28th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Twenty-eighth 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 1843 to March 3 1845, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President John Tyler.

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 Whig majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

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

Main article: 28th United States Congress
See also: 28th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1842

Dates of sessions

March 4 1843 - March 3 1845

  • First session: December 4 1843 - June 17 1844
  • Second session: December 2 1844 - March 3 1845 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 27th Congress
Next congress: 29th 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 1844; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in 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
  • 2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic …resigned April 14 1844.
    Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, April 22 1844, subsequently elected.
  • 3: Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : James Dellet (1788-1848), Whig

  • : James E. Belser (1805-1859), Democratic

  • : Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …resigned April 22 1844.

    William L. Yancey (1814-1863), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1844.

  • : William W. Payne (1807-1874), Democratic

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

  • : Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic

  • : Felix G. McConnell (1809-1846), Democratic

Arkansas

Senate
  • 2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic …died August 15 1844.
    Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 8 1844.
  • 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Edward Cross (1798-1887), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate
  • 1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig
  • 3: John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Thomas H. Seymour (1807-1868), Democratic

  • : John Stewart (1795-1860), Democratic

  • : George S. Catlin (1808-1851), Democratic

  • : Samuel Simons (1792-1847), Democratic

Delaware

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

  • : George B. Rodney (1803-1883), Whig

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig
  • 3: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : Edward J. Black (1806-1846), Democratic

  • : Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic

  • : Mark A. Cooper (1800-1885), Democratic …resigned April 14 1844.

    Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1843.

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

  • : John B. Lamar (1812-1862), Democratic …resigned July 29 1843, before Congress assembled.

    Absalom H. Chappell (1801-1878), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1843.

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

  • : John Millen (1804-1843), Democratic …died October 15 1843, before Congress assembled.

    Duncan L. Clinch (1787-1849), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 15 1844.

  • : William H. Stiles (1808-1865), Democratic

Illinois

Senate
  • 2: Samuel McRoberts (1799-1843), Democratic …died March 27 1843.
    James Semple (1798-1866), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, August 16 1843, subsequently elected.
  • 3: Sidney Breese (1800-1878), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Robert Smith (1802-1867), Democratic

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

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

  • : John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic

  • : Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic

  • : Joseph P. Hoge (1810-1891), Democratic

  • : John J. Hardin (1810-1847), Whig

Indiana

Senate
  • 1: Albert S. White (1803-1864), Whig
  • 3: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Robert D. Owen (1801-1877), Democratic

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

  • : Thomas Smith (1799-1876), Democratic

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

  • : William J. Brown (1805-1857), Democratic

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

  • : Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867), Democratic

  • : John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic

  • : Samuel C. Sample (1796-1855), Whig

  • : Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847), Democratic

Kentucky

Senate
  • 2: James T. Morehead (1797-1854), Whig
  • 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic

  • : Willis Green ( - ), Whig

  • : Henry Grider (1796-1866), Whig

  • : George A. Caldwell (1814-1866), Democratic

  • : James W. Stone (1813-1854), Democratic

  • : John White (1802-1845), Whig

  • : William P. Thomasson (1797-1882), Whig

  • : Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig

  • : Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic

  • : John W. Tibbatts (1802-1852), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate
  • 2: Alexander Barrow (1801-1846), Whig
  • 3: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 12 1844.
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic

  • : Alcée L. La Branche (1806-1861), Democratic

  • : John B. Dawson (1798-1845), Democratic

  • : Pierre E. J. B. Bossier (1797-1844), Democratic …died April 24 1844.

    Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1844.

Maine

Senate
  • 2: George Evans (1797-1867), Whig
  • 1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Joshua Herrick (1793-1874), Democratic

  • : Robert P. Dunlap (1794-1859), Democratic

  • : Luther Severance (1797-1855), Whig

  • : Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Whig

  • : Benjamin White (1790-1860), Democratic …seated December 2 1844.

  • : Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic

  • : Shepard Cary (1805-1866), Democratic …seated May 10 1844.

Maryland

Senate
  • 1: William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Whig
  • 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : John M. S. Causin (1811-1861), Whig

  • : Francis Brengle (1807-1846), Whig

  • : John Wethered (1809-1888), Whig

  • : John P. Kennedy (1795-1870), Whig

  • : Jacob A. Preston (1796-1868), Whig

  • : Thomas A. Spence (1810-1877), Whig

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 2: Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig
  • 1: Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Whig
House of Representatives (10 seats)

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

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

  • : Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Whig

  • : William Parmenter (1789-1866), Democratic

  • : Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Whig

  • : Osmyn Baker (1800-1875), Whig

  • : Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig

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

  • : Henry Williams (1805-1887), Democratic

  • : Barker Burnell (1798-1843), Whig …died June 15 1843, before Congress assembled.

    Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1843.

Michigan

Senate
  • 1: Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), Whig
  • 2: William Woodbridge (1780-1861), Whig
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Democratic

  • : Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Democratic

  • : James B. Hunt (1799-1857), Democratic

Mississippi

Senate
  • 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic
  • 1: John Henderson (1797-1857), Whig
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : William H. Hammett (1799-1861), Democratic

  • : Robert W. Roberts (1784-1865), Democratic

  • : Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic

  • : Tilghman M. Tucker (1802-1859), Democratic

Missouri

Senate
  • 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
  • 3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic …died October 3 1843.
    David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1844.
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Gustavus M. Bower (1790-1864), Democratic

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

  • : James M. Hughes (1809-1861), Democratic

  • : John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic

  • : James H. Relfe (1791-1863), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 2: Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), Democratic
  • 3: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Edmund Burke (1809-1882), Democratic

  • : John P. Hale (1806-1873), Democratic

  • : Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic

  • : John R. Reding (1805-1892), Democratic

New Jersey

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

  • : Lucius Q. C. Elmer (1793-1883), Democratic

  • : George Sykes (1802-1880), Democratic

  • : Isaac G. Farlee (1787-1855), Democratic

  • : Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859), Democratic

  • : William Wright (1794-1866), Independent Whig

New York

Senate
  • 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic …resigned November 26 1844.
    Henry A. Foster (1800-1889), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30 1844.
    John A. Dix (1798-1879), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 18 1845.
  • 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Whig …resigned June 17 1844.
    Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30 1844.
House of Representatives (34 seats)

  • : Selah B. Strong (1792-1872), Democratic

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

  • : J. Phillips Phoenix (1788-1859), Whig

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

  • : Moses G. Leonard (1809-1899), Democratic

  • : Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Whig

  • : Joseph H. Anderson (1800-1870), Democratic

  • : Richard D. Davis (1799-1871), Democratic

  • : James G. Clinton (1804-1849), Democratic

  • : Jeremiah Russell (1786-1867), Democratic

  • : Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), Democratic

  • : David L. Seymour (1803-1867), Democratic

  • : Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), Whig

  • : Charles Rogers (1800-1874), Whig

  • : Lemuel Stetson (1804-1868), Democratic

  • : Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854), Democratic

  • : Charles S. Benton (1810-1882), Democratic

  • : Preston King (1806-1865), Democratic

  • : Orville Hungerford (1790-1851), Democratic

  • : Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic …resigned March 6 1844.

    Levi D. Carpenter (1802-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1844.

  • : Jeremiah E. Cary (1803-1888), Democratic

  • : Smith M. Purdy (1796-1870), Democratic

  • : Orville Robinson (1801-1882), Democratic

  • : Horace Wheaton (1803-1882), Democratic

  • : George O. Rathbun (1803-1870), Democratic

  • : Amasa Dana (1792-1867), Democratic

  • : Byram Green (1786-1865), Democratic

  • : Thomas J. Patterson (1808c- ), Whig

  • : Charles H. Carroll (1794-1865), Whig

  • : William S. Hubbell (1801-1873), Democratic

  • : Asher Tyler (1798-1875), Whig

  • : William A. Moseley (1798-1873), Whig

  • : Albert Smith (1805-1870), Whig

  • : Washington Hunt (1811-1867), Whig

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
  • 3: William H. Haywood, Jr. (1801-1852), Democratic
House of Representatives (9 seats)

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

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

  • : David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic

  • : Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig

  • : Romulus M. Saunders (1791-1867), Democratic

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

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

  • : Archibald H. Arrington (1809-1872), Democratic

  • : Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), Whig

Ohio

Senate
  • 3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
  • 1: Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), Democratic
House of Representatives (21 seats)

  • : Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), Democratic

  • : John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic

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

  • : Joseph Vance (1786-1852), Whig

  • : Emery D. Potter (1804-1896), Democratic

  • : Henry St. John (1783-1869), Democratic

  • : Joseph J. McDowell (1800-1877), Democratic

  • : John I. Vanmeter (1798-1875), Whig

  • : Elias Florence (1797-1880), Whig

  • : Heman Allen Moore (1809-1844), Democratic …died April 3 1844.

