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26th United States Congress


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Capitol1846.jpg

United States Capitol (1846)

March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841
Senate President
Richard M. Johnson (D)
Senate President pro tem
William R. King (D)
House Speaker
Robert M.T. Hunter (W)
Members 52 senators
242 members of the House
3 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority Democratic
House Majority Democratic
Sessions

1st: December 2, 1839 – July 21, 1840
2nd: December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841

The Twenty-sixth 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, 1839, to March 4, 1841, during the third and fourth 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.


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Contents






  • 1 Major events


  • 2 Major legislation


  • 3 Party summary


    • 3.1 Senate


    • 3.2 House of Representatives




  • 4 Leadership


    • 4.1 Senate


    • 4.2 House of Representatives




  • 5 Members


    • 5.1 Senate


      • 5.1.1 Alabama


      • 5.1.2 Arkansas


      • 5.1.3 Connecticut


      • 5.1.4 Delaware


      • 5.1.5 Georgia


      • 5.1.6 Illinois


      • 5.1.7 Indiana


      • 5.1.8 Kentucky


      • 5.1.9 Louisiana


      • 5.1.10 Maine


      • 5.1.11 Maryland


      • 5.1.12 Massachusetts


      • 5.1.13 Michigan


      • 5.1.14 Mississippi


      • 5.1.15 Missouri


      • 5.1.16 New Hampshire


      • 5.1.17 New Jersey


      • 5.1.18 New York


      • 5.1.19 North Carolina


      • 5.1.20 Ohio


      • 5.1.21 Pennsylvania


      • 5.1.22 Rhode Island


      • 5.1.23 South Carolina


      • 5.1.24 Tennessee


      • 5.1.25 Vermont


      • 5.1.26 Virginia




    • 5.2 House of Representatives


      • 5.2.1 Alabama


      • 5.2.2 Arkansas


      • 5.2.3 Connecticut


      • 5.2.4 Delaware


      • 5.2.5 Georgia


      • 5.2.6 Illinois


      • 5.2.7 Indiana


      • 5.2.8 Kentucky


      • 5.2.9 Louisiana


      • 5.2.10 Maine


      • 5.2.11 Maryland


      • 5.2.12 Massachusetts


      • 5.2.13 Michigan


      • 5.2.14 Mississippi


      • 5.2.15 Missouri


      • 5.2.16 New Hampshire


      • 5.2.17 New Jersey


      • 5.2.18 New York


      • 5.2.19 North Carolina


      • 5.2.20 Ohio


      • 5.2.21 Pennsylvania


      • 5.2.22 Rhode Island


      • 5.2.23 South Carolina


      • 5.2.24 Tennessee


      • 5.2.25 Vermont


      • 5.2.26 Virginia


      • 5.2.27 Non-voting members






  • 6 Changes in membership


    • 6.1 Senate


    • 6.2 House of Representatives




  • 7 Committees


    • 7.1 Senate


    • 7.2 House of Representatives


    • 7.3 Joint committees




  • 8 Employees


    • 8.1 Senate


    • 8.2 House of Representatives




  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





Major events[edit]




  • 1839: The first state law permitting women to own property was passed in Jackson, Mississippi

  • January 19, 1840: Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigated Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States.

  • November 7, 1840: U.S. presidential election, 1840: William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren

  • February 18, 1841: The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate began and lasted until March 11



Major legislation[edit]



  • [Data unknown/missing.]


Party summary[edit]



Senate[edit]




































































Party
(shading shows control)
Total
Vacant

Democratic
(D)

Whig
(W)
End of the previous congress

35

16
51
1

Begin

28

19

47
5
End 29 23 52 0
Final voting share 7001558000000000000♠55.8% 7001442000000000000♠44.2%
Beginning of the next congress

22

29
51
1


House of Representatives[edit]













































































Party
(shading shows control)
Total
Vacant

Anti-
Masonic
(AM)

Conservative
(C)

Democratic
(D)

Whig
(W)
Other

End of the previous congress

7

0

114

105
(Nullifer)

