26th United States Congress



The Twenty-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, 1839 to March 3, 1841, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Martin Van Buren.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions
March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841
 * First session: December 2, 1839 - July 21, 1840.
 * Second session: December 7, 1840 - March 3, 1841.
 * Previous congress: 25th Congress
 * Next congress: 27th Congress

Party summary
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.

Major events
Events of 1839, 1840 & 1841

Major legislation
List of United States federal legislation in the 26th Congress

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 with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

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 with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

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.

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Alabama

 * Senate


 * 2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic
 * 3: Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * 1: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic
 * 2: David Hubbard (1792-1874), Democratic
 * 3: George W. Crabb (1804-1846), Whig
 * 4: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic
 * 5: James Dellet (1788-1848), Whig

Arkansas

 * Senate


 * 2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic
 * 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * A/L: Edward Cross (1798-1887), Democratic

Connecticut

 * Senate


 * 3: Perry Smith (1783-1852), Democratic
 * 1: Thaddeus Betts (1789-1840), Whig …died April 7, 1840.
 * Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, May 4, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * A/L: Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), Whig
 * A/L: William L. Storrs (1795-1861), Whig …resigned in June 1840.
 * William W. Boardman (1794-1871), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * A/L: Thomas W. Williams (1789-1874), Whig
 * A/L: Thomas B. Osborne (1798-1869), Whig
 * A/L: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig
 * A/L: John H. Brockway (1801-1870), Whig

Delaware

 * Senate


 * 1: Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), Whig …resigned September 19, 1839, elected to fill vacancy, January 12, 1840.
 * 2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * A/L: Thomas Robinson, Jr. (1800-1843), Democratic

Georgia

 * Senate


 * 3: Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic
 * 2: Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (9 seats)


 * A/L: Julius C. Alford (1799-1863), Whig
 * A/L: Edward J. Black (1806-1846), Whig
 * A/L: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Whig …resigned July 21, 1840.
 * Hines Holt (1805-1865), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1840.
 * A/L: Mark A. Cooper (1800-1885), Whig
 * A/L: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig
 * A/L: Richard W. Habersham (1786-1842), Whig
 * A/L: Thomas Butler King (1800-1864), Whig
 * A/L: Eugenius A. Nisbet (1803-1871), Whig
 * A/L: Lott Warren (1797-1861), Whig

Illinois

 * Senate


 * 2: John M. Robinson (1794-1843), Democratic
 * 3: Richard M. Young (1798-1861), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * 1: John Reynolds (1788-1865), Democratic
 * 2: Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Democratic
 * 3: John T. Stuart (1807-1885), Whig

Indiana

 * Senate


 * 3: Oliver H. Smith (1794-1859), Whig
 * 1: Albert S. White (1803-1864), Whig
 * House of Representatives (7 seats)


 * 1: George H. Proffit (1807-1847), Whig
 * 2: John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic
 * 3: John Carr (1793-1845), Democratic
 * 4: Thomas Smith (1799-1876), Democratic
 * 5: James Rariden (1795-1856), Whig
 * 6: William W. Wick (1796-1868), Democratic
 * 7: Tilghman A. Howard (1797-1844), Democratic …resigned August 1, 1840.
 * Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.

Kentucky

 * Senate


 * 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), Whig
 * 2: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig
 * House of Representatives (13 seats)


 * 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
 * 2: Philip Triplett (1799-1852), Whig
 * 3: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig
 * 4: Sherrod Williams (1804- ), Whig
 * 5: Simeon H. Anderson (1802-1840), Whig …died August 11, 1840.
 * John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * 6: Willis Green ( - ), Whig
 * 7: John Pope (1770-1845), Whig
 * 8: William J. Graves (1805-1848), Whig
 * 9: John White (1802-1845), Whig
 * 10: Richard Hawes (1797-1877), Whig
 * 11: Landaff W. Andrews (1803-1887), Whig
 * 12: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig
 * 13: William O. Butler (1791-1880), Democratic

Louisiana

 * Senate


 * 2: Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), Democratic
 * 3: Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * 1: Edward D. White (1795-1847), Whig
 * 2: Thomas W. Chinn (1791-1852), Whig
 * 3: Rice Garland (1795c-1861), Whig …resigned July 21, 1840.
 * John Moore (1788-1867), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17, 1840.

Maine

 * Senate


 * 2: John Ruggles (1789-1874), Democratic
 * 1: Reuel Williams (1783-1862), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (8 seats)


 * 1: Nathan Clifford (1803-1881), Democratic
 * 2: Albert Smith (1793-1867), Democratic
 * 3: Benjamin Randall (1789-1859), Whig
 * 4: George Evans (1797-1867), Whig
 * 5: Virgil D. Parris (1807-1874), Democratic
 * 6: Hugh J. Anderson (1801-1881), Democratic
 * 7: Joshua A. Lowell (1801-1874), Democratic
 * 8: Thomas Davee (1797-1841), Democratic

Maryland

 * Senate


 * 3: John S. Spence (1788-1840), Whig …died October 24, 1840.
 * John L. Kerr (1780-1844), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, January 5, 1840.
 * 1: William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Whig
 * House of Representatives (8 seats)


 * 1: John Dennis (1807-1859), Whig
 * 2: Philip F. Thomas (1810-1890), Democratic
 * 3: John T. H. Worthington (1788-1849), Democratic
 * 4: James Carroll (1791-1873), Democratic
 * 4: Solomon Hillen, Jr. (1810-1873), Democratic
 * 5: William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), Whig
 * 6: Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic
 * 7: Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), Whig

Massachusetts

 * Senate


 * 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Whig …resigned February 22, 1840.
 * Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, February 23, 1840.
 * 2: John Davis (1787-1854), Whig …resigned January 5, 1841.
 * Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, January 13, 1841.
 * House of Representatives (12 seats)


 * 1: Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), Whig …resigned September 18, 1840.
 * Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * 2: Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845), Whig
 * 3: Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), Whig
 * 4: William Parmenter (1789-1866), Democratic
 * 5: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), Whig
 * 6: James C. Alvord (1808-1839), Whig …died September 27, 1839, before Congress assembled.
 * Osmyn Baker (1800-1875), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 14, 1840.
 * 7: George N. Briggs (1796-1861), Whig
 * 8: William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), Whig
 * 9: William S. Hastings (1798-1842), Whig
 * 10: Henry Williams (1805-1887), Democratic
 * 11: John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), Whig
 * 12: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig

Michigan

 * Senate


 * 2: John Norvell (1789-1850), Democratic
 * 1: Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 20, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * A/L: Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), Democratic

Mississippi

 * Senate


 * 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic
 * 1: John Henderson (1797-1857), Whig
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * A/L: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic
 * A/L: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic

Missouri

 * Senate


 * 1: Thomas H. Benton  (1782-1858), Democratic
 * 3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * A/L: Albert G. Harrison (1800-1839), Democratic …died September 7, 1839.
 * John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1839.
 * A/L: John Miller (1781-1846), Democratic

New Hampshire

 * Senate


 * 2: Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Democratic
 * 3: Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * A/L: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic
 * A/L: Edmund Burke (1809-1882), Democratic
 * A/L: Ira A. Eastman (1809-1881), Democratic
 * A/L: Tristram Shaw (1786-1843), Democratic
 * A/L: Jared W. Williams (1796-1864), Democratic

New Jersey

 * Senate


 * 1: Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), Whig
 * 2: Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * A/L: William R. Cooper (1793-1856), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.
 * A/L: Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.
 * A/L: Joseph Kille (1790-1865), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.
 * A/L: Joseph F. Randolph (1803-1873), Whig
 * A/L: Daniel B. Ryall (1798-1864), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.
 * A/L: Peter D. Vroom (1791-1873), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.

New York

 * Senate


 * 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic
 * 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Whig
 * House of Representatives (40 seats)


 * 1: Thomas B. Jackson (1797-1881), Democratic
 * 2: James De la Montanya (1798-1849), Democratic
 * 3: Edward Curtis (1801-1856), Whig
 * 3: Moses H. Grinnell (1803-1877), Whig
 * 3: Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1793-1856), Whig
 * 3: James Monroe (1799-1870), Whig
 * 4: Gouverneur Kemble (1786-1875), Democratic
 * 5: Charles Johnston (1793-1845), Whig
 * 6: Nathaniel Jones (1788-1866), Democratic
 * 7: Rufus Palen (1807-1844), Whig
 * 8: John Ely (1774-1849), Democratic
 * 8: Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), Democratic
 * 9: Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865), Whig
 * 10: Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), Whig
 * 11: Anson Brown (1800-1840), Whig …died June 14, 1840.
 * Nicholas B. Doe (1786-1856), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * 12: David A. Russell (1780-1861), Whig
 * 13: Augustus C. Hand (1803-1878), Democratic
 * 14: John Fine (1794-1867), Democratic
 * 15: Peter J. Wagner (1795-1884), Whig
 * 16: Andrew W. Doig (1799-1875), Democratic
 * 17: David P. Brewster (1801-1876), Democratic
 * 17: John G. Floyd (1806-1881), Democratic
 * 18: Thomas C. Chittenden (1788-1866), Whig
 * 19: John H. Prentiss (1784-1861), Democratic
 * 20: Judson Allen (1797-1880), Democratic
 * 21: John C. Clark (1793-1852), Whig
 * 22: Amasa Dana (1792-1867), Democratic
 * 22: Stephen B. Leonard (1793-1876), Democratic
 * 23: Nehemiah H. Earll (1787-1872), Democratic
 * 23: Edward Rogers (1787-1857), Democratic
 * 24: Christopher Morgan (1808-1877), Whig
 * 25: Theron R. Strong (1802-1873), Democratic
 * 26: Francis Granger (1792-1868), Whig
 * 27: Meredith Mallory ( - ), Democratic
 * 28: Thomas Kempshall (1796c-1865), Whig
 * 29: Seth M. Gates (1800-1877), Whig
 * 30: Luther C. Peck (1800-1876), Whig
 * 31: Richard P. Marvin (1803-1892), Whig
 * 32: Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), Whig
 * 33: Charles F. Mitchell (1808c- ), Whig

North Carolina

 * Senate


 * 2: Bedford Brown (1795-1870), Democratic …resigned November 16, 1840.
 * Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig …elected to fill vacancy November 25, 1840.
 * 3: Robert Strange (1796-1854), Democratic …resigned November 16, 1840.
 * William A. Graham (1804-1875), Whig …elected to fill vacancy November 25, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (13 seats)


 * 1: Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), Whig
 * 2: Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), Democratic
 * 3: Edward Stanly (1810-1872), Whig
 * 4: Charles B. Shepard (1808-1843), Democratic
 * 5: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
 * 6: Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), Democratic
 * 7: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig
 * 8: William Montgomery (1789-1844), Democratic
 * 9: John Hill (1797-1861), Democratic
 * 10: Charles Fisher (1789-1849), Democratic
 * 11: Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), Democratic
 * 12: James Graham (1793-1851), Whig
 * 13: Lewis Williams (1782-1842), Whig

Ohio

 * Senate


 * 3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
 * 1: Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (19 seats)


 * 1: Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), Democratic
 * 2: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
 * 3: Patrick G. Goode (1798-1862), Whig
 * 4: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Whig …resigned May 30, 1840.
 * Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * 5: William Doan (1792-1847), Democratic
 * 6: Calvary Morris (1798-1871), Whig
 * 7: William K. Bond (1792-1864), Whig
 * 8: Joseph Ridgway (1783-1861), Whig
 * 9: William Medill (1802-1865), Democratic
 * 10: Samson Mason (1793-1869), Whig
 * 11: Isaac Parrish (1804-1860), Democratic
 * 12: Jonathan Taylor (1796-1848), Democratic
 * 13: Daniel P. Leadbetter (1797-1870), Democratic
 * 14: George Sweeny (1796-1877), Democratic
 * 15: John W. Allen (1802-1887), Whig
 * 16: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig
 * 17: John Hastings (1778-1854), Democratic
 * 18: David A. Starkweather (1802-1876), Democratic
 * 19: Henry Swearingen (1792c-1849), Democratic

Pennsylvania

 * Senate


 * 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic
 * 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 14, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (28 seats)


