24th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Twenty-fourth 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 1835 to March 3 1837, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 24th United States Congress
See also: 24th United States Congress - Membership Changes
See also: 24th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1834

Dates of sessions

March 4 1835 - March 3 1837

  • First session: December 7 1835 - July 4 1836
  • Second session: December 5 1836 - March 3 1837 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 23rd Congress
Next congress: 25th Congress

Members

Senators 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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

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

Senate
  • 2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic
  • 3: Gabriel Moore (1785-1845), National Republican
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic

  • : Joshua L. Martin (1799-1856), Democratic

  • : Joab Lawler (1796-1838), Democratic

  • : Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Nullifier

  • : Francis S. Lyon (1800-1882), National Republican

Arkansas

Senate
  • 2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated September 18 1836.
  • 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated September 18 1836.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Archibald Yell (1797-1847), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 6 1836.

Connecticut

Senate
  • 3: Gideon Tomlinson (1780-1854), National Republican
  • 1: Nathan Smith (1770-1835), National Republican …died December 6 1835.
    John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 14 1835, subsequently elected.
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Elisha Haley (1776-1860), Democratic

  • : Samuel Ingham (1793-1881), Democratic

  • : Andrew T. Judson (1784-1853), Democratic …resigned July 4 1836.

    Orrin Holt (1792-1855), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.

  • : Lancelot Phelps (1784-1866), Democratic

  • : Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic

  • : Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835), Democratic …died December 10 1835.

    Thomas T. Whittlesey (1798-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 29 1836.

Delaware

Senate
  • 2: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), National Republican …resigned December 29 1836.
    Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 9 1837.
  • 1: Arnold Naudain (1790-1872), National Republican …resigned June 16 1836.
    Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, June 17 1836.
Delaware

  • : John J. Milligan (1795-1875), National Republican

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: John P. King (1799-1888), Democratic
  • 3: Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : John E. Coffee (1782-1836), Democratic …died September 25 1835.

    William C. Dawson (1798-1856), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 26 1836.

  • : Seaton Grantland (1782-1864), Democratic

  • : Charles E. Haynes (1784-1841), Democratic

  • : James M. Wayne (1790-1867), Democratic …resigned January 13 1835.

    Jabez Y. Jackson (1790- ), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7 1835.

  • : George W. Owens (1786-1856), Democratic

  • : John W. A. Sanford (1798-1870), Democratic …resigned July 25 1835.

    Thomas Glascock (1790-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1835.

  • : William Schley (1786-1858), Democratic …resigned July 1 1835.

    Jesse F. Cleveland (1804-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1835.

  • : James C. Terrell (1806-1835), Democratic …resigned July 8 1835.

    Hopkins Holsey (1779-1859), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1835.

  • : George W. B. Towns (1801-1854), Democratic …resigned September 1 1836.

    Julius C. Alford (1799-1863), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 31 1837.

Illinois

Senate
  • 3: Elias K. Kane (1794-1835), Democratic …died December 12 1835.
    William L. D. Ewing (1795-1846), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 30 1835.
  • 2: John M. Robinson (1794-1843), Democratic
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : John Reynolds (1788-1865), Democratic

  • : Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Democratic

  • : William L. May (1793c-1849), Democratic

Indiana

Senate
  • 3: William Hendricks (1782-1850), National Republican
  • 1: John Tipton (1786-1839), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), Democratic

  • : John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic

  • : John Carr (1793-1845), Democratic

  • : Amos Lane (1778-1849), Democratic

  • : Johnathan McCarty (1795-1852), National Republican

  • : George L. Kinnard (1803-1836), Democratic …died November 26 1836.

    William Herod (1801-1871), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 25 1837.

  • : Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic

Kentucky

Senate
  • 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), National Republican
  • 2: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), National Republican
House of Representatives (13 seats)

  • : Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic

  • : Albert G. Hawes (1804-1849), Democratic

  • : Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), National Republican

  • : Sherrod Williams (1804- ), National Republican

  • : James Harlan (1800-1863), National Republican

  • : John Calhoon (1797- ), National Republican

  • : Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), National Republican

  • : William J. Graves (1805-1848), National Republican

  • : John White (1802-1845), National Republican

  • : Chilton Allan (1786-1858), National Republican

  • : Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic

  • : John Chambers (1780-1852), National Republican

  • : Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate
  • 3: Alexander Porter (1785-1844), National Republican …resigned January 5 1837.
    Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 12 1837.
  • 2: Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 13 1836.
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Henry Johnson (1783-1864), National Republican

