Twenty-seventh United States Congress

Twenty-seventh United States Congress

1841-1842

Major Political Events

Members of the Twenty-seventh United States Congress

• John Quincy Adams (Representative), Whig, MA
• Julius Caesar Alford (Representative), Whig, GA
• Elisha Hunt Allen (Representative), Whig, ME
• William Allen (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Landaff Watson Andrews (Representative), Whig, KY
• Sherlock James Andrews (Representative), Whig, OH
• Nathan Appleton (Representative), Whig, MA
• William Segar Archer (Senator), Whig, VA
• Thomas Dickens Arnold (Representative), Whig, TN
• Archibald Hunter Arrington (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Charles Gordon Atherton (Representative), Democrat, NH
• John Bancker Aycrigg (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Alfred Babcock (Representative), Whig, NY
• Arthur Pendleton Bagby (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Osmyn Baker (Representative), Whig, MA
• Linn Banks (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Daniel Dewey Barnard (Representative), Whig, NY
• Alexander Barrow (Senator), Whig, LA
• Richard Walker Barton (Representative), Whig, VA
• Isaac Chapman Bates (Senator), Whig, MA
• Richard Henry Bayard (Senator), Anti-Jackson, DE
• Henry White Beeson (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Whig, GA
• Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Victory Birdseye (Representative), Whig, NY
• Edward Junius Black (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Henry Black (Representative), Whig, PA
• Bernard Blair (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Whiting Boardman (Representative), Whig, CT
• Nathaniel Briggs Borden (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Minor Botts (Representative), Whig, VA
• Samuel Smith Bowne (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Linn Boyd (Representative), Democrat, KY
• David P. Brewster (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Nixon Briggs (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Hall Brockway (Representative), Whig, CT
• David Bronson (Representative), Whig, ME
• Aaron Venable Brown (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Charles Brown (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Jeremiah Brown (Representative), Whig, PA
• Milton Brown (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Buchanan (Senator), Jacksonian, PA
• Edmund Burke (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Barker Burnell (Representative), Whig, MA
• Sampson Hale Butler (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William Butler (Representative), Whig, SC
• William Orlando Butler (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Greene Washington Caldwell (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• William Barron Calhoun (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Campbell (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Thomas Jefferson Campbell (Representative), Whig, TN
• William Bowen Campbell (Representative), Whig, TN
• Robert Looney Caruthers (Representative), Whig, TN
• George Booth Cary (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Zadok Casey (Representative), Independent Democrat, IL
• Reuben Chapman (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Timothy Childs (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Cotton Chittenden (Representative), Whig, NY
• Rufus Choate (Senator), Whig, MA
• John Chamberlain Clark (Representative), Whig, NY
• Staley Nichols Clarke (Representative), Whig, NY
• Clement Comer Clay (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Henry Clay (Senator), Whig, KY
• Thomas Clayton (Senator), Whig, DE
• Nathan Clifford (Representative), Democrat, ME
• James Graham Clinton (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Walter Coles (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Walter Terry Colquitt (Representative), Van Buren Democrat, GA
• Charles Magill Conrad (Senator), Whig, LA
• James Cooper (Representative), Whig, PA
• Mark Anthony Cooper (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Benjamin Sprague Cowen (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Chandler Crafts (Senator), Whig, VT
• Robert Bennie Cranston (Representative), Whig, RI
• James Harrison Cravens (Representative), Whig, IN
• George Walker Crawford (Representative), Whig, GA
• John Jordan Crittenden (Senator), Whig, KY
• Edward Cross (Representative), Democrat, AR
• Caleb Cushing (Representative), Whig, MA
• Alfred Cuthbert (Senator), Jacksonian, GA
• John Reeves Jones Daniel (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Garrett Davis (Representative), Whig, KY
• Richard David Davis (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Bennett Dawson (Representative), Democrat, LA
• William Crosby Dawson (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Lewis Dayton (Senator), Whig, NJ
• Ezra Dean (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Edmund Deberry (Representative), Whig, NC
• Davis Dimock, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Nathan Fellows Dixon (Senator), Whig, RI
• William Doan (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Augustus Caesar Dodge (Delegate), Democrat, IA
• Henry Dodge (Delegate), Democrat, WI
• Andrew Wheeler Doig (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Ira Allen Eastman (Representative), Democrat, NH
• John Edwards (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Cummins Edwards (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Joseph Egbert (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Evans (Senator), Whig, ME
• Horace Everett (Representative), Whig, VT
• Charles Goadsby Ferris (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Pitt Fessenden (Representative), Whig, ME
• Millard Fillmore (Representative), Whig, NY
• Charles Albert Floyd (Representative), Democrat, NY
