25th United States Congress

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25th United States Congress
24th ← → 26th
United States Capitol (1827)
March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839
Members	52 senators 242 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Democratic
Senate President	Richard M. Johnson
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	James K. Polk
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1837 – March 10, 1837 1st: September 4, 1837 – October 16, 1837 2nd: December 4, 1837 – July 9, 1838 3rd: December 3, 1838 – March 3, 1839

The Twenty-fifth 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, 1837 to March 4, 1839, during the first two years of Martin Van Buren's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

"The modern balaam and his ass."
A gaunt figure labeled Bankrupts of 1837 "the Regency" "Safety Fund" "Deposit Banks" "Old Hickory" & Uncle Sam $300,000,000 holds a fiery sword labeled Protest $200,000. The figure says "Wherefore hast thou smitten thine Ass? Behold I went out to Protest thee, because thy way is perverse before me!!" An ass carrying a man and a sack with the words Specie Currency Circulating Medium replies to the figure, "Am not I thine Ass upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day?" The man ontop the talking Ass wields a cane with the word Veto on it and says to the figure, "Because thou hast mocked me, I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I veto thee!!" The man also has part of his garment labeled Farewell Address. A man walking behind him with a bulge in his pocket labeled $300,000 says, "I shall tread in the footsteps of my illustrious predecessor."

Main articles: 1837 in the United States, 1838 in the United States, and 1839 in the United States

• March 4, 1837: Martin Van Buren became President of the United States
• May 10, 1837: Panic of 1837
• January 6, 1838: First public demonstration of Samuel Morse's telegraph
• May 26, 1838: Trail of Tears: The Cherokee removal began

Major legislation

Main article: Major legislation: 25th United States Congress

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States admitted and/or territories organized

• June 12, 1838: Iowa Territory was formed from the Wisconsin Territory.

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Whig (W)	Other
End of previous congress	31	19	2	52	0
Begin	35	17	0	52	0
End		16	1
Final voting share	67.3%	30.8%	1.9%
Beginning of next congress	28	19	0	47	5

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Anti- Masonic (AM)	Democratic (D)	Nullifier (N)	Whig (W)	Other
End of previous congress	14	139	7	81	0	241	1
Begin	7	121	7	100	0	235	0
End		114		105		233	2
Final voting share	3.0%	48.9%	3.0%	45.1%	0.0%
Non-voting members	0	2	0	0	1	3	0
Beginning of next congress	6	124	0	109	2	241	1

Leadership

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President of the Senate
Richard M. Johnson

Senate

• President: Richard Mentor Johnson (D)
• President pro tempore: William R. King (D)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: James K. Polk (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 1838; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

See also: United States Senate elections, 1836

Alabama

• 2. William R. D. King (D)
• 3. John McKinley (D), until April 22, 1837
  • Clement C. Clay (D), from June 19, 1837

Arkansas

• 2. William S. Fulton (D)
• 3. Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

Connecticut

• 1. John M. Niles (D)
• 3. Perry Smith (D)

Delaware

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

Georgia

• 3. Alfred Cuthbert (D)
• 2. John P. King (D), until November 1, 1837
  • Wilson Lumpkin (D), from November 22, 1837

Illinois

• 2. John M. Robinson (D)
• 3. Richard M. Young (D)

Indiana

• 1. John Tipton (D)
• 3. Oliver H. Smith (W)

Kentucky

• 3. Henry Clay (W)
• 2. John J. Crittenden (W)

Louisiana

• 2. Robert C. Nicholas (D)
• 3. Alexander Mouton (D)

Maine

• 2. John Ruggles (D)
• 1. Reuel Williams (D)

Maryland

• 1. Joseph Kent (W), until November 24, 1837
  • William D. Merrick (W), from January 4, 1838
• 3. John S. Spence (W)

Massachusetts

• 1. Daniel Webster (W)
• 2. John Davis (W)

Michigan

• 1. Lucius Lyon (D)
• 2. John Norvell (D)

Mississippi

• 1. John Black (W), until January 22, 1838
  • James F. Trotter (D), from January 22, 1838 until July 10, 1838
  • Thomas H. Williams (D), from November 12, 1838
• 2. Robert J. Walker (D)

Missouri

• 1. Thomas H. Benton (D)
• 3. Lewis F. Linn (D)

New Hampshire

• 2. Henry Hubbard (D)
• 3. Franklin Pierce (D)

