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Membership of the 34th Congress of the United
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March 4, 1855 to
March 3, 1857 |
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First Session:
December 3, 1855 to August 18, 1856 |
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Second Session:
August 21, 1856 to August 30, 1856 |
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Third Session:
December 1, 1856 to March 3, 1857 |
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Vice President of
the United States:
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Vacant |
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President Pro Tempore of the Senate:
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Jesse D. Bright (Indiana)
Charles E. Stuart (Michigan), from June 9, 1856
Jesse D. Bright (Indiana), from June 11, 1856
James M. Mason (Virginia), from January 6, 1857 |
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Secretary of the
Senate:
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Asbury Dickins
(North Carolina) |
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Sergeant At Arms
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Senate:
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Dunning McNair
(Pennsylvania) |
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Speaker of the
House of Representatives:
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Nathaniel P. Banks
(Massachusetts) |
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Clerk of the
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John W. Forney
(Pennsylvania)
William Cullom (Tennessee), from February 4, 1856 |
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Sergeant At Arms
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Adam J.
Glossbrenner (Pennsylvania) |
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Doorkeeper of the
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Nathan Darling
(New York) |
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Iowa
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Senators
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George W. Jones |
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James Harlan (took his seat December 31, 1855; owing to
irregularities in the legislative proceedings the Senators
declared the seat vacant in January 12, 1857; reelected to fill
the vacancy thus created; served from January 29, 1857) |
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Representatives
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Augustus Hall |
| District 2: |
James Thorington |
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New Hampshire
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Senators
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John P. Hale (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Charles G. Atherton; served from July 30, 1855) |
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James Bell (elected for the term beginning March 4, 1855; served from July 30, 1855) |
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Representatives
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| District 1: |
James Pike |
| District 2: |
Mason W. Tappan |
| District 3: |
Aaron H. Cragin |
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South Carolina
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Senators
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Andrew Pickens Butler |
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Josiah J. Evans |
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Representatives
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John McQueen |
| District 2: |
William Aiken |
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Laurence M. Keitt (resigned July 15, 1856 after Congress censured him for his role in the assault made upon Senator Charles Sumner on May 22, 1856; elected to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation; served from August 6, 1856) |
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Preston S. Brooks (resigned July 15, 1856 even though the attempt to expel him for his assault upon Charles Sumner on May 22, 1856 had failed through lack of the necessary two-thirds vote; elected to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation; served from August 1, 1856; died January 27, 1857) |
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James L. Orr |
| District 6: |
William W. Boyce |
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Kansas Territory |
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Delegate |
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John W. Whitfield (served to August 1, 1856, when the seat was declared vacant after the election was contested; elected to fill the vacancy caused by the action of the House of Representatives in declaring the seat vacant; served from December 9, 1856) |
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New Mexico Territory |
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Delegate |
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José Manuel Gallegos (succeeded July 23, 1856 by Miguel A. Otero, who contested the election) |
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