Twenty-ninth United States Congress

1845-1846

Major Political Events

Members of the Twenty-ninth United States Congress

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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, US
• 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, IA
• Stephen Arnold Douglas (Representative), Democrat, IL
• George Coke Dromgoole (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Robert Pinckney Dunlap (Representative), Democrat, ME
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Artemas Hale (Representative), Whig, MA
• Hannibal Hamlin (Representative), Democrat, ME
• James Giles Hampton (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Edward Allen Hannegan (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Hugh Anderson 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
• Samuel 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
• Charles Jared Ingersoll (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Representative), Whig, PA
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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, WI
• 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
• Thomas Willoughby Newton (Representative), Whig, AR
• John Milton Niles (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Archibald Campbell Niven (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Moses Norris, Jr (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Robert Dale Owen (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Isaac Parrish (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Winter Payne (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Alfred Pearce (Senator), Whig, MD
• John Strother Pendleton (Representative), Whig, VA
• Isaac Samuels 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• William Upham (Senator), Whig, VT
• Joseph Vance (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Finley Vinton (Representative), Whig, OH
• Robert John Walker (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Wentworth (Representative), Democrat, IL
• James Diament Westcott, Jr (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
• 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