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35th United States Congress
34th ←
→ 36th
United States Capitol (1860)
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859
Members66 senators
237 representatives
7 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentJohn C. Breckinridge (D)
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerJames L. Orr (D)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1857 – March 14, 1857
1st: December 7, 1857 – June 14, 1858
Special: June 15, 1858 – June 16, 1858
2nd: December 6, 1858 – March 3, 1859

The Thirty-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, 1857, to March 4, 1859, during the first two years of James Buchanan's presidency. 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

See also: 1857 in the United States, 1858 in the United States, and 1859 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: Major legislation: 35th United States Congress

Treaties

Main article: List of United States treaties

States admitted

  • May 11, 1858: Minnesota admitted as the 32nd state
  • February 14, 1859: Oregon admitted as the 33rd state

Party summary

Senate

Group photo of the U.S. Senate, in 1859, during this Congress.

During this congress, two Senate seats were added for each of the new states of Minnesota and Oregon.

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
American
(A) 		Democratic
(D)		Republican
(R)		Other
End of previous congress 0 40 21[a] 0 61 0
Begin 4 37 20 0 61 1
End 42 660
Final voting share 6.1% 63.6% 30.3% 0.0%
Beginning of next congress 2 38 26 0 66 0

House of Representatives

During this congress, two House seats were added for the new state of Minnesota and one House seat was added for the new state of Oregon.

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates plurality caucus)
 Total
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" |
American
(A) 		Democratic
(D) 		Independent
Democratic
(ID) 		Republican
(R) 		Other Vacant
End of previous Congress 52 81 0 1 (Opposition coalition)
96 		230 4
Begin 14 127 0 92 0 233 1
End 130 1 237 0
Final voting share 5.9% 55.3% 38.8% 0.0%
Beginning of next Congress 6 84 7 113 (Anti-Lecompton
Democratic + Opposition)
25 		235 2

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
John C. Breckinridge

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 with this Congress, facing re-election in 1862; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1860.

House of Representatives

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

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

|- | Tennessee
(1) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect.
Successor elected October 8, 1857. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Andrew Johnson (D) | October 8, 1857

|- | South Carolina
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Andrew Butler (D) | Died May 25, 1857.
Successor elected December 7, 1857. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James H. Hammond (D) | December 7, 1857

|- | New Hampshire
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James Bell (R) | Died May 26, 1857.
Successor elected June 27, 1857. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Daniel Clark (R) | June 27, 1857

|- | Texas
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas J. Rusk (D) | Died July 29, 1857.
Successor appointed November 9, 1857. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | J. Pinckney Henderson (D) | November 9, 1857

|- | North Carolina
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Asa Biggs (D) | Resigned May 5, 1858, to become judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Carolina.
Successor appointed May 7, 1858.
Appointee elected November 23, 1858. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas L. Clingman (D) | May 7, 1858

|- | South Carolina
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Josiah J. Evans (D) | Died May 6, 1858.
Successor appointed May 11, 1858. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Arthur P. Hayne (D) | May 11, 1858

|- | Minnesota
(1) | New seat | Minnesota admitted to the Union May 11, 1858, and its first Senators were elected that day. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Henry M. Rice (D) | May 11, 1858

|- | Minnesota
(2) | New seat | Minnesota admitted to the Union May 11, 1858, and its first Senators were elected that day. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James Shields (D) | May 11, 1858

|- | Texas
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | J. Pinckney Henderson (D) | Died June 4, 1858.
Successor appointed September 27, 1858. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Matthias Ward (D) | September 27, 1858

|- | South Carolina
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Arthur P. Hayne (D) | Interim appointee retired.
Successor elected December 2, 1858. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James Chesnut, Jr. (D) | December 3, 1858

|- | Oregon
(2) | New seat | Oregon admitted to the Union February 14, 1859, and its first Senators were elected that day. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Delazon Smith (D) | February 14, 1859

|- | Oregon
(3) | New seat | Oregon admitted to the Union February 14, 1859, and its first Senators were elected that day. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph Lane (D) | February 14, 1859 |}

House of Representatives

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | Missouri 3rd | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. James S. Green was elected to this term but resigned after being elected in turn to the US Senate | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John B. Clark (D) | Seated December 7, 1857 |- | Indiana 10th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Samuel Brenton (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 29, 1857 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles Case (R) | Seated December 7, 1857 |- | Pennsylvania 12th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John G. Montgomery (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 24, 1857 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Paul Leidy (D) | Seated December 7, 1857 |- | Indiana 1st | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James Lockhart (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1857 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William E. Niblack (D) | Seated December 7, 1857 |- | Massachusetts 7th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 24, 1857, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Daniel W. Gooch (R) | Seated January 31, 1858 |- | North Carolina 8th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas L. Clingman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 7, 1858, after being appointed to the US Senate | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Zebulon B. Vance (D) | Seated December 7, 1858 |- | Minnesota At-Large | New seat | style="font-size:80%" | Minnesota was admitted to the Union May 11, 1858 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James M. Cavanaugh (D) | Seated May 11, 1858 |- | Minnesota Territory At-Large | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William W. Kingsbury (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Minnesota was admitted to the Union May 11, 1858 | colspan=2 | Seat eliminated |- | Minnesota At-Large | New seat | style="font-size:80%" | Minnesota was admitted to the Union May 11, 1858 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William W. Phelps (D) | Seated May 11, 1858 |- | Ohio 3rd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Lewis D. Campbell (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election May 25, 1858 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Clement Vallandigham (D) | Seated May 25, 1858 |- | Mississippi 5th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John A. Quitman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 17, 1858 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John J. McRae (D) | Seated December 7, 1858 |- | Pennsylvania 8th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | J. Glancy Jones (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 30, 1858 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William H. Keim (R) | Seated December 7, 1858 |- | Illinois 6th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas L. Harris (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 24, 1858 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles D. Hodges (D) | Seated January 4, 1859 |- | New York 4th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Kelly (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 25, 1858 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas J. Barr (D) | Seated January 7, 1859 |- | Oregon Territory At-Large | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph Lane (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Oregon was admitted to the Union February 14, 1859 | colspan=2 | Seat eliminated |- | Oregon At-Large | New seat | style="font-size:80%" | Oregon was admitted to the Union February 14, 1859 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | La Fayette Grover (D) | Seated February 14, 1859 |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d United States Representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
  2. ^ The 35th Congress discontinued the custom of electing a Senate chaplain, choosing instead to invite the clergy of the District of Columbia to take turns opening the daily sessions with prayer.

References

Specific citations
  1. ^ Charles J. Kappler, ed. (1904). "Treaty with the Ponca, 1858". Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2013-11-09. The Ponca tribe of Indians hereby cede and relinquish to the United States all the lands now owned or claimed by them, wherever situate, except the tract bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at a point on the Neobrara River and running due north, so as to intersect the Ponca River 25 miles from its mouth; thence from said point of intersection, up and along the Ponca River, twenty — miles; thence due south to the Neobrara River; and thence down and along said river to the place of beginning...
  2. ^ "Senate Chaplain". Art and History. U.S. Senate. Retrieved 2013-11-09. The 35th Congress (1857-1859) discontinued the custom of electing a Senate chaplain, and extended an invitation to the clergy of the District of Columbia to alternate in opening the daily sessions with prayer. The 36th Congress returned to the former practice.
General 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)


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