28th United States Congress

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28th United States Congress
27th ← → 29th
United States Capitol (1846)
March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845
Members	54 senators 223 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Whig
Senate President	Vacant
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	John W. Jones (D)
Sessions
1st: December 4, 1843 – June 17, 1844 2nd: December 2, 1844 – March 3, 1845

The Twenty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1843, to March 4, 1845, during the third and fourth years of John Tyler's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. The Senate had a Whig majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Major events

See also: 1843 in the United States, 1844 in the United States, and 1845 in the United States

• May 24, 1844: The first electrical telegram was sent by Samuel F. B. Morse from the U.S. Capitol to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, Maryland, saying "What hath God wrought".
• December 4, 1844: U.S. presidential election, 1844: James K. Polk defeated Henry Clay

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901 § 28th United States Congress

• January 23, 1845: Presidential Election Day Act, ch. 1, 5 Stat. 721
• March 3, 1845: For the first time, Congress overrode a Presidential veto. A bill, relating to revenue cutters and steamers, was thereby enacted as the last Act of the 28th Congress: session II, ch. 78, 5 Stat. 795.

Treaties

• July 3, 1844: Treaty of Wanghia signed (first diplomatic agreement between China and the United States)

States admitted

• March 1, 1845: Resolution for the Annexation of Texas, 5 Stat. 797 (Admitted in the next Congress, December 29, 1845.)
• March 3, 1845: Florida admitted, 5 Stat. 742. The statute also allowed for the provisional admission of Iowa, pending a referendum in that state. (Admitted in the next Congress, December 28, 1846.)

Party summary

Senate

During this congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of Florida.

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Law and Order (LO)	Whig (W)
End of previous congress	20	0	29	49	3
Begin	22	0	27	49	3
End	23	1		51
Final voting share	45.1%	2.0%	52.9%
Beginning of next congress	26	0	24	50	4

House of Representatives

Following the 1840 United States Census, Congress reapportioned the House to include 223 seats (5 Stat. 491). During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Florida (5 Stat. 743).

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)						Total
	Democratic (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Law and Order (LO)	Whig (W)	Independent Whig (IW)	Other		Vacant
End of previous Congress	100	1	0	139	0	1	241	1
Begin	147	1	2	72	1	0	223	0
End	141			78				1
Final voting share	63.7%		0.9%	35.4%		0.0%
Beginning of next Congress	138	0	0	78	0	6	222	2

Leadership

Senate

• President: Vacant
• President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum (W)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: John W. Jones (D)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1848.

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Alabama

• 2. William R. D. King (D), until April 15, 1844
  • Dixon H. Lewis (D), from April 22, 1844
• 3. Arthur P. Bagby (D)

Arkansas

• 2. William S. Fulton (D), until August 15, 1844
  • Chester Ashley (D), from November 8, 1844
• 3. Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

Connecticut

• 1. Jabez W. Huntington (W)
• 3. John M. Niles (D)

Delaware

• 1. Richard H. Bayard (W)
• 2. Thomas Clayton (W)

Florida

• 1: vacant, admitted to the Union March 3, 1845
• 2: vacant, admitted to the Union March 3, 1845

Georgia

• 2. John MacPherson Berrien (W)
• 3. Walter T. Colquitt (D)

Illinois

• 2. Samuel McRoberts (D), until March 27, 1843
  • James Semple (D), from December 4, 1843
• 3. Sidney Breese (D)

Indiana

• 1. Albert S. White (W)
• 3. Edward A. Hannegan (D)

Kentucky

• 2. James T. Morehead (W)
• 3. John J. Crittenden (W)

Louisiana

• 2. Alexander Barrow (W)
• 3. Alexander Porter (W), until January 13, 1844
  • Henry Johnson (W), from February 12, 1844

Maine

• 2. George Evans (W)
• 1. John Fairfield (D), from December 4, 1843

Maryland

• 1. William D. Merrick (W)
• 3. James A. Pearce (W)

Massachusetts

• 2. Isaac C. Bates (W)
• 1. Rufus Choate (W)

Michigan

• 1. Augustus S. Porter (W)
• 2. William Woodbridge (W)

