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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 3, 1845, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President John Tyler.

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.

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

Dates of sessions[edit]

March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845

First session: December 4, 1843 - June 17, 1844
Second session: December 2, 1844 - March 3, 1845 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 27th Congress - state detail
Next congress: 29th Congress - state detail

Party summary[edit]

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

Whig (W) : 29 (majority)
Democratic (D) : 23
vacant: 2

TOTAL members: 54

House of Representatives

Democratic (D) : 147 (majority)
Whig (W) : 72
Law and Order (LO) : 2
Independent Democrat: 1
Independent Whig: 1
vacant: 1

TOTAL members: 224

Leadership[edit]

Senate

President: Vacant

President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum, Whig of North Carolina, elected December 4, 1843

House of Representatives

Speaker: John W. Jones, Democratic of Virginia, elected December 4, 1843

Membership detail by state[edit]

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.

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[edit]

Senate

2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic …resigned April 14, 1844.
Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, April 22, 1844, subsequently elected.
3: Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: James Dellet (1788-1848), Whig
2: James E. Belser (1805-1859), Democratic
3: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …resigned April 22, 1844.
William L. Yancey (1814-1863), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
4: William W. Payne (1807-1874), Democratic
5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
6: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic
7: Felix G. McConnell (1809-1846), Democratic

Arkansas[edit]

Senate

2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic …died August 15, 1844.
Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 8, 1844.
3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Edward Cross (1798-1887), Democratic

Connecticut[edit]

Senate

1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig
3: John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Thomas H. Seymour (1807-1868), Democratic
2: John Stewart (1795-1860), Democratic
3: George S. Catlin (1808-1851), Democratic
4: Samuel Simons (1792-1847), Democratic

Delaware[edit]

Senate

1: Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), Whig
2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: George B. Rodney (1803-1883), Whig

Georgia[edit]

Senate

2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig
3: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats) ^[1]

A/L: Edward J. Black (1806-1846), Democratic
A/L: Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic
A/L: Mark A. Cooper (1800-1885), Democratic …resigned April 14, 1844.
Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1843.
A/L: Hugh A. Haralson (1805-1854), Democratic
A/L: John B. Lamar (1812-1862), Democratic …resigned July 29, 1843, before Congress assembled.
Absalom H. Chappell (1801-1878), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1843.
A/L: John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Democratic
A/L: John Millen (1804-1843), Democratic …died October 15, 1843, before Congress assembled.
Duncan L. Clinch (1787-1849), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 15, 1844.
A/L: William H. Stiles (1808-1865), Democratic

Illinois[edit]

Senate

2: Samuel McRoberts (1799-1843), Democratic …died March 27, 1843.
James Semple (1798-1866), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, August 16, 1843, subsequently elected.
3: Sidney Breese (1800-1878), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: Robert Smith (1802-1867), Democratic
2: John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic
3: Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Democratic
4: John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic
5: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
6: Joseph P. Hoge (1810-1891), Democratic
7: John J. Hardin (1810-1847), Whig

Indiana[edit]

Senate

1: Albert S. White (1803-1864), Whig
3: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Robert D. Owen (1801-1877), Democratic
2: Thomas J. Henley (1810-1865), Democratic
3: Thomas Smith (1799-1876), Democratic
4: Caleb B. Smith (1808-1864), Whig
5: William J. Brown (1805-1857), Democratic
6: John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic
7: Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867), Democratic
8: John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic
9: Samuel C. Sample (1796-1855), Whig
10: Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847), Democratic

Kentucky[edit]

Senate

2: James T. Morehead (1797-1854), Whig
3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
2: Willis Green ( - ), Whig
3: Henry Grider (1796-1866), Whig
4: George A. Caldwell (1814-1866), Democratic
5: James W. Stone (1813-1854), Democratic
6: John White (1802-1845), Whig
7: William P. Thomasson (1797-1882), Whig
8: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig
9: Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic
10: John W. Tibbatts (1802-1852), Democratic

Louisiana[edit]

Senate

2: Alexander Barrow (1801-1846), Whig
3: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 12, 1844.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic
2: Alcée L. La Branche (1806-1861), Democratic
3: John B. Dawson (1798-1845), Democratic
4: Pierre E. J. B. Bossier (1797-1844), Democratic …died April 24, 1844.
Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.

Maine[edit]

Senate

2: George Evans (1797-1867), Whig
1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: Joshua Herrick (1793-1874), Democratic
2: Robert P. Dunlap (1794-1859), Democratic
3: Luther Severance (1797-1855), Whig
4: Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Whig
5: Benjamin White (1790-1860), Democratic …seated December 2, 1844.
6: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic
7: Shepard Cary (1805-1866), Democratic …seated May 10, 1844.

Maryland[edit]

Senate

1: William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Whig
3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: John M. S. Causin (1811-1861), Whig
2: Francis Brengle (1807-1846), Whig
3: John Wethered (1809-1888), Whig
4: John P. Kennedy (1795-1870), Whig
5: Jacob A. Preston (1796-1868), Whig
6: Thomas A. Spence (1810-1877), Whig

Massachusetts[edit]

Senate

2: Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig
1: Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig
2: Daniel P. King (1801-1850), Whig
3: Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Whig
4: William Parmenter (1789-1866), Democratic
5: Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Whig
6: Osmyn Baker (1800-1875), Whig
7: Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig
8: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig
9: Henry Williams (1805-1887), Democratic
10: Barker Burnell (1798-1843), Whig …died June 15, 1843, before Congress assembled.
Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1843.

Michigan[edit]

Senate

1: Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), Whig
2: William Woodbridge (1780-1861), Whig

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Democratic
2: Lucius Lyon (1800-1851), Democratic
3: James B. Hunt (1799-1857), Democratic

Mississippi[edit]

Senate

2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic
1: John Henderson (1797-1857), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats) ^[2]

A/L: William H. Hammett (1799-1861), Democratic
A/L: Robert W. Roberts (1784-1865), Democratic
A/L: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic
A/L: Tilghman M. Tucker (1802-1859), Democratic

Missouri[edit]

Senate

1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic …died October 3, 1843.
David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1844.

House of Representatives (5 seats) ^[3]

A/L: Gustavus M. Bower (1790-1864), Democratic
A/L: James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Democratic
A/L: James M. Hughes (1809-1861), Democratic
A/L: John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic
A/L: James H. Relfe (1791-1863), Democratic

New Hampshire[edit]

Senate

2: Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), Democratic
3: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats) ^[4]

A/L: Edmund Burke (1809-1882), Democratic
A/L: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Democratic
A/L: Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic
A/L: John R. Reding (1805-1892), Democratic

New Jersey[edit]

Senate

2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig
1: William L. Dayton (1807-1864), Whig

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: Lucius Q. C. Elmer (1793-1883), Democratic
2: George Sykes (1802-1880), Democratic
3: Isaac G. Farlee (1787-1855), Democratic
4: Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859), Democratic
5: William Wright (1794-1866), Independent Whig

New York[edit]

Senate

3: Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic …resigned November 26, 1844.
Henry A. Foster (1800-1889), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30, 1844.

John A. Dix (1798-1879), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 18, 1845.
1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Whig …resigned June 17, 1844.
Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 30, 1844.

House of Representatives (34 seats)

1: Selah B. Strong (1792-1872), Democratic
2: Henry C. Murphy (1810-1882), Democratic
3: J. Phillips Phoenix (1788-1859), Whig
4: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic
5: Moses G. Leonard (1809-1899), Democratic
6: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Whig
7: Joseph H. Anderson (1800-1870), Democratic
8: Richard D. Davis (1799-1871), Democratic
9: James G. Clinton (1804-1849), Democratic
10: Jeremiah Russell (1786-1867), Democratic
11: Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), Democratic
12: David L. Seymour (1803-1867), Democratic
13: Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), Whig
14: Charles Rogers (1800-1874), Whig
15: Lemuel Stetson (1804-1868), Democratic
16: Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854), Democratic
17: Charles S. Benton (1810-1882), Democratic
18: Preston King (1806-1865), Democratic
19: Orville Hungerford (1790-1851), Democratic
20: Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic …resigned March 6, 1844.
Levi D. Carpenter (1802-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
21: Jeremiah E. Cary (1803-1888), Democratic
22: Smith M. Purdy (1796-1870), Democratic
23: Orville Robinson (1801-1882), Democratic
24: Horace Wheaton (1803-1882), Democratic
25: George O. Rathbun (1803-1870), Democratic
26: Amasa Dana (1792-1867), Democratic
27: Byram Green (1786-1865), Democratic
28: Thomas J. Patterson (1808c- ), Whig
29: Charles H. Carroll (1794-1865), Whig
30: William S. Hubbell (1801-1873), Democratic
31: Asher Tyler (1798-1875), Whig
32: William A. Moseley (1798-1873), Whig
33: Albert Smith (1805-1870), Whig
34: Washington Hunt (1811-1867), Whig

North Carolina[edit]

Senate

2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
3: William H. Haywood, Jr. (1801-1852), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

1: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Whig
2: Daniel M. Barringer (1806-1873), Whig
3: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic
4: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig
5: Romulus M. Saunders (1791-1867), Democratic
6: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
7: John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic
8: Archibald H. Arrington (1809-1872), Democratic
9: Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), Whig

Ohio[edit]

Senate

3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
1: Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (21 seats)

