30th United States Congress - Political Parties
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The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President James K. Polk.
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 Democratic majority, and the House had a Whig majority.
This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.
- Main article: 30th United States Congress
- See also: 30th United States Congress - Membership Changes
- See also: 30th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1846
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: December 6, 1847 - August 14, 1848
- Second session: December 4, 1848 - March 3, 1849 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 29th Congress
Next congress: 31st Congress
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Senate
- Democratic: 38 (majority)
- Whig: 21
- Independent Democratic: 1
TOTAL members: 60
[edit] House of Representatives
- Democratic: 110
- Whig: 116 (majority)
- American: 1
- Independent Democrat: 2
- Independent: 1
TOTAL members: 230
[edit] Senate
At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.
[edit] Democratic
- William Allen (1803-1879), Ohio
- Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Arkansas …died April 29, 1848.
- David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Missouri
- Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), New Hampshire
- Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Alabama …resigned June 16, 1848.
- Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), Missouri
- Solon Borland (1808-1864), Arkansas …appointed to fill vacancy, March 30, 1848, subsequently elected.
- James W. Bradbury (1802-1901), Maine
- Sidney Breese (1800-1878), Illinois
- Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Indiana
- Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), South Carolina
- John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), South Carolina
- Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Pennsylvania
- Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Michigan …resigned May 29, 1848, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, March 4, 1849.
- Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Georgia …resigned February 1848.
- Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Mississippi …appointed to fill vacancy, August 10, 1847, subsequently elected.
- Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), New York
- John A. Dix (1798-1879), New York
- Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Iowa …newly admitted state, seated December 7, 1848.
- Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Wisconsin …newly admitted state, seated June 8, 1848.
- Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Illinois
- Solomon W. Downs (1801-1854), Louisiana
- John Fairfield (1797-1847), Maine …died December 24, 1847.
- Alpheus Felch (1804-1896), Michigan
- Thomas Fitzgerald (1796-1855), Michigan …appointed to fill vacancy, June 8, 1848.
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Alabama …appointed to fill vacancy, November 25, 1848.
- Henry S. Foote (1804-1880), Mississippi
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine …elected to fill vacancy, May 26, 1848.
- Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Indiana
- Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Texas
- Robert M.T. Hunter (1809-1887), Virginia
- Herschel V. Johnson (1812-1880), Georgia …appointed to fill vacancy, February 4, 1848, subsequently elected.
- George W. Jones (1804-1896), Iowa …newly admitted state, seated December 7, 1848.
- William R.D. King (1786-1853), Alabama …appointed to fill vacancy, July 1, 1848.
- David Levy (1810-1886), Florida
- Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Alabama …died October 25, 1848.
- James M. Mason (1798-1871), Virginia
- Wyman B.S. Moor (1811-1869), Maine …appointed to fill vacancy, January 5, 1848.
- John M. Niles (1787-1856), Connecticut
- Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Texas
- William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Arkansas …appointed to fill vacancy, May 12, 1848, subsequently elected.
- Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Arkansas …resigned March 15, 1848.
- Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Mississippi …died May 1, 1847.
- Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Pennsylvania
- Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Tennessee
- Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872), Wisconsin …newly admitted state, seated June 8, 1848.
- James D. Westcott, Jr. (1802-1880), Florida
- David L. Yulee (1810-1886), Florida
[edit] Whig
- George E. Badger (1795-1866), North Carolina
- Roger S. Baldwin (1793-1863), Connecticut …appointed to fill vacancy, November 11, 1847, subsequently elected.
- John Bell (1797-1869), Tennessee …elected to fill vacancy, November 22, 1847.
- John M. Berrien (1781-1856), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 12, 1847.
- John H. Clarke (1789-1870), Rhode Island
- John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Delaware …resigned February 23, 1849.
- Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Ohio
- John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Kentucky …resigned June 12, 1848.
- John Davis (1787-1854), Massachusetts
- John Davis (1787-1854), Massachusetts
- William L. Dayton (1807-1864), New Jersey
- Albert C. Greene (1792-1863), Rhode Island
- Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Connecticut …died November 1, 1847.
- Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Louisiana
- Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Maryland
- Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), North Carolina
- Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855), Kentucky …appointed to fill vacancy, June 23, 1848, subsequently elected.
- Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), New Jersey
- James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Maryland
- Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Vermont
- Presley Spruance (1785-1863), Delaware
- Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Kentucky
- William Upham (1792-1853), Vermont
- John Wales (1783-1863), Delaware …elected to fill vacancy, February 23, 1849.
- Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Massachusetts
[edit] Independent Democratic
- John P. Hale (1806-1873), New Hampshire
[edit] House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.
[edit] Democratic
- A-F
- Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Virginia
- Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Virginia
- Richard L.T. Beale (1819-1893), Virginia
- Henry Bedinger (1812-1858), Virginia
- Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Michigan
- Ausburn Birdsall (1814-1903), New York
- James A. Black (1793-1848), South Carolina …died April 3, 1848.
- Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Virginia
- Franklin W. Bowdon (1817-1857), Alabama
- James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Missouri
- Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Kentucky
- Edward Bradley (1808-1847), Michigan …died August 5, 1847, before Congress assembled.
- Samuel A. Bridges (1802-1884), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 6, 1848.
- Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Pennsylvania
- Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Mississippi
- Charles Brown (1797-1883), Pennsylvania
- William G. Brown (1800-1884), Virginia
- Armistead Burt (1802-1883), South Carolina
- Charles W. Cathcart (1809-1888), Indiana
- Lucien B. Chase (1817-1864), Tennessee
- Asa W.H. Clapp (1805-1891), Maine
- Franklin Clark (1801-1874), Maine
- Beverly L. Clarke (1809-1860), Kentucky
- Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Georgia
- Williamson R.W. Cobb (1807-1864), Alabama
- William Collins (1818-1878), New York
- John D. Cummins (1791-1849), Ohio
- John R.J. Daniel (1802-1868), North Carolina
- Mason C. Darling (1801-1866), Wisconsin
- Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849), Ohio
- George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Virginia …died April 27, 1847, before Congress assembled.
- Joseph E. Edsall (1789-1865), New Jersey
- James J. Faran (1808-1892), Ohio
- Winfield S. Featherston (1820-1891), Mississippi
- Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Illinois
- Richard French (1792-1854), Kentucky
- George Fries (1799-1866), Ohio
- G-L
- James S. Green (1817-1870), Missouri
- Willard P. Hall (1820-1882), Missouri
- David Hammons (1808-1888), Maine
- Hugh A. Haralson (1805-1854), Georgia
- John H. Harmanson (1803-1850), Louisiana
- Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Alabama
- Thomas J. Henley (1810-1865), Indiana
- Hugh L.W. Hill (1810-1892), Tennessee
- Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), South Carolina
- George S. Houston (1811-1879), Alabama
- Samuel W. Inge (1817-1868), Alabama
- Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Pennsylvania
- Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Georgia
- David S. Jackson (1813-1872), New York …contested election, served until April 19, 1848.
- John Jameson (1802-1857), Missouri
- Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), New York
- Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Tennessee
- James H. Johnson (1802-1887), New Hampshire
- Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Arkansas
- George W. Jones (1806-1884), Tennessee
- David S. Kaufman (1813-1851), Texas
- William Kennon, Jr. (1802-1867), Ohio
- Emile La Sére (1802-1882), Louisiana
- Samuel Lahm (1812-1876), Ohio
- Sidney Lawrence (1801-1892), New York
- Shepherd Leffler (1811-1879), Iowa
- Thomas W. Ligon (1810-1881), Maryland
- Frederick W. Lord (1800-1860), New York
- John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Georgia
- William P. Lynde (1817-1885), Wisconsin
- M-R
- William B. Maclay (1812-1882), New York
- Job Mann (1795-1873), Pennsylvania
- Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Michigan
- John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Illinois
- James McDowell (1795-1851), Virginia
- James I. McKay (1793-1853), North Carolina
- Robert M. McLane (1815-1898), Maryland
- John McQueen (1804-1867), South Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1849.
