Dates of Sessions

• First session: May 31, 1841 - September 13, 1841
• Second session: December 6, 1841 - August 31, 1842
• Third (lame duck) session: December 5, 1842 - March 3, 1843

In addition, the Senate was called into special session by outgoing President Martin Van Buren for incoming President William Henry Harrison and met from March 4, 1841 to March 15, 1841.

Major political events

Major Legislation

• April 19 1841 - Bankruptcy Act of 1841, ch. 9, 5 Stat. 440
• August 30 1842 - Tariff of 1842 ("Black Tariff"), ch. 270, 5 Stat. 548

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

A

• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• Julius Caesar Alford (Representative), Whig, GA
• Elisha Hunt Allen (Representative), Whig, ME
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Landaff Watson Andrews (Representative), Whig, KY
• Sherlock James Andrews (Representative), Whig, OH
• Nathan Appleton (Representative), Whig, MA
• William Segar Archer (Senator), Whig, VA
• Thomas Dickens Arnold (Representative), Whig, TN
• Archibald Hunter Arrington (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Charles Gordon Atherton (Representative), Democrat, NH
• John Bancker Aycrigg (Representative), Whig, NJ

B

• Alfred Babcock (Representative), Whig, NY
• Arthur Pendleton Bagby (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Osmyn Baker (Representative), Whig, MA
• Linn Banks (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Daniel Dewey Barnard (Representative), Whig, NY
• Alexander Barrow (Senator), Whig, LA
• Richard Walker Barton (Representative), Whig, VA
• Isaac Chapman Bates (Senator), Whig, MA
• Richard Henry Bayard (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• Henry White Beeson (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Whig, GA
• Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Victory Birdseye (Representative), Whig, NY
• Edward Junius Black (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Henry Black (Representative), Whig, PA
• Bernard Blair (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Whiting Boardman (Representative), Whig, CT
• Nathaniel Briggs Borden (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Minor Botts (Representative), Whig, VA
• Samuel Smith Bowne (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Linn Boyd (Representative), Democrat, KY
• David P. Brewster (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Nixon Briggs (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Hall Brockway (Representative), Whig, CT
• David Bronson (Representative), Whig, ME
• Aaron Venable Brown (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Charles Brown (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Jeremiah Brown (Representative), Whig, PA
• Milton Brown (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
• Edmund Burke (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Barker Burnell (Representative), Whig, MA
• Sampson Hale Butler (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William Butler (Representative), Whig, SC
• William Orlando Butler (Representative), Democrat, KY

C

• Greene Washington Caldwell (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• William Barron Calhoun (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Campbell (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas Jefferson Campbell (Representative), Whig, TN
• William Bowen Campbell (Representative), Whig, TN
• Robert Looney Caruthers (Representative), Whig, TN
• George Booth Cary (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Zadok Casey (Representative), Independent Democrat, IL
• Reuben Chapman (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Timothy Childs (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Cotton Chittenden (Representative), Whig, NY
• Rufus Choate (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Chamberlain Clark (Representative), Whig, NY
• Staley Nichols Clarke (Representative), Whig, NY
• Clement Comer Clay (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Henry Clay (Senator), Whig, KY
• Thomas Clayton (Senator), Whig, DE
• Nathan Clifford (Representative), Democrat, ME
• James Graham Clinton (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Walter Coles (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Walter Terry Colquitt (Representative), Van Buren Democrat, GA
• Charles Magill Conrad (Senator), Whig, LA
• James Cooper (Representative), Whig, PA
• Mark Anthony Cooper (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Benjamin Sprague Cowen (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Chandler Crafts (Senator), Whig, VT
• Robert Bennie Cranston (Representative), Whig, RI
• James Harrison Cravens (Representative), Whig, IN
• George Walker Crawford (Representative), Whig, GA
• John Jordan Crittenden (Senator), Whig, KY
• Edward Cross (Representative), Democrat, AR
• Caleb Cushing (Representative), Whig, MA
• Alfred Cuthbert (Senator), Jacksonian, GA

D

• John Reeves Jones Daniel (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Garrett Davis (Representative), Whig, KY
• Richard David Davis (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Bennett Dawson (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Crosby Dawson (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Lewis Dayton (Senator), Whig, NJ
• Ezra Dean (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Edmund Deberry (Representative), Whig, NC
• Davis Dimock, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Nathan Fellows Dixon (Senator), Whig, RI
• William Doan (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Augustus Caesar Dodge (Delegate), Democrat, Iowa Territory
• Henry Dodge (Delegate), Democrat, Wisconsin Territory
• Andrew Wheeler Doig (Representative), Democrat, NY

