34th Congress (1855–1857): members and party control
1855-03-04 to 1857-03-04. 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
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick Senator · Democrat
- Clement Clay, Jr. Senator · Democrat
- Sampson Harris District 7 · Democrat
- William Smith District 4 · American
- Percy Walker District 1 · American
- James Dowdell District 3 · Democrat
- Eli Shorter District 2 · Democrat
- Williamson Cobb District 6 · Democrat
- George Houston District 5 · Democrat
Arkansas 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Robert Johnson Senator · Democrat
- William Sebastian Senator · Democrat
- Alfred Greenwood District 1 · Democrat
- Albert Rust District 2 · Democrat
California 1 senators, 2 representatives
- John B. Weller Senator · Democrat
- James Denver District -1 · Democrat
- Philemon Herbert District -1 · Democrat
Connecticut 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Isaac Toucey Senator · Democrat
- Lafayette Foster Senator · Republican
- William Welch District 4 · American
- Ezra Clark, Jr. District 1 · American
- Sidney Dean District 3 · American
- John Woodruff District 2 · American
Delaware 3 senators, 1 representatives
- John Clayton Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Joseph Comegys Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- James Bayard, Jr. Senator · Democrat
- Elisha Cullen At-large · American
Florida 2 senators, 1 representatives
- David Yulee Senator · Democrat
- Stephen Mallory Senator · Democrat
- Augustus Maxwell District 1 · Democrat
Georgia 2 senators, 8 representatives
- Alfred Iverson, Sr. Senator · Democrat
- Robert Toombs Senator · Democrat
- Howell Cobb District 6 · Democrat
- Nathaniel Foster District 7 · American
- John Lumpkin District 5 · Democrat
- Hiram Warner District 4 · Democrat
- James Seward District 1 · Democrat
- Robert Trippe District 3 · American
- Martin Crawford District 2 · Democrat
- Alexander Stephens District 8 · Democrat
Illinois 2 senators, 10 representatives
- Stephen Douglas Senator · Democrat
- Lyman Trumbull Senator · Republican
- Jacob Davis District 5 · Democrat
- James Knox District 4 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- James Woodworth District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Thomas Harris District 6 · Democrat
- James Morrison District 8 · Democrat
- James Allen District 7 · Democrat
- Jesse Norton District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Richardson District 5 · Democrat
- Elihu Washburne District 1 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Samuel Marshall District 9 · Democrat
Indiana 1 senators, 11 representatives
- Jesse Bright Senator · Democrat
- Lucien Barbour District 6 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Cumback District 4 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- George Dunn District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- David Holloway District 5 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Daniel Mace District 8 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Smith Miller District 1 · Democrat
- Harvey Scott District 7 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Samuel Brenton District 10 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William English District 2 · Democrat
- John Pettit District 11 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Schuyler Colfax District 9 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
Iowa 2 senators, 2 representatives
- George Jones Senator · Democrat
- James Harlan Senator · Republican
- Augustus Hall District 1 · Democrat
- James Thorington District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
Kansas 0 senators, 1 representatives
- John Whitfield District -1 · Democrat
Kentucky 2 senators, 10 representatives
- John Thompson Senator · American
- John Crittenden Senator · American
- John Campbell, Jr. District 2 · American
- Leander Cox District 9 · American
- Alexander Marshall District 8 · American
- Samuel Swope District 10 · American
- John Elliott District 6 · Democrat
- Joshua Jewett District 5 · Democrat
- Humphrey Marshall District 7 · American
- Albert Talbott District 4 · Democrat
- Warner Underwood District 3 · American
- Henry Burnett District 1 · Democrat
Louisiana 2 senators, 4 representatives
- John Slidell Senator · Democrat
- Judah Benjamin Senator · Democrat
- George Eustis, Jr. District 1 · American
- John Sandidge District 4 · Democrat
- Thomas Davidson District 3 · Democrat
- Miles Taylor District 2 · Democrat
Maine 2 senators, 6 representatives
- William Fessenden Senator · Republican
- Hannibal Hamlin Senator · Democrat
- Samuel Benson District 4 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Thomas Fuller District 6 · Democrat
- Ebenezer Knowlton District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John M. Wood District 1 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Perry District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Israel Washburn, Jr. District 5 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
Maryland 2 senators, 6 representatives
- Thomas Pratt Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- James Pearce Senator · Democrat
- Henry Hoffman District 5 · American
- Thomas Bowie District 6 · Democrat
- James Ricaud District 2 · American
- James Harris District 3 · American
- James Stewart District 1 · Democrat
- Henry Davis District 4 · American
Massachusetts 3 senators, 11 representatives
- Julius Rockwell Senator · Whig
- Charles Sumner Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Henry Wilson Senator · Republican
- Alexander De Witt District 9 · American
- Mark Trafton District 11 · American
- Calvin Chaffee District 10 · American
- Linus Comins District 4 · American
- William Damrell District 3 · American
- Timothy Davis District 6 · American
- Robert Hall District 1 · American
