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TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1839, TO MARCH 3, 1841

FIRST SESSION—December 2, 1839, to July 21, 1840 SECOND SESSSION—December 7, 1840, to March 3, 1841

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —RICHARD M. JOHNSON, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM R. KING, 1 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKENS, 2 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—STEPHEN HAIGHT, of New York

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—ROBERT M. T. HUNTER, 3 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—HUGH A. GARLAND, 4 of Virginia SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—RODERICK DORSEY, of Maryland DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH FOLLANSBEE, of

ALABAMA Thomas B. Osborne, Fairfield ILLINOIS , Litchfield SENATORS SENATORS John H. Brockway, Ellington William R. King, Selma John M. Robinson, Carmi Clement C. Clay, Huntsville Richard M. Young, Quincy REPRESENTATIVES DELAWARE REPRESENTATIVES , Somerville SENATORS John Reynolds, Cadiz David Hubbard, Courtland 9 Richard H. Bayard, Wilmington Zadoc Casey, Mount Vernon George W. Crabb, Tuscaloosa Thomas Clayton, New Castle Dixon H. Lewis, Lowndesboro John T. Stuart, Springfield James Dellet, Claiborne REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Thomas Robinson, Jr., Georgetown INDIANA ARKANSAS SENATORS SENATORS Oliver H. Smith, Indianapolis William S. Fulton, Little Rock Albert S. White, La Fayette Ambrose H. Sevier, Lake Port SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Alfred Cuthbert, Monticello Wilson Lumpkin, Athens Edward Cross, Washington George H. Proffit, Petersburg REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John W. Davis, Carlisle John Carr, Charlestown Julius C. Alford, Lagrange Thomas Smith, Versailles SENATORS Edward J. Black, Jacksonboro James Rariden, Centerville , New Milford Walter T. Colquitt, 10 Columbus William W. Wick, Indianapolis , 5 Norwalk Hines Holt, 11 Columbus Tilghman A. Howard, 12 Rockville Jabez W. Huntington, 6 Norwich Mark A. Cooper, Columbus Henry S. Lane, 13 Crawfordsville REPRESENTATIVES William C. Dawson, Greensboro Joseph Trumbull, Hartford Richard W. Habersham, Clarkesville KENTUCKY William L. Storrs, 7 Middletown , Waynesville William W. Boardman, 8 New Haven Eugenius A. Nisbet, Macon SENATORS Thomas W. Williams, New London Lott Warren, Palmyra , Lexington

1 Continuing from preceding session; reelected July 3, 7 Resigned in June, 1840, to become associate judge of in this class from September 19, 1839, to January 11, 1840; March 3, 1841. the court of errors. 1841. 2 Reelected December 9, 1839. 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of William 10 Resigned July 21, 1840. 3 Elected December 16, 1839. L. Storrs, and took his seat December 7, 1840. 11 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Walter 4 Reelected December 21, 1839. 9 Resigned September 19, 1839, to become chief justice T. Colquitt, and took his seat February 1, 1841. 5 Died April 7, 1840. of Delaware; reelected to fill vacancy caused by his own 12 Resigned August 1, 1840. 6 13 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thaddeus resignation, and took his seat January 19, 1841; vacancy Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Betts, and took his seat June 2, 1840. Tilghman A. Howard, and took his seat December 7, 1840.

