25th United States Congress
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25th United States Congress | |
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24th ← → 26th | |
United States Capitol (1827) | |
March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | |
Senate President | Richard M. Johnson (D) |
Senate Pres. pro tem | William R. King (D) |
House Speaker | James K. Polk (D) |
Members | 52 senators 242 representatives 3 non-voting delegates |
Senate Majority | Democratic |
House Majority | Democratic |
Sessions | |
Special: March 4, 1837 – March 10, 1837 1st: September 4, 1837 – October 16, 1837 2nd: December 4, 1837 – July 9, 1838 3rd: December 3, 1838 – March 3, 1839 |
The Twenty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1839, during the first two years of Martin Van Buren's presidency.
The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Contents
1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Territories organized
4 Party summary
4.1 Senate
4.2 House of Representatives
5 Leadership
5.1 Senate
5.2 House of Representatives
6 Members
6.1 Senate
6.1.1 Alabama
6.1.2 Arkansas
6.1.3 Connecticut
6.1.4 Delaware
6.1.5 Georgia
6.1.6 Illinois
6.1.7 Indiana
6.1.8 Kentucky
6.1.9 Louisiana
6.1.10 Maine
6.1.11 Maryland
6.1.12 Massachusetts
6.1.13 Michigan
6.1.14 Mississippi
6.1.15 Missouri
6.1.16 New Hampshire
6.1.17 New Jersey
6.1.18 New York
6.1.19 North Carolina
6.1.20 Ohio
6.1.21 Pennsylvania
6.1.22 Rhode Island
6.1.23 South Carolina
6.1.24 Tennessee
6.1.25 Vermont
6.1.26 Virginia
6.2 House of Representatives
6.2.1 Alabama
6.2.2 Arkansas
6.2.3 Connecticut
6.2.4 Delaware
6.2.5 Georgia
6.2.6 Illinois
6.2.7 Indiana
6.2.8 Kentucky
6.2.9 Louisiana
6.2.10 Maine
6.2.11 Maryland
6.2.12 Massachusetts
6.2.13 Michigan
6.2.14 Mississippi
6.2.15 Missouri
6.2.16 New Hampshire
6.2.17 New Jersey
6.2.18 New York
6.2.19 North Carolina
6.2.20 Ohio
6.2.21 Pennsylvania
6.2.22 Rhode Island
6.2.23 South Carolina
6.2.24 Tennessee
6.2.25 Vermont
6.2.26 Virginia
6.2.27 Non-voting members
7 Changes in membership
7.1 Senate
7.2 House of Representatives
8 Committees
8.1 Senate
8.2 House of Representatives
8.3 Joint committees
9 Employees
9.1 Senate
9.2 House of Representatives
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Major events
- March 4, 1837: Martin Van Buren became President of the United States
- May 10, 1837: Panic of 1837
- January 6, 1838: First public demonstration of Samuel Morse's telegraph
- May 26, 1838: Trail of Tears: The Cherokee removal began
Major legislation
- [Data unknown/missing.]
Territories organized
- June 12, 1838: Iowa Territory was formed from the Wisconsin Territory.
