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1853-1855
The first session of this Congress took place in
Washington, DC
from
December 5
, 1853 to
August 7
, 1854.
The second session took place in
Washington, DC
from
December 4
, 1854 to
March 3
, 1855.
In addition, the Senate was called into special session by outgoing President
Millard Fillmore
for incoming President
Franklin Pierce
and met from
March 4
, 1853 to
April 11
, 1853.
MAJOR POLITICAL EVENTS
MEMBERS OF THE THIRTY-THIRD UNITED STATES CONGRESS
Senators
Stephen Adams
(D-MS)
Philip Allen
(D-RI)
David Rice Atchison
(D-MO)
Charles Gordon Atherton
(D-NH)
George Edmund Badger
(Whig-NC)
James A. Bayard, Jr.
(D-DE)
John Asheton Bell
(Whig-TN)
Judah Philip Benjamin
(Whig-LA)
Solon Philip Borland
(D-AR)
Lawrence Philip Brainerd
(Free Soil-VT)
Jesse David Bright
(D-IN)
Richard David Brodhead
(D-PA)
Albert Gallatin Brown
(D-MS)
Andrew Pickens Butler
(D-SC)
Lewis Pickens Cass
(D-MI)
Salmon Portland Chase
(Free Soil-OH)
Clement Claiborne Clay
(D-AL)
John Middleton Clayton
(Whig-DE)
James Middleton Cooper
(Whig-PA)
William Crosby Dawson
(Whig-GA)
Archibald Crosby Dixon
(Whig-KY)
Augustus Caesar Dodge
(D-IA)
Henry Caesar Dodge
(D-WI)
Stephen Arnold Douglas
(D-IL)
Josiah James Evans
(D-SC)
Edward James Everett
(Whig-MA)
William Pitt Fessenden
(Whig-ME)
Hamilton Pitt Fish
(Whig-NY)
Benjamin Pitt Fitzpatrick
(D-AL)
Solomon Pitt Foot
(Whig-VT)
Henry Sheffie Geyer
(Whig-MO)
Francis Sheffie Gillette
(Free Soil-CT)
William Mckendree Gwin
(D-CA)
Hannibal Mckendree Hamlin
(D-ME)
Samuel Mckendree Houston
(D-TX)
Robert Mercer Hunter
(D-VA)
Charles Tillinghast James
(D-RI)
Robert Ward Johnson
(D-AR)
George Wallace Jones
(D-IA)
James Chamberlain Jones
(Whig-TN)
Stephen Mallory
(D-FL)
James Murray Mason
(D-VA)
Jackson Murray Morton
(Whig-FL)
Moses Murray Norris
(D-NH)
James Alfred Pearce
(Whig-MD)
John Alfred Pettit
(D-IN)
Samuel Shethar Phelps
(Whig-VT)
Thomas George Pratt
(Whig-MD)
David Settle Reid
(D-NC)
Julius Settle Rockwell
(Whig-MA)
Thomas Jefferson Rusk
(D-TX)
William King Sebastian
(D-AR)
William Henry Seward
(Whig-NY)
James Henry Shields
(D-IL)
John Henry Slidell
(D-LA)
Truman Henry Smith
(Whig-CT)
Pierre Henry Soulé
(D-LA)
Charles Edward Stuart
(D-MI)
Charles Edward Sumner
(Free Soil-MA)
John Burton Thompson
(Whig-KY)
John Renshaw Thomson
(D-NJ)
Robert Augustus Toombs
(Whig-GA)
Isaac Augustus Toucey
(D-CT)
Benjamin Franklin Wade
(Whig-OH)
Isaac Pigeon Walker
(D-WI)
John B. Weller
(D-CA)
John Sullivan Wells
(D-NH)
Jared Warner Williams
(D-NH)
Henry Warner Wilson
(Free Soil-MA)
William Warner Wright
(D-NJ)
Representatives
James Abercrombie
(Whig-AL)
William Aiken
(D-SC)
James Cameron Allen
(D-IL)
Willis Cameron Allen
(D-IL)
William Cameron Appleton
(Whig-MA)
William Shepperd Ashe
(D-NC)
David Jackson Bailey
(D-GA)
Edward Jackson Ball
(Whig-OH)
Nathaniel Prentice Banks
(D-MA)
William Prentice Barksdale
(D-MS)
William Taylor Barry
(D-MS)
Thomas Henry Bayly
(D-VA)
Nathan Henry Belcher
(D-CT)
Peter Hansbrough Bell
(D-TX)
Henry Hansbrough Bennett
(Whig-NY)
Samuel Page Benson
(Whig-ME)
Thomas Hart Benton
(D-MO)
William Harrison Bissell
(D-IL)
George Harrison Bliss
(D-OH)
Thomas Stanley Bocock
(D-VA)
Azariah Stanley Boody
(Whig-NY)
William Waters Boyce
(D-SC)
Linn Waters Boyd
(D-KY)
John Cabell Breckinridge
(D-KY)
Samuel Augustus Bridges
