24th United States Congress

The Twenty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1837, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

United States Capitol

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 Jacksonian or Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1835–March 3, 1837

• First session: December 7, 1835 - July 4, 1836
• Second session: December 5, 1836 - March 3, 1837 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 23rd Congress
Next congress: 25th Congress

Major events

Main article: Events of 1835; Events of 1836; Events of 1837

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 24th Congress

Party summary

Senate

• Democratic: 26 (majority)
• National Republican: 26

TOTAL members: 52

House of Representatives

• Democratic: 143 (majority)
• National Republican: 75
• Anti-Masonic: 16
• Nullifiers: 8

TOTAL members: 242

Leadership

 

President of the Senate
Vice President
Martin Van Buren

Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • Martin Van Buren, Democrat of New York.
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • William R. King, Democrat of Alabama, elected July 1, 1836.

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • James K. Polk, Democrat of Tennessee, elected December 7, 1835.

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Members are listed alphabetically. ^[1]

See also: United States House election, 1834

Senate

At this time, 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 1838; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

 

President pro tempore
William R. King

Alabama

• William R. King (Dem.)
• Gabriel Moore (Dem.)

Arkansas

• William S. Fulton (Dem.)
• Ambrose H. Sevier (Dem.)

Connecticut

• John M. Niles (Dem.)
• Nathan Smith (Nat.-Rep.)
• Gideon Tomlinson (Nat.-Rep.)

Delaware

• Richard H. Bayard (Nat.-Rep.)
• John M. Clayton (Nat.-Rep.)
• Thomas Clayton (Nat.-Rep.)
• Arnold Naudain (Nat.-Rep.)

Georgia

• Alfred Cuthbert (Dem.)
• John P. King (Dem.)

Illinois

• William L.D. Ewing (Dem.)
• Elias K. Kane (Dem.)
• John M. Robinson (Dem.)

Indiana

• William Hendricks (Nat.-Rep.)
• John Tipton (Dem.)

Kentucky

• Henry Clay (Nat.-Rep.)
• John J. Crittenden (Nat.-Rep.)

Louisiana

• Alexander Mouton (Dem.)
• Robert C. Nicholas (Dem.)
• Alexander Porter (Nat.-Rep.)

Maine

• Judah Dana (Dem.)
• John Ruggles (Dem.)
• Ether Shepley (Dem.)

Maryland

• Robert H. Goldsborough (Nat.-Rep.)
• Joseph Kent (Nat.-Rep.)
• John S. Spence (Nat.-Rep.)

Massachusetts

• John Davis (Nat.-Rep.)
• Daniel Webster (Nat.-Rep.)

Michigan

• Lucius Lyon (Dem.)
• John Norvell (Dem.)

Mississippi

• John Black (Nat.-Rep.)
• Robert J. Walker (Dem.)

Missouri

• Thomas H. Benton (Dem.)
• Lewis F. Linn (Dem.)

New Hampshire

• Isaac Hill (Dem.)
• Henry Hubbard (Dem.)
• John Page (Dem.)

New Jersey

• Samuel L. Southard (Nat.-Rep.)
• Garret D. Wall (Dem.)

New York

• Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (Dem.)
• Silas Wright, Jr. (Dem.)

North Carolina

• Bedford Brown (Dem.)
• Willie P. Mangum (Nat.-Rep.)
• Robert Strange (Dem.)

Ohio

• Thomas Ewing (Nat.-Rep.)
• Thomas Morris (Dem.)

Pennsylvania

• James Buchanan (Dem.)
• Samuel McKean (Dem.)

Rhode Island

• Nehemiah R. Knight (Nat.-Rep.)
• Asher Robbins (Nat.-Rep.)

South Carolina

• John C. Calhoun (Nullifier)
• William C. Preston (Nullifier)

Tennessee

• Felix Grundy (Dem.)
• Hugh L. White (Nat.-Rep.)

Vermont

• Samuel Prentiss (Nat.-Rep.)
• Benjamin Swift (Nat.-Rep.)

Virginia

• Benjamin W. Leigh (Nat.-Rep.)
• Richard E. Parker (Dem.)
• William C. Rives (Dem.)
• John Tyler (Nat.-Rep.)

