22nd United States Congress

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22nd United States Congress
21st ← → 23rd
United States Capitol (1827)
March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833
Members	48 senators 213 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Jacksonian
Senate President	John C. Calhoun (J) until December 28, 1832 Vacant from December 28, 1832
House majority	Jacksonian
House Speaker	Andrew Stevenson (J)
Sessions
1st: December 5, 1831 – July 16, 1832 2nd: December 3, 1832 – March 2, 1833

The Twenty-second 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, 1831, to March 4, 1833, during the third and fourth years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.

Major events

Main articles: 1831 in the United States, 1832 in the United States, and 1833 in the United States

• December 28, 1832: Vice President John C. Calhoun resigned. The first Vice President of the United States to do so.
• Nullification Crisis

Major legislation

Main article: Major legislation: 22nd United States Congress

• July 14, 1832: Tariff of 1832, ch. 227, 4 Stat. 583
• March 2, 1833: Tariff of 1833 (Compromise Tariff), ch. 55, 4 Stat. 629
• March 2, 1833: Force Bill, ch. 57, 4 Stat. 632

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Anti- Jacksonian (Anti-J)	Jacksonian (J)	Nullifier (N)
End of previous congress	22	25	0	47	1
Begin	20	24	2	46	2
End	22		1	47	1
Final voting share	46.8%	51.1%	2.1%
Beginning of next congress	25	20	1	46	2

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)				Total	Vacant
	Anti- Jacksonian (Anti-J)	Anti- Masonic (AM)	Jacksonian (J)	Nullifier (N)
End of previous congress	72	6	134	0	212	1
Begin	65	16	127	4	212	1
End	63	17	128
Final voting share	29.7%	8.0%	60.4%	1.9%
Beginning of next congress	62	25	144	9	240	0

Leadership

President of the Senate
John C. Calhoun

Senate

• President: John C. Calhoun (J), resigned December 28, 1832; thereafter vacant.
• President pro tempore: Samuel Smith (J), first elected December 5, 1831
  • Littleton W. Tazewell (J), elected July 9, 1832
  • Hugh Lawson White (J), elected December 3, 1832

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Andrew Stevenson (J)

Members

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

Skip to House of Representatives, below

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 re-election in 1832; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1836.

Alabama

• 2. William R. D. King (J)
• 3. Gabriel Moore (J)

Connecticut

• 1. Samuel A. Foote (Anti-J)
• 3. Gideon Tomlinson (Anti-J)

Delaware

• 1. Arnold Naudain (Anti-J)
• 2. John M. Clayton (Anti-J)

Georgia

• 2. George M. Troup (J)
• 3. John Forsyth (J)

Illinois

• 2. John M. Robinson (J)
• 3. Elias K. Kane (J)

Indiana

• 1. Robert Hanna (Anti-J), from August 19, 1831 - January 3, 1832
  • John Tipton (J), from January 3, 1832
• 3. William Hendricks (Anti-J)

Kentucky

• 2. George M. Bibb (J)
• 3. Henry Clay (Anti-J), from November 10, 1831

Louisiana

• 2. Edward Livingston (J), until May 24, 1831
  • George A. Waggaman (Anti-J), from November 15, 1831
• 3. Josiah S. Johnston (Anti-J)

Maine

• 1. John Holmes (Anti-J)
• 2. Peleg Sprague (Anti-J)

Maryland

• 1. Samuel Smith (J)
• 3. Ezekiel F. Chambers (Anti-J)

Massachusetts

• 1. Daniel Webster (Anti-J)
• 2. Nathaniel Silsbee (Anti-J)

Mississippi

• 1. Powhatan Ellis (J), until July 16, 1832
  • John Black (J), from November 12, 1832
• 2. George Poindexter (Anti-J)

Missouri

• 1. Thomas H. Benton (J)
• 3. Alexander Buckner (J)

New Hampshire

• 2. Samuel Bell (Anti-J)
• 3. Isaac Hill (J)

New Jersey

• 1. Mahlon Dickerson (J)
• 2. Theodore Frelinghuysen (Anti-J)

New York

• 1. Charles E. Dudley (J)
• 3. William L. Marcy (J), until January 1, 1833
  • Silas Wright, Jr. (J), from January 4, 1833

North Carolina

• 2. Bedford Brown (J)
• 3. Willie P. Mangum (J)

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Ruggles (Anti-J)
• 3. Thomas Ewing (Anti-J)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Isaac D. Barnard (J), until December 6, 1831
  • George M. Dallas (J), from December 13, 1831
• 3. William Wilkins (J)

