34th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Thirty-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 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 majority.

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

Main article: 34th United States Congress
See also: 34th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1854

Dates of sessions

March 4 1855 - March 3 1857

  • 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

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1856; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

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: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic
  • 3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 26 1855.
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Percy Walker (1812-1880), American

  • : Eli S. Shorter (1823-1879), Democratic

  • : James F. Dowdell (1818-1871), Democratic

  • : William R. Smith (1815-1896), American

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

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

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

Arkansas

Senate
  • 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
  • 3: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Alfred B. Greenwood (1811-1889), Democratic

  • : Albert Rust ( -1870), Democratic

California

Senate
  • 1: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
  • 3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 13 1857.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : James W. Denver (1817-1892), Democratic

  • : Philemon T. Herbert (1825-1864), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate
  • 1: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic
  • 3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Opposition
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813-1896), American

  • : John Woodruff (1826-1868), American

  • : Sidney Dean (1818-1901), American

  • : William W. Welch (1818-1892), American

Delaware

Senate
  • 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
  • 2: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Opposition …died November 9 1856.
    Joseph P. Comegys (1813-1893), Opposition …appointed to fill vacancy, November 19 1856.
    Martin W. Bates (1786-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 14 1857.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Elisha D. Cullen (1799-1862), American

Florida

Senate
  • 1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic
  • 3: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Augustus E. Maxwell (1820-1903), Democratic

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Democratic
  • 3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : James L. Seward (1813-1886), Democratic

  • : Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Democratic

  • : Robert P. Trippe (1819-1900), American

  • : Hiram B. Warner (1802-1881), Democratic

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

  • : Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic

  • : Nathaniel G. Foster (1809-1869), American

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

Illinois

Senate
  • 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
  • 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Opposition

  • : James H. Woodworth (1804-1869), Opposition

  • : Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), Opposition

  • : James Knox (1807-1876), Opposition

  • : William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic …resigned August 25 1856.

    Jacob C. Davis (1820-1883), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1856.

  • : Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic

  • : James C. Allen (1822-1912), Democratic …contested election, seat declared vacant July 18 1856, subsequently elected, seated December 1 1856.

  • : Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic …resigned December 1 1856.

    James L. D. Morrison (1816-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1856.

  • : Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic

Indiana

Senate
  • 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
  • 3: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 4 1857.
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : Smith Miller (1804-1872), Democratic

  • : William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic

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

  • : William Cumback (1829-1905), Opposition

  • : David P. Holloway (1809-1883), Opposition

  • : Lucien Barbour (1811-1880), Opposition

  • : Harvey D. Scott (1818-1891), Opposition

  • : Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Opposition

  • : Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Opposition

  • : Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Opposition

  • : John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Opposition

Iowa

Senate
  • 2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic
  • 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Opposition …elected to fill vacancy, December 31 1855, seat declared vacant January 12 1857, subsequenty elected January 29 1857.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Augustus Hall (1814-1861), Democratic

  • : James Thorington (1816-1887), Opposition

Kentucky

Senate
  • 2: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Opposition
  • 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Opposition
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic

  • : John P. Campbell, Jr. (1820-1888), American

  • : Warner L. Underwood (1808-1872), American

  • : Albert G. Talbott (1808-1887), Democratic

  • : Joshua H. Jewett (1815-1861), Democratic

  • : John M. Elliott (1820-1879), Democratic

  • : Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), American

  • : Alexander K. Marshall (1808-1884), American

  • : Leander M. Cox (1812-1865), American

  • : Samuel F. Swope (1809-1865), American

Louisiana

Senate
  • 2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Opposition
  • 3: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : George Eustis, Jr. (1828-1872), American

  • : Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Democratic

  • : Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Democratic

  • : John M. Sandidge (1817-1890), Democratic

Maine

Senate
  • 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic …resigned January 7 1857.
    Amos Nourse (1794-1877), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 16 1857.
  • 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Opposition
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : John M. Wood (1813-1864), Opposition

  • : John J. Perry (1811-1897), Opposition

  • : Ebenezer Knowlton (1815-1874), Opposition

  • : Samuel P. Benson (1804-1876), Opposition

  • : Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Opposition

  • : Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808-1876), Democratic

Maryland

Senate
  • 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Opposition
  • 1: Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869), Opposition
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Democratic

  • : James B. Ricaud (1808-1866), American

  • : J. Morrison Harris (1817-1898), American

  • : Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), American

  • : Henry W. Hoffman (1825-1895), American

  • : Thomas F. Bowie (1808-1869), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Opposition
  • 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Opposition
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : Robert B. Hall (1812-1868), American

