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The Twenty-sixth United States Congress met from 1839 to 1841.
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Dates of Sessions
1839-1841
- Fiirst session: December 2, 1839 - July 21, 1840
- Second session: December 7, 1840 - March 3, 1841
Major political events
Major Legislation
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Officers
Senate
House of Representatives
Members
Index: A - B -C -D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y
A
- John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
- Julius Caesar Alford (Representative), Whig, GA
- John William Allen (Representative), Whig, OH
- Judson Allen (Representative), Democrat, NY
- William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
- James Church Alvord (Representative), Whig, MA
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson (Senator), Democrat, TN
- Hugh Johnston Anderson (Representative), Democrat, ME
- Simeon H. Anderson (Representative), Whig, KY
- Landaff Watson Andrews (Representative), Whig, KY
- Charles Gordon Atherton (Representative), Democrat, NH
- John Bancker Aycrigg (Representative), Whig, NJ
B
- Osmyn Baker (Representative), Whig, MA
- Linn Banks (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Daniel Dewey Barnard (Representative), Whig, NY
- Isaac Chapman Bates (Senator), Whig, MA
- Richard Henry Bayard (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
- William Beatty (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Andrew Beirne (Representative), Democrat, VA
- John Bell (Representative), Whig, TN
- Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Democrat, MO
- Thaddeus Betts (Senator), Whig, CT
- Richard Biddle (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
- Edward Junius Black (Representative), Whig, GA
- Julius W. Blackwell (Representative), Democrat, TN
- William Whiting Boardman (Representative), Whig, CT
- William Key Bond (Representative), Whig, OH
- John Minor Botts (Representative), Whig, VA
- Linn Boyd (Representative), Democrat, KY
- Henry Marie Brackenridge (Representative), Whig, PA
- David P. Brewster (Representative), Democrat, NY
- George Nixon Briggs (Representative), Whig, MA
- John Hall Brockway (Representative), Whig, CT
- Aaron Venable Brown (Representative), Democrat, TN
- Anson Brown (Representative), Whig, NY
- Bedford Brown (Senator), Jacksonian, NC
- James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
- Edmund Burke (Representative), Democrat, NH
- Sampson Hale Butler (Representative), Democrat, SC
- William Orlando Butler (Representative), Democrat, KY
- Jesse Atherton Bynum (Representative), Democrat, NC
C
- John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
- William Barron Calhoun (Representative), Whig, MA
- John Campbell (Representative), Democrat, SC
- William Bowen Campbell (Representative), Whig, TN
- John Carr (Representative), Democrat, IN
- James Carroll (Representative), Democrat, MD
- William Blount Carter (Representative), Whig, TN
- Zadok Casey (Representative), Democrat, IL
- Reuben Chapman (Representative), Democrat, AL
- William Williams Chapman (Delegate), Democrat, Iowa Territory
- Thomas Withers Chinn (Representative), Whig, LA
- Thomas Cotton Chittenden (Representative), Whig, NY
- Rufus Choate (Senator), Whig, MA
- John Chamberlain Clark (Representative), Whig, NY
- Clement Comer Clay (Senator), Democrat, AL
- Henry Clay (Senator), Whig, KY
- Thomas Clayton (Senator), Whig, DE
- Nathan Clifford (Representative), Democrat, ME
- Walter Coles (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Walter Terry Colquitt (Representative), Whig, GA
- Henry William Connor (Representative), Democrat, NC
- James Cooper (Representative), Whig, PA
- Mark Anthony Cooper (Representative), Whig, GA
- William Raworth Cooper (Representative), Democrat, NJ
- Thomas Corwin (Representative), Whig, OH
- George Whitfield Crabb (Representative), Whig, AL
- Robert Craig (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Robert Bennie Cranston (Representative), Whig, RI
- Isaac Edwin Crary (Representative), Democrat, MI
- John Jordan Crittenden (Senator), Whig, KY
- John Wesley Crockett (Representative), Whig, TN
