33rd United States Congress



The Thirty-third 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, 1853 to March 3, 1855, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Franklin Pierce.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions
March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855
 * Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1853 - April 11, 1853
 * First session: December 5, 1853- August 7, 1854
 * Second session: December 4, 1854 - March 3, 1855
 * Previous congress: 32nd Congress
 * Next congress: 34th 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.

Leadership

 * Senate


 * Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
 * William R. King, Democratic of Alabama, died April 18, 1853
 * President pro tempore of the Senate:
 * David R. Atchison, Democratic of Missouri, elected March 4, 1853
 * Lewis Cass, Democratic of Michigan, elected December 4, 1854
 * Jesse D. Bright, Democratic of Indiana, elected December 5, 1854
 * House of Representatives


 * Speaker of the House: Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, elected December 5, 1853

Major events
Events of 1853, 1854 and 1855
 * March 4, 1853 -- Franklin Pierce became President of the United States

Major legislation
List of United States federal legislation in the 33rd Congress
 * May 30, 1854 -- Kansas-Nebraska Act
 * May 30, 1854 -- Kansas Territory was organized.
 * May 30, 1854 -- Nebraska Territory was 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 1856; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.

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 1856; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1854.

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
 * 2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, November 29, 1853
 * House of Representatives (7 seats)


 * 1: Philip Phillips (1807-1884), Democratic
 * 2: James Abercrombie (1795-1861), Whig
 * 3: Sampson W. Harris (1809-1857), Democratic
 * 4: William R. Smith (1815-1896), Democratic
 * 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic
 * 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic
 * 7: James F. Dowdell (1818-1871), Democratic

Arkansas

 * Senate


 * 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
 * 3: Solon Borland (1808-1864), Democratic …resigned April 3, 1853
 * Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, July 6, 1853
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * 1: Alfred B. Greenwood (1811-1889), Democratic
 * 2: Edward A. Warren (1818-1875), Democratic

California

 * Senate


 * 3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
 * 1: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * A/L: Milton S. Latham (1827-1882), Democratic
 * A/L: James A. McDougall (1817-1867), Democratic

Connecticut

 * Senate


 * 3: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig …resigned May 24, 1854
 * Francis Gillette (1807-1879), Free Soil …elected to fill vacancy, May 25, 1854
 * 1: Isaac Toucey (1792-1869), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (4 seats)


 * 1: James T. Pratt (1802-1887), Democratic
 * 2: Colin M. Ingersoll (1819-1903), Democratic
 * 3: Nathan Belcher (1813-1891), Democratic
 * 4: Origen S. Seymour (1804-1881), Democratic

Delaware

 * Senate


 * 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
 * 2: John M. Clayton (1796-1856), Whig
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * A/L: George Read Riddle (1817-1867), Democratic

Florida

 * Senate


 * 3: Jackson Morton (1794-1874), Whig
 * 1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * A/L: Augustus E. Maxwell (1820-1903), Democratic

Georgia

 * Senate


 * 3: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig
 * 2: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Whig
 * House of Representatives (8 seats)


 * 1: James L. Seward (1813-1886), Democratic
 * 2: Alfred H. Colquitt (1824-1894), Democratic
 * 3: David J. Bailey (1812-1897), Democratic
 * 4: William B. W. Dent (1806-1855), Democratic
 * 5: Elijah W. Chastain (1813-1874), Democratic
 * 6: Junius Hillyer (1807-1886), Democratic
 * 7: David A. Reese (1794-1871), Whig
 * 8: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Whig

Illinois

 * Senate


 * 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
 * 3: James Shields (1806/1810-1879), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (9 seats)


 * 1: Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Whig
 * 2: John Wentworth (1815-1888), Democratic
 * 3: Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), Whig
 * 4: James Knox (1807-1876), Whig
 * 5: William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic
 * 6: Richard Yates (1815-1873), Whig
 * 7: James C. Allen (1822-1912), Democratic
 * 8: William H. Bissell (1811-1860), Independent Democratic
 * 9: Willis Allen (1806-1859), Democratic

