Twenty-eighth United States Congress

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Contents 1 Dates of Sessions 2 Major political events 3 Major legislation 3.1 Dates of Sessions 4 Major political events 5 Major legislation 6 Officers 6.1 Senators 6.2 Representatives 7 Members 7.1 A 7.2 B 7.3 C 7.4 D 7.5 E 7.6 F 7.7 G 7.8 H 7.9 I 7.10 J 7.11 K 7.12 L 7.13 M 7.14 N 7.15 O 7.16 P 7.17 R 7.18 S 7.19 T 7.20 U 7.21 V 7.22 W 7.23 Y 8 Employees 8.1 Senators 8.2 Representatives

Dates of Sessions

1843-1845

• First session: December 4, 1843 to June 17, 1844.
• Second session: December 2, 1844 to March 3, 1845.

Major political events

Major legislation

Dates of Sessions

1855-1857

• First session: December 3, 1855 to August 18, 1856.
• Second session: August 21, 1856 to August 30, 1856.
• Third session (lame duck): December 1, 1856 to March 3, 1857.

Major political events

Major legislation

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Officers

Senators

Representatives

Members

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Index: A - B -C -D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y

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A

• Amos Abbott (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Joseph Halstead Anderson (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Segar Archer (Senator), Whig, VA
• Archibald Hunter Arrington (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Baptista Ashe (Representative), Whig, TN
• Chester Ashley (Senator), Democrat, AR
• David Rice Atchison (Senator), Democrat, MO
• Charles Gordon Atherton (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Archibald Atkinson (Representative), Democrat, VA

B

• Arthur Pendleton Bagby (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Osmyn Baker (Representative), Whig, MA
• Daniel Dewey Barnard (Representative), Whig, NY
• Daniel Moreau Barringer (Representative), Whig, NC
• Alexander Barrow (Senator), Whig, LA
• Isaac Chapman Bates (Senator), Whig, MA
• Richard Henry Bayard (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• Thomas Henry Baily (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Beardsley (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Edwin Belser (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Charles Swan Benton (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Whig, GA
• Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Edward Junius Black (Representative), Democrat, GA
• James Black (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Augustus Black (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Julius W. Blackwell (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Gustavus Miller Bower (Representative), Democrat, MO
• James Butler Bowlin (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Linn Boyd (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Sidney Breese (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Francis Brengle (Representative), Whig, MD
• Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Jacob Brinkerhoff (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Richard Brodhead (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Aaron Venable Brown (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Jeremiah Brown (Representative), Whig, PA
• Milton Brown (Representative), Whig, TN
• William John Brown (Representative), Democrat, IN
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
• Joseph Buffington (Representative), Whig, PA
• Edmund Burke (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Barker Burnell (Representative), Whig, MA
• Armistead Burt (Representative), Democrat, SC

C

• George Alfred Caldwell (Representative), Democrat, KY
• John Campbell (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Levi D. Carpenter (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Charles Holker Carroll (Representative), Whig, NY
• Jeremiah Eaton Cary (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Shepard Cary (Representative), Democrat, ME
• George Smith Catlin (Representative), Democrat, CT
• John M.S. Causin (Representative), Whig, MD
• Augustus Alexandria Chapman (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Reuben Chapman (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Absalom Harris Chappell (Representative), Whig, GA
• Samuel Chilton (Representative), Whig, VA
• Rufus Choate (Senator), Whig, MA
• Thomas Clayton (Senator), Whig, DE
• Duncan Lamont Clinch (Representative), Whig, GA
• Thomas Lanier Clingman (Representative), Whig, NC
• James Graham Clinton (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Howell Cobb (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Walter Coles (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Jacob Collamer (Representative), Whig, VT
• Walter Terry Colquitt (Senator), Democrat, GA
• Mark Anthony Cooper (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Henry Young Cranston (Representative), Whig, RI
• John Jordan Crittenden (Senator), Whig, KY
• Edward Cross (Representative), Democrat, AR
• Alvan Cullom (Representative), Democrat, TN

