24th United States Congress

The 24th Congress of the United States , consisting of the House and Senate , was the legislature of the United States . Its legislative period lasted from March 4, 1835 to March 4, 1837. All members of the House of Representatives and a third of the senators ( Class II ) were elected in the 1834 congressional elections. There was a majority in both chambers for the Democratic Party , whose supporters are often referred to as Jacksonians at the time. The congress met in the American capital Washington, DC At that time the United States consisted of 24 states. In the course of the legislative period, two other states were added, Arkansas and Michigan . Andrew Jackson was the president . The distribution of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1830 census .

Important events

See also 1835 1836 and 1837

• March 4, 1835: beginning of the legislative period of the 24th Congress
• The Indian wars continue throughout the legislative period . See also the path of tears .
• 1835: The so-called Toledo War takes place over the city of Toledo between the US state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory .
• October 2, 1835: Beginning of the Texan War of Independence . It goes until April 21, 1836, when Mexico must recognize the independent Republic of Texas .
• February 3, 1836: The fledgling United States Whig Party holds its first regional convention in Albany , New York . December 4th is the first federal party conference in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania .
• February 23, 1836: Beginning of the Battle of Alamo . It lasts until March 6th and ends with the Texans being defeated by Mexican troops.
• April 20, 1836: Establishment of the Wisconsin Territory .
• June 15, 1836: Arkansas becomes the 25th state in the USA.
• November 3 - December 7, 1836: Vice President Martin Van Buren prevails over William Henry Harrison in the US presidential election . However, there is no winner for the office of Vice President. He was not elected by the Senate until February 8, 1837 (a process that is unique in American history to this day). Finally, the Democrat Richard Mentor Johnson is elected .
• 1836: In the congressional elections there is a majority for the Democratic Party in both chambers.
• January 26, 1837: Michigan becomes the 26th state in the United States.

Composition according to parties

senate

• Democratic Party (Jacksonians): Dec.
• Anti-Jacksonians: Jan.
• Others: 2 ( Nullifiers from South Carolina)
• Vacant: 0

Total: 52 at the end of the legislative period.

House of Representatives

• Democratic Party (Jacksonians): 139
• Anti-Jacksonians: 79
• Anti-Masonic Party : 15
• Others: 8 (mostly Nullifiers from South Carolina)
• Vacant: 1

Total: 242 at the end of the legislative period.

There were also four congressional delegates who were not entitled to vote

Public officials

senate

• President of the Senate : Martin Van Buren (D)
• President pro tempore : William R. King (D)

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House of Representatives : James K. Polk (D)

Senate members

The following senators represented their respective states in the 24th Congress:

Alabama 2. William R. King (D) 3. Gabriel Moore (D) Arkansas 2. William Savin Fulton (D) from September 18, 1836 3. Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D) from September 18, 1836 Connecticut 1. Nathan Smith (AJ) until December 6, 1835 John Milton Niles (D) from December 21, 1835 3. Gideon Tomlinson (AJ) Delaware 1. Arnold Naudain (AJ) until June 16, 1836 Richard H. Bayard (AJ) from June 17, 1836 2. John Middleton Clayton (AJ) until December 29, 1836 Thomas Clayton (AJ) from January 9, 1837 Georgia 2. John Pendleton King (D) 3. Alfred Cuthbert (D) Illinois 2. John McCracken Robinson (D) 3. Elias Kane (D) until December 12, 1835 William Lee D. Ewing (D) from December 30, 1835 Indiana 1. John Tipton (D) 3. William Hendricks (AJ) Kentucky 2. John J. Crittenden (AJ) 3. Henry Clay (AJ) Louisiana 2. Robert C. Nicholas (D) from January 13, 1836 3. Alexander Porter (AJ) until January 5, 1837 Alexander Mouton (D) from January 12, 1837 Maine 1. Ether Shepley (D) until March 3, 1836 Judah Dana (D) from December 7, 1836 2. John Ruggles (D) Maryland 1. Joseph Kent (AJ) 3. Robert Henry Goldsborough (AJ) until October 5, 1836 John S. Spence (AJ) from December 31, 1836 Massachusetts 1. Daniel Webster (AJ) 2. John Davis (AJ) Michigan 1. Lucius Lyon (D) from January 26, 1837 2. John Norvell (D) from January 26, 1837

