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 UNITED STATES—GEORGE M. DALLAS, of Pennsylvania PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—DAVID R. ATCHISON, 1 of Missouri SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKINS, 2 of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—ROBERT BEALE, of Virginia SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—ROBERT C. WINTHROP, 3 of Massachusetts CLERK OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN B. FRENCH, of New Hampshire; THOMAS J. CAMPBELL, 4 of Tennessee SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—NEWTON LANE, of Kentucky; NATHAN SARGENT, 5 of Vermont DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—ROBERT E. HORNER, of New Jersey ALABAMA CONNECTICUT 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 James Dixon, Hartford Thomas Butler King, Frederica REPRESENTATIVES Samuel D. Hubbard, Middletown John Gayle, Mobile John A. Rockwell, Norwich Alfred Iverson, Columbus Henry W. Hilliard, Montgomery Truman Smith, Litchfield John W. Jones, Griffin Sampson W. Harris, Wetumpka Hugh A. Haralson, Lagrange Samuel W. Inge, Livingston DELAWARE John H. Lumpkin, Rome George S. Houston, 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 ILLINOIS ARKANSAS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John W. Houston, Georgetown SENATORS SENATORS Sidney Breese, Carlyle Ambrose H. Sevier, 10 Pine Bluff FLORIDA Stephen A. Douglas, Quincy 11 Solon Borland, Hot Springs SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES 12 Chester Ashley, Little Rock David Levy Yulee, 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, Chicago 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. [ 134 ] THIRTIETH CONGRESS 135 William A. Richardson, 21 Rushville MAINE MISSISSIPPI Thomas J. Turner, Freeport SENATORS SENATORS Abraham Lincoln, Springfield John Fairfield, 26 Saco Jesse Speight, 35 Plymouth 36 INDIANA Wyman B. S. Moor, 27 Bangor Jefferson Davis, Warrenton Hannibal Hamlin, 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 MARYLAND 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 Reverdy Johnson, Baltimore 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 Daniel Webster, 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 Linn Boyd, Cadiz Amos Abbott, 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 George Ashmun, Springfield James G. Hampton, Bridgeton John B. Thompson, Harrodsburg Julius Rockwell, Pittsfield William A. Newell, Allentown Green Adams, Barbourville John Quincy Adams, 29 Quincy Joseph E. Edsall, Hamburg W. Garnett Duncan, Louisville Horace Mann, 30 West Newton John Van Dyke, New Brunswick Charles S. Morehead, Frankfort Artemas Hale, Bridgewater Dudley S. Gregory, Jersey City Richard French, Mount Sterling Joseph Grinnell, New Bedford John P. Gaines, Walton NEW YORK MICHIGAN SENATORS LOUISIANA SENATORS Daniel S. Dickinson, Binghamton SENATORS Lewis Cass, 31 Detroit John A. Dix, Albany 32 Henry Johnson, New River Thomas Fitzgerald, St. Joseph REPRESENTATIVES Solomon W. Downs, Monroe Alpheus Felch, Ann Arbor Frederick W. Lord, Greenport REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Henry C. Murphy, Brooklyn Emile La Se´re, New Orleans Robert McClelland, Monroe Henry Nicoll, New York City 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 James Monroe, 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.