Twenty-ninth United States Congress

Twenty-ninth United States Congress

1845-1846

Major Political Events

Members of the Twenty-ninth United States Congress

• Amos Abbott[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• Stephen Adams[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Joseph Halstead Anderson[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Segar Archer[?] (Senator), Whig, VA
• Lemuel Hastings Arnold[?] (Representative), Whig, RI
• 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
• Edward Dickinson Baker[?] (Representative), Whig, IL
• Daniel Moreau Barringer[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Alexander Barrow[?] (Senator), Whig, LA
• Isaac Chapman Bates[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• Thomas Henry Bayly[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Henry Bedinger[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Joshua Fry Bell[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Charles Swan Benton[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Hart Benton[?] (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien[?] (Senator), Whig, GA
• Asa Biggs[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• James Black[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Augustus Black[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Blanchard[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Franklin Welsh Bowdon[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Butler Bowlin[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Linn Boyd[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Sidney Breese[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Jesse David Bright[?] (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Jacob Brinkerhoff[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Henry Brockenbrough[?] (Representative), Democrat, FL
• Richard Brodhead[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Milton Brown[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• William Gay Brown[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian[?], PA
• Joseph Buffington[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Armistead Burt[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Andrew Pickens Butler[?] (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Edward Carrington Cabell[?] (Representative), Whig, FL
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Simon Cameron[?] (Senator), Democrat, PA
• John Hull Campbell[?] (Representative), American Party[?], PA
• William W. Campbell[?] (Representative), American Party[?], NY
• Charles Holker Carroll[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Lewis Cass (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Charles William Cathcart[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Joseph Williams Chalmers[?] (Senator), Democrat, MS
• Augustus Alexandria Chapman[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Grant Chapman[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Reuben Chapman[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Lucien Bonaparte Chase[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John Smith Chipman[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Joseph Cilley[?] (Senator), Liberty[?], NH
• Henry Selby Clark[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Middleton Clayton[?] (Senator), Whig, DE
• Thomas Clayton[?] (Senator), Whig, DE
• Howell Cobb[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Michael Cocke[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Jacob Collamer[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Francis Collin[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Walter Terry Colquitt[?] (Senator), Democrat, GA
• Albert Constable[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Thomas Corwin[?] (Senator), Whig, OH
• James La Fayette Cottrell[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Henry Young Cranston[?] (Representative), Whig, RI
• John Jordan Crittenden[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• John Hervey Crozier[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Alvan Cullom[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Erastus Dean Culver[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• John D. Cummins[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Francis Alanson Cunningham[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Reeves Jones Daniel[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Edmund Strother Dargan[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Cornelius Darragh[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Garrett Davis[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Jefferson Davis (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Davis[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Wesley Davis[?] (Speaker of the House), Democrat, US
• John Bennett Dawson[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Lewis Dayton[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John DE Mott[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Columbus Delano[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Daniel Stevens Dickinson[?] (Senator), Democrat, NY
• Paul Dillingham, Jr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, VT
• John Adams Dix[?] (Senator), Democrat, NY
• James Dixon[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• James Cochrane Dobbin[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Alfred Dockery[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Augustus Caesar Dodge[?] (Delegate), Democrat, IA
• Stephen Arnold Douglas[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• George Coke Dromgoole[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Robert Pinckney Dunlap[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Joseph E. Edsall[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Henry Thomas Ellett[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Samuel Stewart Ellsworth[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Jacob Erdman[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Evans[?] (Senator), Whig, ME
• Edwin Hickman Ewing[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• John Hoge Ewing[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Fairfield[?] (Senator), Democrat, ME
• James John Faran[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Orlando Bell Ficklin[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Solomon Foot[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Henry Donnel Foster[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Fries[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Swan Garvin[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Meredith Poindexter Gentry[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Joshua Reed Giddings[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Fell Giles[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Charles Goodyear[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel Gordon[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Graham[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Albert Collins Greene[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• Henry Grider[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Joseph Grinnell[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Martin Grover[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Artemas Hale[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Hannibal Hamlin (Representative), Democrat, ME
• James Giles Hampton[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Edward Allen Hannegan[?] (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Hugh Anderson Haralson[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John Henry Harmanson[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Alexander Harper[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Serranus Clinton Hastings[?] (Representative), Democrat, IA
• William Henry Haywood, Jr.[?] (Senator), Democrat, NC
• Thomas Jefferson Henley[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Henry[?] (Representative), Whig, IL
• Richard Platt Herrick[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Washington Hilliard[?] (Representative), Whig, AL
• Joseph Pendleton Hoge[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Elias Bellows Holmes[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Isaac Edward Holmes[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• George Washington Hopkins[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Jervis Hough[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Smith Houston[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• John Wallace Houston[?] (Representative), Whig, DE
• Samuel Houston (Senator), Democrat, TX
• Edmund Wilcox Hubard[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Dickinson Hubbard[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Charles Hudson[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Orville Hungerford[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Bennett Hunt[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Washington Hunt[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Jabez Williams Huntington[?] (Senator), Whig, CT
• Charles Jared Ingersoll[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Spencer Jarnagin[?] (Senator), Whig, TN
• Timothy Jenkins[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Benning Wentworth Jenness[?] (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Andrew Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Henry Johnson[?] (Senator), Whig, LA
