32nd United States Congress
Template:Short description Template:Infobox United States Congress The 32nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1851, to March 4, 1853, during the last two years of Millard Fillmore's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1840 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
It was one of the least active Congresses, forwarding only 74 bills that were signed by the president.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:TOC limit
Major events
- March 20, 1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin published.
- July 1, 1852: Henry Clay was the first to lie in state in the United States Capitol rotunda.
- November 2, 1852: 1852 United States presidential election: Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig Winfield Scott.
Major legislation
- March 2, 1853: An act providing for administering the oath of office to William R. King, Vice President elect of the United States of America. Sess. 2, Ch. 93, Template:USStat
Territories organized
- March 2, 1853: Washington Territory was formed from Oregon Territory.
Party summary
Senate
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House of Representatives
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| Democratic (D) |
Independent Democratic (ID) |
Free Soil (FS) |
Southern Rights (SR) |
Union (U) |
Whig (W) |
Independent Whig (IW) |
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| End of previous Congress | Template:Party shading/Democratic | 113 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 231 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Begin | Template:Party shading/Democratic | 127 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 233 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| End | Template:Party shading/Democratic | 125 | 86 | 232 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final voting share | Template:Party shading/Democratic | 54.7% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 4.3% | 36.8% | 0.4% | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning of next Congress | Template:Party shading/Democratic | 158 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 234 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leadership
Senate
- President: Vacant (since the ascension of Millard Fillmore to U.S. President on July 9, 1850)
- President pro tempore: William R. King (D), until December 20, 1852
- David R. Atchison (D), from December 20, 1852
House of Representatives
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives by district.
Senate
Template:Main 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 with this Congress, facing re-election in 1856; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1854. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break
- Template:Party stripe2. Jeremiah Clemens (D)
- Template:Party stripe3. William R. King (D), until December 20, 1852
- Template:Party stripeBenjamin Fitzpatrick (D), from January 14, 1853
- Template:Party stripe1. John B. Weller (D), from January 30, 1852
- Template:Party stripe3. William M. Gwin (D)
- Template:Party stripe1. Isaac Toucey (D), from May 12, 1852
- Template:Party stripe3. Truman Smith (W)
- Template:Party stripe2. John Macpherson Berrien (W), until May 28, 1852
- Template:Party stripeRobert M. Charlton (D), from May 31, 1852
- Template:Party stripe3. William C. Dawson (W)
- Template:Party stripe1. Jesse D. Bright (D)
- Template:Party stripe3. James Whitcomb (D), until October 4, 1852
- Template:Party stripeCharles W. Cathcart (D), from December 6, 1852, until January 18, 1853
- Template:Party stripeJohn Pettit (D), from January 18, 1853
- Template:Party stripe2. Joseph R. Underwood (W)
- Template:Party stripe3. Henry Clay (W), until June 29, 1852
- Template:Party stripeDavid Meriwether (D), from July 6, 1852, until August 31, 1852
- Template:Party stripeArchibald Dixon (W), from September 1, 1852
- Template:Party stripe1. Charles Sumner (FS), from April 24, 1851
- Template:Party stripe2. John Davis (W)
- Template:Party stripe1. Jefferson Davis (D), until September 23, 1851
- Template:Party stripeJohn J. McRae (D), from December 1, 1851, until March 17, 1852
- Template:Party stripeStephen Adams (D), from March 17, 1852
- Template:Party stripe2. Henry S. Foote (D), until January 8, 1852
- Template:Party stripeWalker Brooke (W), from February 18, 1852
- Template:Party stripe1. Robert F. Stockton (D), until January 1, 1853
- Template:Party stripe2. Jacob W. Miller (W)
- Template:Party stripe1. Hamilton Fish (W), from March 19, 1851
- Template:Party stripe3. William H. Seward (W)
- Template:Party stripe1. Benjamin Wade (W), from March 15, 1851
- Template:Party stripe3. Salmon P. Chase (FS)
- Template:Party stripe2. Robert Rhett (D), until May 7, 1852
- Template:Party stripeWilliam F. De Saussure (D), from May 10, 1852
- Template:Party stripe3. Andrew Butler (D)
- Template:Party stripe1. Solomon Foot (W)
- Template:Party stripe3. William Upham (W), until January 14, 1853
- Template:Party stripeSamuel S. Phelps (W), from January 17, 1853
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House of Representatives
The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Bragg (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Abercrombie (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sampson W. Harris (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William R. Smith (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George S. Houston (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Williamson R. W. Cobb (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander White (W)
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward C. Marshall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph W. McCorkle (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Chapman (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Colin M. Ingersoll (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chauncey F. Cleveland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Origen S. Seymour (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph W. Jackson (SR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Johnson (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David J. Bailey (SR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Murphey (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elijah W. Chastain (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Junius Hillyer (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander H. Stephens (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert A. Toombs (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Bissell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Willis Allen (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Orlando B. Ficklin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard S. Molony (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William A. Richardson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thompson Campbell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Yates (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Lockhart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cyrus L. Dunham (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John L. Robinson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel W. Parker (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas A. Hendricks (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Willis A. Gorman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Davis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Mace (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Graham N. Fitch (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Brenton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bernhart Henn (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lincoln Clark (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Linn Boyd (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin E. Grey (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Presley Ewing (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William T. Ward (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James W. Stone (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Addison White (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Humphrey Marshall (W), until August 4, 1852
- Template:Party stripeWilliam Preston (W), from December 6, 1852
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John C. Breckinridge (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John C. Mason (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard H. Stanton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Louis St. Martin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. Aristide Landry (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander G. Penn (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Moore (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Moses MacDonald (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Appleton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Goodenow (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Andrews (D), until April 30, 1852
- Template:Party stripeIsaac Reed (W), from June 25, 1852
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ephraim K. Smart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Israel Washburn Jr. (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas J. D. Fuller (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Bowie (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William T. Hamilton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Hammond (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Yates Walsh (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Evans (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph S. Cottman (IW)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Appleton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Rantoul Jr. (D), until August 7, 1852
- Template:Party stripeFrancis B. Fay (W), from December 13, 1852
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James H. Duncan (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Thompson (W), until September 24, 1852
- Template:Party stripeLorenzo Sabine (W), from December 13, 1852
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Allen (FS)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George T. Davis (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Z. Goodrich (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Horace Mann (FS)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Orin Fowler (W), until September 3, 1852
- Template:Party stripeEdward P. Little (D), from December 13, 1852
