27th United States Congress

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The Twenty-seventh 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, 1841 to March 3, 1843, during the administration of U.S. President William Henry Harrison and the first two years of the administration of his successor, U.S. President John Tyler.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Whig majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1841 – March 15, 1841.
• First session: May 31, 1841 - September 13, 1841.
• Second session: December 6, 1841 - August 31, 1842.
• Third session: December 5, 1842 - March 3, 1843.
• Previous congress: 26th Congress
  
• Next congress: 28th Congress

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate Whig (W): 29 (majority) Democratic (D): 22 vacant: 1 TOTAL members: 52

House of Representatives Whig (W): 142 (majority) Democratic (D): 98 Independent Democratic (ID): 1 Independent (I): 1 TOTAL members: 242

Leadership

Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate): John Tyler, Whig of Virginia, succeeded to the presidency April 4, 1841, thereafter vacant. President pro tempore of the Senate: William R. King, Democratic of Alabama, elected March 4, 1841. Samuel L. Southard, Whig of New Jersey, elected March 11, 1841 Willie P. Mangum, Whig of North Carolina, elected May 31, 1842. House of Representatives Speaker of the House John D. White, Whig of Kentucky, elected May 31, 1841.

Major events

Events of 1841, 1842 & 1843

• March 4, 1841 -- William Henry Harrison became President of the United States.
• April 4, 1841 -- John Tyler became President of the United States.

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 27th Congress

• April 19, 1841 -- Bankruptcy Act of 1841.
• September 4, 1841 -- Preemption Act of 1841.
• August 30, 1842 -- Tariff of 1842 ("Black Tariff").

Membership highlights by chamber

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 1844; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

Alabama 2: William R. D. King (D) 3: Clement C. Clay (D) Arthur P. Bagby (D) Arkansas 2: William S. Fulton (D) 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (D) Connecticut 3: Perry Smith (D) 1: Jabez W. Huntington (W) Delaware 1: Richard H. Bayard (W) 2: Thomas Clayton (W) Georgia 3: Alfred Cuthbert (D) 2: John Macpherson Berrien (W) Illinois 3: Richard M. Young (D) 2: Samuel McRoberts (D) Indiana 3: Oliver H. Smith (W) 1: Albert S. White (W) Kentucky 3: Henry Clay (W) John J. Crittenden (W) 2: James T. Morehead (W) Louisiana 3: Alexander Mouton (D) Charles M. Conrad (W) 2: Alexander Barrow (W)

Maine 1: Reuel Williams (D) John Fairfield (D) 2: George Evans (W) Maryland 1: William D. Merrick (W) 3: John L. Kerr (W) Massachusetts 2: Isaac C. Bates (W) 1: Rufus Choate (W) Michigan 1: Augustus S. Porter (W) 2: William Woodbridge (W) Mississippi 2: Robert J. Walker (D) 1: John Henderson (W) Missouri 1: Thomas H. Benton (D) 3: Lewis F. Linn (D) New Hampshire 3: Franklin Pierce (D) Leonard Wilcox (D) 2: Levi Woodbury (D) New Jersey 1: Samuel L. Southard (W) William L. Dayton (W) 2: Jacob W. Miller (W) New York 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (D) 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W)

North Carolina 2: Willie P. Mangum (W) 3: William A. Graham (W) Ohio 3: William Allen (D) 1: Benjamin Tappan (D) Pennsylvania 3: James Buchanan (D) 1: Daniel Sturgeon (D) Rhode Island 1: Nathan F. Dixon (W) William Sprague (W) 2: James F. Simmons (W) South Carolina 2: John C. Calhoun (D) 3: William C. Preston (W) George McDuffie (D) Tennessee 1: Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) 2: vacant Vermont 3: Samuel Prentiss (W) Samuel C. Crafts (W) 1: Samuel S. Phelps (W) Virginia 1: William C. Rives (W) 2: William S. Archer (W)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Alabama A/L: Reuben Chapman (D) A/L: George S. Houston (D) A/L: Dixon H. Lewis (D) A/L: William W. Payne (D) A/L: Benjamin G. Shields (D) Arkansas A/L: Edward Cross (D) Connecticut A/L: Joseph Trumbull (W) A/L: William W. Boardman (W) A/L: Thomas W. Williams (W) A/L: Thomas B. Osborne (W) A/L: Truman Smith (W) A/L: John H. Brockway (W) Delaware A/L: George B. Rodney (W) Georgia A/L: Julius C. Alford (W) Edward J. Black (D) A/L: William C. Dawson (W) Walter T. Colquitt (D) A/L: Thomas F. Foster (W) A/L: Roger L. Gamble (W) A/L: Richard W. Habersham (W) George W. Crawford (W) A/L: Thomas Butler King (W) A/L: James A. Meriwether (W) A/L: Eugenius A. Nisbet (W) Mark A. Cooper (D) A/L: Lott Warren (W) Illinois 1: John Reynolds (D) 2: Zadok Casey (ID) 3: John T. Stuart (W) Indiana 1: George H. Proffit (W) 2: Richard W. Thompson (W) 3: Joseph L. White (W) 4: James H. Cravens (W) 5: Andrew Kennedy (D) 6: David Wallace (W) 7: Henry S. Lane (W) Kentucky 1: Linn Boyd (D) 2: Philip Triplett (W) 3: Joseph R. Underwood (W) 4: Bryan Y. Owsley (W) 5: John B. Thompson (W) 6: Willis Green (W) 7: John Pope (W) 8: James C. Sprigg (W) 9: John White (W) 10: Thomas F. Marshall (W) 11: Landaff W. Andrews (W) 12: Garrett Davis (W) 13: William O. Butler (D) Louisiana 1: Edward D. White (W) 2: John B. Dawson (D) 3: John Moore (W) Maine 1: Nathan Clifford (D) 2: William Pitt Fessenden (W) 3: Benjamin Randall (W) 4: George Evans (W) David Bronson (W) 5: Nathaniel S. Littlefield (D) 6: Alfred Marshall (D) 7: Joshua A. Lowell (D) 8: Elisha H. Allen (W) Maryland 1: Isaac D. Jones (W) 2: James A. Pearce (W) 3: James W. Williams (D) Charles S. Sewall (D) 4: John P. Kennedy (W) 4: Alexander Randall (W) 5: William Cost Johnson (W) 6: John T. Mason (D) 7: Augustus R. Sollers (W) Massachusetts 1: Robert C. Winthrop (W) Nathan Appleton (W) 2: Leverett Saltonstall (W) 3: Caleb Cushing (W) 4: William Parmenter (D) 5: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (W) Charles Hudson (W) 6: Osmyn Baker (W) 7: George N. Briggs (W) 8: William B. Calhoun (W) 9: William S. Hastings (W) 10: Nathaniel B. Borden (W) 11: Barker Burnell (W) 12: John Quincy Adams (W)

