30th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Thirtieth 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 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 state delegation.

Main article: 30th United States Congress
See also: 30th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1846

Dates of sessions

March 4 1847 - March 3 1849

  • 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

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 1850; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term ended with 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

Senate
  • 3: Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Democratic …resigned June 16 1848.
    William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, July 1 1848.
  • 2: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …died October 25 1848.
    Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 25 1848.
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : John Gayle (1792-1859), Whig

  • : Henry W. Hilliard (1808-1892), Whig

  • : Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Democratic

  • : Samuel W. Inge (1817-1868), Democratic

  • : George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic

  • : Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic

  • : Franklin W. Bowdon (1817-1857), Democratic

Arkansas

Senate
  • 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic …resigned March 15 1848.
    Solon Borland (1808-1864), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, March 30 1848, subsequently elected.
  • 2: Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Democratic …died April 29 1848.
    William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 12 1848, subsequently elected.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate
  • 1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig …died November 1 1847.
    Roger S. Baldwin (1793-1863), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, November 11 1847, subsequently elected.
  • 3: John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : James Dixon (1814-1873), Whig

  • : Samuel D. Hubbard (1799-1855), Whig

  • : John A. Rockwell (1803-1861), Whig

  • : Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig

Delaware

Senate
  • 1: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Whig …resigned February 23 1849.
    John Wales (1783-1863), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, February 23 1849.
  • 2: Presley Spruance (1785-1863), Whig
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : John W. Houston (1814-1896), Whig

Florida

Senate
  • 1: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic
  • 3: James D. Westcott, Jr. (1802-1880), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Whig

Georgia

Senate
  • 3: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic …resigned February 1848.
    Herschel V. Johnson (1812-1880), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, February 4 1848, subsequently elected.
  • 2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 12 1847.
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : Thomas B. King (1800-1864), Whig

  • : Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic

  • : John W. Jones (1806-1871), Whig

  • : Hugh A. Haralson (1805-1854), Democratic

  • : John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Democratic

  • : Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic

  • : Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Whig

  • : Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Whig

Illinois

Senate
  • 3: Sidney Breese (1800-1878), Democratic
  • 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Robert Smith (1802-1867), Independent Democratic

  • : John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic

  • : Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Democratic

  • : John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic

  • : William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1847.

  • : Thomas J. Turner (1815-1874), Democratic

  • : Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Whig

Indiana

Senate
  • 3: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic
  • 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Elisha Embree (1801-1863), Whig

  • : Thomas J. Henley (1810-1865), Democratic

  • : John L. Robinson (1813-1860), Democratic

  • : Caleb B. Smith (1808-1864), Whig

  • : William W. Wick (1796-1868), Democratic

  • : George G. Dunn (1812-1857), Whig

  • : Richard W. Thompson (1809-1900), Whig

  • : John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic

  • : Charles W. Cathcart (1809-1888), Democratic

  • : William Rockhill (1793-1865), Democratic

Iowa

Senate
  • 3: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 7 1848.
  • 2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 7 1848.

House of Representatives

  • : William Thompson (1813-1897), Democratic

  • : Shepherd Leffler (1811-1879), Democratic

Kentucky

Senate
  • 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig …resigned June 12 1848.
    Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, June 23 1848, subsequently elected.
  • 2: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic

  • : Beverly L. Clarke (1809-1860), Democratic

  • : Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Democratic

  • : Aylette Buckner (1806-1869), Whig

  • : John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig

  • : Green Adams (1812-1884), Whig

  • : W. Garnett Duncan (1800-1875), Whig

  • : Charles S. Morehead (1802-1868), Whig

  • : Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic

  • : John P. Gaines (1795-1857), Whig

Louisiana

Senate
  • 3: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig
  • 2: Solomon W. Downs (1801-1854), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Emile La Sére (1802-1882), Democratic

  • : Bannon G. Thibodeaux (1812-1866), Whig

  • : John H. Harmanson (1803-1850), Democratic

  • : Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Democratic

Maine

Senate
  • 1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic …died December 24 1847.
    Wyman B. S. Moor (1811-1869), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, January 5 1848.
    Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, May 26 1848.
  • 2: James W. Bradbury (1802-1901), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : David Hammons (1808-1888), Democratic

  • : Asa W. H. Clapp (1805-1891), Democratic

  • : Hiram Belcher (1790-1857), Whig

  • : Franklin Clark (1801-1874), Democratic

  • : Ephraim K. Smart (1813-1872), Democratic

  • : James S. Wiley (1808-1891), Democratic

  • : Hezekiah Williams (1798-1856), Democratic

Maryland

Senate
  • 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig
  • 1: Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Whig
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : John G. Chapman (1798-1856), Whig

  • : J. Dixon Roman (1809-1867), Whig

  • : Thomas W. Ligon (1810-1881), Democratic

  • : Robert M. McLane (1815-1898), Democratic

  • : Alexander Evans (1818-1888), Whig

  • : John W. Crisfield (1806-1897), Whig

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Whig
  • 2: John Davis (1787-1854), Whig
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig

  • : Daniel P. King (1801-1850), Whig

  • : Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Whig

  • : John G. Palfrey (1796-1881), Whig

  • : Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Whig

  • : George Ashmun (1804-1870), Whig

  • : Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig

  • : John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig …died February 23 1848.

