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Membership of the 36th Congress of the United States |
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March 4, 1859 to March
3, 1861 |
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First Session:
December 5, 1859 to June 25, 1860 |
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Second Session:
December 3, 1860 to March 3, 1861 |
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Special Session of the
Senate: March 4, 1859 to March 10, 1859; June 26, 1860 to June 28, 1860 |
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Vice President of the
United States: |
John C. Breckinridge
(Kentucky) |
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President Pro Tempore of the
Senate: |
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (Alabama)
Jesse D. Bright (Indiana), from June 12, 1860
Solomon Foote (Vermont), from February 16, 1861 |
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Secretary of the
Senate: |
Asbury Dickins (North
Carolina) |
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Sergeant At Arms of the
Senate: |
Dunning McNair (Pennsylvania) |
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Speaker of the House
of Representatives: |
William Pennington
(New Jersey), from February 1, 1860 |
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Clerk of the House: |
James C. Allen
(Illinois)
John W. Forney (Pennsylvania), from February 3, 1860 |
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Sergeant At Arms of
the House: |
Adam J. Glossbrenner
(Pennsylvania)
Henry W. Hoffman (Maryland), from February 3, 1860 |
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Doorkeeper of the
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George Marston (New
Hampshire) |
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California
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Senators
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William M. Gwin |
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David C. Broderick (died September 16, 1859 after being mortally wounded in a duel with the chief justice of the supreme court of California) |
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Henry
P. Haun (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
David C. Broderick; served from November 3, 1859 to March 4, 1860, when Milton Latham was elected) |
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Milton S. Latham (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David C. Broderick; served from March 5, 1860) |
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Representatives At Large
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| Charles
L. Scott |
| John
C. Burch |
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Georgia
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Senators
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Robert A. Toombs (withdrew February 4, 1861) |
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Alfred Iverson, Sr. (withdrew January 28, 1861) |
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Representatives
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| District 1: |
Peter
E. Love (withdrew January 23, 1861) |
| District 2: |
Martin J. Crawford (withdrew January 23, 1861) |
| District 3: |
Thomas Hardeman (withdrew January 23, 1861) |
| District 4: |
Lucius J. Gartrell (withdrew January 23, 1861) |
| District 5: |
John
W. H. Underwood (withdrew January 23, 1861) |
| District 6: |
James Jackson (withdrew January 23, 1861) |
| District 7: |
Joshua Hill (resigned January 23, 1861) |
| District 8: |
John J. Jones (withdrew January 23, 1861) |
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Kansas (admitted as a state January 29, 1861)
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Senators
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Vacant |
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(Senators not elected to this
Congress) |
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Representative At Large
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| Martin F. Conway (served from January 29, 1861) |
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