer J. Penniman, Plymouth William A. Richardson, Quincy J. Aristide Landry, Donaldsonville Charles E. Stuart, Kalamazoo Thompson Campbell, Galena Alexander G. Penn, Covington James L. Conger, Mount Clemens Richard Yates, Jacksonville John Moore, New Iberia MISSISSIPPI INDIANA MAINE SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS Henry S. Foote, 30 Jackson Jesse D. Bright, Madison James W. Bradbury, Augusta Walker Brooke, 31 Lexington 13 James Whitcomb, Indianapolis Hannibal Hamlin, Hampden Jefferson Davis, 32 Palmyra 14 Charles W. Cathcart, Laporte REPRESENTATIVES John J. McRae, 33 Enterprise 15 John Pettit, La Fayette Moses Macdonald, Biddeford Stephen Adams, 34 Aberdeen REPRESENTATIVES John Appleton, Portland REPRESENTATIVES James Lockhart, Evansville Robert Goodenow, Farmington Benjamin D. Nabers, Hickory Flat Cyrus L. Dunham, Salem Charles Andrews, 21 Paris John A. Wilcox, Aberdeen John L. Robinson, Rushville Isaac Reed, 22 Waldoboro John D. Freeman, Jackson Samuel W. Parker, Connersville Ephraim K. Smart, Camden Albert G. Brown, Gallatin Thomas A. Hendricks, Shelbyville Israel Washburn, Jr., Orono Willis A. Gorman, Bloomington Thomas J. D. Fuller, Calais MISSOURI John G. Davis, Rockville SENATORS Daniel Mace, La Fayette MARYLAND David R. Atchison, Platte City Graham N. Fitch, Logansport SENATORS Samuel Brenton, Fort Wayne Henry S. Geyer, St. Louis James A. Pearce, Chestertown REPRESENTATIVES Thomas G. Pratt, Annapolis John F. Darby, St. Louis IOWA REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Gilchrist Porter, Bowling Green Richard J. Bowie, Rockville John G. Miller, Boonville Augustus C. Dodge, Burlington William T. Hamilton, Hagerstown George W. Jones, Dubuque Willard P. Hall, St. Joseph Edward Hammond, Ellicotts Mills John S. Phelps, Springfield REPRESENTATIVES Thomas Yates Walsh, Baltimore Bernhart Henn, Fairfield Alexander Evans, Elkton NEW HAMPSHIRE Lincoln Clark, Dubuque Joseph S. Cottman, Upper Trappe SENATORS KENTUCKY MASSACHUSETTS John P. Hale, Dover SENATORS SENATORS Moses Norris, Jr., Manchester Joseph R. Underwood, Bowling Green John Davis, Worcester REPRESENTATIVES Henry Clay, 16 Lexington Charles Sumner, 23 Boston Amos Tuck, Exeter David Meriwether, 17 Louisville REPRESENTATIVES Charles H. Peaslee, Concord 18 Jared Perkins, Winchester Archibald Dixon, Henderson William Appleton, Boston Harry Hibbard, Bath REPRESENTATIVES Orin Fowler, 24 Fall River Linn Boyd, Paducah Edward P. Little, 25 Marshfield NEW JERSEY Benjamin E. Grey, Hopkinsville James H. Duncan, Haverhill SENATORS Presley U. Ewing, Russellville Robert Rantoul, Jr., 26 Beverly William T. Ward, Greensburg Francis B. Fay, 27 Chelsea Jacob W. Miller, Morristown 35 James W. Stone, Elizabethtown Charles Allen, Worcester Robert F. Stockton, Princeton Addison White, Richmond George T. Davis, Greenfield REPRESENTATIVES Humphrey Marshall, 19 New Castle John Z. Goodrich, Glendale Nathan T. Stratton, Mullica Hill William Preston, 20 Louisville Horace Mann, West Newton Charles Skelton, Trenton John C. Breckinridge, Lexington Benjamin Thompson, 28 Charlestown Isaac Wildrick, Blairstown John C. Mason, Owingsville Lorenzo Sabine, 29 Framingham George H. Brown, Somerville Richard H. Stanton, Maysville Zeno Scudder, Barnstable Rodman M. Price, Hoboken LOUISIANA MICHIGAN NEW YORK SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS Solomon W. Downs, Monroe Lewis Cass, Detroit William H. Seward, Auburn
13 Died October 4, 1852. until December 20, 1852, when a resolution was adopted 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Robert 14 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of James declaring him duly elected ‘‘to fill the vacancy occasioned Rantoul, Jr., and took his seat December 29, 1852. Whitcomb, and took his seat December 6, 1852. by the resignation of Mr. Clay.’’ 28 Died September 24, 1852. 15 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James 19 Resigned August 4, 1852. 29 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Benjamin Whitcomb, and took his seat January 18, 1853. 