35th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Thirty-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 1857 to March 3 1859, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President James Buchanan.

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: 35th United States Congress
See also: 35th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House elections, 1856

Dates of sessions

March 4 1857 - March 3 1859

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1857 - March 14 1857
  • First session: December 7 1857 - June 14 1858
  • Special session of the Senate: June 15 1858 - June 16 1858
  • Second session: December 6 1858 - March 3 1859 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 34th Congress
Next congress: 36th 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 1862; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

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
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : James A. Stallworth (1822-1861), Democratic

  • : Eli S. Shorter (1823-1879), Democratic

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

  • : Sydenham Moore (1817-1862), Democratic

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

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

  • : Jabez L. M. Curry (1825-1903), Democratic

Arkansas

Senate
  • 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
  • 3: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic
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: David C. Broderick (1820-1859), Democratic
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Joseph C. McKibbin (1824-1896), Democratic

  • : Charles L. Scott (1827-1899), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate
  • 3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Republican
  • 1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813-1896), Republican

  • : Samuel Arnold (1806-1869), Democratic

  • : Sidney Dean (1818-1901), Republican

  • : William D. Bishop (1827-1904), Democratic

Delaware

Senate
  • 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
  • 2: Martin W. Bates (1786-1869), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : William G. Whiteley (1819-1886), Democratic

Florida

Senate
  • 1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic
  • 3: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : George S. Hawkins (1808-1878), Democratic

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Democratic
  • 3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic
House of Representatives (8 seats)

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

  • : Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Democratic

  • : Robert P. Trippe (1819-1900), American

  • : Lucius J. Gartrell (1821-1891), Democratic

  • : Augustus R. Wright (1813-1891), Democratic

  • : James Jackson (1819-1887), Democratic

  • : Joshua Hill (1812-1891), American

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

Illinois

Senate
  • 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
  • 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic
House of Representatives (9 seats)

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

  • : John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican

  • : Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), Republican

  • : William Kellogg (1814-1872), Republican

  • : Isaac N. Morris (1812-1879), Democratic

  • : Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic …died November 24 1858.

    Charles D. Hodges (1810-1884), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 20 1859.

  • : Aaron Shaw (1811-1887), Democratic

  • : Robert Smith (1802-1867), Democratic

  • : Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic

Indiana

Senate
  • 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
  • 3: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : James Lockhart (1806-1857), Democratic …died September 7 1857, before Congress assembled.

    William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1857.

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

  • : James Hughes (1823-1873), Democratic

  • : James B. Foley (1807-1886), Democratic

  • : David Kilgore (1804-1879), Republican

  • : James M. Gregg (1806-1869), Democratic

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

  • : James Wilson (1825-1867), Republican

  • : Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican

  • : Samuel Brenton (1810-1857), Republican …died March 29 1857, before Congress assembled.

    Charles Case (1817-1883), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1857.

  • : John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Republican

Iowa

Senate
  • 2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic
  • 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Samuel R. Curtis (1805-1866), Republican

  • : Timothy Davis (1794-1872), Republican

Kentucky

Senate
  • 2: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), American
  • 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), American
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic

  • : Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Democratic

  • : Warner L. Underwood (1808-1872), American

  • : Albert G. Talbott (1808-1887), Democratic

  • : Joshua H. Jewett (1815-1861), Democratic

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

  • : Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872), American

  • : James B. Clay (1817-1864), Democratic

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

  • : John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate
  • 2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Democratic
  • 3: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : George Eustis, Jr. (1828-1872), American

  • : Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Democratic

  • : Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Democratic

  • : John M. Sandidge (1817-1890), Democratic

Maine

Senate
  • 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican
  • 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : John M. Wood (1813-1864), Republican

  • : Charles J. Gilman (1824-1901), Republican

  • : Nehemiah Abbott (1804-1877), Republican

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

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

  • : Stephen C. Foster (1799-1872), Republican

Maryland

Senate
  • 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Democratic
  • 1: Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892), American
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Democratic

  • : James B. Ricaud (1808-1866), American

  • : J. Morrison Harris (1817-1898), American

  • : Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), American

  • : Jacob M. Kunkel (1822-1870), Democratic

  • : Thomas F. Bowie (1808-1869), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
  • 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : Robert B. Hall (1812-1868), Republican

  • : James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican

  • : William S. Damrell (1809-1860), Republican

  • : Linus B. Comins (1817-1892), Republican

  • : Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), Republican

  • : Timothy Davis (1821-1888), Republican

  • : Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican …resigned December 24 1857.

    Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21 1858.

