Thirtieth United States Congress

Thirtieth United States Congress

1847-1848

Major Political Events

Members of the Thirtieth United States Congress

• Amos Abbott[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Green Adams[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Chester Ashley[?] (Senator), Democrat, AR
• George Ashmun[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• David Rice Atchison (Senator), Democrat, MO
• Charles Gordon Atherton[?] (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Archibald Atkinson[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• George Edmund Badger[?] (Senator), Whig, NC
• Arthur Pendleton Bagby[?] (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Roger Sherman Baldwin[?] (Senator), Whig, CT
• Daniel Moreau Barringer[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Washington Barrow[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Thomas Henry Bayly[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Richard Lee Turberville Beale[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Henry Bedinger[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Hiram Belcher[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• John Bell[?] (Senator), Whig, TN
• Thomas Hart Benton[?] (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien[?] (Senator), Whig, GA
• Kinsley Scott Bingham[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Ausburn Birdsall[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Augustus Black[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Esbon Blackmar[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Blanchard[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Thomas Stanley Bocock[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Solon Borland[?] (Senator), Democrat, AR
• John Minor Botts[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Franklin Welsh Bowdon[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Butler Bowlin[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Linn Boyd[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Nathaniel Boyden[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• James Ware Bradbury[?] (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Edward Bradley[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Jasper Ewing Brady[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Sidney Breese[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Samuel Augustus Bridges[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Jesse David Bright[?] (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Richard Brodhead[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Albert Gallatin Brown[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Charles Brown (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Gay Brown[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Aylette Buckner[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Armistead Burt[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Andrew Pickens Butler[?] (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Chester Pierce Butler[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Edward Carrington Cabell[?] (Representative), Whig, FL
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Simon Cameron[?] (Senator), Democrat, PA
• Richard Sprigg Canby[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Lewis Cass (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Charles William Cathcart[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Grant Chapman[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Lucien Bonaparte Chase[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Asa William Henry Clapp[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Franklin Clark[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Beverly Leonidas Clarke[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• John Hopkins Clarke[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• John Middleton Clayton[?] (Senator), Whig, DE
• Thomas Lanier Clingman[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Howell Cobb[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• William Michael Cocke[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Jacob Collamer[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• William Collins (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Walter Terry Colquitt[?] (Senator), Democrat, GA
• Harmon Sweatland Conger[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Corwin[?] (Senator), Whig, OH
• Robert Bennie Cranston[?] (Representative), Whig, RI
• John Woodland Crisfield[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Jordan Crittenden[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• John Crowell[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Hervey Crozier[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• John D. Cummins[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Reeves Jones Daniel[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Mason Cook Darling[?] (Representative), Democrat, WI
• Jefferson Davis (Senator), Democrat, MS
• John Davis[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• William Lewis Dayton[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John Dickey[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Daniel Stevens Dickinson[?] (Senator), Democrat, NY
• Rodolphus Dickinson[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Adams Dix[?] (Senator), Democrat, NY
• James Dixon[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Augustus Caesar Dodge[?] (Senator), Democrat, IA
• Henry Dodge[?] (Senator), Democrat, WI
• Richard Spaight Donnell[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Stephen Arnold Douglas[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Solomon Weathersbee Downs[?] (Senator), Democrat, LA
• George Coke Dromgoole[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Duer[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Daniel Duncan[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Garnett Duncan[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Garnett Duncan[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• George Grundy Dunn[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• George Nicholas Eckert[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Joseph E. Edsall[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Thomas Owen Edwards[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Elisha Embree[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Alexander Evans[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Nathan Evans[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Fairfield[?] (Senator), Democrat, ME
• James John Faran[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Wilson Farrelly[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Winfield Scott Featherston[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Alpheus Felch[?] (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Orlando Bell Ficklin[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• David Fisher[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Fitzgerald[?] (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Benjamin Fitzpatrick[?] (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Thomas Stanhope Flournoy[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Henry Stuart Foote[?] (Senator), Democrat, MS
• John Freedley[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Richard French[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• George Fries[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Andrew Steele Fulton[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• John Pollard Gaines[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Gayle[?] (Representative), Whig, AL
• Meredith Poindexter Gentry[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Joshua Reed Giddings[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Leftwich Goggin[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Daniel Gott[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Horace Greeley (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Stephen Green[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Albert Collins Greene[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• Dudley Sanford Gregory[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Joseph Grinnell[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Artemas Hale[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Parker Hale[?] (Senator), Independent Democrat[?], NH
• Nathan Kelsey Hall[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Willard Preble Hall[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Hannibal Hamlin (Senator), Democrat, ME
• David Hammons[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• James Giles Hampton[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Moses Hampton[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Edward Allen Hannegan[?] (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Hugh Anderson Haralson[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John Henry Harmanson[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Sampson Willis Harris[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• William T. Haskell[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Thomas Jefferson Henley[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• William Henry[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Hugh Lawson White Hill[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Henry Washington Hilliard[?] (Representative), Whig, AL
• John Milton Holley[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Elias Bellows Holmes[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Isaac Edward Holmes[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Westbrook Hornbeck[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• George Smith Houston[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• John Wallace Houston[?] (Representative), Whig, DE
• Samuel Houston (Senator), Democrat, TX
