29th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Twenty-ninth 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 1845 to March 3 1847, during the first 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. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

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

Main article: 29th United States Congress
See also: 29th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1844

Dates of sessions

March 4 1845 - March 3 1847

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1845 - March 20 1845
  • First session: December 1 1845 - August 10 1846
  • Second session: December 7 1846 - March 3 1847 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 28th Congress
Next congress: 30th 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 with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1850; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last 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
  • 2: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Edmund S. Dargan (1805-1879), Democratic

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

  • : William L. Yancey (1814-1863), Democratic …resigned September 1 1846.

    James L. Cottrell (1808-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1846.

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

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

  • : Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic

  • : Felix G. McConnell (1809-1846), Democratic …died September 10 1846.

    Franklin W. Bowdon (1817-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1846.

Arkansas

Senate
  • 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic
  • 2: Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Archibald Yell (1797-1847), Democratic …resigned July 1 1846.

    Thomas W. Newton (1804-1853), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 6 1847.

Connecticut

Senate
  • 1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig
  • 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
  • 2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig
  • 1: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Whig
House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

Florida

  • 1: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated July 1 1845.
  • 3: James D. Westcott, Jr. (1802-1880), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated July 1 1845.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Whig …contested election, served until January 24 1846.

    William H. Brockenbrough (1812-1850), Democratic …contested election, seated January 24 1846.

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig …resigned May 1845, elected to fill vacancy, seated November 14 1845.
  • 3: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic
House of Representatives (8 seats)

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

  • : Seaborn Jones (1788-1864), Democratic

  • : Washington Poe (W)

    George W. B. Towns (1801-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 27 1846.

  • : 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: James Semple (1798-1866), 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

  • : Edward D. Baker (1811-1861), Whig …resigned December 30 1846.

    John Henry (1800-1882), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 5 1847.

Indiana

Senate
  • 3: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic
  • 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), 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 W. Wick (1796-1868), Democratic

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

  • : Edward W. McGaughey (1817-1852), Whig

  • : John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic

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

  • : Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847), Democratic

Iowa

Senate
  • vacant
  • vacant

House of Representatives

  • : S. Clifton Hastings (1813-1893), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 29 1846.

  • : Shepherd Leffler (1811-1879), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 29 1846.

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

  • : John H. McHenry (1797-1871), Whig

  • : Henry Grider (1796-1866), Whig

  • : Joshua F. Bell (1811-1870), Whig

  • : Bryan R. Young (1800-1882), Whig

  • : John P. Martin (1811-1862), Democratic

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

  • : Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig

  • : Andrew A. Trumbo (1797-1871), Whig

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

Louisiana

Senate
  • 2: Alexander Barrow (1801-1846), Whig …died December 29 1846.
    Pierre Soulé (1801-1870), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 21 1847.
  • 3: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic …resigned November 10 1845.

    Emile La Sére (1802-1882), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 29 1846.

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

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

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

Maine

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

  • : John F. Scamman (1786-1858), Democratic

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

  • : Luther Severance (1797-1855), Whig

  • : John D. McCrate (1802-1879), Democratic

  • : Cullen Sawtelle (1805-1887), Democratic

  • : Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), 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

  • : Thomas J. Perry (1807-1871), Democratic

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

  • : William F. Giles (1807-1879), Democratic

  • : Albert Constable (1805-1855), Democratic

  • : Edward H. C. Long (1808-1865), Whig

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 2: Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig …died March 16 1845.
    John Davis (1787-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, March 24 1845.
  • 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Whig
House of Representatives (10 seats)

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

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

  • : Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Whig

  • : Benjamin Thompson (1798-1852), Whig

  • : Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Whig

  • : George Ashmun (1804-1870), Whig

  • : Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig

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

  • : Artemas Hale (1783-1882), Whig

  • : Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig

Michigan

Senate
  • 2: William Woodbridge (1780-1861), Whig
  • 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Democratic

  • : John S. Chipman (1800-1869), Democratic

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

Mississippi

Senate
  • 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic …resigned March 5 1845.
    Joseph W. Chalmers (1807-1853), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 3 1845.
  • 1: Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic

  • : Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …resigned June 1846.

    Henry T. Ellett (1812-1887), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26 1847.

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

  • : Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), 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 S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic

  • : Sterling Price (1809-1867), Democratic …resigned August 12 1846.

    William McDaniel (1801-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1846.

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

  • : Leonard H. Sims (1807-1886), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 2: Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), Democratic …resigned November 20 1845.
    Benning W. Jenness (1806-1879), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 1 1845.
    Joseph Cilley (1791-1887), (Liberty) …elected to fill vacancy, June 13 1846.
  • 3: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

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

  • : Mace Moulton (1796-1867), Democratic

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

  • : vacant

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

  • : Samuel G. Wright (1781-1845), Whig …died July 30 1845, before Congress assembled.

    George Sykes (1802-1880), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1845.

