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Dates of Sessions

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1845-1847

• First session: December 1, 1845 - August 10, 1846
• Second session: December 7, 1846 to March 3, 1847

In addition, the Senate was called into special session by outgoing President John Tyler for incoming President James K. Polk and met from March 4, 1845 to March 20, 1845.

Major political events

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• May 131846: Congress declared war on Mexico.
• June 151846: Oregon Treaty signed, ending the Oregon boundary dispute between the U.S. and Great Britain, setting the boundary between the U.S. and Canada along the 49th parallel.

Major Legislation

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• 1846 - Wilmot Proviso
• 1846 - Walker tariff

Party summary

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Senate

House

Officers

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Senate

House

Members

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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

• Amos Abbott (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• Stephen Adams (Representative), Democrat, MS
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Joseph Halstead Anderson (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Segar Archer (Senator), Whig, VA
• Lemuel Hastings Arnold (Representative), Whig, RI
• Chester Ashley (Senator), Democrat, AR
• George Ashmun (Representative), Whig, MA
• David Rice Atchison (Senator), Democrat, MO
• Charles Gordon Atherton (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Archibald Atkinson (Representative), Democrat, VA

B

• George Edmund Badger (Senator), Whig, NC
• Arthur Pendleton Bagby (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Edward Dickinson Baker (Representative), Whig, IL
• Daniel Moreau Barringer (Representative), Whig, NC
• Alexander Barrow (Senator), Whig, LA
• Isaac Chapman Bates (Senator), Whig, MA
• Thomas Henry Bayly (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Henry Bedinger (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Joshua Fry Bell (Representative), Whig, KY
• Charles Swan Benton (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Whig, GA
• Asa Biggs (Representative), Democrat, NC
• James Black (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Augustus Black (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Blanchard (Representative), Whig, PA
• Franklin Welsh Bowdon (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Butler Bowlin (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Linn Boyd (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Sidney Breese (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Jesse David Bright (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Jacob Brinkerhoff (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Henry Brockenbrough (Representative), Democrat, FL
• Richard Brodhead (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Milton Brown (Representative), Whig, TN
• William Gay Brown (Representative), Democrat, VA
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
• Joseph Buffington (Representative), Whig, PA
• Armistead Burt (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Andrew Pickens Butler (Senator), Democrat, SC

C

• Edward Carrington Cabell (Representative), Whig, FL
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Simon Cameron (Senator), Democrat, PA
• John Hull Campbell (Representative), American Party, PA
• William W. Campbell (Representative), American Party, NY
• Charles Holker Carroll (Representative), Whig, NY
• Lewis Cass (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Charles William Cathcart (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Joseph Williams Chalmers (Senator), Democrat, MS
• Augustus Alexandria Chapman (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Grant Chapman (Representative), Whig, MD
• Reuben Chapman (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Lucien Bonaparte Chase (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John Smith Chipman (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Joseph Cilley (Senator), Liberty, NH
• Henry Selby Clark (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Middleton Clayton (Senator), Whig, DE
• Thomas Clayton (Senator), Whig, DE
• Howell Cobb (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Michael Cocke (Representative), Whig, TN
• Jacob Collamer (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Francis Collin (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Walter Terry Colquitt (Senator), Democrat, GA
• Albert Constable (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Thomas Corwin (Senator), Whig, OH
• James La Fayette Cottrell (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Henry Young Cranston (Representative), Whig, RI
• John Jordan Crittenden (Senator), Whig, KY
• John Hervey Crozier (Representative), Whig, TN
• Alvan Cullom (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Erastus Dean Culver (Representative), Whig, NY
• John D. Cummins (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Francis Alanson Cunningham (Representative), Democrat, OH

D

• John Reeves Jones Daniel (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Edmund Strother Dargan (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Cornelius Darragh (Representative), Whig, PA
• Garrett Davis (Representative), Whig, KY
• Jefferson Davis (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Davis (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Wesley Davis (Speaker of the House), Democrat, U.S.
• John Bennett Dawson (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Lewis Dayton (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John DE Mott (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Columbus Delano (Representative), Whig, OH
• Daniel Stevens Dickinson (Senator), Democrat, NY
• Paul Dillingham, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, VT
• John Adams Dix (Senator), Democrat, NY
• James Dixon (Representative), Whig, CT
• James Cochrane Dobbin (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Alfred Dockery (Representative), Whig, NC
• Augustus Caesar Dodge (Delegate), Democrat, Iowa Territory
• Stephen Arnold Douglas (Representative), Democrat, IL
• George Coke Dromgoole (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Robert Pinckney Dunlap (Representative), Democrat, ME