  • : Eleazar W. Ripley (1782-1839), Democratic

  • : Rice Garland (1795c-1861), National Republican

Maine

Senate
  • 1: Ether Shepley (1789-1877), Democratic …resigned March 3 1836.
    Judah Dana (1772-1845), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 7 1836.
  • 2: John Ruggles (1789-1874), Democratic
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic

  • : Francis O. J. Smith (1806-1876), Democratic

  • : Jeremiah Bailey (1773-1853), National Republican

  • : George Evans (1797-1867), National Republican

  • : Moses Mason, Jr. (1789-1866), Democratic

  • : Joseph Hall (1793-1859), Democratic

  • : Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), Democratic

  • : Gorham Parks (1794-1877), Democratic

Maryland

Senate
  • 3: Robert H. Goldsborough (1779-1836), National Republican …died October 5 1836.
    John S. Spence (1788-1840), National Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, December 31 1836.
  • 1: Joseph Kent (1779-1837), National Republican
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : John N. Steele (1796-1853), National Republican

  • : James A. Pearce (1805-1862), National Republican

  • : James Turner (1783-1861), Democratic

  • : Benjamin C. Howard (1791-1872), Democratic

  • : Isaac McKim (1775-1838), Democratic

  • : George C. Washington (1789-1854), National Republican

  • : Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic

  • : Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), National Republican

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), National Republican
  • 2: John Davis (1787-1854), National Republican
House of Representatives (12 seats)

  • : Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), National Republican

  • : Stephen C. Phillips (1801-1857), National Republican

  • : Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), National Republican

  • : Samuel Hoar (1778-1856), National Republican

  • : Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), National Republican

  • : George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), National Republican

  • : George N. Briggs (1796-1861), National Republican

  • : William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), National Republican

  • : William Jackson (1783-1855), Anti-Masonic

  • : Nathaniel B. Borden (1801-1865), Democratic

  • : John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), Anti-Masonic

  • : John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Anti-Masonic

Michigan

Senate
  • 1: Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Democratic ...newly admitted state, seated January 26 1837.
  • 2: John Norvell (1789-1850), Democratic ...newly admitted state, seated January 26 1837.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), Democratic ...newly admitted state, seated January 27 1837.

Mississippi

Senate
  • 1: John Black ( -1854), National Republican
  • 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : John F. H. Claiborne (1809-1884), Democratic

  • : David Dickson ( -1836), National Republican …died in 1836.

    Samuel J. Gholson (1808-1883), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7 1837.

Missouri

Senate
  • 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
  • 3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : William H. Ashley (1778-1838), National Republican

  • : Albert G. Harrison (1800-1839), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 3: Isaac Hill (1789-1851), Democratic …resigned May 30 1836.
    John Page (1787-1865), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, June 8 1836.
  • 2: Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Democratic
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Benning M. Bean (1782-1866), Democratic

  • : Robert Burns (1792-1866), Democratic

  • : Samuel Cushman (1783-1851), Democratic

  • : Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), Democratic

  • : Joseph Weeks (1773-1845), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate
  • 1: Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), National Republican
  • 2: Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), Democratic
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862), Democratic …resigned November 3 1836.

    William Chetwood (1771-1857), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.

  • : Samuel Fowler (1779-1844), Democratic

  • : Thomas Lee (1780-1856), Democratic

  • : James Parker (1776-1868), Democratic

  • : Ferdinand S. Schenck (1790-1860), Democratic

  • : William N. Shinn (1782-1871), Democratic

New York

Senate
  • 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic
  • 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Democratic
House of Representatives (40 seats)

  • : Abel Huntington (1777-1858), Democratic

  • : Samuel Barton) (1785-1858), Jacksonian

  • : Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), Democratic

  • : Campbell P. White (1787-1859), Democratic …resigned before Congress assembled.

    Gideon Lee (1778-1841), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1835.

  • : John McKeon (1808-1883), Democratic

  • : Ely Moore (1798-1860), Democratic

  • : Aaron Ward (1790-1867), Democratic

  • : Abraham Bockee (1784-1865), Democratic

  • : John W. Brown (1796-1875), Democratic

  • : Nicholas Sickles (1801-1845), Democratic

  • : Valentine Efner (1776-1865), Democratic

  • : Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), Democratic

  • : Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865), National Republican

  • : Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783-1862), Democratic

  • : John Cramer (1779-1870), Democratic

  • : David A. Russell (1780-1861), National Republican

  • : Dudley Farlin (1777-1837), Democratic

  • : Ransom H. Gillet (1800-1876), Democratic

  • : Matthias J. Bovee (1793-1872), Democratic

  • : Abijah Mann, Jr. (1793-1868), Democratic

  • : Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic …resigned March 29 1836.

