Twenty-fifth United States Congress

Dates of Sessions

• The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from September 4, 1837 to October 16, 1837.
• The second session took place in Washington, DC from December 4, 1837 to July 9, 1838.
• The third session took place in Washington, DC from December 3, 1838 to March 3, 1839.

In addition, the Senate was called into special session by outgoing President Andrew Jackson for incoming President Martin Van Buren and met from March 4, 1837 to March 10, 1837.

Major political events

Members of the Twenty-fifth United States Congress

• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• James Alexander, Jr. (Representative), Whig, OH
• Heman (of Milton) Allen (Representative), Whig, VT
• John William Allen (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Hugh Johnston Anderson (Representative), Democrat, ME
• John Tuttle Andrews (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Charles Gordon Atherton (Representative), Democrat, NH
• John Bancker Aycrigg (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Linn Banks (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Richard Henry Bayard (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• William Beatty (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Cyrus Beers (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Andrew Beirne (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Bell (Representative), Whig, TN
• Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Democrat, MO
• Bennet Bicknell (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Richard Biddle (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Samuel Birdsall (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Black (Senator), Whig, MS
• William Key Bond (Representative), Whig, OH
• Ratliff Boon (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Nathaniel Briggs Borden (Representative), Democrat, MA
• James Wood Bouldin (Representative), Democrat, VA
• George Nixon Briggs (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Curtis Brodhead (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Isaac Hopkins Bronson (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Bedford Brown (Senator), Jacksonian, NC
• Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Andrew Buchanan (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
• Jesse Atherton Bynum (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Calhoon (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• William Barron Calhoun (Representative), Whig, MA
• Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Campbell (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William Bowen Campbell (Representative), Whig, TN
• Timothy Jarvis Carter (Representative), Democrat, ME
• William Blount Carter (Representative), Whig, TN
• Zadok Casey (Representative), Democrat, IL
• John Chambers (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Chaney (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Reuben Chapman (Representative), Democrat, AL
• William Williams Chapman (Delegate), Democrat, Iowa Territory
• Richard Cheatham (Representative), Whig, TN
• Timothy Childs (Representative), Whig, NY
• Jonathan Cilley (Representative), Democrat, ME
• John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (Representative), Jacksonian, MS
• John Chamberlain Clark (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Clement Comer Clay (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Henry Clay (Senator), Whig, KY
• Thomas Clayton (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• Jesse Franklin Cleveland (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Kennedy Clowney (Representative), Nullifier, SC
• Charles Dustin Coffin (Representative), Whig, OH
• Walter Coles (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Henry William Connor (Representative), Democrat, NC
• 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 Curtis (Representative), Whig, NY
• Caleb Cushing (Representative), Whig, MA
• Samuel Cushman (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Alfred Cuthbert (Senator), Jacksonian, GA
• Edward Darlington (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Thomas Davee (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Edward Davies (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• John Davis (Senator), Whig, MA
• William Crosby Dawson (Representative), Whig, GA
• John Isaac DE Graff (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Edmund Deberry (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Dennis (Representative), Whig, MD
• James Duane Doty (Delegate), Democrat, Wisconsin Territory
• Charles Downing (Delegate), Florida Territory
• George Coke Dromgoole (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Alexander Duncan (Representative), Democrat, OH
• George Hedford Dunn (Representative), Whig, IN
• John Edwards (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Franklin Harper Elmore (Representative), State Rights Democrat, SC
• George Evans (Representative), Whig, ME
• Horace Everett (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Ewing (Representative), Whig, IN
• John Fairfield (Representative), Democrat, ME
• James Farrington (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Millard Fillmore (Representative), Whig, NY
• Isaac Fletcher (Representative), Democrat, VT
• Richard Fletcher (Representative), Whig, MA
• Ephraim Hubbard Foster (Senator), Whig, TN
• Henry Allen Foster (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Jacob Fry, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William Savin Fulton (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• Albert Gallup (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Garland (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Rice Garland (Representative), Whig, LA
• Samuel Jameson Gholson (Representative), Jacksonian, MS
• Joshua Reed Giddings (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Glascock (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Patrick Gaines Goode (Representative), Whig, OH
• James Graham (Representative), Whig, NC
• William Graham (Representative), Whig, IN
