33rd United States Congress - State Delegations

The Thirty-third 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 1853 to March 3 1855, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Franklin Pierce.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

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

Main article: 33rd United States Congress
See also: 33rd United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1852

Dates of sessions

March 4 1853 - March 3 1855

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1853 - April 11 1853
  • First session: December 5 1853 - August 7 1854
  • Second session: December 4 1854 - March 3 1855 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 32nd Congress
Next congress: 34th 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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1856; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this 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: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic
  • 2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 29 1853.
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Philip Phillips (1807-1884), Democratic

  • : James Abercrombie (1795-1861), Whig

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

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

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

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

  • : James F. Dowdell (1818-1871), Democratic

Arkansas

Senate
  • 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
  • 3: Solon Borland (1808-1864), Democratic …resigned April 3 1853.
    Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, July 6 1853.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Alfred B. Greenwood (1811-1889), Democratic

  • : Edward A. Warren (1818-1875), Democratic

California

Senate
  • 3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
  • 1: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Milton S. Latham (1827-1882), Democratic

  • : James A. McDougall (1817-1867), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate
  • 3: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig …resigned May 24 1854.
    Francis Gillette (1807-1879), Free Soil …elected to fill vacancy, May 25 1854.
  • 1: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : James T. Pratt (1802-1887), Democratic

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

  • : Nathan Belcher (1813-1891), Democratic

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

Delaware

Senate
  • 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
  • 2: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Whig
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)

  • : Augustus E. Maxwell (1820-1903), Democratic

Georgia

Senate
  • 3: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig
  • 2: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Whig
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : James L. Seward (1813-1886), Democratic

  • : Alfred H. Colquitt (1824-1894), Democratic

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

  • : William B. W. Dent (1806-1855), Democratic

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

  • : Junius Hillyer (1807-1886), Democratic

  • : David A. Reese (1794-1871), Whig

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

Illinois

Senate
  • 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
  • 3: James Shields (1806/1810-1879), Democratic
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Whig

  • : John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic

  • : Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), Whig

  • : James Knox (1807-1876), Whig

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

  • : Richard Yates (1815-1873), Whig

  • : James C. Allen (1822-1912), Democratic

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

  • : Willis Allen (1806-1859), Democratic

Indiana

Senate
  • 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
  • 3: John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : Smith Miller (1804-1872), Democratic

  • : William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic

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

  • : James H. Lane (1814-1866), Democratic

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

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

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

  • : Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Democratic

  • : Norman Eddy (1810-1872), Democratic

  • : Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (1805-1861), Democratic

  • : Andrew J. Harlan (1815-1907), Democratic

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

  • : John P. Cook (1817-1872), Whig

Kentucky

Senate
  • 3: Archibald Dixon (1802-1876), Whig
  • 2: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic

  • : Benjamin E. Grey ( - ), Whig

  • : Presley V. Ewing (1822-1854), Whig …died September 27 1854.

    Francis M. Bristow (1804-1864), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1854.

  • : James S. Chrisman (1818-1881), Democratic

  • : Clement S. Hill (1813-1892), Whig

  • : John M. Elliott (1820-1879), Democratic

  • : William Preston (1816-1887), Whig

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

  • : Leander M. Cox (1812-1865), Whig

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

Louisiana

Senate
  • 3: Pierre Soulé (1801-1870), Democratic …resigned April 11 1853.
    John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, April 28 1853.
  • 2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Whig
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : William Dunbar (1805-1861), Democratic

  • : Theodore G. Hunt (1805-1893), Whig

  • : John Perkins, Jr. (1819-1885), Democratic

  • : Roland Jones (1813-1869), Democratic

Maine

Senate
  • 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic
  • 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 10 1854.
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Moses MacDonald (1815-1869), Democratic

  • : Samuel Mayall (1816-1892), Democratic

  • : E. Wilder Farley (1817-1880), Whig

  • : Samuel P. Benson (1804-1876), Whig

  • : 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)

  • : John R. Franklin (1820-1878), Whig

  • : Jacob Shower (1803-1879), Democratic

  • : Joshua Van Sant (1803-1884), Democratic

  • : Henry May (1816-1866), Democratic

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

  • : Augustus R. Sollers (1814-1862), Whig

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Free Soil
  • 2: Edward Everett (1794-1865), Whig …resigned June 1 1854.
    Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, June 3 1854.
    Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Free Soil …elected to fill vacancy, January 31 1855.
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : Zeno Scudder (1807-1857), Whig …resigned March 4 1854.

    Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 17 1854.

