32nd United States Congress - State Delegations

The Thirty-second 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 1851 to March 3 1853, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Millard Fillmore.

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.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1851 - March 3 1853

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1851 - March 13 1851
  • First session: December 1 1851 - August 31 1852
  • Second session: December 6 1852 - March 3 1853 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 31st Congress
Next congress: 33rd Congress

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

Main article: 32nd United States Congress
See also: 32nd United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1850

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 1856; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.

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: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic …resigned December 20 1852.
    Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, January 14 1853.
  • 2: Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : John Bragg (1806-1878), Democratic

  • : James Abercrombie (1795-1861), Whig

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

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

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

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

  • : Alexander White (1816-1893), Whig

Arkansas

Senate
  • 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
  • 3: Solon Borland (1808-1864), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic

California

Senate
  • 3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
  • 1: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 30 1852.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Edward C. Marshall (1821-1893), Democratic

  • : Joseph W. McCorkle (1819-1884), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate
  • 3: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig
  • 1: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, May 12 1852.
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Charles Chapman (1799-1869), Whig

  • : Colin M. Ingersoll (1819-1903), Democratic

  • : Chauncey F. Cleveland (1799-1887), Democratic

  • : Origen S. Seymour (1804-1881), Democratic

Delaware

Senate
  • 2: Presley Spruance (1785-1863), Whig
  • 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : George Read Riddle (1817-1867), Democratic

Florida

Senate
  • 3: Jackson Morton (1794-1874), Whig
  • 1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Whig

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig …resigned May 28 1852.
    Robert M. Charlton (1807-1854), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 31 1852.
  • 3: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : Joseph W. Jackson (1796-1854), States Rights

  • : James Johnson (1811-1891), Unionist

  • : David J. Bailey (1812-1897), States Rights

  • : Charles Murphey (1799-1861), Unionist

  • : Elijah W. Chastain (1813-1874), Unionist

  • : Junius Hillyer (1807-1886), Unionist

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

  • : Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Unionist

Illinois

Senate
  • 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
  • 3: James Shields (1806/1810-1879), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : William H. Bissell (1811-1860), Democratic

  • : Willis Allen (1806-1859), Democratic

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

  • : Richard S. Molony (1811-1891), Democratic

  • : William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic

  • : Thompson Campbell (1811-1868), Democratic

  • : Richard Yates (1815-1873), Whig

Indiana

Senate
  • 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
  • 3: James Whitcomb (1795-1852), Democratic …died October 4 1852.
    Charles W. Cathcart (1809-1888), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 23 1852.
    John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 11 1853.
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : James Lockhart (1806-1857), Democratic

  • : Cyrus L. Dunham (1817-1877), Democratic

  • : John L. Robinson (1813-1860), Democratic

  • : Samuel W. Parker (1805-1859), Whig

  • : Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), Democratic

  • : Willis A. Gorman (1816-1876), Democratic

  • : John G. Davis (1810-1866), Democratic

  • : Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Democratic

  • : Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic

  • : Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Whig

Iowa

Senate
  • 3: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic
  • 2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Bernhart Henn (1817-1865), Democratic

  • : Lincoln Clark (1800-1886), Democratic

Kentucky

  • 2: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig
  • 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), Whig …died June 29 1852.
    David Meriwether (1800-1893), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, July 6 1852.
    Archibald Dixon (1802-1876), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, September 1 1852.
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic

  • : Benjamin E. Grey ( - ), Whig

  • : Presley U. Ewing (1822-1854), Whig

  • : William T. Ward (1808-1878), Whig

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

  • : Addison White (1824-1909), Whig

  • : Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), Whig …resigned August 4 1852.

    William Preston (1816-1887), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1852.

  • : John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Democratic

  • : John C. Mason (1802-1865), Democratic

  • : Richard H. Stanton (1812-1891), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate
  • 2: Solomon W. Downs (1801-1854), Democratic
  • 3: Pierre Soulé (1801-1870), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Louis St. Martin (1820-1893), Democratic

  • : J. Aristide Landry (1817-1881), Whig

  • : Alexander G. Penn (1799-1866), Democratic

  • : John Moore (1788-1867), Whig

Maine

Senate
  • 2: James W. Bradbury (1802-1901), Democratic
  • 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Moses MacDonald (1815-1869), Democratic

  • : John Appleton (1815-1864), Democratic

  • : Robert Goodenow (1800-1874), Whig

  • : Charles Andrews (1814-1852), Democratic …died April 30 1852.

    Isaac Reed (1809-1887), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 25 1852.

