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The Twenty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President John Tyler.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. The Senate had a Whig majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
This article supplements the general article with a list of the members by state delegation.
- see also: 28th Congress - general
Dates of sessions
editMarch 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845
- First session: December 4, 1843 - June 17, 1844
- Second session: December 2, 1844 - March 3, 1845 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 27th Congress - state detail
Next congress: 29th Congress - state detail
Party summary
editThe count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
TOTAL members: 54 |
TOTAL members: 224 |
Leadership
edit- Senate
President: Vacant
- President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum, Whig of North Carolina, elected December 4, 1843
- House of Representatives
- Speaker: John W. Jones, Democratic of Virginia, elected December 4, 1843
Membership detail by state
editSenators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1848.
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.
Alabama
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- 2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic …resigned April 14, 1844.
- Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, April 22, 1844, subsequently elected.
- 3: Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Democratic
- House of Representatives (7 seats)
- 1: James Dellet (1788-1848), Whig
- 2: James E. Belser (1805-1859), Democratic
- 3: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …resigned April 22, 1844.
- William L. Yancey (1814-1863), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- 4: William W. Payne (1807-1874), Democratic
- 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
- 6: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic
- 7: Felix G. McConnell (1809-1846), Democratic
Arkansas
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- 2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic …died August 15, 1844.
- Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 8, 1844.
- 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic
- House of Representatives (1 seat)
- A/L: Edward Cross (1798-1887), Democratic
Connecticut
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- 1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig
- 3: John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic
- House of Representatives (4 seats)
- 1: Thomas H. Seymour (1807-1868), Democratic
- 2: John Stewart (1795-1860), Democratic
- 3: George S. Catlin (1808-1851), Democratic
- 4: Samuel Simons (1792-1847), Democratic
Delaware
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- 1: Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), Whig
- 2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig
- House of Representatives (1 seat)
- A/L: George B. Rodney (1803-1883), Whig
Georgia
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- 2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig
- 3: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic
- House of Representatives (8 seats) [1]
- A/L: Edward J. Black (1806-1846), Democratic
- A/L: Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic
- A/L: Mark A. Cooper (1800-1885), Democratic …resigned April 14, 1844.
- Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1843.
- A/L: Hugh A. Haralson (1805-1854), Democratic
- A/L: John B. Lamar (1812-1862), Democratic …resigned July 29, 1843, before Congress assembled.
- Absalom H. Chappell (1801-1878), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1843.
- A/L: John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Democratic
- A/L: John Millen (1804-1843), Democratic …died October 15, 1843, before Congress assembled.
- Duncan L. Clinch (1787-1849), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 15, 1844.
- A/L: William H. Stiles (1808-1865), Democratic
Illinois
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- 2: Samuel McRoberts (1799-1843), Democratic …died March 27, 1843.
- James Semple (1798-1866), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, August 16, 1843, subsequently elected.
- 3: Sidney Breese (1800-1878), Democratic
- House of Representatives (7 seats)
- 1: Robert Smith (1802-1867), Democratic
- 2: John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic
- 3: Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Democratic
- 4: John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic
- 5: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
- 6: Joseph P. Hoge (1810-1891), Democratic
- 7: John J. Hardin (1810-1847), Whig
Indiana
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- 1: Albert S. White (1803-1864), Whig
- 3: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic
- House of Representatives (10 seats)
- 1: Robert D. Owen (1801-1877), Democratic
- 2: Thomas J. Henley (1810-1865), Democratic
- 3: Thomas Smith (1799-1876), Democratic
- 4: Caleb B. Smith (1808-1864), Whig
- 5: William J. Brown (1805-1857), Democratic
- 6: John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic
- 7: Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867), Democratic
- 8: John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic
- 9: Samuel C. Sample (1796-1855), Whig
- 10: Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847), Democratic
Kentucky
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- 2: James T. Morehead (1797-1854), Whig
- 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig
- House of Representatives (10 seats)
- 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
- 2: Willis Green ( - ), Whig
- 3: Henry Grider (1796-1866), Whig
- 4: George A. Caldwell (1814-1866), Democratic
- 5: James W. Stone (1813-1854), Democratic
- 6: John White (1802-1845), Whig
- 7: William P. Thomasson (1797-1882), Whig
- 8: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig
- 9: Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic
- 10: John W. Tibbatts (1802-1852), Democratic
Louisiana
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- 2: Alexander Barrow (1801-1846), Whig
- 3: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 12, 1844.