E

• Joseph E. Edsall (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Henry Thomas Ellett (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Samuel Stewart Ellsworth (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Jacob Erdman (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Evans (Senator), Whig, ME
• Edwin Hickman Ewing (Representative), Whig, TN
• John Hoge Ewing (Representative), Whig, PA

F

• John Fairfield (Senator), Democrat, ME
• James John Faran (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Orlando Bell Ficklin (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Solomon Foot (Representative), Whig, VT
• Henry Donnel Foster (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Fries (Representative), Democrat, OH

G

• William Swan Garvin (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Representative), Whig, TN
• Joshua Reed Giddings (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Fell Giles (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Charles Goodyear (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel Gordon (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Graham (Representative), Whig, NC
• Albert Collins Greene (Senator), Whig, RI
• Henry Grider (Representative), Whig, KY
• Joseph Grinnell (Representative), Whig, MA
• Martin Grover (Representative), Democrat, NY

H

• Artemas Hale (Representative), Whig, MA
• Hannibal Hamlin (Representative), Democrat, ME
• James Giles Hampton (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Edward Allen Hannegan (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Hugh A. Haralson (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John Henry Harmanson (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Alexander Harper (Representative), Whig, OH
• Serranus Clinton Hastings (Representative), Democrat, IA
• William Henry Haywood, Jr. (Senator), Democrat, NC
• Thomas Jefferson Henley (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Henry (Representative), Whig, IL
• Richard Platt Herrick (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Washington Hilliard (Representative), Whig, AL
• Joseph Pendleton Hoge (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Elias Bellows Holmes (Representative), Whig, NY
• Isaac Edward Holmes (Representative), Democrat, SC
• George Washington Hopkins (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Jervis Hough (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Smith Houston (Representative), Democrat, AL
• John Wallace Houston (Representative), Whig, DE
• Sam Houston (Senator), Democrat, TX
• Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (Representative), Whig, CT
• Charles Hudson (Representative), Whig, MA
• Orville Hungerford (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Bennett Hunt (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Washington 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

J

• Spencer Jarnagin (Senator), Whig, TN
• Timothy Jenkins (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Benning Wentworth Jenness (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Andrew Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Henry Johnson (Senator), Whig, LA
• James Hutchins Johnson (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Joseph Johnson (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Reverdy Johnson (Senator), Whig, MD
• George Washington Jones (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Seaborn Jones (Representative), Democrat, GA

K

• David Spangler Kaufman (Representative), Democrat, TX
• Andrew Kennedy (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Daniel Putnam King (Representative), Whig, MA
• Preston King (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Butler King (Representative), Whig, GA

L

• LA SÉRE, Emile (Representative), Democrat, LA
• John Watson Lawrence (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Shelton Farrar Leake (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Shepherd Leffler (Representative), Democrat, IA
• Owen D. Leib (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Lewis Charles Levin (Representative), American Party, PA
• David Levy (Senator), Democrat, FL
• Abner Lewis (Representative), Whig, NY
• Dixon Hall Lewis (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Thomas Watkins Ligon (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Edward Henry Carroll Long (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Henry Lumpkin (Representative), Democrat, GA

M

• William Brown Maclay (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Whig, NC
• George Perkins Marsh (Representative), Whig, VT
• Barclay Martin (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John Preston Martin (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Morgan Lewis Martin (Delegate), Democrat, Wisconsin Territory
• James Murray Mason (Senator), Democrat, VA
• Moses McClean (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert McClelland (Representative), Democrat, MI
• John Alexander McClernand (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Felix Grundy McConnell (Representative), Democrat, AL
• John Dennis McCrate (Representative), Democrat, ME
• William McDaniel (Representative), Democrat, MO
• James McDowell (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Joseph Jefferson McDowell (Representative), Democrat, OH
• George McDuffie (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Edward Wilson McGaughey (Representative), Whig, IN
• John Hardin McHenry (Representative), Whig, KY
• Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Iver McKay (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Jacob Welsh Miller (Senator), Whig, NJ
• William Starr Miller (Representative), American Party, NY
• James Turner Morehead (Senator), Whig, KY
• Joseph Morris (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Isaac Edward Morse (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Abbott Moseley (Representative), Whig, NY
• Mace Moulton (Representative), Democrat, NH