Party summary
Senate
Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | |||
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Democratic (D) | Whig (W) | Other | |||
End of the previous congress | (Jacksonian) 31 | (Anti-Jacksonian) 19 | (Nullifier) 2 | 52 | 0 |
Begin | 35 | 17 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
End | 16 | 1 | |||
Final voting share | 7001673000000000000♠67.3% | 7001308000000000000♠30.8% | 7000190000000000000♠1.9% | ||
Beginning of the next congress | 28 | 19 | 0 | 47 | 5 |
House of Representatives
Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | |||||
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Anti- Masonic (AM) | Democratic (D) | Nullifier (N) | Whig (W) | Other | |||
End of the previous congress | 14 | (Jacksonian) 139 | 7 | (Anti-Jacksonian) 81 | 0 | 241 | 1 |
Begin | 7 | 121 | 7 | 100 | 0 | 235 | 0 |
End | 114 | 105 | 233 | 2 | |||
Final voting share | 7000300000000000000♠3.0% | 7001489000000000000♠48.9% | 7000300000000000000♠3.0% | 7001451000000000000♠45.1% | 5000000000000000000♠0.0% | ||
Non-voting members | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Beginning of the next congress | 6 | 124 | 0 | 109 | 2 | 241 | 1 |
Leadership
Senate
President: Richard Mentor Johnson (D)
President pro tempore: William R. King (D)
House of Representatives
Speaker: James K. Polk (D)
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
- Skip to House of Representatives, below
Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 6
- Democrats: no net change
- Whigs: no net change
- Deaths: 1
- Resignations: 6
- Total seats with changes: 7
State (class) | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation |
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Virginia (2) | Richard E. Parker (D) | Resigned March 4, 1837, after accepting a seat on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals | William H. Roane (D) | Elected March 14, 1837 |
Alabama (3) | John McKinley (D) | Resigned April 22, 1837, after being appointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court | Clement C. Clay (D) | Elected June 19, 1837 |
Georgia (2) | John P. King (D) | Resigned November 1, 1837 | Wilson Lumpkin (D) | Elected November 22, 1837 |
Maryland (1) | Joseph Kent (W) | Died November 24, 1837 | William D. Merrick (W) | Elected January 4, 1838 |
Mississippi (1) | John Black (W) | Resigned January 22, 1838 | James F. Trotter (D) | Appointed January 22, 1838 |
Tennessee (1) | Felix Grundy (D) | Resigned July 4, 1838, after being appointed United States Attorney General | Ephraim H. Foster (W) | Elected September 17, 1838 |
Mississippi (1) | James F. Trotter (D) | Resigned July 10, 1838 | Thomas H. Williams (D) | Appointed November 12, 1838, and subsequently elected |
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 16
- Democrats: 5-seat net loss
- Whigs: 5-seat net gain
- Deaths: 9
- Resignations: 6
- Contested election:1
- Total seats with changes: 20
District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation |
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Mississippi At-large | Vacant | Rep-elect Claiborne presented credentials July 18, 1837 | John F. H. Claiborne (D) | Seated July 18, 1837 |
Mississippi At-large | Vacant | Rep-elect Gholson presented credentials July 18, 1837 | Samuel J. Gholson (D) | Seated July 18, 1837 |
Pennsylvania 3rd | Francis J. Harper (D) | Died March 18, 1837 | Charles Naylor (W) | Seated June 29, 1837 |
Tennessee 4th | James I. Standifer (W) | Died August 20, 1837 | William Stone (W) | Seated September 14, 1837 |
Ohio 17th | Elisha Whittlesey (W) | Resigned October 20, 1837 | Charles D. Coffin (W) | Seated December 20, 1837 |
Mississippi At-large | John F. H. Claiborne (D) | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838 | Seargent S. Prentiss (W) | Seated May 30, 1838 |
Mississippi At-large | Samuel J. Gholson (D) | Seat declared vacant February 5, 1838 | Thomas J. Word (W) | Seated May 30, 1838 |
Pennsylvania 9th | Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D) | Resigned February 9, 1838, after being appointed Minister to Austrian Empire | George M. Keim (D) | Seated March 17, 1838 |
Maine 3rd | Jonathan Cilley (D) | Killed in a duel February 24, 1838, by Rep. William J. Graves | Edward Robinson (W) | Seated April 28, 1838 |
Maine 5th | Timothy J. Carter (D) | Died March 14, 1838 | Virgil D. Parris (D) | Seated May 29, 1838 |
Maryland 4th | Isaac McKim (D) | Died April 1, 1838 | John P. Kennedy (W) | Seated April 25, 1838 |