(D-PA)
Francis Marion Bristow
(Whig-KY)
Preston Smith Brooks
(D-SC)
Robert Malone Bugg
(Whig-TN)
Brookins Malone Campbell
(D-TN)
Lewis Davis Campbell
(Whig-OH)
Davis Carpenter
(Whig-NY)
Samuel Davis Caruthers
(Whig-MO)
John Samuels Caskie
(D-VA)
Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain
(D-IN)
Joseph Ripley Chandler
(Whig-PA)
George William Chase
(Whig-NY)
Elijah Webb Chastain
(D-GA)
James Stone Chrisman
(D-KY)
William Montgomery Churchwell
(D-TN)
Samuel Montgomery Clark
(D-MI)
Thomas Lanier Clingman
(Whig-NC)
Williamson Robert Cobb
(D-AL)
Alfred Holt Colquitt
(D-GA)
John Parsons Cook
(Whig-IA)
Moses Bledso Corwin
(Whig-OH)
Leander Martin Cox
(Whig-KY)
Francis Burton Craige
(D-NC)
Samuel Leonard Crocker
(Whig-MA)
William Leonard Cullom
(Whig-TN)
Thomas William Cumming
(D-NY)
Carlton Brandaga Curtis
(D-PA)
Francis Brockholst Cutting
(D-NY)
John Givan Davis
(D-IN)
Thomas Givan Davis
(D-RI)
John Littleton Dawson
(D-PA)
Alexander Littleton De Witt
(Free Soil-MA)
Gilbert Littleton Dean
(D-NY)
William Barton Dent
(D-GA)
John Barton Dick
(Whig-PA)
Edward Barton Dickinson
(Whig-MA)
David Tiernan Disney
(D-OH)
James Ferguson Dowdell
(D-AL)
Augustus Ferguson Drum
(D-PA)
William Ferguson Dunbar
(D-LA)
Cyrus Livingston Dunham
(D-IN)
Ben C. Eastman
(D-WI)
Norman C. Eddy
(D-IN)
Alfred Peck Edgerton
(D-OH)
John Wiley Edmands
(Whig-MA)
Henry Alonzo Edmundson
(D-VA)
Thomas Dawes Eliot
(Whig-MA)
John Milton Elliott
(D-KY)
Andrew Milton Ellison
(D-OH)
William Hayden English
(D-IN)
Emerson Hayden Etheridge
(Whig-TN)
William Hayden Everhart
(Whig-PA)
Presley Underwood Ewing
(Whig-KY)
Ephraim Wilder Farley
(Whig-ME)
Charles James Faulkner
(Whig-VA)
Reuben Eaton Fenton
(D-NY)
Thomas Thorn Flagler
(Whig-NY)
Thomas Birch Florence
(D-PA)
John Rankin Franklin
(Whig-MD)
Thomas James Fuller
(D-ME)
James Gamble
(D-PA)
Joshua Reed Giddings
(Whig-OH)
William Osborne Goode
(D-VA)
John Zacheus Goodrich
(Whig-MA)
Henry Charles Goodwin
(Whig-NY)
Frederick William Green
(D-OH)
Alfred Burton Greenwood
(D-AR)
Benjamin Edwards Grey
(Whig-KY)
Galusha Aaron Grow
(D-PA)
William Thomas Hamilton
(D-MD)
Aaron Thomas Harlan
(Whig-OH)
Andrew Jackson Harlan
(D-IN)
Sampson Willis Harris
(D-AL)
Wiley Pope Harris
(D-MS)
John Scott Harrison
(Whig-OH)
George Scott Hastings
(D-NY)
Solomon George Haven
(Whig-NY)
Thomas Andrews Hendricks
(D-IN)
Bernhart Andrews Henn
(D-IA)
Harry Andrews Hibbard
(D-NH)
Isaac Ellmaker Hiester
(Whig-PA)
Clement Sidney Hill
(Whig-KY)
Junius Sidney Hillyer
(D-GA)
George Smith Houston
(D-AL)
Thomas Marshall Howe
(Whig-PA)
Charles Marshall Hughes
(D-NY)
Theodore Gaillard Hunt
(Whig-LA)
Colin Macrae Ingersoll
(D-CT)
Harvey Hull Johnson
(D-OH)
Daniel Terryll Jones
(D-NY)
George Washington Jones
(D-TN)
Jehu Glancy Jones
(D-PA)
Roland Glancy Jones
(D-LA)
Laurence Massillon Keitt
(D-SC)
John Massillon Kerr
(Whig-NC)
Zedekiah Massillon Kidwell
(D-VA)
George Washington Kittredge
(D-NH)
James Washington Knox
(Whig-IL)
William Henry Kurtz
(D-PA)
Alfred William Lamb
(D-MO)
James Henry Lane
(D-IN)
Milton Slocum Latham
(D-CA)
John Slocum Letcher
(D-VA)
Charles Swearinger Lewis
(D-VA)
Samuel Swearinger Lilly
(D-NJ)
James Johnson Lindley
(Whig-MO)
William Dell Lindsley
(D-OH)
Caleb Dell Lyon
IndependentNY)
Moses Dell Macdonald
(D-ME)
Daniel Dell Mace
(D-IN)
John B. Macy
(D-WI)
