22nd United States Congress - political parties

The Twenty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1831 to March 3 1833, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. Both chambers had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

Main article: 22nd United States Congress
See also: 22nd United States Congress - Membership Changes
See also: 22nd United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House elections, 1830

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1831 - March 3 1833

  • First session: December 5 1831 - July 16 1832
  • Second session: December 3 1832 - March 2 1833 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 21st Congress
Next congress: 23rd Congress

Party summary

Senate
  • Democratic: 24 (majority)
  • National Republican: 22
  • Nullifier: 2

TOTAL members: 48
House of Representatives
  • Democratic: 126 (majority)
  • National Republican: 66
  • Anti Masonic: 17
  • Nullifier: 4

TOTAL members: 213

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

A-F
  • Isaac D. Barnard (1791-1834), Pennsylvania …resigned December 6 1831.
  • Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Missouri
  • George M. Bibb (1776-1859), Kentucky
  • John Black ( -1854), Mississippi ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 12 1832, subsequently elected.
  • Bedford Brown (1795-1870), North Carolina
  • Alexander Buckner (1785-1833), Missouri
  • George M. Dallas (1792-1864), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, December 13 1831.
  • Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), New Jersey
  • Charles E. Dudley (1780-1841), New York
  • Powhatan Ellis (1790-1863), Mississippi …resigned July 16 1832.
  • John Forsyth (1780-1841), Georgia
G-L
  • Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Tennessee
  • Isaac Hill (1789-1851), New Hampshire
  • Elias K. Kane (1794-1835), Illinois
  • William R. D. King (1786-1853), Alabama
  • Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Louisiana …resigned May 24 1831.
M-R
  • Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), North Carolina
  • William L. Marcy (1786-1857), New York …resigned January 1 1833.
  • Gabriel Moore (1785-1845), Alabama
  • William C. Rives (1793-1868), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, December 10 1832.
  • John M. Robinson (1794-1843), Illinois
S-Z
  • Samuel Smith (1752-1839), Maryland
  • Littleton W. Tazewell (1774-1860), Virginia …resigned July 16 1832.
  • John Tipton (1786-1839), Indiana …elected to fill vacancy, January 4 1832.
  • George M. Troup (1780-1856), Georgia
  • John Tyler (1790-1862), Virginia
  • Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), Tennessee
  • William Wilkins (1779-1865), Pennsylvania
  • Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), New York …elected to fill vacancy, January 4 1833.

National Republican

A-F
  • Samuel Bell (1770-1850), New Hampshire
  • Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788-1867), Maryland
  • Henry Clay (1777-1852), Kentucky …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 10 1831.
  • John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Delaware
  • Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), Ohio
  • Samuel A. Foote (1780-1846), Connecticut
  • Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862), New Jersey
G-L
  • Robert Hanna (1786-1858), Indiana …appointed to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, August 19 1831.
  • William Hendricks (1782-1850), Indiana
  • John Holmes (1773-1843), Maine
  • Josiah S. Johnston (1784-1833), Louisiana
  • Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), Rhode Island
M-R
  • Arnold Naudain (1790-1872), Delaware
  • George Poindexter (1779-1853), Mississippi
  • Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), Vermont
  • Asher Robbins (1757-1845), Rhode Island
  • Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857), Ohio
S-Z
  • Horatio Seymour (1778-1857), Vermont
  • Nathaniel Silsbee (1773-1850), Massachusetts
  • Peleg Sprague (1793-1880), Maine
  • Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), Connecticut
  • George A. Waggaman (1782-1843), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy, November 15 1831.
  • Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Massachusetts

Nullifier

  • John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), South Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, December 29 1832.
  • Robert Y. Hayne (1791-1839), South Carolina …resigned December 13 1832.
  • Stephen D. Miller (1787-1838), South Carolina …resigned March 2 1833.

