{{short description|1851-1853 U.S. Congress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox United States Congress | number = 32nd | image = Capitol1846.jpg | imagename = United States Capitol | imagedate = 1846 | start = March 4, 1851 | end = March 4, 1853 | vp = Vacant | pro tem = William R. King (D)<br>David R. Atchison (D) | speaker = Linn Boyd (D) | senators = 62 | reps = 233 | delegates = 4 | s-majority = Democratic | h-majority = Democratic | sessionnumber1 = Special{{efn|Special session of the Senate.}} | sessionstart1 = March 4, 1851 | sessionend1 = March 13, 1851 | sessionnumber2 = 1st | sessionstart2 = December 1, 1851 | sessionend2 = August 31, 1852 | sessionnumber3 = 2nd | sessionstart3 = December 6, 1852 | sessionend3 = March 4, 1853 | previous = 31st | next = 33rd }} The '''32nd 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, 1851, to March 4, 1853, during the last two years of Millard Fillmore's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1840 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
It was one of the least active Congresses, forwarding only 74 bills that were signed by the president.<ref>{{cite book |first=David M. |last=Faris |title=It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MPcsDwAAQBAJ |year=2018 |pages=123 |publisher=Melville House Publishing |isbn=978-1612196954}}</ref> {{TOC limit|2}}
== Major events ==
[[File:UncleTomsCabinCover.jpg|thumb|Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852]] {{Main|1851 in the United States|1852 in the United States|1853 in the United States}} * March 20, 1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin published. * July 1, 1852: Henry Clay was the first to lie in state in the United States Capitol rotunda. * November 2, 1852: 1852 United States presidential election: Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig Winfield Scott.
== Major legislation ==
{{main|List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901|l1=Major legislation: 32nd United States Congress}} * March 2, 1853: An act providing for administering the oath of office to William R. King, Vice President elect of the United States of America. Sess. 2, Ch. 93, {{USStat|10|180}}
== Territories organized ==
* March 2, 1853: Washington Territory was formed from Oregon Territory.
== Party summary ==
=== Senate === {{US Congress party summary | congress = 32
| party1 = Democratic | abb1 = D | seats1_last = 36 | seats1_begin = 34 | seats1_end = 35 | seats1_next = 36
| party2 = Free Soil | abb2 = FS | seats2_last = 2 | seats2_begin = 2 | seats2_end = 3 | seats2_next = 3
| party3 = Whig | abb3 = W | seats3_last = 24 | seats3_begin = 21 | seats3_end = 23 | seats3_next = 22
| seats_vacant_last = 0 | seats_vacant_begin = 5 | seats_vacant_end = 1 | seats_vacant_next = 2
}}
=== House of Representatives=== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- valign=bottom ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=8 | Party <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:5px" | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (US)}} | | bgcolor={{party color|Independent Democratic Party (US)}} | | bgcolor={{party color|Free Soil Party}} | | bgcolor={{party color|Southern Democratic (US)}} | | bgcolor={{party color|Unionist Party (US)}} | | bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (US)}} | | bgcolor={{party color|Independent (US)}} | | {{party shading/Other}} |
|- valign=bottom ! Democratic<br>(D) ! Independent Democratic<br>(ID) ! Free Soil<br>(FS) ! Southern Rights<br>(SR) ! Union<br>(U) ! Whig<br>(W) ! Independent Whig<br>(IW) ! Other
|- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Congress | <!--D-->{{party shading/Democratic}} | 113 | <!--ID-->0 | <!--FS-->9 | <!--SR-->0 | <!--U-->0 | <!--W-->107 | <!--IW-->0 | <!--O-->2 ! 231 | 2
|- | colspan=99 |
|- ! Begin | <!--D-->{{party shading/Democratic}} | 127 | <!--ID-->rowspan=2 | 3 | <!--FS-->rowspan=2 | 4 | <!--SR-->rowspan=2 | 3 | <!--U-->rowspan=2 | 10 | <!--W-->85 | <!--IW-->rowspan=2 | 1 | <!--O-->rowspan=2 | 0 ! 233 | 0
|- ! End | <!--D-->{{party shading/Democratic}} | 125 | <!--W-->86 ! 232 | 1
|- ! Final voting share ! <!--D-->{{party shading/Democratic}} | 54.7%<!--125/232--> ! <!--ID-->1.3%<!--3/232--> ! <!--FS-->1.3%<!--4/232--> ! <!--SR-->1.3%<!--3/232--> ! <!--U-->4.3%<!--10/232--> ! <!--W-->36.8%<!--86/232--> ! <!--IW-->0.4%<!--1/232--> ! <!--O-->0.0%<!--0/232--> | colspan=2 |
|- | colspan=99 |
|- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of next Congress | <!--D-->{{party shading/Democratic}} | 158 | <!--ID-->1 | <!--FS-->3 | <!--SR-->0 | <!--U-->0 | <!--W-->71 | <!--IW-->0 | <!--O-->1 ! 234 | 0
|}
== Leadership ==
{{multiple image|caption_align=center|header_align=center | header = Senate presidents pro tempore
| image1 = William Rufus DeVane King 1839 portrait.jpg | width1 = 175 | alt1 = William R. D. King | caption1 = William R. King (D)<br/>(until December 20, 1852)
| image2 = David Rice Atchison.jpg | width2 = 183 | alt2 = David R. Atchison | caption2 = David R. Atchison (D)<br/>(from December 20, 1852) }}
=== Senate === * President: Vacant (since the ascension of Millard Fillmore to U.S. President on July 9, 1850) * President pro tempore: William R. King (D), until December 20, 1852 ** David R. Atchison (D), from December 20, 1852
=== House of Representatives === * Speaker: Linn Boyd (D)
== Members ==
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives by district.
=== Senate=== {{main|List of United States senators in the 32nd Congress}} 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, facing re-election in 1856; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1854. {{col-begin}} {{col-break}}
==== Alabama ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Jeremiah Clemens (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. William R. King (D), until December 20, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D), from January 14, 1853
==== Arkansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. William K. Sebastian (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Solon Borland (D)
==== California ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. John B. Weller (D), from January 30, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. William M. Gwin (D)
==== Connecticut ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Isaac Toucey (D), from May 12, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}3. Truman Smith (W)
==== Delaware ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. James A. Bayard Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}2. Presley Spruance (W)
==== Florida ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Stephen Mallory (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}3. Jackson Morton (W)
==== Georgia ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}2. John Macpherson Berrien (W), until May 28, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Robert M. Charlton (D), from May 31, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}3. William C. Dawson (W)
==== Illinois ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Stephen A. Douglas (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. James Shields (D)
==== Indiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Jesse D. Bright (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. James Whitcomb (D), until October 4, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Charles W. Cathcart (D), from December 6, 1852, until January 18, 1853 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}John Pettit (D), from January 18, 1853
==== Iowa ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. George Wallace Jones (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Augustus C. Dodge (D)
==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}2. Joseph R. Underwood (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}3. Henry Clay (W), until June 29, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}David Meriwether (D), from July 6, 1852, until August 31, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}Archibald Dixon (W), from September 1, 1852
==== Louisiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Solomon W. Downs (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Pierre Soulé (D)
==== Maine ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Hannibal Hamlin (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. James W. Bradbury (D)
==== Maryland ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}1. Thomas Pratt (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}3. James A. Pearce (W)
==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Free Soil Party}}1. Charles Sumner (FS), from April 24, 1851 : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}2. John Davis (W)
==== Michigan ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Lewis Cass (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Alpheus Felch (D) {{col-break}}
==== Mississippi ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Jefferson Davis (D), until September 23, 1851 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}John J. McRae (D), from December 1, 1851, until March 17, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Stephen Adams (D), from March 17, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Henry S. Foote (D), until January 8, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}Walker Brooke (W), from February 18, 1852
==== Missouri ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}1. Henry S. Geyer (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. David R. Atchison (D)
==== New Hampshire ==== : {{Party stripe|Free Soil Party}}2. John P. Hale (FS) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Moses Norris Jr. (D)
==== New Jersey ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Robert F. Stockton (D), until January 1, 1853 : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}2. Jacob W. Miller (W)
==== New York ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}1. Hamilton Fish (W), from March 19, 1851 : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}3. William H. Seward (W)
==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}2. Willie P. Mangum (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}3. George E. Badger (W)
==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}1. Benjamin Wade (W), from March 15, 1851 : {{Party stripe|Free Soil Party}}3. Salmon P. Chase (FS)
==== Pennsylvania ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Richard Brodhead (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}3. James Cooper (W)
==== Rhode Island ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Charles T. James (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}2. John H. Clarke (W)
==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Robert Rhett (D), until May 7, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}William F. De Saussure (D), from May 10, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Andrew Butler (D)
==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}1. James C. Jones (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}2. John Bell (W)
==== Texas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Thomas J. Rusk (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Samuel Houston (D)
==== Vermont ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}1. Solomon Foot (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}3. William Upham (W), until January 14, 1853 :: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}Samuel S. Phelps (W), from January 17, 1853
