Twenty-eighth United States Congress

Twenty-eighth United States Congress

1843-1844

Major Political Events

Members of the Twenty-eighth United States Congress

• Amos Abbott[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Joseph Halstead Anderson[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Segar Archer[?] (Senator), Whig, VA
• Archibald Hunter Arrington[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Baptista Ashe[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Chester Ashley[?] (Senator), Democrat, AR
• David Rice Atchison (Senator), Democrat, MO
• Charles Gordon Atherton[?] (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Archibald Atkinson[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Arthur Pendleton Bagby[?] (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Osmyn Baker[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Daniel Dewey Barnard[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Daniel Moreau Barringer[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Alexander Barrow[?] (Senator), Whig, LA
• Isaac Chapman Bates[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• Richard Henry Bayard[?] (Senator), Anti-Jackson[?], DE
• Thomas Henry Bayly[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Beardsley[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Edwin Belser[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Charles Swan Benton[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Hart Benton[?] (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien[?] (Senator), Whig, GA
• Benjamin Alden Bidlack[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Edward Junius Black[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• James Black[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Augustus Black[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Julius W. Blackwell[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Pierre Jean Baptiste Evariste Bossier[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Gustavus Miller Bower[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• James Butler Bowlin[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Linn Boyd[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Sidney Breese[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Francis Brengle[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Jacob Brinkerhoff[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Richard Brodhead[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Aaron Venable Brown[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Jeremiah Brown[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Milton Brown[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• William John Brown[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian[?], PA
• Joseph Buffington[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Edmund Burke (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Barker Burnell[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Armistead Burt[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• George Alfred Caldwell[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• John Campbell[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Levi D. Carpenter[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Charles Holker Carroll[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Jeremiah Eaton Cary[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Shepard Cary[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• George Smith Catlin[?] (Representative), Democrat, CT
• John M.S. Causin[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Augustus Alexandria Chapman[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Reuben Chapman[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Absalom Harris Chappell[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Samuel Chilton[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Rufus Choate[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• Thomas Clayton[?] (Senator), Whig, DE
• Duncan Lamont Clinch[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Thomas Lanier Clingman[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• James Graham Clinton[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Howell Cobb[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Walter Coles[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Jacob Collamer[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Walter Terry Colquitt[?] (Senator), Democrat, GA
• Mark Anthony Cooper[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Henry Young Cranston[?] (Representative), Whig, RI
• John Jordan Crittenden[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• Edward Cross[?] (Representative), Democrat, AR
• Alvan Cullom[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Amasa Dana[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Reeves Jones Daniel[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Cornelius Darragh[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Garrett Davis[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Wesley Davis[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Richard David Davis[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Bennett Dawson[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Lewis Dayton[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• Ezra Dean[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Edmund Deberry[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• James Dellet[?] (Representative), Whig, AL
• John Dickey[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Daniel Stevens Dickinson[?] (Senator), Democrat, NY
• David W. Dickinson[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Paul Dillingham, Jr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, VT
• Augustus Caesar Dodge[?] (Delegate), Democrat, IA
• Henry Dodge[?] (Delegate), Democrat, WI
• Stephen Arnold Douglas[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• George Coke Dromgoole[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Alexander Duncan[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Robert Pinckney Dunlap[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Chesselden Ellis[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• George Evans[?] (Senator), Whig, ME
• John Fairfield[?] (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Isaac Gray Farlee[?] (Representative), -, NJ
• Orlando Bell Ficklin[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Hamilton Fish[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Elias Florence[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Solomon Foot[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Ephraim Hubbard Foster[?] (Senator), Whig, TN
• Henry Allen Foster[?] (Senator), Democrat, NY
• Henry Donnel Foster[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Brown Francis[?] (Senator), Law &[?], RI
• Richard French[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Henry Frick[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• George Fuller[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Savin Fulton[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], AR
• Joshua Reed Giddings[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Walker Gilmer[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Leftwich Goggin[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Byram Green[?] (Representative), -, NY
• Willis Green[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Henry Grider[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Joseph Grinnell[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Parker Hale[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Edward Stowe Hamlin[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Hannibal Hamlin (Representative), Democrat, ME
• William Henry Hammett[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Edward Allen Hannegan[?] (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Hugh Anderson Haralson[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John J. Hardin[?] (Representative), Whig, IL
• Alexander Harper[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Hays[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Henry Haywood, Jr.[?] (Senator), Democrat, NC
• John Henderson[?] (Senator), Whig, MS
• Thomas Jefferson Henley[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Joshua Herrick[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Joseph Pendleton Hoge[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Isaac Edward Holmes[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• George Washington Hopkins[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• George Smith Houston[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Edmund Wilcox Hubard[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Spring Hubbell[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Charles Hudson[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Daniel Elliott Huger[?] (Senator), Democrat, SC
• James Madison Hughes[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Orville Hungerford[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Bennett Hunt[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Washington Hunt[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Jabez Williams Huntington[?] (Senator), Whig, CT
• Charles Jared Ingersoll[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Irvin[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Jameson[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Spencer Jarnagin[?] (Senator), Whig, TN
• Michael Hutchinson Jenks[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Andrew Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Cave Johnson[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Henry Johnson[?] (Senator), Whig, LA
