25th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Twenty-fifth 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 1837 to March 3 1839, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Martin Van Buren.

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 Democratic majority.

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

Main article: 25th United States Congress
See also: 25th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1836

Dates of sessions

March 4 1837 - March 3 1839

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1837 – March 10 1837
  • First session: September 4 1837 - October 16 1837
  • Second session: December 4 1837 - July 9 1838
  • Third session: December 3 1838 - March 3 1839 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 24th Congress
Next congress: 26th 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 1838; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

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: John McKinley (1780-1852), Democratic …resigned April 22 1837.
    Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy June 19 1837.
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic

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

  • : Joab Lawler (1796-1838), Whig …died May 8 1838.

    George W. Crabb (1804-1846), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.

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

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

Arkansas

Senate
  • 2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic
  • 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Archibald Yell (1797-1847), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate
  • 1: John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic
  • 3: Perry Smith (1783-1852), Democratic
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic

  • : Samuel Ingham (1793-1881), Democratic

  • : Elisha Haley (1776-1860), Democratic

  • : Thomas T. Whittlesey (1798-1868), Democratic

  • : Lancelot Phelps (1784-1866), Democratic

  • : Orrin Holt (1792-1855), Democratic

Delaware

Senate
  • 1: Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), Whig
  • 2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig
House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: John P. King (1799-1888), Democratic …resigned November 1 1837.
    Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy November 22 1837.
  • 3: Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : Jesse F. Cleveland (1804-1841), Democratic

  • : William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig

  • : Thomas Glascock (1790-1841), Democratic

  • : Seaton Grantland (1782-1864), Democratic

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

  • : Hopkins Holsey (1779-1859), Democratic

  • : Jabez Y. Jackson (1790- ), Democratic

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

  • : George W. B. Towns (1801-1854), Democratic

Illinois

Senate
  • 2: John M. Robinson (1794-1843), Democratic
  • 3: Richard M. Young (1798-1861), Democratic
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Adam W. Snyder (1799-1842), Democratic

  • : Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Democratic

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

Indiana

Senate
  • 1: John Tipton (1786-1839), Democratic
  • 3: Oliver H. Smith (1794-1859), Whig
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Ratliff Boon (1781-1844), Democratic

  • : John Ewing (1789-1858), Whig

  • : William Graham (1782-1858), Whig

  • : George H. Dunn (1794-1854), Whig

  • : James Rariden (1795-1856), Whig

  • : William Herod (1801-1871), Whig

  • : Albert S. White (1803-1864), Whig

Kentucky

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

  • : John L. Murray (1806-1842), Democratic

  • : Edward Rumsey (1796-1868), Whig

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

  • : Sherrod Williams (1804- ), Whig

  • : James Harlan (1800-1863), Whig

  • : John Calhoon (1797- ), Whig

  • : John Pope (1770-1845), Independent Whig

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

  • : John White (1802-1845), Whig

  • : Richard Hawes (1797-1877), Whig

  • : Richard H. Menefee (1809-1841), Whig

  • : John Chambers (1780-1852), Whig

  • : William W. Southgate (1800-1849), Whig

Louisiana

Senate
  • 2: Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), Democratic
  • 3: Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), Democratic
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig

  • : Eleazar W. Ripley (1782-1839), Democratic …never qualified

  • : Rice Garland (1795c-1861), Whig

Maine

Senate
  • 2: John Ruggles (1789-1874), Democratic
  • 1: Reuel Williams (1783-1862), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress February 22 1837.
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic …resigned December 24 1838.

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

  • : Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838), Democratic …died February 24 1838.

    Edward Robinson (1796-1857), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 28 1838.

  • : George Evans (1797-1867), Whig

  • : Timothy J. Carter (1800-1838), Democratic …died March 14 1838.

    Virgil D. Parris (1807-1874), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 29 1838.

  • : Hugh J. Anderson (1801-1881), Democratic

  • : Joseph C. Noyes (1798-1868), Whig

  • : Thomas Davee (1797-1841), Democratic

Maryland

Senate
  • 1: Joseph Kent (1779-1837), Whig …died November 24 1837.
    William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Whig …elected to fill vacancy January 4 1838.
  • 3: John S. Spence (1788-1840), Whig
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : John Dennis (1807-1859), Whig

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

  • : John T. H. Worthington (1788-1849), Democratic

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

  • : Isaac McKim (1775-1838), Democratic …died April 1 1838.

    John P. Kennedy (1795-1870), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 30 1838.

  • : William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), Whig

  • : Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic

  • : Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), Whig

Massachusetts

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

  • : Richard Fletcher (1788-1869), Whig

  • : Stephen C. Phillips (1801-1857), Whig …resigned September 28 1838.

    Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1838.

  • : Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), Whig

  • : William Parmenter (1789-1866), Democratic

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

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

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

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

  • : William S. Hastings (1798-1842), Whig

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

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

  • : John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig

Michigan

Senate
  • 1: Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Democratic
  • 2: John Norvell (1789-1850), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), Democratic

Mississippi

Senate
  • 1: John Black ( -1854), Whig …resigned January 22 1838.
    James F. Trotter (1802-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy January 22 1838, resigned July 10 1838.
    Thomas H. Williams (1801-1851), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy November 12 1838, subsequently elected.
  • 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : John F. H. Claiborne (1809-1884), Democratic …contested election, served until February 5 1838.

    Thomas J. Word ( - ), Whig …contested election, seated February 5 1838.

  • : Samuel J. Gholson (1808-1883), Democratic …contested election, served until February 5 1838.

    Seargent S. Prentiss (1808-1850), Whig …contested election, seated February 5 1838.

Missouri

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

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

  • : John Miller (1781-1846), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 2: Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Democratic
  • 3: Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), Democratic
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic

  • : Samuel Cushman (1783-1851), Democratic

  • : James Farrington (1791-1859), Democratic

  • : Joseph Weeks (1773-1845), Democratic

  • : Jared W. Williams (1796-1864), Democratic

New Jersey

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

  • : John B. Aycrigg (1798-1856), Whig

  • : William Halstead (1794-1878), Whig

  • : John P. B. Maxwell (1804-1845), Whig

  • : Joseph F. Randolph (1803-1873), Whig

  • : Charles C. Stratton (1796-1859), Whig

  • : Thomas Jones Yorke (1801-1882), Whig

New York

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

  • : Thomas B. Jackson (1797-1881), Democratic

  • : Abraham Vanderveer (1781-1839), Democratic

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

  • : Edward Curtis (1801-1856), Whig

  • : Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1793-1856), Whig

  • : Ely Moore (1798-1860), Democratic

  • : Gouverneur Kemble (1786-1875), Democratic

  • : Obadiah Titus (1789-1854), Democratic

  • : Nathaniel Jones (1788-1866), Democratic

  • : John C. Brodhead (1780-1859), Democratic

  • : Robert McClellan (1806-1860), Democratic

  • : Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), Democratic

  • : Henry Vail (1782-1853), Democratic

  • : Albert Gallup (1796-1851), Democratic

  • : John I. De Graff (1783-1848), Democratic

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

  • : John Palmer (1785-1840), Democratic

  • : James B. Spencer (1781-1848), Democratic

  • : John Edwards (1781-1850), Democratic

  • : Arphaxed Loomis (1798-1885), Democratic

  • : Henry A. Foster (1800-1889), Democratic

  • : Abraham P. Grant (1804-1871), Democratic

  • : Isaac H. Bronson (1802-1855), Democratic

  • : John H. Prentiss (1784-1861), Democratic

  • : Amasa J. Parker (1807-1890), Democratic

  • : John C. Clark (1793-1852), Democratic

  • : Andrew D. W. Bruyn (1790-1838), Democratic …died July 27 1838.

    Cyrus Beers (1786-1850), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.

  • : Hiram Gray (1801-1890), Democratic

  • : Bennet Bicknell (1781-1841), Democratic

  • : William Taylor (1791-1865), Democratic

  • : William H. Noble (1788-1850), Democratic

  • : Samuel Birdsall (1791-1872), Democratic

  • : Mark H. Sibley (1796-1852), Whig

  • : John T. Andrews (1803-1894), Democratic

  • : Timothy Childs (1785-1847), Whig

  • : William Patterson (1789-1838), Whig …died August 14 1838.

    Harvey Putnam (1793-1855), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.

  • : Luther C. Peck (1800-1876), Whig

  • : Richard P. Marvin (1803-1892), Whig

  • : Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), Whig

  • : Charles F. Mitchell (1808c- ), Whig

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Bedford Brown (1795-1870), Democratic
  • 3: Robert Strange (1796-1854), Democratic
House of Representatives (13 seats)

  • : Samuel T. Sawyer (1800-1865), Whig

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

  • : Edward Stanly (1810-1872), Whig

  • : Charles B. Shepard (1808-1843), Whig

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

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

  • : Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig

  • : William Montgomery (1789-1844), Democratic

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

  • : Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), Whig

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

  • : James Graham (1793-1851), Whig

  • : Lewis Williams (1782-1842), Whig

Ohio

Senate
  • 1: Thomas Morris (1776-1844), Democratic
  • 3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
House of Representatives (19 seats)

  • : Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), Democratic

  • : Taylor Webster (1800-1876), Democratic

  • : Patrick G. Goode (1798-1862), Whig

  • : Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Whig

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

  • : Calvary Morris (1798-1871), Whig

  • : William K. BOND (1792-1864), Whig

  • : Joseph Ridgway (1783-1861), Whig

  • : John Chaney (1790-1881), Democratic

  • : Samson Mason (1793-1869), Whig

  • : James Alexander, Jr. (1789-1846), Whig

  • : Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig

  • : Daniel P. Leadbetter (1797-1870), Democratic

  • : William H. Hunter ( -1842), Democratic

  • : John W. Allen (1802-1887), Whig

  • : Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), Whig …resigned July 9 1838.

    Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.

  • : Andrew W. Loomis (1797-1873), Whig …resigned October 20 1837.

    Charles D. Coffin (1805-1880), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 20 1837.

  • : Matthias Shepler (1790-1863), Democratic

  • : Daniel Kilgore (1793-1851), Democratic …resigned July 4 1838.

    Henry Swearingen (1792c-1849), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1838.

Pennsylvania

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

  • : Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863), Democratic

  • : John Sergeant (1779-1852), Whig

  • : George W. Toland (1796-1869), Whig

  • : Francis J. Harper (1800-1837), Democratic …died March 18 1837, before Congress assembled.

    Charles Naylor (1806-1872), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated September 4 1837.

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

  • : Edward Davies (1779-1853), Anti-Masonic

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

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

  • : Mathias Morris (1787-1839), Whig

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

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

  • : Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), Democratic …resigned February 9 1838.

    George M. Keim (1805-1861), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 17 1838.

  • : Luther Reily (1794-1854), Democratic

  • : Henry Logan (1784-1866), Democratic

  • : Daniel Sheffer (1783-1880), Democratic

  • : Charles McClure (1804-1846), Democratic

  • : William W. Potter (1792-1839), Democratic

  • : David Petrikin (1788-1847), Democratic

  • : Robert H. Hammond (1791-1847), Democratic

  • : Samuel W. Morris (1786-1847), Democratic

  • : Charles Ogle (1798-1841), Anti-Masonic

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

  • : Andrew Buchanan (1780-1848), Democratic

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

  • : Richard Biddle (1796-1847), Anti-Masonic

  • : William Beatty (1787-1851), Democratic

  • : Thomas Henry (1779-1849), Anti-Masonic

  • : Arnold Plumer (1801-1869), Democratic

Rhode Island

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

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

  • : Joseph L. Tillinghast (1791-1844), Whig

South Carolina

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

  • : Hugh S. Legaré (1797-1843), Democratic

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

  • : John Campbell ( -1845), Nullifier

  • : Franklin H. Elmore (1799-1850), Nullifier

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

  • : Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), Whig

  • : William K. Clowney (1797-1851), Nullifier

  • : John P. Richardson (1801-1864), Democratic

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

Tennessee

Senate
  • 2: Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), Whig
  • 1: Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Democratic …resigned July 4 1838.
    Ephraim H. Foster (1794-1854), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy September 17 1838, subsequently elected, resigned March 3 1839.
House of Representatives (13 seats)

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

  • : Abraham McClellan (1789-1866), Democratic

  • : Joseph L. Williams (1810-1865), Whig

  • : James I. Standifer (1782-1837), Whig …died August 20 1837.

    William Stone (1791-1853), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 6 1837.

  • : Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic

  • : William B. Campbell (1807-1867), Whig

  • : John Bell (1797-1869), Whig

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

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

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

  • : Richard Cheatham (1799-1845), Whig

  • : John W. Crockett (1807-1852), Whig

  • : Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), Whig

Vermont

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

  • : Hiland Hall (1795-1885), Whig

  • : William Slade (1786-1859), Whig

  • : Horace Everett (1779-1851), Whig

  • : Heman Allen (1777-1844), Whig

  • : Isaac Fletcher (1784-1842), Democratic

Virginia

Senate
  • 1: William C. Rives (1793-1868), Democratic
  • 2: Richard E. Parker (1783-1840), Democratic …resigned March 13 1837.
    William H. Roane (1787-1845), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy March 14 1837.
House of Representatives (21 seats)

  • : Francis Mallory (1807-1860), Whig

  • : Francis E. Rives (1792-1861), Democratic

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

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

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

  • : Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic

  • : Archibald Stuart (1795-1855), Democratic

  • : Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Whig

  • : Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Whig

  • : John Taliaferro (1768-1852), Whig

  • : John Robertson (1787-1873), Whig

  • : James Garland (1791-1885), Democratic

  • : John M. Patton (1797-1858), Democratic …resigned in 1838.

    Linn Banks (1784-1842), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 19 1838.

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

  • : James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic

  • : Isaac S. Pennybacker (1805-1847), Democratic

  • : Robert Craig (1792-1852), Democratic

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

  • : Andrew Beirne (1771-1845), Democratic

  • : Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic

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

Delegates

Florida Territory

  • : Charles Downing ( -1845),

Iowa Territory

  • : William W. Chapman (1808-1892), Democratic …newly created territory, seated December 3 1838.

Wisconsin Territory

  • : James D. Doty (1799-1865), Democratic …contested election, seated January 14 1839.

  • : George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …contested election, served until January 14 1839.