Michigan A/L: Jacob M. Howard (W) Mississippi A/L: William M. Gwin (D) A/L: Jacob Thompson (D) Missouri A/L: John C. Edwards (D) A/L: John Miller (D) New Hampshire A/L: Charles G. Atherton (D) A/L: Edmund Burke (D) A/L: Ira A. Eastman (D) A/L: John R. Reding (D) A/L: Tristram Shaw (D) New Jersey A/L: John B. Aycrigg (W) A/L: William Halstead (W) A/L: John P. B. Maxwell (W) A/L: Joseph F. Randolph (W) A/L: Charles C. Stratton (W) A/L: Thomas Jones Yorke (W) New York 1: Charles A. Floyd (D) 2: Joseph Egbert (D) 3: Charles G. Ferris (D) 3: John McKeon (D) 3: James I. Roosevelt (D) 3: Fernando Wood (D) 4: Aaron Ward (D) 5: Richard D. Davis (D) 6: James G. Clinton (D) 7: John Van Buren (D) 8: Jacob Houck, Jr. (D) 8: Robert McClellan (D) 9: Hiram P. Hunt (W) 10: Daniel D. Barnard (W) 11: Archibald L. Linn (W) 12: Bernard Blair (W) 13: Thomas A. Tomlinson (W) 14: Henry B. Van Rensselaer (W) 15: John Sanford (D) 16: Andrew W. Doig (D) 17: David P. Brewster (D) 17: John G. Floyd (D) 18: Thomas C. Chittenden (W) 19: Samuel S. Bowne (D) 20: Samuel Gordon (D) 21: John C. Clark (W) 22: Samuel Partridge (D) 22: Lewis Riggs (D) 23: Victory Birdseye (W) 23: A. Lawrence Foster (W) 24: Christopher Morgan (W) 25: John Maynard (W) 26: Francis Granger (W) John Greig (W) 27: William M. Oliver (D) 28: Timothy Childs (W) 29: Seth M. Gates (W) 30: John Young (W) 31: Staley N. Clarke (W) 32: Millard Fillmore (W) 33: Alfred Babcock (W) North Carolina 1: Kenneth Rayner (W) 2: John R. J. Daniel (D) 3: Edward Stanly (W) 4: William H. Washington (W) 5: James I. McKay (D) 6: Archibald H. Arrington (D) 7: Edmund Deberry (W) 8: Romulus M. Saunders (D) 9: Augustine H. Shepperd (W) 10: Abraham Rencher (W) 11: Greene W. Caldwell (D) 12: James Graham (W) 13: Lewis Williams (W) Anderson Mitchell (W) Ohio 1: Nathanael G. Pendleton (W) 2: John B. Weller (D) 3: Patrick G. Goode (W) 4: Jeremiah Morrow (W) 5: William Doan (D) 6: Calvary Morris (W) 7: William Russell (W) 8: Joseph Ridgway (W) 9: William Medill (D) 10: Samson Mason (W) 11: Benjamin S. Cowen (W) 12: Joshua Mathiot (W) 13: James Mathews (D) 14: George Sweeny (D) 15: Sherlock J. Andrews (W) 16: Joshua R. Giddings (W) 17: John Hastings (D) 18: Ezra Dean (D) 19: Samuel Stokely (W)