  • : Ephraim K. Smart (1813-1872), Democratic

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

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

Maryland

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

  • : Richard J. Bowie (1807-1881), Whig

  • : William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic

  • : Edward Hammond (1812-1882), Democratic

  • : Thomas Yates Walsh (1809-1865), Whig

  • : Alexander Evans (1818-1888), Whig

  • : Joseph S. Cottman (1803-1863), Independent Whig

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 2: John Davis (1787-1854), Whig
  • 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Free Soil …elected to fill vacancy in class, April 23 1851.
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : William Appleton (1786-1862), Whig

  • : Robert J. Rantoul, Jr. (1805-1852), Democratic …died August 7 1852.

    Francis B. Fay (1793-1876), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 29 1852.

  • : James H. Duncan (1793-1869), Whig

  • : Benjamin Thompson (1798-1852), Whig …died September 24 1852.

    Lorenzo Sabine (1803-1877), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 28 1852.

  • : Charles Allen (1797-1869), Free Soil

  • : George T. Davis (1810-1877), Whig

  • : John Z. Goodrich (1804-1885), Whig

  • : Horace Mann (1796-1859), Free Soil

  • : Orin Fowler (1791-1852), Whig …died September 3 1852.

    Edward P. Little (1791-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 30 1852.

  • : Zeno Scudder (1807-1857), Whig

Michigan

Senate
  • 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
  • 2: Alpheus Felch (1804-1896), Democratic
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Ebenezer J. Penniman (1804-1890), Whig

  • : Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic

  • : James L. Conger (1805-1876), Whig

Mississippi

Senate
  • 2: Henry S. Foote (1804-1880), Democratic …resigned January 8 1852.
    Walker Brooke (1813-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, February 18 1852.
  • 1: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …resigned September 23 1851.
    John J. McRae (1815-1868), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, December 1 1851.
    Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 17 1852.
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Benjamin D. Nabers (1812-1878), Unionist

  • : John A. Wilcox (1819-1864), Unionist

  • : John D. Freeman ( -1886), Unionist

  • : Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), States Rights

Missouri

Senate
  • 3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic
  • 1: Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Whig
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : John F. Darby (1803-1882), Whig

  • : Gilchrist Porter (1817-1894), Whig

  • : John G. Miller (1812-1856), Whig

  • : Willard P. Hall (1820-1882), Democratic

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

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Free Soil
  • 3: Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Amos Tuck (1810-1879), Whig

  • : Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), Democratic

  • : Jared Perkins (1793-1854), Whig

  • : Harry Hibbard (1816-1872), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate
  • 2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig
  • 1: Robert F. Stockton (1795-1866), Democratic …resigned January 10 1853.
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Nathan T. Stratton (1813-1887), Democratic

  • : Charles Skelton (1806-1879), Democratic

  • : Isaac Wildrick (1803-1892), Democratic

  • : George H. Brown (1810-1865), Whig

  • : Rodman M. Price (1816-1894), Democratic

New York

Senate
  • 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Whig
  • 1: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Whig
House of Representatives (34 seats)

  • : John G. Floyd (1806-1881), Democratic

  • : Obadiah Bowne (1822-1874), Whig

  • : Emanuel B. Hart (1809-1897), Democratic

  • : J. H. Hobart Haws (1809-1858), Whig

  • : George Briggs (1805-1869), Whig

  • : James Brooks (1810-1873), Whig

  • : Abraham P. Stephens (1796-1859), Democratic

  • : Gilbert Dean (1819-1870), Democratic

  • : William Murray (1803-1875), Democratic

  • : Marius Schoonmaker (1811-1894), Whig

  • : Josiah Sutherland (1804-1887), Democratic

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

  • : John L. Schoolcraft (1804-1860), Whig

  • : John H. Boyd (1799-1868), Whig

  • : Joseph Russell ( - ), Democratic

  • : John Wells (1817-1877), Whig

  • : Alexander H. Buell (1801-1853), Democratic …died January 29 1853.

  • : Preston King (1806-1865), Democratic

  • : Willard Ives (1806-1896), Democratic

  • : Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), Democratic

  • : William W. Snow (1812-1886), Democratic

  • : Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Whig

  • : Leander Babcock (1811-1864), Democratic

  • : Daniel T. Jones (1800-1861), Democratic

  • : Thomas Y. Howe, Jr. (1801-1860), Democratic

  • : Henry S. Walbridge (1801-1869), Whig

  • : William A. Sackett (1811-1895), Whig

  • : Abraham M. Schermerhorn (1791-1855), Whig

  • : Jerediah Horsford (1791-1875), Whig

  • : Reuben Robie (1799-1872), Democratic

  • : Frederick S. Martin (1794-1865), Whig

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

  • : Augustus P. Hascall (1800-1872), Whig

  • : Lorenzo Burrows (1805-1885), Whig

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
  • 3: George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig
House of Representatives (9 seats)

