30th United States Congress - State Delegations

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The Thirtieth 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, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President James K. Polk.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Whig majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 30th United States Congress

See also: 30th United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1846

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849

First session: December 6, 1847 - August 14, 1848
Second session: December 4, 1848 - March 3, 1849 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 29th Congress
Next congress: 31st Congress

[edit] Members

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 1850; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1848.

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.

[edit] Alabama

Senate

3: Arthur P. Bagby (1794-1858), Democratic …resigned June 16, 1848.

William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, July 1, 1848.
2: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic …died October 25, 1848.

Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 25, 1848.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: John Gayle (1792-1859), Whig
2: Henry W. Hilliard (1808-1892), Whig
3: Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Democratic
4: Samuel W. Inge (1817-1868), Democratic
5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic
7: Franklin W. Bowdon (1817-1857), Democratic

[edit] Arkansas

Senate

3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic …resigned March 15, 1848.

Solon Borland (1808-1864), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, March 30, 1848, subsequently elected.
2: Chester Ashley (1790-1848), Democratic …died April 29, 1848.

William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, May 12, 1848, subsequently elected.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

1: Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig …died November 1, 1847.

Roger S. Baldwin (1793-1863), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, November 11, 1847, subsequently elected.
3: John M. Niles (1787-1856), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Whig
2: Samuel D. Hubbard (1799-1855), Whig
3: John A. Rockwell (1803-1861), Whig
4: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig

[edit] Delaware

Senate

1: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Whig …resigned February 23, 1849.

John Wales (1783-1863), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, February 23, 1849.
2: Presley Spruance (1785-1863), Whig

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: John W. Houston (1814-1896), Whig

[edit] Florida

Senate

1: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic
3: James D. Westcott, Jr. (1802-1880), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

A/L: Edward C. Cabell (1816-1896), Whig

[edit] Georgia

Senate

3: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Democratic …resigned February 1848.

Herschel V. Johnson (1812-1880), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, February 4, 1848, subsequently elected.
2: John Mcpherson Berrien (1781-1856), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 12, 1847.

House of Representatives (8 seats)

1: Thomas B. King (1800-1864), Whig
2: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic
3: John W. Jones (1806-1871), Whig
4: Hugh A. Haralson (1805-1854), Democratic
5: John H. Lumpkin (1812-1860), Democratic
6: Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Democratic
7: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Whig
8: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Whig

[edit] Illinois

Senate

3: Sidney Breese (1800-1878), Democratic
2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: Robert Smith (1802-1867), Independent Democratic
2: John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic
3: Orlando B. Ficklin (1808-1886), Democratic
4: John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic
5: William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
6: Thomas J. Turner (1815-1874), Democratic
7: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Whig

[edit] Indiana

Senate

3: Edward A. Hannegan (1807-1859), Democratic
1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Elisha Embree (1801-1863), Whig
2: Thomas J. Henley (1810-1865), Democratic
3: John L. Robinson (1813-1860), Democratic
4: Caleb B. Smith (1808-1864), Whig
5: William W. Wick (1796-1868), Democratic
6: George G. Dunn (1812-1857), Whig
7: Richard W. Thompson (1809-1900), Whig
8: John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic
9: Charles W. Cathcart (1809-1888), Democratic
10: William Rockhill (1793-1865), Democratic

[edit] Iowa

Senate

3: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 7, 1848.
2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated December 7, 1848.

House of Representatives

1: William Thompson (1813-1897), Democratic
2: Shepherd Leffler (1811-1879), Democratic

[edit] Kentucky

Senate

3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig …resigned June 12, 1848.

Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, June 23, 1848, subsequently elected.
2: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
2: Beverly L. Clarke (1809-1860), Democratic
3: Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Democratic
4: Aylette Buckner (1806-1869), Whig
5: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig
6: Green Adams (1812-1884), Whig
7: W. Garnett Duncan (1800-1875), Whig
8: Charles S. Morehead (1802-1868), Whig
9: Richard French (1792-1854), Democratic
10: John P. Gaines (1795-1857), Whig

[edit] Louisiana

Senate

3: Henry Johnson (1783-1864), Whig
2: Solomon W. Downs (1801-1854), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Emile La Sére (1802-1882), Democratic
2: Bannon G. Thibodeaux (1812-1866), Whig
3: John H. Harmanson (1803-1850), Democratic
4: Isaac E. Morse (1809-1866), Democratic

[edit] Maine

Senate

1: John Fairfield (1797-1847), Democratic …died December 24, 1847.

Wyman B. S. Moor (1811-1869), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, January 5, 1848.

Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, May 26, 1848.
2: James W. Bradbury (1802-1901), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: David Hammons (1808-1888), Democratic
2: Asa W. H. Clapp (1805-1891), Democratic
3: Hiram Belcher (1790-1857), Whig
4: Franklin Clark (1801-1874), Democratic
5: Ephraim K. Smart (1813-1872), Democratic
6: James S. Wiley (1808-1891), Democratic
7: Hezekiah Williams (1798-1856), Democratic

[edit] Maryland

Senate

3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig
1: Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Whig

House of Representatives (6 seats)

1: John G. Chapman (1798-1856), Whig
2: J. Dixon Roman (1809-1867), Whig
3: Thomas W. Ligon (1810-1881), Democratic
4: Robert M. McLane (1815-1898), Democratic
5: Alexander Evans (1818-1888), Whig
6: John W. Crisfield (1806-1897), Whig

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Whig
2: John Davis (1787-1854), Whig

House of Representatives (10 seats)

1: Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig
2: Daniel P. King (1801-1850), Whig
3: Amos Abbott (1786-1868), Whig
4: John G. Palfrey (1796-1881), Whig
5: Charles Hudson (1795-1881), Whig
6: George Ashmun (1804-1870), Whig
7: Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig
8: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig …died February 23, 1848.

Horace Mann (1796-1859), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 13, 1848.
9: Artemas Hale (1783-1882), Whig
10: Joseph Grinnell (1788-1885), Whig

[edit] Michigan

Senate

1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic …resigned May 29, 1848, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, March 4, 1849.

Thomas Fitzgerald (1796-1855), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, June 8, 1848.
2: Alpheus Felch (1804-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

1: Robert McClelland (1807-1880), Democratic
2: Edward Bradley (1808-1847), Democratic …died August 5, 1847, before Congress assembled.

Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
3: Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Democratic

[edit] Mississippi

Senate

1: Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic …died May 1, 1847.

Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, August 10, 1847, subsequently elected.
2: Henry S. Foote (1804-1880), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic
2: Winfield S. Featherston (1820-1891), Democratic
3: Patrick W. Tompkins (1804-1853), Whig
4: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic

[edit] Missouri

Senate

1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: James B. Bowlin (1804-1874), Democratic
2: John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic
3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic
4: Willard P. Hall (1820-1882), Democratic
5: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic

[edit] New Hampshire

Senate

3: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic
2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Independent Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: Amos Tuck (1810-1879), Independent
2: Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), Democratic
3: James Wilson (1797-1881), Whig
4: James H. Johnson (1802-1887), Democratic

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

2: Jacob W. Miller (1800-1862), Whig
1: William L. Dayton (1807-1864), Whig

House of Representatives (5 seats)

1: James G. Hampton (1814-1861), Whig
2: William A. Newell (1817-1901), Whig
3: Joseph E. Edsall (1789-1865), Democratic
4: John Van Dyke (1807-1878), Whig
5: Dudley S. Gregory (1800-1874), Whig

[edit] New York

Senate

1: Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), Democratic
3: John A. Dix (1798-1879), Democratic

House of Representatives (34 seats)

1: Frederick W. Lord (1800-1860), Democratic
2: Henry C. Murphy (1810-1882), Democratic
3: Henry Nicoll (1812-1879), Democratic
4: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic
5: Frederick A. Tallmadge (1792-1869), Whig
6: David S. Jackson (1813-1872), Democratic …contested election, served until April 19, 1848.

Horace Greeley (1811-1872), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1848.
7: William Nelson (1784-1869), Whig
8: Cornelius Warren (1790-1849), Whig
9: Daniel B. St. John (1808-1890), Whig
10: Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863), Whig
11: Peter H. Silvester (1807-1882), Whig
12: Gideon Reynolds (1813-1896), Whig
13: John I. Slingerland (1804-1861), Whig
14: Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865), Whig
15: Sidney Lawrence (1801-1892), Democratic
16: Hugh White (1798-1870), Whig
17: George Petrie (1793-1879), Independent Democratic
18: William Collins (1818-1878), Democratic
19: Joseph Mullin (1811-1882), Whig
20: Timothy Jenkins (1799-1859), Democratic
21: George A. Starkweather (1794-1879), Democratic
22: Ausburn Birdsall (1814-1903), Democratic
23: William Duer (1805-1879), Whig
24: Daniel Gott (1794-1864), Whig
25: Harmon S. Conger (1816-1882), Whig
26: William T. Lawrence (1788-1859), Whig
27: John M. Holley (1802-1848), Whig …died March 8, 1848.

Esbon Blackmar (1805-1857), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1848.
28: Elias B. Holmes (1807-1866), Whig
29: Robert L. Rose (1804-1877), Whig
30: David Rumsey, Jr. (1810-1883), Whig
31: Dudley Marvin (1786-1856), Whig
32: Nathan K. Hall (1810-1874), Whig
33: Harvey Putnam (1793-1855), Whig
34: Washington Hunt (1811-1867), Whig

[edit] North Carolina

Senate

2: Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig
3: George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig

House of Representatives (9 seats)

1: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Whig
2: Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873), Whig
3: Daniel M. Barringer (1806-1873), Whig
4: Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), Whig
5: Abraham W. Venable (1799-1876), Democratic
6: John R. J. Daniel (1802-1868), Democratic
7: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
8: Richard S. Donnell (1820-1867), Whig
9: David Outlaw (1806-1868), Whig

[edit] Ohio

Senate

3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
1: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Whig

House of Representatives (21 seats)