Indiana

 * Senate


 * 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
 * 3: John Pettit (1807-1877), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (11 seats)


 * 1: Smith Miller (1804-1872), Democratic
 * 2: William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic
 * 3: Cyrus L. Dunham (1817-1877), Democratic
 * 4: James H. Lane (1814-1866), Democratic
 * 5: Samuel W. Parker (1805-1859), Whig
 * 6: Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), Democratic
 * 7: John G. Davis (1810-1866), Democratic
 * 8: Daniel Mace (1811-1867), Democratic
 * 9: Norman Eddy (1810-1872), Democratic
 * 10: Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (1805-1861), Democratic
 * 11: Andrew J. Harlan (1815-1907), Democratic

Iowa

 * Senate


 * 3: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic
 * 2: George W. Jones (1804-1896), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * 1: Bernhart Henn (1817-1865), Democratic
 * 2: John P. Cook (1817-1872), Whig

Kentucky

 * Senate


 * 3: Archibald Dixon (1802-1876), Whig
 * 2: John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig
 * House of Representatives (10 seats)


 * 1: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
 * 2: Benjamin E. Grey ( - ), Whig
 * 3: Presley V. Ewing (1822-1854), Whig …died September 27, 1854
 * Francis M. Bristow (1804-1864), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1854
 * 4: James S. Chrisman (1818-1881), Democratic
 * 5: Clement S. Hill (1813-1892), Whig
 * 6: John M. Elliott (1820-1879), Democratic
 * 7: William Preston (1816-1887), Whig
 * 8: John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Democratic
 * 9: Leander M. Cox (1812-1865), Whig
 * 10: Richard H. Stanton (1812-1891), Democratic

Louisiana

 * Senate


 * 3: Pierre Soulé (1801-1870), Democratic …resigned April 11, 1853
 * John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, April 28, 1853
 * 2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Whig
 * House of Representatives (4 seats)


 * 1: William Dunbar (1805-1861), Democratic
 * 2: Theodore G. Hunt (1805-1893), Whig
 * 3: John Perkins, Jr. (1819-1885), Democratic
 * 4: Roland Jones (1813-1869), Democratic

Maine

 * Senate


 * 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Democratic
 * 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 10, 1854
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * 1: Moses MacDonald (1815-1869), Democratic
 * 2: Samuel Mayall (1816-1892), Democratic
 * 3: E. Wilder Farley (1817-1880), Whig
 * 4: Samuel P. Benson (1804-1876), Whig
 * 5: Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Whig
 * 6: Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808-1876), Democratic

Maryland

 * Senate


 * 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Whig
 * 1: Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869), Whig
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * 1: John R. Franklin (1820-1878), Whig
 * 2: Jacob Shower (1803-1879), Democratic
 * 3: Joshua Van Sant (1803-1884), Democratic
 * 4: Henry May (1816-1866), Democratic
 * 5: William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic
 * 6: Augustus R. Sollers (1814-1862), Whig

Massachusetts

 * Senate


 * 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Free Soil
 * 2: Edward Everett (1794-1865), Whig …resigned June 1, 1854
 * Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy, June 3, 1854
 * Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Free Soil …elected to fill vacancy, January 31, 1855
 * House of Representatives (11 seats)


 * 1: Zeno Scudder (1807-1857), Whig …resigned March 4, 1854
 * Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 17, 1854
 * 2: Samuel L. Crocker (1804-1883), Whig
 * 3: J. Wiley Edmands (1809-1877), Whig
 * 4: Samuel H. Walley (1805-1877), Whig
 * 5: William Appleton (1786-1862), Whig
 * 6: Charles W. Upham (1802-1875), Whig
 * 7: Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Democratic
 * 8: Tappan Wentworth (1802-1875), Whig
 * 9: Alexander De Witt (1798-1879), Free Soil
 * 10: Edward Dickinson (1803-1874), Whig
 * 11: John Z. Goodrich (1804-1885), Whig