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

  • : Joseph P. Caldwell (1808-1853), Whig

  • : Alfred Dockery (1797-1875), Whig

  • : James T. Morehead (1799-1875), Whig

  • : Abraham W. Venable (1799-1876), Democratic

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

  • : William S. Ashe (1814-1862), Democratic

  • : Edward Stanly (1810-1872), Whig

  • : David Outlaw (1806-1868), Whig

Ohio

Senate
  • 3: Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Free Soil
  • 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, March 15 1851.
House of Representatives (21 seats)

  • : David T. Disney (1803-1857), Democratic

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

  • : Hiram Bell (1808-1855), Whig

  • : Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Whig

  • : Alfred P. Edgerton (1813-1897), Democratic

  • : Frederick W. Green (1816-1879), Democratic

  • : Nelson Barrere (1808-1883), Whig

  • : John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Whig

  • : Edson B. Olds (1802-1869), Democratic

  • : Charles Sweetser (1808-1864), Democratic

  • : George H. Busby (1794-1869), Democratic

  • : John Welch (1805-1891), Whig

  • : James M. Gaylord (1811-1874), Democratic

  • : Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig

  • : William F. Hunter (1808-1874), Whig

  • : John Johnson (1805-1867), Independent Democratic

  • : Joseph Cable (1801-1880), Democratic

  • : David K. Cartter (1812-1887), Democratic

  • : Eben Newton (1795-1885), Whig

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

  • : Norton S. Townshend (1815-1895), Democratic

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 3: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig
  • 1: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
House of Representatives (24 seats)

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

  • : Joseph R. Chandler (1792-1880), Whig

  • : Henry D. Moore (1817-1887), Whig

  • : John Robbins, Jr. (1808-1880), Democratic

  • : John McNair (1800-1861), Democratic

  • : Thomas Ross (1806-1865), Democratic

  • : John A. Morrison (1814-1904), Democratic

  • : Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Whig

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

  • : Milo M. Dimmick (1811-1872), Democratic

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

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

  • : James Gamble (1809-1883), Democratic

  • : Thomas M. Bibighaus (1817-1853), Whig

  • : William H. Kurtz (1804-1868), Democratic

  • : James X. McLanahan (1809-1861), Democratic

  • : Andrew Parker (1805-1864), Democratic

  • : John L. Dawson (1813-1870), Democratic

  • : Joseph H. Kuhns (1800-1883), Whig

  • : John Allison (1812-1878), Whig

  • : John W. Howe (1801-1873), Whig

  • : Thomas M. Howe (1808-1877), Whig

  • : Carlton B. Curtis (1811-1883), Democratic

  • : Alfred Gilmore (1812-1890), Democratic

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 2: John H. Clarke (1789-1870), Whig
  • 1: Charles T. James (1805-1862), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : George G. King (1807-1870), Whig

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

South Carolina

Senate
  • 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic
  • 2: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic …resigned May 7 1852.
    William F. De Saussure (1792-1870), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 24 1852.
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Daniel Wallace (1801-1859), Democratic

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

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

  • : John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic

  • : Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic

  • : William Aiken (1806-1887), Democratic

  • : William F. Colcock (1804-1889), Democratic

Tennessee

Senate
  • 2: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig
  • 1: James C. Jones (1809-1859), Whig
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic

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

  • : William M. Churchwell (1826-1862), Democratic

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

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

  • : William H. Polk (1815-1862), Independent Democratic

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

  • : William Cullom (1810-1896), Whig

  • : Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Democratic

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

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

Texas

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

  • : Richardson A. Scurry (1811-1862), Democratic

  • : Volney E. Howard (1809-1889), Democratic

Vermont

Senate
  • 3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig …died January 14 1853.
    Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, January 17 1853.
  • 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Ahiman L. Miner (1804-1886), Whig

  • : William Hebard (1800-1875), Whig

  • : James Meacham (1810-1856), Whig

  • : Thomas Bartlett, Jr. (1808-1876), Democratic

Virginia

Senate
  • 1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
  • 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic
House of Representatives (15 seats)

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

  • : Richard K. Meade (1803-1862), Democratic

  • : Thomas H. Averett (1800-1855), Democratic

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

  • : Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic

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

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

  • : Alexander R. Holladay (1811-1877), Democratic

  • : James F. Strother (1811-1860), Whig

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

  • : John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic

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

  • : LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic

  • : James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), Democratic

  • : George W. Thompson (1806-1888), Democratic …resigned July 30 1852.

    Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1852.

Wisconsin

Senate
  • 1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic
  • 3: Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Free Soil

  • : Ben C. Eastman (1812-1856), Democratic

  • : James D. Doty (1799-1865), Democratic

Delegates

Minnesota Territory

  • : Henry H. Sibley (1811-1891),

New Mexico Territory

  • : Richard H. Weightman (1816-1861), Democratic …newly created territory, seated December 1 1851.

Oregon Territory

  • : Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic

Utah Territory

  • : John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881), …newly created territory, seated December 1 1851.