 * 1: Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863), Democratic
 * 2: John Sergeant (1779-1852), Whig
 * 2: George W. Toland (1796-1869), Whig
 * 3: Charles Naylor (1806-1872), Whig
 * 4: Edward Davies (1779-1853), Anti-Masonic
 * 4: John Edwards (1786-1843), Anti-Masonic
 * 4: Francis James (1799-1886), Anti-Masonic
 * 5: Joseph Fornance (1804-1852), Democratic
 * 6: John Davis (1788-1878), Democratic
 * 7: David D. Wagener (1792-1860), Democratic
 * 8: Peter Newhard (1783-1860), Democratic
 * 9: George M. Keim (1805-1861), Democratic
 * 10: William Simonton (1788-1846), Whig
 * 11: James Gerry (1796-1873), Democratic
 * 12: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig
 * 13: William S. Ramsey (1810-1840), Democratic …died October 17, 1840.
 * Charles McClure (1804-1846), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * 14: William W. Potter (1792-1839), Democratic …died October 28, 1839, before Congress assembled.
 * George McCulloch (1792-1861), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1839.
 * 15: David Petrikin (1788-1847), Democratic
 * 16: Robert H. Hammond (1791-1847), Democratic
 * 17: Samuel W. Morris (1786-1847), Democratic
 * 18: Charles Ogle (1798-1841), Anti-Masonic
 * 19: Albert G. Marchand (1811-1848), Democratic
 * 20: Enos Hook (1804-1841), Democratic
 * 21: Isaac Leet (1801-1844), Democratic
 * 22: Richard Biddle (1796-1847), Anti-Masonic …resigned in 1840.
 * Henry M. Brackenridge (1786-1871), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 10, 1840.
 * 23: William Beatty (1787-1851), Democratic
 * 24: Thomas Henry (1779-1849), Anti-Masonic
 * 25: John Galbraith (1794-1860), Democratic

Rhode Island

 * Senate


 * 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), Whig
 * 1: Nathan F. Dixon (1774-1842), Whig
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * A/L: Robert B. Cranston (1791-1873), Whig
 * A/L: Joseph L. Tillinghast (1791-1844), Whig

South Carolina

 * Senate


 * 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic
 * 3: William C. Preston (1794-1860), Whig
 * House of Representatives (9 seats)


 * 1: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic
 * 2: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic
 * 3: John Campbell ( -1845), Democratic
 * 4: Sampson H. Butler (1803-1848), Democratic
 * 5: Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), Democratic
 * 6: Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), Whig
 * 7: James Rogers (1795-1873), Democratic
 * 8: Thomas D. Sumter (1809-1874), Democratic
 * 9: John K. Griffin (1789-1841), Democratic

Tennessee

 * Senate


 * 2: Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), Whig …resigned January 13, 1840.
 * Alexander O. Anderson (1794-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy January 27, 1840.
 * 1: Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, December 14, 1839, died December 19, 1840.
 * Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy December 25, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (13 seats)


 * 1: William B. Carter (1792-1848), Whig
 * 2: Abraham McClellan (1789-1866), Democratic
 * 3: Joseph L. Williams (1810-1865), Whig
 * 4: Julius W. Blackwell (1797c- ), Democratic
 * 5: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic
 * 6: William B. Campbell (1807-1867), Whig
 * 7: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig
 * 8: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig
 * 9: Harvey M. Watterson (1811-1891), Democratic
 * 10: Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), Democratic
 * 11: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
 * 12: John W. Crockett (1807-1852), Whig
 * 13: Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), Whig

Vermont

 * Senate


 * 3: Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), Whig
 * 1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * 1: Hiland Hall (1795-1885), Whig
 * 2: William Slade (1786-1859), Whig
 * 3: Horace Everett (1779-1851), Whig
 * 4: John Smith (1789-1858), Democratic
 * 5: Isaac Fletcher (1784-1842), Democratic

Virginia

 * Senate


 * 2: William H. Roane (1787-1845), Democratic
 * 1: William C. Rives (1793-1868), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 18, 1841.
 * House of Representatives (21 seats)

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 * 1: Joel Holleman (1799-1844), Democratic …resigned in 1840.
 * Francis Mallory (1807-1860), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1841.
 * 2: Francis E. Rives (1792-1861), Democratic
 * 3: John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic
 * 4: George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic
 * 5: John Hill (1800-1880), Whig
 * 6: Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic
 * 7: William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig
 * 8: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Whig
 * 9: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Whig
 * 10: John Taliaferro (1768-1852), Whig
 * 11: John M. Botts (1802-1869), Whig
 * 12: James Garland (1791-1885), Conservative
 * 13: Linn Banks (1784-1842), Democratic
 * 14: Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), Whig …resigned December 26, 1839.
 * William M. McCarty (1789c-1863), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 26, 1839.
 * 15: William Lucas (1800-1877), Democratic
 * 16: Green B. Samuels (1806-1859), Democratic
 * 17: Robert Craig (1792-1852), Democratic
 * 18: George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Conservative
 * 19: Andrew Beirne (1771-1845), Democratic
 * 20: Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic
 * 21: Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), 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.