Mississippi

• 2. Robert J. Walker (D)
• 1. John Henderson (W)

Missouri

• 1. Thomas H. Benton (D)
• 3. Lewis F. Linn (D), until October 3, 1843
  • David R. Atchison (D), from October 14, 1843

New Hampshire

• 2. Levi Woodbury (D)
• 3. Charles G. Atherton (D)

New Jersey

• 2. Jacob W. Miller (W)
• 1. William L. Dayton (W)

New York

• 3. Silas Wright, Jr. (D), until November 26, 1844
  • Henry A. Foster (D), November 30, 1844 – January 27, 1845
  • John A. Dix (D), from January 27, 1845
• 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W), until June 17, 1844
  • Daniel S. Dickinson (D), from November 30, 1844

North Carolina

• 2. Willie P. Mangum (W)
• 3. William H. Haywood, Jr. (D)

Ohio

• 3. William Allen (D)
• 1. Benjamin Tappan (D)

Pennsylvania

• 3. James Buchanan (D)
• 1. Daniel Sturgeon (D)

Rhode Island

• 2. James F. Simmons (W)
• 1. William Sprague (W), until January 17, 1844
  • John B. Francis (LO), from January 25, 1844

South Carolina

• 3. George McDuffie (D)
• 2. Daniel E. Huger (D), until March 3, 1845

Tennessee

• 1. Ephraim H. Foster (W), from October 17, 1843
• 2. Spencer Jarnagin (W), from October 17, 1843

Vermont

• 1. Samuel S. Phelps (W)
• 3. William Upham (W)

Virginia

• 1. William C. Rives (W)
• 2. William S. Archer (W)

President pro tempore
Willie P. Mangum

House of Representatives

Representatives are listed by their district numbers.

Alabama

(6-1 Democratic)

• 1. James Dellet (W)
• 2. James E. Belser (D)
• 3. Dixon H. Lewis (D), until April 22, 1844
  • William L. Yancey (D), from December 2, 1844
• 4. William W. Payne (D)
• 5. George S. Houston (D)
• 6. Reuben Chapman (D)
• 7. Felix G. McConnell (D)

Arkansas

(1 Democrat)

• At-large. Edward Cross (D)

Connecticut

(4 Democrats)

• 1. Thomas H. Seymour (D)
• 2. John Stewart (D)
• 3. George S. Catlin (D)
• 4. Samuel Simons (D)

Delaware

(1 Whig)

• At-large. George B. Rodney (W)

Florida

• At-large: vacant, admitted to the Union March 3, 1845

Georgia

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(8 Democrats)

• At-large. Edward J. Black (D)
• At-large. Howell Cobb (D)
• At-large. Mark A. Cooper (D), until June 26, 1843
  • Alexander H. Stephens (W), from October 2, 1843
• At-large. Hugh A. Haralson (D)
• At-large. John B. Lamar (D), until July 29, 1843
  • Absalom H. Chappell (W), from October 2, 1843
• At-large. John H. Lumpkin (D)
• At-large. John Millen (D), until October 15, 1843
  • Duncan L. Clinch (W), from February 15, 1844
• At-large. William H. Stiles (D)

Illinois

(6-1 Democratic)

• 1. Robert Smith (D)
• 2. John A. McClernand (D)
• 3. Orlando B. Ficklin (D)
• 4. John Wentworth (D)
• 5. Stephen A. Douglas (D)
• 6. Joseph P. Hoge (D)
• 7. John J. Hardin (W)

Indiana

(8-2 Democratic)

• 1. Robert D. Owen (D)
• 2. Thomas J. Henley (D)
• 3. Thomas Smith (D)
• 4. Caleb B. Smith (W)
• 5. William J. Brown (D)
• 6. John W. Davis (D)
• 7. Joseph A. Wright (D)
• 8. John Pettit (D)
• 9. Samuel C. Sample (W)
• 10. Andrew Kennedy (D)

Kentucky

(5-5 split)

• 1. Linn Boyd (D)
• 2. Willis Green (W)
• 3. Henry Grider (W)
• 4. George A. Caldwell (D)
• 5. James W. Stone (D)
• 6. John White (W)
• 7. William P. Thomasson (W)
• 8. Garrett Davis (W)
• 9. Richard French (D)
• 10. John W. Tibbatts (D)

