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H. Doc. 108-222 TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1833, TO MARCH 3, 1835 FIRST SESSION—December 2, 1833, to June 30, 1834 SECOND SESSION—December 1, 1834, to March 3, 1835 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—MARTIN VAN BUREN, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—HUGH L. WHITE, of Tennessee; GEORGE POINDEXTER, 1 of Mississippi; JOHN TYLER, 2 of Virginia SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—WALTER LOWRIE, 3 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—MOUNTJOY BAYLY, of Maryland; JOHN SHACKFORD, 4 of New Hampshire SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—ANDREW STEVENSON, 5 of Virginia; JOHN BELL, 6 of Tennessee CLERK OF THE HOUSE—MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, of Pennsylvania; WALTER S. FRANKLIN, 7 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOHN O. DUNN, of District of Columbia; THOMAS B. RANDOLPH, 8 of Virginia DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—OVERTON CARR, of Maryland ALABAMA Ebenezer Young, Killingly Center ILLINOIS SENATORS DELAWARE SENATORS William R. King, Selma SENATORS Elias K. Kane, Kaskaskia Gabriel Moore, Huntsville John M. Clayton, Dover John M. Robinson, Carmi REPRESENTATIVES Arnold Naudain, Wilmington REPRESENTATIVES Clement C. Clay, Huntsville REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Zadok Casey, Mount Vernon Dixon H. Lewis, Lowndesboro John J. Milligan, Wilmington Joseph Duncan, 20 Jacksonville John McKinley, Florence William L. May, 21 Springfield Samuel W. Mardis, Montevallo GEORGIA Charles Slade, 22 Carlyle John Murphy, Claiborne SENATORS John Reynolds, 23 Belleville CONNECTICUT George M. Troup, 15 Dublin 16 SENATORS John P. King, Augusta INDIANA 17 John Forsyth, Columbus SENATORS Gideon Tomlinson, Fairfield Alfred Cuthbert, 18 Monticello Nathan Smith, New Haven William Hendricks, Madison REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John Tipton, Logansport Augustin S. Clayton, Athens REPRESENTATIVES Noyes Barber, Groton John Coffee, Jacksonville William W. Ellsworth, 9 Hartford Thomas F. Foster, Greensboro Ratliff Boon, Boonville Joseph Trumbull, 10 Hartford Roger L. Gamble, Louisville John Carr, Charlestown Samuel A. Foote, 11 Cheshire George R. Gilmer, Lexington John Ewing, Vincennes Ebenezer Jackson, Jr., 12 Middletown Seaborn Jones, Columbus Edward A. Hannegan, Covington Jabez W. Huntington, 13 Litchfield William Schley, Augusta George L. Kinnard, Indianapolis Phineas Miner, 14 Litchfield James M. Wayne, 19 Savannah Amos Lane, Lawrenceburg Samuel Tweedy, Danbury Richard H. Wilde, Augusta Johnathan McCarty, Fort Wayne 1 Elected June 28, 1834. 11 Resigned May 9, 1834, having been elected governor 18 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 2 Elected March 3, 1835. of Connecticut. Forsyth, and took his seat January 12, 1835. 3 Reelected December 9, 1833. 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sam- 19 Resigned January 13, 1835. 4 Elected December 9, 1833. uel A. Foote, and took his seat December 1, 1834. 20 Resigned September 21, 1834, having been elected 5 Reelected December 2, 1833; resigned from the House 13 Resigned August 16, 1834, having been appointed governor of Illinois. June 2, 1834; Henry Hubbard, of New Hampshire, was judge of the supreme court of errors. 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph elected Speaker pro tempore for May 16, 1834. 14 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Jabez 6 Duncan, and took his seat December 1, 1834. Elected June 2, 1834. W. Huntington, and took his seat December 1, 1834. 22 7 Elected December 2, 1833. 15 Resigned November 8, 1833. Died July 26, 1834. 23 8 Elected December 3, 1833. 16 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Charles 9 Resigned July 8, 1834. M. Troup, and took his seat December 31, 1833. Slade, and took his seat December 1, 1834. 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 17 Resigned June 27, 1834, having been appointed Sec- liam W. Ellsworth, and took his seat December 1, 1834. retary of State. [ 107 ] 108 Biographical Directory KENTUCKY Littleton P. Dennis, 35 Princess Anne Joseph M. Harper, Canterbury 36 SENATORS John N. Steele, Vienna Henry Hubbard, Charlestown James P. Heath, Baltimore Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro George M. Bibb, Yellow Banks William Cost Johnson, Jefferson Henry Clay, Lexington Issac McKim, Baltimore NEW JERSEY REPRESENTATIVES John T. Stoddert, Harris Lot SENATORS Chilton Allan, Winchester Francis Thomas, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, Newark Martin Beaty, South Fork James Turner, Wiseburg Samuel L. Southard, Trenton Thomas Chilton, Elizabethtown Amos Davis, Mount Sterling MASSACHUSETTS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Benjamin Hardin, Bardstown SENATORS Philemon Dickerson, Paterson Albert G. Hawes, Hawesville Samuel Fowler, Hamburg Nathaniel Silsbee, Salem Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings Thomas