- House of Representatives (4 seats)
- 1: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic
- 2: Alcée L. La Branche (1806-1861), Democratic
- 3: John B. Dawson (1798-1845), Democratic
- 4: Pierre E. J. B. Bossier (1797-1844), Democratic …died April 24, 1844.
- Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
Maine
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- 2: George Evans (1797-1867), Whig
- 1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic
- House of Representatives (7 seats)
- 1: Joshua Herrick (1793-1874), Democratic
- 2: Robert P. Dunlap (1794-1859), Democratic
- 3: Luther Severance (1797-1855), Whig
- 4: Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Whig
- 5: Benjamin White (1790-1860), Democratic …seated December 2, 1844.
- 6: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic
- 7: Shepard Cary (1805-1866), Democratic …seated May 10, 1844.
Maryland
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- 1: William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Whig
- 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig
- House of Representatives (6 seats)
- 1: John M. S. Causin (1811-1861), Whig
- 2: Francis Brengle (1807-1846), Whig
- 3: John Wethered (1809-1888), Whig
- 4: John P. Kennedy (1795-1870), Whig
- 5: Jacob A. Preston (1796-1868), Whig
- 6: Thomas A. Spence (1810-1877), Whig
Massachusetts
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- 2: Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig
- 1: Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Whig
- House of Representatives (10 seats)
- 1: Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig
- 2: Daniel P. King (1801-1850), Whig
- 3: Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Whig
- 4: William Parmenter (1789-1866), Democratic
- 5: Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Whig
- 6: Osmyn Baker (1800-1875), Whig
- 7: Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig
- 8: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig
- 9: Henry Williams (1805-1887), Democratic
- 10: Barker Burnell (1798-1843), Whig …died June 15, 1843, before Congress assembled.
- Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1843.
Michigan
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- 1: Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), Whig
- 2: William Woodbridge (1780-1861), Whig
- House of Representatives (3 seats)
- 1: Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Democratic
- 2: Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Democratic
- 3: James B. Hunt (1799-1857), Democratic
Mississippi
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- 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic
- 1: John Henderson (1797-1857), Whig
- House of Representatives (4 seats) [2]
- A/L: William H. Hammett (1799-1861), Democratic
- A/L: Robert W. Roberts (1784-1865), Democratic
- A/L: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic
- A/L: Tilghman M. Tucker (1802-1859), Democratic
Missouri
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- 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
- 3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic …died October 3, 1843.
- David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1844.
- House of Representatives (5 seats) [3]
- A/L: Gustavus M. Bower (1790-1864), Democratic
- A/L: James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Democratic
- A/L: James M. Hughes (1809-1861), Democratic
- A/L: John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic
- A/L: James H. Relfe (1791-1863), Democratic
New Hampshire
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- 2: Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), Democratic
- 3: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic
- House of Representatives (4 seats) [4]
- A/L: Edmund Burke (1809-1882), Democratic
- A/L: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Democratic
- A/L: Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic
- A/L: John R. Reding (1805-1892), Democratic
New Jersey
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- 2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig
- 1: William L. Dayton (1807-1864), Whig
- House of Representatives (5 seats)
- 1: Lucius Q. C. Elmer (1793-1883), Democratic
- 2: George Sykes (1802-1880), Democratic
- 3: Isaac G. Farlee (1787-1855), Democratic
- 4: Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859), Democratic
- 5: William Wright (1794-1866), Independent Whig
New York
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- 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic …resigned November 26, 1844.
- Henry A. Foster (1800-1889), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30, 1844.
- John A. Dix (1798-1879), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 18, 1845.
