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Membership
of
the
24th
Congress
of
the
United
States |
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March
4,
1835
to
March
3,
1837 |
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First
Session:
December
7,
1835
to
July
4,
1836 |
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Second
Session:
December
5,
1836
to
March
3,
1837 |
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Vice
President
of
the
United
States: |
Martin
Van
Buren
(New
York) |
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President
Pro
Tempore
of
the
Senate: |
William
R.
King
(Alabama) |
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Secretary
of
the
Senate: |
Walter Lowrie
(Pennsylvania)
Asbury Dickins
(North
Carolina),
from
December
12,
1836 |
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Sergeant
At
Arms
of
the
Senate: |
John Shackford
(New
Hampshire) |
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Speaker
of
the
House
of
Representatives: |
James
K.
Polk
(Tennessee) |
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Clerk
of
the
House: |
Walter
S.
Franklin
(Pennsylvania) |
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Sergeant
At
Arms
of
the
House: |
Thomas
B.
Randolph
(Virginia)
Roderick
Dorsey
(Maryland),
from
December
15,
1835 |
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Doorkeeper
of
the
House: |
Overton
Carr
(Maryland) |
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Georgia
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Senators
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John
Pendleton
King |
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Alfred
Cuthbert |
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Representatives At Large |
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George W. P. Towns (resigned September 1, 1836) |
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Julius C. Alford (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of George W. P. Towns; served from January 2, 1837) |
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William Schley (resigned July 1, 1835, having been nominated for
Governor of Georgia) |
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Jesse F. Cleveland (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of William Schley; served from October 5, 1835) |
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John Coffee (died October 3, 1836) |
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William C. Dawson (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
John Coffee; served from November 7, 1836) |
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John W. A. Sanford (resigned July 25, 1835 to assist in the removal of the
Cherokee Indians) |
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Thomas Glascock (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of John W. A. Sanford; served from October 5, 1835) |
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Seaton Grantland |
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Charles E. Haynes |
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James C. Terrell (resigned July 8, 1835 due to ill health) |
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Hopkins Holsey (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of James C. Terrell; served from October 5, 1835) |
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Jabez Y. Jackson (elected to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of James M. Wayne in the previous
Congress; served from October 5, 1835) |
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George W. Owens |
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Michigan (admitted as a state January 26, 1837)
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Senators
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Lucius
Lyon
(served
from
January
26,
1837) |
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John
Norvell
(served
from
January
26,
1837) |
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Representative At Large |
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Isaac E. Crary (served from January
26, 1837) |
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Arkansas
Territory |
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Delegate |
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Ambrose
H.
Sevier
(served
until
June
15,
1836,
when
Arkansas
was
admitted
as
a
State) |
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Michigan
Territory |
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Delegate |
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George
W.
Jones
(served
until
December
5,
1836,
when
Michigan
was
admitted
as
a
State) |
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Wisconsin
Territory |
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Delegate |
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George
W.
Jones
(served
from
December
5,
1836 when the Wisconsin Territory was formed from a portion of the Michigan
Territory) |
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