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Contents 1 Dates of Sessions 2 Major political events 3 Major Legislation 4 Party summary 4.1 Senate 4.2 House 5 Officers 5.1 Senate 5.2 House 6 Members 6.1 A 6.2 B 6.3 C 6.4 D 6.5 E 6.6 F 6.7 G 6.8 H 6.9 I 6.10 J 6.11 K 6.12 L 6.13 M 6.14 N 6.15 O 6.16 P 6.17 R 6.18 S 6.19 T 6.20 U 6.21 V 6.22 W 6.23 Y 7 Employees 7.1 Senate 7.2 House

Dates of Sessions

1847-1849

• First session: December 6, 1847 to August 14, 1848.
• Second session: December 4, 1848 to March 3, 1849.

Major political events

Major Legislation

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Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

House

• Robert Charles Winthrop (Speaker of the House), Whig

Members

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

A

• Amos Abbott (Representative), Whig, MA
• Green Adams (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Chester Ashley (Senator), Democrat, AR
• George Ashmun (Representative), Whig, MA
• David Rice Atchison (Senator), Democrat, MO
• Charles Gordon Atherton (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Archibald Atkinson (Representative), Democrat, VA

B

• George Edmund Badger (Senator), Whig, NC
• Arthur Pendleton Bagby (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Roger Sherman Baldwin (Senator), Whig, CT
• Daniel Moreau Barringer (Representative), Whig, NC
• Washington Barrow (Representative), Whig, TN
• Thomas Henry Bayly (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Richard Lee Turberville Beale (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Henry Bedinger (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Hiram Belcher (Representative), Whig, ME
• John Bell (Senator), Whig, TN
• Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Whig, GA
• Kinsley Scott Bingham (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Ausburn Birdsall (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Augustus Black (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Esbon Blackmar (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Blanchard (Representative), Whig, PA
• Thomas Stanley Bocock (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Solon Borland (Senator), Democrat, AR
• John Minor Botts (Representative), Whig, VA
• Franklin Welsh Bowdon (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Butler Bowlin (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Linn Boyd (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Nathaniel Boyden (Representative), Whig, NC
• James Ware Bradbury (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Edward Bradley (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Jasper Ewing Brady (Representative), Whig, PA
• Sidney Breese (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Samuel Augustus Bridges (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Jesse David Bright (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Richard Brodhead (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Albert Gallatin Brown (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Charles Brown (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Gay Brown (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Aylette Buckner (Representative), Whig, KY
• Armistead Burt (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Andrew Pickens Butler (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Chester Pierce Butler (Representative), Whig, PA

C

• Edward Carrington Cabell (Representative), Whig, FL
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Simon Cameron (Senator), Democrat, PA
• Richard Sprigg Canby (Representative), Whig, OH
• Lewis Cass (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Charles William Cathcart (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Grant Chapman (Representative), Whig, MD
• Lucien Bonaparte Chase (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Asa William Henry Clapp (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Franklin Clark (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Representative), Democrat, KY
• John Hopkins Clarke (Senator), Whig, RI
• John Middleton Clayton (Senator), Whig, DE
• Thomas Lanier Clingman (Representative), Whig, NC
• Howell Cobb (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Representative), Democrat, AL
• William Michael Cocke (Representative), Whig, TN
• Jacob Collamer (Representative), Whig, VT
• William Collins (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Walter Terry Colquitt (Senator), Democrat, GA
• Harmon Sweatland Conger (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Corwin (Senator), Whig, OH
• Robert Bennie Cranston (Representative), Whig, RI
• John Woodland Crisfield (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Jordan Crittenden (Senator), Whig, KY
• John Crowell (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Hervey Crozier (Representative), Whig, TN
• John D. Cummins (Representative), Democrat, OH

D

• John Reeves Jones Daniel (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Mason Cook Darling (Representative), Democrat, WI
• Jefferson Davis (Senator), Democrat, MS
• John Davis (Senator), Whig, MA
• William Lewis Dayton (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John Dickey (Representative), Whig, PA
• Daniel Stevens Dickinson (Senator), Democrat, NY
• Rodolphus Dickinson (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Adams Dix (Senator), Democrat, NY
• James Dixon (Representative), Whig, CT
• Augustus Caesar Dodge (Senator), Democrat, IA
• Henry Dodge (Senator), Democrat, WI
• Richard Spaight Donnell (Representative), Whig, NC
• Stephen Arnold Douglas (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Senator), Democrat, LA
• George Coke Dromgoole (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Duer (Representative), Whig, NY
• Daniel Duncan (Representative), Whig, OH
• Garnett Duncan (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Garnett Duncan (Representative), Whig, KY
• George Grundy Dunn (Representative), Whig, IN

