36th United States Congress



The Thirty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1861, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President James Buchanan.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican plurality.

Dates of sessions
March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861
 * Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1859 - March 10, 1859
 * First session: December 5, 1859 - June 26, 1860
 * Special session of the Senate: June 26, 1860 - June 28, 1860
 * Second session: December 3, 1860 - March 3, 1861
 * Previous congress: 35th Congress
 * Next congress: 37th Congress

Party summary
Kansas was newly admitted to the Union and first represented as a state in this Congress. South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, and Texas declared their secession from the Union during this Congress and withdrew their representatives.

In this session, the Republican party had its first plurality in the House, but was four members short of a majority; until Southern Democrats began withdrawing near the end of the term. The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Leadership

 * Senate


 * Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
 * John C. Breckinridge, Democratic of Kentucky
 * President pro tempore of the Senate:
 * Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Democratic of Alabama, elected March 9, 1859
 * Jesse D. Bright, Democratic of Indiana, elected June 12, 1860
 * Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Democratic of Alabama, elected June 26, 1860
 * Solomon Foot, Republican of Vermont, elected February 16, 1861
 * House of Representatives


 * Speaker of the House
 * William Pennington, Republican of New Jersey, elected February 1, 1860

Major events
Events of 1859, 1860 and 1861

Major legislation
List of United States federal legislation in the 36th Congress
 * January 29, 1861 -- Kansas admitted as a state
 * February 28, 1861 -- Colorado Territory organized
 * March 2, 1861 -- Morrill Tariff
 * March 2, 1861 -- Nevada Territory organized
 * March 2, 1861-- Dakota Territory organized

Membership highlights by chamber
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Membership detail by state
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are |Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Alabama

 * Senate


 * 3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * 2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * House of Representatives (7 seats)


 * 1: James A. Stallworth (1822-1861), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * 2: James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * 3: David Clopton (1820-1892), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * 4: Sydenham Moore (1817-1862), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 30, 1861
 * 7: Jabez L. M. Curry (1825-1903), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861

Arkansas

 * Senate


 * 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
 * 3: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * 1: Thomas C. Hindman (1828-1868), Democratic
 * 2: Albert Rust ( -1870), Democratic

California

 * Senate


 * 3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
 * 1: David C. Broderick (1820-1859), Democratic …died September 16, 1859
 * Henry P. Haun (1815-1860), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 3, 1859
 * Milton S. Latham (1827-1882), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 5, 1860
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * 1: John C. Burch (1826-1885), Democratic
 * 2: Charles L. Scott (1827-1899), Democratic

Connecticut

 * Senate


 * 3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Republican
 * 1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican
 * House of Representatives (4 seats)


 * 1: Dwight Loomis (1821-1903), Republican
 * 2: John Woodruff (1826-1868), Republican
 * 3: Alfred A. Burnham (1819-1879), Republican
 * 4: Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Republican

Delaware

 * Senate


 * 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
 * 2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * A/L: William G. Whiteley (1819-1886), Democratic

Florida

 * Senate


 * 1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * 3: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * A/L: George S. Hawkins (1808-1878), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861

Georgia

 * Senate


 * 2: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * 3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 28, 1861
 * House of Representatives (8 seats)


 * 1: Peter E. Love (1818-1866), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
 * 2: Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
 * 3: Thomas Hardeman, Jr. (1825-1891), Independent …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
 * 4: Lucius J. Gartrell (1821-1891), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
 * 5: John W. H. Underwood (1816-1888), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
 * 6: James Jackson (1819-1887), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
 * 7: Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Independent …resigned January 23, 1861
 * 8: John J. Jones (1824-1898), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861

Illinois

 * Senate


 * 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
 * 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Republican
 * House of Representatives (9 seats)


 * 1: Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican
 * 2: John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
 * 3: Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), Republican
 * 4: William Kellogg (1814-1872), Republican
 * 5: Isaac N. Morris (1812-1879), Democratic
 * 6: Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic …died November 24, 1858
 * 6: John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 5, 1859
 * 7: James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic
 * 8: Philip B. Fouke (1818-1876), Democratic
 * 9: John A. Logan (1826-1886), Democratic

Indiana

 * Senate


 * 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
 * 3: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (11 seats)


 * 1: William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic
 * 2: William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic
 * 3: William McKee Dunn (1814-1887), Republican
 * 4: William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
 * 5: David Kilgore (1804-1879), Republican
 * 6: Albert G. Porter (1824-1897), Republican
 * 7: John G. Davis (1810-1866), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
 * 8: James Wilson (1825-1867), Republican
 * 9: Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican
 * 10: Charles Case (1817-1883), Republican
 * 11: John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Republican

