32nd Congress (1851–1853): members and party control
1851-03-04 to 1853-03-04. Everyone who served during this Congress, including members who joined or left part-way through.
Senate
House of Representatives
Members by state
Alabama 2 senators, 7 representatives
- William King Senator · Democrat
- Jeremiah Clemens Senator · Democrat
- John Bragg District 1 · Democrat
- James Abercrombie District 2 · Whig
- Sampson Harris District 3 · Democrat
- William Smith District 4 · Democrat
- Williamson Cobb District 6 · Democrat
- Alexander White District 7 · Whig
- George Houston District 5 · Democrat
Arkansas 2 senators, 1 representatives
- Solon Borland Senator · Democrat
- William Sebastian Senator · Democrat
- Robert Johnson District 1 · Democrat
California 2 senators, 2 representatives
- John B. Weller Senator · Democrat
- William Gwin Senator · Democrat
- Edward Marshall District -1 · Democrat
- Joseph McCorkle District -1 · Democrat
Connecticut 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Truman Smith Senator · Whig
- Isaac Toucey Senator · Democrat
- Charles Chapman District 1 · Whig
- Chauncey Cleveland District 3 · Democrat
- Colin Ingersoll District 2 · Democrat
- Origen Seymour District 4 · Democrat
Delaware 2 senators, 1 representatives
- Presley Spruance Senator · Whig
- James Bayard, Jr. Senator · Democrat
- George Riddle At-large · Democrat
Florida 2 senators, 1 representatives
- Jackson Morton Senator · Whig
- Stephen Mallory Senator · Democrat
- Edward Cabell District 1 · Whig
Georgia 3 senators, 8 representatives
- John Berrien Senator · Whig
- William Dawson Senator · Whig
- Robert Charlton Senator · Democrat
- Joseph Jackson District 1 · States Rights
- James Johnson District 2 · Unionist
- Charles Murphey District 4 · Unionist
- David Bailey District 3 · States Rights
- Elijah Chastain District 5 · Democrat
- Junius Hillyer District 6 · Democrat
- Robert Toombs District 8 · Whig
- Alexander Stephens District 7 · Unionist
Illinois 2 senators, 7 representatives
- Stephen Douglas Senator · Democrat
- James Shields Senator · Democrat
- Thompson Campbell District 6 · Democrat
- Orlando Ficklin District 3 · Democrat
- Richard Molony District 4 · Democrat
- Willis Allen District 2 · Democrat
- William Bissell District 1 · Democrat
- William Richardson District 5 · Democrat
- Richard Yates District 7 · Whig
Indiana 3 senators, 10 representatives
- James Whitcomb Senator · Democrat
- Charles Cathcart Senator · Democrat
- Jesse Bright Senator · Democrat
- Willis Gorman District 6 · Democrat
- John Robinson District 3 · Democrat
- Cyrus Dunham District 2 · Democrat
- Samuel Parker District 4 · Whig
- Daniel Mace District 8 · Democrat
- Samuel Brenton District 10 · Whig
- Graham Fitch District 9 · Democrat
- James Lockhart District 1 · Democrat
- John Davis District 7 · Democrat
- Thomas Hendricks District 5 · Democrat
Iowa 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Augustus Dodge Senator · Democrat
- George Jones Senator · Democrat
- Lincoln Clark District 2 · Democrat
- Bernhart Henn District 1 · Democrat
Kentucky 4 senators, 11 representatives
- Joseph Underwood Senator · Whig
- Henry Clay Senator · Whig
- Archibald Dixon Senator · Whig
- David Meriwether Senator · Democrat
- James W. Stone District 5 · Democrat
- William Ward District 4 · Whig
- Addison White District 6 · Whig
- Linn Boyd District 1 · Democrat
- Presley Ewing District 3 · Whig
- Benjamin Grey District 2 · Whig
- William Preston District 7 · Whig
- Richard Stanton District 10 · Democrat
- Humphrey Marshall District 7 · Whig
- John Mason District 9 · Democrat
- John Breckinridge District 8 · Democrat
Louisiana 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Solomon Downs Senator · Democrat
- Pierre Soulé Senator · Democrat
- Joseph Landry District 2 · Whig
- John Moore District 4 · Whig
- Alexander Penn District 3 · Democrat
- Louis St. Martin District 1 · Democrat
Maine 2 senators, 8 representatives
- James Bradbury Senator · Democrat
- Hannibal Hamlin Senator · Democrat
- Charles Andrews District 4 · Democrat
- John Appleton District 2 · Democrat
- Robert Goodenow District 3 · Whig
- Isaac Reed District 4 · Whig
- Ephraim Smart District 5 · Democrat
- Moses Macdonald District 1 · Democrat
- Thomas Fuller District 7 · Democrat
- Israel Washburn, Jr. District 6 · Whig
Maryland 2 senators, 6 representatives
- Thomas Pratt Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- James Pearce Senator · Whig
- Richard Bowie District 1 · Whig