E

• Ira Allen Eastman (Representative), Democrat, NH
• John Edwards (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Cummins Edwards (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Joseph Egbert (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Evans (Senator), Whig, ME
• Horace Everett (Representative), Whig, VT

F

• Charles Goadsby Ferris (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Pitt Fessenden (Representative), Whig, ME
• Millard Fillmore (Representative), Whig, NY
• Charles Albert Floyd (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Gelston Floyd (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Joseph Fornance (Representative), Democrat, PA
• A. Lawrence Foster (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Flournoy Foster (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Savin Fulton (Senator), Jacksonian, AR

G

• Roger Lawson Gamble (Representative), Whig, GA
• Seth Merrill Gates (Representative), Whig, NY
• Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Gerry (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joshua Reed Giddings (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Walker Gilmer (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Leftwich Goggin (Representative), Whig, VA
• Patrick Gaines Goode (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Osborne Goode (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Gordon (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Graham (Representative), Whig, NC
• William Alexander Graham (Senator), Whig, NC
• Francis Granger (Representative), Whig, NY
• Willis Green (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Greig (Representative), Whig, NY
• Amos Gustine (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William McKendree Gwin (Representative), Democrat, MS

H

• Richard Wylly Habersham (Representative), Whig, GA
• Hiland Hall (Representative), Whig, VT
• William Halstead (Representative), Whig, NJ
• William Alexander Harris (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Hastings (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Soden Hastings (Representative), Whig, MA
• Samuel Lewis Hays (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Henderson (Senator), Whig, MS
• Thomas Henry (Representative), Whig, PA
• Isaac Edward Holmes (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Enos Hook (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Washington Hopkins (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Jacob Houck, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Smith Houston (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Jacob Merritt Howard (Representative), Whig, MI
• Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Charles Hudson (Representative), Whig, MA
• Hiram Paine Hunt (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Representative), Whig, VA
• Jabez Williams Huntington (Senator), Whig, CT

I

• Charles Jared Ingersoll (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Irvin (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Wallace Irwin (Representative), Whig, PA

J

• William Jack (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Francis James (Representative), Whig, PA
• Cave Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• William Cost Johnson (Representative), Whig, MD
• Isaac Dashiell Jones (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Winston Jones (Representative), Democrat, VA

K

• George May Keim (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Andrew Kennedy (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Pendleton Kennedy (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Leeds Kerr (Senator), Whig, MD
• Thomas Butler King (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL

L

• Henry Smith Lane (Representative), Whig, IN
• Joseph Lawrence (Representative), Whig, PA
• David Levy (Delegate), Democrat, Florida Territory
• Dixon Hall Lewis (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Levi Lincoln, Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
• Archibald Ladley Linn (Representative), Whig, NY
• Lewis Fields Linn (Senator), Jacksonian, MO
• Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Joshua Adams Lowell (Representative), Democrat, ME

M

• Francis Mallory (Representative), Whig, VA
• Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Whig, NC
• Albert Gallatin Marchand (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Alfred Marshall (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Thomas Francis Marshall (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Thomson Mason (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Samson Mason (Representative), Whig, OH
• James Mathews (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Joshua Mathiot (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Mattocks (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Patterson Bryan Maxwell (Representative), Whig, NJ
• John Maynard (Representative), Whig, NY
• Abraham McClellan (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Robert McClellan (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George McDuffie (Senator), Democrat, SC
• James Iver McKay (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (Representative), Whig, PA
• John McKeon (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel McRoberts (Senator), Democrat, IL
• William Medill (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James A. Meriwether (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Duhurst Merrick (Senator), Whig, MD
• Jacob Welsh Miller (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John Miller (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Anderson Mitchell (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Moore (Representative), Whig, LA
• James Turner Morehead (Senator), Whig, KY
• Christopher Morgan (Representative), Whig, NY
• Calvary Morris (Representative), Whig, OH
• Jeremiah Morrow (Representative), Whig, OH
• Alexander Mouton (Senator), Jacksonian, LA

N

• Peter Newhard (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (Senator), Democrat, TN
• Eugenius Aristides Nisbet (Representative), Whig, GA

O

• Charles Ogle (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Morrison Oliver (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Burr Osborne (Representative), Whig, CT
• Bryan Young Owsley (Representative), Whig, KY