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C
  • John Adair (1757-1840), Kentucky
  • Mark Alexander (1792-1883), Virginia
  • Robert Allen (1794-1859), Virginia
  • John Anderson (1792-1853), Maine
  • William G. Angel (1790-1858), New York
  • William S. Archer (1789-1855), Virginia
  • John S. Barbour (1790-1855), Virginia
  • Daniel L. Barringer (1788-1852), North Carolina
  • James Bates (1789-1882), Maine
  • Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), New York
  • John Bell (1797-1869), Tennessee
  • John T. Bergen (1786-1855), New York
  • Lauchlin Bethune (1785-1874), North Carolina
  • James Blair (1790c-1834), South Carolina
  • John Blair (1790-1863), Tennessee
  • Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), Indiana
  • Joseph Bouck (1788-1858), New York
  • Thomas T. Bouldin (1781-1834), Virginia
  • John Branch (1782-1863), North Carolina
  • John Brodhead (1770-1838), New Hampshire
  • John C. Brodhead (1780-1859), New York
  • John C. Bucher (1792-1851), Pennsylvania
  • Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), New York
  • John Carr (1793-1845), Indiana
  • Samuel P. Carson (1798-1838), North Carolina
  • Thomas Chandler (1772-1866), New Hampshire
  • Joseph W. Chinn (1798-1840), Virginia
  • Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), Virginia
  • Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), Alabama
  • Augustin S. Clayton (1783-1839), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21 1832.
  • Richard Coke, Jr. (1790-1851), Virginia
  • Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), North Carolina
  • Richard Coulter (1788-1852), Pennsylvania
  • Robert Craig (1792-1852), Virginia
  • Thomas H. Crawford (1786-1863), Pennsylvania
D-E-F
  • Henry Daniel (1786-1873), Kentucky
  • Thomas Davenport ( -1838), Virginia
  • Charles Dayan (1792-1877), New York
  • Lewis Dewart (1780-1852), Pennsylvania
  • Ulysses F. Doubleday (1792-1866), New York
  • Joseph Draper (1794-1834), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12 1832.
  • William Drayton (1776-1846), South Carolina
  • Joseph Duncan (1794-1844), Illinois
  • Joshua Evans, Jr. (1777-1846), Pennsylvania
  • John M. Felder (1782-1851), South Carolina
  • James Findlay (1770-1835), Ohio
  • William Fitzgerald (1799-1864), Tennessee
  • James Ford (1783-1859), Pennsylvania
  • Thomas F. Foster (1790-1848), Georgia
G-H-I
  • Nathan Gaither (1788-1862), Kentucky
  • John Gilmore (1780-1845), Pennsylvania
  • William F. Gordon (1787-1858), Virginia
  • Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), North Carolina
  • William Hall (1775-1856), Tennessee
  • Joseph Hammons (1787-1836), New Hampshire
  • Joseph M. Harper (1787-1865), New Hampshire
  • Albert G. Hawes (1804-1849), Kentucky
  • Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), North Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 6 1832.
  • Michael Hoffman (1787-1848), New York
  • William Hogan (1792-1874), New York
  • Cornelius Holland (1783-1870), Maine
  • Henry Horn (1786-1862), Pennsylvania
  • Benjamin C. Howard (1791-1872), Maryland
  • Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), New Hampshire
  • Peter Ihrie, Jr. (1796-1871), Pennsylvania
  • William W. Irvin (1778c-1842), Ohio
  • Jacob C. Isacks ( - ), Tennessee
J-K-L
  • Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), Maine
  • Freeborn G. Jewett (1791-1858), New York
  • Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Tennessee
  • Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21 1833.
  • Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Kentucky
  • Charles C. Johnston (1795-1832), Virginia …died June 17 1832.
  • Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844), Maine
  • William S. Kennon, Sr. (1793-1881), Ohio
  • Adam King (1790-1835), Pennsylvania
  • Henry King (1790-1861), Pennsylvania
  • John King (1775-1836), New York
  • Henry G. Lamar (1798-1861), Georgia
  • Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783-1862), New York
  • Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796-1873), Ohio
  • Joseph Lecompte (1797-1851), Kentucky
  • James Lent (1782-1833), New York
  • Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Alabama
  • Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), Georgia …resigned in 1831, before Congress assembled.
  • Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842), Kentucky
M-N-O
  • Joel K. Mann (1780-1857), Pennsylvania
  • Samuel W. Mardis (1800-1836), Alabama
  • John Y. Mason (1799-1859), Virginia
  • Johnathan McCarty (1795-1852), Indiana
  • Robert McCoy ( -1849), Pennsylvania …elected to vacancy, seated December 5 1831.
  • William McCoy ( -1864), Virginia
  • Rufus McIntire (1784-1866), Maine
  • James I. McKay (1793-1853), North Carolina
  • George E. Mitchell (1781-1832), Maryland …died June 28 1832.
  • Thomas R. Mitchell (1783-1837), South Carolina
  • Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), Pennsylvania
  • Daniel Newnan (1780c-1851), Georgia
  • William T. Nuckolls (1801-1855), South Carolina
P-Q-R
  • John M. Patton (1797-1858), Virginia
  • Job Pierson (1791-1860), New York
  • Nathaniel Pitcher (1777-1836), New York
  • Franklin E. Plummer ( -1847), Mississippi
  • James K. Polk (1795-1849), Tennessee
  • Robert Potter (1800c-1842), North Carolina …resigned November 1831, before Congress assembled.
  • William Ramsey (1779-1831), Pennsylvania …died September 29 1831, before Congress assembled.
  • Edward C. Reed (1793-1883), New York
  • Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), North Carolina
  • John J. Roane (1794-1869), Virginia
  • Erastus Root (1773-1846), New York
  • William Russell (1782-1845), Ohio
S-T-U-V
  • Charles S. Sewall (1779-1848), Maryland …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1832.
  • Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), North Carolina
  • Samuel A. Smith (1795-1861), Pennsylvania
  • Nathan Soule ( - ), New York
  • Jesse Speight (1795-1847), North Carolina
  • James I. Standifer (1782-1837), Tennessee
  • Philander Stephens (1788-1842), Pennsylvania
  • Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), Virginia
  • Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), Pennsylvania
  • Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Maryland
  • Wiley Thompson (1781-1835), Georgia
  • John Thomson (1780-1852), Ohio
  • Gulian C. Verplanck (1786-1870), New York
W-X-Y-Z
  • Aaron Ward (1790-1867), New York
  • Daniel Wardwell (1791-1878), New York
  • James M. Wayne (1790-1867), Georgia
  • John W. Weeks (1781-1853), New Hampshire
  • Campbell P. White (1787-1859), New York
  • Charles A. Wickliffe (1788-1869), Kentucky
  • Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847), Georgia
  • John T. H. Worthington (1788-1849), Maryland