House of Representatives

 

Speaker of the House
James K. Polk

Alabama

• Reuben Chapman (Dem.)
• Joab Lawler (Dem.)
• Dixon H. Lewis (Dem.)
• Francis S. Lyon (Nat.-Rep.)
• Joshua L. Martin (Dem.)

Arkansas

• Archibald Yell (Dem.)

Connecticut

• Elisha Haley (Dem.)
• Orrin Holt (Dem.)
• Samuel Ingham (Dem.)
• Andrew T. Judson (Dem.)
• Lancelot Phelps (Dem.)
• Isaac Toucey (Dem.)
• Thomas T. Whittlesey (Dem.)
• Zalmon Wildman (Dem.)

Delaware

• John J. Milligan (Nat.-Rep.)

Georgia

• Julius C. Alford (Nat.-Rep.)
• Jesse F. Cleveland (Dem.)
• John Coffee (Dem.)
• William Crosby Dawson (Nat.-Rep.)
• Thomas Glascock (Dem.)
• Seaton Grantland (Dem.)
• Charles E. Haynes (Dem.)
• Hopkins Holsey (Dem.)
• Jabez Y. Jackson (Dem.)
• George W. Owens (Dem.)
• John W. Sanford Union '(Dem.)
• William Schley (Dem.)
• James C. Terrell (undetermined)
• George W.B. Towns (Dem.)
• James M. Wayne (Dem.)

Illinois

• Zadok Casey (Dem.)
• William L. May (Dem.)
• John Reynolds (Dem.)

Indiana

• Ratliff Boon (Dem.)
• John Carr (Dem.)
• John W. Davis (Dem.)
• Edward A. Hannegan (Dem.)
• William Herod (Nat.-Rep.)
• George L. Kinnard (Dem.)
• Amos Lane (Dem.)
• Johnathan McCarty (Nat.-Rep.)

Kentucky

• Chilton Allan (Nat.-Rep.)
• Linn Boyd (Dem.)
• John Calhoon (Nat.-Rep.)
• John Chambers (Nat.-Rep.)
• Richard French (Dem.)
• William J. Graves (Nat.-Rep.)
• Benjamin Hardin (Nat.-Rep.)
• James Harlan (Nat.-Rep.)
• Albert G. Hawes (Dem.)
• Richard M. Johnson (Dem.)ic Republican
• Joseph R. Underwood (Nat.-Rep.)
• John White (Nat.-Rep.)
• Sherrod Williams (Nat.-Rep.)

Louisiana

• Rice Garland (Nat.-Rep.)
• Henry Johnson (Nat.-Rep.)
• Eleazar W. Ripley (Dem.)

Maine

• Jeremiah Bailey (Nat.-Rep.)
• George Evans (Nat.-Rep.)
• John Fairfield (Dem.)
• Joseph Hall (Dem.)
• Leonard Jarvis (Dem.)
• Moses Mason, Jr. (Dem.)
• Gorham Parks (Dem.)
• Francis O.J. Smith (Dem.)

Maryland

• Benjamin C. Howard (Dem.)
• Daniel Jenifer (Nat.-Rep.)
• Isaac McKim (Dem.)
• James A. Pearce (Nat.-Rep.)
• John N. Steele (Nat.-Rep.)
• Francis Thomas (Dem.)
• James Turner (Dem.)
• George C. Washington (Nat.-Rep.)

Massachusetts

• John Quincy Adams (Nat.-Rep.)
• Nathaniel B. Borden (Dem.)
• George N. Briggs (Nat.-Rep.)
• William B. Calhoun (Nat.-Rep.)
• Caleb Cushing (Nat.-Rep.)
• George J. Grennell, Jr. (Nat.-Rep.)
• Samuel Hoar (Nat.-Rep.)
• William Jackson (Anti-Masonic)
• Abbott Lawrence (Nat.-Rep.)
• Levi Lincoln (Nat.-Rep.)
• Stephen C. Phillips (Nat.-Rep.)
• John Reed (Nat.-Rep.)

Michigan

• Isaac E. Crary (Dem.)

Mississippi

• John F.H. Claiborne (Dem.)
• David Dickson (Nat.-Rep.)
• Samuel J. Gholson (Dem.)

Missouri

• William H. Ashley (Dem.)
• Albert G. Harrison (Dem.)

