26th United States Congress

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26th United States Congress
25th ← → 27th
United States Capitol (1846)
March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841
Members	52 senators 242 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Democratic
Senate President	Richard M. Johnson
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Robert M.T. Hunter
Sessions
1st: December 2, 1839 – July 21, 1840 2nd: December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841

The Twenty-sixth 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, 1839 to March 4, 1841, during the third and fourth 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

See also: 1839 in the United States, 1840 in the United States, and 1841 in the United States

• 1839: The first state law permitting women to own property was passed in Jackson, Mississippi
• January 19, 1840: Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigated Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
• November 7, 1840: U.S. presidential election, 1840: William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren
• February 18, 1841: The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate began and lasted until March 11

Major legislation

Main article: Major legislation: 26th United States Congress

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Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)		Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Whig (W)
End of previous congress	35	16	51	1
Begin	28	19	47	5
End	29	23	52	0
Final voting share	55.8%	44.2%
Beginning of next congress	22	29	51	1

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Anti- Masonic (AM)	Conservative (C)	Democratic (D)	Whig (W)	Other
End of previous congress	7	0	114	105	7	233	2
Begin	6	2	124	109	0	241	1
End	5			111		242	0
Final voting share	2.1%	0.8%	51.2%	45.9%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	0	0	99	142	1	242	0

Leadership

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President of the Senate
Richard M. Johnson

Senate

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

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Robert M.T. Hunter (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 began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

See also: United States Senate elections, 1838

Alabama

• 2. William R. King (D)
• 3. Clement C. Clay (D)

Arkansas

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

Connecticut

• 3. Perry Smith (D)
• 1. Thaddeus Betts (W), until April 7, 1840
  • Jabez W. Huntington (W), from May 4, 1840

Delaware

• 1. Richard H. Bayard (W), until September 19, 1839
  • Richard H. Bayard (W), from January 12, 1841
• 2. Thomas Clayton (W)

Georgia

• 3. Alfred Cuthbert (D)
• 2. Wilson Lumpkin (D)

Illinois

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

Indiana

• 3. Oliver H. Smith (W)
• 1. Albert S. White (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

• 3. John S. Spence (W), until October 24, 1840
  • John L. Kerr (W), from January 5, 1841
• 1. William D. Merrick (W)

Massachusetts

• 1. Daniel Webster (W), until February 22, 1841
  • Rufus Choate (W), from February 23, 1841
• 2. John Davis (W), until January 5, 1841
  • Isaac C. Bates (W), from January 13, 1841

Michigan

• 2. John Norvell (D)
• 1. Augustus S. Porter (W), from January 20, 1840

Mississippi

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

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 (W), from January 14, 1840

North Carolina

• 2. Bedford Brown (D), until November 16, 1840
  • Willie P. Mangum (W), from November 25, 1840
• 3. Robert Strange (D), until November 16, 1840
  • William A. Graham (W), from November 25, 1840

Ohio

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

Pennsylvania

• 3. James Buchanan (D)
• 1. Daniel Sturgeon (D), from January 14, 1840

Rhode Island

• 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (W)
• 1. Nathan F. Dixon (W)

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

• 2. Hugh Lawson White (W), until January 13, 1840
  • Alexander O. Anderson (D), from February 26, 1840
• 1. Felix Grundy (D), November 19, 1839 – December 19, 1840
  • Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D), from December 25, 1840

Vermont

• 3. Samuel Prentiss (W)
• 1. Samuel S. Phelps (W)

Virginia

• 2. William H. Roane (D)
• 1. William C. Rives (W), from January 18, 1841

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, 1838

Alabama

• 1. Reuben Chapman (D)
• 2. David Hubbard (D)
• 3. George W. Crabb (W)
• 4. Dixon H. Lewis (D)
• 5. James Dellet (W)

Arkansas

• At-large. Edward Cross (D)

Connecticut

• 1. Joseph Trumbull (W)
• 2. William L. Storrs (W), until June ???, 1840
  • William W. Boardman (W), from December 7, 1840
• 3. Thomas W. Williams (W)
• 4. Thomas B. Osborne (W)
• 5. Truman Smith (W)
• 6. John H. Brockway (W)

Delaware

• At-large. Thomas Robinson, Jr. (D)

Georgia

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Julius C. Alford (W)
• At-large. Edward J. Black (W)
• At-large. Walter T. Colquitt (W), until July 21, 1840
  • Hines Holt (W), from February 1, 1841
• At-large. Mark A. Cooper (W)
• At-large. William C. Dawson (W)
• At-large. Richard W. Habersham (W)
• At-large. Thomas Butler King (W)
• At-large. Eugenius A. Nisbet (W)
• At-large. Lott Warren (W)

Illinois

• 1. John Reynolds (D)
• 2. Zadok Casey (D)
• 3. John T. Stuart (W)