- Chauncey Knapp District 8 · American
- Anson Burlingame District 5 · American
- James Buffinton District 2 · American
- Nathaniel Banks District 7 · American
Michigan 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Lewis Cass Senator · Democrat
- Charles Stuart Senator · Democrat
- George Peck District 4 · Democrat
- David Walbridge District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Howard District 1 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Henry Waldron District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
Minnesota 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Henry Rice District -1 · Democrat
Mississippi 2 senators, 5 representatives
- Stephen Adams Senator · Democrat
- Albert Brown Senator · Democrat
- Hendley Bennett District 2 · Democrat
- William Lake District 4 · American
- Daniel Wright District 1 · Democrat
- John Quitman District 5 · Democrat
- William Barksdale District 3 · Democrat
Missouri 1 senators, 8 representatives
- Henry Geyer Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Thomas Akers District 5 · American
- Luther Kennett District 1 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- James Lindley District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Miller District 5 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Mordecai Oliver District 4 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Gilchrist Porter District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Samuel Caruthers District 7 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Phelps District 6 · Democrat
Nebraska 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Bird Chapman District -1 · Democrat
New Hampshire 3 senators, 3 representatives
- James Bell Senator · Republican
- John Wells Senator · Democrat
- John Hale Senator · Republican
- James Pike District 1 · American
- Mason Tappan District 2 · American
- Aaron Cragin District 3 · American
New Jersey 2 senators, 5 representatives
- John Thomson Senator · Democrat
- William Wright Senator · Democrat
- James Bishop District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Alexander Pennington District 5 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- George Vail District 4 · Democrat
- Isaiah Clawson District 1 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- George Robbins District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
New Mexico 0 senators, 2 representatives
- Miguel Otero District -1 · Democrat
- José Gallegos District -1 · Democrat
New York 2 senators, 33 representatives
- Hamilton Fish Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Seward Senator · Republican
- Thomas Child, Jr. District 7 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Bayard Clarke District 9 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Samuel Dickson District 14 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Francis Edwards District 33 · American
- Thomas Flagler District 31 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Gilbert District 23 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Solomon Haven District 32 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Thomas Horton District 18 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Jonas Hughston District 19 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Rufus H. King District 11 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Andrew McCarty District 22 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Killian Miller District 12 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Andrew Oliver District 26 · Democrat
- Guy Pelton District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Benjamin Pringle District 30 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Russell Sage District 13 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- George Simmons District 16 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- James Stranahan District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Valk District 1 · American
- Abram Wakeman District 8 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Wheeler District 6 · Democrat
- Thomas Whitney District 5 · American
- John Williams District 29 · Democrat
- Henry Bennett District 21 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Edward Dodd District 15 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Amos Granger District 24 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Kelly District 4 · Democrat
- Orsamus Matteson District 20 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Edwin Morgan District 25 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Ambrose Murray District 10 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Parker District 27 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Francis Spinner District 17 · Democrat
- William Kelsey District 28 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
North Carolina 2 senators, 8 representatives
- David Reid Senator · Democrat
- Asa Biggs Senator · Democrat
- Robert Paine District 1 · American
- Richard Puryear District 6 · American
- Edwin Reade District 5 · American
- Thomas Clingman District 8 · Democrat
- Lawrence Branch District 4 · Democrat
- Francis Craige District 7 · Democrat
- Thomas Ruffin District 2 · Democrat
- Warren Winslow District 3 · Democrat
Ohio 2 senators, 21 representatives
- George Pugh Senator · Democrat