Pennsylvania 1: Charles Brown (D) 2: George W. Toland (W) 2: John Sergeant (W) Joseph R. Ingersoll (W) 3: Charles J. Ingersoll (D) 4: Jeremiah Brown (W) 4: John Edwards (W) 4: Francis James (W) 5: Joseph Fornance (D) 6: Robert Ramsey (W) 7: John Westbrook (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) Amos Gustine (D) 14: James Irvin (W) 15: Benjamin A. Bidlack (D) 16: John Snyder (D) 17: Davis Dimock, Jr. (D) Almon H. Read (D) 18: Charles Ogle (W) Henry Black (W) James M. Russell (W) 19: Albert G. Marchand (D) 20: Enos Hook (D) Henry W. Beeson (D) 21: Joseph Lawrence (W) Thomas M. T. McKennan (W) 22: William W. Irwin (W) 23: William Jack (D) 24: Thomas Henry (W) 25: Arnold Plumer (D) Rhode Island A/L: Robert B. Cranston (W) A/L: 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) Samuel W. Trotti (D) 5: Francis W. Pickens (D) 6: William Butler (W) 7: James Rogers (D) 8: Thomas D. Sumter (D) 9: Patrick C. Caldwell (D) Tennessee 1: Thomas D. Arnold (W) 2: Abraham McClellan (D) 3: Joseph L. Williams (W) 4: Thomas J. Campbell (W) 5: Hopkins L. Turney (D) 6: William B. Campbell (W) 7: Robert L. Caruthers (W) 8: Meredith P. Gentry (W) 9: Harvey M. Watterson (D) 10: Aaron V. Brown (D) 11: Cave Johnson (D) 12: Milton Brown (W) 13: Christopher H. Williams (W) Vermont 1: Hiland Hall (W) 2: William Slade (W) 3: Horace Everett (W) 4: Augustus Young (W) 5: John Mattocks (W) Virginia 1: Francis Mallory (W) 2: George B. Cary (D) 3: John W. Jones (D) 4: William O. Goode (D) 5: Edmund W. Hubard (D) 6: Walter Coles (D) 7: William L. Goggin (W) 8: Henry A. Wise (W) 9: Robert M. T. Hunter (IW) 10: John Taliaferro (W) 11: John M. Botts (W) 12: Thomas W. Gilmer (W) 13: Linn Banks (D) William Smith (D) 14: Cuthbert Powell (W) 15: Richard W. Barton (W) 16: William A. Harris (D) 17: Alexander H. H. Stuart (W) 18: George W. Hopkins (D) 19: George W. Summers (W) 20: Samuel L. Hays (D) 21: Lewis Steenrod (D)

Delegates

Florida Territory A/L: David Levy Yulee (D)

Iowa Territory A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (D)

Wisconsin Territory A/L: Henry Dodge (D)

Membership detail by state

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 1844; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Alabama

Senate

• 2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic
• 3: Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), Democratic …resigned November 15, 1841.

  Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Democratic …elected to fill, vacancy November 24, 1841.

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• A/L: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic
• A/L: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
• A/L: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic
• A/L: William W. Payne (1807-1874), Democratic
• A/L: Benjamin G. Shields (1808-1850), Democratic

Arkansas

Senate

• 2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic
• 3: Ambrose H. Sevier ,(1801-1848), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Edward Cross (1798-1887), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate

• 3: Perry Smith (1783-1852), Democratic
• 1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• A/L: Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), Whig
• A/L: William W. Boardman (1794-1871), Whig
• A/L: Thomas W. Williams (1789-1874), Whig
• A/L: Thomas B. Osborne (1798-1869), Whig
• A/L: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig
• A/L: John H. Brockway (1801-1870), Whig

Delaware

Senate

• 1: Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), Whig
• 2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: George B. Rodney (1803-1883), Whig

Georgia

Senate

• 3: Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic
• 2: John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• A/L: Julius C. Alford (1799-1863), Whig …resigned in 1841.

  Edward J. Black (1806-1846), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 2, 1842.

• A/L: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig …resigned November 13, 1841.

  Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1842.

• A/L: Thomas F. Foster (1790-1848), Whig
• A/L: Roger L. Gamble (1787-1847), Whig
• A/L: Richard W. Habersham (1786-1842), Whig …died December 2, 1842.

  George W. Crawford (1798-1872), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1843.

• A/L: Thomas Butler King ,1864), Whig
• A/L: James A. Meriwether (1806-1852), Whig
• A/L: Eugenius A. Nisbet (1803-1871), Whig …resigned in 1841.

  Mark A. Cooper ,1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1842.

• A/L: Lott Warren (1797-1861), Whig

Illinois

Senate

• 3: Richard M. Young (1798-1861), Democratic
• 2: Samuel McRoberts (1799-1843), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: John Reynolds (1788-1865), Democratic
• 2: Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Independent Democratic
• 3: John T. Stuart (1807-1885), Whig

Indiana

Senate

• 3: Oliver H. Smith (1794-1859), Whig
• 1: Albert S. White (1803-1864), Whig

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: George H. Proffit (1807-1847), Whig
• 2: Richard W. Thompson (1809-1900), Whig
• 3: Joseph L. White ( -1861), Whig
• 4: James H. Cravens (1802-1876), Whig
• 5: Andrew Kennedy (1810-1847), Democratic
• 6: David Wallace (1799-1859), Whig
• 7: Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), Whig

Kentucky

Senate

• 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), Whig …resigned March 31, 1842.

  John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig …elected to fill, vacancy March 31, 1842.