• John Gelston Floyd (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Joseph Fornance (Representative), Democrat, PA
• A. Lawrence Foster (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Flournoy Foster (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Savin Fulton (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• Roger Lawson Gamble (Representative), Whig, GA
• Seth Merrill Gates (Representative), Whig, NY
• Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Gerry (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joshua Reed Giddings (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Walker Gilmer (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Leftwich Goggin (Representative), Whig, VA
• Patrick Gaines Goode (Representative), Whig, OH
• William Osborne Goode (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Gordon (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James Graham (Representative), Whig, NC
• William Alexander Graham (Senator), Whig, NC
• Francis Granger (Representative), Whig, NY
• Willis Green (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Greig (Representative), Whig, NY
• Amos Gustine (Representative), Democrat, PA
• William McKendree Gwin (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Richard Wylly Habersham (Representative), Whig, GA
• Hiland Hall (Representative), Whig, VT
• William Halstead (Representative), Whig, NJ
• William Alexander Harris (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Hastings (Representative), Democrat, OH
• William Soden Hastings (Representative), Whig, MA
• Samuel Lewis Hays (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Henderson (Senator), Whig, MS
• Thomas Henry (Representative), Whig, PA
• Isaac Edward Holmes (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Enos Hook (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Washington Hopkins (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Jacob Houck, Jr. (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George Smith Houston (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Jacob Merritt Howard (Representative), Whig, MI
• Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Charles Hudson (Representative), Whig, MA
• Hiram Paine Hunt (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Representative), Whig, VA
• Jabez Williams Huntington (Senator), Whig, CT
• Charles Jared Ingersoll (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Representative), Whig, PA
• James Irvin (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Wallace Irwin (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Jack (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Francis James (Representative), Whig, PA
• Cave Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• William Cost Johnson (Representative), Whig, MD
• Isaac Dashiell Jones (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Winston Jones (Representative), Democrat, VA
• George May Keim (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Andrew Kennedy (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Pendleton Kennedy (Representative), Whig, MD
• John Leeds Kerr (Senator), Whig, MD
• Thomas Butler King (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Henry Smith Lane (Representative), Whig, IN
• Joseph Lawrence (Representative), Whig, PA
• David Levy (Delegate), Democrat, FL
• Dixon Hall Lewis (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Levi Lincoln (Representative), Whig, MA
• Archibald Ladley Linn (Representative), Whig, NY
• Lewis Fields Linn (Senator), Jacksonian, MO
• Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Joshua Adams Lowell (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Francis Mallory (Representative), Whig, VA
• Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Whig, NC
• Albert Gallatin Marchand (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Alfred Marshall (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Thomas Francis Marshall (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Thomson Mason (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Samson Mason (Representative), Whig, OH
• James Mathews (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Joshua Mathiot (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Mattocks (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Patterson Bryan Maxwell (Representative), Whig, NJ
• John Maynard (Representative), Whig, NY
• Abraham McClellan (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Robert McClellan (Representative), Democrat, NY
• George McDuffie (Senator), Democrat, SC
• James Iver McKay (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (Representative), Whig, PA
• John McKeon (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Samuel McRoberts (Senator), Democrat, IL
• William Medill (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James A. Meriwether (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Duhurst Merrick (Senator), Whig, MD
• Jacob Welsh Miller (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John Miller (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Anderson Mitchell (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Moore (Representative), Whig, LA
• James Turner Morehead (Senator), Whig, KY
• Christopher Morgan (Representative), Whig, NY
• Calvary Morris (Representative), Whig, OH
• Jeremiah Morrow (Representative), Whig, OH
• Alexander Mouton (Senator), Jacksonian, LA
• Peter Newhard (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (Senator), Democrat, TN
• Eugenius Aristides Nisbet (Representative), Whig, GA
• Charles Ogle (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Morrison Oliver (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Burr Osborne (Representative), Whig, CT
• Bryan Young Owsley (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Parmenter (Representative), Democrat, MA
