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(Redirected from Thirty-third United States Congress)
The 'Thirty-third 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 1853 to March 3 1855, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
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 1853 - March 3 1855
★ Special session of the Senate: March 4 1853 - April 11 1853
★ First session: December 5 1853 - August 7 1854
★ Second session: December 4 1854 - March 3 1855 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: ''32nd Congress''
Next congress: ''34th 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)'':
★
★ William R. King, ''Democrat'' of Alabama, died April 18 1853; vacant thereafter.
★ President ''pro tempore'' of the Senate:
★
★ David R. Atchison, ''Democrat'' of Missouri, elected March 4 1853
★
★ Lewis Cass, ''Democrat'' of Michigan, elected December 4 1854
★
★ Jesse D. Bright, ''Democrat'' of Indiana, elected December 5 1854
:'House of Representatives'
★ Speaker of the House
★
★ Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, elected December 5 1853
:''Main article: Events of 1853; Events of 1854; Events of 1855''
★ March 4 1853 Franklin Pierce became President of the United States
:''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 33rd Congress
★ May 30 1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act, ch. 59,
★ May 30 1854 - Kansas Territory was organized.
★ May 30 1854 - Nebraska Territory was organized.
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
:''See also: 33rd United States Congress - political parties''
:''See also: 33rd United States Congress - State Delegations''
:''See also: United States House elections, 1852''
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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1856; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.
:''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.
★ 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 (1846)
The 'Thirty-third 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 1853 to March 3 1855, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
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 1853 - March 3 1855
★ Special session of the Senate: March 4 1853 - April 11 1853
★ First session: December 5 1853 - August 7 1854
★ Second session: December 4 1854 - March 3 1855 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: ''32nd Congress''
Next congress: ''34th Congress''
Party summary
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) '': 38 ''(majority)'' ★ Whig '' (W) '': 22 ★ Free Soil '' (FS) '': 2'TOTAL members: 62' | :'House of Representatives' ★ Democratic '' (D) '': 157 ''(majority)'' ★ Whig '' (W) '': 71 ★ Free Soil '' (FS) '': 4 ★ Independent Democratic '' (ID) '': 1 ★ Independent '' (I) '': 1'TOTAL members: 234' |
Leadership
:'Senate'
★ Vice President of the United States ''(President of the Senate)'':
★
★ William R. King, ''Democrat'' of Alabama, died April 18 1853; vacant thereafter.
★ President ''pro tempore'' of the Senate:
★
★ David R. Atchison, ''Democrat'' of Missouri, elected March 4 1853
★
★ Lewis Cass, ''Democrat'' of Michigan, elected December 4 1854
★
★ Jesse D. Bright, ''Democrat'' of Indiana, elected December 5 1854
:'House of Representatives'
★ Speaker of the House
★
★ Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, elected December 5 1853
Major events
:''Main article: Events of 1853; Events of 1854; Events of 1855''
★ March 4 1853 Franklin Pierce became President of the United States
Major legislation
:''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 33rd Congress
★ May 30 1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act, ch. 59,
★ May 30 1854 - Kansas Territory was organized.
★ May 30 1854 - Nebraska Territory was organized.
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: 33rd United States Congress - political parties''
:''See also: 33rd United States Congress - State Delegations''
:''See also: United States House elections, 1852''
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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1856; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.
