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Membership
of
the
26th
Congress
of
the
United
States |
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March
4,
1839
to
March
3,
1841 |
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First
Session:
December
2,
1839
to
July
21,
1840 |
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Second
Sesssion:
December
7,
1840
to
March
3,
1841 |
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Vice
President
of
the
United
States: |
Richard
M.
Johnson
(Kentucky) |
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President
Pro
Tempore
of
the
Senate: |
William
R.
King
(Alabama) |
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Secretary
of
the
Senate: |
Asbury Dickins
(North
Carolina) |
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Sergeant
At
Arms
of
the
Senate: |
Stephen Haight
(New
York) |
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Speaker
of
the
House
of
Representatives: |
Robert
M.
T.
Hunter
(Virginia) |
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Clerk
of
the
House: |
Hugh
A.
Garland
(Virginia) |
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Sergeant
At
Arms
of
the
House: |
Roderick
Dorsey
(Maryland) |
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Doorkeeper
of
the
House: |
Joseph
Follansbee
(Massachusetts) |
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Massachusetts
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Senators
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Daniel
Webster (resigned
February 22, 1841 to become Secretary of State) |
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John
Davis (resigned
January 5, 1841) |
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Isaac C. Bates
(elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Davis and on the
same day elected for the term commencing March 4, 1841; served from January 13,
1841) |
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Rufus
Choate (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel
Webster; served from February 23, 1841) |
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Representatives |
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District 1: |
Abbott Lawrence (resigned September 18, 1840) |
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Robert C. Winthrop (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Abbott Lawrence; served from November 9, 1840) |
| District 2:
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Leverett Saltonstall |
| District 3:
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Caleb Cushing |
| District 4:
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William Parmenter |
| District 5:
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Levi Lincoln, Jr. |
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District 6: |
James C. Alvord (died September 27, 1839) |
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Osmyn Baker (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
James C. Alvord; served from January 14, 1840) |
| District 7:
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George N. Briggs |
| District 8:
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William B. Calhoun |
| District 9:
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William S. Hastings |
| District 10:
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Henry Williams |
| District 11:
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John Reed, Jr. |
| District 12:
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John Quincy Adams |
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Michigan
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Senators
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John
Norvell |
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Augustus B. Porter
(elected to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1839 caused by the
failure of the legislature to elect; served from January 19, 1840) |
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Representative At Large |
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Isaac E. Crary |
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Tennessee
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Senators
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Hugh L. White (resigned
January
13,
1840 because he could not conscientiously obey the instructions of his
constituents) |
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Felix
Grundy (elected to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1839,
caused by the resignation of Ephraim H. Foster; the question of his eligibility to
election as Senator while holding the office of Attorney General of the United
States having been raised, he resigned from the Senate on December 14, 1839, and
was reelected the same day; served from December 14, 1839; died December 19,
1840) |
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Alexander
O. Anderson (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hugh L.
White; served from February 26, 1840) |
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Alfred
O.
P.
Nicholson (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Felix
Grundy; served from December 25, 1840) |
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Representatives |
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| District 1: |
William B. Carter |
| District 2: |
Abraham McClellan |
| District 3: |
Joseph L. Williams |
| District 4: |
Julius W. Blackwell |
| District 5: |
Hopkins L. Turney |
| District 6: |
William B. Campbell |
| District 7: |
John Bell |
| District 8: |
Meredith P. Gentry |
| District 9: |
Harvey M. Watterson |
| District 10: |
Aaron V. Brown |
| District 11: |
Cave Johnson |
| District 12: |
John W. Crockett |
| District 13: |
Christopher H. Williams |
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