- Richard K. Meade (1803-1862), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
- John K. Miller (1819-1863), Ohio
- Jonathan D. Morris (1804-1875), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
- Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Louisiana
- Henry C. Murphy (1810-1882), New York
- Henry Nicoll (1812-1879), New York
- Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), New Hampshire
- Lucius B. Peck (1802-1866), Vermont
- John Pettit (1807-1877), Indiana
- Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Kentucky
- John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Missouri
- Timothy Pilsbury (1789-1858), Texas
- Robert B. Rhett (1800-1876), South Carolina
- William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Illinois …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
- Thomas Ritchey (1801-1863), Ohio
- John L. Robinson (1813-1860), Indiana
- William Rockhill (1793-1865), Indiana
- S-Z
- William Sawyer (1803-1877), Ohio
- Richard F. Simpson (1798-1882), South Carolina
- Alexander D. Sims (1803-1848), South Carolina …died November 16, 1848.
- Ephraim K. Smart (1813-1872), Maine
- Robert B. Smith (1800-1876), South Carolina
- Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894), Tennessee
- George A. Starkweather (1794-1879), New York
- William Strong (1808-1895), Pennsylvania
- Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Michigan …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
- James H. Thomas (1808-1876), Tennessee
- Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Mississippi
- James Thompson (1806-1874), Pennsylvania
- Robert A. Thompson (1805-1876), Virginia
- William Thompson (1813-1897), Iowa
- Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), Rhode Island
- Thomas J. Turner (1815-1874), Illinois
- Abraham W. Venable (1799-1876), North Carolina
- Daniel Wallace (1801-1859), South Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 12, 1848.
- John Wentworth (1815-1888), Illinois
- William W. Wick (1796-1868), Indiana
- James S. Wiley (1808-1891), Maine
- Hezekiah Williams (1798-1856), Maine
- David Wilmot (1814-1868), Pennsylvania
- Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), South Carolina
[edit] Whig
- A-F
- Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Massachusetts
- Green Adams (1812-1884), Kentucky
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Massachusetts …died February 23, 1848.
- George Ashmun (1804-1870), Massachusetts
- Daniel M. Barringer (1806-1873), North Carolina
- Washington Barrow (1807-1866), Tennessee
- Hiram Belcher (1790-1857), Maine
- Esbon Blackmar (1805-1857), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1848.
- John Blanchard (1787-1849), Pennsylvania
- John M. Botts (1802-1869), Virginia
- Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873), North Carolina
- Jasper E. Brady (1797-1871), Pennsylvania
- Aylette Buckner (1806-1869), Kentucky
- Chester P. Butler (1798-1850), Pennsylvania
- Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Florida
- Richard S. Canby (1808-1895), Ohio
- John G. Chapman (1798-1856), Maryland
- Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), North Carolina
- William M. Cocke (1815-1896), Tennessee
- Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Vermont
- Harmon S. Conger (1816-1882), New York
- Robert B. Cranston (1791-1873), Rhode Island
- John W. Crisfield (1806-1897), Maryland
- John Crowell (1801-1883), Ohio
- John H. Crozier (1812-1889), Tennessee
- John Dickey (1794-1853), Pennsylvania
- James Dixon (1814-1873), Connecticut
- Richard S. Donnell (1820-1867), North Carolina
- William Duer (1805-1879), New York
- Daniel Duncan (1806-1849), Ohio
- William G. Duncan (1800-1875), Kentucky
- George G. Dunn (1812-1857), Indiana
- George N. Eckert (1802-1865), Pennsylvania
- Thomas O. Edwards (1810-1876), Ohio
- Elisha Embree (1801-1863), Indiana
- Alexander Evans (1818-1888), Maryland
- Nathan Evans (1804-1879), Ohio
- John W. Farrelly (1809-1860), Pennsylvania
- David Fisher (1794-1886), Ohio
- Thomas S. Flournoy (1811-1883), Virginia
- John Freedley (1793-1851), Pennsylvania
- Andrew S. Fulton (1800-1884), Virginia
- G-L
- John P. Gaines (1795-1857), Kentucky
- John Gayle (1792-1859), Alabama
- Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Tennessee
- Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Ohio
- William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Virginia
- Daniel Gott (1794-1864), New York
- Horace Greeley (1811-1872), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1848.