7
233
2

Begin

6

2

124

109

0

241
1
End 5 111 242 0
Final voting share 7000210000000000000♠2.1% 6999800000000000000♠0.8% 7001512000000000000♠51.2% 7001459000000000000♠45.9% 5000000000000000000♠0.0%
Beginning of the next congress

0

0

99

142

1
242
0


Leadership[edit]




President of the Senate
Richard M. Johnson



Senate[edit]




  • President: Richard M. Johnson (D)


  • President pro tempore: William R. King (D)



House of Representatives[edit]



  • Speaker: Robert M. T. Hunter (W) Elected on the 11th ballot[1]


Members[edit]


This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives are listed by district.


Skip to House of Representatives, below


Senate[edit]


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 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.












House of Representatives[edit]


The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.












Changes in membership[edit]


The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.



Senate[edit]



  • Replacements: 8

    • Democrats: 0-seat net loss

    • Whigs: 0-seat net gain



  • Deaths: 3

  • Resignations: 7

  • Interim appointments: 0

  • Total seats with changes: 11


































































































State
(class)
Vacator
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's
formal installation

Tennessee
(1)
Vacant after previous Congress

Felix Grundy (D)
Elected November 19, 1839

New York
(1)
Vacant after previous Congress

Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (w)
Elected January 14, 1840

Pennsylvania
(1)
Vacant after previous Congress

Daniel Sturgeon (D)
Elected January 14, 1840

Michigan
(1)
Vacant after previous Congress

Augustus S. Porter (W)
Elected January 20, 1840

Delaware
(1)

Richard H. Bayard (W)
Resigned September 19, 1839, to become Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court

Richard H. Bayard (W)
Elected January 12, 1841, to his former position

Tennessee
(2)

Hugh Lawson White (W)
Resigned January 13, 1840, because he could not conscientiously obey the intentions of his constituents

Alexander O. Anderson (D)
Elected February 26, 1840

Connecticut
(1)

Thaddeus Betts (W)
Died April 7, 1840

Jabez W. Huntington (W)
Elected May 4, 1840

Maryland
(3)

John S. Spence (W)
Died October 24, 1840

John L. Kerr (W)
Elected January 5, 1841

North Carolina
(2)

Bedford Brown (D)
Resigned November 16, 1840, because he could not obey instructions of the North Carolina General Assembly

Willie P. Mangum (W)
Elected November 25, 1840

North Carolina
(3)

Robert Strange (D)
Resigned November 16, 1840

William A. Graham (W)
Elected November 25, 1840

Tennessee
(1)

Felix Grundy (D)
Died December 19, 1840

Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D)
Elected December 25, 1840

Massachusetts
(2)

John Davis (W)
Resigned January 5, 1841, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts

Isaac C. Bates (W)
Elected January 13, 1841

Massachusetts
(1)

Daniel Webster (W)
Resigned February 22, 1841

Rufus Choate (W)
Elected February 23, 1841


House of Representatives[edit]



  • Replacements: 15

    • Democrats: 2-seat net loss

    • Whigs: 3-seat net gain

    • Anti-Masonic: 1-seat net loss



  • Deaths: 6

  • Resignations: 10

  • Contested election: 0

  • Total seats with changes: 17











































































































































District
Vacator
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's
formal installation

Indiana 7th
Vacant
Rep-elect Howard presented credentials August 5, 1839

Tilghman Howard (D)
Seated August 5, 1839

Missouri At-large

Albert G. Harrison (D)
Died September 7, 1839

John Jameson (D)
Seated December 12, 1839

Massachusetts 6th

James C. Alvord (W)
Died September 27, 1839

Osmyn Baker (W)
Seated January 14, 1840

Pennsylvania 14th

William W. Potter (D)
Died October 28, 1839

George McCulloch (D)
Seated November 20, 1839

Virginia 14th

Charles F. Mercer (W)
Resigned December 26, 1839

William M. McCarty (W)
Seated January 25, 1840

Ohio 4th

Thomas Corwin (W)
Resigned May 30, 1840, having become a candidate for Governor of Ohio

