36th Congress (1859–1861): members and party control
1859-03-04 to 1861-03-04. 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
- David Clopton District 3 · Democrat
- Williamson Cobb District 6 · Democrat
- Jabez Curry District 7 · Democrat
- Sydenham Moore District 4 · Democrat
- James Stallworth District 1 · Democrat
- George Houston District 5 · Democrat
- James Pugh District 2 · Democrat
Arkansas 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Robert Johnson Senator · Democrat
- William Sebastian Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Hindman District 1 · Democrat
- Albert Rust District 2 · Democrat
California 4 senators, 2 representatives
- David Broderick Senator · Democrat
- William Gwin Senator · Democrat
- Henry Haun Senator · Democrat
- Milton Latham Senator · Democrat
- John Burch District -1 · Democrat
- Charles Scott District -1 · Democrat
Connecticut 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Lafayette Foster Senator · Republican
- James Dixon Senator · Republican
- John Woodruff District 2 · Republican
- Alfred Burnham District 3 · Republican
- Dwight Loomis District 1 · Republican
- Orris Ferry District 4 · Republican
Delaware 2 senators, 1 representatives
- Willard Saulsbury, Sr. Senator · Democrat
- James Bayard, Jr. Senator · Democrat
- William Whiteley At-large · Democrat
Florida 2 senators, 1 representatives
- David Yulee Senator · Democrat
- Stephen Mallory Senator · Democrat
- George Hawkins District 1 · Democrat
Georgia 2 senators, 8 representatives
- Alfred Iverson, Sr. Senator · Democrat
- Robert Toombs Senator · Democrat
- Martin Crawford District 2 · Democrat
- Lucius Gartrell District 4 · Democrat
- James Jackson District 6 · Democrat
- John Jones District 8 · Democrat
- Peter Love District 1 · Democrat
- John Underwood District 5 · Democrat
- Joshua Hill District 7 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Thomas Hardeman, Jr. District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
Illinois 2 senators, 9 representatives
- Stephen Douglas Senator · Democrat
- Lyman Trumbull Senator · Republican
- Isaac Morris District 5 · Democrat
- Philip Fouke District 8 · Democrat
- William Kellogg District 4 · Republican
- John McClernand District 6 · Democrat
- Owen Lovejoy District 3 · Republican
- Elihu Washburne District 1 · Republican
- John Farnsworth District 2 · Republican
- James Robinson District 7 · Democrat
- John Logan District 9 · Democrat
Indiana 2 senators, 11 representatives
- Jesse Bright Senator · Democrat
- Graham Fitch Senator · Democrat
- Charles Case District 10 · Republican
- John Davis District 7 · Anti-Lecompton Democrat
- William English District 2 · Democrat
- David Kilgore District 5 · Republican
- John Pettit District 11 · Republican
- James Wilson District 8 · Republican
- William Dunn District 3 · Republican
- Albert Porter District 6 · Republican
- Schuyler Colfax District 9 · Republican
- William Niblack District 1 · Democrat
- William Holman District 4 · Democrat
Iowa 2 senators, 2 representatives
- James Grimes Senator · Republican
- James Harlan Senator · Republican
- Samuel Curtis District 1 · Republican
- William Vandever District 2 · Republican
Kansas 0 senators, 2 representatives
- Marcus Parrott District -1 · Republican
- Martin Conway District 1 · Republican
Kentucky 2 senators, 10 representatives
- Lazarus Powell Senator · Democrat
- John Crittenden Senator · American
- Green Adams District 6 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Anderson District 4 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Francis Bristow District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Laban Moore District 9 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Samuel Peyton District 2 · Democrat
- William Simms District 8 · Democrat
- Henry Burnett District 1 · Democrat
- Robert Mallory District 7 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- John Stevenson District 10 · Democrat
- John Brown District 5 · Democrat
Louisiana 2 senators, 4 representatives
- John Slidell Senator · Democrat
- Judah Benjamin Senator · Democrat
- John Bouligny District 1 · American
- Thomas Davidson District 3 · Democrat
- John Landrum District 4 · Democrat
- Miles Taylor District 2 · Democrat
Maine 2 senators, 7 representatives
- William Fessenden Senator · Republican
- Hannibal Hamlin Senator · Republican
- Stephen Coburn District 5 · Republican
- Stephen Foster District 6 · Republican
- Ezra French District 3 · Republican
- Freeman Morse District 4 · Republican
- John Perry District 2 · Republican
- Daniel Somes District 1 · Republican
- Israel Washburn, Jr. District 5 · Republican
Maryland 2 senators, 6 representatives
- Anthony Kennedy Senator · Unionist
- James Pearce Senator · Democrat
- James Harris District 3 · American
- George Hughes District 6 · Democrat
- Jacob Kunkel District 5 · Democrat
- James Stewart District 1 · Democrat
- Henry Davis District 4 · American
- Edwin Webster District 2 · American
Massachusetts 2 senators, 11 representatives
