34th United States Congress - Political Parties
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The Thirty-fourth 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, 1855 to March 3, 1857, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1850. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had an anti-Democratic or Whig plurality.
This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.
- Main article: 34th United States Congress
- See also: 34th United States Congress - Membership Changes
- See also: 34th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1854
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: December 3, 1855 - August 18, 1856
- Second session: August 21, 1856 - August 30, 1856
- Third session: December 1, 1856 - March 3, 1857 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 33rd Congress
Next congress: 35th Congress
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Senate
- Democratic: 39 (majority)
- Whig: 22
- American: 1
TOTAL members: 62
[edit] House of Representatives
- Democratic: 83
- Whig or Opposition: 100 (plurality)
- American: 51
TOTAL members: 234
[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
- Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Mississippi
- Philip Allen (1785-1865), Rhode Island
- Martin W. Bates (1786-1869), Delaware …elected to fill vacancy, January 14, 1857.
- James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Delaware
- Asa Biggs (1811-1878), North Carolina
- William Bigler (1814-1880), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 14, 1856.
- Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Indiana
- Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Pennsylvania
- Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Mississippi
- Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), South Carolina
- Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Michigan
- Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Alabama
- Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Wisconsin
- Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Illinois
- Josiah J. Evans (1786-1858), South Carolina
- Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Indiana …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 4, 1857.
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Alabama …elected to fill vacancy in class, December 3, 1855.
- James S. Green (1817-1870), Missouri …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 12, 1857.
- William M. Gwin (1805-1885), California …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 13, 1857.
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine …resigned January 7, 1857.
- Robert M.T. Hunter (1809-1887), Virginia
- Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Georgia
- Charles T. James (1805-1862), Rhode Island
- Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Arkansas
- George W. Jones (1804-1896), Iowa
- David Levy (1810-1886), Florida
- Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Florida
- James M. Mason (1798-1871), Virginia
- George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Ohio
- David S. Reid (1813-1891), North Carolina
- Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Texas
- William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Arkansas
- John Slidell (1793-1871), Louisiana
- Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Michigan
- John R. Thomson (1800-1862), New Jersey
- Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Georgia
- Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Connecticut
- Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Illinois
- John B. Weller (1812-1875), California
- William Wright (1794-1866), New Jersey
- David L. Yulee (1810-1886), Florida
[edit] Independent Whig
- James Bell (1804-1857), New Hampshire …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30, 1855
- John Bell (1797-1869), Tennessee
- Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Louisiana
- John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Delaware …died November 9, 1856.
- Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Vermont
- Joseph P. Comegys (1813-1893), Delaware …appointed to fill vacancy, November 19, 1856.
- John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Kentucky
- Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Wisconsin
- William P. Fessenden (1806-1869), Maine
- Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), New York
- Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Vermont
- Lafayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Connecticut
- Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Missouri
- John P. Hale (1806-1873), New Hampshire …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30, 1855
- James Harlan (1820-1899), Iowa …elected to fill vacancy, December 31, 1855, seat declared vacant January 12, 1857, subsequenty elected January 29, 1857.
- James C. Jones (1809-1859), Tennessee
- James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Maryland
- Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869), Maryland
- William H. Seward (1801-1872), New York
- Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Massachusetts
- John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Kentucky
- Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Ohio
- Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Massachusetts
[edit] American
- Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Texas
- Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Massachusetts
[edit] Republican
- Amos Nourse (1794-1877), Maine …elected to fill vacancy, January 16, 1857.
[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-L
- William Aiken (1806-1887), South Carolina
- James C. Allen (1822-1912), Illinois …contested election, seat declared vacant July 18, 1856, subsequently elected, seated December 1, 1856.
- David Barclay (1823-1889), Pennsylvania
- William Barksdale (1821-1863), Mississippi
- Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Virginia …died June 23, 1856.
- Peter H. Bell (1812-1898), Texas
- Hendley S. Bennett (1807-1891), Mississippi
- Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Virginia
- Thomas F. Bowie (1808-1869), Maryland
- William W. Boyce (1818-1890), South Carolina
- Lawrence O. Branch (1820-1862), North Carolina
- Preston S. Brooks (1819-1857), South Carolina …resigned July 14, 1856, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, seated August 1, 1856, died January 27, 1857.
- Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Kentucky
- John Cadwalader (1805-1879), Pennsylvania
- John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Virginia
- Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), North Carolina
- Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Georgia
- Williamson R.W. Cobb (1807-1864), Alabama
- Francis B. Craige (1811-1875), North Carolina
- Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Georgia
- Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Louisiana
- Jacob C. Davis (1820-1883), Illinois …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1856.
- James W. Denver (1817-1892), California
- James F. Dowdell (1818-1871), Alabama
- Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Virginia
- John M. Elliott (1820-1879), Kentucky
- William H. English (1822-1896), Indiana
- Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Virginia
- Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Pennsylvania
- Thomas J.D. Fuller (1808-1876), Maine
- Muscoe R.H. Garnett (1821-1864), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856.