New Jersey

• 1. Samuel L. Southard (W)
• 2. Garret D. Wall (D)

New York

• 3. Silas Wright, Jr. (D)
• 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (D)

North Carolina

• 2. Bedford Brown (D)
• 3. Robert Strange (D)

Ohio

• 1. Thomas Morris (D)
• 3. William Allen (D)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Samuel McKean (D)
• 3. James Buchanan (D)

Rhode Island

• 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (W)
• 1. Asher Robbins (W)

South Carolina

• 2. John C. Calhoun (D)
• 3. William C. Preston (W)

Tennessee

• 2. Hugh Lawson White (W)
• 1. Felix Grundy (D), until July 4, 1838
  • Ephraim H. Foster (W), September 17, 1838 – March 3, 1839

Vermont

• 3. Samuel Prentiss (W)
• 1. Benjamin Swift (W)

Virginia

• 1. William C. Rives (D)
• 2. Richard E. Parker (D), until March 4, 1837
  • William H. Roane (D), from March 14, 1837

President pro tempore
William R. King

House of Representatives

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

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 1836

Alabama

• 1. Reuben Chapman (D)
• 2. Joshua L. Martin (D)
• 3. Joab Lawler (W), until May 8, 1838
  • George W. Crabb (W), from September 4, 1838
• 4. Dixon H. Lewis (D)
• 5. Francis S. Lyon (W)

Arkansas

• At-large. Archibald Yell (D)

Connecticut

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• 1. Isaac Toucey (D)
• 2. Samuel Ingham (D)
• 3. Elisha Haley (D)
• 4. Thomas T. Whittlesey (D)
• 5. Lancelot Phelps (D)
• 6. Orrin Holt (D)

Delaware

• At-large. John J. Milligan (W)

Georgia

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Jesse F. Cleveland (D)
• At-large. William C. Dawson (W)
• At-large. Thomas Glascock (D)
• At-large. Seaton Grantland (D)
• At-large. Charles E. Haynes (D)
• At-large. Hopkins Holsey (D)
• At-large. Jabez Y. Jackson (D)
• At-large. George W. Owens (D)
• At-large. George W. B. Towns (D)

Illinois

• 1. Adam W. Snyder (D)
• 2. Zadok Casey (D)
• 3. William L. May (D)

Indiana

• 1. Ratliff Boon (D)
• 2. John Ewing (W)
• 3. William Graham (W)
• 4. George H. Dunn (W)
• 5. James Rariden (W)
• 6. William Herod (W)
• 7. Albert S. White (W)

Kentucky

• 1. John L. Murray (D)
• 2. Edward Rumsey (W)
• 3. Joseph R. Underwood (W)
• 4. Sherrod Williams (W)
• 5. James Harlan (W)
• 6. John Calhoon (W)
• 7. John Pope (W)
• 8. William J. Graves (W)
• 9. John White (W)
• 10. Richard Hawes (W)
• 11. Richard H. Menefee (W)
• 12. John Chambers (W)
• 13. William W. Southgate (W)

Louisiana

• 1. Henry Johnson (W)
• 2. Eleazar W. Ripley (D), until March 2, 1839
• 3. Rice Garland (W)

Maine

• 1. John Fairfield (D), until December 24, 1838
• 2. Francis O. J. Smith (D)
• 3. Jonathan Cilley (D), until February 24, 1838
  • Edward Robinson (W), from April 28, 1838
• 4. George Evans (W)
• 5. Timothy J. Carter (D), until March 14, 1838
  • Virgil D. Parris (D), from May 29, 1838
• 6. Hugh J. Anderson (D)
• 7. Joseph C. Noyes (W)
• 8. Thomas Davee (D)

Maryland

The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.

• 1. John Dennis (W)
• 2. James A. Pearce (W)
• 3. John T. H. Worthington (D)
• 4. Benjamin C. Howard (D)
• 4. Isaac McKim (D), until April 1, 1838
  • John P. Kennedy (W), from April 25, 1838
• 5. William Cost Johnson (W)
• 6. Francis Thomas (D)
• 7. Daniel Jenifer (W)

Massachusetts

• 1. Richard Fletcher (W)
• 2. Stephen C. Phillips (W), until September 28, 1838
  • Leverett Saltonstall (W), from December 25, 1838
• 3. Caleb Cushing (W)
• 4. William Parmenter (D)
• 5. Levi Lincoln, Jr. (W)
• 6. George Grennell, Jr. (W)
• 7. George N. Briggs (W)
• 8. William B. Calhoun (W)
• 9. William S. Hastings (W)
• 10. Nathaniel B. Borden (D)
• 11. John Reed, Jr. (W)
• 12. John Quincy Adams (W)