Rhode Island

• 1. Asher Robbins (Anti-J)
• 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (Anti-J)

South Carolina

• 2. Robert Y. Hayne (N), until December 3, 1832
  • John C. Calhoun (N), from December 29, 1832
• 3. Stephen D. Miller (N), until March 2, 1833, vacant for remainder of term

Tennessee

• 1. Felix Grundy (J)
• 2. Hugh Lawson White (J)

Vermont

• 1. Horatio Seymour (Anti-J)
• 3. Samuel Prentiss (Anti-J)

Virginia

• 1. John Tyler (J)
• 2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J), until July 16, 1832
  • William C. Rives (J), from December 10, 1832

President pro tempore
Samuel Smith

President pro tempore
Hugh Lawson White

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

• 1. Clement C. Clay (J)
• 2. Samuel W. Mardis (J)
• 3. Dixon H. Lewis (J)

Connecticut

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Noyes Barber (Anti-J)
• At-large. William W. Ellsworth (Anti-J)
• At-large. Jabez W. Huntington (Anti-J)
• At-large. Ralph I. Ingersoll (Anti-J)
• At-large. William L. Storrs (Anti-J)
• At-large. Ebenezer Young (Anti-J)

Delaware

• At-large. John J. Milligan (Anti-J)

Georgia

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Thomas F. Foster (J)
• At-large. Henry G. Lamar (J)
• At-large. Wilson Lumpkin (J), until ????, 1831
  • Augustin S. Clayton (J), from January 21, 1832
• At-large. Daniel Newnan (J)
• At-large. Wiley Thompson (J)
• At-large. James M. Wayne (J)
• At-large. Richard Henry Wilde (J)

Illinois

• At-large. Joseph Duncan (J)

Indiana

• 1. Ratliff Boon (J)
• 2. John Carr (J)
• 3. Johnathan McCarty (J)

Kentucky

• 1. Henry Daniel (J)
• 2. Thomas A. Marshall (Anti-J)
• 3. Chilton Allan (Anti-J)
• 4. Robert P. Letcher (Anti-J)
• 5. Richard M. Johnson (J)
• 6. Joseph Lecompte (J)
• 7. John Adair (J)
• 8. Nathan Gaither (J)
• 9. Charles A. Wickliffe (J)
• 10. Christopher Tompkins (Anti-J)
• 11. Albert G. Hawes (J)
• 12. Chittenden Lyon (J)

Louisiana

• 1. Edward D. White (Anti-J)
• 2. Philemon Thomas (J)
• 3. Henry A. Bullard (Anti-J)

Maine

• 1. Rufus McIntire (J)
• 2. John Anderson (J)
• 3. Edward Kavanagh (J)
• 4. George Evans (Anti-J)
• 5. Cornelius Holland (J)
• 6. Leonard Jarvis (J)
• 7. James Bates (J)

Maryland

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.

• 1. Daniel Jenifer (Anti-J)
• 2. Benedict J. Semmes (Anti-J)
• 3. George C. Washington (Anti-J)
• 4. Francis Thomas (J)
• 5. Benjamin C. Howard (J)
• 5. John T. H. Worthington (J)
• 6. George E. Mitchell (J), until June 28, 1832
  • Charles S. Sewall (J), from October 1, 1832
• 7. John L. Kerr (Anti-J)
• 8. John S. Spence (Anti-J)

Massachusetts

• 1. Nathan Appleton (Anti-J)
• 2. Rufus Choate (Anti-J)
• 3. Jeremiah Nelson (Anti-J)
• 4. Edward Everett (Anti-J)
• 5. John Davis (Anti-J)
• 6. Joseph G. Kendall (Anti-J)
• 7. George J. Grennell, Jr. (Anti-J)
• 8. Isaac C. Bates (Anti-J)
• 9. George N. Briggs (Anti-J)
• 10. Henry A. S. Dearborn (Anti-J)
• 11. John Quincy Adams (Anti-J)
• 12. James L. Hodges (Anti-J)
• 13. John Reed, Jr. (Anti-J)

Mississippi

• At-large. Franklin E. Plummer (J)

Missouri

• At-large. Spencer D. Pettis (J), until August 28, 1831
  • William H. Ashley (J), from October 31, 1831

New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. John Brodhead (J)
• At-large. Thomas Chandler (J)
• At-large. Joseph Hammons (J)
• At-large. Joseph M. Harper (J)
• At-large. Henry Hubbard (J)
• At-large. John W. Weeks (J)

New Jersey

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Lewis Condict (Anti-J)
• At-large. Silas Condit (Anti-J)
• At-large. Richard M. Cooper (Anti-J)
• At-large. Thomas H. Hughes (Anti-J)
• At-large. James F. Randolph (Anti-J)
• At-large. Isaac Southard (Anti-J)

New York

There were three plural districts, the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, the 3rd had three representatives.

