Twenty-fourth United States Congress

Dates of Sessions

• The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from December 7, 1835 to July 4, 1836.
• The second session took place in Washington, DC from December 5, 1836 to March 3, 1837.

Major political events

Members of the Twenty-fourth United States Congress

• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• Julius Caesar Alford (Representative), Whig, GA
• Chilton Allan (Representative), Whig, KY
• Heman (of Milton) Allen (Representative), Whig, VT
• Joseph Biles Anthony (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Michael Woolston Ash (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• William Henry Ashley (Representative), Jacksonian, MO
• Jeremiah Bailey (Representative), Whig, ME
• John Banks (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Samuel Barton (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Richard Henry Bayard (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• James Madison Hite Beale (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Benning Moulton Bean (Representative), Jacksonian, NH
• Samuel Beardsley (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Andrew Beaumont (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• John Bell (Representative), Whig, TN
• Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Jacksonian, MO
• James Black (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• John Black (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MS
• Abraham Bockee (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• William Key Bond (Representative), Whig, OH
• Ratliff Boon (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Nathaniel Briggs Borden (Representative), Democrat, MA
• James Wood Bouldin (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Matthias Jacob Bovee (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Linn Boyd (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• George Nixon Briggs (Representative), Whig, MA
• Bedford Brown (Senator), Jacksonian, NC
• John W. Brown (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Andrew Buchanan (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
• Samuel Bunch (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Robert Burns (Representative), Jacksonian, NH
• Jesse Atherton Bynum (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Calhoon (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Nullifier, SC
• William Barron Calhoun (Representative), Whig, MA
• Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Robert Blair Campbell (Representative), Nullifier, SC
• John Carr (Representative), Jacksonian, IN
• William Blount Carter (Representative), Whig, TN
• Zadok Casey (Representative), Jacksonian, IL
• George Chambers (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• John Chambers (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Chaney (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Graham Hurd Chapin (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Reuben Chapman (Representative), Democrat, AL
• William Chetwood (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Timothy Childs (Representative), Whig, NY
• Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, VA
• William Clark (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Henry Clay (Senator), Anti-Jackson, KY
• John Middleton Clayton (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• Thomas Clayton (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• Jesse Franklin Cleveland (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• John Coffee (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• Walter Coles (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Henry William Connor (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Thomas Corwin (Representative), Whig, OH
• Robert Craig (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Cramer (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Joseph Halsey Crane (Representative), Whig, OH
• Isaac Edwin Crary (Representative), Democrat, MI
• John Jordan Crittenden (Senator), Anti-Jackson, KY
• Caleb Cushing (Representative), Whig, MA
• Samuel Cushman (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Alfred Cuthbert (Senator), Jacksonian, GA
• Judah Dana (Senator), Jacksonian, ME
• Edward Darlington (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• John Davis (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MA
• John Wesley Davis (Representative), Jacksonian, IN
• Warren Ransom Davis (Representative), Nullifier, SC
• William Crosby Dawson (Representative), Whig, GA
• Edmund Deberry (Representative), Whig, NC
• Harmar Denny (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Philemon Dickerson (Representative), Jacksonian, NJ
• David Dickson (Representative), Whig, MS
• Ulysses Freeman Doubleday (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• George Coke Dromgoole (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Claiborne Dunlap (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Valentine Efner (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Franklin Harper Elmore (Representative), State Rights Democrat, SC
• George Evans (Representative), Whig, ME
• Horace Everett (Representative), Whig, VT
• Thomas Ewing (Senator), Anti-Jackson, OH
• William Lee Davidson Ewing (Senator), Jacksonian, IL
• John Fairfield (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Dudley Farlin (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• John B. Forester (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Samuel Fowler (Representative), Jacksonian, NJ
• Richard French (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• Jacob Fry, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Philo Case Fuller (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Kendall Fuller (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• William Savin Fulton (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• John Galbraith (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• James Garland (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Rice Garland (Representative), Whig, LA
• Samuel Jameson Gholson (Representative), Jacksonian, MS
• Ransom Hooker Gillet (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Glascock (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• James Graham (Representative), Whig, NC
• Francis Granger (Representative), Whig, NY