==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. James M. Mason (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Robert M. T. Hunter (D)
==== Wisconsin ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Henry Dodge (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Isaac P. Walker (D) {{col-break}} thumb|375px|Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 32nd Congress in March 1851. The green stripes represent Free Soil. {{legend|#0044aa|2 Democrats}} {{legend|#660080|1 Democrat and 1 Whig}} {{legend|#aa0000|2 Whigs}} {{col-break}} {{col-end}}
=== House of Representatives=== {{main|List of United States representatives in the 32nd Congress}} thumb|Directory of the U.S. House of Representatives, 32nd Congress, first session
The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers. {{col-begin}} {{col-break}}
==== Alabama ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|1|1}}. John Bragg (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|2|2}}. James Abercrombie (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|3|3}}. Sampson W. Harris (D) : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|4|4}}. William R. Smith (U) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|5|5}}. George S. Houston (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|6|6}}. Williamson R. W. Cobb (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|7|7}}. Alexander White (W)
==== Arkansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|AL|At-large}}. Robert W. Johnson (D)
==== California ==== Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|AL|At-large}}. Edward C. Marshall (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|AL|At-large}}. Joseph W. McCorkle (D)
==== Connecticut ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|1|1}}. Charles Chapman (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|2|2}}. Colin M. Ingersoll (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|3|3}}. Chauncey F. Cleveland (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|4|4}}. Origen S. Seymour (D)
==== Delaware ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Delaware|AL|At-large}}. George Read Riddle (D)
==== Florida ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Florida|AL|At-large}}. Edward C. Cabell (W)
==== Georgia ==== : {{Party stripe|States' Rights Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|1|1}}. Joseph W. Jackson (SR) : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|2|2}}. James Johnson (U) : {{Party stripe|States' Rights Party}}{{ushr|Georgia|3|3}}. David J. Bailey (SR) : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|4|4}}. Charles Murphey (U) : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|5|5}}. Elijah W. Chastain (U) : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|6|6}}. Junius Hillyer (U) : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|7|7}}. Alexander H. Stephens (U) : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|8|8}}. Robert A. Toombs (U)
==== Illinois ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|1|1}}. William H. Bissell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|2|2}}. Willis Allen (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|3|3}}. Orlando B. Ficklin (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|4|4}}. Richard S. Molony (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|5|5}}. William A. Richardson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|6|6}}. Thompson Campbell (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|7|7}}. Richard Yates (W)
==== Indiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|1|1}}. James Lockhart (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|2|2}}. Cyrus L. Dunham (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|3|3}}. John L. Robinson (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|4|4}}. Samuel W. Parker (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|5|5}}. Thomas A. Hendricks (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|6|6}}. Willis A. Gorman (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|7|7}}. John G. Davis (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|8|8}}. Daniel Mace (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|9|9}}. Graham N. Fitch (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|10|10}}. Samuel Brenton (W)
==== Iowa ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|1|1}}. Bernhart Henn (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|2|2}}. Lincoln Clark (D)
==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|1|1}}. Linn Boyd (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|2|2}}. Benjamin E. Grey (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|3|3}}. Presley Ewing (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|4|4}}. William T. Ward (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|5|5}}. James W. Stone (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|6|6}}. Addison White (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|7|7}}. Humphrey Marshall (W), until August 4, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}William Preston (W), from December 6, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|8|8}}. John C. Breckinridge (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|9|9}}. John C. Mason (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|10|10}}. Richard H. Stanton (D)
==== Louisiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|1|1}}. Louis St. Martin (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|2|2}}. J. Aristide Landry (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|3|3}}. Alexander G. Penn (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|4|4}}. John Moore (W)