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KENTUCKY—Continued William Cost Johnson, Jefferson Edmund Burke, Newport , Frederick Ira A. Eastman, Gilmanton SENATORS—Continued Daniel Jenifer, Milton Hill Tristram Shaw, Exeter John J. Crittenden, Frankfort Jared W. Williams, Lancaster REPRESENTATIVES MASSACHUSETTS , Cadiz SENATORS , Owensboro , 21 SENATORS Joseph R. Underwood, Bowling Green , 22 Boston Samuel L. Southard, Trenton , Monticello John Davis, 23 Worcester Garret D. Wall, Burlington 24 Simeon H. Anderson, 14 Lancaster Isaac C. Bates, Northampton REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE 32 John B. Thompson, 15 Harrodsburg REPRESENTATIVES William R. Cooper, Swedesboro , Green , 25 Boston Philemon Dickerson, Paterson 26 John Pope, Springfield Robert C. Winthrop, Boston Joseph Kille, Salem William J. Graves, New Castle Leverett Saltonstall, Salem Joseph F. Randolph, New Brunswick John White, Richmond , Newburyport Daniel B. Ryall, Freehold , Winchester , East Cambridge Peter D. Vroom, Somerville Landaff W. Andrews, Flemingsburg Levi Lincoln, Worcester , Paris James C. Alvord, 27 Greenfield NEW YORK 28 William O. Butler, Carrollton , Amherst SENATORS George N. Briggs, Lanesboro William B. Calhoun, Springfield Silas Wright, Jr., Canton LOUISIANA Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, Poughkeepsie SENATORS William S. Hastings, Mendon Henry Williams, Taunton REPRESENTATIVES Robert C. Nicholas, Donaldsonville John Reed, Yarmouth Thomas B. Jackson, Newtown Alexander Mouton, Vermilionville , Quincy James De la Montanya, Haverstraw REPRESENTATIVES Ogden Hoffman, Edward D. White, Thibodaux MICHIGAN Edward Curtis, New York City Thomas W. Chinn, Baton Rouge SENATORS Moses H. Grinnell, New York City Rice Garland, 16 Opelousas John Norvell, Detroit , New York City John Moore, 17 Franklin Augustus S. Porter, 29 Detroit Gouverneur Kemble, Cold Spring REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles Johnston, Poughkeepsie MAINE Isaac E. Crary, Marshall Nathaniel Jones, Warwick SENATORS Rufus Palen, Fallsburg John Ruggles, Thomaston MISSISSIPPI Aaron Vanderpoel, Kinderhook Reuel Williams, Augusta SENATORS John Ely, Coxsackie REPRESENTATIVES Robert J. Walker, Madisonville Hiram P. Hunt, Troy Daniel D. Barnard, Albany Hugh J. Anderson, Belfast John Henderson, Pass Christian Anson Brown, 33 Ballston , Newfield REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Nicholas B. Doe, 34 Waterford Thomas Davee, Blanchard Albert G. Brown, Gallatin David A. Russell, Salem George Evans, 18 Gardiner Jacob Thompson, Pontotoc Augustus C. Hand, Elizabethtown Joshua A. Lowell, East Machias John Fine, Ogdensburg Virgil D. Parris, Buckfield MISSOURI Peter J. Wagner, Fort Plain Benjamin Randall, Bath SENATORS Andrew W. Doig, Lowville Albert Smith, Portland Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis John G. Floyd, Utica Lewis F. Linn, Ste. Genevieve MARYLAND David P. Brewster, Oswego REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Thomas C. Chittenden, Adams SENATORS Albert G. Harrison, 30 Fulton John H. Prentiss, Cooperstown John S. Spence, 19 Berlin John Jameson, 31 Fulton Judson Allen, Harpersville John L. Kerr, 20 Easton John Miller, Conners Mills John C. Clark, Bainbridge William D. Merrick, Allens Fresh Stephen B. Leonard, Owego REPRESENTATIVES Amasa Dana, Ithaca John Dennis, Princess Anne SENATORS Edward Rogers, Madison Philip F. Thomas, Easton Henry Hubbard, Charlestown Nehemiah H. Earll, Syracuse John T. H. Worthington, Shawan , Concord Christopher Morgan, Aurora Solomon Hillen, Jr., Baltimore REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Theron R. Strong, Palmyra James Carroll, Baltimore Charles G. Atherton, Nashua Francis Granger, Canandaigua