  • : Chauncey L. Knapp (1809-1898), Republican

  • : Eli Thayer (1819-1899), Republican

  • : Calvin C. Chaffee (1811-1896), Republican

  • : Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

Senate
  • 2: Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic
  • 1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : William A. Howard (1813-1880), Republican

  • : Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Republican

  • : David S. Walbridge (1802-1868), Republican

  • : De Witt C. Leach (1822-1909), Republican

Minnesota

Senate
  • 1: Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated May 12 1858.
  • 2: James Shields (1806/1810-1879), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated May 12 1858.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : James M. Cavanaugh (1823-1879), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated May 22 1858.

  • : William W. Phelps (1826-1873), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated May 22 1858.

Mississippi

Senate
  • 2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic
  • 1: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893), Democratic

  • : Reuben Davis (1813-1890), Democratic

  • : William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic

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

  • : John A. Quitman (1799-1858), Democratic …died July 17 1858.

    John J. McRae (1815-1868), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1858.

Missouri

Senate
  • 3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic
  • 1: Trusten Polk (1811-1876), Democratic
House of Representatives (7 seats)

  • : Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Independent Democratic

  • : Thomas L. Anderson (1808-1885), American

  • : James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic …resigned before Congress assembled.

    John B. Clark (1802-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1857.

  • : James Craig (1818-1888), Democratic

  • : Samuel H. Woodson (1815-1881), American

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

  • : Samuel Caruthers (1820-1860), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 3: James Bell (1804-1857), Republican …died May 26 1857.
    Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, June 27 1857.
  • 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Republican
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : James Pike (1818-1895), Republican

  • : Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), Republican

  • : Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), Republican

New Jersey

Senate
  • 1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic
  • 2: William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Isaiah D. Clawson (1822-1879), Republican

  • : George R. Robbins (1808-1875), Republican

  • : Garnett B. Adrain (1815-1878), Democratic

  • : John Huyler (1808-1870), Democratic

  • : Jacob R. Wortendyke (1818-1868), Democratic

New York

Senate
  • 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Republican
  • 1: Preston King (1806-1865), Republican
House of Representatives (33 seats)

  • : John A. Searing (1805-1876), Democratic

  • : George Taylor (1820-1894), Democratic

  • : Daniel E. Sickles (1819-1914), Democratic

  • : John Kelly (1822-1886), Democratic …resigned December 25 1858.

    Thomas J. Barr (1812-1881), Independent Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 17 1859.

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

  • : John Cochrane (1813-1898), Democratic

  • : Elijah Ward (1816-1882), Democratic

  • : Horace F. Clark (1815-1873), Democratic

  • : John B. Haskin (1821-1895), Democratic

  • : Ambrose S. Murray (1807-1885), Republican

  • : William F. Russell (1812-1896), Democratic

  • : John Thompson (1809-1890), Republican

  • : Abram B. Olin (1808-1879), Republican

  • : Erastus Corning (1794-1872), Democratic

  • : Edward Dodd (1805-1891), Republican

  • : George W. Palmer (1818-1916), Republican

  • : Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), Republican

  • : Clark B. Cochrane (1815-1867), Republican

  • : Oliver A. Morse (1815-1870), Republican

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

  • : Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Republican

  • : Henry C. Goodwin (1824-1860), Republican

  • : Charles B. Hoard (1805-1886), Republican

  • : Amos P. Granger (1789-1866), Republican

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

  • : Emory B. Pottle (1815-1891), Republican

  • : John M. Parker (1805-1873), Republican

  • : William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), Republican

  • : Samuel G. Andrews (1796-1863), Republican

  • : Judson W. Sherman (1808-1881), Republican

  • : Silas M. Burroughs (1810-1860), Republican

  • : Israel T. Hatch (1808-1875), Democratic

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

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic
  • 3: Asa Biggs (1811-1878), Democratic …resigned May 5 1858.
    Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 6 1858.
House of Representatives (8 seats)

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

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

  • : Warren Winslow (1810-1862), Democratic

  • : Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862), Democratic

  • : John A. Gilmer (1805-1868), American

  • : Alfred M. Scales (1827-1892), Democratic

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

  • : Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic …resigned May 7 1858.

    Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), American …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1858.

Ohio

Senate
  • 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Republican
  • 3: George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Democratic
House of Representatives (21 seats)

  • : George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Democratic

  • : William S. Groesbeck (1815-1897), Democratic

  • : Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Republican …contested election, served until May 25 1858.

    Clement L. Vallandigham (1820-1871), Democratic …contested election, seated May 25 1858.

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

  • : Richard Mott (1804-1888), Republican

  • : Joseph R. Cockerill (1818-1875), Democratic

  • : Aaron Harlan (1802-1868), Republican

  • : Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Republican

  • : Lawrence W. Hall (1819-1863), Democratic

  • : Joseph Miller (1819-1862), Democratic

  • : Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), Republican

  • : Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic

  • : John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican

  • : Philemon Bliss (1813-1889), Republican

  • : Joseph Burns (1800-1875), Democratic

  • : Cydnor B. Tompkins (1810-1862), Republican

  • : William Lawrence (1814-1895), Democratic

  • : Benjamin F. Leiter (1813-1866), Republican

  • : Edward Wade (1802-1866), Republican

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

  • : John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican

Oregon

Senate
  • 3: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated February 14 1859.
  • 2: Delazon Smith (1816-1860), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated February 14 1859.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : La Fayette Grover (1823-1911), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated October 30 1858.

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 3: William Bigler (1814-1880), Democratic
  • 1: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican
House of Representatives (25 seats)

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

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

  • : James Landy (1813-1875), Democratic

  • : Henry M. Phillips (1811-1884), Democratic

  • : Owen Jones (1819-1878), Democratic

  • : John Hickman (1810-1875), Democratic

  • : Henry Chapman (1804-1891), Democratic

  • : J. Glancey Jones (1811-1878), Democratic …resigned October 30 1858.

    William H. Keim (1813-1862), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1858.

  • : Anthony E. Roberts (1803-1885), Republican

  • : John C. Kunkel (1816-1870), Republican

  • : William L. Dewart (1821-1888), Democratic

  • : John G. Montgomery (1805-1857), Democratic …died April 24 1857, before Congress assembled.

    Paul Leidy (1813-1877), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1857.

  • : William H. Dimmick (1815-1861), Democratic

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

  • : Allison White (1816-1886), Democratic

  • : John A. Ahl (1813-1882), Democratic

  • : Wilson Reilly (1811-1885), Democratic

  • : John R. Edie (1814-1888), Republican

  • : John Covode (1808-1871), Republican

  • : William Montgomery (1818-1870), Democratic

  • : David Ritchie (1812-1867), Republican

  • : Samuel A. Purviance (1809-1882), Republican

  • : William Stewart (1810-1876), Republican

  • : James L. Gillis (1792-1881), Democratic

  • : John [...] (1794-1872), Republican

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 2: Philip Allen (1785-1865), Democratic
  • 1: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Republican
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Nathaniel B. Durfee (1812-1872), Republican

  • : William D. Brayton (1815-1887), Republican

South Carolina

Senate
  • 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic …died May 25 1857.
    James H. Hammond (1807-1864), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 7 1857.
  • 2: Josiah J. Evans (1786-1858), Democratic …died May 6 1858.
    Arthur P. Hayne (1788/1790-1867), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 11 1858.
    James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, December 3 1858.
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic

  • : William P. Miles (1822-1899), Democratic

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

  • : Milledge L. Bonham (1813-1890), Democratic

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

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

Tennessee

Senate
  • 2: John Bell (1797-1869), American
  • 1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
House of Representatives (10 seats)

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

  • : Horace Maynard (1814-1882), American

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

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

  • : Charles Ready (1802-1878), American

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

  • : John V. Wright (1828-1908), Democratic

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

  • : John D. C. Atkins (1825-1908), Democratic

  • : William T. Avery (1819-1880), Democratic

Texas

Senate
  • 2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), American
  • 1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic …died July 29 1857.
    J. Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 9 1857, died June 4 1858.
    Matthias Ward (1805-1861), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, September 17 1858.
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Democratic

  • : Guy M. Bryan (1821-1901), Democratic

Vermont

Senate
  • 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Republican
  • 3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Republican
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Eliakim P. Walton (1812-1890), Republican

  • : Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican

  • : Homer E. Royce (1819-1891), Republican

Virginia

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

  • : Muscoe R. H. Garnett (1821-1864), 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

  • : Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Democratic

  • : Albert G. Jenkins (1830-1864), Democratic

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

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

Wisconsin

Senate
  • 3: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Republican
  • 1: James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Republican
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : John F. Potter (1817-1899), Republican

  • : Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Republican

  • : Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), Republican

Delegates

Kansas Territory

  • : Marcus J. Parrott (1828-1879), Republican

Minnesota Territory

  • : William W. Kingsbury (1828-1892), Democratic …newly admitted state, served until May 11 1858.

Nebraska Territory

  • : Fenner Ferguson (1814-1859), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

  • : Miguel A. Otero (1829-1882), Democratic

Oregon Territory

  • : Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic …newly admitted state, served until February 14 1859.

Utah Territory

  • : John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881),

Washington Territory

  • : Isaac I. Stevens (1818-1862), Democratic