• Perley Brown Johnson[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• George Washington Jones[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John Winston Jones[?] (Speaker of the House), Democrat, US
• Andrew Kennedy[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Pendleton Kennedy[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Daniel Putnam King[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Preston King[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Littleton Kirkpatrick[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Alcée Louis LA Branche[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• John Basil Lamar[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Moses Gage Leonard[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• David Levy[?] (Delegate), Democrat, FL
• Dixon Hall Lewis[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Lewis Fields Linn[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], MO
• William Lucas[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Henry Lumpkin[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Lucius Lyon[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• William Brown Maclay[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Willie Person Mangum[?] (Senator), Whig, NC
• George Perkins Marsh[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• James Mathews[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Cochran McCauslen[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Robert McClelland[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• John Alexander McClernand[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Felix Grundy McConnell[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Joseph Jefferson McDowell[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• George McDuffie[?] (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Abraham Robinson McIlvaine[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Iver McKay[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Samuel McRoberts[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL
• William Duhurst Merrick[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• John Millen[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Jacob Welsh Miller[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• Heman Allen Moore[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James Turner Morehead[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• Edward Joy Morris[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Joseph Morris[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Freeman Harlow Morse[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• Isaac Edward Morse[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Abbott Moseley[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Cruse Murphy[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Henry Nes[?] (Representative), Independent Democrat[?], PA
• Willoughby Newton[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• John Milton Niles[?] (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Moses Norris, Jr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Robert Dale Owen[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• William Parmenter[?] (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Thomas J. Patterson[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Winter Payne[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Alfred Pearce[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• Joseph Hopkins Peyton[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Samuel Shethar Phelps[?] (Senator), Whig, VT
• Jonas Phillips Phoenix[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Pollock[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Augustus Seymour Porter[?] (Senator), Whig, MI
• Elisha Reynolds Potter[?] (Representative), Law Order[?], RI
• Emery Davis Potter[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Zadock Pratt[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Jacob Alexander Preston[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Smith Meade Purdy[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Alexander Ramsey (Representative), Whig, PA
• George Oscar Rathbun[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Kenneth Rayner[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Almon Heath Read[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Randall Reding[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Charles Manning Reed[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• David Settle Reid[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• James Hugh Relfe[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Robert Barnwell Rhett[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Ritter[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Cabell Rives[?] (Senator), Whig, VA
• Robert Whyte Roberts[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Orville Robinson[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Julius Rockwell[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• George Brydges Rodney[?] (Representative), Whig, DE
• Charles Rogers[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Jeremiah Russell[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel Caldwell Sample[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Romulus Mitchell Saunders[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Robert Cumming Schenck[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• James Semple[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL
• William Tandy Senter[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Luther Severance[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], AR
• David Lowrey Seymour[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Hart Seymour[?] (Representative), Democrat, CT
• James Fowler Simmons[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• Samuel Simons[?] (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Richard Franklin Simpson[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Slidell[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Albert Smith[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Caleb Blood Smith[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• John T. Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert Smith (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwell Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Thomas Ara Spence[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• William Sprague[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• Henry ST. John[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Lewis Steenrod[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Representative), Whig, GA
• Lemuel Stetson[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Andrew Stewart[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Stewart[?] (Representative), Democrat, CT
• William Henry Stiles[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Alfred Parish Stone[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James W. Stone[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Selah Brewster Strong[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Daniel Sturgeon[?] (Senator), Democrat, PA
• George William Summers[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• George Sykes[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge[?] (Senator), Whig, NY
• Benjamin Tappan[?] (Senator), Democrat, OH
• William Taylor[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Poindexter Thomasson[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Jacob Thompson[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Wooleston Tibbatts[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Daniel Rose Tilden[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Tilghman Mayfield Tucker[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Asher Tyler[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Upham[?] (Senator), Whig, VT
• Joseph Vance[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Inskeep Vanmeter[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Finley Vinton[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Robert John Walker[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], MS
• John B. Weller[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Wentworth (Representative), Democrat, IL
• John Wethered[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Horace Wheaton[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Albert Smith White[?] (Senator), Whig, IN
• Benjamin White[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• John White (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Wilkins[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Henry Williams (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Robert Charles Winthrop[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Henry Alexander Wise[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Woodbridge[?] (Senator), Whig, MI
• Levi Woodbury[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NH
• Joseph Addison Woodward[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Albert Wright[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Silas Wright, Jr.[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NY
• William Wright[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• William Lowndes Yancey[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Jacob Senewell Yost[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• David Levy Yulee[?] (Delegate), Democrat, FL