- Edward Cross (Representative), Democrat, AR
- Edward Curtis (Representative), Whig, NY
- Caleb Cushing (Representative), Whig, MA
- Alfred Cuthbert (Senator), Jacksonian, GA
D
- Amasa Dana (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Thomas Davee (Representative), Democrat, ME
- Edward Davies (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
- Garrett Davis (Representative), Whig, KY
- John Davis (Senator), Whig, MA
- John Davis (Representative), Democrat, PA
- John Wesley Davis (Representative), Democrat, IN
- William Crosby Dawson (Representative), Whig, GA
- James de La Montanya (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Edmund Deberry (Representative), Whig, NC
- James Dellet (Representative), Whig, AL
- John Dennis (Representative), Whig, MD
- Philemon Dickerson (Representative), Democrat, NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon (Senator), Whig, RI
- William Doan (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Augustus Caesar Dodge (Delegate), Democrat, Iowa Territory
- Nicholas Bartlett Doe (Representative), Whig, NY
- Andrew Wheeler Doig (Representative), Democrat, NY
- James Duane Doty (Delegate), Democrat, Wisconsin Territory
- Charles Downing (Delegate), Florida Territory
- George Coke Dromgoole (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Alexander Duncan (Representative), Democrat, OH
E
- Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Ira Allen Eastman (Representative), Democrat, NH
- John Edwards (Representative), Whig, PA
- John Ely (Representative), Democrat, NY
- George Evans (Representative), Whig, ME
- Horace Everett (Representative), Whig, VT
F
- Millard Fillmore (Representative), Whig, NY
- John Fine (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Charles Fisher (Representative), Republican, NC
- Isaac Fletcher (Representative), Democrat, VT
- John Gelston Floyd (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Joseph Fornance (Representative), Democrat, PA
- William Savin Fulton (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
G
- John Galbraith (Representative), Democrat, PA
- James Garland (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Rice Garland (Representative), Whig, LA
- Seth Merrill Gates (Representative), Whig, NY
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Representative), Whig, TN
- James Gerry (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Representative), Whig, OH
- William Leftwich Goggin (Representative), Whig, VA
- Patrick Gaines Goode (Representative), Whig, OH
- James Graham (Representative), Whig, NC
- William Alexander Graham (Senator), Whig, NC
- Francis Granger (Representative), Whig, NY
- William Jordan Graves (Representative), Whig, KY
- Willis Green (Representative), Whig, KY
- John King Griffin (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Moses Hicks Grinnell (Representative), Whig, NY
- Felix Grundy (Senator), Democrat, TN
H
- Richard Wylly Habersham (Representative), Whig, GA
- Hiland Hall (Representative), Whig, VT
- Robert Hanna Hammond (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Augustus Cincinnatus Hand (Representative), Democrat, NY
- John Hastings (Representative), Democrat, OH
- William Soden Hastings (Representative), Whig, MA
- Richard Hawes (Representative), Whig, KY
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins (Representative), Democrat, NC
- John Henderson (Senator), Whig, MS
- Thomas Henry (Representative), Whig, PA
- John Hill (Representative), Democrat, NC
- John Hill (Representative), Whig, VA
- Solomon Hillen, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, MD
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman (Representative), Whig, NY
- Joel Holleman (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Hines Holt (Representative), Whig, GA
- Enos Hook (Representative), Democrat, PA
- George Washington Hopkins (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Tilghman Ashurst Howard (Representative), Democrat, IN
- David Hubbard (Representative), Democrat, AL
- Henry Hubbard (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
- Hiram Paine Hunt (Representative), Whig, NY
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Speaker of the House), Democrat, U.S.