D

• Amasa Dana (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Reeves Jones Daniel (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Cornelius Darragh (Representative), Whig, PA
• Garrett Davis (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Wesley Davis (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Richard David Davis (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Bennett Dawson (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Lewis Dayton (Senator), Whig, NJ
• Ezra Dean (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Edmund Deberry (Representative), Whig, NC
• James Dellet (Representative), Whig, AL
• John Dickey (Representative), Whig, PA
• Daniel Stevens Dickinson (Senator), Democrat, NY
• David W. Dickinson (Representative), Whig, TN
• Paul Dillingham, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, VT
• Augustus Caesar Dodge (Delegate), Democrat, Iowa Territory
• Henry Dodge (Delegate), Democrat, Wisconsin Territory
• Stephen Arnold Douglas (Representative), Democrat, IL
• George Coke Dromgoole (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Alexander Duncan (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Robert Pinckney Dunlap (Representative), Democrat, ME

E

• Chesselden Ellis (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• George Evans (Senator), Whig, ME

F

• John Fairfield (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Isaac Gray Farlee (Representative), -, NJ
• Orlando Bell Ficklin (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Hamilton Fish (Representative), Whig, NY
• Elias Florence (Representative), Whig, OH
• Solomon Foot (Representative), Whig, VT
• Ephraim Hubbard Foster (Senator), Whig, TN
• Henry Allen Foster (Senator), Democrat, NY
• Henry Donnel Foster (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Brown Francis (Senator), Law &, RI
• Richard French (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Henry Frick (Representative), Whig, PA
• George Fuller (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Savin Fulton (Senator), Jacksonian, AR

G

• Joshua Reed Giddings (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Walker Gilmer (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Leftwich Goggin (Representative), Whig, VA
• Byram Green (Representative), -, NY
• Willis Green (Representative), Whig, KY
• Henry Grider (Representative), Whig, KY
• Joseph Grinnell (Representative), Whig, MA

H

• John Parker Hale (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Edward Stowe Hamlin (Representative), Whig, OH
• Hannibal Hamlin (Representative), Democrat, ME
• William Henry Hammett (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Edward Allen Hannegan (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Hugh Anderson Haralson (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John J. Hardin (Representative), Whig, IL
• Alexander Harper (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Hays (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Henry Haywood, Jr. (Senator), Democrat, NC
• John Henderson (Senator), Whig, MS
• Thomas Jefferson Henley (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Joshua Herrick (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Joseph Pendleton Hoge (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Isaac Edward Holmes (Representative), Democrat, SC
• George Washington Hopkins (Representative), Democrat, VA
• George Smith Houston (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Spring Hubbell (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Charles Hudson (Representative), Whig, MA
• Daniel Elliott Huger (Senator), Democrat, SC
• James Madison Hughes (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Orville Hungerford (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Bennett Hunt (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Washington Hunt (Representative), Whig, NY
• Jabez Williams Huntington (Senator), Whig, CT

I

• Charles Jared Ingersoll (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Irvin (Representative), Whig, PA

J

• John Jameson (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Spencer Jarnagin (Senator), Whig, TN
• Michael Hutchinson Jenks (Representative), Whig, PA
• Andrew Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Cave Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Henry Johnson (Senator), Whig, LA
• Perley Brown Johnson (Representative), Whig, OH
• George Washington Jones (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John Winston Jones (Speaker of the House), Democrat, U.S.

K

• Andrew Kennedy (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Pendleton Kennedy (Representative), Whig, MD
• Daniel Putnam King (Representative), Whig, MA
• Preston King (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Littleton Kirkpatrick (Representative), Democrat, NJ

L

• Alcée Louis LA Branche (Representative), Democrat, LA
• John Basil Lamar (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Moses Gage Leonard (Representative), Democrat, NY
• David Levy (Delegate), Democrat, Florida Territory
• Dixon Hall Lewis (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Lewis Fields Linn (Senator), Jacksonian, MO
• William Lucas (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Henry Lumpkin (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Lucius Lyon (Representative), Democrat, MI

M

• William Brown Maclay (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Whig, NC
• George Perkins Marsh (Representative), Whig, VT
• James Mathews (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Cochran McCauslen (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Robert McClelland (Representative), Democrat, MI
• John Alexander McClernand (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Felix Grundy McConnell (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Joseph Jefferson McDowell (Representative), Democrat, OH
• George McDuffie (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Iver McKay (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Samuel McRoberts (Senator), Democrat, IL
• William Duhurst Merrick (Senator), Whig, MD
• John Millen (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Jacob Welsh Miller (Senator), Whig, NJ
• Heman Allen Moore (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James Turner Morehead (Senator), Whig, KY
• Edward Joy Morris (Representative), Whig, PA
• Joseph Morris (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Freeman Harlow Morse (Representative), Whig, ME
• Isaac Edward Morse (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Abbott Moseley (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Cruse Murphy (Representative), Democrat, NY