• Seaton Grantland (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Jordan Graves (Representative), Whig, KY
• William John Grayson (Representative), Nullifier, SC
• George Grennell, Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
• John King Griffin (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Felix Grundy (Senator), Jacksonian, TN
• Elisha Haley (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Hiland Hall (Representative), Whig, VT
• Joseph Hall (Representative), Jacksonian, ME
• Thomas Lyon Hamer (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James Henry Hammond (Representative), Nullifier, SC
• Edward Allen Hannegan (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Gideon Hard (Representative), Whig, NY
• Benjamin Hardin (Representative), Whig, KY
• James Harlan (Representative), Whig, KY
• James Harper (Representative), Whig, PA
• Albert Galliton Harrison (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Samuel Smith Harrison (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Albert Gallatin Hawes (Representative), Jacksonian, KY
• Micajah Thomas Hawkins (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Charles Eaton Haynes (Representative), -, GA
• Abner Hazeltine (Representative), Whig, NY
• Joseph Henderson (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• William Hendricks (Senator), Adams, IN
• William Herod (Representative), Whig, IN
• William Hiester (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Isaac Hill (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
• Samuel Hoar (Representative), Whig, MA
• Hopkins Holsey (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• Orrin Holt (Representative), Jacksonian, CT
• George Washington Hopkins (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Benjamin Chew Howard (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Elias Howell (Representative), Whig, OH
• Henry Hubbard (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
• Edward Burd Hubley (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Hiram Paine Hunt (Representative), Whig, NY
• Abel Huntington (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Adam Huntsman (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Representative), Whig, PA
• Samuel Ingham (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Jabez Young Jackson (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• William Jackson (Representative), Whig, MA
• Henry Fisk Janes (Representative), Anti Mason, VT
• Leonard Jarvis (Representative), Jacksonian, ME
• Daniel Jenifer (Representative), Whig, MD
• Cave Johnson (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Henry Johnson (Representative), Whig, LA
• Joseph Johnson (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Richard Mentor Johnson (Representative), Republican, KY
• Benjamin Jones (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• George Wallace Jones (Delegate), Democrat, Michigan Territory and Wisconsin Territory
• John Winston Jones (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Andrew Thompson Judson (Representative), Jacksonian, CT
• Elias Kent Kane (Senator), Jacksonian, IL
• William Kennon, Sr. (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• Joseph Kent (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MD
• Daniel Kilgore (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Pendleton King (Senator), Jacksonian, GA
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Jacksonian, AL
• George L. Kinnard (Representative), Jacksonian, IN
• John Klingensmith, Jr. (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Nehemiah Rice Knight (Senator), Anti-Jackson, RI
• Amos Lane (Representative), Jacksonian, IN
• Gerrit Yates Lansing (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• John Laporte (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Joab Lawler (Representative), Jacksonian, AL
• Abbott Lawrence (Representative), Whig, MA
• George Washington Lay (Representative), Whig, NY
• Luke Lea (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Gideon Lee (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Joshua Lee (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Thomas Lee (Representative), Jacksonian, NJ
• Benjamin Watkins Leigh (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VA
• Stephen Banks Leonard (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Dixon Hall Lewis (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Levi Lincoln, Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
• Lewis Fields Linn (Senator), Jacksonian, MO
• Henry Logan (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Thomas Cutting Love (Representative), Whig, NY
• George Loyall (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Edward Lucas (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Francis Strother Lyon (Representative), Whig, AL
• Lucius Lyon (Senator), Jacksonian, MI
• Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Anti-Jackson, NC
• Abijah Mann, Jr. (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Job Mann (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Richard Irvine Manning (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• Joshua Lanier Martin (Representative), Democrat, AL
• John Young Mason (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Moses Mason, Jr. (Representative), Jacksonian, ME
• Samson Mason (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Mason (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Abram Poindexter Maury (Representative), Whig, TN
• William L. May (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Johnathan McCarty (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, IN
• William McComas (Representative), Whig, VA
• James Iver McKay (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Samuel McKean (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
• Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• John McKeon (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Isaac McKim (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Jeremiah McLene (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• Charles Fenton Mercer (Representative), Whig, VA
• Jesse Miller (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Rutger Bleecker Miller (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• John Jones Milligan (Representative), Whig, DE