==== Maine ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|1|1}}. Moses MacDonald (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|2|2}}. John Appleton (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|3|3}}. Robert Goodenow (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|4|4}}. Charles Andrews (D), until April 30, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}Isaac Reed (W), from June 25, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|5|5}}. Ephraim K. Smart (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|6|6}}. Israel Washburn Jr. (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|7|7}}. Thomas J. D. Fuller (D)
==== Maryland ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|1|1}}. Richard Bowie (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|2|2}}. William T. Hamilton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|3|3}}. Edward Hammond (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|4|4}}. Thomas Yates Walsh (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|5|5}}. Alexander Evans (W) : {{Party stripe|Independent Whig}}{{ushr|Maryland|6|6}}. Joseph S. Cottman (IW)
==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|1|1}}. William Appleton (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|2|2}}. Robert Rantoul Jr. (D), until August 7, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}Francis B. Fay (W), from December 13, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|3|3}}. James H. Duncan (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|4|4}}. Benjamin Thompson (W), until September 24, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}Lorenzo Sabine (W), from December 13, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Free Soil Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|5|5}}. Charles Allen (FS) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|6|6}}. George T. Davis (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|7|7}}. John Z. Goodrich (W) : {{Party stripe|Free Soil Party}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|8|8}}. Horace Mann (FS) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|9|9}}. Orin Fowler (W), until September 3, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Edward P. Little (D), from December 13, 1852 : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|10|10}}. Zeno Scudder (W)
==== Michigan ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|1|1}}. Ebenezer J. Penniman (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|2|2}}. Charles E. Stuart (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|3|3}}. James L. Conger (W)
==== Mississippi ==== : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|1|1}}. Benjamin D. Nabers (U) : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|2|2}}. John A. Wilcox (U) : {{Party stripe|Unionist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|3|3}}. John D. Freeman (U) : {{Party stripe|States' Rights Party}}{{ushr|Mississippi|4|4}}. Albert G. Brown (SR)
==== Missouri ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|1|1}}. John F. Darby (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|2|2}}. Gilchrist Porter (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|3|3}}. John G. Miller (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|4|4}}. Willard P. Hall (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|5|5}}. John S. Phelps (D)
==== New Hampshire ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|1|1}}. Amos Tuck (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|2|2}}. Charles H. Peaslee (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|3|3}}. Jared Perkins (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|4|4}}. Harry Hibbard (D)
==== New Jersey ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|1|1}}. Nathan T. Stratton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|2|2}}. Charles Skelton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|3|3}}. Isaac Wildrick (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|4|4}}. George H. Brown (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|5|5}}. Rodman M. Price (D)
==== New York ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|1|1}}. John G. Floyd (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|2|2}}. Obadiah Bowne (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|3|3}}. Emanuel B. Hart (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|4|4}}. John Haws (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|5|5}}. George Briggs (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|6|6}}. James Brooks (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|7|7}}. Abraham P. Stephens (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|8|8}}. Gilbert Dean (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|9|9}}. William Murray (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|10|10}}. Marius Schoonmaker (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|11|11}}. Josiah Sutherland (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|12|12}}. David L. Seymour (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|13|13}}. John L. Schoolcraft (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|14|14}}. John H. Boyd (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|15|15}}. Joseph Russell (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|16|16}}. John Wells (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|17|17}}. Alexander H. Buell (D), until January 29, 1853 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|18|18}}. Preston King (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|19|19}}. Willard Ives (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|20|20}}. Timothy Jenkins (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|21|21}}. William W. Snow (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|22|22}}. Henry Bennett (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|23|23}}. Leander Babcock (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|24|24}}. Daniel T. Jones (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|25|25}}. Thomas Y. Howe Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|26|26}}. Henry S. Walbridge (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|27|27}}. William A. Sackett (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|28|28}}. Abraham M. Schermerhorn (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|29|29}}. Jerediah Horsford (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|30|30}}. Reuben Robie (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|31|31}}. Frederick S. Martin (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|32|32}}. Solomon G. Haven (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|33|33}}. Augustus P. Hascall (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|34|34}}. Lorenzo Burrows (W) {{col-break}}