N

• Henry Nes (Representative), Independent Democrat, PA
• Willoughby Newton (Representative), Whig, VA
• John Milton Niles (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Moses Norris, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, NH

O

• Robert Dale Owen (Representative), Democrat, IN

P

• William Parmenter (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Thomas J. Patterson (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Winter Payne (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Alfred Pearce (Senator), Whig, MD
• Joseph Hopkins Peyton (Representative), Whig, TN
• Samuel Shethar Phelps (Senator), Whig, VT
• Jonas Phillips Phoenix (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Pollock (Representative), Whig, PA
• Augustus Seymour Porter (Senator), Whig, MI
• Elisha Reynolds Potter (Representative), Law Order, RI
• Emery Davis Potter (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Zadock Pratt (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Jacob Alexander Preston (Representative), Whig, MD
• Smith Meade Purdy (Representative), Democrat, NY

R

• Alexander Ramsey (Representative), Whig, PA
• George Oscar Rathbun (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Kenneth Rayner (Representative), Whig, NC
• Almon Heath Read (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Randall Reding (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Charles Manning Reed (Representative), Whig, PA
• David Settle Reid (Representative), Democrat, NC
• James Hugh Relfe (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Robert Barnwell Rhett (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Ritter (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Cabell Rives (Senator), Whig, VA
• Robert Whyte Roberts (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Orville Robinson (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Julius Rockwell (Representative), Whig, MA
• George Brydges Rodney (Representative), Whig, DE
• Charles Rogers (Representative), Whig, NY
• Jeremiah Russell (Representative), Democrat, NY

S

• Samuel Caldwell Sample (Representative), Whig, IN
• Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Robert Cumming Schenck (Representative), Whig, OH
• James Semple (Senator), Democrat, IL
• William Tandy Senter (Representative), Whig, TN
• Luther Severance (Representative), Whig, ME
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• David Lowrey Seymour (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Hart Seymour (Representative), Democrat, CT
• James Fowler Simmons (Senator), Whig, RI
• Samuel Simons (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Richard Franklin Simpson (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Slidell (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Albert Smith (Representative), Whig, NY
• Caleb Blood Smith (Representative), Whig, IN
• John T. Smith (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert Smith (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwell Smith (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas Smith (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Thomas Ara Spence (Representative), Whig, MD
• William Sprague (Senator), Whig, RI
• Henry St. John (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Lewis Steenrod (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Representative), Whig, GA
• Lemuel Stetson (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Andrew Stewart (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Stewart (Representative), Democrat, CT
• William Henry Stiles (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Alfred Parish Stone (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James W. Stone (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Selah Brewster Strong (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Daniel Sturgeon (Senator), Democrat, PA
• George William Summers (Representative), Whig, VA
• George Sykes (Representative), Democrat, NJ

T

• Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Senator), Whig, NY
• Benjamin Tappan (Senator), Democrat, OH
• William Taylor (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Poindexter Thomasson (Representative), Whig, KY
• Jacob Thompson (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Wooleston Tibbatts (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Daniel Rose Tilden (Representative), Whig, OH
• Tilghman Mayfield Tucker (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Asher Tyler (Representative), Whig, NY

U

• William Upham (Senator), Whig, VT

V

• Joseph Vance (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Inskeep Vanmeter (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Finley Vinton (Representative), Whig, OH

W

• Robert John Walker (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• John B. Weller (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Wentworth (Representative), Democrat, IL
• John Wethered (Representative), Whig, MD
• Horace Wheaton (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Albert Smith White (Senator), Whig, IN
• Benjamin White (Representative), Democrat, ME
• John White (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Wilkins (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Henry Williams (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Robert Charles Winthrop (Representative), Whig, MA
• Henry Alexander Wise (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Woodbridge (Senator), Whig, MI
• Levi Woodbury (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
• Joseph Addison Woodward (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Albert Wright (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Silas Wright, Jr. (Senator), Jacksonian, NY
• William Wright (Representative), Whig, NJ

Y

• William Lowndes Yancey (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Jacob Senewell Yost (Representative), Democrat, PA
• David Levy Yulee (Delegate), Democrat, Florida Territory

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