Indiana

• 1. George H. Proffit (W)
• 2. John W. Davis (D)
• 3. John Carr (D)
• 4. Thomas Smith (D)
• 5. James Rariden (W)
• 6. William W. Wick (D)
• 7. Tilghman A. Howard (D), from August 5, 1839 until July 1, 1840
  • Henry S. Lane (W), from August 3, 1840

Kentucky

• 1. Linn Boyd (D)
• 2. Philip Triplett (W)
• 3. Joseph R. Underwood (W)
• 4. Sherrod Williams (W)
• 5. Simeon H. Anderson (W), until August 11, 1840
  • John B. Thompson (W), from December 7, 1840
• 6. Willis Green (W)
• 7. John Pope (W)
• 8. William J. Graves (W)
• 9. John White (W)
• 10. Richard Hawes (W)
• 11. Landaff W. Andrews (W)
• 12. Garrett Davis (W)
• 13. William O. Butler (D)

Louisiana

• 1. Edward D. White (W)
• 2. Thomas W. Chinn (W)
• 3. Rice Garland (W), until July 21, 1840
  • John Moore (W), from December 17, 1840

Maine

• 1. Nathan Clifford (D)
• 2. Albert Smith (D)
• 3. Benjamin Randall (W)
• 4. George Evans (W), until March 3, 1841
• 5. Virgil D. Parris (D)
• 6. Hugh J. Anderson (D)
• 7. Joshua A. Lowell (D)
• 8. Thomas Davee (D)

Maryland

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

• 1. John Dennis (W)
• 2. Philip F. Thomas (D)
• 3. John T. H. Worthington (D)
• 4. James Carroll (D)
• 4. Solomon Hillen, Jr. (D)
• 5. William Cost Johnson (W)
• 6. Francis Thomas (D)
• 7. Daniel Jenifer (W)

Massachusetts

• 1. Abbott Lawrence (W), until September 18, 1840
  • Robert C. Winthrop (W), from November 9, 1840
• 2. Leverett Saltonstall (W)
• 3. Caleb Cushing (W)
• 4. William Parmenter (D)
• 5. Levi Lincoln, Jr. (W)
• 6. James C. Alvord (W), until September 27, 1839
  • Osmyn Baker (W), from January 14, 1840
• 7. George N. Briggs (W)
• 8. William B. Calhoun (W)
• 9. William S. Hastings (W)
• 10. Henry Williams (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. Albert G. Brown (D)
• At-large. Jacob Thompson (D)

Missouri

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Albert G. Harrison (D), until September 7, 1839
  • John Jameson (D), from December 12, 1839
• At-large. John Miller (D)

New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Charles G. Atherton (D)
• At-large. Edmund Burke (D)
• At-large. Ira A. Eastman (D)
• At-large. Tristram Shaw (D)
• At-large. Jared W. Williams (D)

New Jersey

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. William R. Cooper (D)
• At-large. Philemon Dickerson (D)
• At-large. Joseph Kille (D)
• At-large. Joseph F. Randolph (W)
• At-large. Daniel B. Ryall (D)
• At-large. Peter D. Vroom (D)

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. James De la Montanya (D)
• 3. Edward Curtis (W)
• 3. Moses H. Grinnell (W)
• 3. Ogden Hoffman (W)
• 3. James Monroe (W)
• 4. Gouverneur Kemble (D)
• 5. Charles Johnston (W)
• 6. Nathaniel Jones (D)
• 7. Rufus Palen (W)
• 8. John Ely (D)
• 8. Aaron Vanderpoel (D)
• 9. Hiram P. Hunt (W)
• 10. Daniel D. Barnard (W)
• 11. Anson Brown (W), until June 14, 1840
  • Nicholas B. Doe (W), from December 7, 1840
• 12. David A. Russell (W)
• 13. Augustus C. Hand (D)
• 14. John Fine (D)
• 15. Peter J. Wagner (W)
• 16. Andrew W. Doig (D)
• 17. David P. Brewster (D)
• 17. John G. Floyd (D)
• 18. Thomas C. Chittenden (W)
• 19. John H. Prentiss (D)
• 20. Judson Allen (D)
• 21. John C. Clark (W)
• 22. Amasa Dana (D)
• 22. Stephen B. Leonard (D)
• 23. Nehemiah H. Earll (D)
• 23. Edward Rogers (D)
• 24. Christopher Morgan (W)
• 25. Theron R. Strong (D)
• 26. Francis Granger (W)
• 27. Meredith Mallory (D)
• 28. Thomas Kempshall (W)
• 29. Seth M. Gates (W)
• 30. Luther C. Peck (W)
• 31. Richard P. Marvin (W)
• 32. Millard Fillmore (W)
• 33. Charles F. Mitchell (W)