Michigan

• At-large. Isaac E. Crary (D)

Mississippi

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. John F. H. Claiborne (D), from July 18, 1837 until February 5, 1838
  • Seargent S. Prentiss (W), from May 30, 1838
• At-large. Samuel J. Gholson (D), from July 18, 1837 until February 5, 1838
  • Thomas J. Word (W), from May 30, 1838

Missouri

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Albert G. Harrison (D)
• At-large. John Miller (D)

New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Charles G. Atherton (D)
• At-large. Samuel Cushman (D)
• At-large. James Farrington (D)
• At-large. Joseph Weeks (D)
• At-large. Jared W. Williams (D)

New Jersey

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. John B. Aycrigg (W)
• At-large. William Halstead (W)
• At-large. John P. B. Maxwell (W)
• At-large. Joseph F. Randolph (W)
• At-large. Charles C. Stratton (W)
• At-large. Thomas Jones Yorke (W)

New York

There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.

• 1. Thomas B. Jackson (D)
• 2. Abraham Vanderveer (D)
• 3. Churchill C. Cambreleng (D)
• 3. Edward Curtis (W)
• 3. Ogden Hoffman (W)
• 3. Ely Moore (D)
• 4. Gouverneur Kemble (D)
• 5. Obadiah Titus (D)
• 6. Nathaniel Jones (D)
• 7. John C. Brodhead (D)
• 8. Robert McClellan (D)
• 8. Zadock Pratt (D)
• 9. Henry Vail (D)
• 10. Albert Gallup (D)
• 11. John I. De Graff (D)
• 12. David A. Russell (W)
• 13. John Palmer (D)
• 14. James B. Spencer (D)
• 15. John Edwards (D)
• 16. Arphaxed Loomis (D)
• 17. Henry A. Foster (D)
• 17. Abraham P. Grant (D)
• 18. Isaac H. Bronson (D)
• 19. John H. Prentiss (D)
• 20. Amasa J. Parker (D)
• 21. John C. Clark (D)
• 22. Andrew D. W. Bruyn (D), until July, 27, 1838
  • Cyrus Beers (D), from December 3, 1838
• 22. Hiram Gray (D)
• 23. Bennet Bicknell (D)
• 23. William Taylor (D)
• 24. William H. Noble (D)
• 25. Samuel Birdsall (D)
• 26. Mark H. Sibley (W)
• 27. John T. Andrews (D)
• 28. Timothy Childs (W)
• 29. William Patterson (W), until August 14, 1838
  • Harvey Putnam (W), from November 7, 1838
• 30. Luther C. Peck (W)
• 31. Richard P. Marvin (W)
• 32. Millard Fillmore (W)
• 33. Charles F. Mitchell (W)

North Carolina

• 1. Samuel T. Sawyer (W)
• 2. Jesse A. Bynum (D)
• 3. Edward Stanly (W)
• 4. Charles B. Shepard (W)
• 5. James I. McKay (D)
• 6. Micajah T. Hawkins (D)
• 7. Edmund Deberry (W)
• 8. William Montgomery (D)
• 9. Augustine H. Shepperd (W)
• 10. Abraham Rencher (W)
• 11. Henry W. Connor (D)
• 12. James Graham (W)
• 13. Lewis Williams (W)

Ohio

• 1. Alexander Duncan (D)
• 2. Taylor Webster (D)
• 3. Patrick G. Goode (W)
• 4. Thomas Corwin (W)
• 5. Thomas L. Hamer (D)
• 6. Calvary Morris (W)
• 7. William K. Bond (W)
• 8. Joseph Ridgway (W)
• 9. John Chaney (D)
• 10. Samson Mason (W)
• 11. James Alexander, Jr. (W)
• 12. Alexander Harper (W)
• 13. Daniel P. Leadbetter (D)
• 14. William H. Hunter (D)
• 15. John W. Allen (W)
• 16. Elisha Whittlesey (W), until July 9, 1838
  • Joshua R. Giddings (W), from December 3, 1838
• 17. Andrew W. Loomis (W), until October 20, 1837
  • Charles D. Coffin (W), from December 20, 1837
• 18. Matthias Shepler (D)
• 19. Daniel Kilgore (D), until July 4, 1838
  • Henry Swearingen (D), from December 3, 1838

Pennsylvania

There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.