• 1. James Lent (J), until February 22, 1833, vacant thereafter
• 2. John T. Bergen (J)
• 3. Churchill C. Cambreleng (J)
• 3. Gulian C. Verplanck (J)
• 3. Campbell P. White (J)
• 4. Aaron Ward (J)
• 5. Edmund H. Pendleton (Anti-J)
• 6. Samuel J. Wilkin (Anti-J)
• 7. John C. Brodhead (J)
• 8. John King (J)
• 9. Job Pierson (J)
• 10. Gerrit Y. Lansing (J)
• 11. Erastus Root (J)
• 12. Joseph Bouck (J)
• 13. William G. Angel (J)
• 14. Samuel Beardsley (J)
• 15. Michael Hoffman (J)
• 16. Nathan Soule (J)
• 17. John W. Taylor (Anti-J)
• 18. Nathaniel Pitcher (J)
• 19. William Hogan (J)
• 20. Charles Dayan (J)
• 20. Daniel Wardwell (J)
• 21. John A. Collier (Anti-M)
• 22. Edward C. Reed (J)
• 23. Freeborn G. Jewett (J)
• 24. Ulysses F. Doubleday (J)
• 25. Gamaliel H. Barstow (Anti-M)
• 26. William Babcock (Anti-M)
• 26. John Dickson (Anti-M)
• 27. Frederick Whittlesey (Anti-M)
• 28. Grattan H. Wheeler (Anti-M)
• 29. Phineas L. Tracy (Anti-M)
• 30. Bates Cooke (Anti-M)

North Carolina

• 1. William B. Shepard (Anti-J)
• 2. John Branch (J), from May 12, 1831
• 3. Thomas H. Hall (J)
• 4. Jesse Speight (J)
• 5. James I. McKay (J)
• 6. Robert Potter (J), until November ????, 1831
  • Micajah T. Hawkins (J), from December 15, 1831
• 7. Lauchlin Bethune (J)
• 8. Daniel L. Barringer (J)
• 9. Augustine H. Shepperd (J)
• 10. Abraham Rencher (J)
• 11. Henry W. Connor (J)
• 12. Samuel P. Carson (J)
• 13. Lewis Williams (Anti-J)

Ohio

• 1. James Findlay (J)
• 2. Thomas Corwin (Anti-J)
• 3. Joseph H. Crane (Anti-J)
• 4. Joseph Vance (Anti-J)
• 5. William Russell (J)
• 6. William Creighton, Jr. (Anti-J)
• 7. Samuel F. Vinton (Anti-J)
• 8. William Stanbery (Anti-J)
• 9. William W. Irvin (J)
• 10. William S. Kennon, Sr. (J)
• 11. Humphrey H. Leavitt (J)
• 12. John Thomson (J)
• 13. Elisha Whittlesey (Anti-J)
• 14. Eleutheros Cooke (Anti-J)

Pennsylvania

There were six plural districts, the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.

• 1. Joel B. Sutherland (J)
• 2. Henry Horn (J)
• 3. John G. Watmough (Anti-J)
• 4. Joshua Evans, Jr. (J)
• 4. William Hiester (Anti-M)
• 4. David Potts, Jr. (Anti-M)
• 5. Joel K. Mann (J)
• 6. John C. Bucher (J)
• 7. Henry King (J)
• 7. Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (J)
• 8. Peter Ihrie, Jr. (J)
• 8. Samuel A. Smith (J)
• 9. Lewis Dewart (J)
• 9. James Ford (J)
• 9. Philander Stephens (J)
• 10. Adam King (J)
• 11. Thomas H. Crawford (J)
• 11. William Ramsey (J), until September 29, 1831
  • Robert McCoy (J), from November 22, 1831
• 12. Robert Allison (Anti-M)
• 13. George Burd (Anti-J)
• 14. Andrew Stewart (Anti-M)
• 15. Thomas M.T. McKennan (Anti-M)
• 16. Harmar Denny (Anti-M)
• 16. John Gilmore (J)
• 17. Richard Coulter (J)
• 18. John Banks (Anti-M)

Rhode Island

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Tristam Burges (Anti-J)
• At-large. Dutee J. Pearce (Anti-J)