  • : James Buffinton (1817-1875), American

  • : William S. Damrell (1809-1860), American

  • : Linus B. Comins (1817-1892), American

  • : Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), American

  • : Timothy Davis (1821-1888), American

  • : Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), American

  • : Chauncey L. Knapp (1809-1898), American

  • : Alexander De Witt (1798-1879), American

  • : Calvin C. Chaffee (1811-1896), American

  • : Mark Trafton (1810-1901), American

Michigan

Senate
  • 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
  • 2: Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : William A. Howard (1813-1880), Opposition

  • : Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Opposition

  • : David S. Walbridge (1802-1868), Opposition

  • : George W. Peck (1818-1905), Democratic

Mississippi

Senate
  • 1: Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic
  • 2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Daniel B. Wright (1812-1887), Democratic

  • : Hendley S. Bennett (1807-1891), Democratic

  • : William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic

  • : William A. Lake (1808-1861), American

  • : John A. Quitman (1799-1858), Democratic

Missouri

Senate
  • 1: Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Opposition
  • 3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 12 1857.
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Luther M. Kennett (1807-1873), Opposition

  • : Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), Opposition

  • : James J. Lindley (1822-1891), Opposition

  • : Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898), Opposition

  • : John G. Miller (1812-1856), Opposition …died May 11 1856.

    Thomas P. Akers (1828-1877), American …elected to fill vacancy, seated August 18 1856.

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

  • : Samuel Caruthers (1820-1860), Opposition

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Opposition …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30 1855
  • 3: James Bell (1804-1857), Opposition …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, July 30 1855
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : James Pike (1818-1895), American

  • : Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), American

  • : Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), American

New Jersey

Senate
  • 1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic
  • 2: William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Isaiah D. Clawson (1822-1879), Opposition

  • : George R. Robbins (1808-1875), Opposition

  • : James Bishop (1816-1895), Opposition

  • : George Vail (1809-1875), Democratic

  • : Alexander C. M. Pennington (1810-1867), Opposition

New York

Senate
  • 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Opposition
  • 1: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Opposition
House of Representatives (33 seats)

  • : William Valk (1806-1879), American

  • : James S. T. Stranahan (1808-1898), Opposition

  • : Guy R. Pelton (1824-1890), Opposition

  • : John Kelly (1822-1886), Democratic

  • : Thomas R. Whitney (1807-1858), American

  • : John Wheeler (1823-1906), Democratic

  • : Thomas Child, Jr. (1818-1869), Opposition

  • : Abram Wakeman (1824-1889), Opposition

  • : Bayard Clarke (1815-1884), Opposition

  • : Ambrose S. Murray (1807-1885), Opposition

  • : Rufus H. King (1820-1890), Opposition

  • : Killian Miller (1785-1859), Opposition

  • : Russell Sage (1816-1906), Opposition

  • : Samuel Dickson (1807-1858), Opposition

  • : Edward Dodd (1805-1891), Opposition

  • : George A. Simmons (1791-1857), Opposition

  • : Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), Democratic

  • : Thomas R. Horton (1822-1894), Opposition

  • : Jonas A. Hughston (1808-1862), Opposition

  • : Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889), Opposition …resigned February 27 1857.

  • : Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Opposition

  • : Andrew Z. McCarty (1808-1879), Opposition

  • : William A. Gilbert (1815-1875), Opposition …resigned February 28 1857.

  • : Amos P. Granger (1789-1866), Opposition

  • : Edwin B. Morgan (1806-1881), Opposition

  • : Andrew Oliver (1815-1889), Democratic

  • : John M. Parker (1805-1873), Opposition

  • : William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), Opposition

  • : John Williams (1807-1875), Democratic

  • : Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887), Opposition

  • : Thomas T. Flagler (1811-1897), Opposition

  • : Solomon G. Haven (1810-1861), Opposition

  • : Francis S. Edwards (1817-1899), American

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic
  • 3: Asa Biggs (1811-1878), Democratic
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : Robert T. Paine (1812-1872), American

  • : Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic

  • : Warren Winslow (1810-1862), Democratic

  • : Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862), Democratic

  • : Edwin G. Reade (1812-1894), American

  • : Richard C. Puryear (1801-1867), American

  • : F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), Democratic

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

Ohio

Senate
  • 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Opposition
  • 3: George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Democratic
House of Representatives (21 seats)