==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|1|1}}. Thomas L. Clingman (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|2|2}}. Joseph P. Caldwell (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|3|3}}. Alfred Dockery (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|4|4}}. James T. Morehead (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|5|5}}. Abraham W. Venable (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|6|6}}. John R. J. Daniel (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|7|7}}. William S. Ashe (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|8|8}}. Edward Stanly (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|9|9}}. David Outlaw (W)
==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|1|1}}. David T. Disney (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|2|2}}. Lewis D. Campbell (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|3|3}}. Hiram Bell (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|4|4}}. Benjamin Stanton (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|5|5}}. Alfred P. Edgerton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|6|6}}. Frederick W. Green (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|7|7}}. Nelson Barrere (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|8|8}}. John L. Taylor (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|9|9}}. Edson B. Olds (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|10|10}}. Charles Sweetser (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|11|11}}. George H. Busby (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|12|12}}. John Welch (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|13|13}}. James M. Gaylord (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|14|14}}. Alexander Harper (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|15|15}}. William F. Hunter (W) : {{Party stripe|Independent Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|16|16}}. John Johnson (ID) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|17|17}}. Joseph Cable (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|18|18}}. David K. Cartter (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|19|19}}. Eben Newton (W) : {{Party stripe|Free Soil Party}}{{ushr|Ohio|20|20}}. Joshua R. Giddings (FS) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|21|21}}. Norton S. Townshend (D)
==== Pennsylvania ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|1}}. Thomas B. Florence (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|2}}. Joseph R. Chandler (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|3|3}}. Henry D. Moore (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|4|4}}. John Robbins Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|5}}. John McNair (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|6|6}}. Thomas Ross (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|7}}. John A. Morrison (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|8|8}}. Thaddeus Stevens (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|9|9}}. J. Glancey Jones (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|10|10}}. Milo M. Dimmick (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|11|11}}. Henry M. Fuller (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|12|12}}. Galusha A. Grow (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|13|13}}. James Gamble (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|14|14}}. Thomas M. Bibighaus (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|15|15}}. William H. Kurtz (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|16|16}}. James X. McLanahan (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|17|17}}. Andrew Parker (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|18|18}}. John L. Dawson (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|19|19}}. Joseph H. Kuhns (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|20|20}}. John Allison (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|21|21}}. Thomas M. Howe (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|22|22}}. John W. Howe (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|23|23}}. Carlton B. Curtis (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|24|24}}. Alfred Gilmore (D)
==== Rhode Island ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|1|1}}. George G. King (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|2|2}}. Benjamin B. Thurston (D)
==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|1|1}}. Daniel Wallace (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|2|2}}. James L. Orr (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|3|3}}. Joseph A. Woodward (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|4|4}}. John McQueen (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|5|5}}. Armistead Burt (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|6|6}}. William Aiken Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|7|7}}. William F. Colcock (D)
