Thirty-third United States Congress

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)

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