- 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Whig …resigned June 17, 1844.
- Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30, 1844.
- House of Representatives (34 seats)
- 1: Selah B. Strong (1792-1872), Democratic
- 2: Henry C. Murphy (1810-1882), Democratic
- 3: J. Phillips Phoenix (1788-1859), Whig
- 4: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic
- 5: Moses G. Leonard (1809-1899), Democratic
- 6: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Whig
- 7: Joseph H. Anderson (1800-1870), Democratic
- 8: Richard D. Davis (1799-1871), Democratic
- 9: James G. Clinton (1804-1849), Democratic
- 10: Jeremiah Russell (1786-1867), Democratic
- 11: Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), Democratic
- 12: David L. Seymour (1803-1867), Democratic
- 13: Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), Whig
- 14: Charles Rogers (1800-1874), Whig
- 15: Lemuel Stetson (1804-1868), Democratic
- 16: Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854), Democratic
- 17: Charles S. Benton (1810-1882), Democratic
- 18: Preston King (1806-1865), Democratic
- 19: Orville Hungerford (1790-1851), Democratic
- 20: Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic …resigned March 6, 1844.
- Levi D. Carpenter (1802-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- 21: Jeremiah E. Cary (1803-1888), Democratic
- 22: Smith M. Purdy (1796-1870), Democratic
- 23: Orville Robinson (1801-1882), Democratic
- 24: Horace Wheaton (1803-1882), Democratic
- 25: George O. Rathbun (1803-1870), Democratic
- 26: Amasa Dana (1792-1867), Democratic
- 27: Byram Green (1786-1865), Democratic
- 28: Thomas J. Patterson (1808c- ), Whig
- 29: Charles H. Carroll (1794-1865), Whig
- 30: William S. Hubbell (1801-1873), Democratic
- 31: Asher Tyler (1798-1875), Whig
- 32: William A. Moseley (1798-1873), Whig
- 33: Albert Smith (1805-1870), Whig
- 34: Washington Hunt (1811-1867), Whig
North Carolina
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- 2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
- 3: William H. Haywood, Jr. (1801-1852), Democratic
- House of Representatives (9 seats)
- 1: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Whig
- 2: Daniel M. Barringer (1806-1873), Whig
- 3: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic
- 4: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig
- 5: Romulus M. Saunders (1791-1867), Democratic
- 6: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
- 7: John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic
- 8: Archibald H. Arrington (1809-1872), Democratic
- 9: Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), Whig
Ohio
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- 3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
- 1: Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), Democratic
- House of Representatives (21 seats)
- 1: Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), Democratic
- 2: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
- 3: Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Whig
- 4: Joseph Vance (1786-1852), Whig
- 5: Emery D. Potter (1804-1896), Democratic
- 6: Henry St. John (1783-1869), Democratic
- 7: Joseph J. McDowell (1800-1877), Democratic
- 8: John I. Vanmeter (1798-1875), Whig
- 9: Elias Florence (1797-1880), Whig
- 10: Heman Allen Moore (1809-1844), Democratic …died April 3, 1844.
- Alfred P. Stone (1813-1865), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- 11: Jacob Brinkerhoff (1810-1880), Democratic
- 12: Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Whig
- 13: Perley B. Johnson (1798-1870), Whig
- 14: Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig
- 15: Joseph Morris (1795-1854), Democratic
- 16: James Mathews (1805-1887), Democratic
- 17: William C. McCauslen (1796-1863), Democratic
- 18: Ezra Dean (1795-1872), Democratic
- 19: Daniel R. Tilden (1804-1890), Whig
- 20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig
- 21: Henry R. Brinkerhoff (1787-1844), Democratic …died April 30, 1844.
- Edward S. Hamlin (1808-1894), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
Pennsylvania
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- 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic
- 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic
- House of Representatives (24 seats)
- 1: Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Whig
- 2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), Whig
- 3: John T. Smith ( - ), Democratic
- 4: Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Democratic
- 5: Jacob S. Yost (1801-1872), Democratic
- 6: Michael H. Jenks (1795-1867), Whig
- 7: Abraham R. McIlvaine (1804-1863), Whig
- 8: Jeremiah Brown (1785-1858), Whig
- 9: John Ritter (1779-1851), Democratic
- 10: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
- 11: Benjamin A. Bidlack (1804-1849), Democratic
- 12: Almon H. Read (1790-1844), Democratic …died June 3, 1844.