• 2: James T. Morehead (1797-1854), Whig

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: Linn Boyd ,1859), Democratic
• 2: Philip Triplett (1799-1852), Whig
• 3: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig
• 4: Bryan Y. Owsley (1798-1849), Whig
• 5: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig
• 6: Willis Green ( - ), Whig
• 7: John Pope (1770-1845), Whig
• 8: James C. Sprigg (1802-1852), Whig
• 9: John White (1802-1845), Whig
• 10: Thomas F. Marshall (1801-1864), Whig
• 11: Landaff W. Andrews (1803-1887), Whig
• 12: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig
• 13: William O. Butler (1791-1880), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate

• 3: Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), Democratic …resigned March 1, 1842.

  Charles M. Conrad (1804-1878), Whig …elected to fill, vacancy April 14, 1842.

• 2: Alexander Barrow (1801-1846), Whig

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Edward D. White (1795-1847), Whig
• 2: John B. Dawson (1798-1845), Democratic
• 3: John Moore (1788-1867), Whig

Maine

Senate

• 1: Reuel Williams (1783-1862), Democratic …resigned February 15, 1843.

  John Fairfield Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, never served in this Congress

• 2: George Evans (1797-1867), Whig

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Nathan Clifford (1803-1881), Democratic
• 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Whig
• 3: Benjamin Randall (1789-1859), Whig
• 4: George Evans (1797-1867), Whig …resigned before Congress assembled.

  David Bronson (1800-1863), Whig …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated May 31, 1841.

• 5: Nathaniel S. Littlefield (1804-1882), Democratic
• 6: Alfred Marshall (1797c-1868), Democratic
• 7: Joshua A. Lowell (1801-1874), Democratic
• 8: Elisha H. Allen (1804-1883), Whig

Maryland

Senate

• 1: William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Whig
• 3: John L. Kerr (1780-1844), Whig

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Isaac D. Jones (1806-1893), Whig
• 2: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig
• 3: James W. Williams (1792-1842), Democratic …died December 2, 1842.

  Charles S. Sewall (1779-1848), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1843.

• 4: John P. Kennedy (1795-1870), Whig
• 4: Alexander Randall (1803-1881), Whig
• 5: William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), Whig
• 6: John T. Mason (1815-1873), Democratic
• 7: Augustus R. Sollers (1814-1862), Whig

Massachusetts

Senate

• 2: Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig
• 1: Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Whig

House of Representatives (12 seats)

• 1: Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig …resigned May 25, 1842, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1842.

  Nathan Appleton (1779-1861), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 9, 1842, resigned September 28, 1842.

• 2: Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845), Whig
• 3: Caleb Cushing ,1879), Whig
• 4: William Parmenter (1789-1866), Democratic
• 5: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), Whig …resigned March 16, 1841, before Congress assembled.

  Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 3, 1841.

• 6: Osmyn Baker ,1875), Whig
• 7: George N. Briggs (1796-1861), Whig
• 8: William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), Whig
• 9: William S. Hastings (1798-1842), Whig …died June 17, 1842.
• 10: Nathaniel B. Borden (1801-1865), Whig
• 11: Barker Burnell (1798-1843), Whig
• 12: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig

Michigan

Senate

• 1: Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), Whig
• 2: William Woodbridge (1780-1861), Whig

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Whig

Mississippi

Senate

• 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic
• 1: John Henderson (1797-1857), Whig

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
• A/L: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic

Missouri

Senate

• 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
• 3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: John C. Edwards (1804-1888), Democratic
• A/L: John Miller (1781-1846), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate

• 3: Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), Democratic …resigned February 28, 1842.

  Leonard Wilcox (1799-1850), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy March 1, 1842, subsequently elected.

• 2: Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• A/L: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic
• A/L: Edmund Burke (1809-1882), Democratic
• A/L: Ira A. Eastman (1809-1881), Democratic
• A/L: John R. Reding (1805-1892), Democratic
• A/L: Tristram Shaw (1786-1843), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate

• 1: Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), Whig …died June 26, 1842.

  William L. Dayton (1807-1864), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy July 2, 1842, subsequently elected.

• 2: Jacob W. Miller ,1862), Whig

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• A/L: John B. Aycrigg (1798-1856), Whig
• A/L: William Halstead (1794-1878), Whig
• A/L: John P. B. Maxwell (1804-1845), Whig
• A/L: Joseph F. Randolph (1803-1873), Whig
• A/L: Charles C. Stratton (1796-1859), Whig
• A/L: Thomas Jones Yorke (1801-1882), Whig

New York

Senate

• 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic
• 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Whig

House of Representatives (40 seats)