• Abraham Phineas Grant (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Seaton Grantland (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Jordan Graves (Representative), Whig, KY
• Hiram Gray (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Grennell, Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
• John King Griffin (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Felix Grundy (Senator), Democrat, TN
• Elisha Haley (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Hiland Hall (Representative), Whig, VT
• William Halstead (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Thomas Lyon Hamer (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Robert Hanna Hammond (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Harlan (Representative), Whig, KY
• Alexander Harper (Representative), Whig, OH
• Francis Jacob Harper (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Albert Galliton Harrison (Representative), Democrat, MO
• William Soden Hastings (Representative), Whig, MA
• Richard Hawes (Representative), Whig, KY
• Micajah Thomas Hawkins (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Charles Eaton Haynes (Representative), -, GA
• Thomas Henry (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Herod (Representative), Whig, IN
• Josiah Ogden Hoffman (Representative), Whig, NY
• Hopkins Holsey (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Orrin Holt (Representative), Democrat, CT
• George Washington Hopkins (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Benjamin Chew Howard (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Henry Hubbard (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
• Edward Burd Hubley (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Representative), Whig, VA
• William H. Hunter (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Samuel Ingham (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Jabez Young Jackson (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Thomas Birdsall Jackson (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Daniel Jenifer (Representative), Whig, MD
• Henry Johnson (Representative), Whig, LA
• Joseph Johnson (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Cost Johnson (Representative), Whig, MD
• George Wallace Jones (Delegate), Democrat, Wisconsin Territory
• John Winston Jones (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Nathaniel Jones (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George May Keim (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Gouverneur Kemble (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Joseph Kent (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MD
• Daniel Kilgore (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Pendleton King (Senator), Jacksonian, GA
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL
• John Klingensmith, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Nehemiah Rice Knight (Senator), Whig, RI
• Joab Lawler (Representative), Whig, AL
• Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (Representative), Democrat, OH
• LEGARÉ, Hugh Swinton (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Dixon Hall Lewis (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Levi Lincoln, Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
• Lewis Fields Linn (Senator), Jacksonian, MO
• Henry Logan (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Andrew Williams Loomis (Representative), Whig, OH
• Arphaxed Loomis (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Wilson Lumpkin (Senator), Democrat, GA
• Francis Strother Lyon (Representative), Whig, AL
• Lucius Lyon (Senator), Jacksonian, MI
• Francis Mallory (Representative), Whig, VA
• Joshua Lanier Martin (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Richard Pratt Marvin (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Murray Mason (Representative), Jackson Democrat, VA
• Samson Mason (Representative), Whig, OH
• Abram Poindexter Maury (Representative), Whig, TN
• John Patterson Bryan Maxwell (Representative), Whig, NJ
• William L. May (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Abraham McClellan (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Robert McClellan (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Charles McClure (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Iver McKay (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Samuel McKean (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
• Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Isaac McKim (Representative), Democrat, MD
• John McKinley (Senator), Jacksonian, AL
• Richard Hickman Menefee (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Duhurst Merrick (Senator), Whig, MD
• John Miller (Representative), Democrat, MO
• John Jones Milligan (Representative), Whig, DE
• Charles F. Mitchell (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Montgomery (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Ely Moore (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Stephen Morgan (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Calvary Morris (Representative), Whig, OH
• Mathias Morris (Representative), Whig, PA
• Samuel Wells Morris (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Thomas Morris (Senator), Jacksonian, OH
• Alexander Mouton (Senator), Jacksonian, LA
• Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John L. Murray (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Charles Naylor (Representative), Whig, PA
• Robert Carter Nicholas (Senator), Jacksonian, LA
• John Milton Niles (Senator), Democrat, CT
• William Henry Noble (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Norvell (Senator), Jacksonian, MI
• Joseph Cobham Noyes (Representative), Whig, ME
• Charles Ogle (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• George Welshman Owens (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John Palmer (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Amasa Junius Parker (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Richard Elliott Parker (Senator), Jacksonian, VA
• William Parmenter (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Virgil Delphini Parris (Representative), State Rights Democrat, ME