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Zeno Scudder (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ebenezer J. Penniman (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles E. Stuart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James L. Conger (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin D. Nabers (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John A. Wilcox (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John D. Freeman (U)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert G. Brown (SR)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John F. Darby (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gilchrist Porter (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Miller (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Willard P. Hall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John S. Phelps (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Amos Tuck (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles H. Peaslee (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jared Perkins (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harry Hibbard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathan T. Stratton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Skelton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac Wildrick (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George H. Brown (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rodman M. Price (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Floyd (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Obadiah Bowne (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Emanuel B. Hart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Haws (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Briggs (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Brooks (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham P. Stephens (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gilbert Dean (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Murray (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marius Schoonmaker (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Josiah Sutherland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David L. Seymour (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John L. Schoolcraft (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Boyd (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Russell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Wells (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander H. Buell (D), until January 29, 1853
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Preston King (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Willard Ives (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Timothy Jenkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Snow (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Bennett (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Leander Babcock (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel T. Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Y. Howe Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry S. Walbridge (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William A. Sackett (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham M. Schermerhorn (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jerediah Horsford (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Reuben Robie (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick S. Martin (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Solomon G. Haven (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustus P. Hascall (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lorenzo Burrows (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas L. Clingman (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph P. Caldwell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred Dockery (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James T. Morehead (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham W. Venable (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John R. J. Daniel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Ashe (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Stanly (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Outlaw (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David T. Disney (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis D. Campbell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hiram Bell (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Stanton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred P. Edgerton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick W. Green (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nelson Barrere (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John L. Taylor (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edson B. Olds (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Sweetser (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George H. Busby (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Welch (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James M. Gaylord (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Harper (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William F. Hunter (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Johnson (ID)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Cable (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David K. Cartter (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Eben Newton (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joshua R. Giddings (FS)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Norton S. Townshend (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas B. Florence (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph R. Chandler (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry D. Moore (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Robbins Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John McNair (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Ross (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John A. Morrison (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thaddeus Stevens (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. Glancey Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Milo M. Dimmick (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry M. Fuller (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Galusha A. Grow (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Gamble (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas M. Bibighaus (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Kurtz (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James X. McLanahan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Parker (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John L. Dawson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph H. Kuhns (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Allison (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas M. Howe (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Howe (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Carlton B. Curtis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred Gilmore (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George G. King (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin B. Thurston (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Wallace (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James L. Orr (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph A. Woodward (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John McQueen (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Armistead Burt (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Aiken Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William F. Colcock (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Johnson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert G. Watkins (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William M. Churchwell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Savage (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W.Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Polk (ID)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Meredith P. Gentry (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Cullom (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isham G. Harris (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick P. Stanton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Christopher H. Williams (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richardson A. Scurry (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Volney E. Howard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ahiman L. Miner (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Hebard (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Meacham (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Bartlett Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John S. Millson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard K. Meade (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. Averett (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas S. Bocock (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Paulus Powell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Caskie (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. Bayly (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander Holladay (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James F. Strother (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles J. Faulkner Sr. (W)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Letcher (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry A. Edmundson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. LaFayette McMullen (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James M. H. Beale (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Thompson (D), until July 30, 1852
- Template:Party stripeSherrard Clemens (D), from December 6, 1852
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Durkee (FS)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ben C. Eastman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James D. Doty (ID)
Non-voting members
- Template:0Template:Ushr. Henry H. Sibley
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard H. Weightman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Lane (D)
- Template:0Template:Ushr. John M. Bernhisel
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 8
- Democrats (D): 1 seat net gain
- Whigs (W): 1 seat net loss
- Deaths: 3
- Resignations: 6
- Interim appointments: 3
- Total seats with changes: 13
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| Ohio
(1)
| Vacant
| Failure to elect.
