TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1841, TO MARCH 3, 1843 FIRST SESSION—May 31, 1841, to September 13, 1841 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1841, to August 31, 1842 THIRD SESSION—December 5, 1842, to March 3, 1843 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1841, to March 15, 1841 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—JOHN TYLER, 1 of Virginia PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM R. KING, 2 of Alabama; SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD, 3 of New Jersey; WILLIE P. MANGUM, 4 of North Carolina SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKINS, 5 of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—STEPHEN HAIGHT, of New York; EDWARD DYER, 6 of Maryland SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JOHN WHITE, 7 of Kentucky CLERK OF THE HOUSE—HUGH A. GARLAND, of Virginia; MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, 8 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—RODERICK DORSEY, of Maryland; ELEAZOR M. TOWNSEND, 9 of Connecticut DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH FOLLANSBEE, of Massachusetts ALABAMA Jabez W. Huntington, Norwich John Macpherson Berrien, Savannah SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES 12 William R. King, Selma Joseph Trumbull, Hartford Julius C. Alford, Lagrange 10 13 Clement C. Clay, Huntsville William W. Boardman, New Haven Edward J. Black, Jacksonboro Arthur P. Bagby, 11 Tuscaloosa William C. Dawson, 14 Greensboro Thomas W. Williams, New London 15 REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Thomas B. Osborne, Fairfield Walter T. Colquitt, Columbus Reuben Chapman, Somerville Eugenius A. Nisbet, 16 Macon Truman Smith, Litchfield 17 George S. Houston, Athens John H. Brockway, Ellington Mark A. Cooper, Columbus Dixon H. Lewis, Lowndesboro Thomas F. Foster, Columbus William W. Payne, Gainesville Roger L. Gamble, Louisville Benjamin G. Shields, Demopolis DELAWARE Richard W. Habersham, 18 Clarkesville George W. Crawford, 19 Augusta SENATORS ARKANSAS Thomas Butler King, Waynesville Richard H. Bayard, Wilmington SENATORS James A. Meriwether, Edenton Thomas Clayton, New Castle William S. Fulton, Little Rock Lott Warren, Palmyra Ambrose H. Sevier, Lake Port REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE George B. Rodney, New Castle Edward Cross, Washington SENATORS GEORGIA Richard M. Young, Quincy CONNECTICUT Samuel McRoberts, Danville SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Perry Smith, New Milford Alfred Cuthbert, Monticello Zadok Casey, Mount Vernon 1 Became President upon the death of William Henry 8 Elected May 31, 1841. 15 Elected at large to fill, in part, vacancies caused by Harrison, April 4, 1841; Vice Presidency remained vacant 9 Elected June 8, 1841. resignations of Julius C. Alford, William C. Dawson, and until March 4, 1845. 10 Resigned November 15, 1841. Eugenius A. Nisbet, and took his seat February 1, 1842. 2 Elected March 4, 1841 (special session of the Senate). 11 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Clem- 16 Resigned in 1841. 3 Elected March 11, 1841 (special session of the Senate); ent C. Clay, and took his seat December 27, 1841. 17 Elected at large to fill, in part, vacancies caused by resigned as President pro tempore May 31, 1842. 12 Resigned in 1841. resignations of Julius C. Alford, William C. Dawson, and 4 Elected May 31, 1842. 13 Elected at large to fill, in part, vacancies caused by Eugenius A. Nisbet, and took his seat February 1, 1842. 5 Reelected June 7, 1841. resignations of Julius C. Alford, William C. Dawson, and 18 Died December 2, 1842. 6 Elected March 8, 1841; reelected June 7, 1841. Eugenius A. Nisbet, and took his seat March 2, 1842. 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Richard 7 Elected May 31, 1841. 14 Resigned November 13, 1841. W. Habersham, and took his seat February 1, 1843. [ 123 ] 124 Biographical Directory ILLINOIS—Continued David Bronson, 26 Anson Jacob Thompson, Oxford Nathan Clifford, Newfield REPRESENTATIVES—Continued William P. Fessenden, Portland MISSOURI John Reynolds, Belleville Nathaniel S. Littlefield, Bridgeton SENATORS John T. Stuart, Springfield Joshua A. Lowell, 27 East Machias Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis Alfred Marshall, China INDIANA Lewis F. Linn, Ste. Genevieve Benjamin Randall, Bath REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE SENATORS Oliver H. Smith, Indianapolis MARYLAND John C. Edwards, Jefferson City John Miller, Conners Mills Albert S. White, La Fayette SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES William D. Merrick, Allens Fresh NEW HAMPSHIRE John L. Kerr, Easton George H. Proffit, Petersburg SENATORS Richard W. Thompson, Bedford REPRESENTATIVES Franklin Pierce, 35 Concord Joseph L. White, Madison Isaac D. Jones, Princess Anne Leonard Wilcox, 36 Orford James H. Cravens, Marion James A. Pearce, Chestertown Levi Woodbury, Portsmouth Andrew Kennedy, Muncietown James W. Williams, 28 Churchville David Wallace, Indianapolis Charles