• 1. Lemuel Paynter (D)
• 2. John Sergeant (W)
• 2. George W. Toland (W)
• 3. Francis J. Harper (D), until March 18, 1837
  • Charles Naylor (W), from June 29, 1837
• 4. Edward Darlington (AM)
• 4. Edward Davies (AM)
• 4. David Potts, Jr. (AM)
• 5. Jacob Fry, Jr. (D)
• 6. Mathias Morris (W)
• 7. David D. Wagener (D)
• 8. Edward B. Hubley (D)
• 9. Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D), until February 9, 1838
  • George M. Keim (D), from March 17, 1838
• 10. Luther Reily (D)
• 11. Henry Logan (D)
• 12. Daniel Sheffer (D)
• 13. Charles McClure (D)
• 14. William W. Potter (D)
• 15. David Petrikin (D)
• 16. Robert H. Hammond (D)
• 17. Samuel W. Morris (D)
• 18. Charles Ogle (AM)
• 19. John J. Klingensmith, Jr. (D)
• 20. Andrew Buchanan (D)
• 21. Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM)
• 22. Richard Biddle (AM)
• 23. William Beatty (D)
• 24. Thomas Henry (AM)
• 25. Arnold Plumer (D)

Rhode Island

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

• At-large. Robert B. Cranston (W)
• At-large. Joseph L. Tillinghast (W)

South Carolina

• 1. Hugh S. Legaré (D)
• 2. R. Barnwell Rhett (N)
• 3. John Campbell (N)
• 4. Franklin H. Elmore (N)
• 5. Francis W. Pickens (N)
• 6. Waddy Thompson, Jr. (W)
• 7. William K. Clowney (N)
• 8. John P. Richardson (D)
• 9. John K. Griffin (N)

Tennessee

• 1. William B. Carter (W)
• 2. Abraham McClellan (D)
• 3. Joseph L. Williams (W)
• 4. James I. Standifer (W), until August 20, 1837
  • William Stone (W), from September 14, 1837
• 5. Hopkins L. Turney (D)
• 6. William B. Campbell (W)
• 7. John Bell (W)
• 8. Abram P. Maury (W)
• 9. James K. Polk (D)
• 10. Ebenezer J. Shields (W)
• 11. Richard Cheatham (W)
• 12. John W. Crockett (W)
• 13. Christopher H. Williams (W)

Vermont

• 1. Hiland Hall (W)
• 2. William Slade (W)
• 3. Horace Everett (W)
• 4. Heman Allen (W)
• 5. Isaac Fletcher (D)

Virginia

• 1. Francis Mallory (W)
• 2. Francis E. Rives (D)
• 3. John W. Jones (D)
• 4. George C. Dromgoole (D)
• 5. James W. Bouldin (D)
• 6. Walter Coles (D)
• 7. Archibald Stuart (D)
• 8. Henry A. Wise (W)
• 9. Robert M. T. Hunter (W)
• 10. John Taliaferro (W)
• 11. John Robertson (W)
• 12. James Garland (D)
• 13. John M. Patton (D), until April 7, 1838
  • Linn Banks (D), from April 28, 1838
• 14. Charles F. Mercer (W)
• 15. James M. Mason (D)
• 16. Isaac S. Pennybacker (D)
• 17. Robert Craig (D)
• 18. George W. Hopkins (D)
• 19. Andrew Beirne (D)
• 20. Joseph Johnson (D)
• 21. William S. Morgan (D)

Non-voting members

• Florida Territory. Charles Downing
• Iowa Territory. William W. Chapman (D), from September 10, 1838
• Wisconsin Territory. George W. Jones (D), until January 14, 1839
  • James D. Doty (D), from January 14, 1839

Speaker of the House
James Polk

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 6
  • Democrats: no net change
  • Whigs: no net change
• Deaths: 1
• Resignations: 6
• Total seats with changes: 7