- Jabez Williams Huntington (Senator), Whig, CT
J
- Thomas Birdsall Jackson (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Francis James (Representative), Whig, PA
- John Jameson (Representative), Democrat, MO
- Daniel Jenifer (Representative), Whig, MD
- Cave Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
- Joseph Johnson (Representative), Democrat, VA
- William Cost Johnson (Representative), Whig, MD
- Charles Johnston (Representative), Whig, NY
- John Winston Jones (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Nathaniel Jones (Representative), Democrat, NY
K
- George May Keim (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Gouverneur Kemble (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Thomas Kempshall (Representative), Whig, NY
- John Leeds Kerr (Senator), Whig, MD
- Joseph Kille (Representative), Democrat, NJ
- Thomas Butler King (Representative), Whig, GA
- William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL
- Nehemiah Rice Knight (Senator), Whig, RI
L
- Henry Smith Lane (Representative), Whig, IN
- Abbott Lawrence (Representative), Whig, MA
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Isaac Leet (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Stephen Banks Leonard (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Dixon Hall Lewis (Representative), Democrat, AL
- Levi Lincoln, Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
- Lewis Fields Linn (Senator), Jacksonian, MO
- Joshua Adams Lowell (Representative), Democrat, ME
- William Lucas (Representative), Democrat, VA
- Wilson Lumpkin (Senator), Democrat, GA
M
- Francis Mallory (Representative), Whig, VA
- Meredith Mallory (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Whig, NC
- Albert Gallatin Marchand (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Richard Pratt Marvin (Representative), Whig, NY
- Samson Mason (Representative), Whig, OH
- William Mason McCarty (Representative), Whig, VA
- Abraham McClellan (Representative), Democrat, TN
- Charles McClure (Representative), Democrat, PA
- George McCulloch (Representative), Democrat, PA
- James Iver McKay (Representative), Democrat, NC
- William Medill (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Charles Fenton Mercer (Representative), Whig, VA
- William Duhurst Merrick (Senator), Whig, MD
- John Miller (Representative), Democrat, MO
- Charles F. Mitchell (Representative), Whig, NY
- James Monroe (Representative), Whig, NY
- William Montgomery (Representative), Democrat, NC
- John Moore (Representative), Whig, LA
- Christopher Morgan (Representative), Whig, NY
- Calvary Morris (Representative), Whig, OH
- Samuel Wells Morris (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Jeremiah Morrow (Representative), Whig, OH
- Alexander Mouton (Senator), Jacksonian, LA
N
- Charles Naylor (Representative), Whig, PA
- Peter Newhard (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Robert Carter Nicholas (Senator), Jacksonian, LA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (Senator), Democrat, TN
- Eugenius Aristides Nisbet (Representative), Whig, GA
- John Norvell (Senator), Jacksonian, MI
O
- Charles Ogle (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
- Thomas Burr Osborne (Representative), Whig, CT
P
- Rufus Palen (Representative), Whig, NY
- William Parmenter (Representative), Democrat, MA
- Virgil Delphini Parris (Representative), State Rights Democrat, ME
- Isaac Parrish (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Lemuel Paynter (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Luther Christopher Peck (Representative), Whig, NY
- David Petrikin (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps (Senator), Whig, VT
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Franklin Pierce (Senator), Democrat, NH
- John Pope (Representative), Whig, KY
- Augustus Seymour Porter (Senator), Whig, MI
- William Wilson Potter (Representative), Democrat, PA
- John Holmes Prentiss (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Samuel Prentiss (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VT
- William Campbell Preston (Senator), Nullifier, SC
- George H. Proffit (Representative), Whig, IN
R
- William Sterrett Ramsey (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Benjamin Randall (Representative), Whig, ME
- Joseph Fitz Randolph (Representative), Whig, NJ
- James Rariden (Representative), Whig, IN