The winner was elected late on March 15, 1851, on the 37th ballot over the incumbent appointee.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Successor was elected March 15, 1851.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Benjamin Wade (W)
| Elected March 15, 1851
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| New York
(1)
| Vacant
| Failure to elect.
Successor was elected March 19, 1851.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Hamilton Fish (W)
| Elected March 19, 1851
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| Massachusetts
(1)
| Vacant
| Failure to elect.
Successor was elected April 24, 1851.
| Template:Party shading/Free Soil | Charles Sumner (FS)
| Elected April 24, 1851
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| California
(1)
| Vacant
| Failure to elect.
Successor was elected January 30, 1852.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | John B. Weller (D)
| Elected January 30, 1852
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| Connecticut
(1)
| Vacant
| Failure to elect.
Successor was elected May 12, 1852.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Isaac Toucey (D)
| Seated May 12, 1852
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| Mississippi
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Jefferson Davis (D)
| Resigned September 23, 1851, to run for Governor of Mississippi.
Successor appointed December 1, 1851.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | John J. McRae (D)
| Appointed December 1, 1851
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| Mississippi
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Henry S. Foote (D)
| Resigned January 8, 1852, to become Governor of Mississippi.
Successor elected February 18, 1852.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Walker Brooke (W)
| Elected February 18, 1852
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| Mississippi
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | John J. McRae (D)
| Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.
Successor elected March 17, 1852.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Stephen Adams (D)
| Elected March 17, 1852
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| South Carolina
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Robert Rhett (D)
| Resigned May 7, 1852.
Successor appointed May 10, 1852, and elected sometime thereafter to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | William F. De Saussure (D)
| Appointed May 10, 1852
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| Georgia
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | John M. Berrien (W)
| Resigned May 28, 1852.
Successor appointed May 31, 1852, to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Robert M. Charlton (D)
| Appointed May 31, 1852
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| Kentucky
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Henry Clay (W)
| Died June 29, 1852.
Successor appointed July 6, 1852.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | David Meriwether (D)
| Appointed July 6, 1852
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| Indiana
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | James Whitcomb (D)
| Died October 4, 1852.
Successor appointed December 6, 1852.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Charles W. Cathcart (D)
| Appointed December 6, 1852
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| Kentucky
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | David Meriwether (D)
| Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.
Successor elected September 1, 1852.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Archibald Dixon (W)
| Elected September 1, 1852
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| Alabama
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | William R. King (D)
| Resigned December 20, 1852, due to ill health, having recently being elected Vice President of the United States
Successor appointed January 14, 1853, and elected December 12, 1853<ref name=Byrd>Template:Cite book</ref> thereafter to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D)
| Appointed January 14, 1853
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| New Jersey
(1)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Robert F. Stockton (D)
| Resigned January 1, 1853, to become president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company.
Successor was not elected until the next Congress.
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| Vermont
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Whig | William Upham (W)
| Died January 14, 1853.
Successor appointed January 17, 1853, to continue the term.
| Template:Party shading/Whig | Samuel S. Phelps (W)
| Appointed January 17, 1853
|-
| Indiana
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | Charles W. Cathcart (D)
| Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.