- Joseph Cottman District 6 · Ind. Whig
- Alexander Evans District 5 · Whig
- Edward Hammond District 3 · Democrat
- Thomas Walsh District 4 · Whig
- William Hamilton District 2 · Democrat
Massachusetts 2 senators, 13 representatives
- John Davis Senator · Whig
- Charles Sumner Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Charles Allen District 5 · Free Soil
- George Davis District 6 · Whig
- James Duncan District 3 · Whig
- Francis Fay District 2 · Whig
- Orin Fowler District 9 · Whig
- Edward Little District 9 · Democrat
- Horace Mann District 8 · Free Soil
- Robert Rantoul, Jr. District 2 · Democrat
- Lorenzo Sabine District 4 · Whig
- Benjamin Thompson District 4 · Whig
- John Goodrich District 7 · Whig
- Zeno Scudder District 10 · Whig
- William Appleton District 1 · Whig
Michigan 2 senators, 3 representatives
- Alpheus Felch Senator · Democrat
- Lewis Cass Senator · Democrat
- James Conger District 3 · Whig
- Ebenezer Penniman District 1 · Whig
- Charles Stuart District 2 · Democrat
Minnesota 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Henry Sibley District -1 ·
Mississippi 4 senators, 4 representatives
- Henry Foote Senator · Democrat
- Stephen Adams Senator · Democrat
- Walker Brooke Senator · Whig
- John McRae Senator · Democrat
- John D. Freeman District 3 · Unionist
- Benjamin Nabers District 1 · Unionist
- John A. Wilcox District 2 · Unionist
- Albert Brown District 4 · States Rights
Missouri 2 senators, 5 representatives
- David Atchison Senator · Democrat
- Henry Geyer Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Darby District 1 · Whig
- Willard Hall District 4 · Democrat
- John Miller District 3 · Whig
- Gilchrist Porter District 2 · Whig
- John Phelps District 5 · Democrat
New Hampshire 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Moses Norris, Jr. Senator · Democrat
- John Hale Senator · Free Soil
- Charles Peaslee District 2 · Democrat
- Jared Perkins District 3 · Whig
- Amos Tuck District 1 · Whig
- Harry Hibbard District 4 · Democrat
New Jersey 2 senators, 5 representatives
- Jacob Miller Senator · Whig
- Robert Stockton Senator · Democrat
- George Brown District 4 · Whig
- Rodman Price District 5 · Democrat
- Isaac Wildrick District 3 · Democrat
- Charles Skelton District 2 · Democrat
- Nathan Stratton District 1 · Democrat
New Mexico 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Richard Weightman District -1 · Democrat
New York 2 senators, 34 representatives
- Hamilton Fish Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Seward Senator · Whig
- Leander Babcock District 23 · Democrat
- Obadiah Bowne District 2 · Whig
- John Boyd District 14 · Whig
- Alexander Buell District 17 · Democrat
- Lorenzo Burrows District 34 · Whig
- John Floyd District 1 · Democrat
- Emanuel Hart District 3 · Democrat
- Augustus Hascall District 33 · Whig
- John Haws District 4 · Whig
- Jerediah Horsford District 29 · Whig
- Thomas Y. Howe, Jr. District 25 · Democrat
- Willard Ives District 19 · Democrat
- Timothy Jenkins District 20 · Democrat
- Frederick Martin District 31 · Whig
- Reuben Robie District 30 · Democrat
- Joseph Russell District 15 · Democrat
- William Sackett District 27 · Whig
- Abraham Schermerhorn District 28 · Whig
- John Schoolcraft District 13 · Whig
- Marius Schoonmaker District 10 · Whig
- David Seymour District 12 · Democrat
- William W. Snow District 21 · Democrat
- Abraham P. Stephens District 7 · Democrat
- Josiah Sutherland District 11 · Democrat
- Henry Walbridge District 26 · Whig
- John Wells District 16 · Whig
- Gilbert Dean District 8 · Democrat
- Daniel Jones District 24 · Democrat
- William Murray District 9 · Democrat
- Solomon Haven District 32 · Whig
- Henry Bennett District 22 · Whig
- Preston King District 18 · Democrat
- George Briggs District 5 · Whig
- James Brooks District 6 · Whig
North Carolina 2 senators, 9 representatives
- Willie Mangum Senator · Whig
- George Badger Senator · Whig
- Joseph Caldwell District 2 · Whig
- John Daniel District 6 · Democrat
- Alfred Dockery District 3 · Whig
- James Morehead District 4 · Whig
- David Outlaw District 9 · Whig
- Edward Stanly District 8 · Whig
- Abraham Venable District 5 · Democrat
- William Ashe District 7 · Democrat
- Thomas Clingman District 1 · Whig
Ohio 2 senators, 21 representatives
- Salmon Chase Senator · Free Soil
- Benjamin Wade Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Nelson Barrere District 7 · Whig
- Hiram Bell District 3 · Whig
- George Busby District 11 · Democrat
- Joseph Cable District 17 · Democrat