- Benjamin Wade Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Charles Albright District 17 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Edward Ball District 16 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Timothy Day District 1 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Jonas Emrie District 6 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Samuel Galloway District 12 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Harrison District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Oscar Moore District 10 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Sapp District 15 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Cooper Watson District 9 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Philemon Bliss District 14 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Joshua Giddings District 20 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Aaron Harlan District 7 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Benjamin Leiter District 18 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Richard Mott District 5 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Matthias H. Nichols District 4 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Benjamin Stanton District 8 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Edward Wade District 19 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Valentine Horton District 11 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Bingham District 21 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Lewis Campbell District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Sherman District 13 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
Oregon 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Joseph Lane District -1 · Democrat
Pennsylvania 2 senators, 25 representatives
- Richard Brodhead Senator · Democrat
- William Bigler Senator · Democrat
- John Allison District 23 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- David Barclay District 24 · Democrat
- Samuel Bradshaw District 7 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Jacob Broom District 4 · American
- John Cadwalader District 5 · Democrat
- Henry Fuller District 12 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Jonathan Knight District 20 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Asa Packer District 13 · Democrat
- John Pearce District 15 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- David Robison District 17 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Job Tyson District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Edie District 18 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Jehu Jones District 8 · Democrat
- John Kunkel District 10 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Samuel Purviance District 22 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- David Ritchie District 21 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Anthony Roberts District 9 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Dick District 25 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Thomas Florence District 1 · Democrat
- William Millward District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- James Campbell District 11 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Hickman District 6 · Democrat
- John Covode District 19 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Lemuel Todd District 16 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Galusha Grow District 14 · Democrat
Rhode Island 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Charles James Senator · Democrat
- Philip Allen Senator · Democrat
- Benjamin Thurston District 2 · American
- Nathaniel Durfee District 1 · American
South Carolina 2 senators, 6 representatives
- Josiah Evans Senator · Democrat
- Andrew Butler Senator · Democrat
- William Aiken District 2 · Democrat
- Preston Brooks District 4 · Democrat
- James Orr District 5 · Democrat
- William Boyce District 6 · Democrat
- Laurence Keitt District 3 · Democrat
- John McQueen District 1 · Democrat
Tennessee 2 senators, 10 representatives
- James Jones Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Bell Senator · American
- Thomas Rivers District 10 · American
- William Sneed District 2 · American
- George Jones District 6 · Democrat
- Charles Ready District 5 · American
- John Savage District 4 · Democrat
- Samuel Smith District 3 · Democrat
- Albert Watkins District 1 · Democrat
- Felix Zollicoffer District 8 · American
- Emerson Etheridge District 9 · American
- John Wright District 7 · Democrat
Texas 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Thomas Rusk Senator · Democrat
- Samuel Houston Senator · American
- Peter Bell District 2 · Democrat
- Lemuel Evans District 1 · American
Utah 0 senators, 1 representatives
- John Bernhisel District -1 · Whig
Vermont 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Jacob Collamer Senator · Republican
- Solomon Foot Senator · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- George Hodges District 1 · Republican
- James Meacham District 1 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Alvah Sabin District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Justin Morrill District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
Virginia 2 senators, 14 representatives
- James Mason Senator · Democrat
- Robert Hunter Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Bayly District 1 · Democrat
- Zedekiah Kidwell District 10 · Democrat
- Fayette McMullen District 13 · Democrat
- John Caskie District 3 · Democrat
- John Letcher District 9 · Democrat
- Paulus Powell District 6 · Democrat
- Thomas Bocock District 5 · Democrat
- Henry Edmundson District 12 · Democrat
- Muscoe Garnett District 1 · Democrat
- William Goode District 4 · Democrat
- John Millson District 2 · Democrat
- William Smith District 7 · Democrat
- John Carlile District 11 · American
- Charles Faulkner District 8 · Democrat
Washington 0 senators, 1 representatives
- James Anderson District -1 · Democrat
Wisconsin 2 senators, 3 representatives
- Henry Dodge Senator · Democrat
- Charles Durkee Senator · Republican
- Daniel Wells, Jr. District 1 · Democrat
- Charles Billinghurst District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Cadwallader Washburn District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
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