- Charles Sumner Senator · Republican
- Henry Wilson Senator · Republican
- Anson Burlingame District 5 · Republican
- Eli Thayer District 9 · Republican
- Charles Adams District 3 · Republican
- Charles Delano District 10 · Republican
- Charles Train District 8 · Republican
- John Alley District 6 · Republican
- Alexander Rice District 4 · Republican
- Thomas Eliot District 1 · Republican
- Daniel Gooch District 7 · Republican
- James Buffinton District 2 · Republican
- Henry Dawes District 11 · Republican
Michigan 2 senators, 5 representatives
- Kinsley Bingham Senator · Republican
- Zachariah Chandler Senator · Republican
- George Cooper District 1 · Democrat
- William Howard District 1 · Republican
- De Leach District 4 · Republican
- Francis Kellogg District 3 · Republican
- Henry Waldron District 2 · Republican
Minnesota 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Henry Rice Senator · Democrat
- Morton Wilkinson Senator · Republican
- Cyrus Aldrich District -1 · Republican
- William Windom District -1 · Republican
Mississippi 2 senators, 5 representatives
- Jefferson Davis Senator · Democrat
- Albert Brown Senator · Democrat
- William Barksdale District 3 · Democrat
- Reuben Davis District 2 · Democrat
- John McRae District 5 · Democrat
- Lucius Lamar District 1 · Democrat
- Otho Singleton District 4 · Democrat
Missouri 2 senators, 8 representatives
- James Green Senator · Democrat
- Trusten Polk Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Anderson District 2 · Ind. Democrat
- John Barret District 1 · Democrat
- James Craig District 4 · Democrat
- Samuel Woodson District 5 · American
- John Clark District 3 · Democrat
- John Phelps District 6 · Democrat
- John Noell District 7 · Democrat
- Francis Blair, Jr. District 1 · Republican
Nebraska 0 senators, 2 representatives
- Experience Estabrook District -1 ·
- Samuel Daily District -1 · Republican
New Hampshire 2 senators, 3 representatives
- John Hale Senator · Republican
- Daniel Clark Senator · Republican
- Mason Tappan District 2 · Republican
- Thomas Edwards District 3 · Republican
- Gilman Marston District 1 · Republican
New Jersey 2 senators, 5 representatives
- John Thomson Senator · Democrat
- John Ten Eyck Senator · Republican
- Garnett Adrain District 3 · Anti-Lecompton Democrat
- William Pennington District 5 · Republican
- Jetur Riggs District 4 · Anti-Lecompton Democrat
- John Nixon District 1 · Republican
- John Stratton District 2 · Republican
New Mexico 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Miguel Otero District -1 ·
New York 2 senators, 34 representatives
- William Seward Senator · Republican
- Preston King Senator · Republican
- Thomas Barr District 4 · Ind. Democrat
- Charles Beale District 12 · Republican
- George Briggs District 7 · Republican
- Silas Burroughs District 31 · Republican
- Martin Butterfield District 25 · Republican
- Luther Carter District 1 · Republican
- Horace Clark District 8 · Anti-Lecompton Democrat
- Clark Cochrane District 18 · Republican
- John Cochrane District 6 · Democrat
- James Graham District 19 · Republican
- John Haskin District 9 · Anti-Lecompton Democrat
- Charles Hoard District 23 · Republican
- William Irvine District 28 · Republican
- William Kenyon District 11 · Republican
- Moses Lee District 22 · Republican
- William Maclay District 5 · Democrat
- George Palmer District 16 · Republican
- Emory Pottle District 26 · Republican
- Edwin Reynolds District 31 · Republican
- John Reynolds District 14 · Anti-Lecompton Democrat
- Francis Spinner District 17 · Republican
- Alfred Wells District 27 · Republican
- Alfred Ely District 29 · Republican
- James McKean District 15 · Republican
- Abram Olin District 13 · Republican
- Charles Sedgwick District 24 · Republican
- Elbridge Spaulding District 32 · Republican
- Augustus Frank District 30 · Republican
- James Humphrey District 2 · Republican
- Reuben Fenton District 33 · Republican
- Rodolphus Duell District 21 · Republican
- Roscoe Conkling District 20 · Republican
- Charles Van Wyck District 10 · Republican
- Daniel Sickles District 3 · Democrat
North Carolina 2 senators, 8 representatives
- Thomas Clingman Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Bragg Senator · Democrat
- Lawrence Branch District 4 · Democrat
- Francis Craige District 7 · Democrat
- John Gilmer District 5 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Thomas Ruffin District 2 · Democrat
- William Smith District 1 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Warren Winslow District 3 · Democrat
- James Leach District 6 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Zebulon Vance District 8 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
Ohio 2 senators, 22 representatives
- George Pugh Senator · Democrat
- Benjamin Wade Senator · Republican
- John Carey District 9 · Republican
- William Helmick District 15 · Republican
- William Howard District 6 · Democrat
- Charles Martin District 11 · Democrat
- Cyrus Spink District 14 · Republican
- Benjamin Stanton District 8 · Republican