- William O. Goode (1798-1859), Virginia
- Alfred B. Greenwood (1811-1889), Arkansas
- Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Pennsylvania
- Augustus Hall (1814-1861), Iowa
- Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Alabama
- Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Illinois
- Philemon T. Herbert (1825-1864), California
- John Hickman (1810-1875), Pennsylvania
- George S. Houston (1811-1879), Alabama
- Joshua H. Jewett (1815-1861), Kentucky
- George W. Jones (1806-1884), Tennessee
- Jehu G. Jones (1811-1878), Pennsylvania
- Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), South Carolina …resigned July 16, 1856, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, seated August 6, 1856.
- John Kelly (1822-1886), New York
- Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872), Virginia
- John Letcher (1813-1884), Virginia
- John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Georgia
- M-Z
- Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Illinois
- Augustus E. Maxwell (1820-1903), Florida
- Fayette McMullen (1805-1880), Virginia
- John McQueen (1804-1867), South Carolina
- Smith Miller (1804-1872), Indiana
- John S. Millson (1808-1874), Virginia
- James L.D. Morrison (1816-1888), Illinois …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856.
- Andrew Oliver (1815-1889), New York
- James L. Orr (1822-1873), South Carolina
- Asa Packer (1805-1879), Pennsylvania
- George W. Peck (1818-1905), Michigan
- John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Missouri
- Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Virginia
- John A. Quitman (1799-1858), Mississippi
- William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Illinois …resigned August 25, 1856.
- Thomas Ruffin (1820-1863), North Carolina
- Albert Rust ( -1870), Arkansas
- John M. Sandidge (1817-1890), Louisiana
- John H. Savage (1815-1904), Tennessee
- James L. Seward (1813-1886), Georgia
- Eli S. Shorter (1823-1879), Alabama
- Samuel A. Smith (1822-1863), Tennessee
- William Smith (1797-1887), Virginia
- Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), New York
- Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Georgia
- James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Maryland
- Albert G. Talbott (1808-1887), Kentucky
- Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Louisiana
- George Vail (1809-1875), New Jersey
- Hiram Warner (1802-1881), Georgia
- Albert G. Watkins (1818-1895), Tennessee
- Daniel Wells, Jr. (1808-1902), Wisconsin
- John Wheeler (1823-1906), New York
- John Williams (1807-1875), New York
- Warren Winslow (1810-1862), North Carolina
- Daniel B. Wright (1812-1887), Mississippi
- John V. Wright (1828-1908), Tennessee
[edit] American
- Thomas P. Akers (1828-1877), Missouri …elected to fill vacancy, seated August 18, 1856.
- Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Massachusetts
- Jacob Broom (1808-1864), Pennsylvania
- James Buffinton (1817-1875), Massachusetts
- Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), Massachusetts
- John P. Campbell, Jr. (1820-1888), Kentucky
- John S. Carlile (1817-1878), Virginia
- Calvin C. Chaffee (1811-1896), Massachusetts
- Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813-1896), Connecticut
- Linus B. Comins (1817-1892), Massachusetts
- Leander M. Cox (1812-1865), Kentucky
- Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), New Hampshire
- Elisha D. Cullen (1799-1862), Delaware
- William S. Damrell (1809-1860), Massachusetts
- Henry W. Davis (1817-1865), Maryland
- Timothy Davis (1821-1888), Massachusetts
- Alexander De Witt (1798-1879), Massachusetts
- Sidney Dean (1818-1901), Connecticut
- Nathaniel B. Durfee (1812-1872), Rhode Island
- Francis S. Edwards (1817-1899), New York
- Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), Tennessee
- George Eustis, Jr. (1828-1872), Louisiana
- Lemuel D. Evans (1810-1877), Texas
- Nathaniel G. Foster (1809-1869), Georgia
- Robert B. Hall (1812-1868), Massachusetts
- James M. Harris (1817-1898), Maryland
- Henry W. Hoffman (1825-1895), Maryland
- Chauncey L. Knapp (1809-1898), Massachusetts
- William A. Lake (1808-1861), Mississippi
- Alexander K. Marshall (1808-1884), Kentucky
- Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), Kentucky
- Robert T. Paine (1812-1872), North Carolina
- James Pike (1818-1895), New Hampshire
- Richard C. Puryear (1801-1867), North Carolina
- Edwin G. Reade (1812-1894), North Carolina
- Charles Ready (1802-1878), Tennessee
- James B. Ricaud (1808-1866), Maryland
- Thomas Rivers (1819-1863), Tennessee
- William R. Smith (1815-1896), Alabama
- William H. Sneed (1812-1869), Tennessee
- Samuel F. Swope (1809-1865), Kentucky
- Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), New Hampshire
- Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), Rhode Island
- Mark Trafton (1810-1901), Massachusetts
- Robert P. Trippe (1819-1900), Georgia
- Warner L. Underwood (1808-1872), Kentucky
- William W. Valk (1806-1879), New York
- Percy Walker (1812-1880), Alabama
- William W. Welch (1818-1892), Connecticut
