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33rd United States Congress
32nd ←
→ 34th
United States Capitol (1846)
March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855
Members62 senators
234 representatives
7 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentWilliam R. King (until April 18, 1853)
Vacant (from April 18, 1853)
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerLinn Boyd
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1853 – April 11, 1853
1st: December 5, 1853 – August 7, 1854
2nd: December 4, 1854 – March 4, 1855

The Thirty-third 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, 1853 to March 4, 1855, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Franklin Pierce. During this session, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, an act that soon led to the creation of the Republican Party. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

Gadsden Purchase (in yellow)
See also: 1853 in the United States, 1854 in the United States, and 1855 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: Major legislation: 33rd United States Congress

Treaties

Territories organized

Party summary

Senate

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
American
(A) 		Democratic
(D)		Free
Soil
(F)		Whig
(W)		Other
(O)
End of previous congress 0 34 4 23 0 61 1
Begin 1 35 2 19 0 57 5
End 38 5 17 611
Final voting share 1.6% 62.3% 8.2% 27.9% 0.0%
Beginning of next congress 2 35 2 9 7 55 7

House of Representatives

For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 233 seats to 234 seats, following the 1850 United States Census (See 9 Stat. 433).

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic
(D) 		Independent
Democratic
(ID) 		Free Soil
(FS) 		Whig
(W) 		Independent
(I) 		Other Vacant
End of previous Congress 126 3 3 86 0 14 232 1
Begin 158 1 3 71 1 0 234 0
End 156 2 74
Final voting share 66.7% 0.4% 0.9% 31.6% 0.4% 0.1%
Beginning of next Congress 79 (Opposition coalition)
154 		233 1

Leadership

President of the Senate
William R. King

Senate

House of Representatives

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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1856; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1854. The United States consisted of 31 states during this Congress.

See also: United States Senate elections, 1852

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, 1852

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | Rhode Island
(2) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor was elected July 20, 1853. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Philip Allen (D) | July 20, 1853

|- | Alabama
(2) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor elected November 29, 1853. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Clement C. Clay (D) | November 29, 1853

|- | Mississippi
(2) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor elected January 7, 1854. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Albert G. Brown (D) | January 7, 1854

|- | Maine
(2) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor was elected February 10, 1854. | style="background-color:#F0C862" | William P. Fessenden (W) | February 10, 1854

|- | North Carolina
(2) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor was elected December 6, 1854. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | David Reid (D) | December 6, 1854

|- | Arkansas
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Solon Borland (D) | Resigned April 11, 1853 after being appointed U.S. Minister to Nicaragua and other Central American Republics.
Successor appointed July 6, 1853. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Robert W. Johnson (D) | July 6, 1853

|- | Louisiana
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Pierre Soulé (D) | Resigned April 11, 1853 after being appointed U.S. Minister to Spain.
Successor elected December 5, 1853. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Slidell (D) | December 5, 1853

|- | New Hampshire
(2) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles G. Atherton (D) | Died November 15, 1853. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jared W. Williams (D) | November 29, 1853

|- | Vermont
(3) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Samuel S. Phelps (W) | Senate declared not entitled to seat March 16, 1854.
Successor elected October 14, 1854. | style="background:#CCCC66" | Lawrence Brainerd (FS) | October 14, 1854

|- | Connecticut
(3) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Truman Smith (W) | Resigned May 24, 1854.
Successor was elected May 24, 1854. | style="background:#CCCC66" | Francis Gillette (FS) | May 24, 1854

|- | Massachusetts
(2) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Edward Everett (W) | Resigned June 1, 1854
Successor was appointed to serve until a new successor was elected. | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Julius Rockwell (W) | June 3, 1854

|- | New Hampshire
(2) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jared W. Williams (D) | Resigned August 4, 1854. | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | New Hampshire
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Moses Norris, Jr. (D) | Died January 11, 1855.
Successor appointed January 16, 1855 to finish the term. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John S. Wells (D) | January 16, 1855

|- | Massachusetts
(2) | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Julius Rockwell (W) | Successor elected January 31, 1855. | style="background:#CCCC66" | Henry Wilson (FS) | January 31, 1855

|- | Iowa
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Augustus C. Dodge (D) | Resigned February 22, 1855 after being appointed U.S. Minister to Spain. | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

House of Representatives


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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | Washington Territory at-large | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | New seat established after Washington became a territory near the end of previous Congress. Seat was vacant until April 12, 1854. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Columbia Lancaster (D) | Seated April 12, 1854 |- | New York 29th | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Azariah Boody (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in October, 1853 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Davis Carpenter (W) | Seated November 8, 1853 |- | Tennessee 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Brookins Campbell (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1853 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Nathaniel G. Taylor (W) | Seated March 30, 1854 |- | Pennsylvania 8th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Henry A. Muhlenberg (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 9, 1854 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | J. Glancy Jones (D) | Seated February 4, 1854 |- | Massachusetts 1st | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Zeno Scudder (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 4, 1854 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Thomas D. Eliot (W) | Seated April 17, 1854 |- | Kansas Territory at-large | New seat | style="font-size:80%" | New seat established after Kansas became a territory May 30, 1854. Seat was vacant until December 20, 1854. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John W. Whitfield (D) | Seated December 20, 1854 |- | Nebraska Territory at-large | New seat | style="font-size:80%" | New seat established after Nebraska became a territory May 30, 1854. Seat was vacant until January 5, 1855. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Napoleon B. Giddings (D) | Seated December 5, 1855 |- | Virginia 11th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John F. Snodgrass (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 5, 1854 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles S. Lewis (D) | Seated December 4, 1854 |- | New York 12th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Gilbert Dean (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 3, 1854 after being appointed justice of the Supreme Court of New York | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Isaac Teller (W) | Seated November 7, 1854 |- | New York 22nd | style="background:#CCCC66" | Gerrit Smith (FS) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 7, 1854 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Henry C. Goodwin (W) | Seated November 7, 1854 |- | Kentucky 3rd | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Presley Ewing (W) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 27, 1854 | style="background-color:#F0C862" | Francis Bristow (W) | Seated December 4, 1854 |}

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

References

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links

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