National Republican

A-B-C
  • John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Massachusetts
  • Chilton Allan (1786-1858), Kentucky
  • Heman Allen (1777-1844), Vermont
  • Nathan Appleton (1779-1861), Massachusetts
  • William Armstrong (1782-1865), Virginia
  • Thomas D. Arnold (1798-1870), Tennessee
  • William H. Ashley (1778-1838), Missouri ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1831.
  • Noyes Barber (1781-1844), Connecticut
  • Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Massachusetts
  • George N. Briggs (1796-1861), Massachusetts
  • Henry A. Bullard (1788-1851), Louisiana
  • George Burd (1793-1844), Pennsylvania
  • Tristam Burges (1770-1853), Rhode Island
  • Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Massachusetts
  • Lewis Condict (1772-1862), New Jersey
  • Silas Condit (1778-1861), New Jersey
  • Eleutheros Cooke (1787-1864), Ohio
  • Richard M. Cooper (1768-1843), New Jersey
  • Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Ohio
  • Joseph H. Crane (1782-1851), Ohio
  • William Creighton, Jr. (1778-1851), Ohio
D-E-F
  • John Davis (1787-1854), Massachusetts
  • Henry A. S. Dearborn (1783-1851), Massachusetts
  • Philip Doddridge (1773-1832), Virginia …died November 19 1832.
  • William W. Ellsworth (1791-1868), Connecticut
  • George Evans (1797-1867), Maine
  • Edward Everett (1794-1865), Massachusetts
  • Horace Everett (1779-1851), Vermont
G-H-I
  • George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), Massachusetts
  • Hiland Hall (1795-1885), Vermont …elected to fill vacancy, January 21 1833.
  • James L. Hodges (1790-1846), Massachusetts
  • Thomas H. Hughes (1769-1839), New Jersey
  • Jonathan Hunt (1787-1832), Vermont …died May 14 1832.
  • Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Connecticut
  • Ralph I. Ingersoll (1789-1872), Connecticut
J-K-L
  • Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), Maryland
  • Joseph G. Kendall (1788-1847), Massachusetts
  • John L. Kerr (1780-1844), Maryland
  • Robert P. Letcher (1788-1861), Kentucky
M-N-O
  • Rollin C. Mallary (1784-1831), Vermont …died April 16 1831, before Congress assembled.
  • Thomas A. Marshall (1794-1871), Kentucky
  • Lewis Maxwell (1790-1862), Virginia
  • Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), Virginia
  • John J. Milligan (1795-1875), Delaware
  • Jeremiah Nelson (1769-1838), Massachusetts
  • Thomas Newton, Jr. (1768-1847), Virginia
P-Q-R
  • Dutee J. Pearce (1789-1849), Rhode Island
  • Edmund H. Pendleton (1788-1862), New York
  • Spencer D. Pettis Missouri …died August 28 1831, before Congress assembled.
  • James F. Randolph (1791-1872), New Jersey
  • John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), Massachusetts
S-T-U-V
  • Benedict J. Semmes (1789-1863), Maryland
  • William B. Shepard (1799-1852), North Carolina
  • Isaac Southard (1783-1850), New Jersey
  • John S. Spence (1788-1840), Maryland
  • William Stanbery (1788-1873), Ohio
  • William L. Storrs (1795-1861), Connecticut
  • John W. Taylor (1784-1854), New York
  • Philemon Thomas (1763-1847), Louisiana
  • Christopher Tompkins (1780-1858), Kentucky
  • Joseph Vance (1786-1852), Ohio
  • Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Ohio
W-X-Y-Z
  • George C. Washington (1789-1854), Maryland
  • John G. Watmough (1793-1861), Pennsylvania
  • Edward D. White (1795-1847), Louisiana
  • Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), Ohio
  • Samuel J. Wilkin (1793-1866), New York
  • Lewis Williams (1782-1842), North Carolina
  • Ebenezer Young (1783-1851), Connecticut

Anti-Masonic

A-L
  • Robert Allison (1777-1840), Pennsylvania
  • William Babcock (1785-1838), New York
  • John Banks (1793-1864), Pennsylvania
  • Gamaliel H. Barstow (1784-1865), New York
  • William Cahoon (1774-1833), Vermont
  • John A. Collier (1787-1873), New York
  • Bates Cooke (1787-1841), New York
  • Harmar Denny (1794-1852), Pennsylvania
  • John Dickson (1783-1852), New York
  • William Hiester (1790-1853), Pennsylvania
M-Z
  • Thomas M.T. McKennan (1794-1852), Pennsylvania
  • David Potts, Jr. (1794c-1863), Pennsylvania
  • William Slade (1786-1859), Vermont …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1831.
  • Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Pennsylvania
  • Phineas L. Tracy (1786-1876), New York
  • Grattan H. Wheeler (1783-1852), New York
  • Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851), New York

Nullifier

A-Z
  • Robert W. Barnwell (1801-1882), South Carolina
  • Warren R. Davis (1793-1835), South Carolina
  • John K. Griffin (1789-1841), South Carolina
  • George McDuffie (1790-1851), South Carolina