Louisiana

(4 Democrats)

• 1. John Slidell (D)
• 2. Alcée L. La Branche (D)
• 3. John B. Dawson (D)
• 4. Pierre E. J. B. Bossier (D), until April 24, 1844
  • Isaac E. Morse (D), from December 2, 1844

Maine

(5-2 Democratic)

• 1. Joshua Herrick (D)
• 2. Robert P. Dunlap (D)
• 3. Luther Severance (W)
• 4. Freeman H. Morse (W)
• 5. Benjamin White (D)
• 6. Hannibal Hamlin (D)
• 7. Shepard Cary (D)

Maryland

(6 Democrats)

• 1. John M. S. Causin (W)
• 2. Francis Brengle (W)
• 3. John Wethered (W)
• 4. John P. Kennedy (W)
• 5. Jacob A. Preston (W)
• 6. Thomas A. Spence (W)

Massachusetts

(8-1 Whig)

• 1. Robert C. Winthrop (W)
• 2. Daniel P. King (W)
• 3. Amos Abbott (W)
• 4. William Parmenter (D)
• 5. Charles Hudson (W)
• 6. Osmyn Baker (W)
• 7. Julius Rockwell (W)
• 8. John Quincy Adams (W)
• 9. Henry Williams (D)
• 10. Barker Burnell (W), until June 15, 1843
  • Joseph Grinnell (W), from December 7, 1843

Michigan

(3 Democrats)

• 1. Robert McClelland (D)
• 2. Lucius Lyon (D)
• 3. James B. Hunt (D)

Mississippi

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(4 Democrats)

• At-large. William H. Hammett (D)
• At-large. Robert W. Roberts (D)
• At-large. Jacob Thompson (D)
• At-large. Tilghman M. Tucker (D)

Missouri

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(5 Democrats)

• At-large. Gustavus M. Bower (D)
• At-large. James B. Bowlin (D)
• At-large. James M. Hughes (D)
• At-large. John Jameson (D)
• At-large. James H. Relfe (D)

New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(4 Democrats)

• At-large. Edmund Burke (D)
• At-large. John P. Hale (D)
• At-large. Moses Norris, Jr. (D)
• At-large. John R. Reding (D)

New Jersey

(4-1 Democratic)

• 1. Lucius Q. C. Elmer (D)
• 2. George Sykes (D)
• 3. Isaac G. Farlee (D)
• 4. Littleton Kirkpatrick (D)
• 5. William Wright (IW)

New York

(24-10 Democratic)

• 1. Selah B. Strong (D)
• 2. Henry C. Murphy (D)
• 3. J. Phillips Phoenix (W)
• 4. William B. Maclay (D)
• 5. Moses G. Leonard (D)
• 6. Hamilton Fish (W), from December 4, 1843
• 7. Joseph H. Anderson (D)
• 8. Richard D. Davis (D)
• 9. James G. Clinton (D)
• 10. Jeremiah Russell (D)
• 11. Zadock Pratt (D)
• 12. David L. Seymour (D)
• 13. Daniel D. Barnard (W)
• 14. Charles Rogers (W)
• 15. Lemuel Stetson (D)
• 16. Chesselden Ellis (D)
• 17. Charles S. Benton (D)
• 18. Preston King (D)
• 19. Orville Hungerford (D)
• 20. Samuel Beardsley (D), until April 29, 1844
  • Levi D. Carpenter (D), from November 5, 1844
• 21. Jeremiah E. Cary (D)
• 22. Smith M. Purdy (D)
• 23. Orville Robinson (D)
• 24. Horace Wheaton (D)
• 25. George O. Rathbun (D)
• 26. Amasa Dana (D)
• 27. Byram Green (D)
• 28. Thomas J. Paterson (W)
• 29. Charles H. Carroll (W)
• 30. William S. Hubbell (D)
• 31. Asher Tyler (W)
• 32. William A. Moseley (W)
• 33. Albert Smith (W)
• 34. Washington Hunt (W)

North Carolina

(5-4 Whig)