20 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Hum- Thompson, and took his seat December 28, 1852. 16 Tendered his resignation December 15, 1851, ‘‘to take phrey Marshall, and took his seat December 6, 1852. 30 Resigned January 8, 1852, having been elected gov- effect on the first Monday of September, 1852’’; died June 21 Died April 30, 1852. ernor. 29, 1852. 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Charles 31 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Henry 17 Appointed July 6, 1852, to fill vacancy caused by Andrews, and took his seat June 25, 1852. S. Foote, and took his seat March 11, 1852. death of Henry Clay, and to serve ‘‘until the time the 23 Elected for term beginning March 4, 1851, and took 32 Resigned September 23, 1851. resignation of Henry Clay takes effect’’; took his seat July his seat December 1, 1851; vacancy in this class from 33 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Jef- 15, 1852, and served until the adjournment of the session, March 4, 1851, to April 23, 1851. ferson Davis, and took his seat December 19, 1851. August 31, 1852. 24 Died September 3, 1852. 34 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Jeffer- 18 Elected December 30, 1851, to fill vacancy anticipated 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Orin Fowler, son Davis, and took his seat March 17, 1852. by the resignation of Henry Clay; credentials presented and took his seat December 30, 1852. 35 Resigned January 10, 1853; vacancy in this class dur- on December 6, 1852, but was not permitted to qualify 26 Died August 7, 1852. ing remainder of the Congress. 144 Biographical Directory
NEW YORK—Continued Lewis D. Campbell, Hamilton R. Barnwell Rhett, 39 Charleston Hiram Bell, Greenville William F. De Saussure, 40 Columbia SENATORS—Continued Benjamin Stanton, Bellefontaine REPRESENTATIVES Hamilton Fish, New York City Alfred P. Edgerton, Hicksville Daniel Wallace, Jonesville Frederick W. Green, Tiffin REPRESENTATIVES James L. Orr, Anderson Nelson Barrere, Hillsboro John G. Floyd, Moriches Joseph A. Woodward, Winnsboro Obadiah Bowne, Richmond John L. Taylor, Chillicothe Edson B. Olds, Circleville John McQueen, Bennettsville Emanuel B. Hart, New York City Armistead Burt, Willington J. H. Hobart Haws, New York City Charles Sweetser, Delaware George H. Busby, Marion William Aiken, Charleston George Briggs, New York City William F. Colcock, Grahamville James Brooks, New York City John Welch, Athens James M. Gaylord, McConnellsville Abraham P. Stephens, Nyack TENNESSEE Gilbert Dean, Poughkeepsie Alexander Harper, Zanesville William Murray, Goshen William F. Hunter, Woodsfield SENATORS John Johnson, Coshocton Marius Schoonmaker, Kingston John Bell, Nashville Joseph Cable, Carrollton Josiah Sutherland, Hudson James C. Jones, Memphis David K. Cartter, Massillon David L. Seymour, Troy REPRESENTATIVES Eben Newton, Canfield John L. Schoolcraft, Albany Joshua R. Giddings, Jefferson Andrew Johnson, Greeneville John H. Boyd, Whitehall Norton S. Townshend, Avon Albert G. Watkins, Panther Springs Joseph Russell, Warrensburg William M. Churchwell, Knoxville John Wells, Johnstown PENNSYLVANIA John H. Savage, Smithville 36 Alexander H. Buell, Fairfield SENATORS George W. Jones, Fayetteville Preston King, Ogdensburg James Cooper, Pottsville William H. Polk, Columbia Willard Ives, Watertown Richard Brodhead, Easton Meredith P. Gentry, Franklin Timothy Jenkins, Oneida Castle REPRESENTATIVES William Cullom, Carthage William W. Snow, Oneonta Isham G. Harris, Paris Thomas B. Florence, Philadelphia Henry Bennett, New Berlin Frederick P. Stanton, Memphis Joseph R. Chandler, Philadelphia Leander Babcock, Oswego Christopher H. Williams, Lexington Daniel T. Jones, Baldwinsville Henry D. Moore, Philadelphia Thomas Y. Howe, Jr., Auburn John Robbins, Jr., Kensington TEXAS Henry S. Walbridge, Ithaca John McNair, Norristown SENATORS William A. Sackett, Seneca Falls Thomas Ross, Doylestown Abraham M. Schermerhorn, Rochester John A. Morrison, Cochransville Sam Houston, Huntsville Jerediah Horsford, Moscow Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster Thomas J. Rusk, Nacogdoches Reuben Robie, Bath J. Glancy Jones, Reading REPRESENTATIVES Frederick S. Martin, Olean Milo M. Dimmick, Stroudsburg Richardson Scurry, Clarksville Henry M. Fuller, 38 Wilkes-Barre Solomon G. Haven, Buffalo Volney E. Howard, San Antonio Augustus P. Hascall, Le Roy Galusha A. Grow, Glenwood Lorenzo Burrows, Albion James Gamble, Jersey Shore Thomas M. Bibighaus, Lebanon VERMONT NORTH CAROLINA William H. Kurtz, York SENATORS William Upham, 41 Montpelier SENATORS James X. McLanahan, Chambersburg Andrew Parker, Mifflintown Samuel S. Phelps, 42 Middlebury Willie P. Mangum, Red Mountain John L. Dawson, Brownsville Solomon Foot, Rutland George E. Badger, Raleigh Joseph H. Kuhns, Greensburg REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES John Allison, Beaver Ahiman L. Miner, Manchester Thomas L. Clingman, Asheville Thomas M. Howe, Allegheny City William Hebard, Chelsea Joseph P. Caldwell, Statesville John W. Howe, Franklin James Meacham, Middlebury Alfred Dockery, Dockerys Store Carlton B. Curtis, Warren Thomas Bartlett, Jr., Lyndon James T. Morehead, Greensboro Alfred Gilmore, Butler Abraham W. Venable, Brownsville John R. J. Daniel, Halifax RHODE ISLAND VIRGINIA William S. Ashe, Wilmington SENATORS SENATORS Edward Stanly, Washington John H. Clarke, Providence James M. Mason, Winchester David Outlaw, Windsor Charles T. James, Providence Robert M. T. Hunter, Lloyds REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES OHIO George G. King, Newport John S. Millson, Norfolk SENATORS Benjamin B. Thurston, Hopkinton Richard K. Meade, Petersburg Salmon P. Chase, Cincinnati Thomas H. Averett, Halifax Benjamin F. Wade, 37 Jefferson SOUTH CAROLINA Thomas S. Bocock, Appomattox REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Paulus Powell, Amherst David T. Disney, Cincinnati Andrew P. Butler, Edgefield John S. Caskie, Richmond
36 Died January 29, 1853. 39 Resigned May 7, 1852. 42 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of William 37 Elected for term beginning March 4, 1851, and took 40 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of R. Upham, and took his seat January 19, 1853. his seat December 1, 1851; vacancy in this class from Barnwell Rhett, and took his seat May 24, 1852; subse- March 4 to 14, 1851. quently elected. 38 Election unsuccessfully contested by Hendrick B. 41 Died January 14, 1853. Wright. THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS 145
Thomas H. Bayly, Accomac Isaac P. Walker, Milwaukee TERRITORY OF NEW Alexander R. Holladay, Mansfield MEXICO 45 James F. Strother, Rappahannock REPRESENTATIVES Charles J. Faulkner, Martinsburg DELEGATE John Letcher, Lexington Charles Durkee, Kenosha Richard H. Weightman, 46 Santa Fe Henry A. Edmundson, Salem Ben C. Eastman, Platteville Fayette McMullen, Rye Cove James Duane Doty, Menasha TERRITORY OF OREGON James M. H. Beale, Point Pleasant DELEGATE George W. Thompson, 43 Wheeling Sherrard Clemens, 44 Wheeling TERRITORY OF MINNESOTA Joseph Lane, Oregon City 47 WISCONSIN DELEGATE TERRITORY OF UTAH SENATORS DELEGATE Henry H. Sibley, Mendota Henry Dodge, Dodgeville John M. Bernhisel, 48 Salt Lake City
43 Resigned July 30, 1852. Congress by act of September 9, 1850. Hugh N. Smith 47 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the 44 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George presented credentials February 4, 1850, in the preceding United States by Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hi- W. Thompson, and took his seat December 6, 1852. Congress, but was not admitted to a seat; the committee dalgo of February 2, 1848, and granted a Delegate in 45 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the on elections held that no territorial government existed Congress by act of September 9, 1850. United States by Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hi- and the matter was laid on the table. 48 Took his seat December 1, 1851. dalgo of February 2, 1848, and granted a Delegate in 46 Took his seat December 1, 1851.