Orsamus Benajah Matteson
(Whig-NY)
James Benajah Maurice
(D-NY)
Augustus Emmett Maxwell
(D-FL)
Henry Emmett May
(D-MD)
Samuel Emmett Mayall
(D-ME)
John Emmett Mcculloch
(Whig-PA)
James Alexander Mcdougall
(D-CA)
Fayette Alexander Mcmullen
(D-VA)
John Alexander Mcnair
(D-PA)
John Alexander Mcqueen
(D-SC)
James Alexander Meacham
(Whig-VT)
Ner Alexander Middleswarth
(Whig-PA)
John Gaines Miller
(Whig-MO)
Smith Gaines Miller
(D-IN)
John Singleton Millson
(D-VA)
Edwin Barber Morgan
(Whig-NY)
George Washington Morrison
(D-NH)
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg
(D-PA)
William Augustus Murray
(D-NY)
Matthias H. Nichols
(D-OH)
David Addison Noble
(D-MI)
Jesse Olds Norton
(Whig-IL)
Edson Baldwin Olds
(D-OH)
Andrew Baldwin Oliver
(D-NY)
Mordecai Baldwin Oliver
(Whig-MO)
James Lawrence Orr
(D-SC)
Asa Lawrence Packer
(D-PA)
Samuel Wilson Parker
(Whig-IN)
Jared Valentine Peck
(D-NY)
Rufus Wheeler Peckham
(D-NY)
Alexander Cumming Pennington
(Whig-NJ)
Bishop Cumming Perkins
(D-NY)
John Cumming Perkins
(D-LA)
John Smith Phelps
(D-MO)
Philip Smith Phillips
(D-AL)
Paulus Smith Powell
(D-VA)
James Timothy Pratt
(D-CT)
William Timothy Preston
(Whig-KY)
Benjamin Timothy Pringle
(Whig-NY)
Richard Clauselle Puryear
(Whig-NC)
Charles Clauselle Ready
(Whig-TN)
David Addison Reese
(Whig-GA)
William Alexander Richardson
(D-IL)
George Read Riddle
(D-DE)
Thomas Read Ritchey
(D-OH)
David Read Ritchie
(Whig-PA)
John Read Robbins
(D-PA)
Sion Hart Rogers
(Whig-NC)
Peter Hart Rowe
(D-NY)
Thomas Hart Ruffin
(D-NC)
Samuel Lyon Russell
(Whig-PA)
Alvah Lyon Sabin
(Whig-VT)
Russell Lyon Sage
(Whig-NY)
William Robinson Sapp
(Whig-OH)
Zeno Robinson Scudder
(Whig-MA)
James Lindsay Seward
(D-GA)
Origen Storrs Seymour
(D-CT)
Wilson Storrs Shannon
(D-OH)
Henry Marchmore Shaw
(D-NC)
Jacob Marchmore Shower
(D-MD)
George Abel Simmons
(Whig-NY)
Otho Robards Singleton
(D-MS)
Charles Robards Skelton
(D-NJ)
Gerrit Robards Smith
(Free Soilier-NY)
Samuel Axley Smith
(D-TN)
William Axley Smith
(D-VA)
William Russell Smith
(D-AL)
George Washington Smyth
(D-TX)
John Fryall Snodgrass
(D-VA)
Augustus Rhodes Sollers
(Whig-MD)
Frederick Perry Stanton
(D-TN)
Richard Henry Stanton
(D-KY)
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
(Whig-GA)
Hestor Lockhart Stevens
(D-MI)
Nathan Taylor Stratton
(D-NJ)
Christian Markle Straub
(D-PA)
Andrew Markle Stuart
(D-OH)
David Markle Stuart
(D-MI)
John James Taylor
(D-NY)
John Lampkin Taylor
(Whig-OH)
Nathaniel Green Taylor
(Whig-TN)
Isaac Green Teller
(Whig-NY)
Benjamin Babock Thurston
(D-RI)
Andrew Babock Tracy
(Whig-VT)
Michael Carver Trout
(D-PA)
William Marcy Tweed
(D-NY)
Charles Wentworth Upham
(Whig-MA)
George Wentworth Vail
(D-NJ)
Joshua Wentworth Van Sant
(D-MD)
Edward Wentworth Wade
(Free Soil-OH)
Hiram Wentworth Walbridge
(D-NY)
William Adams Walker
(D-NY)
Samuel Hurd Walley
(Whig-MA)
Michael Hurd Walsh
(D-NY)
Edward Allen Warren
(D-AR)
Israel Allen Washburn
(Whig-ME)
Elihu Benjamin Washburne
(Whig-IL)
Daniel Benjamin Wells
(D-WI)
John Benjamin Wentworth
(D-IL)
Tappan Benjamin Wentworth
(Whig-MA)
Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook
(D-NY)
John Romeyn Wheeler
(D-NY)
William Henry Witte
(D-PA)
Daniel Boone Wright
(D-MS)
Hendrick Bradley Wright
(D-PA)
Richard Bradley Yates
(Whig-IL)
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer
(Whig-TN)