S. Sewall, 29 Elkton REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Henry S. Lane, Crawfordsville John P. Kennedy, Baltimore Charles G. Atherton, Nashua Alexander Randall, Annapolis Edmund Burke, Newport KENTUCKY William Cost Johnson, Jefferson Ira A. Eastman, Gilmanton SENATORS John T. Mason, Hagerstown John R. Reding, Haverhill Henry Clay, 20 Lexington Augustus R. Sollers, Prince Frederick Tristram Shaw, Exeter John J. Crittenden, 21 Frankfort James T. Morehead, Covington MASSACHUSETTS NEW JERSEY REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS SENATORS Linn Boyd, Cadiz Isaac C. Bates, Northampton Samuel L. Southard, 37 Trenton Philip Triplett, Owensboro Rufus Choate, Boston William L. Dayton, 38 Trenton Joseph R. Underwood, Bowling Green REPRESENTATIVES Jacob W. Miller, Morristown Bryan Y. Owsley, Jamestown Robert C. Winthrop, 30 Boston REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John B. Thompson, Harrodsburg Nathan Appleton, 31 Boston John B. Aycrigg, Pyramus Willis Green, Green Leverett Saltonstall, Salem William Halstead, Trenton John Pope, Springfield Caleb Cushing, Newburyport John P. B. Maxwell, Belvidere James C. Sprigg, Shelbyville William Parmenter, East Cambridge Joseph F. Randolph, New Brunswick John White, Richmond Levi Lincoln, 32 Worcester Charles C. Stratton, Swedesboro Thomas F. Marshall, Versailles Charles Hudson, 33 Westminster Thomas Jones Yorke, Salem Landaff W. Andrews, Flemingsburg Osmyn Baker, Amherst Garrett Davis, Paris George N. Briggs, Lanesboro NEW YORK William O. Butler, Carrollton William B. Calhoun, Springfield SENATORS William S. Hastings, 34 Mendon LOUISIANA Silas Wright, Jr., Canton Nathaniel B. Borden, Fall River Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, Poughkeepsie SENATORS Barker Burnell, Nantucket REPRESENTATIVES Alexander Mouton, 22 Vermilionville John Quincy Adams, Quincy Charles M. Conrad, 23 New Orleans Charles A. Floyd, Commack Alexander Barrow, Baton Rouge MICHIGAN Joseph Egbert, Tompkinsville John McKeon, New York City REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS James I. Roosevelt, New York City Edward D. White, Thibodaux Augustus S. Porter, Detroit William Woodbridge, Detroit Fernando Wood, New York City John B. Dawson, St. Francisville Charles G. Ferris, New York City REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John Moore, Franklin Aaron Ward, Mount Pleasant Jacob M. Howard, Detroit Richard D. Davis, Poughkeepsie MAINE James G. Clinton, Newburgh SENATORS MISSISSIPPI John Van Buren, Kingston Reuel Williams, 24 Augusta SENATORS Robert McClellan, Hudson John Fairfield, 25 Saco Robert J. Walker, Madisonville Jacob Houck, Jr., Schoharie George Evans, Gardiner John Henderson, Pass Christian Hiram P. Hunt, Troy REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Daniel D. Barnard, Albany Elisha H. Allen, Bangor William M. Gwin, Vicksburg Archibald L. Linn, Schenectady 20 Resigned March 31, 1842. 27 Election unsuccessfully protested by sundry citizens 32 Resigned March 16, 1841, before Congress assembled, 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Henry of Maine. having been appointed collector of the port of Boston. Clay, and took his seat March 31, 1842. 28 Died December 2, 1842. 33 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Levi 22 Resigned March 1, 1842. 29 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James W. Lincoln, and took his seat May 3, 1841. 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Alex- Williams, and took his seat January 7, 1843. 34 Died June 17, 1842. 35 ander Mouton, and took his seat April 14, 1842. 30 Resigned May 25, 1842; subsequently elected to fill Resigned February 28, 1842. 24 Resigned February 15, 1843. 36 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 25 vacancy caused by resignation of his own successor, Na- Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Reuel than Appleton, and took his seat the second time Decem- Franklin Pierce, and took his seat March 7, 1842; subse- Williams, but did not take his seat until December 4, quently elected. ber 5, 1842. 37 1843, in the next Congress. 31 Died June 26, 1842. 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Robert 38 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Samuel resentative-elect George Evans in preceding Congress, and C. Winthrop, and took his seat June 9, 1842; resigned L. Southard, and took his seat July 6, 1842; subsequently took his seat May 31, 1841. September 28, 1842. elected. TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS 125 Barnard Blair, Salem Patrick G. Goode, Sidney Charles Ogle, 53 Somerset Thomas A. Tomlinson, Keeseville Jeremiah Morrow, Twentymile Stand Henry Black, 54 Somerset Henry Van B. Rensselaer, Ogdensburg William Doan, Withamsville James M. Russell, 55 Bedford John Sanford, Amsterdam Calvary Morris, Athens Andrew W. Doig, Lowville William Russell, Portsmouth RHODE ISLAND John G. Floyd, Utica Joseph Ridgway, Columbus SENATORS William Medill, Lancaster David P. Brewster, Oswego Nathan F. Dixon, 56 Westerly Samson Mason, Springfield