32nd United States Congress

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32nd United States Congress


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United States Capitol (1846)

March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853
Senate PresidentVacant
Senate Pres. pro tem
William R. King (D)
David R. Atchison (D)
House Speaker
Linn Boyd (D)
Members62 senators
233 representatives
4 non-voting delegates
Senate MajorityDemocratic
House MajorityDemocratic
Sessions

Special: March 4, 1851 – March 13, 1851
1st: December 1, 1851 – August 31, 1852
2nd: December 6, 1852 – March 4, 1853

The Thirty-second 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 Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.





Contents





  • 1 Major events


  • 2 Major legislation


  • 3 Territories organized


  • 4 Party summary

    • 4.1 Senate


    • 4.2 House of Representatives



  • 5 Leadership

    • 5.1 Senate


    • 5.2 House of Representatives



  • 6 Members

    • 6.1 Senate

      • 6.1.1 Alabama


      • 6.1.2 Arkansas


      • 6.1.3 California


      • 6.1.4 Connecticut


      • 6.1.5 Delaware


      • 6.1.6 Florida


      • 6.1.7 Georgia


      • 6.1.8 Illinois


      • 6.1.9 Indiana


      • 6.1.10 Iowa


      • 6.1.11 Kentucky


      • 6.1.12 Louisiana


      • 6.1.13 Maine


      • 6.1.14 Maryland


      • 6.1.15 Massachusetts


      • 6.1.16 Michigan


      • 6.1.17 Mississippi


      • 6.1.18 Missouri


      • 6.1.19 New Hampshire


      • 6.1.20 New Jersey


      • 6.1.21 New York


      • 6.1.22 North Carolina


      • 6.1.23 Ohio


      • 6.1.24 Pennsylvania


      • 6.1.25 Rhode Island


      • 6.1.26 South Carolina


      • 6.1.27 Tennessee


      • 6.1.28 Texas


      • 6.1.29 Vermont


      • 6.1.30 Virginia


      • 6.1.31 Wisconsin



    • 6.2 House of Representatives

      • 6.2.1 Alabama


      • 6.2.2 Arkansas


      • 6.2.3 California


      • 6.2.4 Connecticut


      • 6.2.5 Delaware


      • 6.2.6 Florida


      • 6.2.7 Georgia


      • 6.2.8 Illinois


      • 6.2.9 Indiana


      • 6.2.10 Iowa


      • 6.2.11 Kentucky


      • 6.2.12 Louisiana


      • 6.2.13 Maine


      • 6.2.14 Maryland


      • 6.2.15 Massachusetts


      • 6.2.16 Michigan


      • 6.2.17 Mississippi


      • 6.2.18 Missouri


      • 6.2.19 New Hampshire


      • 6.2.20 New Jersey


      • 6.2.21 New York


      • 6.2.22 North Carolina


      • 6.2.23 Ohio


      • 6.2.24 Pennsylvania


      • 6.2.25 Rhode Island


      • 6.2.26 South Carolina


      • 6.2.27 Tennessee


      • 6.2.28 Texas


      • 6.2.29 Vermont


      • 6.2.30 Virginia


      • 6.2.31 Wisconsin


      • 6.2.32 Non-voting members




  • 7 Changes in membership

    • 7.1 Senate


    • 7.2 House of Representatives



  • 8 Committees

    • 8.1 Senate


    • 8.2 House of Representatives


    • 8.3 Joint committees



  • 9 Caucuses


  • 10 Employees

    • 10.1 Senate


    • 10.2 House of Representatives



  • 11 See also


  • 12 References


  • 13 External links




Major events





Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852



  • 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: U.S. presidential election, 1852: Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig Winfield Scott


Major legislation



  • 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, 10 Stat. 180


Territories organized


  • March 2, 1853: Washington Territory was formed from Oregon Territory.


