Membership of the 32nd Congress of the United States
 
March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853
 
First Session:  December 1, 1851 to August 31, 1852
Second Session:  December 6, 1852 to March 3, 1853
Special Session of the Senate:  March 4, 1851 to March 13, 1851
 

Vice President of the United States: 

Vacant

President Pro Tempore of the Senate:  

William R. King (Alabama)
David R. Atchison (Missouri), from December 20, 1852

Secretary of the Senate: 

Asbury Dickins (North Carolina)

Sergeant At Arms of the Senate: 

Robert Beale (Virginia)

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

Linn Boyd (Kentucky)

Clerk of the House: 

Richard M. Young (Illinois)
John W. Forney (Pennsylvania), from December 1, 1851

Sergeant At Arms of the House: 

Adam J. Glossbrenner (Pennsylvania)

Doorkeeper of the House:  

Z. W. McKnew (Maryland)

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

William R. King (resigned December 20, 1852 due to poor health)

Jeremiah Clemens

Benjamin Fitzpatrick (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King; served from January 14, 1853)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John Bragg
District 2: James Abercrombie
District 3: Sampson W. Harris
District 4: William R. Smith
District 5: George S. Houston
District 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb
District 7: Franklin W. Bowdon
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

William K. Sebastian

Solon Borland

 

Representative At Large

 

Robert W. Johnson
 

California

 

Senators

 

William M. Gwin

John B. Weller (elected for the term commencing March 4, 1851; served from January 30, 1852)

 

Representatives At Large

 

Edward C. Marshall
Joseph W. McCorkle
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Truman Smith

Isaac Toucey (elected for the term commencing March 4, 1851; served from May 12, 1852)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles Chapman
District 2: Colin M. Ingersoll
District 3: Chauncey F. Cleveland
District 4: Origen S. Seymour
 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

Presley Spruance

James Asheton Bayard, Jr.

 

Representative At Large

 

George R. Riddle
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Jackson Morton

Stephen R. Mallory

 

Representative At Large

 

Edward C. Cabell
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

John M. Berrien (resigned May 28, 1852)

William C. Dawson

Robert M. Charlton (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John M. Berrien; served from May 31, 1852)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Joseph W. Jackson
District 2: James Johnson
District 3: David J. Bailey
District 4: Charles Murphey
District 5: Elijah W. Chastain
District 6: Junius Hillyer
District 7: Alexander H. Stephens
District 8: Robert A. Toombs
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Stephen A. Douglas

James Shields

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William H. Bissell
District 2: Willis Allen
District 3: Orlando B. Ficklin
District 4: Richard S. Molony
District 5: William A. Richardson
District 6: Thompson Campbell
District 7: Richard Yates
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Jesse D. Bright

James Whitcomb (died Octoeber 4, 1852)

Charles W. Cathcart (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Whitcomb; served from December 6, 1852, to January 18, 1853)

John Pettit (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Whitcomb; served from January 18, 1853)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James Lockhart
District 2: Cyrus L. Dunham
District 3: John L. Robinson
District 4: Samuel W. Parker
District 5: Thomas A. Hendricks
District 6: Willis A. Gorman
District 7: John W. Davis
District 8: Daniel Mace
District 9: Graham N. Fitch
District 10: Samuel Brenton
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

Augustus C. Dodge

George W. Jones

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Bernhart Henn
District 2: Lincoln Clark
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

Joseph R. Underwood

Henry Clay (died June 29, 1852)

David Meriwether (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Clay; served from July 6, 1852 to August 31, 1852, when Archibald Dixon was elected)

Archibald Dixon (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Clay; served from September 1, 1852)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Linn Boyd
District 2: Benjamin E. Grey
District 3: Presley U. Ewing
District 4: William T. Ward
District 5: James W. Stone
District 6: Addison White
District 7: Humphrey Marshall (resigned August 4, 1852 to become Minister to China)
William Preston (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Humphrey Marshall; served from December 6, 1852)
District 8: John C. Breckinridge
District 9: John C. Mason
District 10: Richard H. Stanton
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