E

• George Nicholas Eckert (Representative), Whig, PA
• Joseph E. Edsall (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Thomas Owen Edwards (Representative), Whig, OH
• Elisha Embree (Representative), Whig, IN
• Alexander Evans (Representative), Whig, MD
• Nathan Evans (Representative), Whig, OH

F

• John Fairfield (Senator), Democrat, ME
• James John Faran (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Wilson Farrelly (Representative), Whig, PA
• Winfield Scott Featherston (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Alpheus Felch (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Orlando Bell Ficklin (Representative), Democrat, IL
• David Fisher (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Fitzgerald (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Benjamin Fitzpatrick (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Thomas Stanhope Flournoy (Representative), Whig, VA
• Henry Stuart Foote (Senator), Democrat, MS
• John Freedley (Representative), Whig, PA
• Richard French (Representative), Democrat, KY
• George Fries (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Andrew Steele Fulton (Representative), Whig, VA

G

• John Pollard Gaines (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Gayle (Representative), Whig, AL
• Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Representative), Whig, TN
• Joshua Reed Giddings (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Leftwich Goggin (Representative), Whig, VA
• Daniel Gott (Representative), Whig, NY
• Horace Greeley (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Stephen Green (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Albert Collins Greene (Senator), Whig, RI
• Dudley Sanford Gregory (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Joseph Grinnell (Representative), Whig, MA

H

• Artemas Hale (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Parker Hale (Senator), Independent Democrat, NH
• Nathan Kelsey Hall (Representative), Whig, NY
• Willard Preble Hall (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Hannibal Hamlin (Senator), Democrat, ME
• David Hammons (Representative), Democrat, ME
• James Giles Hampton (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Moses Hampton (Representative), Whig, PA
• Edward Allen Hannegan (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Hugh A. Haralson (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John Henry Harmanson (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Sampson Willis Harris (Representative), Democrat, AL
• William T. Haskell (Representative), Whig, TN
• Thomas Jefferson Henley (Representative), Democrat, IN
• William Henry (Representative), Whig, VT
• Hugh Lawson White Hill (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Henry Washington Hilliard (Representative), Whig, AL
• John Milton Holley (Representative), Whig, NY
• Elias Bellows Holmes (Representative), Whig, NY
• Isaac Edward Holmes (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Westbrook Hornbeck (Representative), Whig, PA
• George Smith Houston (Representative), Democrat, AL
• John Wallace Houston (Representative), Whig, DE
• Sam Houston (Senator), Democrat, TX
• Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (Representative), Whig, CT
• Charles Hudson (Representative), Whig, MA
• Washington Hunt (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Senator), Democrat, VA
• Jabez Williams Huntington (Senator), Whig, CT

I

• Samuel Williams Inge (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Charles Jared Ingersoll (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Representative), Whig, PA
• Alexander Irvin (Representative), Whig, PA
• Alfred Iverson, Sr. (Representative), Democrat, GA

J

• David Sherwood Jackson (Representative), -, NY
• John Jameson (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Timothy Jenkins (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Andrew Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Henry Johnson (Senator), Whig, LA
• Herschel Vespasian Johnson (Senator), Democrat, GA
• James Hutchins Johnson (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Reverdy Johnson (Senator), Whig, MD
• Robert Ward Johnson (Representative), Democrat, AR
• George Wallace Jones (Senator), Democrat, IA
• George Washington Jones (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John William Jones (Representative), Whig, GA

K

• David Spangler Kaufman (Representative), Democrat, TX
• Orlando Kellogg (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Kennon, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Daniel Putnam King (Representative), Whig, MA
• Thomas Butler King (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL

L

• La Sére, Emile (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Samuel Lahm (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Sidney Lawrence (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Thomas Lawrence (Representative), -, NY
• Shepherd Leffler (Representative), Democrat, IA
• Lewis Charles Levin (Representative), American Party, PA
• David Levy (Senator), Democrat, FL
• Dixon Hall Lewis (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Thomas Watkins Ligon (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Abraham Lincoln (Representative), Whig, IL
• Frederick William Lord (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Henry Lumpkin (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Pitt Lynde (Representative), Democrat, WI

M

• William Brown Maclay (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Whig, NC
• Horace Mann (Representative), Whig, MA
• Job Mann (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Perkins Marsh (Representative), Whig, VT
• Dudley Marvin (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Murray Mason (Senator), Democrat, VA
• Robert McClelland (Representative), Democrat, MI
• John Alexander McClernand (Representative), Democrat, IL
• James McDowell (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Iver McKay (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Robert Milligan McLane (Representative), Democrat, MD
• John McQueen (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Richard Kidder Meade (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Thomas Metcalfe (Senator), Whig, KY
• Jacob Welsh Miller (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John Krepps Miller (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James Monroe (Representative), Whig, NY
• Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Charles Slaughter Morehead (Representative), Whig, KY
• Jonathan David Morris (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Isaac Edward Morse (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Joseph Mullin (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Cruse Murphy (Representative), Democrat, NY

