Twenty-sixth United States Congress

Twenty-sixth United States Congress

1839-1840

Major Political Events

Members of the Twenty-sixth United States Congress

• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• Julius Caesar Alford[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• John William Allen[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Judson Allen[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• James Church Alvord[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Alexander Outlaw Anderson[?] (Senator), Democrat, TN
• Hugh Johnston Anderson[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Simeon H. Anderson[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Landaff Watson Andrews[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Charles Gordon Atherton[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• John Bancker Aycrigg[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Osmyn Baker[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Linn Banks[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Daniel Dewey Barnard[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Isaac Chapman Bates[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• Richard Henry Bayard[?] (Senator), Anti-Jackson[?], DE
• William Beatty[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Andrew Beirne[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Bell[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Thomas Hart Benton[?] (Senator), Democrat, MO
• Thaddeus Betts[?] (Senator), Whig, CT
• Richard Biddle[?] (Representative), Anti Mason[?], PA
• Edward Junius Black[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Julius W. Blackwell[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• William Whiting Boardman[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• William Key Bond[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Minor Botts[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Linn Boyd[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Henry Marie Brackenridge[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• David P. Brewster[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Nixon Briggs[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Hall Brockway[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Aaron Venable Brown[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Anson Brown[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Bedford Brown[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NC
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian[?], PA
• Edmund Burke (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Sampson Hale Butler[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William Orlando Butler[?] (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Jesse Atherton Bynum[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• William Barron Calhoun[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Campbell[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William Bowen Campbell[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• John Carr[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• James Carroll[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• William Blount Carter[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Zadok Casey[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Reuben Chapman[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• William Williams Chapman[?] (Delegate), Democrat, IA
• Thomas Withers Chinn[?] (Representative), Whig, LA
• Thomas Cotton Chittenden[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Rufus Choate[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Chamberlain Clark[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Clement Comer Clay[?] (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Henry Clay (Senator), Whig, KY
• Thomas Clayton[?] (Senator), Whig, DE
• Nathan Clifford[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Walter Coles[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Walter Terry Colquitt[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Henry William Connor[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• James Cooper[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Mark Anthony Cooper[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Raworth Cooper[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Thomas Corwin[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• George Whitfield Crabb[?] (Representative), Whig, AL
• Robert Craig[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Robert Bennie Cranston[?] (Representative), Whig, RI
• Isaac Edwin Crary[?] (Representative), Democrat, MI
• John Jordan Crittenden[?] (Senator), Whig, KY
• John Wesley Crockett[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Edward Cross[?] (Representative), Democrat, AR
• Edward Curtis[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Caleb Cushing[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Alfred Cuthbert[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], GA
• Amasa Dana[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Davee[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Edward Davies[?] (Representative), Anti Mason[?], PA
• Garrett Davis[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Davis[?] (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Davis[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Wesley Davis[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• William Crosby Dawson[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• James DE LA Montanya[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Edmund Deberry[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• James Dellet[?] (Representative), Whig, AL
• John Dennis[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Philemon Dickerson[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Nathan Fellows Dixon[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• William Doan[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Augustus Caesar Dodge[?] (Delegate), Democrat, IA
• Nicholas Bartlett Doe[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Andrew Wheeler Doig[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Duane Doty[?] (Delegate), Democrat, WI
• Charles Downing[?] (Delegate), -, FL
• George Coke Dromgoole[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Alexander Duncan[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Ira Allen Eastman[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• John Edwards (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Ely[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Evans[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• Horace Everett[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Millard Fillmore (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Fine[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Charles Fisher[?] (Representative), Republican, NC
• Isaac Fletcher[?] (Representative), Democrat, VT
• John Gelston Floyd[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Joseph Fornance[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Savin Fulton[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], AR
• John Galbraith[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Garland[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Rice Garland[?] (Representative), Whig, LA
• Seth Merrill Gates[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Meredith Poindexter Gentry[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Gerry[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joshua Reed Giddings[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Leftwich Goggin[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Patrick Gaines Goode[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• James Graham[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• William Alexander Graham[?] (Senator), Whig, NC
• Francis Granger[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Jordan Graves[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Willis Green[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• John King Griffin[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Moses Hicks Grinnell[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Felix Grundy[?] (Senator), Democrat, TN
• Richard Wylly Habersham[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Hiland Hall[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Robert Hanna Hammond[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Augustus Cincinnatus Hand[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Hastings[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Soden Hastings[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Richard Hawes[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Micajah Thomas Hawkins[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Henderson[?] (Senator), Whig, MS
• Thomas Henry[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Hill[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Hill[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• HILLEN Solomon, Jr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Josiah Ogden Hoffman[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Joel Holleman[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Isaac Edward Holmes[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Hines Holt[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Enos Hook[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Washington Hopkins[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Tilghman Ashurst Howard[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• David Hubbard[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Henry Hubbard[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NH
• Hiram Paine Hunt[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter[?] (Speaker of the House), Democrat, US
• Jabez Williams Huntington[?] (Senator), Whig, CT
• Thomas Birdsall Jackson[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Francis James[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Jameson[?] (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Daniel Jenifer[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Cave Johnson[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Joseph Johnson[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Cost Johnson[?] (Representative), Whig, MD