- George Fuller (1802-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
- 13: Henry Frick (1795-1844), Whig …died March 1, 1844.
- James Pollock (1810-1890), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 23, 1844.
- 14: Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Whig
- 15: Henry Nes (1799-1850), Independent Democratic
- 16: James Black (1793-1872), Democratic
- 17: James Irvin (1800-1862), Whig
- 18: Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Whig
- 19: Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Democratic
- 20: John Dickey (1794-1853), Whig
- 21: William Wilkins (1779-1865), Democratic …resigned February 14, 1844.
- Cornelius Darragh (1809-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 26, 1844.
- 22: Samuel Hays (1783-1868), Democratic
- 23: Charles M. Reed (1803-1871), Whig
- 24: Joseph Buffington (1803-1872), Whig
Rhode Island
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- 2: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Whig
- 1: William Sprague (1799-1856), Whig …resigned January 17, 1844.
- John B. Francis (1791-1864), Law and Order …elected to fill vacancy, January 25, 1844.
- House of Representatives (2 seats)
- 1: Henry Y. Cranston (1789-1864), Law and Order
- 2: Elisha R. Potter (1811-1882), Law and Order
South Carolina
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- 3: George McDuffie (1790-1851), Democratic
- 2: Daniel E. Huger (1779-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, March 4, 1843, resigned March 3, 1845.
- House of Representatives (7 seats)
- 1: James A. Black (1793-1848), Democratic
- 2: Richard F. Simpson (1798-1882), Democratic
- 3: Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), Democratic
- 4: John Campbell (1795-1845), Democratic
- 5: Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic
- 6: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic
- 7: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic
Tennessee
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- 1: Ephraim H. Foster (1794-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 17, 1843.
- 2: Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, October 17, 1843.
- House of Representatives (11 seats)
- 1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
- 2: William T. Senter (1801-1848), Whig
- 3: Julius W. Blackwell (1797c- ), Democratic
- 4: Alvan Cullom (1797-1877), Democratic
- 5: George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
- 6: Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), Democratic
- 7: David W. Dickinson (1808-1845), Whig
- 8: Joseph H. Peyton (1808-1845), Whig
- 9: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
- 10: John B. Ashe (1810-1857), Whig
- 11: Milton Brown (1804-1883), Whig
Vermont
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- 1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig
- 3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig
- House of Representatives (4 seats)
- 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig
- 2: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Whig
- 3: George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Whig
- 4: Paul Dillingham, Jr. (1799-1891), Democratic
Virginia
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- 1: William C. Rives (1793-1868), Whig
- 2: William S. Archer (1789-1855), Whig
- House of Representatives (15 seats)
- 1: Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Democratic
- 2: George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic
- 3: Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic
- 4: Edmund W. Hubard (1806-1878), Democratic
- 5: Thomas W. Gilmer (1802-1844), Democratic …resigned February 16, 1844.
- William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 10, 1844.
- 6: John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic
- 7: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Democratic …resigned February 12, 1844.
- Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 6, 1844.
- 8: Willoughby Newton (1802-1874), Whig
- 9: Samuel Chilton (1804-1867), Whig
- 10: William Lucas (1800-1877), Democratic
- 11: William Taylor (1788-1846), Democratic
- 12: Augustus A. Chapman (1803-1876), Democratic
- 13: George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Democratic
- 14: George W. Summers (1804-1868), Whig
- 15: Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), Democratic
Delegates
edit- Florida Territory
- A/L: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic …granted statehood March 3, 1845.
- Iowa Territory
- A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic
- Wisconsin Territory
- A/L: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic
Notes
edit- ^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- ^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- ^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- ^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket:
References
edit- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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External links
edit- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists