36th United States Congress - political parties

The Thirty-sixth 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 1859 to March 3 1861, during the last 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. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

Main article: 36th United States Congress
See also: 36th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House elections, 1858

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1859 - March 3 1861

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1859 - March 10 1859
  • First session: December 5 1859 - June 25 1860
  • Special session of the Senate: June 26 1860 - June 28 1860
  • Second session: December 3 1860 - March 3 1861 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 35th Congress
Next congress: 37th Congress

Party summary

Senate
  • Democratic: 38 (majority)
  • Republican: 26
  • American: 2
  • vacant: 2

TOTAL members: 66
House of Representatives
  • Democratic: 83
  • Republican: 116 (majority)
  • American: 5
  • Anti-Lecompton Democratic: 8
  • Independent Democratic: 7
  • Opposition: 19

TOTAL members: 238

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

A-F
  • James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Delaware
  • Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Louisiana …seceded state, withdrew February 4 1861.
  • William Bigler (1814-1880), Pennsylvania
  • Thomas Bragg (1810-1872), North Carolina
  • Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Indiana
  • David C. Broderick (1820-1859), California …died September 16 1859.
  • Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Mississippi …seceded state, withdrew January 12 1861.
  • James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885), South Carolina …seceded state, withdrew November 10 1860.
  • Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Alabama …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), North Carolina
  • Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Mississippi …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Illinois
  • Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Indiana
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Alabama …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
G-L
  • James S. Green (1817-1870), Missouri
  • William M. Gwin (1805-1885), California
  • James H. Hammond (1807-1864), South Carolina …seceded state, withdrew November 11 1860.
  • Henry P. Haun (1815-1860), California …appointed to fill vacancy, November 3 1859.
  • John Hemphill (1803-1862), Texas
  • Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Virginia
  • Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Georgia …seceded state, withdrew January 28 1861.
  • Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Tennessee
  • Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Arkansas
  • Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Oregon
  • Milton S. Latham (1827-1882), California …elected to fill vacancy, March 5 1860.
  • David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Florida
M-R
  • Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Florida …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • James M. Mason (1798-1871), Virginia
  • Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Tennessee …seceded state, withdrew March 3 1861.
  • James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Maryland
  • Trusten Polk (1811-1876), Missouri
  • Lazarus W. Powell (1812-1867), Kentucky
  • George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Ohio
  • Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Minnesota
S-Z
  • Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Delaware
  • William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Arkansas
  • John Slidell (1793-1871), Louisiana …seceded state, withdrew February 4 1861.
  • John R. Thomson (1800-1862), New Jersey
  • Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Georgia …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • Matthias Ward (1805-1861), Texas
  • Louis T. Wigfall (1816-1874), Texas …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, December 5 1859.
  • David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Florida …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.

Republican

A-F
  • Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island
  • Edward D. Baker (1811-1861), Oregon …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 2 1860.
  • Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Michigan
  • Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Pennsylvania
  • Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Michigan
  • Daniel Clark (1809-1891), New Hampshire
  • Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Vermont
  • James Dixon (1814-1873), Connecticut
  • James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Wisconsin
  • Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Wisconsin
  • William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Maine
  • Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Vermont
  • La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Connecticut
G-L
  • James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Iowa
  • John P. Hale (1806-1873), New Hampshire
  • Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine …resigned January 17 1861.
  • James Harlan (1820-1899), Iowa
  • Preston King (1806-1865), New York
M-R
  • Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Maine …elected to fill vacancy, January 17 1861.
S-Z
  • William H. Seward (1801-1872), New York
  • James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Rhode Island
  • Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Massachusetts
  • John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), New Jersey
  • Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Illinois
  • Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Ohio
  • Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), Minnesota
  • Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Massachusetts

American

  • John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Kentucky
  • Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892), Maryland

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C
  • William Allen (1827-1881), Ohio
  • John D. Ashmore (1819-1871), South Carolina …seceded state, withdrew December 21 1860.
  • William T. Avery (1819-1880), Tennessee
  • William Barksdale (1821-1863), Mississippi …seceded state, withdrew January 12 1861.
  • John R. Barret (1825-1903), Missouri …contested election, served until June 8 1860, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1860.
  • Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Virginia
  • Milledge L. Bonham (1813-1890), South Carolina …seceded state, withdrew December 21 1860.
  • William W. Boyce (1818-1890), South Carolina …seceded state, withdrew December 21 1860.
  • Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862), North Carolina
  • John Y. Brown (1835-1904), Kentucky
  • John C. Burch (1826-1885), California
  • Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Kentucky
  • John B. Clark (1802-1885), Missouri
  • Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Virginia
  • David Clopton (1820-1892), Alabama …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Alabama …seceded state, withdrew January 30 1861.
  • John Cochrane (1813-1898), New York
  • George B. Cooper (1808-1866), Michigan …contested election, served until May 15 1860.
  • Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Ohio
  • James Craig (1818-1888), Missouri
  • F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), North Carolina
  • Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Georgia …seceded state, withdrew January 23 1861.
  • Jabez L. M. Curry (1825-1903), Alabama …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
D-E-F
  • Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Louisiana …seceded state, did not occupy seat after February 5 1861.
  • Reuben Davis (1813-1890), Mississippi …seceded state, withdrew January 12 1861.
  • William H. Dimmick (1815-1861), Pennsylvania
  • Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Virginia
  • William H. English (1822-1896), Indiana
  • Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Pennsylvania
  • Philip B. Fouke (1818-1876), Illinois
G-H-I
  • Muscoe R. H. Garnett (1821-1864), Virginia
  • Lucius J. Gartrell (1821-1891), Georgia …seceded state, withdrew January 23 1861.
  • William O. Goode (1798-1859), Virginia …died July 3 1859.
  • Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Illinois …died November 24 1858.
  • George S. Hawkins (1808-1878), Florida …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • Thomas C. Hindman (1828-1868), Arkansas
  • William S. Holman (1822-1897), Indiana
  • George S. Houston (1811-1879), Alabama …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • William Howard (1817-1891), Ohio
  • George W. Hughes (1806-1870), Maryland
J-K-L
  • James Jackson (1819-1887), Georgia …seceded state, withdrew January 23 1861.
  • Albert G. Jenkins (1830-1864), Virginia
  • John J. Jones (1824-1898), Georgia …seceded state, withdrew January 23 1861.
  • Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), South Carolina …seceded state, did not occupy seat after December 10 1860.
  • Jacob M. Kunkel (1822-1870), Maryland
M-N-O
  • Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893), Mississippi …resigned December 1860, seat not filled in this Congress..
  • John M. Landrum (1815-1861), Louisiana …seceded state, did not occupy seat after February 5 1861.
  • Charles H. Larrabee (1820-1883), Wisconsin
  • John A. Logan (1826-1886), Illinois
  • Peter E. Love (1818-1866), Georgia …seceded state, withdrew January 23 1861.
  • William B. Maclay (1812-1882), New York
  • Charles D. Martin (1829-1911), Ohio
  • John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Illinois …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 5 1859.
  • Jacob K. McKenty (1827-1866), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1860.
  • John McQueen (1804-1867), South Carolina …seceded state, withdrew December 21 1860.
  • John J. McRae (1815-1868), Mississippi …seceded state, withdrew January 12 1861.
  • William P. Miles (1822-1899), South Carolina …seceded state, did not occupy seat after December 13 1860.
  • John S. Millson (1808-1874), Virginia
  • William Montgomery (1818-1870), Pennsylvania
  • Sydenham Moore (1817-1862), Alabama …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • Isaac N. Morris (1812-1879), Illinois
  • William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Indiana
  • John W. Noell (1816-1863), Missouri
P-Q-R
  • George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Ohio
  • Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Kentucky
  • John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Missouri
  • Roger A. Pryor (1828-1919), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1859.
  • James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Alabama …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Texas
  • James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Illinois
  • Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), North Carolina
  • Albert Rust ( -1870), Arkansas
S-T-U-V
  • Charles L. Scott (1827-1899), California
  • Daniel E. Sickles (1819-1914), New York
  • William E. Simms (1822-1898), Kentucky
  • Otho R. Singleton (1814-1889), Mississippi …seceded state, withdrew January 12 1861.
  • William Smith (1797-1887), Virginia
  • James A. Stallworth (1822-1861), Alabama …seceded state, withdrew January 21 1861.
  • John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Kentucky
  • James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Maryland
  • Lansing Stout (1828-1871), Oregon
  • Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Louisiana …seceded state, withdrew February 5 1861.
  • James H. Thomas (1808-1876), Tennessee
  • John W. H. Underwood (1816-1888), Georgia …seceded state, withdrew January 23 1861.
  • Clement L. Vallandigham (1820-1871), Ohio
W-X-Y-Z
  • William G. Whiteley (1819-1886), Delaware
  • Warren Winslow (1810-1862), North Carolina
  • John V. Wright (1828-1908), Tennessee

Republican

A-B-C
  • Charles F. Adams, Sr. (1807-1886), Massachusetts
  • Cyrus Aldrich (1808-1871), Minnesota
  • John B. Alley (1817-1896), Massachusetts
  • James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Ohio
  • Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887), Pennsylvania
  • Charles L. Beale (1824-1900), New York
  • John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Ohio
  • Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Missouri …contested election, seated June 8 1860, resigned June 25 1860.
  • Samuel S. Blair (1821-1890), Pennsylvania
  • Harrison G. O. Blake (1818-1876), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1859.
  • William D. Brayton (1815-1887), Rhode Island
  • George Briggs (1805-1869), New York
  • James Buffinton (1817-1875), Massachusetts
  • Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), Massachusetts
  • Alfred A. Burnham (1819-1879), Connecticut
  • Silas M. Burroughs (1810-1860), New York …died June 3 1860.
  • Martin Butterfield (1790-1866), New York
  • James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Pennsylvania
  • John Carey (1792-1875), Ohio
  • Luther C. Carter (1805-1875), New York
  • Charles Case (1817-1883), Indiana
  • Stephen Coburn (1817-1882), Maine …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 2 1861.
  • Clark B. Cochrane (1815-1867), New York
  • Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Indiana
  • Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), New York
  • Martin F. Conway (1827-1882), Kansas …newly admitted state, seated January 30 1861.
  • Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Ohio
  • John Covode (1808-1871), Pennsylvania
  • Samuel R. Curtis (1805-1866), Iowa
D-E-F
  • Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
  • Charles Delano (1820-1883), Massachusetts
  • R. Holland Duell (1824-1891), New York
  • William McKee Dunn (1814-1887), Indiana
  • Sidney Edgerton (1818-1900), Ohio
  • Thomas M. Edwards (1795-1875), New Hampshire
  • Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Massachusetts
  • Alfred Ely (1815-1892), New York
  • John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Illinois
  • Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), New York
  • Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Connecticut
  • Stephen C. Foster (1799-1872), Maine
  • Augustus Frank (1826-1895), New York
  • Ezra B. French (1810-1880), Maine
G-H-I
  • Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Massachusetts
  • James H. Graham (1812-1881), New York
  • Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Pennsylvania
  • John A. Gurley (1813-1863), Ohio
  • James T. Hale (1810-1865), Pennsylvania
  • Chapin Hall (1816-1879), Pennsylvania
  • William Helmick (1817-1888), Ohio
  • Charles B. Hoard (1805-1886), New York
  • William A. Howard (1813-1880), Michigan …contested election, seated May 15 1860.
  • James Humphrey (1811-1866), New York
  • John Hutchins (1812-1891), Ohio
  • William Irvine (1820-1882), New York
J-K-L
  • Benjamin F. Junkin (1822-1908), Pennsylvania
  • Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Michigan
  • William Kellogg (1814-1872), Illinois
  • William S. Kenyon (1820-1896), New York
  • David Kilgore (1804-1879), Indiana
  • John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Pennsylvania
  • De Witt C. Leach (1822-1909), Michigan
  • M. Lindley Lee (1805-1876), New York
  • Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871), Pennsylvania
  • Dwight Loomis (1821-1903), Connecticut
  • Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), Illinois
M-N-O
  • Gilman Marston (1811-1890), New Hampshire
  • James B. McKean (1821-1879), New York
  • Robert McKnight (1820-1885), Pennsylvania
  • Edward McPherson (1830-1895), Pennsylvania
  • William Millward (1822-1871), Pennsylvania
  • James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Pennsylvania
  • Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
  • Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Pennsylvania
  • Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Maine
  • John T. Nixon (1820-1889), New Jersey
  • Abram B. Olin (1808-1879), New York
P-Q-R
  • George W. Palmer (1818-1916), New York
  • William Pennington (1796-1862), New Jersey
  • John J. Perry (1811-1897), Maine
  • John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Indiana
  • Albert G. Porter (1824-1897), Indiana
  • John F. Potter (1817-1899), Wisconsin
  • Emory B. Pottle (1815-1891), New York
  • Edwin R. Reynolds (1816-1908), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1860.
  • Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), Massachusetts
  • Christopher Robinson (1806-1889), Rhode Island
  • Homer E. Royce (1819-1891), Vermont
S-T-U-V
  • George W. Scranton (1811-1861), Pennsylvania
  • Charles B. Sedgwick (1815-1883), New York
  • John Sherman (1823-1900), Ohio
  • Daniel E. Somes (1815-1888), Maine
  • Elbridge G. Spaulding (1809-1897), New York
  • Cyrus Spink (1793-1859), Ohio …died May 31 1859, before Congress assembled.
  • Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), New York
  • Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Ohio
  • Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Pennsylvania
  • William Stewart (1810-1876), Pennsylvania
  • John L. N. Stratton (1817-1889), New Jersey
  • Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), New Hampshire
  • Eli Thayer (1819-1899), Massachusetts
  • Thomas C. Theaker (1812-1883), Ohio
  • Cydnor B. Tompkins (1810-1862), Ohio
  • Charles R. Train (1817-1885), Massachusetts
  • Carey A. Trimble (1813-1887), Ohio
  • Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), New York
  • William Vandever (1817-1893), Iowa
  • John P. Verree (1817-1889), Pennsylvania
W-X-Y-Z
  • Edward Wade (1802-1866), Ohio
  • Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Michigan
  • Eliakim P. Walton (1812-1890), Vermont
  • Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Wisconsin …resigned January 1 1861.
  • Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Maine
  • Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Illinois
  • Alfred Wells (1814-1867), New York
  • James Wilson (1825-1867), Indiana
  • William Windom (1827-1891), Minnesota
  • John Wood (1816-1898), Pennsylvania
  • John Woodruff (1826-1868), Connecticut