• 1: Charles A. Floyd (1791-1873), Democratic
• 2: Joseph Egbert (1807-1888), Democratic
• 3: Charles G. Ferris (1796c-1848), Democratic
• 3: John McKeon (1808-1883), Democratic
• 3: James I. Roosevelt (1795-1875), Democratic
• 3: Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Democratic
• 4: Aaron Ward (1790-1867), Democratic
• 5: Richard D. Davis (1799-1871), Democratic
• 6: James G. Clinton (1804-1849), Democratic
• 7: John Van Buren (1799-1855), Democratic
• 8: Jacob Houck, Jr. (1801-1857), Democratic
• 8: Robert McClellan (1806-1860), Democratic
• 9: Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865), Whig
• 10: Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), Whig
• 11: Archibald L. Linn (1802-1857), Whig
• 12: Bernard Blair (1801-1880), Whig
• 13: Thomas A. Tomlinson (1802-1872), Whig
• 14: Henry B. Van Rensselaer (1810-1864), Whig
• 15: John Sanford (1803-1857), Democratic
• 16: Andrew W. Doig (1799-1875), Democratic
• 17: David P. Brewster (1801-1876), Democratic
• 17: John G. Floyd (1806-1881), Democratic
• 18: Thomas C. Chittenden (1788-1866), Whig
• 19: Samuel S. Bowne ,1865), Democratic
• 20: Samuel Gordon (1802-1873), Democratic
• 21: John C. Clark (1793-1852), Whig
• 22: Samuel Partridge (1790-1883), Democratic
• 22: Lewis Riggs (1789-1870), Democratic
• 23: Victory Birdseye (1782-1853), Whig
• 23: A. Lawrence Foster ( - ), Whig
• 24: Christopher Morgan (1808-1877), Whig
• 25: John Maynard ( -1850), Whig
• 26: Francis Granger (1792-1868), Whig …resigned March 5, 1841, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1841.

  John Greig (1779-1858), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 31, 1841, resigned September 25, 1841.

• 27: William M. Oliver (1792-1863), Democratic
• 28: Timothy Childs (1785-1847), Whig
• 29: Seth M. Gates ,1877), Whig
• 30: John Young (1802-1852), Whig
• 31: Staley N. Clarke (1794-1860), Whig
• 32: Millard Fillmore ,1874), Whig
• 33: Alfred Babcock (1805-1871), Whig

North Carolina

Senate

• 2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
• 3: William A. Graham (1804-1875), Whig

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), Whig
• 2: John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic
• 3: Edward Stanly (1810-1872), Whig
• 4: William H. Washington (1813-1860), Whig
• 5: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
• 6: Archibald H. Arrington (1809-1872), Democratic
• 7: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig
• 8: Romulus M. Saunders (1791-1867), Democratic
• 9: Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), Whig
• 10: Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), Whig
• 11: Greene W. Caldwell (1806-1864), Democratic
• 12: James Graham (1793-1851), Whig
• 13: Lewis Williams (1782-1842), Whig …died February 23, 1842.

  Anderson Mitchell ,1876), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 27, 1842.

Ohio

Senate

• 3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
• 1: Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (19 seats)

• 1: Nathanael G. Pendleton (1793-1861), Whig
• 2: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
• 3: Patrick G. Goode (1798-1862), Whig
• 4: Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), Whig
• 5: William Doan (1792-1847), Democratic
• 6: Calvary Morris (1798-1871), Whig
• 7: William Russell (1782-1845), Whig
• 8: Joseph Ridgway (1783-1861), Whig
• 9: William Medill (1802-1865), Democratic
• 10: Samson Mason (1793-1869), Whig
• 11: Benjamin S. Cowen (1793-1860), Whig
• 12: Joshua Mathiot ,1849), Whig
• 13: James Mathews (1805-1887), Democratic
• 14: George Sweeny (1796-1877), Democratic
• 15: Sherlock J. Andrews (1801-1880), Whig
• 16: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig …resigned March 22, 1842, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1842.
• 17: John Hastings (1778-1854), Democratic
• 18: Ezra Dean (1795-1872), Democratic
• 19: Samuel Stokely (1796-1861), Whig

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic
• 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic

House of Representatives (28 seats)

• 1: Charles Brown (1797-1883), Democratic
• 2: George W. Toland (1796-1869), Whig
• 2: John Sergeant (1779-1852), Whig …resigned September 15, 1841.

  Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 9, 1841.

• 3: Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Democratic
• 4: Jeremiah Brown (1785-1858), Whig
• 4: John Edwards (1786-1843), Whig
• 4: Francis James (1799-1886), Whig
• 5: Joseph Fornance (1804-1852), Democratic
• 6: Robert Ramsey (1780-1849), Whig
• 7: John Westbrook (1789-1852), Democratic
• 8: Peter Newhard (1783-1860), Democratic
• 9: George M. Keim (1805-1861), Democratic
• 10: William Simonton (1788-1846), Whig
• 11: James Gerry (1796-1873), Democratic
• 12: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig
• 13: William S. Ramsey (1810-1840), Democratic …died October 17, 1840.

  Amos Gustine (1789-1844), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated May 31, 1841.

• 14: James Irvin (1800-1862), Whig
• 15: Benjamin A. Bidlack (1804-1849), Democratic
• 16: John Snyder (1793-1850), Democratic
• 17: Davis Dimock, Jr. (1801-1842), Democratic …died January 13, 1842.

  Almon H. Read (1790-1844), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 18, 1842.

• 18: Charles Ogle (1798-1841), Whig …died May 10, 1841, before Congress assembled.

  Henry Black (1783-1841), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 28,1841, died November 28, 1841.

  James M. Russell (1786-1870), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 3, 1842.

• 19: Albert G. Marchand (1811-1848), Democratic
• 20: Enos Hook (1804-1841), Democratic …resigned April 18, 1841.

  Henry W. Beeson (1791-1863), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 31, 1841.

• 21: Joseph Lawrence (1786-1842), Whig …died April 17, 1842.

  Thomas M. T. McKennan (1794-1852), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 30, 1842.