Michigan

 * Senate


 * 1: Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Democratic
 * 2: Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (4 seats)


 * 1: David Stuart (1816-1868), Democratic
 * 2: David A. Noble (1802-1876), Democratic
 * 3: Samuel Clark (1800-1870), Democratic
 * 4: Hestor L. Stevens (1803-1864), Democratic

Mississippi

 * Senate


 * 1: Stephen Adams (1807-1857), Democratic
 * 2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 7, 1854
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * 1: Daniel B. Wright (1812-1887), Democratic
 * 2: William T. S. Barry (1821-1868), Democratic
 * 3: Otho R. Singleton (1814-1889), Democratic
 * 4: Wiley P. Harris (1818-1891), Democratic
 * A/L: William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic

Missouri

 * Senate


 * 3: David R. Atchison (1807-1886), Democratic
 * 1: Henry S. Geyer (1790-1859), Whig
 * House of Representatives (7 seats)


 * 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
 * 2: Alfred W. Lamb (1824-1888), Democratic
 * 3: James J. Lindley (1822-1891), Whig
 * 4: Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898), Whig
 * 5: John G. Miller (1812-1856), Whig
 * 6: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
 * 7: Samuel Caruthers (1820-1860), Whig

New Hampshire

 * Senate


 * 3: Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855), Democratic …died January 11, 1855
 * John S. Wells (1803-1860), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, January 16, 1855
 * 2: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic …died November 15, 1853
 * Jared W. Williams (1796-1864), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 29, 1853
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * 1: George W. Kittredge (1805-1881), Democratic
 * 2: George W. Morrison (1809-1888), Democratic
 * 3: Harry Hibbard (1816-1872), Democratic

New Jersey

 * Senate


 * 1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, March 4, 1853
 * 2: William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * 1: Nathan T. Stratton (1813-1887), Democratic
 * 2: Charles Skelton (1806-1879), Democratic
 * 3: Samuel Lilly (1815-1880), Democratic
 * 4: George Vail (1809-1875), Democratic
 * 5: Alexander C. M. Pennington (1810-1867), Whig

New York

 * Senate


 * 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Whig
 * 1: Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Whig
 * House of Representatives (33 seats)


 * 1: James Maurice (1814-1884), Democratic
 * 2: Thomas W. Cumming (1814/1815-1855), Democratic
 * 3: Hiram Walbridge (1821-1870), Democratic
 * 4: Michael Walsh (1810-1859), Democratic
 * 5: William M. Tweed (1823-1878), Democratic
 * 6: John Wheeler (1823-1906), Democratic
 * 7: William A. Walker (1805-1861), Democratic
 * 8: Francis B. Cutting (1804-1870), Democratic
 * 9: Jared V. Peck (1816-1891), Democratic
 * 10: William Murray (1803-1875), Democratic
 * 11: Theodoric R. Westbrook (1821-1885), Democratic
 * 12: Gilbert Dean (1819-1870), Democratic …resigned July 3, 1854
 * Isaac Teller (1799-1868), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1854
 * 13: Russell Sage (1816-1906), Whig
 * 14: Rufus W. Peckham (1809-1873), Democratic
 * 15: Charles Hughes (1822-1887), Democratic
 * 16: George A. Simmons (1791-1857), Whig
 * 17: Bishop Perkins (1787-1866), Democratic
 * 18: Peter Rowe (1807-1876), Democratic
 * 19: George W. Chase ( -1867), Whig
 * 20: Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889), Whig
 * 21: Henry Bennett (1808-1868), Whig
 * 22: Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), Free Soil …resigned August 7, 1854
 * Henry C. Goodwin (1824-1860), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1854
 * 23: Caleb Lyon (1822-1875), Independent
 * 24: Daniel T. Jones (1800-1861), Democratic
 * 25: Edwin B. Morgan (1806-1881), Whig
 * 26: Andrew Oliver (1815-1889), Democratic
 * 27: John J. Taylor (1808-1892), Democratic
 * 28: George Hastings (1807-1866), Democratic
 * 29: Azariah Boody (1815-1885), Whig …resigned October 1853, before Congress assembled.
 * Davis Carpenter (1799-1878), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1853
 * 30: Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887), Whig
 * 31: Thomas T. Flagler (1811-1897), Whig
 * 32: Solomon G. Haven (1810-1861), Whig
 * 33: Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Democratic

North Carolina

 * Senate


 * 3: George E. Badger (1795-1866), Whig
 * 2: David S. Reid (1813-1891), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, December 6, 1854
 * House of Representatives (8 seats)


 * 1: Henry M. Shaw (1819-1864), Democratic
 * 2: Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic
 * 3: William S. Ashe (1814-1862), Democratic
 * 4: Sion H. Rogers (1825-1874), Whig
 * 5: John Kerr, Jr. (1811-1879), Whig
 * 6: Richard C. Puryear (1801-1867), Whig
 * 7: F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), Democratic
 * 8: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic

Ohio

 * Senate


 * 3: Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Free Soil
 * 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Whig
 * House of Representatives (21 seats)


 * 1: David T. Disney (1803-1857), Democratic
 * 2: John Scott Harrison (1804-1878), Whig
 * 3: Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Whig
 * 4: Matthias H. Nichols (1824-1862), Democratic
 * 5: Alfred P. Edgerton (1813-1897), Democratic
 * 6: Andrew Ellison (1812-1860), Democratic
 * 7: Aaron Harlan (1802-1868), Whig
 * 8: Moses B. Corwin (1790-1872), Whig
 * 9: Frederick W. Green (1816-1879), Democratic
 * 10: John L. Taylor (1805-1870), Whig
 * 11: Thomas Ritchey (1801-1863), Democratic
 * 12: Edson B. Olds (1802-1869), Democratic
 * 13: William D. Lindsley (1812-1890), Democratic
 * 14: Harvey H. Johnson (1808-1896), Democratic
 * 15: William R. Sapp (1804-1875), Whig
 * 16: Edward Ball (1811-1872), Whig
 * 17: Wilson Shannon (1802-1877), Democratic
 * 18: George Bliss (1813-1868), Democratic
 * 19: Edward Wade (1802-1866), Free Soil
 * 20: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Free Soil
 * 21: Andrew Stuart (1823-1872), Democratic

Pennsylvania

 * Senate


 * 3: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig
 * 1: Richard Brodhead (1811-1863), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (25 seats)


 * 1: Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
 * 2: Joseph R. Chandler (1792-1880), Whig
 * 3: John Robbins, Jr. (1808-1880), Democratic
 * 4: William H. Witte (1817-1876), Democratic
 * 5: John McNair (1800-1861), Democratic
 * 6: William Everhart (1785-1868), Whig
 * 7: Samuel A. Bridges (1802-1884), Democratic
 * 8: Henry A. Muhlenberg (1823-1854), Democratic …died January 9, 1854
 * J. Glancey Jones (1811-1878), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 13, 1854
 * 9: Isaac E. Hiester (1824-1871), Whig
 * 10: Ner A. Middleswarth (1783-1865), Whig
 * 11: Christian M. Straub (1804- ), Democratic
 * 12: Hendrick B. Wright (1808-1881), Democratic
 * 13: Asa Packer (1805-1879), Democratic
 * 14: Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Democratic
 * 15: James Gamble (1809-1883), Democratic
 * 16: William H. Kurtz (1804-1868), Democratic
 * 17: Samuel L. Russell (1816-1891), Whig
 * 18: John McCulloch (1806-1879), Whig
 * 19: Augustus Drum (1815-1858), Democratic
 * 20: John L. Dawson (1813-1870), Democratic
 * 21: David Ritchie (1812-1867), Whig
 * 22: Thomas M. Howe (1808-1877), Whig
 * 23: Michael C. Trout (1810-1873), Democratic
 * 24: Carlton B. Curtis (1811-1883), Democratic
 * 25: John Dick (1794-1872), Whig