Mississippi 1. John Black (AJ) 2. Robert J. Walker (D) Missouri 1. Thomas Hart Benton (D) 3. Lewis F. Linn (D) New Hampshire 2. Henry Hubbard (D) 3. Isaac Hill (D) until May 30, 1836 John Page (D) from June 8, 1836 New Jersey 1. Samuel L. Southard (AJ) 2. Garret D. Wall (D) new York 1. Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (D) 3. Silas Wright (D) North Carolina 2. Bedford Brown (D) 3. Willie Person Mangum (AJ) until November 26, 1836 Robert Strange (D) from December 5, 1836 Ohio 1. Thomas Morris (D) 3. Thomas Ewing (AJ) Pennsylvania 1. Samuel McKean (D) 3. James Buchanan (D) Rhode Island 1. Asher Robbins (AJ) 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (AJ) South carolina 2. John C. Calhoun (N = Nullifier) 3. William C. Preston (N) Tennessee 1. Felix Grundy (D) 2. Hugh Lawson White (AJ) Vermont 1. Benjamin Swift (AJ) 3. Samuel Prentiss (AJ) Virginia 1. John Tyler (AJ) until February 29, 1836 William Cabell Rives (D) from March 4, 1836 2. Benjamin W. Leigh (AJ) until July 4, 1836 Richard E. Parker (D) from December 12, 1836

Members of the House of Representatives

The following congressmen represented the interests of their respective states in the 24th Congress:

Alabama 5 constituencies 1. Reuben Chapman (D) 2. Joshua L. Martin (D) 3. Joab Lawler (D) 4. Dixon Hall Lewis (N) = Nullifier Party 5. Francis Strother Lyon (AJ) Arkansas state-wide election Archibald Yell (D) from August 1, 1836 Connecticut All MPs were state-elected. Elisha Haley (D) Samuel Ingham (D) Andrew T. Judson (D) until July 4, 1836 Orrin Holt (D) from December 5, 1836 Lancelot Phelps (D) Isaac Toucey (D) Zalmon Wildman (D) until December 10, 1835 Thomas T. Whittlesey (D) from April 29, 1836 Delaware state-wide choice John J. Milligan (AJ) Georgia State Election John E. Coffee (D) until September 25, 1836 William Crosby Dawson (SR = State Rights Party) from November 7, 1836 Seaton Grantland (D) Charles Eaton Haynes (D) Jabez Young Jackson (D) from October 5, 1835 George Welshman Owens (D) John WA Sanford (D) until July 25, 1835 Thomas Glascock (D) from October 5, 1835 William Schley (D) until July 1, 1835 Jesse Franklin Cleveland (D) from October 5, 1835 James C. Terrell until July 8, 1835 Hopkins Holsey (D) from October 5, 1835 George W. Towns (D) until September 1, 1835 Julius Caesar Alford (AJ) from January 2, 1837 Illinois 3 constituencies 1. John Reynolds (D) 2. Zadok Casey (D) 3. William L. May (D) Indiana 7 constituencies 1. Ratliff Boon (D) 2. John Wesley Davis (D) 3. John Carr (D) 4. Amos Lane (D) 5. Johnathan McCarty (D) 6. George L. Kinnard (D) until November 26, 1836 William Herod (AJ) from January 25, 1837 7. Edward A. Hannegan (D) Kentucky 13 constituencies 1. Linn Boyd (D) 2. Albert Gallatin Hawes (D) 3. Joseph R. Underwood (AJ) 4. Sherrod Williams (AJ) 5. James Harlan (AJ) 6. John Calhoon (AJ) 7. Benjamin Hardin (AJ) 8. William J. Graves (AJ) 9. John White (AJ) 10. Chilton Allan (AJ) 11. Richard French (D) 12. John Chambers (AJ) 13. Richard Mentor Johnson (D) Louisiana 3 constituencies 1. Henry Johnson (AJ) 2. Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (D) 3. Rice Garland (AJ) Maine 8 constituencies 1. John Fairfield (D) 2. Francis Smith (D) 3. Jeremiah Bailey (AJ) 4. George Evans (AJ) 5. Moses Mason (D) 6. Leonard Jarvis (D) 7. Joseph Hall (D) 8. Gorham Parks (D) Maryland 7 constituencies. The 4th constituency had two MPs 1. John Nevett Steele (AJ) 2. James Pearce (AJ) 3. James Turner (D) 4A. Benjamin Chew Howard (D) 4B. Isaac McKim (D) 5. George Corbin Washington (AJ) 6. Francis Thomas (D) 8. Daniel Jenifer (AJ) Massachusetts 12 constituencies 1. Abbott Lawrence (AJ) 2. Stephen C. Phillips (AJ) 3. Caleb Cushing (AJ) 4. Samuel Hoar (AJ) 5. Levi Lincoln Jr. (AJ) 6. George Grennell (AJ) 7. George N. Briggs (AJ) 8. William B. Calhoun (AJ) 9. William Jackson (AM) 10. Nathaniel B. Borden (D) 11. John Reed (AM) 12. John Quincy Adams (AM) Michigan state wide election Isaac E. Crary (D) from January 26, 1837 Mississippi State Election John Claiborne (D) David Dickson (AJ) until July 31, 1836 Samuel Jameson Gholson (D) from December 1, 1836 Missouri State Election William Henry Ashley (D) Albert Galliton Harrison (D) New Hampshire All MPs were state-elected. Benning M. Bean (D) Robert Burns (D) Samuel Cushman (D) Franklin Pierce (D) Joseph Weeks (D) New Jersey All MPs were elected state-wide Philemon Dickerson (D) until November 3, 1836 William Chetwood (AJ) from December 5, 1836 Samuel Fowler (D) Thomas Lee (D) James Parker (D) Ferdinand Schureman Schenck (D) William Norton Shinn (D) New York 33 constituencies. The 3rd constituency had four MPs and the 8th, 17th, 22nd and 23rd two each. 1. Abel Huntington (D) 2. Samuel Barton (D) 3A. Churchill C. Cambreleng (D) 3B. Campbell P. White (D) until 1835, exact date unknown Gideon Lee (D) from November 4, 1835 3C. John McKeon (D) 3D. Ely Moore (D) 4. Aaron Ward (D) 5. Abraham Bockee (D) 6. John Brown (D) 7. Nicholas Sickles (D) 8A. Valentine Efner (D) 8B. Aaron Van der Poel (D) 9. Hiram P. Hunt (AJ) 10. Gerrit Y. Lansing (D) 11. John Cramer (D) 12. David Abel Russell (AJ) 13. Dudley Farlin (D) 14. Ransomware H. Gillet (D) 15. Matthias J. Bovee (D) 16. Abijah Mann (D) 17A. Samuel Beardsley (D) until March 29, 1836 Rutger B. Miller (D) from November 9, 1836 17B. Joel Turrill (D) 18. Daniel Wardwell (D) 19. Sherman Page (D) 20. William Seymour (D) 21. William Mason (D) 22A. Stephen B. Leonard (D) 22B. Joseph Reynolds (D) 23A. William K. Fuller (D) 23B. William Taylor (D) 24. Ulysses F. Doubleday (D) 25. Graham H. Chapin (D) 26. Francis Granger (AJ) 27. Joshua Lee (D) 28. Timothy Childs (AJ) 29. George W. Lay (AJ) 30. Philo C. Fuller (AJ) until September 2, 1836 John Young (AJ) from November 9, 1836 31. Abner Hazeltine (AJ) 32. Thomas C. Love (AJ) 33. Gideon Hard (AJ)