Iowa

 * Senate


 * 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
 * 2: James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * 1: Samuel R. Curtis (1805-1866), Republican
 * 2: William Vandever (1817-1893), Republican

Kansas

 * Senate


 * vacant
 * vacant
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * A/L: Martin F. Conway (1827-1882), Republican …newly admitted state, seated January 30, 1861

Kentucky

 * Senate


 * 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), American
 * 2: Lazarus W. Powell (1812-1867), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (10 seats)


 * 1: Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic
 * 2: Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Democratic
 * 3: Francis M. Bristow (1804-1864), Independent
 * 4: William C. Anderson (1826-1861), Independent
 * 5: John Y. Brown (1835-1904), Democratic
 * 6: Green Adams (1812-1884), Independent
 * 7: Robert Mallory (1815-1885), Independent
 * 8: William E. Simms (1822-1898), Democratic
 * 9: Laban T. Moore (1829-1892), Independent
 * 10: John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Democratic

Louisiana

 * Senate


 * 2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew February 4, 1861
 * 3: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew February 4, 1861
 * House of Representatives (4 seats)


 * 1: John E. Bouligny (1824-1864), American
 * 2: Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew February 5, 1861
 * 3: Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after February 5, 1861
 * 4: John M. Landrum (1815-1861), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after February 5, 1861

Maine

 * Senate


 * 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican
 * 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican …resigned January 17, 1861
 * Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 17, 1861
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * 1: Daniel E. Somes (1815-1888), Republican
 * 2: John J. Perry (1811-1897), Republican
 * 3: Ezra B. French (1810-1880), Republican
 * 4: Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Republican
 * 5: Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Republican
 * Stephen Coburn (1817-1882), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 2, 1861
 * 6: Stephen C. Foster (1799-1872), Republican

Maryland

 * Senate


 * 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Democratic
 * 1: Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892), American
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * 1: James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Democratic
 * 2: Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), American
 * 3: J. Morrison Harris (1817-1898), American
 * 4: Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), American
 * 5: Jacob M. Kunkel (1822-1870), Democratic
 * 6: George W. Hughes (1806-1870), Democratic

Massachusetts

 * Senate


 * 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
 * 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican
 * House of Representatives (11 seats)


 * 1: Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Republican
 * 2: James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
 * 3: Charles F. Adams, Sr. (1807-1886), Republican
 * 4: Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), Republican
 * 5: Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), Republican
 * 6: John B. Alley (1817-1896), Republican
 * 7: Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Republican
 * 8: Charles R. Train (1817-1885), Republican
 * 9: Eli Thayer (1819-1899), Republican
 * 10: Charles Delano (1820-1883), Republican
 * 11: Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

 * Senate


 * 1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
 * 2: Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Republican
 * House of Representatives (4 seats)


 * 1: George B. Cooper (1808-1866), Democratic …contested election, served until May 15, 1860
 * William A. Howard (1813-1880), Republican …contested election, seated May 15, 1860
 * 2: Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Republican
 * 3: Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Republican
 * 4: De Witt C. Leach (1822-1909), Republican

Minnesota

 * Senate


 * 1: Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic
 * 2: Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), Republican
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * A/L: Cyrus Aldrich (1808-1871), Republican
 * A/L: William Windom (1827-1891), Republican

Mississippi

 * Senate


 * 2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861
 * 1: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * 1: Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893), Democratic …resigned December 1860, seat not filled in this Congress..
 * 2: Reuben Davis (1813-1890), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861
 * 3: William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861
 * 4: Otho R. Singleton (1814-1889), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861
 * 5: John J. McRae (1815-1868), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861

Missouri

 * Senate


 * 3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic
 * 1: Trusten Polk (1811-1876), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (7 seats)


 * 1: John R. Barret (1825-1903), Democratic …contested election, served until June 8, 1860, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1860
 * Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Republican …contested election, seated June 8, 1860, resigned June 25, 1860
 * John R. Barret (1825-1903), Democratic …contested election, served until June 8, 1860, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1860
 * 2: Thomas L. Anderson (1808-1885), Independent Democratic
 * 3: John B. Clark (1802-1885), Democratic
 * 4: James Craig (1818-1888), Democratic
 * 5: Samuel H. Woodson (1815-1881), American
 * 6: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
 * 7: John W. Noell (1816-1863), Democratic

New Hampshire

 * Senate


 * 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Republican
 * 3: Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * 1: Gilman Marston (1811-1890), Republican
 * 2: Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), Republican
 * 3: Thomas M. Edwards (1795-1875), Republican