Jeremiah Morrow (W)
Seated October 13, 1840

Connecticut 2nd

William L. Storrs (W)
Resigned some time in June, 1840

William W. Boardman (W)
Seated December 7, 1840

New York 11th

Anson Brown (W)
Died June 14, 1840

Nicholas B. Doe (W)
Seated December 7, 1840

Indiana 7th

Tilghman Howard (D)
Resigned July 1, 1840

Henry S. Lane (W)
Seated August 3, 1840

Georgia At-large

Walter T. Colquitt (W)
Resigned July 21, 1840

Hines Holt (W)
Seated February 1, 1841

Louisiana 3rd

Rice Garland (W)
Resigned July 21, 1840, to accept appointment as judge of Louisiana Supreme Court

John Moore (W)
Seated December 17, 1840

Pennsylvania 22nd

Richard Biddle (AM)
Resigned July 21, 1840

Henry M. Brackenridge (W)
Seated October 13, 1840

Kentucky 5th

Simeon H. Anderson (W)
Died August 11, 1840

John B. Thompson (W)
Seated December 7, 1840

Massachusetts 1st

Abbott Lawrence (W)
Resigned September 18, 1840

Robert C. Winthrop (W)
Seated November 9, 1840

Pennsylvania 13th

William S. Ramsey (D)
Died October 17, 1840

Charles McClure (D)
Seated December 7, 1840

Iowa Territory At-large

William W. Chapman (D)
Term expired by law October 27, 1840

Augustus C. Dodge (D)
Seated October 28, 1840

Virginia 1st

Joel Holleman (D)
Resigned in December 1840

Francis Mallory (W)
Seated December 28, 1840

Maine 4th

George Evans (W)
Resigned March 3, 1841, after being elected to the US Senate
Vacant
Not filled this term


Committees[edit]


Lists of committees and their party leaders.



Senate[edit]



  • Agriculture

  • Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate

  • Bank Note Circulation


  • Bankruptcy (Select)

  • Claims

  • Commerce


  • Debts of the States (Select)


  • Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)

  • District of Columbia

  • Finance


  • Fishing Bounties and Allowances (Select)


  • Florida and Its Admission to the Union (Select)

  • Foreign Relations

  • Indian Affairs

  • Judiciary

  • Manufactures


  • Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)

  • Military Affairs

  • Militia

  • Naval Affairs

  • Patents and the Patent Office

  • Pensions

  • Post Office and Post Roads

  • Private Land Claims

  • Public Buildings and Grounds

  • Public Lands

  • Revolutionary Claims

  • Roads and Canals


  • Tariff Regulation (Select)


  • Washington City Charter (Select)

  • Whole



House of Representatives[edit]



  • Accounts

  • Agriculture

  • 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[edit]


  • Enrolled Bills


Employees[edit]



  • Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan


Senate[edit]




  • Chaplain: George G. Cookman (Methodist)


  • Secretary: Asbury Dickens


  • Sergeant at Arms: Stephen Haight



House of Representatives[edit]




  • Chaplain:


    • Joshua Bates (Congregationalist), elected February 4, 1840


    • Thomas W. Braxton (Baptist), elected December 7, 1840




  • Clerk: Hugh A. Garland


  • Doorkeeper: Joseph Follansbee


  • Postmaster: William J. McCormick


  • Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing.]


  • Sergeant at Arms: Roderick Dorsey



See also[edit]



  • List of Members of the United States House of Representatives in the 26th Congress by seniority

  • List of United States congressional districts

  • List of United States Senators in the 26th Congress by seniority


  • United States elections, 1838 (elections leading to this Congress)

    • United States Senate elections, 1838 and 1839

    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1838




  • United States elections, 1840 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

    • United States presidential election, 1840

    • United States Senate elections, 1840 and 1841

    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1840





References[edit]





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  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.


  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.



External links[edit]



  • 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


  • Watterston, George (1840). Congressional Directory for the 26th Congress, 1st Session.











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