Solomon W. Downs

Pierre Soulé

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Louis St. Martin
District 2: Joseph A. Landry
District 3: Alexander G. Penn
District 4: John Moore
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

James W. Bradbury

Hannibal Hamlin

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Moses Macdonald
District 2: John Appleton
District 3: Robert Goodenow
District 4: Charles Andrews (died April 30, 1852)
Isaac Reed (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Andrews; served from June 25, 1852)
District 5: Ephraim K. Smart
District 6: Israel Washburn, Jr.
District 7: Thomas J. D. Fuller
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

James A. Pearce

Thomas G. Pratt

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Richard J. Bowie
District 2: William T. Hamilton
District 3: Edward Hammond
District 4: Thomas Y. Walsh
District 5: Alexander Evans
District 6: John S. Cottman
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

John Davis

Charles Sumner (served from April 24, 1851)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William Appleton
District 2: Orin Fowler (died September 3, 1852)
Edward P. Little (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orin Fowler; served from December 13, 1852)
District 3: James H. Duncan
District 4: Robert Rantoul, Jr. (died August 7, 1852)
Francis B. Fay (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert Rantoul, Jr.; served from December 13, 1852)
District 5: Charles Allen
District 6: George T. Davis
District 7: John Z. Goodrich
District 8: Horace Mann
District 9: Benjamin Thompson (died September 24, 1852)

Lorenzo Sabine (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin Thompson; served from December 13, 1852)

District 10: Zeno Scudder
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

Lewis Cass

Alpheus Felch

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ebenezer J. Penniman
District 2: Charles E. Stuart
District 3: James L. Conger
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

Henry Stuart Foote (resigned January 8, 1852 to become Governor of Mississippi)

Jefferson Davis (resigned September 21, 1851)

John J. McRae (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jefferson Davis; served from December 1, 1851 to March 17, 1852, when Stephen Adams was elected)

Walker Brooke (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Stuart Foote; served from February 18, 1852)

Stephen Adams (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jefferson Davis; served from March 17, 1852)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Benjamin D. Nabers
District 2: John A. Wilcox
District 3: John D. Freeman
District 4: Albert Gallatin Brown
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

David R. Atchison

Henry S. Geyer

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John F. Darby 
District 2: Gilchrist Porter
District 3: John G. Miller
District 4: Willard P. Hall
District 5: John S. Phelps
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

John P. Hale

Moses Norris, Jr.

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Amos Tuck
District 2: Charles H. Peaslee
District 3: Jared Perkins
District 4: Harry Hibbard
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

Jacob W. Miller

Robert F. Stockton (resigned January 10, 1853)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Nathan T. Stratton
District 2: Charles Skelton
District 3: Isaac Widrick
District 4: George H. Brown
District 5: Rodman M. Price
 

New York

 

Senators

 

William H. Seward

Hamilton Fish

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John G. Floyd
District 2: Obadiah Bowne
District 3: Emanuel B. Hart
District 4: John H. H. Haws
District 5: George Briggs
District 6: James Brooks
District 7: Abraham P. Stephens
District 8: Gilbert Dean
District 9: William Murray
District 10: Marius Schoonmaker
District 11: Josiah Sutherland
District 12: David L. Seymour
District 13: John L. Schoolcraft
District 14: John H. Boyd
District 15: Joseph Russell
District 16: John Wells
District 17: Alexander H. Buell (died January 29, 1853)
District 18: Preston King
District 19: Willard Ives
District 20: Timothy Jenkins
District 21: William W. Snow
District 22: Henry Bennett
District 23: Leander Babcock
District 24: Daniel T. Jones
District 25: Thomas Y. Howe, Jr.
District 26: Henry S. Walbridge
District 27: William A. Sackett
District 28: Abraham M. Schermerhorn
District 29: Jerediah Horsford
District 30: Reuben Robie
District 31: Frederick S. Martin
District 32: Solomon G. Haven
District 33: Augustus P. Hascall
District 34: Lorenzo Burrows
 

North Carolina

 

Senators

 