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

|- | Virginia
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Richard E. Parker (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 4, 1837 after accepting a seat on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William H. Roane (D) | Elected March 14, 1837 |- | Alabama
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John McKinley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 22, 1837 after being appointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Clement C. Clay (D) | Elected June 19, 1837 |- | Georgia
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John P. King (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 1, 1837 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Wilson Lumpkin (D) | Elected November 22, 1837 |- | Maryland
(1) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Joseph Kent (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 24, 1837 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William D. Merrick (W) | Elected January 4, 1838 |- | Mississippi
(1) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | John Black (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 22, 1838 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James F. Trotter (D) | Appointed January 22, 1838 |- | Tennessee
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Felix Grundy (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 4, 1838 after being appointed United States Attorney General | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Ephraim H. Foster (W) | Elected September 17, 1838 |- | Mississippi
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James F. Trotter (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 10, 1838 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas H. Williams (D) | Appointed November 12, 1838 and subsequently elected |}

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 16
  • Democrats: 5-seat net loss
  • Whigs: 5-seat net gain
• Deaths: 9
• Resignations: 6
• Contested election:1
• Total seats with changes: 20

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

|- | Mississippi At-large | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Claiborne presented credentials July 18, 1837 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John F. H. Claiborne (D) | Seated July 18, 1837 |- | Mississippi At-large | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Gholson presented credentials July 18, 1837 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Samuel J. Gholson (D) | Seated July 18, 1837 |- | Pennsylvania 3rd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Francis J. Harper (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 18, 1837 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Charles Naylor (W) | Seated June 29, 1837 |- | Tennessee 4th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | James I. Standifer (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 20, 1837 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William Stone (W) | Seated September 14, 1837 |- | Ohio 17th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Elisha Whittlesey (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 20, 1837 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Charles D. Coffin (W) | Seated December 20, 1837 |- | Mississippi At-large | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John F. H. Claiborne (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Seargent S. Prentiss (W) | Seated May 30, 1838 |- | Mississippi At-large | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Samuel J. Gholson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Thomas J. Word (W) | Seated May 30, 1838 |- | Pennsylvania 9th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 9, 1838 after being appointed Minister to Austrian Empire | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George M. Keim (D) | Seated March 17, 1838 |- | Maine 3rd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jonathan Cilley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Killed in a duel February 24, 1838 by Rep. William J. Graves | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Edward Robinson (W) | Seated April 28, 1838 |- | Maine 5th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Timothy J. Carter (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 14, 1838 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Virgil D. Parris (D) | Seated May 29, 1838 |- | Maryland 4th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Isaac McKim (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 1, 1838 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | John P. Kennedy (W) | Seated April 25, 1838 |- | Virginia 13th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John M. Patton (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 7, 1838 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Linn Banks (D) | Seated April 28, 1838 |- | Alabama 3rd | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Joab Lawler (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 8, 1838 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | George W. Crabb (W) | Seated October 5, 1835 |- | Ohio 19th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Daniel Kilgore (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 4, 1838 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Henry Swearingen (D) | Seated December 3, 1838 |- | Ohio 16th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Elisha Whittlesey (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 9, 1838 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Joshua R. Giddings (W) | Seated December 3, 1838 |- | New York 22nd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Andrew D. Bruyn (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 27, 1838 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Cyrus Beers (D) | Seated December 3, 1838 |- | New York 29th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William Patterson (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 14, 1838 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Harvey Putnam (W) | Seated November 7, 1838 |- | Iowa Territory At-large | New seat | style="font-size:80%" | Iowa Territory seated its first delegate September 10, 1838 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George W. Jones (D) | Seated September 10, 1838

|- | Massachusetts 2nd | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Stephen C. Phillips (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Seat declared vacant September 28, 1838 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Leverett Saltonstall (W) | Seated December 15, 1838 |- | Maine 1st | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Fairfield (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 24, 1838 after being elected Governor of Maine | Vacant | Not filled this congress |- | Wisconsin Territory At-large | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George W. Jones (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election January 14, 1839 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James D. Doty (D) | Seated January 14, 1839 |- | Louisiana 2nd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Eleazar W. Ripley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 2, 1839 | Vacant | Not filled this congress |}

Employees

Senate

• Chaplain: John R. Goodman (Episcopalian), elected December 28, 1836
  • Henry Slicer (Methodist), elected September 11, 1837
• Secretary: Asbury Dickens
• Sergeant at Arms: John Shackford (died)
  • Stephen Haight, elected September 4, 1837

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Septimus Tustin (Presbyterian), elected September 4, 1837
  • Levi R. Reese (Methodist), elected December 4, 1837
• Clerk: Walter S. Franklin, until September 20, 1838 (died)
  • Hugh A. Garland, elected December 3, 1838
• Doorkeeper: Overton Carr
• Postmaster: William J. McCormick
• Sergeant at Arms: Roderick Dorsey

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