  • : Timothy C. Day (1819-1869), Opposition

  • : John Scott Harrison (1804-1878), Opposition

  • : Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Opposition

  • : Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862), Opposition

  • : Richard Mott (1804-1888), Opposition

  • : Jonas R. Emrie (1812-1869), Opposition

  • : Aaron Harlan (1802-1868), Opposition

  • : Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Opposition

  • : Cooper K. Watson (1810-1880), Opposition

  • : Oscar F. Moore (1817-1885), Opposition

  • : Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), Opposition

  • : Samuel Galloway (1811-1872), Opposition

  • : John Sherman (1823-1900), Opposition

  • : Philemon Bliss (1813-1889), Opposition

  • : William R. Sapp (1804-1875), Opposition

  • : Edward Ball (1811-1872), Opposition

  • : Charles J. Albright (1816-1883), Opposition

  • : Benjamin F. Leiter (1813-1866), Opposition

  • : Edward Wade (1802-1866), Opposition

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

  • : John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Opposition

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 1: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
  • 3: William Bigler (1814-1880), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 14 1856.
House of Representatives (25 seats)

  • : Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic

  • : Job R. Tyson (1803-1858), Opposition

  • : William Millward (1822-1871), Opposition

  • : Jacob Broom (1808-1864), American

  • : John Cadwalader (1805-1879), Democratic

  • : John Hickman (1810-1875), Democratic

  • : Samuel C. Bradshaw (1809-1872), Opposition

  • : J. Glancey Jones (1811-1878), Democratic

  • : Anthony E. Roberts (1803-1885), Opposition

  • : John C. Kunkel (1816-1870), Opposition

  • : James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Opposition

  • : Henry M. Fuller (1820-1860), Opposition

  • : Asa Packer (1805-1879), Democratic

  • : Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Democratic

  • : John J. Pearce (1826-1912), Opposition

  • : Lemuel Todd (1817-1891), Opposition

  • : David F. Robison (1816-1859), Opposition

  • : John R. Edie (1814-1888), Opposition

  • : John Covode (1808-1871), Opposition

  • : Jonathan Knight (1787-1858), Opposition

  • : David Ritchie (1812-1867), Opposition

  • : Samuel A. Purviance (1809-1882), Opposition

  • : John Allison (1812-1878), Opposition

  • : David Barclay (1823-1889), Democratic

  • : John [...] (1794-1872), Opposition

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 1: Charles T. James (1805-1862), Democratic
  • 2: Philip Allen (1785-1865), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Nathaniel B. Durfee (1812-1872), American

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

South Carolina

Senate
  • 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic
  • 2: Josiah J. Evans (1786-1858), Democratic
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic

  • : William Aiken (1806-1887), Democratic

  • : Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), Democratic …resigned July 16 1856, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, seated August 6 1856.

  • : Preston S. Brooks (1819-1857), Democratic …resigned July 14 1856, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, seated August 1 1856, died January 27 1857.

  • : James L. Orr (1822-1873), Democratic

  • : William W. Boyce (1818-1890), Democratic

Tennessee

Senate
  • 2: John Bell (1797-1869), Opposition
  • 1: James C. Jones (1809-1859), Opposition
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Albert G. Watkins (1818-1895), Democratic

  • : William H. Sneed (1812-1869), American

  • : Samuel A. Smith (1822-1863), Democratic

  • : John H. Savage (1815-1904), Democratic

  • : Charles Ready (1802-1878), American

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

  • : John V. Wright (1828-1908), Democratic

  • : Felix K. Zollicoffer (1812-1862), American

  • : Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), American

  • : Thomas Rivers (1819-1863), American

Texas

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

  • : Lemuel D. Evans (1810-1877), American

  • : Peter H. Bell (1812-1898), Democratic

Vermont

Senate
  • 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Opposition
  • 3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Opposition
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : James Meacham (1810-1856), Opposition …died August 23 1856.

    George T. Hodges (1789-1860), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1856.

  • : Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Opposition

  • : Alvah Sabin (1793-1885), Opposition

Virginia

Senate
  • 1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
  • 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic
House of Representatives (13 seats)

  • : Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic …died June 23 1856.

    Muscoe R. H. Garnett (1821-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1856.

  • : John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic

  • : John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Democratic

  • : William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic

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

  • : Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic

  • : William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic

  • : Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Democratic

  • : John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic

  • : Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872), Democratic

  • : John S. Carlile (1817-1878), American

  • : Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic

  • : LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic

Wisconsin

Senate
  • 1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic
  • 3: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Opposition
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Daniel Wells, Jr. (1808-1902), Democratic

  • : Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Opposition

  • : Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), Opposition

Delegates

Kansas Territory

  • : John W. Whitfield (1818-1879), Democratic

Minnesota Territory

  • : Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic

Nebraska Territory

  • : Bird B. Chapman (1821-1871), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

  • : José Manuel Gallegos (1815-1875), Democratic

    Miguel A. Otero (1829-1882), Democratic
Oregon Territory

  • : Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic

Utah Territory

  • : John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881),

Washington Territory

  • : James P. Anderson (1822-1872), Democratic