  • : Samuel L. Crocker (1804-1883), Whig

  • : J. Wiley Edmands (1809-1877), Whig

  • : Samuel H. Walley (1805-1877), Whig

  • : William Appleton (1786-1862), Whig

  • : Charles W. Upham (1802-1875), Whig

  • : Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Democratic

  • : Tappan Wentworth (1802-1875), Whig

  • : Alexander De Witt (1798-1879), Free Soil

  • : Edward Dickinson (1803-1874), Whig

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

Michigan

Senate
  • 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
  • 2: Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : David Stuart (1816-1868), Democratic

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

  • : Samuel Clark (1800-1870), Democratic

  • : Hestor L. Stevens (1803-1864), Democratic

Mississippi

Senate
  • 1: Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic
  • 2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 7 1854.
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Daniel B. Wright (1812-1887), Democratic

  • : William T. S. Barry (1821-1868), Democratic

  • : Otho R. Singleton (1814-1889), Democratic

  • : Wiley P. Harris (1818-1891), Democratic

  • : William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic

Missouri

Senate
  • 3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic
  • 1: Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Whig
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic

  • : Alfred W. Lamb (1824-1888), Democratic

  • : James J. Lindley (1822-1891), Whig

  • : Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898), Whig

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

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

  • : Samuel Caruthers (1820-1860), Whig

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 3: Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic …died January 11 1855.
    John S. Wells (1803-1860), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, January 16 1855.
  • 2: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic …died November 15 1853.
    Jared W. Williams (1796-1864), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 29 1853.
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : George W. Kittredge (1805-1881), Democratic

  • : George W. Morrison (1809-1888), Democratic

  • : Harry Hibbard (1816-1872), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate
  • 1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, March 4 1853.
  • 2: William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic
House of Representatives (5 seats)

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

  • : Charles Skelton (1806-1879), Democratic

  • : Samuel Lilly (1815-1880), Democratic

  • : George Vail (1809-1875), Democratic

  • : Alexander C. M. Pennington (1810-1867), Whig

New York

Senate
  • 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Whig
  • 1: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Whig
House of Representatives (33 seats)

  • : James Maurice (1814-1884), Democratic

  • : Thomas W. Cumming (1814/1815-1855), Democratic

  • : Hiram Walbridge (1821-1870), Democratic

  • : Michael Walsh (1810-1859), Democratic

  • : William M. Tweed (1823-1878), Democratic

  • : John Wheeler (1823-1906), Democratic

  • : William A. Walker (1805-1861), Democratic

  • : Francis B. [...] (1804-1870), Democratic

  • : Jared V. Peck (1816-1891), Democratic

  • : William Murray (1803-1875), Democratic

  • : Theodoric R. Westbrook (1821-1885), Democratic

  • : Gilbert Dean (1819-1870), Democratic …resigned July 3 1854.

    Isaac Teller (1799-1868), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1854.

  • : Russell Sage (1816-1906), Whig

  • : Rufus W. Peckham (1809-1873), Democratic

  • : Charles Hughes (1822-1887), Democratic

  • : George A. Simmons (1791-1857), Whig

  • : Bishop Perkins (1787-1866), Democratic

  • : Peter Rowe (1807-1876), Democratic

  • : George W. Chase ( -1867), Whig

  • : Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889), Whig

  • : Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Whig

  • : Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), Free Soil …resigned August 7 1854.

    Henry C. Goodwin (1824-1860), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1854.

  • : Caleb Lyon (1822-1875), Independent

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

  • : Edwin B. Morgan (1806-1881), Whig

  • : Andrew Oliver (1815-1889), Democratic

  • : John J. Taylor (1808-1892), Democratic

  • : George Hastings (1807-1866), Democratic

  • : Azariah Boody (1815-1885), Whig …resigned October 1853, before Congress assembled.

    Davis Carpenter (1799-1878), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1853.

  • : Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887), Whig

  • : Thomas T. Flagler (1811-1897), Whig

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

  • : Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Democratic

North Carolina

Senate
  • 3: George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig
  • 2: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, December 6 1854.
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : Henry M. Shaw (1819-1864), Democratic

  • : Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic

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

  • : Sion H. Rogers (1825-1874), Whig

  • : John Kerr, Jr. (1811-1879), Whig

  • : Richard C. Puryear (1801-1867), Whig

  • : F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), Democratic

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

Ohio

Senate
  • 3: Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Free Soil
  • 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Whig
House of Representatives (21 seats)

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

  • : John Scott Harrison (1804-1878), Whig

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

  • : Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862), Democratic

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

  • : Andrew Ellison (1812-1860), Democratic

  • : Aaron Harlan (1802-1868), Whig

  • : Moses B. Corwin (1790-1872), Whig

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

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

  • : Thomas Ritchey (1801-1863), Democratic

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

  • : William D. Lindsley (1812-1890), Democratic

  • : Harvey H. Johnson (1808-1896), Democratic

  • : William R. Sapp (1804-1875), Whig

  • : Edward Ball (1811-1872), Whig

  • : Wilson Shannon (1802-1877), Democratic

  • : George Bliss (1813-1868), Democratic

  • : Edward Wade (1802-1866), Free Soil

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

  • : Andrew Stuart (1823-1872), Democratic

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 3: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig
  • 1: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
House of Representatives (25 seats)

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

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

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

  • : William H. Witte (1817-1876), Democratic

  • : John McNair (1800-1861), Democratic

  • : William Everhart (1785-1868), Whig

  • : Samuel A. Bridges (1802-1884), Democratic

  • : Henry A. Muhlenberg (1823-1854), Democratic …died January 9 1854.

    J. Glancey Jones (1811-1878), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 13 1854.

  • : Isaac E. Hiester (1824-1871), Whig

  • : Ner A. Middleswarth (1783-1865), Whig

  • : Christian M. Straub (1804- ), Democratic

  • : Hendrick B. Wright (1808-1881), Democratic

  • : Asa Packer (1805-1879), Democratic

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

  • : James Gamble (1809-1883), Democratic

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

  • : Samuel L. Russell (1816-1891), Whig

  • : John McCulloch (1806-1879), Whig

  • : Augustus Drum (1815-1858), Democratic

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

  • : David Ritchie (1812-1867), Whig

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

  • : Michael C. Trout (1810-1873), Democratic

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

  • : John [...] (1794-1872), Whig

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 1: Charles T. James (1805-1862), Democratic
  • 2: Philip Allen (1785-1865), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, July 20 1853.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Thomas Davis (1806-1895), Democratic

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

South Carolina

Senate
  • 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic
  • 2: Josiah J. Evans (1786-1858), Democratic
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic

  • : William Aiken (1806-1887), Democratic

  • : Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), Democratic

  • : Preston S. Brooks (1819-1857), Democratic

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

  • : William W. Boyce (1818-1890), Democratic

Tennessee

Senate
  • 2: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig
  • 1: James C. Jones (1809-1859), Whig
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Brookins Campbell (1808-1853), Democratic …died December 25 1853.

    Nathaniel G. Taylor (1819-1887), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 30 1854.

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

  • : Samuel A. Smith (1822-1863), Democratic

  • : William Cullom (1810-1896), Whig

  • : Charles Ready (1802-1878), Whig

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

  • : Robert M. Bugg (1805-1887), Whig

  • : Felix K. Zollicoffer (1812-1862), Whig

  • : Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), Whig

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

Texas

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

  • : George W. Smyth (1803-1866), Democratic

  • : Peter H. Bell (1812-1898), Democratic

Vermont

Senate
  • 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig
  • 3: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy in preceding Congress, seat declared vacant March 16 1854.
    Lawrence Brainerd (1794-1870), Free Soil …elected to fill vacancy, October 14 1854.
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : James Meacham (1810-1856), Whig

  • : Andrew Tracy (1797-1868), Whig

  • : Alvah Sabin (1793-1885), Whig

Virginia

Senate
  • 1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
  • 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic
House of Representatives (13 seats)

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

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

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

  • : William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic

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

  • : Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic

  • : William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic

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

  • : John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic

  • : Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872), Democratic

  • : John F. Snodgrass (1804-1854), Democratic …died June 5 1854.

    Charles S. Lewis (1821-1878), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1854.

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

  • : LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic

Wisconsin

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

  • : Daniel Wells, Jr. (1808-1902), Democratic

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

  • : John B. Macy (1799-1856), Democratic

Delegates

Kansas Territory

  • : John W. Whitfield (1818-1879), Democratic …newly created territory, seated December 20 1854.

Minnesota Territory

  • : Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic

Nebraska Territory

  • : Napoleon B. Giddings (1816-1897), Democratic …newly created territory, seated January 5 1855.

New Mexico Territory

  • : José Manuel Gallegos (1815-1875), Democratic

Oregon Territory

  • : Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic

Utah Territory

  • : John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881),

Washington Territory

  • : Columbia Lancaster (1803-1893), Democratic …newly created territory, seated April 12 1854.