Lee, Port Elizabeth Daniel Webster, Boston Robert P. Letcher, 24 Lancaster James Parker, Perth Amboy James Love, Barbourville REPRESENTATIVES Ferdinand S. Schenck, Six Mile Run Chittenden Lyon, Eddyville John Quincy Adams, Quincy William N. Shinn, Mount Holly Thomas A. Marshall, Paris Isaac C. Bates, Northampton Patrick H. Pope, Louisville William Baylies, West Bridgewater NEW YORK Christopher Tompkins, Glasgow George N. Briggs, Lanesboro SENATORS Rufus Choate, 37 Salem Silas Wright, Jr., Canton LOUISIANA Stephen C. Phillips, 38 Salem 39 Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, Poughkeepsie SENATORS John Davis, Worcester Levi Lincoln, 40 Worcester REPRESENTATIVES Josiah S. Johnston, 25 Alexandria 26 Edward Everett, Charlestown John Adams, Catskill Alexander Porter, Attakapas Samuel Beardsley, Utica George A. Waggaman, New Orleans Benjamin Gorham, Boston George Grennell, Jr., Greenfield Abraham Bockee, Federal Store REPRESENTATIVES William Jackson, Newton Charles Bodle, Bloomingburg Henry A. Bullard, 27 Alexandria Gayton P. Osgood, North Andover John W. Brown, Newburgh Rice Garland, 28 Opelousas John Reed, Yarmouth Churchill C. Cambreleng, New York Philemon Thomas, Baton Rouge City Edward D. White, 29 Donaldsonville MISSISSIPPI Samuel Clark, Waterloo 30 Henry Johnson, Donaldsonville SENATORS John Cramer, Waterford Rowland Day, Sempronius MAINE George Poindexter, Wilkinson John Black, 41 Monroe John Dickson, West Bloomfield SENATORS Millard Fillmore, Buffalo REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Peleg Sprague, 31 Hallowell Philo C. Fuller, Genesco John Ruggles, 32 Thomaston Harry Cage, Woodville William K. Fuller, Chittenango Ether Shepley, Saco Franklin E. Plummer, Westville Ransom H. Gillet, Ogdensburg REPRESENTATIVES Nicoll Halsey, Trumansburg MISSOURI Gideon Hard, Albion George Evans, Gardiner SENATORS Joseph Hall, Camden Samuel G. Hathaway, Solon Leonard Jarvis, Ellsworth Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis Abner Hazeltine, Jamestown 42 Edward Kavanagh, Damariscotta Mills Alexander Buckner, Jackson Edward Howell, Bath 43 Moses Mason, Jr., Bethel Lewis F. Linn, Ste. Genevieve Abel Huntington, East Hampton Rufus McIntire, Parsonsfield REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Noadiah Johnson, Delhi William H. Ashley, St. Louis Gerrit Y. Lansing, Albany Gorham Parks, Bangor 44 Francis O. J. Smith, Portland John Bull, Chariton Cornelius W. Lawrence, New York City MARYLAND NEW HAMPSHIRE John J. Morgan, 45 New York City George W. Lay, Batavia SENATORS SENATORS Charles McVean, Canajoharie Ezekiel F. Chambers, 33 Chestertown Samuel Bell, Chester Abijah Mann, Jr., Fairfield Robert H. Goldsborough, 34 Easton Isaac Hill, Concord Henry C. Martindale, Sandy Hill Joseph Kent, Bladensburg REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Henry Mitchell, Norwich REPRESENTATIVES Benning M. Bean, Moultonboro Sherman Page, Unadilla Richard B. Carmichael, Centerville Robert Burns, Hebron Job Pierson, Schaghticoke 24 Thomas P. Moore presented credentials on December 30 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ed- 40 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 2, 1833, but was not sworn pending a contest by Robert ward D. White, and took his seat December 1, 1834. Davis, and took his seat March 5, 1834. P. Letcher, and on June 2, 1834, the House ordered a 31 Resigned January 1, 1835. 41 Elected to fill vacancy in term commencing March new election, ‘‘it being impracticable for this House to 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Peleg 4, 1833, and took his seat December 23, 1833; vacancy determine with any certainty who is the rightful Rep- Sprague, and took his seat February 6, 1835. in this class from March 4, 1833, to November 21, 1833, resentative of this district.’’ Mr. Letcher was subsequently 33 Resigned in 1834. because of recess of legislature. 34 elected and took his seat December 1, 1834. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ezekiel 42 25 Died June 6, 1833. Died May 19, 1833. F. Chambers, and took his seat January 23, 1835. 43 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Alexander 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Josiah S. 35 Died April 14, 1834. Johnston, and took his seat January 6, 1834. 36 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Littleton Buckner, and took his seat December 16, 1833; subse- 27 Resigned January 4, 1834, having been appointed P. Dennis, and took his seat June 9, 1834. quently elected. 44 judge of the supreme court of Louisiana. 37 Resigned June 30, 1834. Resigned May 14, 1834, having been elected mayor 28 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Henry 38 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rufus of New York City. A. Bullard, and took his seat April 28, 1834. Choate, and took his seat December 1, 1834. 45 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 29 Resigned November 15, 1834, having been elected gov- 39 Resigned January 14, 1834,
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