Party summary



Senate





















































Party
(shading shows control)
Total
Vacant

Democratic
(D)

Free Soil
(FS)

Whig
(W)
End of the previous congress

36

2

24
62
0

Begin

34

2

21

57
5
End 35 3 23 611
Final voting share 7001574000000000000♠57.4% 7000490000000000000♠4.9% 7001377000000000000♠37.7%
Beginning of the next congress

36

3

22
61
2


House of Representatives






































































 
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total
Vacant









Democratic
(D)
Independent
Democratic
(ID)

Free
Soil
(FS)
States'
Rights
(SR)

Constitutional
Unionist
(CU)

Whig
(W)
Independent
Whig
(IW)
Other
End of previous Congress
113
0
9
0
0
107
0
2
231
2

Begin
130
3
3
3
10
85
1
0
235
0
End
128
86
234
1
Final voting share
54.7%
1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
4.3%
36.8%
0.4%
0.0%


Beginning of next Congress
158
1
3
0
0
71
0
1
234
0


Leadership


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Senate Presidents pro Tempore


Daniel Inouye


William R. King (D)
(until December 20, 1852)



David R. Atchison


David R. Atchison (D)
(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


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.









House of Representatives


The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.










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




























































































State
(class)
Vacator
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's
formal installation

Ohio
(1)
Vacant
Failure to elect.
The winner was elected late on March 15, 1851, on the 37th ballot over the incumbent appointee.[1]
Successor was elected March 15, 1851.

Benjamin Wade (W)
Elected March 15, 1851

New York
(1)
Vacant
Failure to elect.
Successor was elected March 19, 1851.

Hamilton Fish (W)
Elected March 19, 1851

Massachusetts
(1)
Vacant
Failure to elect.
Successor was elected April 24, 1851.

Charles Sumner (FS)
Elected April 24, 1851

California
(1)
Vacant
Failure to elect.
Successor was elected January 30, 1852.

John B. Weller (D)
Elected January 30, 1852

Connecticut
(1)
Vacant
Failure to elect.
Successor was elected May 12, 1852.

Isaac Toucey (D)
Seated May 12, 1852

Mississippi
(1)

Jefferson Davis (D)
Resigned September 23, 1851, to run for Governor of Mississippi.
Successor appointed December 1, 1851.

John J. McRae (D)
Appointed December 1, 1851

Mississippi
(2)

Henry S. Foote (D)
Resigned January 8, 1852, to become Governor of Mississippi.
Successor elected February 18, 1852.

Walker Brooke (W)
Elected February 18, 1852

Mississippi
(1)

John J. McRae (D)
Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.
Successor elected March 17, 1852.

Stephen Adams (D)
Elected March 17, 1852

South Carolina
(2)

Robert Rhett (D)
Resigned May 7, 1852.
Successor appointed May 10, 1852, and elected sometime thereafter to finish the term.

William F. De Saussure (D)
Appointed May 10, 1852

Georgia
(2)

John M. Berrien (W)
Resigned May 28, 1852.
Successor appointed May 31, 1852, to finish the term.

Robert M. Charlton (D)
Appointed May 31, 1852

Kentucky
(3)

Henry Clay (W)
Died June 29, 1852.
Successor appointed July 6, 1852.

David Meriwether (D)
Appointed July 6, 1852

Indiana
(3)

James Whitcomb (D)
Died October 4, 1852.
Successor appointed December 6, 1852.

Charles W. Cathcart (D)
Appointed December 6, 1852

Kentucky
(3)

David Meriwether (D)
Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.
Successor elected September 1, 1852.

Archibald Dixon (W)
Elected September 1, 1852

Alabama
(3)

William R. King (D)
Resigned December 20, 1852, due to ill health.
Successor appointed January 14, 1853, and elected December 12, 1853[2] thereafter to finish the term.

Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D)
Appointed January 14, 1853

New Jersey
(1)

Robert F. Stockton (D)
Resigned January 1, 1853, to become president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company.
Successor was not elected until the next Congress.
Vacant
Not filled this term

Vermont
(3)

William Upham (W)
Died January 14, 1853.
Successor appointed January 17, 1853, to continue the term.

Samuel S. Phelps (W)
Appointed January 17, 1853

Indiana
(3)

Charles W. Cathcart (D)
Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.
Successor elected January 18, 1853.