North Carolina

• 1. Kenneth Rayner (W)
• 2. Jesse A. Bynum (D)
• 3. Edward Stanly (W)
• 4. Charles B. Shepard (D)
• 5. James I. McKay (D)
• 6. Micajah T. Hawkins (D)
• 7. Edmund Deberry (W)
• 8. William Montgomery (D)
• 9. John Hill (D)
• 10. Charles Fisher (D)
• 11. Henry W. Connor (D)
• 12. James Graham (W)
• 13. Lewis Williams (W)

Ohio

• 1. Alexander Duncan (D)
• 2. John B. Weller (D)
• 3. Patrick G. Goode (W)
• 4. Thomas Corwin (W), until May 30, 1840
  • Jeremiah Morrow (W), from October 13, 1840
• 5. William Doan (D)
• 6. Calvary Morris (W)
• 7. William K. Bond (W)
• 8. Joseph Ridgway (W)
• 9. William Medill (D)
• 10. Samson Mason (W)
• 11. Isaac Parrish (D)
• 12. Jonathan Taylor (D)
• 13. Daniel P. Leadbetter (D)
• 14. George Sweeny (D)
• 15. John W. Allen (W)
• 16. Joshua R. Giddings (W)
• 17. John Hastings (D)
• 18. David A. Starkweather (D)
• 19. Henry Swearingen (D)

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. Charles Naylor (W)
• 4. Edward Davies (AM)
• 4. John Edwards (AM)
• 4. Francis James (AM)
• 5. Joseph Fornance (D)
• 6. John Davis (D)
• 7. David D. Wagener (D)
• 8. Peter Newhard (D)
• 9. George M. Keim (D)
• 10. William Simonton (W)
• 11. James Gerry (D)
• 12. James Cooper (W)
• 13. William S. Ramsey (D), until October 17, 1840
  • Charles McClure (D), from December 7, 1840
• 14. William W. Potter (D), until October 28, 1839
  • George McCulloch (D), from November 20, 1839
• 15. David Petrikin (D)
• 16. Robert H. Hammond (D)
• 17. Samuel W. Morris (D)
• 18. Charles Ogle (AM)
• 19. Albert G. Marchand (D)
• 20. Enos Hook (D)
• 21. Isaac Leet (D)
• 22. Richard Biddle (AM), until ???, 1840
  • Henry M. Brackenridge (W), from October 13, 1840
• 23. William Beatty (D)
• 24. Thomas Henry (AM)
• 25. John Galbraith (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. Isaac E. Holmes (D)
• 2. R. Barnwell Rhett (D)
• 3. John Campbell (D)
• 4. Sampson H. Butler (D)
• 5. Francis W. Pickens (D)
• 6. Waddy Thompson, Jr. (W)
• 7. James Rogers (D)
• 8. Thomas D. Sumter (D)
• 9. John K. Griffin (D)

Tennessee

• 1. William B. Carter (W)
• 2. Abraham McClellan (D)
• 3. Joseph L. Williams (W)
• 4. Julius W. Blackwell (D)
• 5. Hopkins L. Turney (D)
• 6. William B. Campbell (W)
• 7. John Bell (W)
• 8. Meredith P. Gentry (W)
• 9. Harvey M. Watterson (D)
• 10. Aaron V. Brown (D)
• 11. Cave Johnson (D)
• 12. John W. Crockett (W)
• 13. Christopher H. Williams (W)

Vermont

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

Virginia

• 1. Joel Holleman (D), until ???, 1840
  • Francis Mallory (W), from December 28, 1840
• 2. Francis E. Rives (D)
• 3. John W. Jones (D)
• 4. George C. Dromgoole (D)
• 5. John Hill (W)
• 6. Walter Coles (D)
• 7. William L. Goggin (W)
• 8. Henry A. Wise (W)
• 9. Robert M. T. Hunter (D)
• 10. John Taliaferro (W)
• 11. John M. Botts (W)
• 12. James Garland (C)
• 13. Linn Banks (D)
• 14. Charles F. Mercer (W), until December 26, 1839
  • William M. McCarty (W), from January 25, 1840
• 15. William Lucas (D)
• 16. Green B. Samuels (D)
• 17. Robert Craig (D)
• 18. George W. Hopkins (C)
• 19. Andrew Beirne (D)
• 20. Joseph Johnson (D)
• 21. Lewis Steenrod (D)

Non-voting members

• Florida Territory. Charles Downing
• Iowa Territory. William W. Chapman (D), until October 27, 1840
  • Augustus C. Dodge (D), from October 28, 1840
• Wisconsin Territory. James D. Doty (D)

Speaker of the House
Robert M.T. Hunter

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 8
  • Democrats: 0-seat net loss
  • Whigs: 0-seat net gain
• Deaths: 3
• Resignations: 7
• Interim appointments: 0
• Total seats with changes: 11