North Carolina 13 constituencies 1. William Biddle Shepard (AJ) 2. Jesse Atherton Bynum (D) 3. Ebenezer Pettigrew (AJ) 4. Jesse Speight (D) 5. James Iver McKay (D) 6. Micajah Thomas Hawkins (D) 7. Edmund Deberry (AJ) 8. William Montgomery (D) 9. Augustine Henry Shepperd (AJ) 10. Abraham Rencher (AJ) 11. Henry William Connor (D) 12. James Graham (AJ) 13. Lewis Williams (AJ) Ohio 19 constituencies 1. Bellamy Storer (AJ) 2. Taylor Webster (D) 3. Joseph Halsey Crane (AJ) 4. Thomas Corwin (AJ) 5. Thomas L. Hamer (D) 6. Samuel Finley Vinton (AJ) 7. William K. Bond (AJ) 8. Jeremiah McLene (D) 9. John Chaney (D) 10. Samson Mason (AJ) 11. William Kennon (D) 12. Elias Howell (AJ) 13. David Spangler (AJ) 14. William Patterson (D) 15. Jonathan Sloane (AM) 16. Elisha Whittlesey (AJ) 17. John Thomson (D) 18. Benjamin Jones (D) 19. Daniel Kilgore (D) Pennsylvania 25 constituencies. The 2nd constituency had MPs and the 4th three. * 1. Joel Barlow Sutherland (D) 2A. James Harper (AJ) 2 B. Joseph Reed Ingersoll (AJ) 3. Michael Woolston Ash (D) 4A. Edward Darlington (AM) 4B. William Hiester (AM) 4C. David Potts (AM) 5. Jacob Fry (D) 6. Mathias Morris (AJ) 7. David Douglas Wagener (D) 8. Edward Burd Hubley (D) 9. Henry AP Muhlenberg (D) 10. William Clark (AM) 11. Henry Logan (D) 12. George Chambers (AM) 13. Jesse Miller (D) until October 30, 1836 James Black (D) from December 5, 1836 14. Joseph Henderson (D) 15. Andrew Beaumont (D) 16. Joseph Biles Anthony (D) 17. John Laporte (D) 18. Job man (D) 19. John Klingensmith (D) 20. Andrew Buchanan (D) 21. Thomas McKennan (AM) 22. Harmar Denny (AM) 23. Samuel Smith Harrison (D) 24. John Banks (AM) until 1836, exact date unknown John James Pearson (AJ) from December 5, 1836 25. John Galbraith (D) Rhode Island All MPs were state-elected. Dutee Jerauld Pearce (AM) William Sprague (AM) South Carolina 9 constituencies 1. Henry L. Pinckney (N) = Nullifier Party 2. William J. Grayson (N) 3. Robert B. Campbell (N) 4. James Henry Hammond (N) until February 26, 1836 Franklin H. Elmore (N) from December 10, 1836 5. Francis Wilkinson Pickens (N) 6. Waddy Thompson (AJ) from September 10, 1835 7. James Rogers (D) 8. Richard Irvine Manning (D) until May 1, 1836 John Richardson (D) from December 19, 1836 9. John K. Griffin (N) Tennessee 13 constituencies 1. William Blount Carter (AJ) 2. Samuel Bunch (AJ) 3. Luke Lea (AJ) 4. James Israel Standifer (AJ) 5. John B. Forester (AJ) 6. Balie Peyton (AJ) 7. John Bell (AJ) 8. Abram Poindexter Maury (AJ) 9. James K. Polk (D) 10. Ebenezer J. Shields (AJ) 11. Cave Johnson (D) 12. Adam Huntsman (AJ) 13. William Claiborne Dunlap (D) Vermont 5 constituencies 1. Hiland Hall (AJ) 2. William Slade (AM) 3. Horace Everett (AJ) 4. Heman Allen (AJ) 5. Henry Fisk Janes (AM) Virginia 21 constituencies 1. George Loyall (D) 2. John Y. Mason (D) until January 11, 1837 3. John Winston Jones (D) 4. George Dromgoole (D) 5. James Bouldin (D) 6. Walter Coles (D) 7. Nathaniel Claiborne (D) 8. Henry A. Wise (D) 9. John Roane (D) 10. John Taliaferro (AJ) 11. John Robertson (AJ) 12. James Garland (D) 13. John M. Patton (D) 14. Charles F. Mercer (AJ) 15. Edward Lucas (D) 16. James MH Beale (D) 17. Robert Craig (D) 18. George Washington Hopkins (D) 19. William McComas (D) 20. Joseph Johnson (D) 21. William S. Morgan (D)

Members of the House of Representatives who are not entitled to vote:

• Arkansas Territory : Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D) through June 15, 1836
• Florida Territory : Joseph M. White (D)
• Michigan Territory : George W. Jones (D) through January 26, 1837
• Wisconsin Territory : George W. Jones (D) from January 26, 1837

Web links

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• bioguide.congress.gov (by entering 24 under Year OR Congress: you get a list of the members of the 24th Congress with a link to the official biographies; English)