    Alfred P. Stone (1813-1865), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1844.

  • : Jacob Brinkerhoff (1810-1880), Democratic

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

  • : Perley B. Johnson (1798-1870), Whig

  • : Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig

  • : Joseph Morris (1795-1854), Democratic

  • : James Mathews (1805-1887), Democratic

  • : William C. McCauslen (1796-1863), Democratic

  • : Ezra Dean (1795-1872), Democratic

  • : Daniel R. Tilden (1804-1890), Whig

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

  • : Henry R. Brinkerhoff (1787-1844), Democratic …died April 30 1844.

    Edward S. Hamlin (1808-1894), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1844.

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic
  • 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic
House of Representatives (24 seats)

  • : Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Whig

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

  • : John T. Smith ( - ), Democratic

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

  • : Jacob S. Yost (1801-1872), Democratic

  • : Michael H. Jenks (1795-1867), Whig

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

  • : Jeremiah Brown (1785-1858), Whig

  • : John Ritter (1779-1851), Democratic

  • : Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic

  • : Benjamin A. Bidlack (1804-1849), Democratic

  • : Almon H. Read (1790-1844), Democratic …died June 3 1844.

    George Fuller (1802-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1844.

  • : Henry Frick (1795-1844), Whig …died March 1 1844.

    James Pollock (1810-1890), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 23 1844.

  • : Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Whig

  • : Henry Nes (1799-1850), [[Democratic Party (United States)|Independent Democratic])

  • : James Black (1793-1872), Democratic

  • : James Irvin (1800-1862), Whig

  • : Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Whig

  • : Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Democratic

  • : John Dickey (1794-1853), Whig

  • : William Wilkins (1779-1865), Democratic …resigned February 14 1844.

    Cornelius Darragh (1809-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 26 1844.

  • : Samuel Hays (1783-1868), Democratic

  • : Charles M. Reed (1803-1871), Whig

  • : Joseph Buffington (1803-1872), Whig

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 2: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Whig
  • 1: William Sprague (1799-1856), Whig …resigned January 17 1844.
    John B. Francis (1791-1864), Law and Order …elected to fill vacancy, January 25 1844.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Henry Y. Cranston (1789-1864), Law and Order

  • : Elisha R. Potter (1811-1882), Law and Order

South Carolina

Senate
  • 3: George McDuffie (1790-1851), Democratic
  • 2: Daniel E. Huger (1779-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, March 4 1843, resigned March 3 1845.
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : James A. Black (1793-1848), Democratic

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

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

  • : John Campbell (1795-1845), Democratic

  • : Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic

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

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

Tennessee

Senate
  • 1: Ephraim H. Foster (1794-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 17 1843.
  • 2: Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, October 17 1843.
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic

  • : William T. Senter (1801-1848), Whig

  • : Julius W. Blackwell (1797c- ), Democratic

  • : Alvan Cullom (1797-1877), Democratic

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

  • : Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), Democratic

  • : David W. Dickinson (1808-1845), Whig

  • : Joseph H. Peyton (1808-1845), Whig

  • : Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic

  • : John B. Ashe (1810-1857), Whig

  • : Milton Brown (1804-1883), Whig

Vermont

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

  • : Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig

  • : Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Whig

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

  • : Paul Dillingham, Jr. (1799-1891), Democratic

Virginia

Senate
  • 1: William C. Rives (1793-1868), Whig
  • 2: William S. Archer (1789-1855), Whig
House of Representatives (15 seats)

  • : Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Democratic

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

  • : Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic

  • : Edmund W. Hubard (1806-1878), Democratic

  • : Thomas W. Gilmer (1802-1844), Democratic …resigned February 16 1844.

    William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 10 1844.

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

  • : Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Democratic …resigned February 12 1844.

    Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 6 1844.

  • : Willoughby Newton (1802-1874), Whig

  • : Samuel Chilton (1804-1867), Whig

  • : William Lucas (1800-1877), Democratic

  • : William Taylor (1788-1846), Democratic

  • : Augustus A. Chapman (1803-1876), Democratic

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

  • : George W. Summers (1804-1868), Whig

  • : Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), Democratic

Delegates

Florida Territory

  • : David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic …granted statehood March 3 1845.

Iowa Territory

  • : Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic

Wisconsin Territory

  • : Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic