The Twenty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives . It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1835, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson .
United States Capitol
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830 . The Senate had an Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican majority, and the House had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.
This article supplements the summary article with a list of the members by state delegation.
see also: 23rd Congress - general
March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835
First session: December 2, 1833 - June 30, 1834
Second session: December 1, 1834 - March 3, 1835 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 22nd Congress - state detail
Next congress: 24th Congress - state detail
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
TOTAL members: 48
House of Representatives
TOTAL members: 240
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers , which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.
Alabama
Senate
House of Representatives (5 seats)
Connecticut
Senate
House of Representatives (6 seats) [1]
A/L : Noyes Barber (1781-1844), National Republican
A/L : William W. Ellsworth (1791-1868), National Republican …resigned July 8, 1834.
Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
A/L : Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), National Republican …resigned August 16, 1834.
Phineas Miner (1777-1839), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
A/L : Samuel A. Foote (1780-1846), National Republican …resigned May 9, 1834.
Ebenezer Jackson, Jr. (1796-1874), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
A/L : Samuel Tweedy (1776-1868), National Republican
A/L : Ebenezer Young (1783-1851), National Republican
Delaware
Senate
House of Representatives (1 seat)
Georgia
Senate
2: George M. Troup (1780-1856), Democratic …resigned November 8, 1833.
John P. King (1799-1888), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, November 21, 1833.
3: John Forsyth (1780-1841), Democratic …resigned July 27, 1834.
Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, January 12, 1835.
House of Representatives (9 seats) [2]
A/L : Augustin S. Clayton (1783-1839), Democratic
A/L : John E. Coffee (1782-1836), Democratic
A/L : Thomas F. Foster (1790-1848), Democratic
A/L : Roger L. Gamble (1787-1847), Democratic
A/L : George R. Gilmer (1790-1859), Democratic
A/L : Seaborn Jones (1788-1864), Democratic
A/L : William Schley (1786-1858), Democratic
A/L : James M. Wayne (1790-1867), Democratic …resigned January 13, 1835.
A/L : Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847), Democratic
Illinois
Senate
House of Representatives (3 seats)
1 : Charles Slade ( -1834), Democratic …died July 26, 1834.
John Reynolds (1788-1865), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
2 : Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Democratic
3 : Joseph Duncan (1794-1844), Democratic …resigned September 21, 1834.
William L. May (1793c-1849), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
Indiana
Senate
House of Representatives (7 seats)
Kentucky
Senate
House of Representatives (13 seats)
1 : Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842), Democratic
2 : Albert G. Hawes (1804-1849), Democratic
3 : Christopher Tompkins (1780-1858), National Republican
4 : Martin Beaty (1784-1856), National Republican
5 : Robert P. Letcher (1788-1861), National Republican
6 : Thomas Chilton (1798-1854), National Republican
7 : Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852), National Republican
8 : Patrick H. Pope (1806-1841), Democratic
9 : James Love (1795-1874), National Republican
10 : Chilton Allan (1786-1858), National Republican
11 : Amos Davis (1794-1835), National Republican
12 : Thomas A. Marshall (1794-1871), National Republican
13 : Richard M. Johnson (1780-1850), Democratic
Louisiana
Senate
House of Representatives (3 seats)
1 : Edward D. White (1795-1847), National Republican …resigned November 15, 1834.
Henry Johnson (1783-1864), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
2 : Philemon Thomas (1763-1847), National Republican
3 : Henry A. Bullard (1788-1851), National Republican …resigned January 4, 1834.
Rice Garland (1795c-1861), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 28, 1834.
Maine
Senate
House of Representatives (8 seats)
Maryland
Senate
House of Representatives (8 seats)
1 : Littleton P. Dennis (1786-1834), National Republican …died April 14, 1834.
John N. Steele (1796-1853), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 9, 1834.
2 : Richard B. Carmichael (1807-1884), Democratic
3 : James Turner (1783-1861), Democratic
4 : James P. Heath (1777-1854), Democratic
5 : Isaac McKim (1775-1838), Democratic
6 : William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), National Republican
7 : Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic
8 : John T. Stoddert (1790-1870), Democratic
Massachusetts
Senate
House of Representatives (12 seats)
1 : Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855), National Republican
2 : Rufus Choate (1799-1859), National Republican …resigned June 30, 1834.
Stephen C. Phillips (1801-1857), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
3 : Gayton P. Osgood (1797-1861), Democratic
4 : Edward Everett (1794-1865), National Republican
5 : John Davis (1787-1854), National Republican …resigned January 14, 1834.
Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 5, 1834.
6 : George J. Grennell, Jr. (1786-1877), National Republican
7 : George N. Briggs (1796-1861), National Republican
8 : Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), National Republican
9 : William Jackson (1783-1855), Anti-Masonic
10 : William Baylies (1776-1865), National Republican
11 : John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), National Republican
12 : John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Anti-Masonic
Mississippi
Senate
House of Representatives (2 seats) [3]
Missouri
Senate
House of Representatives (2 seats) [4]
New Hampshire
Senate
House of Representatives (5 seats) [5]
New Jersey
Senate
House of Representatives (6 seats) [6]
New York
Senate
House of Representatives (40 seats) [7]
1 : Abel Huntington (1777-1858), Democratic
2 : Isaac B. Van Houten (1776-1850), Democratic
3 : Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786-1862), Democratic
3 : Cornelius V. Lawrence (1791-1861), Democratic …resigned May 14, 1834.
John J. Morgan (1770-1849), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
3 : Dudley Selden ( -1855), Democratic …resigned July 1, 1834.
Charles G. Ferris (1796c-1848), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
3 : Campbell P. White (1787-1859), Democratic
4 : Aaron Ward (1790-1867), Democratic
5 : Abraham Bockee (1784-1865), Democratic
6 : John W. Brown (1796-1875), Democratic
7 : Charles Bodle (1787-1835), Democratic
8 : John Adams (1778-1854), Democratic
8 : Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), Democratic
9 : Job Pierson (1791-1860), Democratic
10 : Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783-1862), Democratic
11 : John Cramer (1779-1870), Democratic
12 : Henry C. Martindale (1780-1860), Anti-Masonic
13 : Reuben Whallon (1776-1843), Democratic
14 : Ransom H. Gillet (1800-1876), Democratic
15 : Charles McVean (1802-1848), Democratic
16 : Abijah Mann, Jr. (1793-1868), Democratic
17 : Samuel Beardsley (1790-1860), Democratic
17 : Joel Turrill (1794-1859), Democratic
18 : Daniel Wardwell (1791-1878), Democratic
19 : Sherman Page (1779-1853), Democratic
20 : Noadiah Johnson (1795-1839), Democratic
21 : Henry Mitchell (1784-1856), Democratic
22 : Nicoll Halsey (1782-1865), Democratic
22 : Samuel G. Hathaway (1780-1867), Democratic
23 : William K. Fuller (1792-1883), Democratic
23 : William Taylor (1791-1865), Democratic
24 : Rowland Day (1779-1853), Democratic
25 : Samuel Clark (1800-1870), Democratic
26 : John Dickson (1783-1852), Anti-Masonic
27 : Edward Howell (1792-1871), Democratic
28 : Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851), Anti-Masonic
29 : George W. Lay (1798-1860), Anti-Masonic
30 : Philo C. Fuller (1787-1855), Anti-Masonic
31 : Abner Hazeltine (1793-1879), Anti-Masonic
32 : Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), Anti-Masonic
33 : Gideon Hard (1797-1885), Anti-Masonic
North Carolina
Senate
House of Representatives (13 seats)
1 : William B. Shepard (1799-1852), National Republican
2 : Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), Democratic
3 : Thomas H. Hall (1773-1853), Democratic
4 : Jesse Speight (1795-1847), Democratic
5 : James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
6 : Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), Democratic
7 : Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), National Republican
8 : Daniel L. Barringer (1788-1852), National Republican
9 : Augustine H. Shepperd (1792-1864), National Republican
10 : Abraham Rencher (1798-1883), National Republican
11 : Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), Democratic
12 : James Graham (1793-1851), National Republican
13 : Lewis Williams (1782-1842), National Republican
Ohio
Senate
House of Representatives (19 seats)
1 : Robert T. Lytle (1804-1839), Democratic …resigned March 10, 1834, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 27, 1834.
2 : Taylor Webster (1800-1876), Democratic
3 : Joseph H. Crane (1782-1851), National Republican
4 : Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), National Republican
5 : Thomas L. Hamer (1800-1846), Democratic
6 : Samuel F. Vinton (1792-1862), National Republican
7 : William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
8 : Jeremiah McLene (1767-1837), Democratic
9 : John Chaney (1790-1881), Democratic
10 : Joseph Vance (1786-1852), National Republican
11 : James M. Bell (1796-1849), National Republican
12 : Robert Mitchell (1778-1848), Democratic
13 : David Spangler (1796-1856), National Republican
14 : William Patterson (1790-1868), Democratic
15 : Jonathan Sloane (1785-1854), Anti-Masonic
16 : Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863), Anti-Masonic
17 : John Thomson (1780-1852), Democratic
18 : Benjamin Jones (1787-1861), Democratic
19 : Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796-1873), Democratic …resigned July 10, 1834.
Daniel Kilgore (1793-1851), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1834.
Pennsylvania
Senate
House of Representatives (28 seats) [8]
1 : Joel B. Sutherland (1792-1861), Democratic
2 : Horace Binney (1780-1875), National Republican
2 : James Harper (1780-1873), National Republican
3 : John G. Watmough (1793-1861), National Republican
4 : Edward Darlington (1795-1884), Anti-Masonic
4 : William Hiester (1790-1853), Anti-Masonic
4 : David Potts, Jr. (1794c-1863), Anti-Masonic
5 : Joel K. Mann (1780-1857), Democratic
6 : Robert Ramsey (1780-1849), Democratic
7 : David D. Wagener (1792-1860), Democratic
8 : Henry King (1790-1861), Democratic
9 : Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782-1844), Democratic
10 : William Clark (1774-1851), Anti-Masonic
11 : Charles A. Barnitz (1780-1850), Anti-Masonic
12 : George Chambers (1786-1866), Anti-Masonic
13 : Jesse Miller (1800-1850), Democratic
14 : Joseph Henderson (1791-1863), Democratic
15 : Andrew Beaumont (1790-1853), Democratic
16 : Joseph B. Anthony (1795-1851), Democratic
17 : John Laporte (1798-1862), Democratic
18 : George Burd (1793-1844), National Republican
19 : Richard Coulter (1788-1852), Democratic
20 : Andrew Stewart (1791-1872), Anti-Masonic
21 : Thomas M. T. McKennan (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
22 : Harmar Denny (1794-1852), Anti-Masonic
23 : Samuel S. Harrison (1780-1853), Democratic
24 : John Banks (1793-1864), Anti-Masonic
25 : John Galbraith (1794-1860), Democratic
Rhode Island
Senate
House of Representatives (2 seats) [9]
South Carolina
Senate
House of Representatives (9 seats)
1 : Henry L. Pinckney (1794-1863), Nullifier
2 : William J. Grayson (1788-1863), Nullifier
3 : Thomas D. Singleton ( -1833), Nullifier …died November 25, 1833.
Robert B. Campbell ( -1862), Nullifier …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 27, 1834.
4 : John M. Felder (1782-1851), Nullifier
5 : George McDuffie (1790-1851), Nullifier …resigned in 1834.
Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), Nullifier …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1834.
6 : Warren R. Davis (1793-1835), Nullifier …died January 29, 1835.
7 : William K. Clowney (1797-1851), Nullifier
8 : James Blair (1790c-1834), Democratic …died April 1, 1834.
Richard I. Manning (1789-1836), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1834.
9 : John K. Griffin (1789-1841), Nullifier
Tennessee
Senate
House of Representatives (13 seats)
1 : John Blair (1790-1863), Democratic
2 : Samuel Bunch (1786-1849), Democratic
3 : Luke Lea (1783-1851), Democratic
4 : James I. Standifer (1782-1837), Democratic
5 : John B. Forester ( -1845), Democratic
6 : Balie Peyton (1803-1878), Democratic
7 : John Bell (1797-1869), Democratic
8 : David W. Dickinson (1808-1845), Democratic
9 : James K. Polk (1795-1849), Democratic
10 : William M. Inge (1802-1846), Democratic
11 : Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
12 : David Crockett (1786-1836), National Republican
13 : William C. Dunlap (1798-1872), Democratic
Vermont
Senate
House of Representatives (5 seats)
Virginia
Senate
House of Representatives (21 seats)
1 : George Loyall (1789-1868), Democratic
2 : John Y. Mason (1799-1859), Democratic
3 : William S. Archer (1789-1855), Democratic
4 : James H. Gholson (1798-1848), National Republican
5 : John Randolph (1773-1833), Democratic …died May 24, 1833.
Thomas T. Bouldin (1781-1834), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1833, died February 11, 1834.
James W. Bouldin (1792-1854), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 28, 1834.
6 : Thomas Davenport ( -1838), National Republican
7 : Nathaniel H. Claiborne (1777-1859), Democratic
8 : Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Democratic
9 : William P. Taylor ( - ), National Republican
10 : Joseph W. Chinn (1798-1840), Democratic
11 : Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), Democratic …resigned June 2, 1834.
John Robertson (1787-1873), National Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1834.
12 : William F. Gordon (1787-1858), Democratic
13 : John M. Patton (1797-1858), Democratic
14 : Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), National Republican
15 : Edward Lucas (1780-1858), Democratic
16 : James M. H. Beale (1786-1866), Democratic
17 : Samuel M. Moore (1796-1875), National Republican
18 : John H. Fulton ( -1836), Democratic
19 : William McComas (1795-1865), Democratic
20 : John J. Allen (1797-1871), National Republican
21 : Edgar C. Wilson (1800-1860), National Republican
Delegates
Arkansas Territory
Florida Territory
Michigan Territory
There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.
There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.
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Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts . New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.