TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1843, TO MARCH 3, 1845 FIRST SESSION—December 4, 1843, to June 17, 1844 SECOND SESSION—December 2, 1844, to March 3, 1845 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WILLIE P. MANGUM, of North Carolina SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKENS, 2 of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—EDWARD DYER, of Maryland SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JOHN W. JONES, 3 of Virginia CLERK OF THE HOUSE—MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, of Pennsylvania; CALEB J. MCNULTY, 4 of Ohio; BENJAMIN B. FRENCH, 5 of New Hampshire SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—ELEAZOR M. TOWNSEND, of Connecticut; NEWTON LANE, 6 of Kentucky DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—JESSE E. DOW, of Connecticut ALABAMA CONNECTICUT John B. Lamar, 13 Macon 14 SENATORS Absalom H. Chappell, Macon SENATORS Howell Cobb, Athens William R. King, 7 Selma Jabez W. Huntington, Norwich Hugh A. Haralson, Lagrange Dixon H. Lewis, 8 Lowndesboro John M. Niles, Hartford William H. Stiles, Cassville Arthur P. Bagby, Tuscaloosa REPRESENTATIVES John H. Lumpkin, Rome Thomas H. Seymour, Hartford John Millen, 15 Savannah REPRESENTATIVES John Stewart, Middle Haddam Duncan L. Clinch, 16 St. Marys James Dellet, Clairborne George S. Catlin, Windham Mark A. Cooper, 17 Columbus James E. Belser, Montgomery Samuel Simons, Bridgeport Alexander H. Stephens, 18 9 Dixon H. Lewis, Lowndesboro Crawfordville William L. Yancey, 10 Wetumpka DELAWARE William W. Payne, Cainesville SENATORS ILLINOIS George S. Houston, Athens SENATORS Reuben Chapman, Somerville Richard H. Bayard, Wilmington Thomas Clayton, New Castle Samuel McRoberts, 19 Danville Felix G. McConnell, Talladega 20 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE James Semple, Alton Sidney Breese, Carlyle George B. Rodney, New Castle ARKANSAS REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS GEORGIA Robert Smith, Alton William S. Fulton, 11 Little Rock SENATORS John A. McClernand, Shawneetown Orlando B. Ficklin, Charleston Chester Ashley, 12 Little Rock John Macpherson Berrien, Savannah Ambrose H. Sevier, Lake Port John Wentworth, Chicago Walter T. Colquitt, Columbus Stephen A. Douglas, Quincy REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Joseph P. Hoge, Galena Edward Cross, Washington Edward J. Black, Jacksonboro John J. Hardin, Jacksonville 1 John Tyler became President on the death of William 7 Resigned April 15, 1844, having been appointed min- 14 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John Henry Harrison in preceding Congress; Vice Presidency ister to France. B. Lamar, and took his seat December 4, 1843. remained vacant until March 4, 1845. 8 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 15 Died October 15, 1843, before Congress assembled. 2 Reelected December 11, 1843. liam R. King, and took his seat May 7, 1844; subsequently 16 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John Millen, 3 Elected December 4, 1843; the Speaker having with- elected. and took his seat February 15, 1844. 9 drawn, George W. Hopkins of Virginia was substituted Resigned April 22, 1844, having been appointed Sen- 17 Resigned June 26, 1843, before Congress assembled. ator. to act as Speaker on February 28, 1845, and officiated 18 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Mark 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Dixon as such for the remainder of the day. H. Lewis, and took his seat December 2, 1844. A. Cooper, and took his seat December 4, 1843. 4 Elected December 6, 1843; dismissed from office Janu- 11 Died August 15, 1844. 19 Died March 27, 1843. ary 18, 1845. 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 20 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Samuel 5 Elected January 18, 1845. S. Fulton, and took his seat December 4, 1844. McRoberts, and took his seat December 4, 1843; subse- 6 Elected December 7, 1843. 13 Resigned July 29, 1843, before Congress assembled. quently elected. [ 127 ] 128 Biographical Directory INDIANA James A. Pearce, Chestertown James H. Relfe, Caledonia SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Albert S. White, La Fayette John M. S. Causin, Leonardtown NEW HAMPSHIRE Edward A. Hannegan, Covington Francis Brengle, Frederick SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES John Wethered, Franklin Levi Woodbury, Portsmouth Robert D. Owen, New Harmony John P. Kennedy, Baltimore Charles G. Atherton, Nashua Thomas J. Henley, New Washington Jacob A. Preston, Perryman REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Thomas Smith, Versailles Thomas A. Spence, Snow Hill Edmund Burke, Newport Caleb B. Smith, Connersville John P. Hale, Dover William J. Brown, Indianapolis MASSACHUSETTS Moses Norris, Jr., Pittsfield John W. Davis, Carlisle SENATORS Joseph A. Wright, Rockville John R. Reding, Haverhill John Pettit, La Fayette Isaac C. Bates, Northampton Samuel C. Sample, South Bend Rufus