1: Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), Democratic
2: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
3: Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Whig
4: Joseph Vance (1786-1852), Whig
5: Emery D. Potter (1804-1896), Democratic
6: Henry St. John (1783-1869), Democratic
7: Joseph J. McDowell (1800-1877), Democratic
8: John I. Vanmeter (1798-1875), Whig
9: Elias Florence (1797-1880), Whig
10: Heman Allen Moore (1809-1844), Democratic …died April 3, 1844.
Alfred P. Stone (1813-1865), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
11: Jacob Brinkerhoff (1810-1880), Democratic
12: Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Whig
13: Perley B. Johnson (1798-1870), Whig
14: Alexander Harper (1786-1860), Whig
15: Joseph Morris (1795-1854), Democratic
16: James Mathews (1805-1887), Democratic
17: William C. McCauslen (1796-1863), Democratic
18: Ezra Dean (1795-1872), Democratic
19: Daniel R. Tilden (1804-1890), Whig
20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig
21: Henry R. Brinkerhoff (1787-1844), Democratic …died April 30, 1844.
Edward S. Hamlin (1808-1894), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.

Pennsylvania[edit]

Senate

3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic
1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic

House of Representatives (24 seats)

1: Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Whig
2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), Whig
3: John T. Smith ( - ), Democratic
4: Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Democratic
5: Jacob S. Yost (1801-1872), Democratic
6: Michael H. Jenks (1795-1867), Whig
7: Abraham R. McIlvaine (1804-1863), Whig
8: Jeremiah Brown (1785-1858), Whig
9: John Ritter (1779-1851), Democratic
10: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
11: Benjamin A. Bidlack (1804-1849), Democratic
12: Almon H. Read (1790-1844), Democratic …died June 3, 1844.
George Fuller (1802-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1844.
13: Henry Frick (1795-1844), Whig …died March 1, 1844.
James Pollock (1810-1890), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 23, 1844.
14: Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Whig
15: Henry Nes (1799-1850), Independent Democratic
16: James Black (1793-1872), Democratic
17: James Irvin (1800-1862), Whig
18: Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Whig
19: Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Democratic
20: John Dickey (1794-1853), Whig
21: William Wilkins (1779-1865), Democratic …resigned February 14, 1844.
Cornelius Darragh (1809-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 26, 1844.
22: Samuel Hays (1783-1868), Democratic
23: Charles M. Reed (1803-1871), Whig
24: Joseph Buffington (1803-1872), Whig

Rhode Island[edit]

Senate

2: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Whig
1: William Sprague (1799-1856), Whig …resigned January 17, 1844.
John B. Francis (1791-1864), Law and Order …elected to fill vacancy, January 25, 1844.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Henry Y. Cranston (1789-1864), Law and Order
2: Elisha R. Potter (1811-1882), Law and Order

South Carolina[edit]

Senate

3: George McDuffie (1790-1851), Democratic
2: Daniel E. Huger (1779-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, March 4, 1843, resigned March 3, 1845.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: James A. Black (1793-1848), Democratic
2: Richard F. Simpson (1798-1882), Democratic
3: Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), Democratic
4: John Campbell (1795-1845), Democratic
5: Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic
6: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic
7: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic

Tennessee[edit]

Senate

1: Ephraim H. Foster (1794-1854), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 17, 1843.
2: Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, October 17, 1843.

House of Representatives (11 seats)

1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
2: William T. Senter (1801-1848), Whig
3: Julius W. Blackwell (1797c- ), Democratic
4: Alvan Cullom (1797-1877), Democratic
5: George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
6: Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), Democratic
7: David W. Dickinson (1808-1845), Whig
8: Joseph H. Peyton (1808-1845), Whig
9: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
10: John B. Ashe (1810-1857), Whig
11: Milton Brown (1804-1883), Whig

Vermont[edit]

Senate

1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig
3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig
2: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Whig
3: George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Whig
4: Paul Dillingham, Jr. (1799-1891), Democratic

Virginia[edit]

Senate

1: William C. Rives (1793-1868), Whig
2: William S. Archer (1789-1855), Whig

House of Representatives (15 seats)

1: Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Democratic
2: George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic
3: Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic
4: Edmund W. Hubard (1806-1878), Democratic
5: Thomas W. Gilmer (1802-1844), Democratic …resigned February 16, 1844.
William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 10, 1844.
6: John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic
7: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Democratic …resigned February 12, 1844.
Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 6, 1844.
8: Willoughby Newton (1802-1874), Whig
9: Samuel Chilton (1804-1867), Whig
10: William Lucas (1800-1877), Democratic
11: William Taylor (1788-1846), Democratic
12: Augustus A. Chapman (1803-1876), Democratic
13: George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Democratic
14: George W. Summers (1804-1868), Whig
15: Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), Democratic

Delegates[edit]

Florida Territory

A/L: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic …granted statehood March 3, 1845.

Iowa Territory

A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic

Wisconsin Territory

A/L: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic

Notes[edit]

^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
^ All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket:

References[edit]

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)

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