P

• William Parmenter (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Samuel Partridge (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Winter Payne (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Alfred Pearce (Representative), Whig, MD
• Nathanael Greene Pendleton (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Shethar Phelps (Senator), Whig, VT
• Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Franklin Pierce (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Arnold Plumer (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Pope (Representative), Whig, KY
• Augustus Seymour Porter (Senator), Whig, MI
• Cuthbert Powell (Representative), Whig, VA
• Samuel Prentiss (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VT
• William Campbell Preston (Senator), Nullifier, SC
• George H. Proffit (Representative), Whig, IN

R

• Robert Ramsey (Representative), Whig, PA
• Alexander Randall (Representative), Whig, MD
• Benjamin Randall (Representative), Whig, ME
• Joseph Fitz Randolph (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Kenneth Rayner (Representative), Whig, NC
• Almon Heath Read (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Randall Reding (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Abraham Rencher (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Reynolds (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwell Rhett (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Ridgway (Representative), Whig, OH
• Lewis Riggs (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Cabell Rives (Senator), Whig, VA
• George Brydges Rodney (Representative), Whig, DE
• James Rogers (Representative), Democrat, SC
• James I. Roosevelt (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James McPherson Russell (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Russell (Representative), Whig, OH

S

• Leverett Saltonstall (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Sanford (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Sergeant (Representative), Whig, PA
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• Charles S. Sewall (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Tristram Shaw (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Augustine Henry Shepperd (Representative), Whig, NC
• Benjamin Glover Shields (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Fowler Simmons (Senator), Whig, RI
• William Simonton (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Slade (Representative), Whig, VT
• Oliver Hampton Smith (Senator), Whig, IN
• Perry Smith (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Robert Barnwell Smith (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Truman Smith (Representative), Whig, CT
• William Smith (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Snyder (Representative), -, PA
• Augustus Rhodes Sollers (Representative), Whig, MD
• Samuel Lewis Southard (Senator), Whig, NJ
• William Sprague (Senator), Whig, RI
• James Cresap Sprigg (Representative), Whig, KY
• Edward Stanly (Representative), Whig, NC
• Lewis Steenrod (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Stokely (Representative), Whig, OH
• Charles Creighton Stratton (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (Representative), Whig, VA
• John Todd Stuart (Representative), Whig, IL
• Daniel Sturgeon (Senator), Democrat, PA
• George William Summers (Representative), Whig, VA
• Thomas De Lage Sumter (Representative), Democrat, SC
• George Sweeny (Representative), Democrat, OH

T

• John Taliaferro (Representative), Whig, VA
• Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Senator), Whig, NY
• Benjamin Tappan (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Jacob Thompson (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Burton Thompson (Representative), Whig, KY
• Richard Wigginton Thompson (Representative), Whig, IN
• Joseph Leonard Tillinghast (Representative), Whig, RI
• George Washington Toland (Representative), Whig, PA
• Thomas Ash Tomlinson (Representative), Whig, NY
• Philip Triplett (Representative), Whig, KY
• Samuel Wilds Trotti (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Trumbull (Representative), Whig, CT
• Hopkins Lacy Turney (Representative), Democrat, TN

U

• Joseph Rogers Underwood (Representative), Whig, KY

V

• John Van Buren (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (Representative), Whig, NY

W

• Robert John Walker (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• David Wallace (Representative), Whig, IN
• Aaron Ward (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Lott Warren (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Henry Washington (Representative), Whig, NC
• Harvey Magee Watterson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John B. Weller (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Westbrook (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Albert Smith White (Senator), Whig, IN
• Edward Douglass White (Representative), Whig, LA
• John White (Speaker of the House), Whig, U.S.
• Joseph Livingston White (Representative), Whig, IN
• Leonard Wilcox (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Christopher Harris Williams (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Wray Williams (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Joseph Lanier Williams (Representative), Whig, TN
• Lewis Williams (Representative), Whig, NC
• Reuel Williams (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Thomas Wheeler Williams (Representative), Whig, CT
• Robert Charles Winthrop (Representative), Whig, MA
• Henry Alexander Wise (Representative), Whig, VA
• Fernando Wood (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Woodbridge (Senator), Whig, MI
• Levi Woodbury (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
• Silas Wright, Jr. (Senator), Jacksonian, NY

Y

• Thomas Jones Yorke (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Augustus Young (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Young (Representative), Whig, NY
• Richard Montgomery Young (Senator), Democrat, IL
• David Levy Yulee (Delegate), Democrat, Florida Territory

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