    Horace Mann (1796-1859), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 13 1848.

  • : Artemas Hale (1783-1882), Whig

  • : Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig

Michigan

Senate
  • 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic …resigned May 29 1848, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, March 4 1849.
    Thomas Fitzgerald (1796-1855), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, June 8 1848.
  • 2: Alpheus Felch (1804-1896), Democratic
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Democratic

  • : Edward Bradley (1808-1847), Democratic …died August 5 1847, before Congress assembled.

    Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1847.

  • : Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Democratic

Mississippi

Senate
  • 1: Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic …died May 1 1847.
    Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, August 10 1847, subsequently elected.
  • 2: Henry S. Foote (1804-1880), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic

  • : Winfield S. Featherston (1820-1891), Democratic

  • : Patrick W. Tompkins (1804-1853), Whig

  • : Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic

Missouri

Senate
  • 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
  • 3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Democratic

  • : John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic

  • : James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic

  • : Willard P. Hall (1820-1882), Democratic

  • : John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 3: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic
  • 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Independent Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Amos Tuck (1810-1879), (Independent)

  • : Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), Democratic

  • : James Wilson (1797-1881), Whig

  • : James H. Johnson (1802-1887), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate
  • 2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig
  • 1: William L. Dayton (1807-1864), Whig
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : James G. Hampton (1814-1861), Whig

  • : William A. Newell (1817-1901), Whig

  • : Joseph E. Edsall (1789-1865), Democratic

  • : John Van Dyke (1807-1878), Whig

  • : Dudley S. Gregory (1800-1874), Whig

New York

Senate
  • 1: Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), Democratic
  • 3: John A. Dix (1798-1879), Democratic
House of Representatives (34 seats)

  • : Frederick W. Lord (1800-1860), Democratic

  • : Henry C. Murphy (1810-1882), Democratic

  • : Henry Nicoll (1812-1879), Democratic

  • : William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic

  • : Frederick A. Tallmadge (1792-1869), Whig

  • : David S. Jackson (1813-1872), Democratic …contested election, served until April 19 1848.

    Horace Greeley (1811-1872), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1848.

  • : William Nelson (1784-1869), Whig

  • : Cornelius Warren (1790-1849), Whig

  • : Daniel B. St. John (1808-1890), Whig

  • : Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863), Whig

  • : Peter H. Silvester (1807-1882), Whig

  • : Gideon Reynolds (1813-1896), Whig

  • : John I. Slingerland (1804-1861), Whig

  • : Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865), Whig

  • : Sidney Lawrence (1801-1892), Democratic

  • : Hugh White (1798-1870), Whig

  • : George Petrie (1793-1879), Independent Democratic

  • : William Collins (1818-1878), Democratic

  • : Joseph Mullin (1811-1882), Whig

  • : Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), Democratic

  • : George A. Starkweather (1794-1879), Democratic

  • : Ausburn Birdsall (1814-1903), Democratic

  • : William Duer (1805-1879), Whig

  • : Daniel Gott (1794-1864), Whig

  • : Harmon S. Conger (1816-1882), Whig

  • : William T. Lawrence (1788-1859), Whig

  • : John M. Holley (1802-1848), Whig …died March 8 1848.

    Esbon Blackmar (1805-1857), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1848.

  • : Elias B. Holmes (1807-1866), Whig

  • : Robert L. Rose (1804-1877), Whig

  • : David Rumsey, Jr. (1810-1883), Whig

  • : Dudley Marvin (1786-1856), Whig

  • : Nathan K. Hall (1810-1874), Whig

  • : Harvey Putnam (1793-1855), Whig

  • : Washington Hunt (1811-1867), Whig

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
  • 3: George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Whig

  • : Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873), Whig

  • : Daniel M. Barringer (1806-1873), Whig

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

  • : Abraham W. Venable (1799-1876), Democratic

  • : John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic

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

  • : Richard S. Donnell (1820-1867), Whig

  • : David Outlaw (1806-1868), Whig

Ohio

Senate
  • 3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
  • 1: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Whig
House of Representatives (21 seats)

  • : James J. Faran (1808-1892), Democratic

  • : David Fisher (1794-1886), Whig

  • : Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Whig

  • : Richard S. Canby (1808-1895), Whig

  • : William Sawyer (1803-1877), Democratic

  • : Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849), Democratic

  • : Jonathan D. Morris (1804-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1847.