New Hampshire

• Benning M. Bean (Dem.)
• Robert Burns (Dem.)
• Samuel Cushman (Dem.)
• Franklin Pierce (Dem.)
• Joseph Weeks (Dem.)

New Jersey

• William Chetwood (Nat.-Rep.)
• Philemon Dickerson (Dem.)
• Samuel Fowler (Dem.)
• Thomas Lee (Dem.)
• James Parker (Dem.)
• Ferdinand S. Schenck (Dem.)
• William N. Shinn (Dem.)

New York

• Samuel Barton (Dem.)
• Samuel Beardsley (Dem.)
• Abraham Bockee (Dem.)
• Matthias J. Bovee (Dem.)
• John W. Brown (Dem.)
• Churchill C. Cambreleng (Dem.)
• Graham H. Chapin (Dem.)
• Timothy Childs (Nat.-Rep.)
• John Cramer (Dem.)
• Ulysses F. Doubleday (Dem.)
• Valentine Efner (Dem.)
• Dudley Farlin (Dem.)
• Philo C. Fuller (Nat.-Rep.)
• William K. Fuller (Dem.)
• Ransom H. Gillet (Dem.)
• Francis Granger (Nat.-Rep.)
• Gideon Hard (Nat.-Rep.)
• Abner Hazeltine (Nat.-Rep.)
• Hiram P. Hunt (Nat.-Rep.)
• Abel Huntington (Dem.)
• Gerrit Y. Lansing (Dem.)
• George W. Lay (Nat.-Rep.)
• Gideon Lee (Dem.)
• Joshua Lee (Dem.)
• Stephen B. Leonard (Dem.)
• Thomas C. Love (Nat.-Rep.)
• Abijah Mann, Jr. (Dem.)
• William Mason (Dem.)
• John McKeon (Dem.)
• Rutger B. Miller (Dem.)
• Ely Moore (Dem.)
• Sherman Page (Dem.)
• Joseph Reynolds (Dem.)
• David A. Russell (Nat.-Rep.)
• William Seymour (Dem.)
• Nicholas Sickles (Dem.)
• William Taylor (Dem.)
• Joel Turrill (Dem.)
• Aaron Vanderpoel (Dem.)
• Aaron Ward (Dem.)
• Daniel Wardwell (Dem.)
• Campbell P. White (Dem.)
• John Young (Nat.-Rep.)

North Carolina

• Jesse A. Bynum (Dem.)
• Henry W. Connor (Dem.)
• Edmund Deberry (Nat.-Rep.)
• James Graham (Nat.-Rep.)
• Micajah T. Hawkins (Dem.)
• James I. McKay (Dem.)
• William Montgomery (Dem.)
• Ebenezer Pettigrew (Nat.-Rep.)
• Abraham Rencher (Nat.-Rep.)
• William B. Shepard (Nat.-Rep.)
• Augustine H. Shepperd (Nat.-Rep.)
• Jesse Speight (Dem.)
• Lewis Williams (Nat.-Rep.)

Ohio

• William K. Bond (Nat.-Rep.)
• John Chaney (Dem.)
• Thomas Corwin (Nat.-Rep.)
• Joseph H. Crane (Nat.-Rep.)
• Thomas L. Hamer (Dem.)
• Elias Howell (Nat.-Rep.)
• Benjamin Jones (Dem.)
• William Kennon, Sr. (Dem.)
• Daniel Kilgore (Dem.)
• Samson Mason (Nat.-Rep.)
• Jeremiah McLene (Dem.)
• William Patterson (Dem.)
• Jonathan Sloane (Nat.-Rep.)
• David Spangler (Nat.-Rep.)
• Bellamy Storer (Nat.-Rep.)
• John Thomson (Dem.)
• Samuel F. Vinton (Nat.-Rep.)
• Taylor Webster (Dem.)
• Elisha Whittlesey (Nat.-Rep.)