• 1. Thomas L. Clingman (W)
• 2. Daniel M. Barringer (W)
• 3. David S. Reid (D)
• 4. Edmund Deberry (W)
• 5. Romulus M. Saunders (D)
• 6. James I. McKay (D)
• 7. John R. J. Daniel (D)
• 8. Archibald H. Arrington (D)
• 9. Kenneth Rayner (W)

Ohio

(12-9 Democratic)

• 1. Alexander Duncan (D)
• 2. John B. Weller (D)
• 3. Robert C. Schenck (W)
• 4. Joseph Vance (W)
• 5. Emery D. Potter (D)
• 6. Henry St. John (D)
• 7. Joseph J. McDowell (D)
• 8. John I. Vanmeter (W)
• 9. Elias Florence (W)
• 10. Heman Allen Moore (D), until April 3, 1844
  • Alfred P. Stone (D), from October 8, 1844
• 11. Jacob Brinkerhoff (D)
• 12. Samuel F. Vinton (W)
• 13. Perley B. Johnson (W)
• 14. Alexander Harper (W)
• 15. Joseph Morris (D)
• 16. James Mathews (D)
• 17. William C. McCauslen (D)
• 18. Ezra Dean (D)
• 19. Daniel R. Tilden (W)
• 20. Joshua R. Giddings (W)
• 21. Henry R. Brinkerhoff (D), until April 30, 1844
  • Edward S. Hamlin (W), from October 8, 1844

Pennsylvania

(12-12 split)

• 1. Edward Joy Morris (W)
• 2. Joseph R. Ingersoll (W)
• 3. John T. Smith (D)
• 4. Charles J. Ingersoll (D)
• 5. Jacob S. Yost (D)
• 6. Michael H. Jenks (W)
• 7. Abraham R. McIlvaine (W)
• 8. Jeremiah Brown (W)
• 9. John Ritter (D)
• 10. Richard Brodhead (D)
• 11. Benjamin A. Bidlack (D)
• 12. Almon H. Read (D), until June 3, 1844
  • George Fuller (D), from December 2, 1844
• 13. Henry Frick (W), until March 1, 1844
  • James Pollock (W), from April 5, 1844
• 14. Alexander Ramsey (W)
• 15. Henry Nes (ID)
• 16. James Black (D)
• 17. James Irvin (W)
• 18. Andrew Stewart (W)
• 19. Henry D. Foster (D)
• 20. John Dickey (W)
• 21. William Wilkins (D), until February 14, 1844
  • Cornelius Darragh (W), from March 26, 1844
• 22. Samuel Hays (D)
• 23. Charles M. Reed (W)
• 24. Joseph Buffington (W)

Rhode Island

(2 Law and Order)

• 1. Henry Y. Cranston (LO)
• 2. Elisha R. Potter (LO)

South Carolina

(7 Democrats)

• 1. James A. Black (D)
• 2. Richard F. Simpson (D)
• 3. Joseph A. Woodward (D)
• 4. John Campbell (D)
• 5. Armistead Burt (D)
• 6. Isaac E. Holmes (D)
• 7. R. Barnwell Rhett (D)

Tennessee

(6-5 Democratic)

• 1. Andrew Johnson (D)
• 2. William T. Senter (W)
• 3. Julius W. Blackwell (D)
• 4. Alvan Cullom (D)
• 5. George W. Jones (D)
• 6. Aaron V. Brown (D)
• 7. David W. Dickinson (W)
• 8. Joseph H. Peyton (W)
• 9. Cave Johnson (D)
• 10. John B. Ashe (W)
• 11. Milton Brown (W)

Vermont

(3-1 Whig)

• 1. Solomon Foot (W)
• 2. Jacob Collamer (W)
• 3. George P. Marsh (W)
• 4. Paul Dillingham, Jr. (D)

Virginia

(12-3 Democratic)

• 1. Archibald Atkinson (D)
• 2. George C. Dromgoole (D)
• 3. Walter Coles (D)
• 4. Edmund W. Hubard (D)
• 5. Thomas W. Gilmer (D), until February 16, 1844
  • William L. Goggin (W), from April 25, 1844
• 6. John W. Jones (D)
• 7. Henry A. Wise (D), until February 12, 1844
  • Thomas H. Bayly (D), from May 6, 1844
• 8. Willoughby Newton (W)
• 9. Samuel Chilton (W)
• 10. William Lucas (D)
• 11. William Taylor (D)
• 12. Augustus A. Chapman (D)
• 13. George W. Hopkins (D)
• 14. George W. Summers (W)
• 15. Lewis Steenrod (D)