- Dudley S. Gregory (1800-1874), New Jersey
- Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Massachusetts
- Artemas Hale (1783-1882), Massachusetts
- Nathan K. Hall (1810-1874), New York
- James G. Hampton (1814-1861), New Jersey
- Moses Hampton (1803-1878), Pennsylvania
- William T. Haskell (1818-1859), Tennessee
- William Henry (1788-1861), Vermont
- Henry W. Hilliard (1808-1892), Alabama
- John M. Holley (1802-1848), New York …died March 8, 1848.
- Elias B. Holmes (1807-1866), New York
- John W. Hornbeck (1804-1848), Pennsylvania …died January 16, 1848.
- John W. Houston (1814-1896), Delaware
- Samuel D. Hubbard (1799-1855), Connecticut
- Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Massachusetts
- Washington Hunt (1811-1867), New York
- Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), Pennsylvania
- Alexander Irvin (1800-1874), Pennsylvania
- John W. Jones (1806-1871), Georgia
- Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865), New York
- Daniel P. King (1801-1850), Massachusetts
- Thomas B. King (1800-1864), Georgia
- William T. Lawrence (1788-1859), New York
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Illinois
- M-R
- Horace Mann (1796-1859), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 13, 1848.
- George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Vermont
- Dudley Marvin (1786-1856), New York
- Abraham R. McIlvaine (1804-1863), Pennsylvania
- Charles S. Morehead (1802-1868), Kentucky
- Joseph Mullin (1811-1882), New York
- William Nelson (1784-1869), New York
- Henry Nes (1799-1850), Pennsylvania
- William A. Newell (1817-1901), New Jersey
- David Outlaw (1806-1868), North Carolina
- John G. Palfrey (1796-1881), Massachusetts
- John S. Pendleton (1802-1868), Virginia
- James Pollock (1810-1890), Pennsylvania
- William B. Preston (1805-1862), Virginia
- Harvey Putnam (1793-1855), New York
- Gideon Reynolds (1813-1896), New York
- John A. Rockwell (1803-1861), Connecticut
- Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Massachusetts
- James D. Roman (1809-1867), Maryland
- Joseph M. Root (1807-1879), Ohio
- Robert L. Rose (1804-1877), New York
- David Rumsey (1810-1883), New York
- S-Z
- Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Ohio
- Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), North Carolina
- Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863), New York
- Peter H. Silvester (1807-1882), New York
- John I. Slingerland (1804-1861), New York
- Caleb B. Smith (1808-1864), Indiana
- Truman Smith (1791-1884), Connecticut
- Daniel B. St. John (1808-1890), New York
- Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Georgia
- Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Pennsylvania
- John Strohm (1793-1884), Pennsylvania
- Frederick A. Tallmadge (1792-1869), New York
- John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Ohio
- Bannon G. Thibodeaux (1812-1866), Louisiana
- John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Kentucky
- Richard W. Thompson (1809-1900), Indiana
- Patrick W. Tompkins (1804-1853), Mississippi
- Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Georgia
- John Van Dyke (1807-1878), New Jersey
- Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Ohio
- Cornelius Warren (1790-1849), New York
- Hugh White (1798-1870), New York
- James Wilson (1797-1881), New Hampshire
- Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Massachusetts
[edit] American
- Lewis C. Levin (1808-1860), Pennsylvania
[edit] Independent Democratic
- George Petrie (1793-1879), New York
- Robert Smith (1802-1867), Illinois
[edit] Independent
- Amos Tuck (1810-1879), New Hampshire
[edit] References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
[edit] External links
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [1]
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [2]
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [3]
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [4]
- U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [5]
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [6]
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