==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|1|1}}. Andrew Johnson (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|2|2}}. Albert G. Watkins (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|3|3}}. William M. Churchwell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|4|4}}. John H. Savage (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|5|5}}. George W.Jones (D) : {{Party stripe|Independent Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|6|6}}. William H. Polk (ID) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|7|7}}. Meredith P. Gentry (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|8|8}}. William Cullom (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|9|9}}. Isham G. Harris (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|10|10}}. Frederick P. Stanton (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|11|11}}. Christopher H. Williams (W)
==== Texas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|1|1}}. Richardson A. Scurry (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|2|2}}. Volney E. Howard (D)
==== Vermont ==== : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Vermont|1|1}}. Ahiman L. Miner (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Vermont|2|2}}. William Hebard (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Vermont|3|3}}. James Meacham (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Vermont|4|4}}. Thomas Bartlett Jr. (D)
==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|1|1}}. John S. Millson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|2|2}}. Richard K. Meade (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|3|3}}. Thomas H. Averett (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|4|4}}. Thomas S. Bocock (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|5|5}}. Paulus Powell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|6|6}}. John Caskie (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|7|7}}. Thomas H. Bayly (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|8|8}}. Alexander Holladay (D) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|9|9}}. James F. Strother (W) : {{Party stripe|Whig Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|10|10}}. Charles J. Faulkner Sr. (W) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|11|11}}. John Letcher (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|12|12}}. Henry A. Edmundson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|13|13}}. LaFayette McMullen (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|14|14}}. James M. H. Beale (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|15|15}}. George W. Thompson (D), until July 30, 1852 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Sherrard Clemens (D), from December 6, 1852
==== Wisconsin ==== : {{Party stripe|Free Soil Party}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|1|1}}. Charles Durkee (FS) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|2|2}}. Ben C. Eastman (D) : {{Party stripe|Independent Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|3|3}}. James D. Doty (ID)
==== Non-voting members==== : {{0|▌}}{{ushr|Minnesota Territory|AL|Minnesota Territory}}. Henry H. Sibley : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Mexico Territory|AL|New Mexico Territory}}. Richard H. Weightman (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Oregon Territory|AL|Oregon Territory}}. Joseph Lane (D) : {{0|▌}}{{ushr|Utah Territory|AL|Utah Territory}}. John M. Bernhisel {{col-break}} thumb|400px| {| align=center ! colspan=2 | House seats by party holding plurality in state |- | {{legend|#00f|80+ to 100% Democratic}} | {{legend|#ff9|Up to 60% Whig}} |- | {{legend|#09f|60+ to 80% Democratic}} | {{legend|#ff6|60+ to 80% Whig}} |- | {{legend|#0ff|Up to 60% Democratic}} | {{legend|#ff0|80+ to 100% Whig}} |- | align=center colspan=2 | {{legend|#f6f|60+ to 80% Union}} |} [[File:LinnBoyd.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Speaker of the House<br> Linn Boyd]] {{col-end}}
== Changes in membership ==
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
=== Senate === * Replacements: 8 ** Democrats (D): 1 seat net gain ** Whigs (W): 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 6 * Interim appointments: 3 *'''Total seats with changes: 13''' <!-- Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --> {{See also|List of special elections to the United States Senate}} {{Ordinal US Congress change|Senate}}
|- | Ohio<br/>(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.<br/>The winner was elected late on March 15, 1851, on the 37th ballot over the incumbent appointee.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 .. |first1=William Alexander |last1=Taylor |first2=Aubrey Clarence |last2=Taylor |year=1899 |publisher=State of Ohio |page =240 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA240}}</ref><br/>Successor was elected March 15, 1851. | {{party shading/Whig}} | Benjamin Wade (W) | Elected March 15, 1851
|- | New York<br/>(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.<br/>Successor was elected March 19, 1851. | {{party shading/Whig}} | Hamilton Fish (W) | Elected March 19, 1851
|- | Massachusetts<br/>(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.<br/>Successor was elected April 24, 1851. | {{party shading/Free Soil}} | Charles Sumner (FS) | Elected April 24, 1851
|- | California<br/>(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.<br/>Successor was elected January 30, 1852. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | John B. Weller (D) | Elected January 30, 1852
|- | Connecticut<br/>(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.<br/>Successor was elected May 12, 1852. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Isaac Toucey (D) | Seated May 12, 1852