Choate, Boston NEW JERSEY Andrew Kennedy, Muncietown REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Robert C. Winthrop, Boston Jacob W. Miller, Morristown KENTUCKY Daniel P. King, South Danvers William L. Dayton, Trenton SENATORS Amos Abbott, Andover REPRESENTATIVES James T. Morehead, Covington William Parmenter, East Cambridge Lucius Q. C. Elmer, Bridgeton John J. Crittenden, Frankfort Charles Hudson, Westminster George Sykes, Mount Holly REPRESENTATIVES Osmyn Baker, Amherst Isaac G. Farlee, Flemington Linn Boyd, Cadiz Julius Rockwell, Pittsfield Littleton Kirkpatrick, New Brunswick Willis Green, Green John Quincy Adams, Quincy William Wright, Newark Henry Grider, Bowling Green Henry Williams, Taunton George A. Caldwell, Columbia Barker Burnell, 26 Nantucket NEW YORK James W. Stone, Taylorsville Joseph Grinnell, 27 New Bedford John White, Richmond SENATORS William P. Thomasson, Louisville MICHIGAN Silas Wright, Jr., 30 Canton Garrett Davis, Paris Henry A. Foster, 31 Rome SENATORS Richard French, Mount Sterling John A. Dix, 32 Albany John W. Tibbatts, Newport Augustus S. Porter, Detroit Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, 33 William Woodbridge, Detroit Poughkeepsie LOUISIANA REPRESENTATIVES Daniel S. Dickinson, 34 Binghamton SENATORS Robert McClelland, Monroe REPRESENTATIVES Alexander Barrow, Baton Rouge James B. Hunt, Pontiac 21 Selah B. Strong, Setauket Henry Johnson, New River Lucius Lyon, Grand Rapids REPRESENTATIVES Henry C. Murphy, Brooklyn J. Phillips Phoenix, New York City John Slidell, New Orleans MISSISSIPPI ´ William B. Maclay, New York City Alcee L. La Branche, New Orleans SENATORS John B. Dawson, St. Francisville Moses G. Leonard, New York City Pierre E. J. B. Bossier, 22 Natchitoches Robert J. Walker, Madisonville Hamilton Fish, New York City Isaac E. Morse, 23 St. Martinville John Henderson, Pass Christian Joseph H. Anderson, White Plains REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Richard D. Davis, Poughkeepsie MAINE William H. Hammett, Princeton James G. Clinton, Newburgh SENATORS Robert W. Roberts, Hillsboro Jeremiah Russell, Saugerties George Evans, Gardiner Jacob Thompson, Oxford Zadock Pratt, Prattsville John Fairfield, Saco Tilghman M. Tucker, Columbus David L. Seymour, Troy REPRESENTATIVES Daniel D. Barnard, Albany Joshua Herrick, Kennebunkport MISSOURI Charles Rogers, Sandy Hill Lemuel Stetson, Keeseville Robert P. Dunlap, Brunswick SENATORS Luther Severance, Augusta Chesselden Ellis, Waterford Thomas H. Benton, St. Louis Charles S. Benton, Mohawk Freeman H. Morse, Bath 28 24 Lewis F. Linn, Ste. Genevieve Preston King, Ogdensburg Benjamin White, Montville 29 Hannibal Hamlin, Hampden David R. Atchison, Platte City Orville Hungerford, Watertown Shepard Cary, 25 Houlton REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Samuel Beardsley, 35 Utica Gustavus M. Bower, Paris Levi D. Carpenter, 36 Waterville MARYLAND James B. Bowlin, St. Louis Jeremiah E. Cary, Cherry Valley SENATORS James M. Hughes, Liberty Smith M. Purdy, Norwich William D. Merrick, Allens Fresh John Jameson, Fulton Orville Robinson, Mexico 21 Elected for term beginning March 4, 1843, and took 25 Took his seat May 10, 1844. 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Silas his seat March 4, 1844. Alexander Porter was elected for 26 Died June 15, 1843, before Congress assembled. Wright, Jr., and took his seat January 27, 1845. this term but his credentials were not presented, and he 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Barker 33 Resigned June 17, 1844, having been appointed gov- died January 23, 1844. Out of consideration of his prior Burnell, and took his seat December 7, 1843. ernor of Wisconsin Territory. 28 service, 1833–1837, the Senate adopted resolutions and Died October 3, 1843. 34 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Na- 29 adjourned in respect to his memory February 2, 1844; Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Lewis thaniel P. Tallmadge, and took his seat December 9, 1844; vacancy in this class from March 4, 1843, to February F. Linn, and took his seat December 4, 1843; subsequently subsequently elected. 12, 1844. elected. 35 22 30 Resigned March 6, 1844. Died April 24, 1844. Resigned November 26, 1844, having been elected gov- 36 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Pierre E. ernor. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sam- J. B. Bossier, and took his seat December 2, 1844. 31 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of uel Beardsley, and took his seat December 2, 1844. 24 Took his seat December 2, 1844. Silas Wright, Jr., and took his seat December 9, 1844. TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS 129 Horace Wheaton, Pompey Daniel Sturgeon, Uniontown William T. Senter, Panther Springs George Rathbun, Auburn REPRESENTATIVES Julius W. Blackwell, Athens Amasa Dana, Ithaca Edward Joy Morris, Philadelphia Alvan Cullom, Livingston Byram Green, Sodus Joseph R. Ingersoll, Philadelphia George W. Jones, Fayetteville Thomas