Twenty-seventh United States Congress

Twenty-seventh United States Congress

1841-1842

Major Political Events

Members of the Twenty-seventh United States Congress

• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• Julius Caesar Alford[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Elisha Hunt Allen[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Landaff Watson Andrews[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Sherlock James Andrews[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Nathan Appleton[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• William Segar Archer[?] (Senator), Whig, VA
• Thomas Dickens Arnold[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Archibald Hunter Arrington[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Charles Gordon Atherton[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• John Bancker Aycrigg[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Alfred Babcock[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Arthur Pendleton Bagby[?] (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Osmyn Baker[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Linn Banks[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Daniel Dewey Barnard[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Alexander Barrow[?] (Senator), Whig, LA
• Richard Walker Barton[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Isaac Chapman Bates[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• Richard Henry Bayard[?] (Senator), Anti-Jackson[?], DE
• Henry White Beeson[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Thomas Hart Benton[?] (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien[?] (Senator), Whig, GA
• Benjamin Alden Bidlack[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Victory Birdseye[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Edward Junius Black[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Henry Black[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Bernard Blair[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Whiting Boardman[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Nathaniel Briggs Borden[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Minor Botts[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Samuel Smith Bowne[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Linn Boyd[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• David P. Brewster[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Nixon Briggs[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Hall Brockway[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• David Bronson[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• Aaron Venable Brown[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Charles Brown (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Jeremiah Brown[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Milton Brown[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian[?], PA
• Edmund Burke (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Barker Burnell[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Sampson Hale Butler[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William Butler[?] (Representative), Whig, SC
• William Orlando Butler[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Greene Washington Caldwell[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Patrick Calhoun Caldwell[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• William Barron Calhoun[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Campbell[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas Jefferson Campbell[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• William Bowen Campbell[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Robert Looney Caruthers[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• George Booth Cary[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Zadok Casey[?] (Representative), Independent Democrat[?], IL
• Reuben Chapman[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Timothy Childs[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Cotton Chittenden[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Rufus Choate[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Chamberlain Clark[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Staley Nichols Clarke[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Clement Comer Clay[?] (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Henry Clay (Senator), Whig, KY
• Thomas Clayton[?] (Senator), Whig, DE
• Nathan Clifford[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• James Graham Clinton[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Walter Coles[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Walter Terry Colquitt[?] (Representative), Van Buren Democrat[?], GA
• Charles Magill Conrad[?] (Senator), Whig, LA
• James Cooper[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Mark Anthony Cooper[?] (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Benjamin Sprague Cowen[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Chandler Crafts[?] (Senator), Whig, VT
• Robert Bennie Cranston[?] (Representative), Whig, RI
• James Harrison Cravens[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• George Walker Crawford[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• John Jordan Crittenden[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• Edward Cross[?] (Representative), Democrat, AR
• Caleb Cushing[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Alfred Cuthbert[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], GA
• John Reeves Jones Daniel[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Garrett Davis[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Richard David Davis[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Bennett Dawson[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Crosby Dawson[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Lewis Dayton[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• Ezra Dean[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Edmund Deberry[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Davis Dimock, Jr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Nathan Fellows Dixon[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• William Doan[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Augustus Caesar Dodge[?] (Delegate), Democrat, IA
• Henry Dodge[?] (Delegate), Democrat, WI
• Andrew Wheeler Doig[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Ira Allen Eastman[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• John Edwards (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Cummins Edwards[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Joseph Egbert[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Evans[?] (Senator), Whig, ME
• Horace Everett[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Charles Goadsby Ferris[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Pitt Fessenden[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• Millard Fillmore (Representative), Whig, NY
• Charles Albert Floyd[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Gelston Floyd[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Joseph Fornance[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• A. Lawrence Foster[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Flournoy Foster[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Savin Fulton[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], AR
• Roger Lawson Gamble[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Seth Merrill Gates[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Meredith Poindexter Gentry[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Gerry[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joshua Reed Giddings[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Walker Gilmer[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Leftwich Goggin[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Patrick Gaines Goode[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Osborne Goode[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Gordon[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Graham[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• William Alexander Graham[?] (Senator), Whig, NC
• Francis Granger[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Willis Green[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Greig[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Amos Gustine[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William McKendree Gwin[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Richard Wylly Habersham[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Hiland Hall[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• William Halstead[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• William Alexander Harris[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Hastings[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Soden Hastings[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Samuel Lewis Hays[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Henderson[?] (Senator), Whig, MS
• Thomas Henry[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Isaac Edward Holmes[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Enos Hook[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Washington Hopkins[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Jacob Houck, Jr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Smith Houston[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Jacob Merritt Howard[?] (Representative), Whig, MI
• Edmund Wilcox Hubard[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Charles Hudson[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Hiram Paine 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
• James Irvin[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Wallace Irwin[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Jack[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Francis James[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Cave Johnson[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• William Cost Johnson[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Isaac Dashiell Jones[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Winston Jones[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• George May Keim[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Andrew Kennedy[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Pendleton Kennedy[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Leeds Kerr[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• Thomas Butler King[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Henry Smith Lane[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Joseph Lawrence[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• David Levy[?] (Delegate), Democrat, FL