Anti-Lecompton Democratic

A-Z
  • Garnett B. Adrain (1815-1878), New Jersey
  • Horace F. Clark (1815-1873), New York
  • John G. Davis (1810-1866), Indiana
  • John B. Haskin (1821-1895), New York
  • John Hickman (1810-1875), Pennsylvania
  • John H. Reynolds (1819-1875), New York
  • Jetur R. Riggs (1809-1869), New Jersey
  • John Schwartz (1793-1860), Pennsylvania …died June 20 1860.

Independent

A-L
  • Green Adams (1812-1884), Kentucky
  • William C. Anderson (1826-1861), Kentucky
  • Alexander R. Boteler (1815-1892), Virginia
  • Reese B. Brabson (1817-1863), Tennessee
  • Francis M. Bristow (1804-1864), Kentucky
  • Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), Tennessee
  • John A. Gilmer (1805-1868), North Carolina
  • Thomas Hardeman, Jr. (1825-1891), Georgia …seceded state, withdrew January 23 1861.
  • Robert H. Hatton (1826-1862), Tennessee
  • Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Georgia …resigned January 23 1861.
  • James M. Leach (1815-1891), North Carolina
M-Z
  • Robert Mallory (1815-1885), Kentucky
  • Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Tennessee
  • Laban T. Moore (1829-1892), Kentucky
  • Thomas A. R. Nelson (1812-1873), Tennessee
  • James M. Quarles (1823-1901), Tennessee
  • William N. H. Smith (1812-1889), North Carolina
  • William B. Stokes (1814-1897), Tennessee
  • Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), North Carolina

Independent Democratic

A-Z
  • Thomas L. Anderson (1808-1885), Missouri
  • Thomas J. Barr (1812-1881), New York
  • Daniel C. De Jarnette (1822-1881), Virginia
  • Andrew J. Hamilton (1815-1875), Texas
  • John T. Harris (1823-1899), Virginia
  • Shelton F. Leake (1812-1884), Virginia
  • Elbert S. Martin (1829c-1876), Virginia

American

A-Z
  • John E. Bouligny (1824-1864), Louisiana
  • Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), Maryland
  • J. Morrison Harris (1817-1898), Maryland
  • Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), Maryland
  • Samuel H. Woodson (1815-1881), Missouri