Pennsylvania

• Joseph B. Anthony (Dem.)
• Michael W. Ash (Dem.)
• John Banks (Anti-Masonic)
• Andrew Beaumont (Dem.)
• James Black (Dem.)
• Andrew Buchanan (Dem.)
• George Chambers (Anti-Masonic)
• William Clark (Anti-Masonic)
• Edward Darlington (Anti-Masonic)
• Harmar Denny (Anti-Masonic)
• Jacob Fry, Jr. (Dem.)
• John Galbraith (Dem.)
• James Harper (Nat.-Rep.)
• Samuel S. Harrison (Dem.)
• Joseph Henderson (Dem.)
• William Hiester (Anti-Masonic)
• Edward B. Hubley (Dem.)
• Joseph R. Ingersoll (Nat.-Rep.)
• John J. Klingensmith (Dem.)
• John Laporte (Dem.)
• Henry Logan (Dem.)
• Job Mann (Dem.)
• Thomas M.T. McKennan (Anti-Masonic)
• Jesse Miller (Dem.)
• Mathias Morris (Nat.-Rep.)
• Henry A.P. Muhlenberg (Dem.)
• John J. Pearson (Nat.-Rep.)
• David Potts, Jr. (Anti-Masonic)
• Joel B. Sutherland (Dem.)
• David D. Wagener (Dem.)

Rhode Island

• Dutee J. Pearce (Anti-Masonic)
• William Sprague (Nat.-Rep.)

South Carolina

• Robert B. Campbell (Nullifier)
• Franklin H. Elmore (Dem.)
• William J. Grayson (Nullifier)
• John K. Griffin (Nullifier)
• James H. Hammond (Nullifier)
• Richard I. Manning (Dem.)
• Francis W. Pickens (Dem.)
• Henry L. Pinckney (Nullifier)
• John P. Richardson (Dem.)
• James Rogers (Dem.)
• Waddy Thompson, Jr. (Nat.-Rep.)

Tennessee

• John Bell (Nat.-Rep.)
• Samuel Bunch (Nat.-Rep.)
• William B. Carter (Nat.-Rep.)
• William C. Dunlap (Dem.)
• John B. Forester (Nat.-Rep.)
• Adam Huntsman (Dem.)
• Cave Johnson (Dem.)
• Luke Lea (Nat.-Rep.)
• Abram P. Maury (Nat.-Rep.)
• Balie Peyton (Dem.)
• James K. Polk (Dem.)
• Ebenezer J. Shields (Nat.-Rep.)
• James I. Standifer (Nat.-Rep.)

Vermont

• Heman Allen (Nat.-Rep.)
• Horace Everett (Nat.-Rep.)
• Hiland Hall (Nat.-Rep.)
• Henry F. Janes (Anti-Masonic)
• William Slade (Nat.-Rep.)

Virginia

• James M.H. Beale (Dem.)
• James W. Bouldin (Dem.)
• Nathaniel H. Claiborne (Nat.-Rep.)
• Walter Coles (Dem.)
• Robert Craig (Dem.)
• George C. Dromgoole (Dem.)
• James Garland (Dem.)
• George W. Hopkins (Dem.)
• Joseph Johnson (Dem.)
• John W. Jones (Dem.)
• George Loyall (Dem.)
• Edward Lucas (Dem.)
• John Y. Mason (Dem.)
• William McComas (Nat.-Rep.)
• Charles F. Mercer (Nat.-Rep.)
• William S. Morgan (Dem.)
• John M. Patton (Dem.)
• John Roane (Dem.)
• John Robertson (Nat.-Rep.)
• John Taliaferro (Nat.-Rep.)
• Henry A. Wise (Nat.-Rep.)

Delegates

Arkansas Territory

• Joseph M. White (undetermined)

Florida Territory

• George W. Jones (Dem.)

Michigan Territory

• George W. Jones (Dem.)

Changes in Membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Officers

Senate

• Secretary of the Senate:
  • Walter Lowrie of Pennsylvania elected December 12, 1825.
  • Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12, 1836.
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • John Shackford of New Hampshire, elected December 9, 1833.
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. Edward Y. Higbee, Episcopalian, elected December 23, 1835.
  • The Rev. John R. Goodman, Episcopalian, elected December 28, 1836.

House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • Walter S. Franklin of Pennsylvania, elected December 7, 1835.
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • Roderick Dorsey of Maryland, elected December 15, 1835.
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Overton Carr of Maryland, elected December 15, 1835.
• Postmaster of the House:
  • William J. McCormick
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. Thomas H. Stockton, Methodist, elected December 7, 1835.
  • The Rev. Oliver C. Comstock, Baptist, elected December 5, 1836.

Notes

1. When completed, this list will be sorted by class/district and expanded to indicate partial term details.

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