Willie P. Mangum

George E. Badger

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas L. Clingman
District 2: Joseph P. Caldwell
District 3: Alfred Dockery
District 4: James T. Morehead
District 5: Abraham W. Venable
District 6: John R. J. Daniel
District 7: William S. Ashe
District 8: Edward Stanly
District 9: David Outlaw
 

Ohio

 

Senators

 

Salmon P. Chase

Benjamin F. Wade (elected to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1851, caused by the failure of the legislature to elect; served from March 15, 1851)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: David T. Disney
District 2: Lewis D. Campbell
District 3: Hiram Bell
District 4: Benjamin Stanton
District 5: Alfred P. Edgerton
District 6: Frederick W. Green
District 7: Nelson Barrere
District 8: John L. Taylor
District 9: Edson B. Olds
District 10: Charles Sweetser
District 11: George H. Busby
District 12: John Welch
District 13: James M. Gaylord
District 14: Alexander Harper
District 15: William F. Hunter
District 16: John Johnson
District 17: Joseph Cable
District 18: David K. Cartter
District 19: Eben Newton
District 20: Joshua R. Giddings
District 21: Norton S. Townshend
 

Pennsylvania

 

Senators

 

James Cooper

Richard Brodhead

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas B. Florence
District 2: Joseph R. Chandler
District 3: Henry D. Moore
District 4: John Robbins
District 5: John McNair
District 6: Thomas Ross
District 7: John A. Morrison
District 8: Thaddeus Stevens
District 9: J. Glancy Jones
District 10: Milo M. Dimmick
District 11: Henry M. Fuller
District 12: Galusha A. Grow
District 13: James Gamble
District 14: Thomas M. Bibighaus
District 15: William H. Kurtz
District 16: James X. McLanahan
District 17: Andrew Parker
District 18: John L. Dawson
District 19: Joseph H. Kuhns
District 20: John Allison
District 21: Thomas M. Howe
District 22: John W. Howe
District 23: Carlton B. Curtis
District 24: Alfred Gilmore
 

Rhode Island

 

Senators

 

John Hopkins Clarke

Charles Tillinghast James

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George G. King
District 2: Benjamin B. Thurston
 

South Carolina

 

Senators

 

Andrew Pickens Butler

R. Barnwell Rhett (resigned May 7, 1852)

William F. DeSaussure (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of R. Barnwell Rhett; served from May 10, 1852)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Daniel Wallace
District 2: James L. Orr
District 3: Joseph A. Woodward
District 4: John McQueen
District 5: Armistead Burt
District 6: William Aiken
District 7: William F. Colcock
 

Tennessee

 

Senators

 

John Bell

James C. Jones

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Andrew Johnson
District 2: Albert G. Watkins
District 3: William M. Churchwell
District 4: John H. Savage
District 5: George W. Jones
District 6: William H. Polk
District 7: Meredith P. Gentry
District 8: William Cullom
District 9: Isham G. Harris
District 10: Frederick P. Stanton
District 11: Christopher H. Williams
 

Texas

 

Senators

 

Sam Houston

Thomas J. Rusk

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Richardson Scurry
District 2: Volney E. Howard
 

Vermont

 

Senators

 

William Upham (died January 14, 1853)

Solomon Foot

Samuel S. Phelps (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Upham; served from January 17, 1853)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ahiman L. Miner
District 2: William Hebard
District 3: James Meacham
District 4: Thomas Bartlett, Jr.
 

Virginia

 

Senators

 

James M. Mason

Robert M. T. Hunter

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John S. Millson
District 2: Richard K. Meade
District 3: Thomas H. Averett
District 4: Thomas S. Bocock
District 5: Paulus Powell
District 6: John S. Caskie
District 7: Thomas H. Bayly
District 8: Alexander R. Holladay
District 9: James F. Strother
District 10: Charles J. Faulkner
District 11: John Letcher
District 12: Henry A. Edmundson
District 13: Fayette McMullen
District 14: James M. H. Beale
District 15: George W. Thompson (resigned July 30, 1852)

Sherrard Clemens (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Thompson; served from December 6, 1852)

 

Wisconsin

 

Senators

 

Henry Dodge