New Jersey

 * Senate


 * 1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic
 * 2: John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), Republican
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * 1: John T. Nixon (1820-1889), Republican
 * 2: John L. N. Stratton (1817-1889), Republican
 * 3: Garnett B. Adrain (1815-1878), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
 * 4: Jetur R. Riggs (1809-1869), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
 * 5: William Pennington (1796-1862), Republican

New York

 * Senate


 * 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Republican
 * 1: Preston King (1806-1865), Republican
 * House of Representatives (33 seats)


 * 1: Luther C. Carter (1805-1875), Republican
 * 2: James Humphrey (1811-1866), Republican
 * 3: Daniel E. Sickles (1819-1914), Democratic
 * 4: Thomas J. Barr (1812-1881), Independent Democratic
 * 5: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic
 * 6: John Cochrane (1813-1898), Democratic
 * 7: George Briggs (1805-1869), Republican
 * 8: Horace F. Clark (1815-1873), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
 * 9: John B. Haskin (1821-1895), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
 * 10: Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican
 * 11: William S. Kenyon (1820-1896), Republican
 * 12: Charles L. Beale (1824-1900), Republican
 * 13: Abram B. Olin (1808-1879), Republican
 * 14: John H. Reynolds (1819-1875), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
 * 15: James B. McKean (1821-1879), Republican
 * 16: George W. Palmer (1818-1916), Republican
 * 17: Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), Republican
 * 18: Clark B. Cochrane (1815-1867), Republican
 * 19: James H. Graham (1812-1881), Republican
 * 20: Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
 * 21: R. Holland Duell (1824-1891), Republican
 * 22: M. Lindley Lee (1805-1876), Republican
 * 23: Charles B. Hoard (1805-1886), Republican
 * 24: Charles B. Sedgwick (1815-1883), Republican
 * 25: Martin Butterfield (1790-1866), Republican
 * 26: Emory B. Pottle (1815-1891), Republican
 * 27: Alfred Wells (1814-1867), Republican
 * 28: William Irvine (1820-1882), Republican
 * 29: Alfred Ely (1815-1892), Republican
 * 30: Augustus Frank (1826-1895), Republican
 * 31: Silas M. Burroughs (1810-1860), Republican …died June 3, 1860
 * Edwin R. Reynolds (1816-1908), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1860
 * 32: Elbridge G. Spaulding (1809-1897), Republican
 * 33: Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

North Carolina

 * Senate


 * 3: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic
 * 2: Thomas Bragg (1810-1872), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (8 seats)


 * 1: William N. H. Smith (1812-1889), Independent
 * 2: Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic
 * 3: Warren Winslow (1810-1862), Democratic
 * 4: Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862), Democratic
 * 5: John A. Gilmer (1805-1868), Independent
 * 6: James M. Leach (1815-1891), Independent
 * 7: F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), Democratic
 * 8: Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), Independent

Ohio

 * Senate


 * 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Republican
 * 3: George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (21 seats)


 * 1: George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Democratic
 * 2: John A. Gurley (1813-1863), Republican
 * 3: Clement L. Vallandigham (1820-1871), Democratic
 * 4: William Allen (1827-1881), Democratic
 * 5: James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Republican
 * 6: William Howard (1817-1891), Democratic
 * 7: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Republican
 * 8: Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Republican
 * 9: John Carey (1792-1875), Republican
 * 10: Carey A. Trimble (1813-1887), Republican
 * 11: Charles D. Martin (1829-1911), Democratic
 * 12: Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
 * 13: John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
 * 14: Cyrus Spink (1793-1859), Republican …died May 31, 1859, before Congress assembled.
 * Harrison G. O. Blake (1818-1876), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1859
 * 15: William Helmick (1817-1888), Republican
 * 16: Cydnor B. Tompkins (1810-1862), Republican
 * 17: Thomas C. Theaker (1812-1883), Republican
 * 18: Sidney Edgerton (1818-1900), Republican
 * 19: Edward Wade (1802-1866), Republican
 * 20: John Hutchins (1812-1891), Republican
 * 21: John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican

Oregon

 * Senate


 * 3: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic
 * 2: Edward D. Baker (1811-1861), Republican …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 2, 1860
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * A/L: Lansing Stout (1828-1871), Democratic

Pennsylvania

 * Senate


 * 3: William Bigler (1814-1880), Democratic
 * 1: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican
 * House of Representatives (25 seats)