• Charles Johnston[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Winston Jones[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Nathaniel Jones[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George May Keim[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Gouverneur Kemble[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Kempshall[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Leeds Kerr[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• Joseph Kille[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Thomas Butler King[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Nehemiah Rice Knight[?] (Senator), Whig, RI
• Henry Smith Lane[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Abbott Lawrence[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Isaac Leet[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Stephen Banks Leonard[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Dixon Hall Lewis[?] (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Levi Lincoln[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Lewis Fields Linn[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], MO
• Joshua Adams Lowell[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• William Lucas[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Wilson Lumpkin[?] (Senator), Democrat, GA
• Francis Mallory[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Meredith Mallory[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Willie Person Mangum[?] (Senator), Whig, NC
• Albert Gallatin Marchand[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Richard Pratt Marvin[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Samson Mason[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Mason McCarty[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Abraham McClellan[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Charles McClure[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George McCulloch[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Iver McKay[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• William Medill[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Charles Fenton Mercer[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Duhurst Merrick[?] (Senator), Whig, MD
• John Miller (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Charles F. Mitchell[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Monroe (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Montgomery[?] (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Moore (Representative), Whig, LA
• Christopher Morgan[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Calvary Morris[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Wells Morris[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Jeremiah Morrow[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Alexander Mouton[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], LA
• Charles Naylor[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Peter Newhard[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert Carter Nicholas[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], LA
• Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson[?] (Senator), Democrat, TN
• Eugenius Aristides Nisbet[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• John Norvell[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], MI
• Charles Ogle[?] (Representative), Anti Mason[?], PA
• Thomas Burr Osborne[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Rufus Palen[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Parmenter[?] (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Virgil Delphini Parris[?] (Representative), State Rights Democrat[?], ME
• Isaac Parrish[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Lemuel Paynter[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Luther Christopher Peck[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• David Petrikin[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Samuel Shethar Phelps[?] (Senator), Whig, VT
• Francis Wilkinson Pickens[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Franklin Pierce (Senator), Democrat, NH
• John Pope[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Augustus Seymour Porter[?] (Senator), Whig, MI
• William Wilson Potter[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Holmes Prentiss[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel Prentiss[?] (Senator), Anti-Jackson[?], VT
• William Campbell Preston[?] (Senator), Nullifier[?], SC
• George H. Proffit[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• William Sterrett Ramsey[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Benjamin Randall[?] (Representative), Whig, ME
• Joseph Fitz Randolph[?] (Representative), Whig, NJ
• James Rariden[?] (Representative), Whig, IN
• Kenneth Rayner[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Reed Jr.[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Reynolds[?] (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwiell Rhett[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Ridgway[?] (Representative), Whig, OH
• Eleazar Wheelock Ripley[?] (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Francis Everod Rives[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Cabell Rives[?] (Senator), Whig, VA
• William Henry Roane[?] (Senator), Democrat, VA
• John McCracken Robinson[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], IL
• Thomas Robinson, Jr.[?] (Representative), Democrat, DE
• Edward Rogers[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Rogers[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Ruggles[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], ME
• David Abel Russell[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Daniel Bailey Ryall[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Leverett Saltonstall[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Green Berry Samuels[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Sergeant (Representative), Whig, PA
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], AR
• Tristram Shaw[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Charles Biddle Shepard[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• William Simonton[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Slade[?] (Representative), Whig, VT
• Albert Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, ME
• John Smith (Representative), Democrat, VT
• Oliver Hampton Smith[?] (Senator), Whig, IN
• Perry Smith[?] (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Robert Barnwell Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas Smith[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Truman Smith[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Samuel Lewis Southard[?] (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John Selby Spence[?] (Senator), Anti-Jackson[?], MD
• Edward Stanly[?] (Representative), Whig, NC
• David Austin Starkweather[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Lewis Steenrod[?] (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Lucius Storrs[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Robert Strange[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NC
• Theron Rudd Strong[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Todd Stuart[?] (Representative), Whig, IL
• Daniel Sturgeon[?] (Senator), Democrat, PA
• Thomas De Lage Sumter[?] (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Henry Swearingen[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• George Sweeny[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Taliaferro[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge[?] (Senator), Whig, NY
• Benjamin Tappan[?] (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Jonathan Taylor[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Francis Thomas[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Phillip Francis Thomas[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Jacob Thompson[?] (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Burton Thompson[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Waddy Thompson, Jr.[?] (Representative), Whig, SC
• Joseph Leonard Tillinghast[?] (Representative), Whig, RI
• George Washington Toland[?] (Representative), Whig, PA
• Philip Triplett[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Joseph Trumbull[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Hopkins Lacy Turney[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Joseph Rogers Underwood[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Aaron Vanderpoel[?] (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Peter Dumont Vroom[?] (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• David Douglas Wagener[?] (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Peter Joseph Wagner[?] (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert John Walker[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], MS
• Garret Dorset Wall[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NJ
• Lott Warren[?] (Representative), Whig, GA
• Harvey Magee Watterson[?] (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
• John B. Weller[?] (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Albert Smith White[?] (Senator), Whig, IN
• Edward Douglass White[?] (Representative), Whig, LA
• Hugh Lawson White[?] (Senator), Whig, TN
• John White (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Watson Wick[?] (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Christopher Harris Williams[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Henry Williams (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Jared Warner Williams[?] (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Joseph Lanier Williams[?] (Representative), Whig, TN
• Reuel Williams[?] (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Sherrod Williams[?] (Representative), Whig, KY
• Thomas Wheeler Williams[?] (Representative), Whig, CT
• Robert Charles Winthrop[?] (Representative), Whig, MA
• Henry Alexander Wise[?] (Representative), Whig, VA
• John Tolley Hood Worthington[?] (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Silas Wright, Jr.[?] (Senator), Jacksonian[?], NY
• Richard Montgomery Young[?] (Senator), Democrat, IL