Non-voting members

(3 Democrats)

• Florida Territory. David Levy Yulee (D), until March 3, 1845
• Iowa Territory. Augustus C. Dodge (D)
• Wisconsin Territory. Henry Dodge (D)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1-100% Democratic	80.1-100% Whig
60.1-80% Democratic	60.1-80% Whig
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Whig

Speaker John Winston Jones

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

• replacements: 7
  • Democrats (D): no net change
  • Whigs (W): 1 seat net loss
  • Law and Order (LO): 1 seat net gain
• deaths: 3
• resignations: 5
• interim appointments: 1
• Total seats with changes: 10

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

|- | Tennessee
(1) | Vacant | Senator Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) resigned in 26th Congress.
Successor elected October 17, 1843. | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Ephraim H. Foster (W) | Elected October 17, 1843

|- | Tennessee
(2) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor elected October 17, 1843. | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Spencer Jarnagin (W) | Elected October 17, 1843

|- | Maine
(1) | Vacant | Senator Reuel Williams (D) resigned in previous congress.
Successor elected December 4, 1843. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Fairfield (D) | Elected December 4, 1843

|- | Louisiana
(3) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Alexander Porter (W) | Elected but, due to ill health, never took his seat.
Incumbent died January 13, 1844.
Successor elected February 12, 1844. | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Henry Johnson (W) | Elected February 12, 1844

|- | Illinois
(2) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Samuel McRoberts (D) | Died March 27, 1843.
Successor appointed December 4, 1843, to continue the term until an election.
Appointee was later elected, on an unknown date. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | James Semple (D) | Seated December 4, 1843

|- | Missouri
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Lewis F. Linn (D) | Died October 3, 1843.
Successor appointed October 14, 1843, to continue the term until an election.
Appointee was later elected, on an unknown date in 1843. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | David R. Atchison (D) | Seated October 14, 1843

|- | Rhode Island
(1) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William Sprague (W) | Resigned January 17, 1844.
Successor elected January 25, 1844. | style="background:#00DDDD" | John B. Francis (LO) | Seated January 25, 1844

|- | Alabama
(2) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William R. King (D) | Resigned April 15, 1844, after being appointed U.S. Minister to France.
Successor appointed April 22, 1844, to finish the term. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Dixon H. Lewis (D) | Seated April 22, 1844

|- | New York
(1) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W) | Resigned June 17, 1844, after being appointed Governor of Wisconsin Territory.
Successor was appointed November 30, 1945.
Appointee was later elected January 18, 1845. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Daniel S. Dickinson (D) | Seated December 9, 1844

|- | Arkansas
(2) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William S. Fulton (D) | Died August 15, 1844.
Successor elected November 8, 1844. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Chester Ashley (D) | Seated November 8, 1844

|- | New York
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Silas Wright (D) | Resigned November 26, 1844, after being elected Governor of New York.
Successor appointed November 30, 1945. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Henry A. Foster (D) | Seated December 9, 1844

|- | New York
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Henry A. Foster (D) | Appointee was not nominated for election.
Successor elected January 18, 1845. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John A. Dix (D) | Seated January 27, 1845

|- | South Carolina
(2) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Daniel E. Huger (D) | Resigned March 3, 1845 | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | Florida
(1) | colspan=2 | New state: Florida admitted to the Union March 3, 1845.
First Senator wasn't elected until the next Congress. | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | Florida
(2) | colspan=2 | New state: Florida admitted to the Union March 3, 1845.
First Senator wasn't elected until the next Congress. | Vacant | Not filled this term

|}

House of Representatives

• replacements: 14
  • Democrats (D): 6 seat net loss
  • Whigs (W): 6 seat net gain
• deaths: 7
• resignations: 7
• contested election: 0
• Total seats with changes: 16