• William Montgomery (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Ely Moore (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Gabriel Moore (Senator), Jacksonian, AL
• William Stephen Morgan (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Mathias Morris (Representative), Whig, PA
• Thomas Morris (Senator), Jacksonian, OH
• Alexander Mouton (Senator), Jacksonian, LA
• Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Arnold Naudain (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• Robert Carter Nicholas (Senator), Jacksonian, LA
• John Milton Niles (Senator), Jacksonian, CT
• John Norvell (Senator), Jacksonian, MI
• George Welshman Owens (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John Page (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
• Sherman Page (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• James Parker (Representative), Jacksonian, NJ
• Richard Elliott Parker (Senator), Jacksonian, VA
• Gorham Parks (Representative), Jacksonian, ME
• William Patterson (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• John Mercer Patton (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Dutee Jerauld Pearce (Representative), Anti Mason, RI
• James Alfred Pearce (Representative), Whig, MD
• John James Pearson (Representative), Whig, PA
• Ebenezer Pettigrew (Representative), Whig, NC
• Balie Peyton (Representative), Jacksonian, TN
• Lancelot Phelps (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Stephen Clarendon Phillips (Representative), Whig, MA
• Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Franklin Pierce (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Henry Laurens Pinckney (Representative), Nullifier, SC
• James Knox Polk (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Alexander Porter (Senator), Anti-Jackson, LA
• David Potts, Jr. (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Samuel Prentiss (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VT
• William Campbell Preston (Senator), Nullifier, SC
• John Reed Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
• Abraham Rencher (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Reynolds (Representative), Jacksonian, IL
• Joseph Reynolds (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• John Peter Richardson (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• Eleazar Wheelock Ripley (Representative), Jacksonian, LA
• William Cabell Rives (Senator), Jacksonian, VA
• John Roane (Representative), Jacksonian, VA
• Asher Robbins (Senator), Anti-Jackson, RI
• John Robertson (Representative), Whig, VA
• John McCracken Robinson (Senator), Jacksonian, IL
• James Rogers (Representative), Jacksonian, SC
• John Ruggles (Senator), Jacksonian, ME
• David Abel Russell (Representative), Whig, NY
• John W.A. Sanford (Representative), Union Democrat, GA
• Ferdinand Schureman Schenck (Representative), Jacksonian, NJ
• William Schley (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• William Seymour (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• William Biddle Shepard (Representative), Whig, NC
• Ether Shepley (Senator), Jacksonian, ME
• Augustine Henry Shepperd (Representative), Whig, NC
• Ebenezer J. Shields (Representative), Whig, TN
• William Norton Shinn (Representative), Jacksonian, NJ
• Nicholas Sickles (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• William Slade (Representative), Whig, VT
• Jonathan Sloane (Representative), Whig, OH
• Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Nathan Smith (Senator), Anti-Jackson, CT
• Samuel Lewis Southard (Senator), Anti-Jackson, NJ
• David Spangler (Representative), Whig, OH
• Jesse Speight (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Selby Spence (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MD
• William Sprague (Representative), Whig, RI
• James Israel Standifer (Representative), Whig, TN
• John Nevett Steele (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, MD
• Bellamy Storer (Representative), Whig, OH
• Robert Strange (Senator), Jacksonian, NC
• Joel Barlow Sutherland (Representative), Jacksonian, PA
• Benjamin Swift (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VT
• John Taliaferro (Representative), Whig, VA
• Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Senator), Jacksonian, NY
• William Taylor (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James C. Terrell (Representative), -, GA
• Francis Thomas (Representative), Jackson, MD
• Waddy Thompson, Jr. (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, SC
• John Thomson (Representative), Jacksonian, OH
• John Tipton (Senator), Jacksonian, IN
• Gideon Tomlinson (Senator), Anti-Jackson, CT
• Isaac Toucey (Representative), Democrat, CT
• George Washington Bonaparte Towns (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• James Turner (Representative), Jacksonian, MD
• Joel Turrill (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• John Tyler (Senator), Jacksonian, VA
• Joseph Rogers Underwood (Representative), Whig, KY
• Aaron Vanderpoel (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Samuel Finley Vinton (Representative), Whig, OH
• David Douglas Wagener (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert John Walker (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• Garret Dorset Wall (Senator), Jacksonian, NJ
• Aaron Ward (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Daniel Wardwell (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• George Corbin Washington (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, MD
• James Moore Wayne (Representative), Jacksonian, GA
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MA
• Taylor Webster (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Joseph Weeks (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Campbell Patrick White (Representative), Jacksonian, NY
• Hugh Lawson White (Senator), Anti-Jackson, TN
• John White (Representative), Whig, KY
• Joseph M. White (Delegate), Florida Territory
• Elisha Whittlesey (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Tucker Whittlesey (Representative), Jacksonian, CT
• Zalmon Wildman (Representative), Jacksonian, CT
• Lewis Williams (Representative), Whig, NC
• Sherrod Williams (Representative), Whig, KY
• Henry Alexander Wise (Representative), Whig, VA
• Silas Wright, Jr. (Senator), Jacksonian, NY
• Archibald Yell (Representative), Jacksonian, AR
• John Young (Representative), Whig, NY

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