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The 'Thirty-fifth United States Congress' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1857 to March 3 1859, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President James Buchanan.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
March 4 1857 - March 3 1859
★ Special session of the Senate: March 4 1857 - March 14 1857
★ First session: December 7 1857 - June 14 1858
★ Special session of the Senate: June 15 1858 - June 16 1858
★ Second session: December 6 1858 - March 3 1859 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: ''34th Congress''
Next congress: ''36th Congress''
Minnesota and Oregon were newly admitted to the Union and first represented as states in this Congress.
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
:'Senate'
★ Vice President of the United States ''(President of the Senate)'':
★
★ John C. Breckinridge, ''Democrat'' of Kentucky
★ President ''pro tempore'' of the Senate:
★
★ James M. Mason, ''Democrat'' of Virginia, elected March 4 1857
★
★ Thomas J. Rusk, ''Democrat'' of Texas, elected March 14 1857
★
★ Benjamin Fitzpatrick, ''Democrat'' of Alabama, elected December 7 1857
:'House of Representatives'
★ Speaker of the House
★
★ James L. Orr, ''Democrat'' of South Carolina, elected December 7 1857
:''Main article: Events of 1857; Events of 1858; Events of 1859''
★ March 4 1857 James Buchanan became President of the United States
:''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 35th Congress
★ May 11 1858 Minnesota was admitted as a state into the Union.
★ February 14 1859 Oregon was admitted as a state into the Union.
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
:''See also: 35th United States Congress - political parties''
:''See also: 35th United States Congress - State Delegations''
:''See also: United States House elections, 1856''
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 began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.
:''See also:
:''See also:
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
:''See also:
:''See also:
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
1. Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
2. Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
★ The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989,
★ The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1982,
★ 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
United States Capitol (1860)
The 'Thirty-fifth United States Congress' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1857 to March 3 1859, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President James Buchanan.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
| Contents |
| Dates of sessions |
| Party summary |
| Leadership |
| Major events |
| Major legislation |
| Members |
| Senate |
| House of Representatives |
| Delegates |
| Changes in membership |
| Officers |
| Notes |
| References |
| External links |
Dates of sessions
March 4 1857 - March 3 1859
★ Special session of the Senate: March 4 1857 - March 14 1857
★ First session: December 7 1857 - June 14 1858
★ Special session of the Senate: June 15 1858 - June 16 1858
★ Second session: December 6 1858 - March 3 1859 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: ''34th Congress''
Next congress: ''36th Congress''
Party summary
Minnesota and Oregon were newly admitted to the Union and first represented as states in this Congress.
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
| :'Senate' ★ Democratic '' (D) '': 41 ''(majority)'' ★ Republican '' (R) '': 20 ★ American (A): 5'TOTAL members: 66' | :'House of Representatives' ★ Democratic '' (D) '': 132 ''(majority)'' ★ Republican '' (R) '': 90 ★ American '' (A) '': 14 ★ Independent Democratic '' (ID) '': 1'TOTAL members: 237' |
Leadership
:'Senate'
★ Vice President of the United States ''(President of the Senate)'':
★
★ John C. Breckinridge, ''Democrat'' of Kentucky
★ President ''pro tempore'' of the Senate:
★
★ James M. Mason, ''Democrat'' of Virginia, elected March 4 1857
★
★ Thomas J. Rusk, ''Democrat'' of Texas, elected March 14 1857
★
★ Benjamin Fitzpatrick, ''Democrat'' of Alabama, elected December 7 1857
:'House of Representatives'
★ Speaker of the House
★
★ James L. Orr, ''Democrat'' of South Carolina, elected December 7 1857
Major events
:''Main article: Events of 1857; Events of 1858; Events of 1859''
★ March 4 1857 James Buchanan became President of the United States
Major legislation
:''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 35th Congress
★ May 11 1858 Minnesota was admitted as a state into the Union.
★ February 14 1859 Oregon was admitted as a state into the Union.
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
:''See also: 35th United States Congress - political parties''
:''See also: 35th United States Congress - State Delegations''
:''See also: United States House elections, 1856''
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 began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.