• Samuel Partridge (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Winter Payne (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Alfred Pearce (Representative), Whig, MD
• Nathanael Greene Pendleton (Representative), Whig, OH
• Samuel Shethar Phelps (Senator), Whig, VT
• Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Franklin Pierce (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Arnold Plumer (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Pope (Representative), Whig, KY
• Augustus Seymour Porter (Senator), Whig, MI
• Cuthbert Powell (Representative), Whig, VA
• Samuel Prentiss (Senator), Anti-Jackson, VT
• William Campbell Preston (Senator), Nullifier, SC
• George H. Proffit (Representative), Whig, IN
• Robert Ramsey (Representative), Whig, PA
• Alexander Randall (Representative), Whig, MD
• Benjamin Randall (Representative), Whig, ME
• Joseph Fitz Randolph (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Kenneth Rayner (Representative), Whig, NC
• Almon Heath Read (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Randall Reding (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Abraham Rencher (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Reynolds (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Robert Barnwell Rhett (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Ridgway (Representative), Whig, OH
• Lewis Riggs (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Cabell Rives (Senator), Whig, VA
• George Brydges Rodney (Representative), Whig, DE
• James Rogers (Representative), Democrat, SC
• James I. Roosevelt (Representative), Democrat, NY
• James McPherson Russell (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Russell (Representative), Whig, OH
• Leverett Saltonstall (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Sanford (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Representative), Democrat, NC
• John Sergeant (Representative), Whig, PA
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Senator), Jacksonian, AR
• Charles S. Sewall (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Tristram Shaw (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Augustine Henry Shepperd (Representative), Whig, NC
• Benjamin Glover Shields (Representative), Democrat, AL
• James Fowler Simmons (Senator), Whig, RI
• William Simonton (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Slade (Representative), Whig, VT
• Oliver Hampton Smith (Senator), Whig, IN
• Perry Smith (Senator), Democrat, CT
• Robert Barnwell Smith (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Truman Smith (Representative), Whig, CT
• William Smith (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Snyder (Representative), -, PA
• Augustus Rhodes Sollers (Representative), Whig, MD
• Samuel Lewis Southard (Senator), Whig, NJ
• William Sprague (Senator), Whig, RI
• James Cresap Sprigg (Representative), Whig, KY
• Edward Stanly (Representative), Whig, NC
• Lewis Steenrod (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Stokely (Representative), Whig, OH
• Charles Creighton Stratton (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (Representative), Whig, VA
• John Todd Stuart (Representative), Whig, IL
• Daniel Sturgeon (Senator), Democrat, PA
• George William Summers (Representative), Whig, VA
• Thomas De Lage Sumter (Representative), Democrat, SC
• George Sweeny (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Taliaferro (Representative), Whig, VA
• Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Senator), Whig, NY
• Benjamin Tappan (Senator), Democrat, OH
• Jacob Thompson (Representative), Democrat, MS
• John Burton Thompson (Representative), Whig, KY
• Richard Wigginton Thompson (Representative), Whig, IN
• Joseph Leonard Tillinghast (Representative), Whig, RI
• George Washington Toland (Representative), Whig, PA
• Thomas Ash Tomlinson (Representative), Whig, NY
• Philip Triplett (Representative), Whig, KY
• Samuel Wilds Trotti (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Joseph Trumbull (Representative), Whig, CT
• Hopkins Lacy Turney (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Joseph Rogers Underwood (Representative), Whig, KY
• John Van Buren (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert John Walker (Senator), Jacksonian, MS
• David Wallace (Representative), Whig, IN
• Aaron Ward (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Lott Warren (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Henry Washington (Representative), Whig, NC
• Harvey Magee Watterson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• John B. Weller (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Westbrook (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Albert Smith White (Senator), Whig, IN
• Edward Douglass White (Representative), Whig, LA
• John White (Speaker of the House), Whig, US
• Joseph Livingston White (Representative), Whig, IN
• Leonard Wilcox (Senator), Democrat, NH
• Christopher Harris Williams (Representative), Whig, TN
• James Wray Williams (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Joseph Lanier Williams (Representative), Whig, TN
• Lewis Williams (Representative), Whig, NC
• Reuel Williams (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Thomas Wheeler Williams (Representative), Whig, CT
• Robert Charles Winthrop (Representative), Whig, MA
• Henry Alexander Wise (Representative), Whig, VA
• Fernando Wood (Representative), Democrat, NY
• William Woodbridge (Senator), Whig, MI
• Levi Woodbury (Senator), Jacksonian, NH
• Silas Wright, Jr. (Senator), Jacksonian, NY
• Thomas Jones Yorke (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Augustus Young (Representative), Whig, VT
• John Young (Representative), Whig, NY
• Richard Montgomery Young (Senator), Democrat, IL
• David Levy Yulee (Delegate), Democrat, FL

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