    Rutger B. Miller (1805-1877), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.

  • : Joel Turrill (1794-1859), Democratic

  • : Daniel Wardwell (1791-1878), Democratic

  • : Sherman Page (1779-1853), Democratic

  • : William Seymour (1780c-1848), Democratic

  • : William Mason (1786-1860), Democratic

  • : Stephen B. Leonard (1793-1876), Democratic

  • : Joseph Reynolds (1785-1864), Democratic

  • : William K. Fuller (1792-1883), Democratic

  • : William Taylor (1791-1865), Democratic

  • : Ulysses F. Doubleday (1792-1866), Democratic

  • : Graham H. Chapin (1799-1843), Democratic

  • : Francis Granger (1792-1868), National Republican

  • : Joshua Lee (1783-1842), Democratic

  • : Timothy Childs (1785-1847), National Republican

  • : George W. Lay (1798-1860), National Republican

  • : Philo C. Fuller (1787-1855), National Republican …resigned September 2 1836.

    John Young (1802-1852), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1836.

  • : Abner Hazeltine (1793-1879), National Republican

  • : Thomas C. Love (1789-1853), National Republican

  • : Gideon Hard (1797-1885), National Republican

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Bedford Brown (1795-1870), Democratic
  • 3: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), National Republican …resigned November 26 1836.
    Robert Strange (1796-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 5 1836.
House of Representatives (13 seats)

  • : William B. Shepard (1799-1852), National Republican

  • : Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), Democratic

  • : Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783-1848), National Republican

  • : Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic

  • : James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic

  • : Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), Democratic

  • : Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), National Republican

  • : William Montgomery (1789-1844), Democratic

  • : Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), National Republican

  • : Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), National Republican

  • : Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), Democratic

  • : James Graham (1793-1851), National Republican …contested election, seat declared vacant March 29 1836, subsequently elected, seated December 5 1836.

  • : Lewis Williams (1782-1842), National Republican

Ohio

Senate
  • 3: Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), National Republican
  • 1: Thomas Morris (1776-1844), Democratic
House of Representatives (19 seats)

  • : Bellamy Storer (1796-1875), National Republican

  • : Taylor Webster (1800-1876), Democratic

  • : Joseph H. Crane (1782-1851), National Republican

  • : Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), National Republican

  • : Thomas L. Hamer (1800-1846), Democratic

  • : Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), National Republican

  • : William K. Bond (1792-1864), National Republican

  • : Jeremiah McLene (1767-1837), Democratic

  • : John Chaney (1790-1881), Democratic

  • : Samson Mason (1793-1869), National Republican

  • : William Kennon, Sr. (1793-1881), Democratic

  • : Elias Howell (1792-1844), National Republican

  • : David Spangler (1796-1856), National Republican

  • : William Patterson (1790-1868), Democratic

  • : Jonathan Sloane (1785-1854), Anti-Masonic

  • : Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), National Republican

  • : John Thomson (1780-1852), Democratic

  • : Benjamin Jones (1787-1861), Democratic

  • : Daniel Kilgore (1793-1851), Democratic

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 1: Samuel McKean (1787-1841), Democratic
  • 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic
House of Representatives (28 seats)

  • : Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), Democratic

  • : James Harper (1780-1873), National Republican

  • : Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), National Republican

  • : Michael W. Ash (1789-1858), Democratic

  • : Edward Darlington (1795-1884), Anti-Masonic

  • : William Hiester (1790-1853), Anti-Masonic

  • : David Potts, Jr. (1794c-1863), Anti-Masonic

  • : Jacob Fry, Jr. (1802-1866), Democratic

  • : Mathias Morris (1787-1839), National Republican

  • : David D. Wagener (1792-1860), Democratic

  • : Edward B. Hubley (1792-1856), Democratic

  • : Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), Democratic

  • : William Clark (1774-1851), Anti-Masonic

  • : Henry Logan (1784-1866), Democratic

  • : George Chambers (1786-1866), Anti-Masonic

  • : Jesse Miller (1800-1850), Democratic …resigned October 30 1836.

    James Black (1793-1872), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.