South Carolina

• 1. William Drayton (J)
• 2. Robert W. Barnwell (N)
• 3. Thomas R. Mitchell (J)
• 4. John M. Felder (J)
• 5. George McDuffie (N)
• 6. Warren R. Davis (N)
• 7. William T. Nuckolls (J)
• 8. James Blair (J)
• 9. John K. Griffin (N)

Tennessee

• 1. John Blair (J)
• 2. Thomas D. Arnold (Anti-J)
• 3. James I. Standifer (J)
• 4. Jacob C. Isacks (J)
• 5. William Hall (J)
• 6. James K. Polk (J)
• 7. John Bell (J)
• 8. Cave Johnson (J)
• 9. William Fitzgerald (J)

Vermont

• 1. Jonathan Hunt (Anti-J), until May 15, 1832
  • Hiland Hall (Anti-J), from January 1, 1833
• 2. Rollin C. Mallary (Anti-J), until April 15, 1831
  • William Slade (Anti-M), from November 1, 1831
• 3. Horace Everett (Anti-J)
• 4. Heman Allen (Anti-J)
• 5. William Cahoon (Anti-M)

Virginia

• 1. Thomas Newton, Jr. (Anti-J)
• 2. John Y. Mason (J)
• 3. William S. Archer (J)
• 4. Mark Alexander (J)
• 5. Thomas T. Bouldin (J)
• 6. Thomas Davenport (J)
• 7. Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J)
• 8. Richard Coke, Jr. (J)
• 9. Andrew Stevenson (J)
• 10. William F. Gordon (J)
• 11. John M. Patton (J)
• 12. John J. Roane (J)
• 13. Joseph W. Chinn (J)
• 14. Charles F. Mercer (Anti-J)
• 15. John S. Barbour (J)
• 16. William Armstrong (Anti-J)
• 17. Robert Allen (J)
• 18. Philip Doddridge (Anti-J), until November 19, 1832
  • Joseph Johnson (J), from January 21, 1833
• 19. William McCoy (J)
• 20. Robert Craig (J)
• 21. Lewis Maxwell (Anti-J)
• 22. Charles C. Johnston (J), until June 17, 1832
  • Joseph Draper (J), from December 6, 1832

Non-voting members

• Arkansas Territory. Ambrose H. Sevier (J)
• Florida Territory. Joseph M. White
• Michigan Territory. Austin E. Wing

Speaker of the House
Andrew Stevenson

Changes in membership

These counts reflect changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

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

• Replacements: 7
  • Jacksonians: no net change
  • Anti-Jacksonians: no net change
  • Nullifiers: no net change
• Deaths: 0
• Resignations: 7
• Interim appointments: 1
• Total seats with changes: 9

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | Indiana
(1) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | James Noble had died February 26, 1831, in the previous Congress.
Successor appointed August 19, 1831. | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Robert Hanna (AJ) | Installed August 19, 1831

|- | Kentucky
(3) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Legislature elected late November 10, 1831. | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Henry Clay (AJ) | Installed November 10, 1831

|- | Louisiana
(2) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Edward Livingston (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 24, 1831, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of State.
Successor elected November 15, 1831. | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | George A. Waggaman (AJ) | Installed November 15, 1831

|- | Pennsylvania
(1) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Isaac D. Barnard (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 6, 1831, due to ill health.
Successor elected December 13, 1831. | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | George M. Dallas (J) | Installed December 13, 1831

|- | Indiana
(1) | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Robert Hanna (AJ) | style="font-size:80%" | Appointee retired when elected successor qualified.
Successor elected January 3, 1832. | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | John Tipton (J) | Installed January 3, 1832

|- | Mississippi
(1) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Powhatan Ellis (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 16, 1832, after being appointed U.S. District Judge.
Successor appointed November 12, 1832, to finish the term. | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | John Black (J) | Installed November 12, 1832

|- | Virginia
(2) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Littleton Waller Tazewell (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 16, 1832.
Successor elected December 10, 1832. | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | William C. Rives (J) | Installed December 10, 1832

|- | South Carolina
(2) | style="background:#0EBFB0" | Robert Y. Hayne (N) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 13, 1832, to become Governor of South Carolina.
Successor elected December 29, 1832. | style="background:#0EBFB0" | John C. Calhoun (N) | Installed December 29, 1832

|- | New York
(3) | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | William L. Marcy (J) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 1, 1833, after becoming Governor of New York.
Successor elected January 14, 1833. | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Silas Wright (J) | Installed January 4, 1833

|- | South Carolina
(3) | style="background:#0EBFB0" | Stephen D. Miller (N) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 2, 1833, due to ill health. | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