Main article: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Massachusetts 10th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Barker Burnell (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 15, 1843 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Joseph Grinnell (W) | Seated December 7, 1843 |- | Georgia At-large | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Mark A. Cooper (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 26, 1843, to become candidate for Governor of Georgia | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Alexander H. Stephens (W) | Seated October 2, 1843 |- | Georgia At-large | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John B. Lamar (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 29, 1843 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Absalom H. Chappell (W) | Seated October 2, 1843 |- | Georgia At-large | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Millen (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 15, 1843 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Duncan L. Clinch (W) | Seated February 15, 1844 |- | Virginia 7th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Henry A. Wise (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 12, 1844, after being appointed Minister to Brazil | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas H. Bayly (D) | Seated May 6, 1844 |- | Pennsylvania 21st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William Wilkens (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 14, 1844, after being appointed United States Secretary of War | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Cornelius Darragh (W) | Seated March 26, 1844 |- | Virginia 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas W. Gilmer (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 16, 1844, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Navy | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William L. Goggin (W) | Seated April 25, 1844 |- | Pennsylvania 13th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Henry Frick (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 1, 1844 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | James Pollock (W) | Seated April 5, 1844 |- | Ohio 10th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Heman A. Moore (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 3, 1844 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alfred P. Stone (D) | Seated October 8, 1844 |- | Alabama 3rd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Dixon H. Lewis (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 22, 1844, after being appointed US Senator | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William L. Yancey (D) | Seated December 2, 1844 |- | Louisiana 4th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Pierre Bossier (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 24, 1844 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Isaac E. Morse (D) | Seated December 2, 1844 |- | New York 20th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Samuel Beardsley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 29, 1844, after being appointed associate judge of New York Supreme Court | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Levi D. Carpenter (D) | Seated November 5, 1844 |- | Ohio 21st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Henry R. Brinkerhoff (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 30, 1844 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Edward S. Hamlin (W) | Seated October 8, 1844 |- | Pennsylvania 12th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Almon H. Read (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 3, 1844 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | George Fuller (D) | Seated December 2, 1844 |- | Florida Territory At-large | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | David L. Yulee (D) | colspan=3 style="font-size:80%" | Seat was eliminated when Florida achieved statehood March 3, 1845 |- | nowrap | Florida
At-large | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Agriculture
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Claims
• Commerce
• Credentials of the Honorable John M. Niles (Select)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia
• Finance
• Foreign Relations
• Indian Affairs
• Judiciary
• Manufactures
• Military Affairs
• Militia
• Naval Affairs
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
• Patents and the Patent Office
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Printing
• Private Land Claims
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Lands
• Retrenchment
• Revolutionary Claims
• Roads and Canals
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories
• Violation of the Injunction of Secrecy (Select)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Agriculture
• Army Pay (Select)
• Banks of the District of Columbia (Select)
• Claims
• Commerce
• District of Columbia
• Elections
• Engraving
• Expenditures in the Navy Department
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department
• Expenditures in the State Department
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department
• Expenditures in the War Department
• Expenditures on Public Buildings
• Foreign Affairs
• Indian Affairs
• Invalid Pensions
• Manufactures
• Mileage
• Military Affairs
• Militia
• Naval Affairs
• Patents
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Expenditures
• Public Lands
• Revisal and Unfinished Business
• Revolutionary Claims
• Roads and Canals
• Rules (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories
• Ways and Means
• Whole

Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills
• Smithsonian Bequest

Employees

• Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

• Chaplain: Septimus Tustin (Presbyterian)
• Secretary: Asbury Dickens
• Sergeant at Arms: Edward Dyer

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Isaac S. Tinsley (Baptist)
  • William M. Daily (Methodist), from December 4, 1844
• Clerk: Caleb J. McNulty, until January 18, 1845
  • Benjamin B. French, from January 18, 1845
• Doorkeeper: Jesse E. Dow
• Postmaster: John M. Johnson
• Sergeant at Arms: Newton Lane

See also

• United States elections, 1842 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1842 and 1843
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1842
• United States elections, 1844 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1844
  • United States Senate elections, 1844 and 1845
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1844

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
• Congressional Directory for the 28th Congress, 1st Session.
• Congressional Directory for the 28th Congress, 2nd Session.