Virginia 13th | John M. Patton (D) | Resigned April 7, 1838 | Linn Banks (D) | Seated April 28, 1838 |
Alabama 3rd | Joab Lawler (W) | Died May 8, 1838 | George W. Crabb (W) | Seated October 5, 1835 |
Ohio 19th | Daniel Kilgore (D) | Resigned July 4, 1838 | Henry Swearingen (D) | Seated December 3, 1838 |
Ohio 16th | Elisha Whittlesey (W) | Resigned July 9, 1838 | Joshua R. Giddings (W) | Seated December 3, 1838 |
New York 22nd | Andrew D. Bruyn (D) | Died July 27, 1838 | Cyrus Beers (D) | Seated December 3, 1838 |
New York 29th | William Patterson (W) | Died August 14, 1838 | Harvey Putnam (W) | Seated November 7, 1838 |
Iowa Territory At-large | New seat | Iowa Territory seated its first delegate September 10, 1838 | George Wallace Jones (D) | Seated September 10, 1838 |
Massachusetts 2nd | Stephen C. Phillips (W) | Seat declared vacant September 28, 1838 | Leverett Saltonstall (W) | Seated December 15, 1838 |
Maine 1st | John Fairfield (D) | Resigned December 24, 1838, after being elected Governor of Maine | Vacant | Not filled this congress |
Wisconsin Territory At-large | George Wallace Jones (D) | Lost contested election January 14, 1839 | James D. Doty (D) | Seated January 14, 1839 |
Louisiana 2nd | Eleazar W. Ripley (D) | Died March 2, 1839 | Vacant | Not filled this congress |
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
- Agriculture
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
- Claims
- Commerce
Danger of Steam Vessels (Select)
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)- District of Columbia
- Finance
- Foreign Relations
- Indian Affairs
- Judiciary
Letter of Mr. Ruggles (Select)- Manufactures
Memorial of A. B. Quinby (Select)
Memorial of the Citizens of Georgetown (DC) for the Retrocession of that Part of the District (Select)
Memorial of Duff Green (Select)
Memorial of Edward D. Tippett (Select)
Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)- Military Affairs
- Militia
- Naval Affairs
Occupation of the Columbia River (Select)
Oregon Territory (Select)- Patents and the Patent Office
- Pensions
- Post Office and Post Roads
- Private Land Claims
- Public Buildings and Grounds
- Public Lands
Purchasing Boyd Reilly's Gas Apparatus (Select)- Revolutionary Claims
- Roads and Canals
Tariff Regulation (Select)- Whole
House of Representatives
- Accounts
- Agriculture
Amendment to the Constitution (Select)- Claims
- Commerce
- District of Columbia
- Elections
- Expenditures in the Navy Department
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department
- Expenditures in the State Department
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department
- Expenditures in the War Department
- Expenditures on Public Buildings
- Foreign Affairs
- Indian Affairs
- Invalid Pensions
- Manufactures
- Mileage
- Military Affairs
- Militia
- Naval Affairs
- Patents
- Post Office and Post Roads
- Public Buildings and Grounds
- Public Expenditures
- Public Lands
- Revisal and Unfinished Business
- Revolutionary Claims
- Roads and Canals
Rules (Select)- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories
- Ways and Means
- Whole
Joint committees
- Enrolled Bills
Employees
Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan
Senate
Chaplain: John R. Goodman (Episcopalian), elected December 28, 1836
Henry Slicer (Methodist), elected September 11, 1837
Secretary: Asbury Dickens
Sergeant at Arms: John Shackford (died)
Stephen Haight, elected September 4, 1837
House of Representatives
Chaplain: Septimus Tustin (Presbyterian), elected September 4, 1837
Levi R. Reese (Methodist), elected December 4, 1837
Clerk: Walter S. Franklin, until September 20, 1838 (died)
Hugh A. Garland, elected December 3, 1838
Doorkeeper: Overton Carr
Postmaster: William J. McCormick
Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing.]
Sergeant at Arms: Roderick Dorsey
See also
United States elections, 1836 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States presidential election, 1836
- United States Senate elections, 1836 and 1837
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1836
United States elections, 1838 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
- United States Senate elections, 1838 and 1839
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1838
References
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
External links
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
Congressional Directory for the 25th Congress, 3rd Session.