- Kenneth Rayner (Representative), Whig, NC
- John Reed Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
- John Reynolds (Representative), Democrat, IL
- Robert Barnwiell Rhett (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Joseph Ridgway (Representative), Whig, OH
- Eleazar Wheelock Ripley (Representative), Democrat, LA
- Francis Everod Rives (Representative), Democrat, VA
- William Cabell Rives (Senator), Whig, VA
- William Henry Roane (Senator), Democrat, VA
- John McCracken Robinson (Senator), Jacksonian, IL
- Thomas Robinson, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, DE
- Edward Rogers (Representative), Democrat, NY
- James Rogers (Representative), Democrat, SC
- John Ruggles (Senator), Jacksonian, ME
- David Abel Russell (Representative), Whig, NY
- Daniel Bailey Ryall (Representative), Democrat, NJ
S
- Leverett Saltonstall (Representative), Whig, MA
- Green Berry Samuels (Representative), Democrat, VA
- John Sergeant (Representative), Whig, PA
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
- Tristram Shaw (Representative), Democrat, NH
- Charles Biddle Shepard (Representative), Whig, NC
- William Simonton (Representative), Whig, PA
- William Slade (Representative), Whig, VT
- Albert Smith (Representative), Democrat, ME
- John Smith (Representative), Democrat, VT
- Oliver Hampton Smith (Senator), Whig, IN
- Perry Smith (Senator), Democrat, CT
- Robert Barnwell Smith (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Thomas Smith (Representative), Democrat, IN
- Truman Smith (Representative), Whig, CT
- Samuel Lewis Southard (Senator), Whig, NJ
- John Selby Spence (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MD
- Edward Stanly (Representative), Whig, NC
- David Austin Starkweather (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Lewis Steenrod (Representative), Democrat, VA
- William Lucius Storrs (Representative), Whig, CT
- Robert Strange (Senator), Jacksonian, NC
- Theron Rudd Strong (Representative), Democrat, NY
- John Todd Stuart (Representative), Whig, IL
- Daniel Sturgeon (Senator), Democrat, PA
- Thomas De Lage Sumter (Representative), Democrat, SC
- Henry Swearingen (Representative), Democrat, OH
- George Sweeny (Representative), Democrat, OH
T
- John Taliaferro (Representative), Whig, VA
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Senator), Whig, NY
- Benjamin Tappan (Senator), Democrat, OH
- Jonathan Taylor (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Francis Thomas (Representative), Democrat, MD
- Philip Thomas (Representative), Democrat, MD
- Jacob Thompson (Representative), Democrat, MS
- John Burton Thompson (Representative), Whig, KY
- Waddy Thompson, Jr. (Representative), Whig, SC
- Joseph Leonard Tillinghast (Representative), Whig, RI
- George Washington Toland (Representative), Whig, PA
- Philip Triplett (Representative), Whig, KY
- Joseph Trumbull (Representative), Whig, CT
- Hopkins Lacy Turney (Representative), Democrat, TN
U
- Joseph Rogers Underwood (Representative), Whig, KY
V
- Aaron Vanderpoel (Representative), Democrat, NY
- Peter Dumont Vroom (Representative), Democrat, NJ
W
- David Douglas Wagener (Representative), Democrat, PA
- Peter Joseph Wagner (Representative), Whig, NY
- Robert John Walker (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
- Garret Dorset Wall (Senator), Jacksonian, NJ
- Lott Warren (Representative), Whig, GA
- Harvey Magee Watterson (Representative), Democrat, TN
- Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
- John B. Weller (Representative), Democrat, OH
- Albert Smith White (Senator), Whig, IN
- Edward Douglass White (Representative), Whig, LA
- Hugh Lawson White (Senator), Whig, TN
- John White (Representative), Whig, KY
- William Watson Wick (Representative), Democrat, IN
- Christopher Harris Williams (Representative), Whig, TN
- Henry Williams (Representative), Democrat, MA
- Jared Warner Williams (Representative), Democrat, NH
- Joseph Lanier Williams (Representative), Whig, TN
- Reuel Williams (Senator), Democrat, ME
- Sherrod Williams (Representative), Whig, KY
- Thomas Wheeler Williams (Representative), Whig, CT
- Robert Charles Winthrop (Representative), Whig, MA
- Henry Alexander Wise (Representative), Whig, VA
- John Tolley Hood Worthington (Representative), Democrat, MD
- Silas Wright, Jr. (Senator), Jacksonian, NY
Y
- Richard Montgomery Young (Senator), Democrat, IL
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