Rhode Island

 * Senate


 * 1: Charles T. James (1805-1862), Democratic
 * 2: Philip Allen (1785-1865), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, July 20, 1853
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * 1: Thomas Davis (1806-1895), Democratic
 * 2: Benjamin B. Thurston (1804-1886), Democratic

South Carolina

 * Senate


 * 3: Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), Democratic
 * 2: Josiah J. Evans (1786-1858), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * 1: John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic
 * 2: William Aiken (1806-1887), Democratic
 * 3: Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), Democratic
 * 4: Preston S. Brooks (1819-1857), Democratic
 * 5: James L. Orr (1822-1873), Democratic
 * 6: William W. Boyce (1818-1890), Democratic

Tennessee

 * Senate


 * 2: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig
 * 1: James C. Jones (1809-1859), Whig
 * House of Representatives (10 seats)


 * 1: Brookins Campbell (1808-1853), Democratic …died December 25, 1853
 * Nathaniel G. Taylor (1819-1887), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 30, 1854
 * 2: William M. Churchwell (1826-1862), Democratic
 * 3: Samuel A. Smith (1822-1863), Democratic
 * 4: William Cullom (1810-1896), Whig
 * 5: Charles Ready (1802-1878), Whig
 * 6: George W. Jones (1806-1884), Democratic
 * 7: Robert M. Bugg (1805-1887), Whig
 * 8: Felix K. Zollicoffer (1812-1862), Whig
 * 9: Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), Whig
 * 10: Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894), Democratic

Texas

 * Senate


 * 2: Samuel Houston (1793-1863), Democratic
 * 1: Thomas J. Rusk (1803-1857), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * 1: George W. Smyth (1803-1866), Democratic
 * 2: Peter H. Bell (1812-1898), Democratic

Vermont

 * Senate


 * 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Whig
 * 3: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig …appointed to fill vacancy in preceding Congress, seat declared vacant March 16, 1854
 * Lawrence Brainerd (1794-1870), Free Soil …elected to fill vacancy, October 14, 1854
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * 1: James Meacham (1810-1856), Whig
 * 2: Andrew Tracy (1797-1868), Whig
 * 3: Alvah Sabin (1793-1885), Whig

Virginia

 * Senate


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


 * 1: Thomas H. Bayly (1810-1856), Democratic
 * 2: John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
 * 3: John S. Caskie (1821-1869), Democratic
 * 4: William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic
 * 5: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
 * 6: Paulus Powell (1809-1874), Democratic
 * 7: William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic
 * 8: Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), Democratic
 * 9: John Letcher (1813-1884), Democratic
 * 10: Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872), Democratic
 * 11: John F. Snodgrass (1804-1854), Democratic …died June 5, 1854
 * Charles S. Lewis (1821-1878), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1854
 * 12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
 * 13: LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880), Democratic

Wisconsin

 * Senate


 * 1: Henry Dodge (1782-1867), Democratic
 * 3: Isaac P. Walker (1815-1872), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * 1: Daniel Wells, Jr. (1808-1902), Democratic
 * 2: Ben C. Eastman (1812-1856), Democratic
 * 3: John B. Macy (1799-1856), Democratic

Delegates

 * Kansas Territory


 * A/L: John W. Whitfield (1818-1879), Democratic …newly created territory, seated December 20, 1854
 * Minnesota Territory


 * A/L: Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic
 * Nebraska Territory


 * A/L: Napoleon B. Giddings (1816-1897), Democratic …newly created territory, seated January 5, 1855
 * New Mexico Territory


 * A/L: José Manuel Gallegos (1815-1875), Democratic
 * Oregon Territory


 * A/L: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic
 * Utah Territory


 * A/L: John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881)
 * Washington Territory


 * A/L: Columbia Lancaster (1803-1893), Democratic …newly created territory, seated April 12, 1854

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.