- Thomas Theaker District 17 · Republican
- Cydnor Tompkins District 16 · Republican
- Edward Wade District 19 · Republican
- William Allen District 4 · Democrat
- Harrison Blake District 14 · Republican
- Thomas Corwin District 7 · Republican
- Sidney Edgerton District 18 · Republican
- John Gurley District 2 · Republican
- John Hutchins District 20 · Republican
- Carey Trimble District 10 · Republican
- Clement Vallandigham District 3 · Democrat
- James Ashley District 5 · Republican
- John Bingham District 21 · Republican
- George Pendleton District 1 · Democrat
- Samuel Cox District 12 · Democrat
- John Sherman District 13 · Republican
Oregon 3 senators, 1 representatives
- Joseph Lane Senator · Democrat
- Delazon Smith Senator · Democrat
- Edward Baker Senator · Republican
- Lansing Stout District 1 · Democrat
Pennsylvania 2 senators, 27 representatives
- William Bigler Senator · Democrat
- Simon Cameron Senator · Republican
- John Dick District -1 · Whig
- William Dimmick District 13 · Democrat
- Thomas Florence District 1 · Democrat
- Chapin Hall District 24 · Republican
- Benjamin Junkin District 16 · Republican
- Henry Longnecker District 7 · Republican
- Jacob McKenty District 8 · Democrat
- William Millward District 4 · Republican
- William Montgomery District 20 · Democrat
- John Schwartz District 8 · Anti-Lecompton Democrat
- William Stewart District 23 · Republican
- John Wood District 5 · Republican
- Elijah Babbitt District 25 · Republican
- Samuel Blair District 18 · Republican
- James Campbell District 11 · Republican
- John Hickman District 6 · Anti-Lecompton Democrat
- Robert McKnight District 22 · Republican
- Edward McPherson District 17 · Republican
- Edward Morris District 2 · Republican
- George Scranton District 12 · Republican
- John Verree District 3 · Republican
- James Hale District 15 · Republican
- James Moorhead District 21 · Republican
- Thaddeus Stevens District 9 · Republican
- John Covode District 19 · Republican
- John Killinger District 10 · Republican
- Galusha Grow District 14 · Republican
Rhode Island 2 senators, 2 representatives
- James Simmons Senator · Republican
- Henry Anthony Senator · Republican
- William Brayton District 2 · Republican
- Christopher Robinson District 1 · Republican
South Carolina 2 senators, 6 representatives
- James Hammond Senator · Democrat
- James Chesnut, Jr. Senator · Democrat
- John Ashmore District 5 · Democrat
- Milledge Bonham District 4 · Democrat
- William Boyce District 6 · Democrat
- Laurence Keitt District 3 · Democrat
- John McQueen District 1 · Democrat
- William Miles District 2 · Democrat
Tennessee 2 senators, 10 representatives
- Alfred Nicholson Senator · Democrat
- Andrew Johnson Senator · Democrat
- William Avery District 10 · Democrat
- Reese Brabson District 3 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Emerson Etheridge District 9 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Robert Hatton District 5 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- James Quarles District 8 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- James Thomas District 6 · Democrat
- John Wright District 7 · Democrat
- Thomas Nelson District 1 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- William Stokes District 4 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Horace Maynard District 2 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
Texas 3 senators, 2 representatives
- Matthias Ward Senator · Democrat
- John Hemphill Senator · Democrat
- Louis Wigfall Senator · Democrat
- Andrew Hamilton District 2 · Ind. Democrat
- John Reagan District 1 · Democrat
Utah 0 senators, 1 representatives
- William Hooper District -1 · Democrat
Vermont 2 senators, 3 representatives
- Jacob Collamer Senator · Republican
- Solomon Foot Senator · Republican
- Homer Royce District 3 · Republican
- Eliakim Walton District 1 · Republican
- Justin Morrill District 2 · Republican
Virginia 2 senators, 14 representatives
- James Mason Senator · Democrat
- Robert Hunter Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Bocock District 5 · Democrat
- Alexander Boteler District 8 · Ind. Republican-Democrat
- Sherrard Clemens District 10 · Democrat
- Henry Edmundson District 12 · Democrat
- Muscoe Garnett District 1 · Democrat
- William Goode District 4 · Democrat
- Albert Jenkins District 11 · Democrat
- Shelton Leake District 6 · Ind. Democrat
- Elbert Martin District 13 · Ind. Democrat
- John Millson District 2 · Democrat
- Roger Pryor District 4 · Democrat
- William Smith District 7 · Democrat
- Daniel De Jarnette District 3 · Ind. Democrat
- John Harris District 9 · Ind. Democrat
Washington 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Isaac Stevens District -1 · Democrat
Wisconsin 2 senators, 3 representatives
- Charles Durkee Senator · Republican
- James Doolittle Senator · Republican
- Charles Larrabee District 3 · Democrat
- John Potter District 1 · Republican
- Cadwallader Washburn District 2 · Republican
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