|- | Mississippi<br/>(1) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Jefferson Davis (D) | Resigned September 23, 1851, to run for Governor of Mississippi.<br/>Successor appointed December 1, 1851. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | John J. McRae (D) | Appointed December 1, 1851
|- | Mississippi<br/>(2) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Henry S. Foote (D) | Resigned January 8, 1852, to become Governor of Mississippi.<br/>Successor elected February 18, 1852. | {{party shading/Whig}} | Walker Brooke (W) | Elected February 18, 1852
|- | Mississippi<br/>(1) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | John J. McRae (D) | Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.<br/>Successor elected March 17, 1852. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Stephen Adams (D) | Elected March 17, 1852
|- | South Carolina<br/>(2) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Robert Rhett (D) | Resigned May 7, 1852.<br/>Successor appointed May 10, 1852, and elected sometime thereafter to finish the term. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | William F. De Saussure (D) | Appointed May 10, 1852
|- | Georgia<br/>(2) | {{party shading/Whig}} | John M. Berrien (W) | Resigned May 28, 1852.<br/>Successor appointed May 31, 1852, to finish the term. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Robert M. Charlton (D) | Appointed May 31, 1852
|- | Kentucky<br/>(3) | {{party shading/Whig}} | Henry Clay (W) | Died June 29, 1852.<br/>Successor appointed July 6, 1852. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | David Meriwether (D) | Appointed July 6, 1852
|- | Indiana<br/>(3) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | James Whitcomb (D) | Died October 4, 1852.<br/>Successor appointed December 6, 1852. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Charles W. Cathcart (D) | Appointed December 6, 1852
|- | Kentucky<br/>(3) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | David Meriwether (D) | Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.<br/>Successor elected September 1, 1852. | {{party shading/Whig}} | Archibald Dixon (W) | Elected September 1, 1852
|- | Alabama<br/>(3) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | William R. King (D) | Resigned December 20, 1852, due to ill health, having recently being elected Vice President of the United States<br/>Successor appointed January 14, 1853, and elected December 12, 1853<ref name=Byrd>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PeHByMYxVm8C&pg=PR1| title= The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992 | edition=volume 4 Bicentennial | page =76 | first1= Robert C. | last1= Byrd | author-link1=Robert Byrd | first2= Wendy | last2=Wolff | publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office | date=October 1, 1993| isbn= 9780160632563 }}</ref> thereafter to finish the term. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | Appointed January 14, 1853
|- | New Jersey<br/>(1) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Robert F. Stockton (D) | Resigned January 1, 1853, to become president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company.<br/>Successor was not elected until the next Congress. | Vacant | Not filled this term
|- | Vermont<br/>(3) | {{party shading/Whig}} | William Upham (W) | Died January 14, 1853.<br/>Successor appointed January 17, 1853, to continue the term. | {{party shading/Whig}} | Samuel S. Phelps (W) | Appointed January 17, 1853
|- | Indiana<br/>(3) | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Charles W. Cathcart (D) | Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.<br/>Successor elected January 18, 1853. | {{party shading/Democratic}} | John Pettit (D) | Elected January 18, 1853 |}
=== House of Representatives === * Replacements: 6 ** Democrats (D): 1 seat net loss ** Whigs (W): 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 2 * Resignations: 5 *'''Total seats with changes: 7'''
<!-- Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --> {{main|List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives}} {{Ordinal US Congress change|House}}
|- | {{ushr|Maine|4|Maine 4th}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Charles Andrews (D) | Died April 30, 1852 | {{party shading/Whig}} | Isaac Reed (W) | Seated June 25, 1852 |- | {{ushr|Virginia|15|Virginia 15th}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} | George W. Thompson (D) | Resigned July 30, 1852, after being appointed judge of the Circuit Court of Virginia | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Sherrard Clemens (D) | Seated December 6, 1852 |- | {{ushr|Kentucky|7|Kentucky 7th}} | {{party shading/Whig}} | Humphrey Marshall (W) | Resigned August 4, 1852, after being appointed Minister to China | {{party shading/Whig}} | William Preston (W) | Seated December 6, 1852 |- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|2|Massachusetts 2nd}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Robert Rantoul Jr. (D) | Died August 7, 1852 | {{party shading/Whig}} | Francis B. Fay (W) | Seated December 13, 1852 |- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|9|Massachusetts 9th}} | {{party shading/Whig}} | Orin Fowler (W) | Died September 3, 1852 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Edward P. Little (D) | Seated December 13, 1852 |- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|4|Massachusetts 4th}} | {{party shading/Whig}} | Benjamin Thompson (W) | Died September 24, 1852 | {{party shading/Whig}} | Lorenzo Sabine (W) | Seated December 13, 1852 |- | {{ushr|New York|17|New York 17th}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Alexander H. Buell (D) | Died January 29, 1853 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}
== Committees == Lists of committees and their party leaders.