- David Cartter District 18 · Democrat
- James Gaylord District 13 · Democrat
- Alexander Harper District 14 · Whig
- William Hunter District 15 · Whig
- John Johnson District 16 · Ind. Democrat
- Eben Newton District 19 · Whig
- Charles Sweetser District 10 · Democrat
- Norton Townshend District 21 · Democrat
- John Welch District 12 · Whig
- David Disney District 1 · Democrat
- Alfred Edgerton District 5 · Democrat
- Frederick Green District 6 · Democrat
- Edson Olds District 9 · Democrat
- John Taylor District 8 · Whig
- Joshua Giddings District 20 · Free Soil
- Benjamin Stanton District 4 · Whig
- Lewis Campbell District 2 · Whig
Oregon 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Joseph Lane District -1 · Democrat
Pennsylvania 2 senators, 24 representatives
- James Cooper Senator · Whig
- Richard Brodhead Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Bibighaus District 14 · Whig
- Milo Dimmick District 10 · Democrat
- Alfred Gilmore District 24 · Democrat
- John W. Howe District 22 · Whig
- Joseph Kuhns District 19 · Whig
- James McLanahan District 16 · Democrat
- Henry Moore District 3 · Whig
- John Morrison District 7 · Democrat
- Andrew Parker District 17 · Democrat
- Thomas Ross District 6 · Democrat
- Joseph Chandler District 2 · Whig
- James Gamble District 13 · Democrat
- Thomas Howe District 21 · Whig
- William Kurtz District 15 · Democrat
- John McNair District 5 · Democrat
- John Allison District 20 · Whig
- Henry Fuller District 11 · Whig
- Jehu Jones District 9 · Democrat
- Thomas Florence District 1 · Democrat
- John Dawson District 18 · Democrat
- Thaddeus Stevens District 8 · Whig
- Carlton Curtis District 23 · Democrat
- John Robbins District 4 · Democrat
- Galusha Grow District 12 · Democrat
Rhode Island 2 senators, 2 representatives
- John Clarke Senator · Whig
- Charles James Senator · Democrat
- George King District 1 · Whig
- Benjamin Thurston District 2 · Democrat
South Carolina 3 senators, 7 representatives
- Robert Rhett Senator · Democrat
- William De Saussure Senator · Democrat
- Andrew Butler Senator · Democrat
- Armistead Burt District 5 · Democrat
- William Colcock District 7 · Democrat
- Daniel Wallace District 1 · Democrat
- Joseph Woodward District 3 · Democrat
- William Aiken District 6 · Democrat
- James Orr District 2 · Democrat
- John McQueen District 4 · Democrat
Tennessee 2 senators, 11 representatives
- James Jones Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Bell Senator · Whig
- Meredith Gentry District 7 · Whig
- William Polk District 6 · Ind. Democrat
- Christopher Williams District 11 · Whig
- William Churchwell District 3 · Democrat
- William Cullom District 8 · Whig
- Frederick Stanton District 10 · Democrat
- George Jones District 5 · Democrat
- John Savage District 4 · Democrat
- Albert Watkins District 2 · Whig
- Andrew Johnson District 1 · Democrat
- Isham Harris District 9 · Democrat
Texas 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Thomas Rusk Senator · Democrat
- Samuel Houston Senator · Democrat
- Volney Howard District 2 · Democrat
- Richardson Scurry District 1 · Democrat
Utah 0 senators, 1 representatives
- John Bernhisel District -1 · Whig
Vermont 2 senators, 4 representatives
- William Upham Senator · Whig
- Solomon Foot Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Thomas Bartlett, Jr. District 4 · Democrat
- William Hebard District 2 · Whig
- Ahiman Miner District 1 · Whig
- James Meacham District 3 · Whig
Virginia 2 senators, 16 representatives
- James Mason Senator · Democrat
- Robert Hunter Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Averett District 3 · Democrat
- James Beale District 14 · Democrat
- Alexander Holladay District 8 · Democrat
- Richard Meade District 2 · Democrat
- James Strother District 9 · Whig
- George Thompson District 15 · Democrat
- Thomas Bayly District 7 · Democrat
- Fayette McMullen District 13 · Democrat
- John Caskie District 6 · Democrat
- John Letcher District 11 · Democrat
- Paulus Powell District 5 · Democrat
- Thomas Bocock District 4 · Democrat
- Sherrard Clemens District 15 · Democrat
- Henry Edmundson District 12 · Democrat
- John Millson District 1 · Democrat
- Charles Faulkner District 10 · Whig
Wisconsin 2 senators, 3 representatives
- Isaac Walker Senator · Democrat
- Henry Dodge Senator · Democrat
- James Doty District 3 · Ind. Democrat
- Ben C. Eastman District 2 · Democrat
- Charles Durkee District 1 · Free Soil
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