• Dixon Hall Lewis[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Levi Lincoln[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Archibald Ladley Linn[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Lewis Fields Linn[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], MO
• Nathaniel Swett Littlefield[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Joshua Adams Lowell[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Francis Mallory[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Willie Person Mangum[?] (Senator), Whig, NC
• Albert Gallatin Marchand[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Alfred Marshall (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Thomas Francis Marshall[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Thomson Mason[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Samson Mason[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• James Mathews[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Joshua Mathiot[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Mattocks[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Patterson Bryan Maxwell[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• John Maynard[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Abraham McClellan[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Robert McClellan[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George McDuffie[?] (Senator), Democrat, SC
• James Iver McKay[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• John McKeon[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel McRoberts[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL
• William Medill[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James A. Meriwether[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Duhurst Merrick[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• Jacob Welsh Miller[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John Miller (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Anderson Mitchell[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Moore (Representative), Whig, LA
• James Turner Morehead[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• Christopher Morgan[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Calvary Morris[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Jeremiah Morrow[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Alexander Mouton[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], LA
• Peter Newhard[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson[?] (Senator), Democrat, TN
• Eugenius Aristides Nisbet[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Charles Ogle[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Morrison Oliver[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Burr Osborne[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Bryan Young Owsley[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Parmenter[?] (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Samuel Partridge[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Winter Payne[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Alfred Pearce[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Nathanael Greene Pendleton[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Shethar Phelps[?] (Senator), Whig, VT
• Francis Wilkinson Pickens[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Franklin Pierce (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Arnold Plumer[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Pope[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Augustus Seymour Porter[?] (Senator), Whig, MI
• Cuthbert Powell[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Samuel Prentiss[?] (Senator), Anti-Jackson[?], VT
• William Campbell Preston[?] (Senator), Nullifier[?], SC
• George H. Proffit[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Robert Ramsey[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Alexander Randall[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Benjamin Randall[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• Joseph Fitz Randolph[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Kenneth Rayner[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Almon Heath Read[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Randall Reding[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Abraham Rencher[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Reynolds[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwell Rhett[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Ridgway[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Lewis Riggs[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Cabell Rives[?] (Senator), Whig, VA
• George Brydges Rodney[?] (Representative), Whig, DE
• James Rogers[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• James I. Roosevelt[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James McPherson Russell[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Russell[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Leverett Saltonstall[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Sanford (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Romulus Mitchell Saunders[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Sergeant (Representative), Whig, PA
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], AR
• Charles S. Sewall[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Tristram Shaw[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Augustine Henry Shepperd[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Benjamin Glover Shields[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Fowler Simmons[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• William Simonton[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Slade[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Oliver Hampton Smith[?] (Senator), Whig, IN
• Perry Smith[?] (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Robert Barnwell Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Truman Smith[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• William Smith (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Snyder[?] (Representative), -, PA
• Augustus Rhodes Sollers[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Samuel Lewis Southard[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• William Sprague[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• James Cresap Sprigg[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Edward Stanly[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Lewis Steenrod[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Stokely[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Charles Creighton Stratton[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• John Todd Stuart[?] (Representative), Whig, IL
• Daniel Sturgeon[?] (Senator), Democrat, PA
• George William Summers[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Thomas De Lage Sumter[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• George Sweeny[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Taliaferro[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge[?] (Senator), Whig, NY
• Benjamin Tappan[?] (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Jacob Thompson[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Burton Thompson[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Richard Wigginton Thompson (Representative), Whig, IN
• Joseph Leonard Tillinghast[?] (Representative), Whig, RI
• George Washington Toland[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Thomas Ash Tomlinson[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Philip Triplett[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Samuel Wilds Trotti[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Trumbull[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Hopkins Lacy Turney[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Joseph Rogers Underwood[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Van Buren[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Henry Bell Van Rensselaer[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert John Walker[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], MS
• David Wallace[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Aaron Ward[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Lott Warren[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Henry Washington[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Harvey Magee Watterson[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John B. Weller[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Westbrook[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Albert Smith White[?] (Senator), Whig, IN
• Edward Douglass White[?] (Representative), Whig, LA
• John White (Speaker of the House), Whig, US
• Joseph Livingston White[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Leonard Wilcox[?] (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Christopher Harris Williams[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Wray Williams[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Joseph Lanier Williams[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Lewis Williams[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• Reuel Williams[?] (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Thomas Wheeler Williams[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Robert Charles Winthrop[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Henry Alexander Wise[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Fernando Wood[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Woodbridge[?] (Senator), Whig, MI
• Levi Woodbury[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NH
• Silas Wright, Jr.[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NY
• Thomas Jones Yorke[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Augustus Young[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Young (Representative), Whig, NY
• Richard Montgomery Young[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL
• David Levy Yulee[?] (Delegate), Democrat, FL