 * 1: Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
 * 2: Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Republican
 * 3: John P. Verree (1817-1889), Republican
 * 4: William Millward (1822-1871), Republican
 * 5: John Wood (1816-1898), Republican
 * 6: John Hickman (1810-1875), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
 * 7: Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871), Republican
 * 8: John Schwartz (1793-1860), Anti-Lecompton Democratic …died June 20, 1860
 * Jacob K. McKenty (1827-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1860
 * 9: Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Republican
 * 10: John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican
 * 11: James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Republican
 * 12: George W. Scranton (1811-1861), Republican
 * 13: William H. Dimmick (1815-1861), Democratic
 * 14: Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Republican
 * 15: James T. Hale (1810-1865), Republican
 * 16: Benjamin F. Junkin (1822-1908), Republican
 * 17: Edward McPherson (1830-1895), Republican
 * 18: Samuel S. Blair (1821-1890), Republican
 * 19: John Covode (1808-1871), Republican
 * 20: William Montgomery (1818-1870), Democratic
 * 21: James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Republican
 * 22: Robert McKnight (1820-1885), Republican
 * 23: William Stewart (1810-1876), Republican
 * 24: Chapin Hall (1816-1879), Republican
 * 25: Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887), Republican

Rhode Island

 * Senate


 * 1: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Republican
 * 2: Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * 1: Christopher Robinson (1806-1889), Republican
 * 2: William D. Brayton (1815-1887), Republican

South Carolina

 * Senate


 * 3: James H. Hammond (1807-1864), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew November 11, 1860
 * 2: James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew November 10, 1860
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * 1: John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860
 * 2: William P. Miles (1822-1899), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after December 13, 1860
 * 3: Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after December 10, 1860
 * 4: Milledge L. Bonham (1813-1890), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860
 * 5: John D. Ashmore (1819-1871), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860
 * 6: William W. Boyce (1818-1890), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860

Tennessee

 * Senate


 * 1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
 * 2: Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew March 3, 1861
 * House of Representatives (10 seats)


 * 1: Thomas A. R. Nelson (1812-1873), Independent
 * 2: Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Independent
 * 3: Reese B. Brabson (1817-1863), Independent
 * 4: William B. Stokes (1814-1897), Independent
 * 5: Robert H. Hatton (1826-1862), Independent
 * 6: James H. Thomas (1808-1876), Democratic
 * 7: John V. Wright (1828-1908), Democratic
 * 8: James M. Quarles (1823-1901), Independent
 * 9: Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), Independent
 * 10: William T. Avery (1819-1880), Democratic

Texas

 * Senate


 * 1: Matthias Ward (1805-1861), Democratic
 * Louis T. Wigfall (1816-1874), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, December 5, 1859
 * 2: John Hemphill (1803-1862), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * 1: John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Democratic
 * 2: Andrew J. Hamilton (1815-1875), Independent Democratic

Vermont

 * Senate


 * 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Republican
 * 3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Republican
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * 1: Eliakim P. Walton (1812-1890), Republican
 * 2: Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican
 * 3: Homer E. Royce (1819-1891), Republican

Virginia

 * Senate


 * 1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
 * 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (13 seats)


 * 1: Muscoe R. H. Garnett (1821-1864), Democratic
 * 2: John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
 * 3: Daniel C. De Jarnette (1822-1881), Independent Democratic
 * 4: William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic …died July 3, 1859
 * Roger A. Pryor (1828-1919), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1859
 * 5: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
 * 6: Shelton F. Leake (1812-1884), Independent Democratic
 * 7: William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic
 * 8: Alexander R. Boteler (1815-1892), Independent
 * 9: John T. Harris (1823-1899), Independent Democratic
 * 10: Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Democratic
 * 11: Albert G. Jenkins (1830-1864), Democratic
 * 12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
 * 13: Elbert S. Martin (1829c-1876), Independent Democratic

Wisconsin

 * Senate


 * 3: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Republican
 * 1: James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Republican
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * 1: John F. Potter (1817-1899), Republican
 * 2: Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Republican …resigned January 1, 1861
 * 3: Charles H. Larrabee (1820-1883), Democratic

Delegates

 * Kansas Territory


 * A/L: Marcus J. Parrott (1828-1879), Republican ...newly admitted state, served until January 29, 1861
 * Nebraska Territory


 * A/L: Samuel G. Daily (1823-1866), Republican …contested election, seated May 18, 1860
 * A/L: Experience Estabrook (1813-1894),  …contested election, served until May 18, 1860
 * New Mexico Territory


 * A/L: Miguel A. Otero (1829-1882), Democratic
 * Utah Territory


 * A/L: William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Democratic
 * Washington Territory


 * A/L: Isaac I. Stevens (1818-1862), Democratic

Membership detail by Chamber/Party
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Membership Changes
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.