  • : John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Whig

  • : Thomas O. Edwards (1810-1876), Whig

  • : Daniel Duncan (1806-1849), Whig

  • : John K. Miller (1819-1863), Democratic

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

  • : Thomas Ritchey (1801-1863), Democratic

  • : Nathan Evans (1804-1879), Whig

  • : William Kennon, Jr. (1802-1867), Democratic

  • : John D. Cummins (1791-1849), Democratic

  • : George Fries (1799-1866), Democratic

  • : Samuel Lahm (1812-1876), Democratic

  • : John Crowell (1801-1883), Whig

  • : Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig

  • : Joseph M. Root (1807-1879), Whig

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic
  • 3: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Democratic
House of Representatives (24 seats)

  • : Lewis C. Levin (1808-1860), American

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

  • : Charles Brown (1797-1883), Democratic

  • : Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Democratic

  • : John Freedley (1793-1851), Whig

  • : John W. Hornbeck (1804-1848), Whig …died January 16 1848.

    Samuel A. Bridges (1802-1884), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 6 1848.

  • : Abraham R. McIlvaine (1804-1863), Whig

  • : John Strohm (1793-1884), Whig

  • : William Strong (1808-1895), Democratic

  • : Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic

  • : Chester P. Butler (1798-1850), Whig

  • : David Wilmot (1814-1868), Democratic

  • : James Pollock (1810-1890), Whig

  • : George N. Eckert (1802-1865), Whig

  • : Henry Nes (1799-1850), Whig

  • : Jasper E. Brady (1797-1871), Whig

  • : John Blanchard (1787-1849), Whig

  • : Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Whig

  • : Job Mann (1795-1873), Democratic

  • : John Dickey (1794-1853), Whig

  • : Moses Hampton (1803-1878), Whig

  • : John W. Farrelly (1809-1860), Whig

  • : James Thompson (1806-1874), Democratic

  • : Alexander Irvin (1800-1874), Whig

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 1: Albert C. Greene (1792-1863), Whig
  • 2: John H. Clarke (1789-1870), Whig
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Robert B. Cranston (1791-1873), Whig

  • : Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), Democratic

South Carolina

Senate
  • 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic
  • 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : James A. Black (1793-1848), Democratic …died April 3 1848.

    Daniel Wallace (1801-1859), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 12 1848.

  • : Richard F. Simpson (1798-1882), Democratic

  • : Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), Democratic

  • : Alexander D. Sims (1803-1848), Democratic …died November 16 1848.

    John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12 1849.

  • : Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic

  • : Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic

  • : R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic

Tennessee

Senate
  • 1: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic
  • 2: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, November 22 1847.
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic

  • : William M. Cocke (1815-1896), Whig

  • : John H. Crozier (1812-1889), Whig

  • : Hugh L. W. Hill (1810-1892), Democratic

  • : George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic

  • : James H. Thomas (1808-1876), Democratic

  • : Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig

  • : Washington Barrow (1807-1866), Whig

  • : Lucien B. Chase (1817-1864), Democratic

  • : Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894), Democratic

  • : William T. Haskell (1818-1859), Whig

Texas

Senate
  • 2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Democratic
  • 1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : David S. Kaufman (1813-1851), Democratic

  • : Timothy Pilsbury (1789-1858), Democratic

Vermont

Senate
  • 1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig
  • 3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : William Henry (1788-1861), Whig

  • : Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Whig

  • : George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Whig

  • : Lucius B. Peck (1802-1866), Democratic

Virginia

Senate
  • 1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
  • 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic
House of Representatives (15 seats)

  • : Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Democratic

  • : George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic …died April 27 1847, before Congress assembled.

    Richard K. Meade (1803-1862), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1847.

  • : Thomas S. Flournoy (1811-1883), Whig

  • : Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic

  • : William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig

  • : John M. Botts (1802-1869), Whig

  • : Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic

  • : Richard Lee T. Beale (1819-1893), Democratic

  • : John S. Pendleton (1802-1868), Whig

  • : Henry Bedinger (1812-1858), Democratic

  • : James McDowell (1795-1851), Democratic

  • : William B. Preston (1805-1862), Whig

  • : Andrew S. Fulton (1800-1884), Whig

  • : Robert A. Thompson (1805-1876), Democratic

  • : William G. Brown, Sr. (1800-1884), Democratic

Wisconsin

Senate
  • 1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 8 1848.
  • 3: Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 8 1848.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Mason C. Darling (1801-1866), Democratic

  • : William P. Lynde (1817-1885), Democratic

Delegates

Wisconsin Territory

  • : John H. Tweedy (1814-1891), Whig …served until May 29 1848.

    Henry H. Sibley (1811-1891), …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 15 1849.