  • : John Runk (1791-1872), Whig

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

  • : William Wright (1794-1866), Whig

New York

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

  • : John W. Lawrence (1800-1888), Democratic

  • : Henry J. Seaman (1805-1861), American

  • : William S. Miller (1793-1854), American

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

  • : Thomas M. Woodruff (1804-1855), American

  • : William W. Campbell (1806-1881), American

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

  • : William W. Woodworth (1807-1873), Democratic

  • : Archibald C. Niven (1803-1882), Democratic

  • : Samuel Gordon (1802-1873), Democratic

  • : John F. Collin (1802-1889), Democratic

  • : Richard P. Herrick (1791-1846), Whig …died June 20 1846.

    Thomas C. Ripley ( - ), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1846.

  • : Bradford R. Wood (1800-1889), Democratic

  • : Erastus D. Culver (1803-1889), Whig

  • : Joseph Russell ( - ), Democratic

  • : Hugh White (1798-1870), Whig

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

  • : Preston King (1806-1865), Democratic

  • : Orville Hungerford (1790-1851), Democratic

  • : Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), Democratic

  • : Charles Goodyear (1804-1876), Democratic

  • : Stephen Strong (1791-1866), Democratic

  • : William J. Hough (1795-1869), Democratic

  • : Horace Wheaton (1803-1882), Democratic

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

  • : Samuel S. Ellsworth (1790-1863), Democratic

  • : John De Mott (1790-1870), Democratic

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

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

  • : Martin Grover (1811-1875), Democratic

  • : Abner Lewis ( - ), 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 …resigned July 25 1846.
    George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, November 25 1846.
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : James Graham (1793-1851), Whig

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

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

  • : Alfred Dockery (1797-1875), Whig

  • : James C. Dobbin (1814-1857), Democratic

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

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

  • : Henry S. Clark (1809-1869), Democratic

  • : Asa Biggs (1811-1878), Democratic

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

  • : Francis A. Cunningham (1804-1864), Democratic

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

  • : Joseph Vance (1786-1852), Whig

  • : William Sawyer (1803-1877), Democratic

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

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

  • : Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Democratic

  • : Augustus L. Perrill (1807-1882), Democratic

  • : Columbus Delano (1809-1896), Whig

  • : Jacob Brinkerhoff (1810-1880), Democratic

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

  • : Isaac Parrish (1804-1860), Democratic

  • : Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig

  • : Joseph Morris (1795-1854), Democratic

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

  • : George Fries (1799-1866), Democratic

  • : David A. Starkweather (1802-1876), Democratic

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

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

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

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic …resigned March 5 1845.
    Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 13 1845.
  • 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic
House of Representatives (24 seats)

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

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

  • : John H. Campbell (1800-1868), American

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

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

  • : Jacob Erdman (1801-1867), Democratic

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

  • : John Strohm (1793-1884), Whig

  • : John Ritter (1779-1851), Democratic

  • : Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic

  • : Owen D. Leib ( -1848), Democratic

  • : David Wilmot (1814-1868), Democratic

  • : James Pollock (1810-1890), Whig

  • : Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Whig

  • : Moses McClean (1804-1870), Democratic

  • : James Black (1793-1872), Democratic

  • : John Blanchard (1787-1849), Whig

  • : Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Whig

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

  • : John H. Ewing (1796-1887), Whig

  • : Cornelius Darragh (1809-1854), Whig

  • : William S. Garvin (1806-1883), Democratic

  • : James Thompson (1806-1874), Democratic

  • : Joseph Buffington (1803-1872), Whig

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 2: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Whig
  • 1: Albert C. Greene (1792-1863), Whig
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Henry Y. Cranston (1789-1864), Whig

  • : Lemuel H. Arnold (1792-1852), Whig

South Carolina

Senate
  • 3: George McDuffie (1790-1851), Democratic …resigned August 17 1846.
    Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 4 1846.
  • 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 26 1845.
House of Representatives (7 seats)

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

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

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

  • : Alexander D. Sims (1803-1848), Democratic

  • : Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic

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

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

Tennessee

Senate
  • 2: Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853), Whig
  • 1: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic

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

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

  • : Alvan Cullom (1797-1877), Democratic

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

  • : Barclay Martin (1802-1890), Democratic

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

  • : Joseph H. Peyton (1808-1845), Whig …died November 12 1845, before Congress assembled.

    Edwin H. Ewing (1809-1902), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, January 2 1846.

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

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

  • : Milton Brown (1804-1883), Whig

Texas

Senate
  • 2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated February 21 1846.
  • 1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated February 21 1846.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : David S. Kaufman (1813-1851), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 1 1846.

  • : Timothy Pilsbury (1789-1858), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 10 1846.

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
  • 2: William S. Archer (1789-1855), Whig
  • 1: Isaac S. Pennybacker (1805-1847), Democratic …elected December 3 1845, died January 12 1847.
    James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 21 1847.
House of Representatives (15 seats)

  • : Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Democratic

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

  • : William M. Tredway (1807-1891), Democratic

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

  • : Shelton F. Leake (1812-1884), Democratic

  • : James A. Seddon (1815-1880), Democratic

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

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

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

  • : Henry Bedinger (1812-1858), Democratic

  • : William Taylor (1788-1846), Democratic …died January 17 1846.

    James McDowell (1795-1851), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 6 1846.

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

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

  • : Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic

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

Delegates

Iowa Territory

  • : Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic …served until December 28 1846.

Wisconsin Territory

  • : Morgan L. Martin (1805-1887), Democratic