14 Died August 11, 1840. 23 Resigned January 5, 1841. 31 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Albert G. 15 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Simeon H. 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John Harrison, and took his seat December 12, 1839. Anderson, and took his seat December 7, 1840. Davis, and took his seat January 21, 1841. 32 Messrs. Aycrigg, Maxwell, Halsted, Stratton, and 16 Resigned July 21, 1840. 25 Resigned September 18, 1840. Yorke contested the election of Messrs. Vroom, Dickerson, 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rice 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Abbott Kille, Cooper, and Ryall; the House at first declined to Garland, and took his seat December 17, 1840. Lawrence, and took his seat December 7, 1840. seat either set of candidates, but by resolution of March 18 Reelected to the Twenty-seventh Congress but re- 27 Died September 27, 1839, before Congress assembled. 10, 1840, the five last named were admitted ‘‘without prej- signed, having been elected Senator. 28 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James C. 19 Died October 24, 1840. Alvord, and took his seat January 14, 1840. udice to the final rights of the claimants,’’ and, on July 20 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John S. 29 Elected to fill vacancy in term commencing March 17, 1840, were adjudged entitled to their seats. Spence, and took his seat January 13, 1841. 4, 1839, caused by failure of legislature to elect, and took 33 Died June 14, 1840. 21 Resigned, effective February 22, 1841. his seat February 7, 1840; vacancy in this class from 34 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Anson 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Daniel March 4, 1839, to January 19, 1840. Brown, and took his seat December 7, 1840. Webster, and took his seat March 1, 1841. 30 Died September 7, 1839. TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS 121

Meredith Mallory, Hammondsport Daniel Sturgeon, 41 Uniontown Waddy Thompson, Jr., Greenville Thomas Kempshall, Rochester REPRESENTATIVES Seth M. Gates, Leroy Lemuel Paynter, Luther C. Peck, Pike John Sergeant, Philadelphia SENATORS Richard P. Marvin, Jamestown , 49 Knoxville , Buffalo George W. Toland, Philadelphia 42 Alexander Anderson, 50 Knoxville Charles F. Mitchell, Lockport Charles Naylor, Philadelphia Edward Davies, Churchtown Felix Grundy, 51 Nashville NORTH CAROLINA , Ivy Mills Alfred O. P. Nicholson, 52 Columbia SENATORS Francis James, West Chester REPRESENTATIVES , 35 Browns Store Joseph Fornance, Norristown William B. Carter, Elizabethton Willie P. Mangum, 36 Red Mountain John Davis, Davisville Abraham McClellan, Blountville Robert Strange, 37 Fayetteville David D. Wagener, Easton Joseph L. Williams, Knoxville William A. Graham, 38 Hillsboro Peter Newhard, Allentown Julius W. Blackwell, Athens REPRESENTATIVES George M. Keim, Reading Hopkins L. Turney, Winchester William Simonton, Hummelstown Kenneth Rayner, Winton William B. Campbell, Carthage Jesse A. Bynum, Halifax James Gerry, Shrewsbury John Bell, Nashville , Washington James Cooper, Gettysburg Meredith P. Gentry, Harpeth Charles B. Shepard, New Bern William S. Ramsey, 43 Carlisle Harvey M. Watterson, Shelbyville James I. McKay, Elizabethtown Charles McClure, 44 Carlisle Aaron V. Brown, Pulaski Micajah T. Hawkins, Warrenton William W. Potter, 45 Philadelphia , Clarksville Edmund Deberry, Lawrenceville George McCulloch, 46 Center Line John W. Crockett, Trenton William Montgomery, Albrights David Petrikin, Danville Christopher H. Williams, Lexington John Hill, Germantown Robert H. Hammond, Milton Charles Fisher, Salisbury Samuel W. Morris, Wellsboro Henry W. Connor, Sherrills Ford Charles Ogle, Somerset SENATORS James Graham, Rutherfordton Albert G. Marchand, Greensburg Samuel Prentiss, Montpelier , Panther Creek Enos Hook, Waynesburg Samuel S. Phelps, Middlebury Isaac Leet, Washington REPRESENTATIVES Richard Biddle, 47 Pittsburgh SENATORS Henry M. Brackenridge, 48 Tarentum Hiland Hall, Bennington , Chillicothe William Beatty, Butler William Slade, Middlebury Benjamin Tappan, Steubenville Thomas Henry, Beaver Horace Everett, Windsor REPRESENTATIVES John Galbraith, Erie John Smith, St. Albans Alexander Duncan, Cincinnati Isaac Fletcher, Lyndon John B. Weller, Hamilton RHODE ISLAND VIRGINIA Patrick G. Goode, Sidney SENATORS , 39 Lebanon SENATORS 40 Nehemiah R. Knight, Providence , Twentymile Stand Nathan F. Dixon, Westerly William H. Roane, Richmond William Doan, Withamsville William C. Rives, 53 Lindseys Store REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Calvary Morris, Athens REPRESENTATIVES William K. Bond, Chillicothe Robert B. Cranston, Newport Joseph Ridgway, Columbus Joseph L. Tillinghast, Providence , Madison William Medill, Lancaster Andrew Beirne, Union , Springfield John M. Botts, Richmond Walter Coles, Robertsons Store Isaac Parrish, Cambridge SENATORS Robert Craig, Christiansburg Jonathan Taylor, Newark John C. Calhoun, Fort Hill Daniel P. Leadbetter, Millersburg George C. Dromgoole, Cholsonville William C. Preston, Columbia George Sweeny, Bucyrus James Garland, Lovingston John W. Allen, Cleveland REPRESENTATIVES William L. Goggin, Liberty Joshua R. Giddings, Jefferson Sampson H. Butler, Barnwell John Hill, Buckingham John Hastings, Salem John Campbell, Parnassus , 54 Burwell Bay David A. Starkweather, Canton John K. Griffin, Newberry , 55 Hampton Henry Swearingen, Smithfield Isaac E. Holmes, Charleston George W. Hopkins, Lebanon Francis W. Pickens, Edgefield Robert M. T. Hunter, Lloyds PENNSYLVANIA R. Barnwell Rhett, Blue House Joseph Johnson, Bridgeport SENATORS James Rogers, Maybinton John W. Jones, Petersburg , Lancaster Thomas D. Sumter, Stateburg William Lucas, Charlestown

35 Resigned, effective November 16, 1840. 43 Died October 17, 1840, before the commencement of 51 Elected to fill vacancy in the term commencing March 36 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Bed- the Twenty-seventh Congress, to which he had been re- 4, 1839, caused by resignation of Ephraim H. Foster in ford Brown, and took his seat December 9, 1840. elected. preceding Congress, and took his seat January 3, 1840; 37 Resigned, effective November 16, 1840. 44 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William vacancy in this class from March 4 to December 14, 1839; 38 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Robert S. Ramsey, and took his seat December 7, 1840. died December 19, 1840. Strange, and took his seat December 10, 1840. 45 Died October 28, 1839, before Congress assembled. 52 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Felix 39 Resigned, effective May 30, 1840. 46 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William Grundy, and took his seat January 11, 1841. 40 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thom- W. Potter and took his seat December 2, 1839. 53 Elected to fill vacancy in term commencing March as Corwin, and took his seat December 7, 1840. 47 Resigned in 1840. 4, 1839, caused by failure of legislature to elect, and took 41 Elected January 14, 1840, to fill vacancy in the term 48 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rich- his seat January 30, 1841; vacancy in this class from commencing March 4, 1839, caused by failure of the legis- ard Biddle, and took his seat December 10, 1840. March 4, 1839, to January 18, 1841. lature to elect, and took his seat January 24, 1840. 49 Resigned January 13, 1840. 54 Resigned in 1840. 42 Election unsuccessfully contested by Charles J. Inger- 50 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Hugh 55 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Joel soll. L. White, and took his seat February 26, 1840. Holleman, and took his seat January 7, 1841. 122 Biographical Directory

VIRGINIA—Continued Henry A. Wise, Accomac TERRITORY OF IOWA REPRESENTATIVES—Continued DELEGATE 58 Charles F. Mercer, 56 Aldie TERRITORY OF FLORIDA William W. Chapman, Burlington 59 William M. McCarty, 57 Alexandria Augustus C. Dodge, Burlington Francis E. Rives, Littleton DELEGATE Green B. Samuels, Woodstock Charles Downing, St. Augustine TERRITORY OF WISCONSIN Lewis Steenrod, Wheeling DELEGATE , Fredericksburg James D. Doty, Ashton

56 Resigned December 26, 1839. 58 Served until October 27, 1840, when his term expired 59 Elected in compliance with the act of March 3, 1839, 57 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of under the provisions of the act of March 3, 1839. and took his seat December 8, 1840. Charles F. Mercer, and took his seat January 25, 1840.