• William Patterson (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Mercer Patton (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Lemuel Paynter (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Alfred Pearce (Representative), Whig, MD
• Luther Christopher Peck (Representative), Whig, NY
• Isaac S. Pennybacker (Representative), Democrat, VA
• David Petrikin (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Lancelot Phelps (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Stephen Clarendon Phillips (Representative), Whig, MA
• Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Franklin Pierce (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Arnold Plumer (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Knox Polk (Speaker of the House), Democrat, U.S.
• John Pope (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Wilson Potter (Representative), Democrat, PA
• David Potts, Jr. (Representative), Anti Mason, PA
• Zadock Pratt (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Holmes Prentiss (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel Prentiss (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VT
• Seargent Smith Prentiss (Representative), -, MS
• William Campbell Preston (Senator), Nullifier, SC
• Harvey Putnam (Representative), Whig, NY
• Joseph Fitz Randolph (Representative), Whig, NJ
• James Rariden (Representative), Whig, IN
• John Reed Jr. (Representative), Whig, MA
• Luther Reily (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Abraham Rencher (Representative), Whig, NC
• Robert Barnwell Rhett (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Peter Richardson (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Ridgway (Representative), Whig, OH
• Eleazar Wheelock Ripley (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Francis Everod Rives (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Cabell Rives (Senator), Democrat, VA
• William Henry Roane (Senator), Democrat, VA
• Asher Robbins (Senator), Whig, RI
• John Robertson (Representative), Whig, VA
• Edward Robinson (Representative), Whig, ME
• John McCracken Robinson (Senator), Jacksonian, IL
• John Ruggles (Senator), Jacksonian, ME
• Edward Rumsey (Representative), Whig, KY
• David Abel Russell (Representative), Whig, NY
• Leverett Saltonstall (Representative), Whig, MA
• Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Sergeant (Representative), Whig, PA
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• Daniel Sheffer (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Charles Biddle Shepard (Representative), Whig, NC
• Matthias Shepler (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Augustine Henry Shepperd (Representative), Whig, NC
• Ebenezer J. Shields (Representative), Whig, TN
• Mark Hopkins Sibley (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Slade (Representative), Whig, VT
• Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Oliver Hampton Smith (Senator), Whig, IN
• Perry Smith (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Robert Barnwell Smith (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Adam Wilson Snyder (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Samuel Lewis Southard (Senator), Whig, NJ
• William Wright Southgate (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Selby Spence (Senator), Anti-Jackson, MD
• James Bradley Spencer (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Israel Standifer (Representative), Whig, TN
• Edward Stanly (Representative), Whig, NC
• William Stone (Representative), Whig, TN
• Robert Strange (Senator), Jacksonian, NC
• Charles C. Stratton (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Archibald Stuart (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Henry Swearingen (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Benjamin Swift (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VT
• John Taliaferro (Representative), Whig, VA
• Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Senator), Democrat, NY
• William Taylor (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Francis Thomas (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Waddy Thompson, Jr. (Representative), Whig, SC
• Joseph Leonard Tillinghast (Representative), Whig, RI
• John Tipton (Senator), Jacksonian, IN
• Obadiah Titus (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Washington Toland (Representative), Whig, PA
• Isaac Toucey (Representative), Democrat, CT
• George Washington Bonaparte Towns (Representative), Democrat, GA
• James Fisher Trotter (Senator), Democrat, MS
• Hopkins Lacy Turney (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Joseph Rogers Underwood (Representative), Whig, KY
• Henry Vail (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Abraham Vanderveer (Representative), Democrat, NY
• David Douglas Wagener (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert John Walker (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• Garret Dorset Wall (Senator), Jacksonian, NJ
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
• Taylor Webster (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Joseph Weeks (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Albert Smith White (Representative), Whig, IN
• Hugh Lawson White (Senator), Whig, TN
• John White (Representative), Whig, KY
• Elisha Whittlesey (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Tucker Whittlesey (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Christopher Harris Williams (Representative), Whig, TN
• Jared Warner Williams (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Joseph Lanier Williams (Representative), Whig, TN
• Reuel Williams (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Sherrod Williams (Representative), Whig, KY
• Thomas Hickman Williams (Senator), Democrat, MS
• Henry Alexander Wise (Representative), Whig, VA
• Thomas Jefferson Word (Representative), -, MS
• John Tolley Hood Worthington (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Silas Wright, Jr. (Senator), Jacksonian, NY
• Archibald Yell (Representative), Democrat, AR
• Thomas Jones Yorke (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Richard Montgomery Young (Senator), Democrat, IL

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