Successor elected January 18, 1853.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic | John Pettit (D)
| Elected January 18, 1853
|}
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 6
- Democrats (D): 1 seat net loss
- Whigs (W): 1 seat net gain
- Deaths: 2
- Resignations: 5
- Total seats with changes: 7
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|- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Charles Andrews (D) | Died April 30, 1852 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Isaac Reed (W) | Seated June 25, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | George W. Thompson (D) | Resigned July 30, 1852, after being appointed judge of the Circuit Court of Virginia | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Sherrard Clemens (D) | Seated December 6, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Humphrey Marshall (W) | Resigned August 4, 1852, after being appointed Minister to China | Template:Party shading/Whig | William Preston (W) | Seated December 6, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Robert Rantoul Jr. (D) | Died August 7, 1852 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Francis B. Fay (W) | Seated December 13, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Orin Fowler (W) | Died September 3, 1852 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Edward P. Little (D) | Seated December 13, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Whig | Benjamin Thompson (W) | Died September 24, 1852 | Template:Party shading/Whig | Lorenzo Sabine (W) | Seated December 13, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Alexander H. Buell (D) | Died January 29, 1853 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
- Agriculture (Chairman: Pierre Soule)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Augustus Dodge)
- Claims (Chairman: Richard Brodhead)
- Commerce (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin)
- Contested Election of 1850 (Chairman: N/A)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: James Shields)
- Emigrant Route and Telegraphic Line to California (Select)
- Ether Discovery (Select)
- Finance (Chairman: Robert M.T. Hunter)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: James M. Mason)
- French Spoilations (Select)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: David R. Atchison)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Andrew P. Butler)
- Manufactures (Chairman: William K. Sebastian)
- Library (Chairman: James A. Pearce)
- Mexican Boundary (Select)
- Mexican Boundary Commission (Select)
- Mexican Claims Commission (Select)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: James Shields)
- Militia (Chairman: Sam Houston)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: William M. Gwin)
- Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
- Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Moses Norris Jr. and Charles T. James)
- Pensions (Chairman: George Wallace Jones)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas J. Rusk)
- Printing (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Solomon W. Downs)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: James Whitcomb)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Alpheus Felch)
- Purchase of Catlin's Collection of Indian Scenes (Select)
- Retrenchment (Chairman: James W. Bradbury)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Issac P. Walker)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: Jesse D. Bright)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Territories (Chairman: Stephen A. Douglas)
- Seventh Census (Select)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: John C. Mason)
- Agriculture (Chairman: John G. Floyd)
- Bounty Land Act of 1850 (Select)
- Bounty Land Bill (Chairman: Cyrus L. Dunham)
- Claims (Chairman: John Reeves Jones Daniel)
- Commerce (Chairman: David L. Seymour)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Orlando B. Ficklin)
- Elections (Chairman: William S. Ashe)
- Engraving (Chairman: Edward Hammond)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Fayette McMullen)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Alexander G. Penn)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Charles E. Stuart)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Benjamin B. Thurston)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Milo M. Dimmick)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas Bartlett Jr.)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas H. Bayly)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Robert W. Johnson)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isham G. Harris)
- Judiciary (Chairman: James X. McLanahan)
- Manufactures (Chairman: James M.H. Beale)
- Mileage (Chairman: Thomas A. Hendricks)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: William H. Bissell)
- Militia (Chairman: Charles H. Peaslee)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick P. Stanton)
- Patents (Chairman: David K. Cartter)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edson B. Olds)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Timothy Jenkins)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard H. Stanton)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: Charles Sweetser)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Willard P. Hall)
- Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Williamson R. W. Cobb)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Moses Macdonald)
- Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John S. Millson)
- Roads and Canals (Chairman: John L. Robinson)
- Rules (Chairman: Willard P. Hall)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: William A. Richardson)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: George S. Houston)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Isaac Wildrick)
- The Library (Chairman: Joseph R. Chandler)
- Printing (Chairman: Willis A. Gorman)
Caucuses
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11, 1851
- Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan
Senate
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Ralph Randolph Gurley (Presbyterian), until December 1, 1851
- Lyttleton Morgan (Methodist), elected December 1, 1851
- James Gallagher (Presbyterian), elected December 6, 1852
- Clerk: Richard M. Young, until December 1, 1851
- John W. Forney, from December 1, 1851
- Doorkeeper: Zadock W. McKnew
- Reading Clerks: Template:Dm
- Sergeant at Arms: Adam J. Glossbrenner
- Postmaster: John M. Johnson
See also
- 1850 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1852 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)