• 22: William W. Irwin (1803-1856), Whig
• 23: William Jack (1788-1852), Democratic
• 24: Thomas Henry (1779-1849), Whig
• 25: Arnold Plumer (1801-1869), Democratic

Rhode Island

Senate

• 1: Nathan F. Dixon (1774-1842), Whig …died January 29, 1842.

  William Sprague (1799-1856), Whig …elected to fill vacancy February 5, 1842.

• 2: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Whig

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: Robert B. Cranston (1791-1873), Whig
• A/L: Joseph L. Tillinghast (1791-1844), Whig

South Carolina

Senate

• 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic …resigned March 3, 1843.
• 3: William C. Preston (1794-1860), Whig …resigned November 29, 1842.

  George McDuffie (1790-1851), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy December 2, 1842.

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic
• 2: R. Barnwell Rhett ,1876), Democratic
• 3: John Campbell (1795-1845), Democratic
• 4: Sampson H. Butler (1803-1848), Democratic …resigned September 27, 1842.

  Samuel W. Trotti (1810-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17, 1842.

• 5: Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), Democratic
• 6: William Butler (1790-1850), Whig
• 7: James Rogers (1795-1873), Democratic
• 8: Thomas D. Sumter (1809-1874), Democratic
• 9: Patrick C. Caldwell (1801-1855), Democratic

Tennessee

Senate

• 1: Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Democratic …served until February 7, 1842.
• 2: vacant …vacancy in this class throughout the Congress.

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: Thomas D. Arnold (1798-1870), Whig
• 2: Abraham McClellan (1789-1866), Democratic
• 3: Joseph L. Williams (1810-1865), Whig
• 4: Thomas J. Campbell (1786-1850), Whig
• 5: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic
• 6: William B. Campbell (1807-1867), Whig
• 7: Robert L. Caruthers ,1882), Whig
• 8: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig
• 9: Harvey M. Watterson (1811-1891), Democratic
• 10: Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), Democratic
• 11: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
• 12: Milton Brown (1804-1883), Whig
• 13: Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), Whig

Vermont

Senate

• 3: Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), Whig …resigned April 11, 1842.

  Samuel C. Crafts (1768-1853), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy April 23, 1842, subsequently elected.

• 1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Hiland Hall (1795-1885), Whig
• 2: William Slade (1786-1859), Whig
• 3: Horace Everett (1779-1851), Whig
• 4: Augustus Young (1784-1857), Whig
• 5: John Mattocks (1777-1847), Whig

Virginia

Senate

• 1: William C. Rives (1793-1868), Whig
• 2: William S. Archer (1789-1855), Whig

House of Representatives (21 seats)

• 1: Francis Mallory (1807-1860), Whig
• 2: George B. Cary (1811-1850), Democratic
• 3: John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic
• 4: William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic
• 5: Edmund W. Hubard (1806-1878), Democratic
• 6: Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic
• 7: William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig
• 8: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Whig
• 9: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Independent Whig
• 10: John Taliaferro (1768-1852), Whig
• 11: John M. Botts (1802-1869), Whig
• 12: Thomas W. Gilmer (1802-1844), Whig
• 13: Linn Banks (1784-1842), Democratic …contested election, served until December 6, 1841.

  William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic …contested election, seated December 6, 1841.

• 14: Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849), Whig
• 15: Richard W. Barton ,1859), Whig
• 16: William A. Harris (1805-1864), Democratic
• 17: Alexander H. H. Stuart (1807-1891), Whig
• 18: George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Democratic
• 19: George W. Summers (1804-1868), Whig
• 20: Samuel L. Hays (1794-1871), Democratic
• 21: Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), Democratic |}

Delegates

Florida Territory A/L: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic Iowa Territory A/L: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic Wisconsin Territory A/L: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic

Membership detail by Chamber/Party

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

A-F William Allen, Ohio Arthur P. Bagby, Alabama Thomas H. Benton, Missouri James Buchanan, Pennsylvania John C. Calhoun, South Carolina Clement C. Clay, Alabama Alfred Cuthbert, Georgia John Fairfield, Maine William S. Fulton, Arkansas

G-R William R. D. King, Alabama Lewis F. Linn , Missouri George McDuffie, South Carolina Samuel McRoberts, Illinois Alexander Mouton, Louisiana Alfred O. P. Nicholson, Tennessee Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire

S-Z Ambrose H. Sevier, Arkansas Perry Smith, Connecticut Daniel Sturgeon, Pennsylvania Benjamin Tappan, Ohio Robert J. Walker, Mississippi Leonard Wilcox, New Hampshire Reuel Williams, Maine Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire Silas Wright, Jr., New York Richard M. Young, Illinois

Whig

A-F William S. Archer, Virginia Alexander Barrow, Louisiana Isaac C. Bates, Massachusetts Richard H. Bayard, Delaware John Macpherson Berrien, Georgia Rufus Choate, Massachusetts Henry Clay, Kentucky Thomas Clayton, Delaware Charles M. Conrad, Louisiana Samuel C. Crafts, Vermont John J. Crittenden, Kentucky William L. Dayton, New Jersey Nathan F. Dixon, Rhode Island George Evans, Maine