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

|- | Tennessee
(1) | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Felix Grundy (D) | Elected November 19, 1839

|- | New York
(1) | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (w) | Elected January 14, 1840

|- | Pennsylvania
(1) | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Daniel Sturgeon (D) | Elected January 14, 1840 |- | Michigan
(1) | colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Augustus S. Porter (W) | Elected January 20, 1840 |- | Delaware
(1) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Richard H. Bayard (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 19, 1839 to become Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Richard H. Bayard (W) | Elected January 12, 1841 to his former position |- | Tennessee
(2) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Hugh Lawson White (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 13, 1840 because he could not conscientiously obey the intentions of his constituents | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alexander O. Anderson (D) | Elected February 26, 1840 |- | Connecticut
(1) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Thaddeus Betts (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 7, 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Jabez W. Huntington (W) | Elected May 4, 1840 |- | Maryland
(3) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | John S. Spence (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 24, 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | John L. Kerr (W) | Elected January 5, 1841 |- | North Carolina
(2) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Bedford Brown (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 16, 1840 because he could not obey instructions of the North Carolina General Assembly | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Willie P. Mangum (W) | Elected November 25, 1840 |- | North Carolina
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Robert Strange (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 16, 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William A. Graham (W) | Elected November 25, 1840 |- | Tennessee
(1) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Felix Grundy (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 19, 1840 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | Elected December 25, 1840 |- | Massachusetts
(2) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | John Davis (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1841 after being elected Governor of Massachusetts | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Isaac C. Bates (W) | Elected January 13, 1841 |- | Massachusetts
(1) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Daniel Webster (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 22, 1841 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Rufus Choate (W) | Elected February 23, 1841 |}

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 15
  • Democrats: 2-seat net loss
  • Whigs: 3-seat net gain
  • Anti-Masonic: 1-seat net loss
• Deaths: 6
• Resignations: 10
• Contested election: 0
• Total seats with changes: 17

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

|- | Indiana 7th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Howard presented credentials August 5, 1839 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Tilghman Howard (D) | Seated August 5, 1839 |- | Missouri At-large | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Albert G. Harrison (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1839 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Jameson (D) | Seated December 12, 1839 |- | Massachusetts 6th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | James C. Alvord (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 27, 1839 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Osmyn Baker (W) | Seated January 14, 1840 |- | Pennsylvania 14th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William W. Potter (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 28, 1839 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | George McCulloch (D) | Seated November 20, 1839 |- | Virginia 14th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Charles F. Mercer (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 26, 1839 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William M. McCarty (W) | Seated January 25, 1840 |- | Pennsylvania 22nd | style="background:#FFFF99" | Richard Biddle (AM) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Henry M. Brackenridge (W) | Seated October 13, 1840 |- | Virginia 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joel Holleman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Francis Mallory (W) | Seated December 28, 1840 |- | Ohio 4th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Thomas Corwin (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 30, 1840 having become a candidate for Governor of Ohio | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Jeremiah Morrow (W) | Seated October 13, 1840 |- | Connecticut 2nd | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William L. Storrs (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in June, 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William W. Boardman (W) | Seated December 7, 1840 |- | New York 11th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Anson Brown (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 14, 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Nicholas B. Doe (W) | Seated December 7, 1840 |- | Indiana 7th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Tilghman Howard (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Henry S. Lane (W) | Seated August 3, 1840 |- | Georgia At-large | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Walter T. Colquitt (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Hines Holt (W) | Seated February 1, 1841 |- | Louisiana 3rd | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Rice Garland (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840 to accept appointment as judge of Louisiana Supreme Court | style="background-color:#F0C862" | John Moore (W) | Seated December 17, 1840 |- | Kentucky 5th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Simeon H. Anderson (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 11, 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | John B. Thompson (W) | Seated December 7, 1840 |- | Massachusetts 1st | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Abbott Lawrence (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 18, 1840 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Robert C. Winthrop (W) | Seated November 9, 1840 |- | Pennsylvania 13th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William S. Ramsey (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 17, 1840 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles McClure (D) | Seated December 7, 1840 |- | Iowa Territory At-large | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William W. Chapman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Term expired by law October 27, 1840 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Augustus C. Dodge (D) | Seated October 28, 1840 |- | Maine 4th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | George Evans (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1841 after being elected to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Employees

Senate

• Chaplain: George G. Cookman (Methodist)
• Secretary: Asbury Dickens
• Sergeant at Arms: Stephen Haight

House of Representatives

• Chaplain:
  • Joshua Bates (Congregationalist), elected February 4, 1840
  • Thomas W. Braxton (Baptist), elected December 7, 1840
• Clerk: Hugh A. Garland
• Doorkeeper: Joseph Follansbee
• 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