1: James J. Faran (1808-1892), Democratic
2: David Fisher (1794-1886), Whig
3: Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Whig
4: Richard S. Canby (1808-1895), Whig
5: William Sawyer (1803-1877), Democratic
6: Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849), Democratic
7: Jonathan D. Morris (1804-1875), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
8: John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Whig
9: Thomas O. Edwards (1810-1876), Whig
10: Daniel Duncan (1806-1849), Whig
11: John K. Miller (1819-1863), Democratic
12: Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), Whig
13: Thomas Ritchey (1801-1863), Democratic
14: Nathan Evans (1804-1879), Whig
15: William Kennon, Jr. (1802-1867), Democratic
16: John D. Cummins (1791-1849), Democratic
17: George Fries (1799-1866), Democratic
18: Samuel Lahm (1812-1876), Democratic
19: John Crowell (1801-1883), Whig
20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig
21: Joseph M. Root (1807-1879), Whig

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic
3: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Democratic

House of Representatives (24 seats)

1: Lewis C. Levin (1808-1860), American
2: Joseph R. Ingersoll (1786-1868), Whig
3: Charles Brown (1797-1883), Democratic
4: Charles J. Ingersoll (1782-1862), Democratic
5: John Freedley (1793-1851), Whig
6: John W. Hornbeck (1804-1848), Whig …died January 16, 1848.

Samuel A. Bridges (1802-1884), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 6, 1848.
7: Abraham R. McIlvaine (1804-1863), Whig
8: John Strohm (1793-1884), Whig
9: William Strong (1808-1895), Democratic
10: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
11: Chester P. Butler (1798-1850), Whig
12: David Wilmot (1814-1868), Democratic
13: James Pollock (1810-1890), Whig
14: George N. Eckert (1802-1865), Whig
15: Henry Nes (1799-1850), Whig
16: Jasper E. Brady (1797-1871), Whig
17: John Blanchard (1787-1849), Whig
18: Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Whig
19: Job Mann (1795-1873), Democratic
20: John Dickey (1794-1853), Whig
21: Moses Hampton (1803-1878), Whig
22: John W. Farrelly (1809-1860), Whig
23: James Thompson (1806-1874), Democratic
24: Alexander Irvin (1800-1874), Whig

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

1: Albert C. Greene (1792-1863), Whig
2: John H. Clarke (1789-1870), Whig

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: Robert B. Cranston (1791-1873), Whig
2: Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), Democratic

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic
3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: James A. Black (1793-1848), Democratic …died April 3, 1848.

Daniel Wallace (1801-1859), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 12, 1848.
2: Richard F. Simpson (1798-1882), Democratic
3: Joseph A. Woodward (1806-1885), Democratic
4: Alexander D. Sims (1803-1848), Democratic …died November 16, 1848.

John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1849.
5: Armistead Burt (1802-1883), Democratic
6: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic
7: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic

[edit] Tennessee

Senate

1: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic
2: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, November 22, 1847.

House of Representatives (11 seats)

1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
2: William M. Cocke (1815-1896), Whig
3: John H. Crozier (1812-1889), Whig
4: Hugh L. W. Hill (1810-1892), Democratic
5: George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
6: James H. Thomas (1808-1876), Democratic
7: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig
8: Washington Barrow (1807-1866), Whig
9: Lucien B. Chase (1817-1864), Democratic
10: Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894), Democratic
11: William T. Haskell (1818-1859), Whig

[edit] Texas

Senate

2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Democratic
1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

1: David S. Kaufman (1813-1851), Democratic
2: Timothy Pilsbury (1789-1858), Democratic

[edit] Vermont

Senate

1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig
3: William Upham (1792-1853), Whig

House of Representatives (4 seats)

1: William Henry (1788-1861), Whig
2: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Whig
3: George P. Marsh (1801-1882), Whig
4: Lucius B. Peck (1802-1866), Democratic

[edit] Virginia

Senate

1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic

House of Representatives (15 seats)

1: Archibald Atkinson (1792-1872), Democratic
2: George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic …died April 27, 1847, before Congress assembled.

Richard K. Meade (1803-1862), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1847.
3: Thomas S. Flournoy (1811-1883), Whig
4: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
5: William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig
6: John M. Botts (1802-1869), Whig
7: Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic
8: Richard Lee T. Beale (1819-1893), Democratic
9: John S. Pendleton (1802-1868), Whig
10: Henry Bedinger (1812-1858), Democratic
11: James McDowell (1795-1851), Democratic
12: William B. Preston (1805-1862), Whig
13: Andrew S. Fulton (1800-1884), Whig
14: Robert A. Thompson (1805-1876), Democratic
15: William G. Brown, Sr. (1800-1884), Democratic

[edit] Wisconsin

Senate

1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 8, 1848.
3: Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872), Democratic …newly admitted state, seated June 8, 1848.

House of Representatives (2 seats) ^[1]

A/L: Mason C. Darling (1801-1866), Democratic
A/L: William P. Lynde (1817-1885), Democratic

[edit] Delegates

Wisconsin Territory

A/L: John H. Tweedy (1814-1891), Whig …served until May 29, 1848.

Henry H. Sibley (1811-1891), …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 15, 1849.

[edit] Notes

^ Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

[edit] 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.