• Samuel Dickinson Hubbard[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Charles Hudson[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Washington Hunt[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter[?] (Senator), Democrat, VA
• Jabez Williams Huntington[?] (Senator), Whig, CT
• Samuel Williams Inge[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Charles Jared Ingersoll[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Alexander Irvin[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Alfred Iverson, Sr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• David Sherwood Jackson[?] (Representative), -, NY
• John Jameson[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Timothy Jenkins[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Andrew Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Henry Johnson[?] (Senator), Whig, LA
• Herschel Vespasian Johnson[?] (Senator), Democrat, GA
• James Hutchins Johnson[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Reverdy Johnson[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• Robert Ward Johnson[?] (Representative), Democrat, AR
• George Wallace Jones[?] (Senator), Democrat, IA
• George Washington Jones[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John William Jones[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• David Spangler Kaufman[?] (Representative), Democrat, TX
• Orlando Kellogg[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Kennon, Jr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Daniel Putnam King[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Thomas Butler King[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL
• LA SÉRE, Emile[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Samuel Lahm[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Sidney Lawrence[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Thomas Lawrence[?] (Representative), -, NY
• Shepherd Leffler[?] (Representative), Democrat, IA
• Lewis Charles Levin[?] (Representative), American Party[?], PA
• David Levy[?] (Senator), Democrat, FL
• Dixon Hall Lewis[?] (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Thomas Watkins Ligon[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Abraham Lincoln (Representative), Whig, IL
• Frederick William Lord[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Henry Lumpkin[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Pitt Lynde[?] (Representative), Democrat, WI
• William Brown Maclay[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Willie Person Mangum[?] (Senator), Whig, NC
• Horace Mann (Representative), Whig, MA
• Job Mann[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Perkins Marsh[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Dudley Marvin[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Murray Mason[?] (Senator), Democrat, VA
• Robert McClelland[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• John Alexander McClernand[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• James McDowell[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Abraham Robinson McIlvaine[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Iver McKay[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Robert Milligan McLane[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• John McQueen[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Richard Kidder Meade[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Thomas Metcalfe[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• Jacob Welsh Miller[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John Krepps Miller[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James Monroe (Representative), Whig, NY
• Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor[?] (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Charles Slaughter Morehead[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Jonathan David Morris[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Isaac Edward Morse[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Joseph Mullin[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Cruse Murphy[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Nelson (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Nes[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Augustus Newell[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Henry Nicoll[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Milton Niles[?] (Senator), Democrat, CT
• David Outlaw[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Gorham Palfrey (Representative), Whig, MA
• James Alfred Pearce[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• Charles Hazen Peaslee[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Lucius Benedict Peck[?] (Representative), Democrat, VT
• John Strother Pendleton[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• George Petrie[?] (Representative), Independent Democrat[?], NY
• Samuel Oldham Peyton[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• John Smith Phelps[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Samuel Shethar Phelps[?] (Senator), Whig, VT
• Timothy Pilsbury[?] (Representative), Democrat, TX
• James Pollock[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Ballard Preston[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Harvey Putnam[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Gideon Reynolds[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert Barnwell Rhett[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William Alexander Richardson[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Thomas Ritchey[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Larne Robinson[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• William Rockhill[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Arnold Rockwell[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Julius Rockwell[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• James Dixon Roman[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Joseph Mosley Root[?] (Representative), Free Soilier[?], OH
• Robert Lawson Rose[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• David Rumsey[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Jefferson Rusk[?] (Senator), Democrat, TX
• William Sawyer[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Robert Cumming Schenck[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• William King Sebastian[?] (Senator), Democrat, AR
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], AR
• Augustine Henry Shepperd[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Eliakim Sherrill[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Hastings Sibley (Delegate), -, WI
• Peter Henry Silvester[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Richard Franklin Simpson[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Alexander Dromgoole Sims[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John I. Slingerland[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Ephraim Knight Smart[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Caleb Blood Smith[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Robert Smith (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwell Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Truman Smith[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• SOULÉ, Pierre[?] (Senator), Democrat, LA
• Jesse Speight[?] (Senator), Democrat, MS
• Presley Spruance[?] (Senator), Whig, DE
• Daniel Bennett ST. John[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Frederick Perry Stanton[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• George Anson Starkweather[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Representative), Whig, GA
• Andrew Stewart[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Strohm[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Strong[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Charles Edward Stuart (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Daniel Sturgeon[?] (Senator), Democrat, PA
• Frederick Augustus Tallmadge[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Lampkin Taylor[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux[?] (Representative), -, LA
• James Houston Thomas[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Jacob Thompson[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• James Thompson[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Burton Thompson[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Richard Wigginton Thompson (Representative), Whig, IN
• Robert Augustine Thompson[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Thompson[?] (Representative), Democrat, IA
• Benjamin Babock Thurston[?] (Representative), Democrat, RI
• Patrick Watson Tompkins[?] (Representative), Whig, MS
• Robert Augustus Toombs[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Amos Tuck[?] (Representative), Whig, NH
• Thomas Johnston Turner[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Hopkins Lacy Turney[?] (Senator), Democrat, TN
• John Hubbard Tweedy[?] (Delegate), Whig, WI
• Joseph Rogers Underwood[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• William Upham[?] (Senator), Whig, VT
• John Van Dyke[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Abraham Watkins Venable[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Samuel Finley Vinton[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Wales[?] (Senator), Whig, DE
• Isaac Pigeon Walker[?] (Senator), Democrat, WI
• Daniel Wallace[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Cornelius Warren[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Wentworth (Representative), Democrat, IL
• James Diament Westcott, Jr.[?] (Senator), Democrat, FL
• Hugh White[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Watson Wick[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• James Sullivan Wiley[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Hezekiah Williams[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• David Wilmot[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Wilson (Representative), Whig, NH
• Robert Charles Winthrop[?] (Speaker of the House), Whig, US
• Joseph Addison Woodward[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• David Levy Yulee[?] (Senator), Democrat, FL