G-R William A. Graham, North Carolina John Henderson, Mississippi Jabez W. Huntington, Connecticut John L. Kerr, Maryland Willie P. Mangum, North Carolina William D. Merrick, Maryland Jacob W. Miller, New Jersey James T. Morehead, Kentucky Samuel S. Phelps, Vermont Augustus S. Porter, Michigan Samuel Prentiss, Vermont William C. Preston, South Carolina William C. Rives, Virginia

S-Z James F. Simmons, Rhode Island Oliver H. Smith, Indiana Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey William Sprague, Rhode Island Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, New York Albert S. White, Indiana William Woodbridge, Michigan

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C Archibald H. Arrington, North Carolina Charles G. Atherton, New Hampshire Linn Banks, Virginia Henry W. Beeson , Pennsylvania Benjamin A. Bidlack, Pennsylvania Edward J. Black, Georgia Samuel S. Bowne, New York Linn Boyd , Kentucky David P. Brewster , New York Aaron V. Brown, Tennessee Charles Brown, Pennsylvania Edmund Burke, New Hampshire Sampson H. Butler, South Carolina William O. Butler, Kentucky Greene W. Caldwell, North Carolina Patrick C. Caldwell, South Carolina John Campbell, South Carolina George B. Cary, Virginia Reuben Chapman, Alabama Nathan Clifford, Maine James G. Clinton, New York Walter Coles, Virginia Walter T. Colquitt, Georgia Mark A. Cooper, Georgia Edward Cross, Arkansas D-E-F John R. J. Daniel, North Carolina Richard D. Davis, New York John B. Dawson, Louisiana Ezra Dean, Ohio Davis Dimock, Jr., Pennsylvania William Doan, Ohio Andrew W. Doig, New York Ira A. Eastman, New Hampshire John C. Edwards, Missouri Joseph Egbert, New York Charles G. Ferris, New York Charles A. Floyd, New York John G. Floyd, New York Joseph Fornance, Pennsylvania

G-H-I James Gerry, Pennsylvania William O. Goode, Virginia Samuel Gordon, New York Amos Gustine, Pennsylvania William M. Gwin, Mississippi William A. Harris, Virginia John Hastings, Ohio Samuel L. Hays, Virginia Isaac E. Holmes, South Carolina Enos Hook, Pennsylvania. George W. Hopkins, Virginia Jacob Houck, Jr., New York George S. Houston, Alabama Edmund W. Hubard, Virginia Charles J. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania J-K-L William Jack, Pennsylvania Cave Johnson, Tennessee John W. Jones, Virginia George M. Keim, Pennsylvania Andrew Kennedy, Indiana Dixon H. Lewis, Alabama Nathaniel S. Littlefield, Maine Joshua A. Lowell , Maine M-N-O Albert G. Marchand, Pennsylvania Alfred Marshall, Maine John T. Mason, Maryland James Mathews, Ohio Abraham McClellan, Tennessee Robert McClellan, New York James I. McKay, North Carolina John McKeon, New York William Medill, Ohio John Miller, Missouri Peter Newhard, Pennsylvania William M. Oliver, New York

P-Q-R William Parmenter, Massachusetts Samuel Partridge, New York William W. Payne, Alabama Francis W. Pickens, South Carolina Arnold Plumer, Pennsylvania William S. Ramsey, Pennsylvania Almon H. Read, Pennsylvania John R. Reding, New Hampshire John Reynolds, Illinois R. Barnwell Rhett, South Carolina Lewis Riggs, New York James Rogers, South Carolina James I. Roosevelt, New York S-T-U-V John Sanford, New York Romulus M. Saunders, North Carolina Charles S. Sewall, Maryland Tristram Shaw, New Hampshire Benjamin G. Shields, Alabama Robert B. Smith, South Carolina William Smith, Virginia John Snyder, Pennsylvania Lewis Steenrod, Virginia Thomas D. Sumter, South Carolina George Sweeny, Ohio Jacob Thompson, Mississippi Samuel W. Trotti, South Carolina Hopkins L. Turney, Tennessee John Van Buren, New York W-X-Y-Z Aaron Ward, New York Harvey M. Watterson, Tennessee John B. Weller, Ohio John Westbrook, Pennsylvania James W. Williams, Maryland Fernando Wood, New York

Whig

A-B-C John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts Julius C. Alford, Georgia Elisha H. Allen, Maine Landaff W. Andrews, Kentucky Sherlock J. Andrews, Ohio Nathan Appleton, Massachusetts Thomas D. Arnold, Tennessee John B. Aycrigg, New Jersey Alfred Babcock, New York Osmyn Baker, Massachusetts Daniel D. Barnard, New York Richard W. Barton, Virginia Victory Birdseye, New York Henry Black, Pennsylvania Bernard Blair, New York William W. Boardman, Connecticut Nathaniel B. Borden, Massachusetts John M. Botts, Virginia George N. Briggs, Massachusetts John H. Brockway, Connecticut David Bronson, Maine Jeremiah Brown, Pennsylvania Milton Brown, Tennessee Barker Burnell, Massachusetts William Butler, South Carolina William B. Calhoun, Massachusetts Thomas J. Campbell, Tennessee William B. Campbell, Tennessee Robert L. Caruthers, Tennessee Timothy Childs, New York Thomas C. Chittenden, New York John C. Clark, New York Staley N. Clarke, New York James Cooper, Pennsylvania Benjamin S. Cowen, Ohio Robert B. Cranston, Rhode Island James H. Cravens, Indiana George W. Crawford, Georgia Caleb Cushing, Massachusetts D-E-F Garrett Davis, Kentucky William C. Dawson, Georgia Edmund Deberry, North Carolina John Edwards, Pennsylvania George Evans, Maine Horace Everett, Vermont William Pitt Fessenden, Maine Millard Fillmore, New York A. Lawrence Foster, New York Thomas F. Foster, Georgia