N

• Thomas Willoughby Newton (Representative), Whig, AR
• John Milton Niles (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Archibald Campbell Niven (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Moses Norris, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, NH

O

• Robert Dale Owen (Representative), Democrat, IN

P

• Isaac Parrish (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Winter Payne (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Alfred Pearce (Senator), Whig, MD
• John Strother Pendleton (Representative), Whig, VA
• Isaac S. Pennybacker (Senator), Democrat, VA
• Augustus Leonard Perrill (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Thomas Johns Perry (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Joseph Hopkins Peyton (Representative), Whig, TN
• John Smith Phelps (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Samuel Shethar Phelps (Senator), Whig, VT
• Timothy Pilsbury (Representative), Democrat, TX
• James Pollock (Representative), Whig, PA
• Sterling Price (Representative), Democrat, MO

R

• Alexander Ramsey (Representative), Whig, PA
• George Oscar Rathbun (Representative), Democrat, NY
• David Settle Reid (Representative), Democrat, NC
• James Hugh Relfe (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Robert Barnwell Rhett (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas C. Ripley (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Ritter (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert Whyte Roberts (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Arnold Rockwell (Representative), Whig, CT
• Julius Rockwell (Representative), Whig, MA
• Joseph Mosley Root (Representative), Free Soilier, OH
• John Runk (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Senator), Democrat, TX
• Joseph Russell (Representative), Democrat, NY

S

• Cullen Sawtelle (Representative), Democrat, ME
• William Sawyer (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Fairfield Scamman (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Robert Cumming Schenck (Representative), Whig, OH
• Henry John Seaman (Representative), American Party, NY
• James Alexander Seddon (Representative), Democrat, VA
• James Semple (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Luther Severance (Representative), Whig, ME
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• James Fowler Simmons (Senator), Whig, RI
• Richard Franklin Simpson (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Alexander Dromgoole Sims (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Leonard Henly Sims (Representative), Democrat, MO
• John Slidell (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Albert Smith (Representative), Whig, NY
• Caleb Blood Smith (Representative), Whig, IN
• Robert Smith (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwell Smith (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas Smith (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Truman Smith (Representative), Whig, CT
• SOULÉ, Pierre (Senator), Democrat, LA
• Jesse Speight (Senator), Democrat, MS
• Henry ST. John (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Frederick Perry Stanton (Representative), Democrat, TN
• David Austin Starkweather (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Representative), Whig, GA
• Andrew Stewart (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Strohm (Representative), Whig, PA
• Stephen Strong (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Daniel Sturgeon (Senator), Democrat, PA
• George Sykes (Representative), Democrat, NJ

T

• William Taylor (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux (Representative), -, LA
• William Poindexter Thomasson (Representative), Whig, KY
• Benjamin Thompson (Representative), Whig, MA
• Jacob Thompson (Representative), Democrat, MS
• James Thompson (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Allen G. Thurman (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Wooleston Tibbatts (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Daniel Rose Tilden (Representative), Whig, OH
• Robert Augustus Toombs (Representative), Whig, GA
• George Washington Bonaparte Towns (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Marshall Tredway (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Andrew Alkire Trumbo (Representative), Whig, KY
• Hopkins Lacy Turney (Senator), Democrat, TN

U

• William Upham (Senator), Whig, VT

V

• Joseph Vance (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Finley Vinton (Representative), Whig, OH

W

• Robert John Walker (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Wentworth (Representative), Democrat, IL
• James Westcott (Senator), Democrat, FL
• Horace Wheaton (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Hugh White (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Watson Wick (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Hezekiah Williams (Representative), Democrat, ME
• David Wilmot (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert Charles Winthrop (Representative), Whig, MA
• Bradford Ripley Wood (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Woodbridge (Senator), Whig, MI
• Levi Woodbury (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
• Thomas M. Woodruff (Representative), American Party, NY
• Joseph Addison Woodward (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William W. Woodworth (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel Gardiner Wright (Representative), Whig, NJ
• William Wright (Representative), Whig, NJ

Y

• William Lowndes Yancey (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Archibald Yell (Representative), Democrat, AR
• Jacob Senewell Yost (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Bryan Rust Young (Representative), Whig, KY
• David Levy Yulee (Senator), Democrat, FL

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