:''See also:
:''See also:
| :'Alabama' ★ 3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick ''(D)'' ★ 2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. ''(D)'' :'Arkansas' ★ 2: William K. Sebastian ''(D)'' ★ 3: Solon Borland ''(D)'' ★ : Robert W. Johnson ''(D)'' :'California' ★ 3: William M. Gwin ''(D)'' ★ 1: John B. Weller ''(D)'' :'Connecticut' ★ 3: Truman Smith ''(W)'' ★ : Francis Gillette ''(FS)'' ★ 1: Isaac Toucey ''(D)'' :'Delaware' ★ 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. ''(D)'' ★ 2: John M. Clayton ''(W)'' :'Florida' ★ 3: Jackson Morton ''(W)'' ★ 1: Stephen R. Mallory ''(D)'' :'Georgia' ★ 3: William C. Dawson ''(W)'' ★ 2: Robert A. Toombs ''(W)'' :'Illinois' ★ 2: Stephen A. Douglas ''(D)'' ★ 3: James Shields ''(D)'' :'Indiana' ★ 1: Jesse D. Bright ''(D)'' ★ 3: John Pettit ''(D)'' :'Iowa' ★ 3: Augustus C. Dodge ''(D)'' ★ 2: George W. Jones ''(D)'' | :'Kentucky' ★ 3: Archibald Dixon ''(W)'' ★ 2: John B. Thompson ''(W)'' :'Louisiana' ★ 3: Pierre Soulé ''(D)'' ★ : John Slidell ''(D)'' ★ 2: Judah P. Benjamin ''(W)'' :'Maine' ★ 1: Hannibal Hamlin ''(D)'' ★ 2: William Pitt Fessenden ''(W)'' :'Maryland' ★ 3: James A. Pearce ''(W)'' ★ 1: Thomas G. Pratt ''(W)'' :'Massachusetts' ★ 1: Charles Sumner ''(FS)'' ★ 2: Edward Everett ''(W)'' ★ : Julius Rockwell ''(W)'' ★ : Henry Wilson ''(FS)'' :'Michigan' ★ 1: Lewis Cass ''(D)'' ★ 2: Charles E. Stuart ''(D)'' :'Mississippi' ★ 1: Stephen Adams ''(D)'' ★ 2: Albert G. Brown ''(D)'' :'Missouri' ★ 3: David R. Atchison ''(D)'' ★ 1: Henry S. Geyer ''(W)'' :'New Hampshire' ★ 3: Moses Norris, Jr. ''(D)'' ★ : John S. Wells ''(D)'' ★ 2: Charles G. Atherton ''(D)'' ★ : Jared W. Williams ''(D)'' :'New Jersey' ★ 1: John R. Thomson ''(D)'' ★ 2: William Wright ''(D)'' | :'New York' ★ 3: William H. Seward ''(W)'' ★ 1: Hamilton Fish ''(W)'' :'North Carolina' ★ 3: George E. Badger ''(W)'' ★ 2: David S. Reid ''(D)'' :'Ohio' ★ 3: Salmon P. Chase ''(FS)'' ★ 1: Benjamin F. Wade ''(W)'' :'Pennsylvania' ★ 3: James Cooper ''(W)'' ★ 1: Richard Brodhead ''(D)'' :'Rhode Island' ★ 1: Charles T. James ''(D)'' ★ 2: Philip Allen ''(D)'' :'South Carolina' ★ 3: Andrew P. Butler ''(D)'' ★ 2: Josiah J. Evans ''(D)'' :'Tennessee' ★ 2: John Bell ''(W)'' ★ 1: James C. Jones ''(W)'' :'Texas' ★ 2: Samuel Houston ''(D)'' ★ 1: Thomas J. Rusk ''(D)'' :'Vermont' ★ 1: Solomon Foot ''(W)'' ★ 3: Samuel S. Phelps ''(W)'' ★ : Lawrence Brainerd ''(FS)'' :'Virginia' ★ 1: James M. Mason ''(D)'' ★ 2: Robert M. T. Hunter ''(D)'' :'Wisconsin' ★ 1: Henry Dodge ''(D)'' ★ 3: Isaac P. Walker ''(D)'' |  President ''pro tempore'' David R. Atchison  |
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: 7 ★ ★ Democrats '' (D) '': no net change ★ ★ Whigs '' (W) '': 2 seat net loss ★ ★ Free Soilers '' (FS) '': 2 seat net gain ★ deaths: 2 ★ resignations: 4 ★ interim appointments: 1 ★ 'Total seats with changes: 13' | :'House of Representatives' ★ replacements: 7 ★ ★ Democrats '' (D) '': 2 seat net loss ★ ★ Whigs '' (W) '': 3 seat net gain ★ ★ Free Soilers '' (FS) '': 1 seat net loss ★ deaths: 4 ★ resignations: 4 ★ 'Total seats with changes: 8' |
Officers
| :'Senate' ★ Secretary of the Senate: ★ ★ Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12 1836 ★ Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: ★ ★ Robert Beale of Virginia, elected December 9 1845 ★ ★ Dunning R. McNair of Pennsylvania, elected March 17 1853 ★ Chaplain of the Senate ★ ★ The Rev. Clement M. Butler, ''Episcopalian'', elected January 9 1850 ★ ★ The Rev. Henry Slicer, ''Methodist'', elected December 7 1853:'Other' ★ Architect of the Capitol: ★ ★ Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11 1851 | :'House of Representatives' ★ Clerk of the House: ★ ★ John M. Forney of Pennsylvania elected December 5 1853 ★ Sergeant at Arms of the House: ★ ★ Adam J. Glossbrenner of Pennsylvania, elected December 5 1853 ★ Doorkeeper of the House: ★ ★ Zadock W. McKnew of Maryland, elected December 5 1853 ★ Postmaster of the House: ★ ★ John M. Johnson of Virginia, elected December 5 1853 ★ 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.
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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