G-H-I Roger L. Gamble, Georgia Seth M. Gates, New York Meredith P. Gentry, Tennessee Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio Thomas W. Gilmer, Virginia William L. Goggin, Virginia Patrick G. Goode, Ohio James Graham, North Carolina Francis Granger, New York Willis Green, Kentucky John Greig, New York Richard W. Habersham, Georgia Hiland Hall, Vermont William Halstead, New Jersey William S. Hastings, Massachusetts Thomas Henry, Pennsylvania Jacob M. Howard, Michigan Charles Hudson, Massachusetts Hiram P. Hunt, New York Joseph R. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania James Irvin, Pennsylvania William W. Irwin, Pennsylvania J-K-L Francis James, Pennsylvania William Cost Johnson, Maryland Isaac D. Jones, Maryland John P. Kennedy, Maryland Thomas Butler King, Georgia Henry S. Lane, Indiana Joseph Lawrence, Pennsylvania Levi Lincoln, Jr., Massachusetts Archibald L. Linn, New York M-N-O Francis Mallory, Virginia Thomas F. Marshall, Kentucky Samson Mason, Ohio Joshua Mathiot, Ohio John Mattocks, Vermont John P. B. Maxwell, New Jersey John Maynard, New York Thomas M. T. McKennan, Pennsylvania James A. Meriwether, Georgia Anderson Mitchell, North Carolina John Moore, Louisiana Christopher Morgan, New York Calvary Morris, Ohio Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio Eugenius A. Nisbet, Georgia Charles Ogle, Pennsylvania Thomas B. Osborne, Connecticut Bryan Y. Owsley, Kentucky

P-Q-R James A. Pearce, Maryland Nathanael G. Pendleton, Ohio John Pope, Kentucky Cuthbert Powell, Virginia George H. Proffit, Indiana Robert Ramsey, Pennsylvania Alexander Randall, Maryland Benjamin Randall Maine Joseph F. Randolph, New Jersey Kenneth Rayner, North Carolina Abraham Rencher, North Carolina Joseph Ridgway, Ohio George B. Rodney, Delaware James M. Russell, Pennsylvania William Russell, Ohio S-T-U-V Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts John Sergeant, Pennsylvania Augustine H. Shepperd, North Carolina William Simonton, Pennsylvania William Slade, Vermont Truman Smith, Connecticut Augustus R. Sollers, Maryland James C. Sprigg, Kentucky Edward Stanly, North Carolina Samuel Stokely, Ohio Charles C. Stratton, New Jersey Alexander H. H. Stuart, Virginia John T. Stuart, Illinois George W. Summers, Virginia John Taliaferro, Virginia John B. Thompson, Kentucky Richard W. Thompson, Indiana Joseph L. Tillinghast, Rhode Island George W. Toland, Pennsylvania Thomas A. Tomlinson, New York Philip Triplett, Kentucky Joseph Trumbull, Connecticut Joseph R. Underwood, Kentucky Henry B. Van Rensselaer, New York W-X-Y-Z David Wallace, Indiana Lott Warren, Georgia William H. Washington, North Carolina Edward D. White, Louisiana John White, Kentucky Joseph L. White, Indiana Christopher H. Williams, Tennessee Joseph L. Williams, Tennessee Lewis Williams, North Carolina Thomas W. Williams, Connecticut Robert C. Winthrop, Massachusetts Henry A. Wise, Virginia Thomas Jones Yorke, New Jersey Augustus Young, Vermont John Young , New York

Independent Democratic

Zadok Casey, Illinois

Independent Whig

Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia

Membership Changes

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

Senate replacements: 9 Democrats (D) : no net change Whigs (W) : no net change deaths: 2 resignations: 8 interim appointments: 0 vacancy: 1 Total seats with changes: 10

House of Representatives replacements: 17 Democrats (D) : 3 seat net gain Whigs (W) : 3 seat net loss deaths: 8 resignations: 12 contested election: 1 Total seats with changes: 20

Officers

Senate Secretary of the Senate: Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12, 1836. Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Stephen Haight of New York, elected September 4, 1837. Edward Dyer of Maryland, elected March 8, 1841. Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. George G. Cookman, Methodist, elected December 31, 1839. The Rev. Septimus Tustin, Presbyterian, elected June 12, 1841.

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: Matthew S. Clarke of Pennsylvania, elected May 31, 1841. Sergeant at Arms of the House: Eleazor M. Townsend of Connecticut, elected June 8, 1841. Doorkeeper of the House: Joseph Follansbee of Massachusetts, elected June 8, 1841. Postmaster of the House: William J. McCormick, elected June 8, 1841. Chaplain of the House The Rev. John W. French, Episcopalian, elected May 31, 1841. The Rev. John N. Maffit, Methodist, elected December 6, 1841. The Rev. Frederick T. Tiffany, Episcopalian, elected December 5, 1842.