  • : Joseph Henderson (1791-1863), Democratic

  • : Andrew Beaumont (1790-1853), Democratic

  • : Joseph B. Anthony (1795-1851), Democratic

  • : John Laporte (1798-1862), Democratic

  • : Job Mann (1795-1873), Democratic

  • : John J. Klingensmith, Jr. (1786-1854), Democratic

  • : Andrew Buchanan (1780-1848), Democratic

  • : Thomas M. T. McKennan (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic

  • : Harmar Denny (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic

  • : Samuel S. Harrison (1780-1853), Democratic

  • : John Banks (1793-1864), Anti-Masonic …resigned in 1836.

    John J. Pearson (1800-1888), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1836.

  • : John Galbraith (1794-1860), Democratic

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), National Republican
  • 1: Asher Robbins (1757-1845), National Republican
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Dutee J. Pearce (1789-1849), Anti-Masonic

  • : William Sprague (1799-1856), Anti-Masonic

South Carolina

Senate
  • 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Nullifier
  • 3: William C. Preston (1794-1860), Nullifier
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : Henry L. Pinckney (1794-1863), Nullifier

  • : William J. Grayson (1788-1863), Nullifier

  • : Robert B. Campbell ( -1862), Nullifier

  • : James H. Hammond (1807-1864), Nullifier …resigned February 26 1836.

    Franklin H. Elmore (1799-1850), Nullifier …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19 1836.

  • : Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), Nullifier

  • : Warren R. Davis Nullifier …died before Congress assembled.

    Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 16 1836.

  • : James Rogers (1795-1873), Democratic

  • : Richard I. Manning (1789-1836), Democratic …died May 1 1836.

    John P. Richardson (1801-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19 1836.

  • : John K. Griffin (1789-1841), Nullifier

Tennessee

Senate
  • 2: Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), National Republican
  • 1: Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Democratic
House of Representatives (13 seats)

  • : William B. Carter (1792-1848), National Republican

  • : Samuel Bunch (1786-1849), National Republican

  • : Luke Lea (1783-1851), National Republican

  • : James I. Standifer (1782-1837), National Republican

  • : John B. Forester ( -1845), National Republican

  • : Balie Peyton (1803-1878), National Republican

  • : John Bell (1797-1869), National Republican

  • : Abram P. Maury (1801-1848), National Republican

  • : James K. Polk (1795-1849), Democratic

  • : Ebenezer J. Shields (1778-1846), National Republican

  • : Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic

  • : Adam Huntsman (1786-1849), Democratic

  • : William C. Dunlap (1798-1872), Democratic

Vermont

Senate
  • 3: Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), National Republican
  • 1: Benjamin Swift (1781-1847), National Republican
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Hiland Hall (1795-1885), National Republican

  • : William Slade (1786-1859), Anti-Masonic

  • : Horace Everett (1779-1851), National Republican

  • : Heman Allen (1777-1844), National Republican

  • : Henry F. Janes (1792-1879), Anti-Masonic

Virginia

Senate
  • 1: John Tyler (1790-1862), National Republican …resigned February 29 1836.
    William C. Rives (1793-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 4 1836.
  • 2: Benjamin W. Leigh (1781-1849), National Republican …resigned July 4 1836.
    Richard E. Parker (1783-1840), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 12 1836.
House of Representatives (21 seats)

  • : George Loyall (1789-1868), Democratic

  • : John Y. Mason (1799-1859), Democratic …resigned January 11 1837.

  • : John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic

  • : George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic

  • : James W. Bouldin (1792-1854), Democratic

  • : Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic

  • : Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), National Republican

  • : Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Democratic

  • : John Roane (1766-1838), Democratic

  • : John Taliaferro (1768-1852), National Republican

  • : John Robertson (1787-1873), National Republican

  • : James Garland (1791-1885), Democratic

  • : John M. Patton (1797-1858), Democratic

  • : Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), National Republican

  • : Edward Lucas (1780-1858), Democratic

  • : James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), Democratic

  • : Robert Craig (1792-1852), Democratic

  • : George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Democratic

  • : William McComas (1795-1865), National Republican

  • : Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic

  • : William S. Morgan (1801-1878), Democratic

Delegates

Arkansas Territory

  • : Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), National Republican …newly admitted state, served until June 15 1836.

Florida Territory

  • : Joseph M. White (1781-1839), Democratic

Michigan Territory

  • : George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …newly admitted state, served until December 5 1836.

Wisconsin Territory

  • : George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …new territory, seated April 20 1836.