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












































District
Vacator
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's
formal installation

Maine 4th

Charles Andrews (D)
Died April 30, 1852

Isaac Reed (W)
Seated June 25, 1852

Virginia 15th

George W. Thompson (D)
Resigned July 30, 1852, after being appointed judge of the Circuit Court of Virginia

Sherrard Clemens (D)
Seated December 6, 1852

Kentucky 7th

Humphrey Marshall (W)
Resigned August 4, 1852, after being appointed Minister to China

William Preston (W)
Seated December 6, 1852

Massachusetts 2nd

Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D)
Died August 7, 1852

Francis B. Fay (W)
Seated December 13, 1852

Massachusetts 9th

Orin Fowler (W)
Died September 3, 1852

Edward P. Little (D)
Seated December 13, 1852

Massachusetts 4th

Benjamin Thompson (W)
Died September 24, 1852

Lorenzo Sabine (W)
Seated December 13, 1852

New York 17th

Alexander H. Buell (D)
Died January 29, 1853
Vacant
Not filled this term


Committees


Lists of committees and their party leaders.



Senate


  • Agriculture

  • Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate

  • Claims

  • Commerce

  • Contested Election of 1850


  • Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)

  • District of Columbia


  • Emigrant Route and Telegraphic Line to California (Select)


  • Ether Discovery (Select)

  • Finance

  • Foreign Relations


  • French Spoilations (Select)

  • Indian Affairs

  • Judiciary

  • Manufactures


  • Mexican Boundary (Select)


  • Mexican Boundary Commission (Select)


  • Mexican Claims Commission (Select)

  • Military Affairs

  • Militia

  • Naval Affairs


  • Ordnance and War Ships (Select)

  • Patents and the Patent Office

  • Pensions

  • Post Office and Post Roads

  • Printing

  • Private Land Claims

  • Public Buildings and Grounds

  • Public Lands


  • Purchase of Catlin's Collection of Indian Scenes (Select)

  • Retrenchment

  • Revolutionary Claims

  • Roads and Canals


  • Tariff Regulation (Select)

  • Territories


  • Seventh Census (Select)

  • Whole


House of Representatives


  • Accounts

  • Agriculture


  • Bounty Land Act of 1850 (Select)

  • Claims

  • Commerce

  • District of Columbia

  • Elections

  • Engraving

  • Expenditures in the Navy Department

  • Expenditures in the Post Office Department

  • Expenditures in the State Department

  • Expenditures in the Treasury Department

  • Expenditures in the War Department

  • Expenditures on Public Buildings

  • Foreign Affairs

  • Indian Affairs

  • Invalid Pensions

  • Manufactures

  • Mileage

  • Military Affairs

  • Militia

  • Naval Affairs

  • Patents

  • Post Office and Post Roads

  • Public Buildings and Grounds

  • Public Expenditures

  • Public Lands

  • Revisal and Unfinished Business

  • Revolutionary Claims

  • Roads and Canals

  • Rules

  • Standards of Official Conduct

  • Territories

  • Ways and Means

  • Whole


Joint committees


  • Enrolled Bills


Caucuses



  • Democratic (House)


  • Democratic (Senate)


Employees



  • 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 Dickens elected December 12, 1836


  • Sergeant at Arms: Robert Beale, elected December 9, 1845


House of Representatives



  • Chaplain: Littleton F. Morgan (Methodist), elected December 1, 1851

    • James Gallagher (Presbyterian), elected December 6, 1852


  • Clerk: John W. Forney


  • Doorkeeper: Zadock W. McKnew


  • Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing.]


  • Sergeant at Arms: Adam J. Glossbrenner


  • Postmaster: John M. Johnson


See also



  • United States elections, 1850 (elections leading to this Congress)
    • United States Senate elections, 1850 and 1851

    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1850



  • United States elections, 1852 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
    • United States presidential election, 1852

    • United States Senate elections, 1852 and 1853

    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1852



References




  1. ^ Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 . State of Ohio. p. 240..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Byrd, Robert C.; Wolff, Wendy (October 1, 1993). "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992" (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 76.




  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.


  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.


External links


  • Statutes at Large, 1789-1875

  • Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress

  • House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress

  • Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

  • U.S. House of Representatives: House History

  • U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists


  • Congressional Directory for the 32nd Congress, 1st Session.


  • Congressional Directory for the 32nd Congress, 2nd Session.







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