=== Senate=== * Agriculture (Chairman: Pierre Soule) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Augustus Dodge) * Claims (Chairman: Richard Brodhead) * Commerce (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin) * Contested Election of 1850 (Chairman: N/A) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * District of Columbia (Chairman: James Shields) * Emigrant Route and Telegraphic Line to California (Select) * Ether Discovery (Select) * Finance (Chairman: Robert M.T. Hunter) * Foreign Relations (Chairman: James M. Mason) * French Spoilations (Select) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: David R. Atchison) * Judiciary (Chairman: Andrew P. Butler) * Manufactures (Chairman: William K. Sebastian) * Library (Chairman: James A. Pearce) * Mexican Boundary (Select) * Mexican Boundary Commission (Select) * Mexican Claims Commission (Select) * Military Affairs (Chairman: James Shields) * Militia (Chairman: Sam Houston) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: William M. Gwin) * Ordnance and War Ships (Select) * Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Moses Norris Jr. and Charles T. James) * Pensions (Chairman: George Wallace Jones) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas J. Rusk) * Printing (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Solomon W. Downs) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: James Whitcomb) * Public Lands (Chairman: Alpheus Felch) * Purchase of Catlin's Collection of Indian Scenes (Select) * Retrenchment (Chairman: James W. Bradbury) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Issac P. Walker) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Jesse D. Bright) * Tariff Regulation (Select) * Territories (Chairman: Stephen A. Douglas) * Seventh Census (Select) * Whole
=== House of Representatives=== * Accounts (Chairman: John C. Mason) * Agriculture (Chairman: John G. Floyd) * Bounty Land Act of 1850 (Select) * Bounty Land Bill (Chairman: Cyrus L. Dunham) * Claims (Chairman: John Reeves Jones Daniel) * Commerce (Chairman: David L. Seymour) * District of Columbia (Chairman: Orlando B. Ficklin) * Elections (Chairman: William S. Ashe) * Engraving (Chairman: Edward Hammond) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Fayette McMullen) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Alexander G. Penn) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Charles E. Stuart) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Benjamin B. Thurston) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Milo M. Dimmick) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas Bartlett Jr.) * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas H. Bayly) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Robert W. Johnson) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isham G. Harris) * Judiciary (Chairman: James X. McLanahan) * Manufactures (Chairman: James M.H. Beale) * Mileage (Chairman: Thomas A. Hendricks) * Military Affairs (Chairman: William H. Bissell) * Militia (Chairman: Charles H. Peaslee) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick P. Stanton) * Patents (Chairman: David K. Cartter) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edson B. Olds) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Timothy Jenkins) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard H. Stanton) * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Charles Sweetser) * Public Lands (Chairman: Willard P. Hall) * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Williamson R. W. Cobb) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Moses Macdonald) * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John S. Millson) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: John L. Robinson) * Rules (Chairman: Willard P. Hall) * Standards of Official Conduct * Territories (Chairman: William A. Richardson) * Ways and Means (Chairman: George S. Houston) * Whole
=== Joint committees=== * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Isaac Wildrick) * The Library (Chairman: Joseph R. Chandler) * Printing (Chairman: Willis A. Gorman)
== Caucuses == * Senate Democratic Caucus * House Democratic Caucus
== Employees == === Legislative branch agency directors === * Architect of the Capitol: Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11, 1851 * Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan
=== Senate === * Chaplain: Clement M. Butler (Episcopalian) * Secretary: Asbury Dickins * Sergeant at Arms: Robert Beale
=== House of Representatives === * Chaplain: Ralph Randolph Gurley (Presbyterian), until December 1, 1851 ** Lyttleton Morgan (Methodist), elected December 1, 1851 ** James Gallagher (Presbyterian), elected December 6, 1852 * Clerk: Richard M. Young, until December 1, 1851 ** John W. Forney, from December 1, 1851 * Doorkeeper: Zadock W. McKnew * Sergeant at Arms: Adam J. Glossbrenner * Postmaster: John M. Johnson
== See also ==
* 1850 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1850–51 United States Senate elections ** 1850–51 United States House of Representatives elections * 1852 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1852 United States presidential election ** 1852–53 United States Senate elections ** 1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections
== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{reflist}} * {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}} * {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
== External links ==
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html Statutes at Large, 1789-1875] * [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsjlink.html Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress] * [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhjlink.html#anchor2 House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress] * [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History] * [https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists] * {{cite book |title=Congressional Directory for the 32nd Congress, 1st Session | date=1809 |url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012115922&view=1up&seq=17 }} * {{cite book |title=Congressional Directory for the 32nd Congress, 2nd Session | date=1853 | publisher=Printed by Kirkwood & McGill | isbn=978-1-4255-4051-7 |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.afj8697.0001.001;view=1up;seq=127 }}
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