- Thomas R. Whitney (1807-1858), New York
- John Woodruff (1826-1868), Connecticut
- Felix K. Zollicoffer (1812-1862), Tennessee
[edit] Independent Whig or Opposition
- A-L
- Charles J. Albright (1816-1883), Ohio
- John Allison (1812-1878), Pennsylvania
- Edward Ball (1811-1872), Ohio
- Lucien Barbour (1811-1880), Indiana
- Henry Bennett (1808-1868), New York
- Samuel P. Benson (1804-1876), Maine
- Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), Wisconsin
- John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Ohio
- James Bishop (1816-1895), New Jersey
- Philemon Bliss (1813-1889), Ohio
- Samuel C. Bradshaw (1809-1872), Pennsylvania
- Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Indiana
- James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Pennsylvania
- Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Ohio
- Samuel Caruthers (1820-1860), Missouri
- Thomas Child, Jr. (1818-1869), New York
- Bayard Clarke (1815-1884), New York
- Isaiah D. Clawson (1822-1879), New Jersey
- Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Indiana
- John Covode (1808-1871), Pennsylvania
- William Cumback (1829-1905), Indiana
- Timothy C. Day (1819-1869), Ohio
- John Dick (1794-1872), Pennsylvania
- Samuel Dickson (1807-1858), New York
- Edward Dodd (1805-1891), New York
- George G. Dunn (1812-1857), Indiana
- John R. Edie (1814-1888), Pennsylvania
- Jonas R. Emrie (1812-1869), Ohio
- Thomas T. Flagler (1811-1897), New York
- Henry M. Fuller (1820-1860), Pennsylvania
- Samuel Galloway (1811-1872), Ohio
- Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Ohio
- William A. Gilbert (1815-1875), New York …resigned February 28, 1857.
- Amos P. Granger (1789-1866), New York
- Aaron Harlan (1802-1868), Ohio
- John S. Harrison (1804-1878), Ohio
- Solomon G. Haven (1810-1861), New York
- David P. Holloway (1809-1883), Indiana
- Thomas R. Horton (1822-1894), New York
- Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), Ohio
- William A. Howard (1813-1880), Michigan
- Jonas A. Hughston (1808-1862), New York
- William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), New York
- Luther M. Kennett (1807-1873), Missouri
- Rufus H. King (1820-1890), New York
- Jonathan Knight (1787-1858), Pennsylvania
- Ebenezer Knowlton (1815-1874), Maine
- James Knox (1807-1876), Illinois
- John C. Kunkel (1816-1870), Pennsylvania
- Benjamin F. Leiter (1813-1866), Ohio
- James J. Lindley (1822-1891), Missouri
- M-Z
- Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Indiana
- Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889), New York …resigned February 27, 1857.
- Andrew Z. McCarty (1808-1879), New York
- James Meacham (1810-1856), Vermont …died August 23, 1856.
- John G. Miller (1812-1856), Missouri …died May 11, 1856.
- Killian Miller (1785-1859), New York
- William Millward (1822-1871), Pennsylvania
- Oscar F. Moore (1817-1885), Ohio
- Edwin B. Morgan (1806-1881), New York
- Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
- Richard Mott (1804-1888), Ohio
- Ambrose S. Murray (1807-1885), New York
- Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862), Ohio
- Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), Illinois
- Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898), Missouri
- John M. Parker (1805-1873), New York
- John J. Pearce (1826-1912), Pennsylvania
- Guy R. Pelton (1824-1890), New York
- Alexander C.M. Pennington (1810-1867), New Jersey
- John J. Perry (1811-1897), Maine
- John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Indiana
- Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), Missouri
- Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887), New York
- Samuel A. Purviance (1809-1882), Pennsylvania
- David Ritchie (1812-1867), Pennsylvania
- George R. Robbins (1808-1875), New Jersey
- Anthony E. Roberts (1803-1885), Pennsylvania
- David F. Robison (1816-1859), Pennsylvania
- Alvah Sabin (1793-1885), Vermont
- Russell Sage (1816-1906), New York
- William R. Sapp (1804-1875), Ohio
- Harvey D. Scott (1818-1891), Indiana
- John Sherman (1823-1900), Ohio
- George A. Simmons (1791-1857), New York
- Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Ohio
- James S.T. Stranahan (1808-1898), New York
- James Thorington (1816-1887), Iowa
- Lemuel Todd (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
- Job R. Tyson (1803-1858), Pennsylvania
- Edward Wade (1802-1866), Ohio
- Abram Wakeman (1824-1889), New York
- David S. Walbridge (1802-1868), Michigan
- Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Michigan
- Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Wisconsin
- Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Maine
- Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Illinois
- Cooper K. Watson (1810-1880), Ohio
- John M. Wood (1813-1864), Maine
- James H. Woodworth (1804-1869), Illinois
[edit] Republican
- George T. Hodges (1789-1860), Vermont …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1856.
[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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