• James Hutchins Johnson[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Joseph Johnson[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Reverdy Johnson[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• George Washington Jones[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Seaborn Jones[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• David Spangler Kaufman[?] (Representative), Democrat, TX
• Andrew Kennedy[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Daniel Putnam King[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Preston King[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Butler King[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• LA SÉRE, Emile[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• John Watson Lawrence[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Shelton Farrar Leake[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Shepherd Leffler[?] (Representative), Democrat, IA
• Owen D. Leib[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Lewis Charles Levin[?] (Representative), American Party[?], PA
• David Levy[?] (Senator), Democrat, FL
• Abner Lewis[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Dixon Hall Lewis[?] (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Thomas Watkins Ligon[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Edward Henry Carroll Long[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Henry Lumpkin[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Brown Maclay[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Willie Person Mangum[?] (Senator), Whig, NC
• George Perkins Marsh[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Barclay Martin[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John Preston Martin[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Morgan Lewis Martin[?] (Delegate), Democrat, WI
• James Murray Mason[?] (Senator), Democrat, VA
• Moses McClean[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert McClelland[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• John Alexander McClernand[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Felix Grundy McConnell[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• John Dennis McCrate[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• William McDaniel[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• James McDowell[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Joseph Jefferson McDowell[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• George McDuffie[?] (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Edward Wilson McGaughey[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• John Hardin McHenry[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Abraham Robinson McIlvaine[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Iver McKay[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Jacob Welsh Miller[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• William Starr Miller[?] (Representative), American Party[?], NY
• James Turner Morehead[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• Joseph Morris[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Isaac Edward Morse[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Abbott Moseley[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Mace Moulton[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Thomas Willoughby Newton[?] (Representative), Whig, AR
• John Milton Niles[?] (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Archibald Campbell Niven[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Moses Norris, Jr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Robert Dale Owen[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Isaac Parrish[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Winter Payne[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Alfred Pearce[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• John Strother Pendleton[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Isaac Samuels Pennybacker[?] (Senator), Democrat, VA
• Augustus Leonard Perrill[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Thomas Johns Perry[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Joseph Hopkins Peyton[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• John Smith Phelps[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Samuel Shethar Phelps[?] (Senator), Whig, VT
• Timothy Pilsbury[?] (Representative), Democrat, TX
• James Pollock[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Sterling Price[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Alexander Ramsey (Representative), Whig, PA
• George Oscar Rathbun[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• David Settle Reid[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• James Hugh Relfe[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Robert Barnwell Rhett[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas C. Ripley[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Ritter[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert Whyte Roberts[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Arnold Rockwell[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Julius Rockwell[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Joseph Mosley Root[?] (Representative), Free Soilier[?], OH
• John Runk[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Thomas Jefferson Rusk[?] (Senator), Democrat, TX
• Joseph Russell[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Cullen Sawtelle[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• William Sawyer[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Fairfield Scamman[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Robert Cumming Schenck[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Henry John Seaman[?] (Representative), American Party[?], NY
• James Alexander Seddon[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• James Semple[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Luther Severance[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], AR
• James Fowler Simmons[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• Richard Franklin Simpson[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Alexander Dromgoole Sims[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Leonard Henly Sims[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• John Slidell[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Albert Smith[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Caleb Blood Smith[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Robert Smith (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwell Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Truman Smith[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• SOULÉ, Pierre[?] (Senator), Democrat, LA
• Jesse Speight[?] (Senator), Democrat, MS
• Henry ST. John[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Frederick Perry Stanton[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• David Austin Starkweather[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Representative), Whig, GA
• Andrew Stewart[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Strohm[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Stephen Strong[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Daniel Sturgeon[?] (Senator), Democrat, PA
• George Sykes[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• William Taylor[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux[?] (Representative), -, LA
• William Poindexter Thomasson[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Benjamin Thompson (Representative), Whig, MA
• Jacob Thompson[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• James Thompson[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Allen Granberry Thurman[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Wooleston Tibbatts[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Daniel Rose Tilden[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Robert Augustus Toombs[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• George Washington Bonaparte Towns[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Marshall Tredway[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Andrew Alkire Trumbo[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Hopkins Lacy Turney[?] (Senator), Democrat, TN
• William Upham[?] (Senator), Whig, VT
• Joseph Vance[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Finley Vinton[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Robert John Walker[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], MS
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Wentworth (Representative), Democrat, IL
• James Diament Westcott, Jr.[?] (Senator), Democrat, FL
• Horace Wheaton[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Hugh White[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Watson Wick[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Hezekiah Williams[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• David Wilmot[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert Charles Winthrop[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Bradford Ripley Wood[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Woodbridge[?] (Senator), Whig, MI
• Levi Woodbury[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NH
• Thomas M. Woodruff[?] (Representative), American Party[?], NY
• Joseph Addison Woodward[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William W. Woodworth[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel Gardiner Wright[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• William Wright[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• William Lowndes Yancey[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Archibald Yell[?] (Representative), Democrat, AR
• Jacob Senewell Yost[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Bryan Rust Young[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• David Levy Yulee[?] (Senator), Democrat, FL