:''See also:
:''See also:
| :'Alabama' ★ 3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick ''(D)'' ★ 2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. ''(D)'' :'Arkansas' ★ 2: William K. Sebastian ''(D)'' ★ 3: Robert W. Johnson ''(D)'' :'California' ★ 3: William M. Gwin ''(D)'' ★ 1: David C. Broderick ''(D)'' :'Connecticut' ★ 3: La Fayette S. Foster ''(R)'' ★ 1: James Dixon ''(R)'' :'Delaware' ★ 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. ''(D)'' ★ 2: Martin W. Bates ''(D)'' :'Florida' ★ 1: Stephen R. Mallory ''(D)'' ★ 3: David Levy Yulee ''(D)'' :'Georgia' ★ 2: Robert A. Toombs ''(D)'' ★ 3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. ''(D)'' :'Illinois' ★ 2: Stephen A. Douglas ''(D)'' ★ 3: Lyman Trumbull ''(D)'' :'Indiana' ★ 1: Jesse D. Bright ''(D)'' ★ 3: Graham N. Fitch ''(D)'' :'Iowa' ★ 2: George W. Jones ''(D)'' ★ 3: James Harlan ''(R)'' :'Kentucky' ★ 2: John B. Thompson ''(A)'' ★ 3: John J. Crittenden ''(A)'' :'Louisiana' ★ 2: Judah P. Benjamin ''(D)'' ★ 3: John Slidell ''(D)'' | :'Maine' ★ 2: William Pitt Fessenden ''(R)'' ★ 1: Hannibal Hamlin ''(R)'' :'Maryland' ★ 3: James A. Pearce ''(D)'' ★ 1: Anthony Kennedy ''(A)'' :'Massachusetts' ★ 1: Charles Sumner ''(R)'' ★ 2: Henry Wilson ''(R)'' :'Michigan' ★ 2: Charles E. Stuart ''(D)'' ★ 1: Zachariah Chandler ''(R)'' :'Minnesota' ★ 1: Henry M. Rice ''(D)'', seated May 11, 1858 ★ 2: James Shields ''(D)'', seated May 11, 1858 :'Mississippi' ★ 2: Albert G. Brown ''(D)'' ★ 1: Jefferson Davis ''(D)'' :'Missouri' ★ 3: James S. Green ''(D)'' ★ 1: Trusten Polk ''(D)'' :'New Hampshire' ★ 3: James Bell ''(R)'' ★ : Daniel Clark ''(R)'' ★ 2: John P. Hale ''(R)'' :'New Jersey' ★ 1: John R. Thomson ''(D)'' ★ 2: William Wright ''(D)'' :'New York' ★ 3: William H. Seward ''(R)'' ★ 1: Preston King ''(R)'' :'North Carolina' ★ 2: David S. Reid ''(D)'' ★ 3: Asa Biggs ''(D)'' ★ : Thomas L. Clingman ''(D)'' | :'Ohio' ★ 1: Benjamin F. Wade ''(R)'' ★ 3: George E. Pugh ''(D)'' :'Oregon' ★ 3: Joseph Lane ''(D)'' ★ 2: Delazon Smith ''(D)'' :'Pennsylvania' ★ 3: William Bigler ''(D)'' ★ 1: Simon Cameron ''(R)'' :'Rhode Island' ★ 2: Philip Allen ''(D)'' ★ 1: James F. Simmons ''(R)'' :'South Carolina' ★ 3: Andrew P. Butler ''(D)'' ★ : James H. Hammond ''(D)'' ★ 2: Josiah J. Evans ''(D)'' ★ : Arthur P. Hayne ''(D)'' ★ : James Chesnut, Jr. ''(D)'' :'Tennessee' ★ 2: John Bell ''(A)'' ★ 1: Andrew Johnson ''(D)'' :'Texas' ★ 2: Samuel Houston ''(A)'' ★ 1: Thomas J. Rusk ''(D)'' ★ : J. Pinckney Henderson ''(D)'' ★ : Matthias Ward ''(D)'' :'Vermont' ★ 1: Solomon Foot ''(R)'' ★ 3: Jacob Collamer ''(R)'' :'Virginia' ★ 1: James M. Mason ''(D)'' ★ 2: Robert M. T. Hunter ''(D)'' :'Wisconsin' ★ 3: Charles Durkee ''(R)'' ★ 1: James R. Doolittle ''(R)'' |  President ''pro tempore'' Thomas J. Rusk  President ''pro tempore'' Benjamin Fitzpatrick |
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
:''See also:
:''See also:
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
| :'Senate' ★ replacements: 5 ★ ★ Democrats '' (D) '': no net change ★ ★ Whigs '' (W) '': no net change ★ ★ Republicans '' (R) '': no net change ★ ★ Americans '' (A) '': no net change ★ deaths: 4 ★ resignations: 1 ★ interim appointments: 2 ★ seats of newly admitted states: 4 ★ 'Total seats with changes: 9' | :'House of Representatives' ★ replacements: 10 ★ ★ Democrats '' (D) '': 3 seat net loss ★ ★ Whigs '' (W) '': 3 seat net gain ★ ★ Republicans '' (R) '': 1 seat net gain ★ ★ Americans '' (A) '': 1 seat net gain ★ ★ Independent Democrats '' (ID) '': 1 seat net gain ★ deaths: 5 ★ resignations: 6 ★ contested election:1 ★ seats of newly admitted states: 3 ★ 'Total seats with changes: 14' |
Officers
| :'Senate' ★ Secretary of the Senate: ★ ★ Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12 1836 ★ Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: ★ ★ Dunning R. McNair of Pennsylvania, elected March 17 1853 ★ Chaplain of the Senate ★ ★ The Rev. Stephen P. Hill, ''Baptist'', elected December 8 1856:'Other' ★ Architect of the Capitol: ★ ★ Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11 1851 | :'House of Representatives' ★ Clerk of the House: ★ ★ James C. Allen of Illinois elected December 7 1857 ★ Sergeant at Arms of the House: ★ ★ Adam J. Glossbrenner of Pennsylvania, elected December 7 1857 ★ Doorkeeper of the House: ★ ★ Robert B. Hackney of Virginia, elected December 7 1857 ★ Postmaster of the House: ★ ★ Michael W. Cluskey, elected December 7 1857 ★ Messenger to the Speaker: ★ ★ Thaddeus Morrice ★ Chaplain of the House ★ ★ The Rev. William H. Milburn, ''Methodist'', elected December 5 1853 |
Notes
1. Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
2. Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
References
★ The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989,
★ The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1982,
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
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