N

• William Nelson (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Nes (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Augustus Newell (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Henry Nicoll (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Milton Niles (Senator), Democrat, CT

O

• David Outlaw (Representative), Whig, NC

P

• John Gorham Palfrey (Representative), Whig, MA
• James Alfred Pearce (Senator), Whig, MD
• Charles Hazen Peaslee (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Lucius Benedict Peck (Representative), Democrat, VT
• John Strother Pendleton (Representative), Whig, VA
• George Petrie (Representative), Independent Democrat, NY
• Samuel Oldham Peyton (Representative), Democrat, KY
• John Smith Phelps (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Samuel Shethar Phelps (Senator), Whig, VT
• Timothy Pilsbury (Representative), Democrat, TX
• James Pollock (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Ballard Preston (Representative), Whig, VA
• Harvey Putnam (Representative), Whig, NY

R

• Gideon Reynolds (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert Barnwell Rhett (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William Alexander Richardson (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Thomas Ritchey (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Larne Robinson (Representative), Democrat, IN
• William Rockhill (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Arnold Rockwell (Representative), Whig, CT
• Julius Rockwell (Representative), Whig, MA
• James Dixon Roman (Representative), Whig, MD
• Joseph Mosley Root (Representative), Free Soilier, OH
• Robert Lawson Rose (Representative), Whig, NY
• David Rumsey (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Senator), Democrat, TX

S

• William Sawyer (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Robert Cumming Schenck (Representative), Whig, OH
• William King Sebastian (Senator), Democrat, AR
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• Augustine Henry Shepperd (Representative), Whig, NC
• Eliakim Sherrill (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Hastings Sibley (Delegate), Wisconsin Territory
• Peter Henry Silvester (Representative), Whig, NY
• Richard Franklin Simpson (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Alexander Dromgoole Sims (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John I. Slingerland (Representative), Whig, NY
• Ephraim Knight Smart (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Caleb Blood Smith (Representative), Whig, IN
• Robert Smith (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwell Smith (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Truman Smith (Representative), Whig, CT
• SOULÉ, Pierre (Senator), Democrat, LA
• Jesse Speight (Senator), Democrat, MS
• Presley Spruance (Senator), Whig, DE
• Daniel Bennett ST. John (Representative), Whig, NY
• Frederick Perry Stanton (Representative), Democrat, TN
• George Anson Starkweather (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Representative), Whig, GA
• Andrew Stewart (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Strohm (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Strong (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Charles E. Stuart (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Daniel Sturgeon (Senator), Democrat, PA

T

• Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Lampkin Taylor (Representative), Whig, OH
• Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux (Representative), -, LA
• James Houston Thomas (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Jacob Thompson (Representative), Democrat, MS
• James Thompson (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Burton Thompson (Representative), Whig, KY
• Richard Wigginton Thompson (Representative), Whig, IN
• Robert Augustine Thompson (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Thompson (Representative), Democrat, IA
• Benjamin Babock Thurston (Representative), Democrat, RI
• Patrick Watson Tompkins (Representative), Whig, MS
• Robert Augustus Toombs (Representative), Whig, GA
• Amos Tuck (Representative), Whig, NH
• Thomas Johnston Turner (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Hopkins Lacy Turney (Senator), Democrat, TN
• John Hubbard Tweedy (Delegate), Whig, Wisconsin Territory

U

• Joseph Rogers Underwood (Senator), Whig, KY
• William Upham (Senator), Whig, VT

V

• John Van Dyke (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Abraham Watkins Venable (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Samuel Finley Vinton (Representative), Whig, OH

W

• John Wales (Senator), Whig, DE
• Isaac Pigeon Walker (Senator), Democrat, WI
• Daniel Wallace (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Cornelius Warren (Representative), Whig, NY
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Wentworth (Representative), Democrat, IL
• James Westcott (Senator), Democrat, FL
• Hugh White (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Watson Wick (Representative), Democrat, IN
• James Sullivan Wiley (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Hezekiah Williams (Representative), Democrat, ME
• David Wilmot (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Wilson (Representative), Whig, NH
• Robert Charles Winthrop (Speaker of the House), Whig, U.S.
• Joseph Addison Woodward (Representative), Democrat, SC

Y

• David Levy Yulee (Senator), Democrat, FL

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