• replacements: 9
  • Jacksonians: 1-seat net gain
  • Anti-Jacksonians: 2-seat net loss
  • Anti-Masonics: 1-seat net gain
• deaths: 8
• resignations: 2
• contested election: 0
• Total seats with changes: 11

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | North Carolina 2nd | Vacant | Vacancy in term | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | John Branch (J) | Seated May 12, 1831

|- | Georgia at-large | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Wilson Lumpkin (J) | Resigned some time in 1831 before the convening of Congress | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Augustin S. Clayton (J) | Seated January 21, 1832

|- | Vermont 2nd | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Rollin C. Mallary (AJ) | Died April 15, 1831 | style="background:#FFFF99" | William Slade (AM) | Seated November 1, 1831

|- | Missouri at-large | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Spencer D. Pettis (AJ) | Died August 28, 1831 | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | William H. Ashley (AJ) | Seated October 31, 1831 |- | Pennsylvania 11th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | William Ramsey (J) | Died September 29, 1831 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Robert McCoy (J) | Seated November 22, 1831

|- | North Carolina 6th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Robert Potter (J) | Resigned November ????, 1831 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Micajah T. Hawkins (J) | Seated December 15, 1831

|- | Vermont 1st | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Jonathan Hunt (AJ) | Died May 15, 1832.
A special election was held and a new member elected January 1, 1833 on the fourth ballot. | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Hiland Hall (AJ) | Seated January 21, 1833

|- | Virginia 22nd | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Charles C. Johnston (J) | Died June 17, 1832 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Joseph Draper (J) | Seated December 6, 1832

|- | Maryland 6th | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | George E. Mitchell (J) | Died June 28, 1832 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Charles S. Sewall (J) | Seated October 1, 1832

|- | Virginia 18th | style="background-color:#FFE6B0" | Philip Doddridge (AJ) | Died November 19, 1832 | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | Joseph Johnson (J) | Seated January 21, 1833

|- | New York 1st | style="background-color:#DDEEFF" | James Lent (J) | Died February 22, 1833 | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Accounts of James Monroe (Select)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Horatio Seymour)
• Amending the Constitution on the Election of the President and Vice President (Select)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Nehemiah Knight)
• Claims (Chairman: Benjamin Ruggles)
• Commerce (Chairman: John Forsyth then William R. King)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Ezekiel F. Chambers)
• Dueling (Select)
• Finance (Chairman: Samuel Smith then John Forsyth)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Littleton Tazewell then John Forsyth)
• French Spoilations (Select)
• Impeachment of James H. Peck (Select)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
• Judiciary (Chairman: William L. Marcy then William Wilkins)
• Manufactures (Chairman: N/A)
• Memorial of the Manufacturers Iron (Select)
• Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton)
• Militia (Chairman: N/A)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Robert Y. Hayne)
• Nomination of Amos Kendall (Select)
• Pensions (Chairman: N/A)
• Post Office Department (Select)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: N/A)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: N/A)
• Public Lands (Chairman: William R. King then Elias Kane)
• Roads and Canals (Select)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: N/A)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Erastus Root)
• American Colonization Society (Select)
• Claims (Chairman: N/A)
• Commerce (Chairman: N/A)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: N/A)
• Elections (Chairman: N/A)
• Establishing an Assay Office in the Gold Region (Select)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: N/A)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: William S. Archer)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Warren R. Davis then John Bell)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Michael Hoffman)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Richard M. Johnson then Henry W. Connor)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: N/A)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Charles A. Wickliffe)
• Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: N/A)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: N/A)
• Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: N/A)
• Rules (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct (Chairman: N/A)
• Territories (Chairman: N/A)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: George McDuffie then Gulian C. Verplanck)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills

Employees

• Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

• Chaplain: John P. Durbin (Methodist), elected December 19, 1831
  • Charles C. Pise (Roman Catholic), elected December 11, 1832
• Secretary: Walter Lowrie
• Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

House of Representatives

• Chaplain:
  • Ralph Randolph Gurley (Presbyterian), until December 13, 1831
  • Reuben Post (Presbyterian) elected December 5, 1831
  • William Hammett (Presbyterian), elected December 3, 1832
• Clerk: Matthew St. Clair Clarke
• Doorkeeper: Overton Carr, elected December 5, 1831
• Reading Clerks: [data missing]
• Sergeant at Arms: John O. Dunn

See also

• 1830 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
  • 1830 and 1831 United States Senate elections
  • 1830 and 1831 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1832 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • 1832 United States presidential election
  • 1832 and 1833 United States Senate elections
  • 1832 and 1833 United States House of Representatives elections

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