23rd United States Congress

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23rd United States Congress
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March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835
Members48 senators
240 representatives
3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority National Republican
Senate President Martin Van Buren (J)
House majority Jacksonian
House Speaker Andrew Stevenson (J)
John Bell (J)
Sessions
1st: December 2, 1833 – June 30, 1834
2nd: December 1, 1834 – March 4, 1835

The 23rd 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 4, 1835, during the fifth and sixth years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1830 United States census. The Senate had an Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican majority, and the House had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.

Contents

Major events

Major legislation

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Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

Party
(shading shows control)		TotalVacant
National
Republican
(NR)		 Jacksonian
(J)		 Nullifier
(N)
End of previous congress 23 23 1471
Begin 25 19 1 45 3
End 26 20 2 480
Final voting share54.2% 41.7% 4.2%
Beginning of next congress 24 21 2471

House of Representatives

For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census. [2]

Party
(shading shows control)		TotalVacant
National
Republican
(NR)		 Anti-
Masonic
(AM)		 Jacksonian
(J)		 Nullifier
(N)
End of previous congress 62 17 129 42121
Begin 60 25 145 9 239 1
End 62 143 8 2382
Final voting share26.1% 10.5% 60.1% 3.4%
Beginning of next congress 76 15 139 82382

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren MET ap93.19.2 (cropped 3x4).jpg
President of the Senate
Martin Van Buren

House of Representatives

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

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Senate

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.

House of Representatives

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

Senate changes
State
(class)		Vacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [lower-alpha 1]
South Carolina
(3)		Vacant since March 3, 1833, due to the resignation of Stephen Decatur Miller (N).
Successor was elected November 26, 1833.		 William C. Preston (N)November 26, 1833
Mississippi
(1)		Vacant from the start of this Congress due to the state legislature's failure to elect.
Appointee who had held the seat at the end of the previous Congress was elected November 22, 1833.		 John Black (NR)November 22, 1833
Pennsylvania
(1)		Vacant from the start of this Congress due to the state legislature's failure to elect.
Successor was elected December 7, 1833.		 Samuel McKean (J)December 7, 1833
Louisiana
(3)		 Josiah S. Johnston (NR)Died May 19, 1833.
Successor was elected December 19, 1833.		 Alexander Porter (NR)December 19, 1833
Missouri
(3)		 Alexander Buckner (J)Died June 6, 1833.
Successor was appointed December 19, 1833, and subsequently elected to finish the term.		 Lewis F. Linn (J)October 25, 1833
Georgia
(2)		 George Troup (J)Resigned November 8, 1833.
Successor was elected November 21, 1833.		 John P. King (D)November 21, 1833
Virginia
(2)		 William Rives (J)Resigned February 22, 1834.
Successor was elected February 26, 1834.		 Benjamin W. Leigh (NR)February 26, 1834
Pennsylvania
(3)		 William Wilkins (J)Resigned June 30, 1834, to become U.S. Minister to Russia.
Successor elected December 6, 1834.		 James Buchanan (J)December 6, 1834
Georgia
(3)		 John Forsyth (J)Resigned July 27, 1834, to become U.S. Secretary of State.
Successor elected January 12, 1835.		 Alfred Cuthbert (J)January 12, 1835
Maryland
(3)		 Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR)Resigned December 20, 1834, to become judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals.
Successor elected January 13, 1835.		 Robert H. Goldsborough (NR)January 13, 1835
Maine
(2)		 Peleg Sprague (NR)Resigned January 1, 1835.
Successor elected January 20, 1835.		 John Ruggles (J)January 20, 1835

House of Representatives

House changes
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [lower-alpha 1]
Kentucky 5th VacantContested election of Thomas P. Moore. House denied either party the seat and declared new election Robert P. Letcher (NR)Seated August 6, 1834
Pennsylvania 1 Joel B. Sutherland (J)Resigned before the term to become a judge, but then left that judgeship to seek his old seat and re-elected October 8, 1833. Joel B. Sutherland (J)Seated December 2, 1833
Virginia 5th John Randolph (J)Died May 24, 1833 Thomas T. Bouldin (J)Seated December 2, 1833
South Carolina 3rd Thomas D. Singleton (N)Died November 25, 1833 Robert B. Campbell (N)Seated February 27, 1834
South Carolina 5th George McDuffie (N)Resigned some time in 1834. Francis W. Pickens (N)Seated December 8, 1834
Louisiana 3rd Henry A. Bullard (NR)Resigned January 4, 1834, after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana Rice Garland (NR)Seated April 28, 1834
Massachusetts 5th John Davis (NR)Resigned January 14, 1834, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts Levi Lincoln (NR)Seated March 5, 1834
Virginia 5th Thomas T. Bouldin (J)Died February 11, 1834 James W. Bouldin (J)Seated March 28, 1834
Ohio 1st Robert T. Lytle (J)Resigned March 10, 1834 Robert T. Lytle (J)Re-seated December 27, 1834
South Carolina 8th James Blair (J)Died April 1, 1834 Richard I. Manning (J)Seated December 8, 1834
Maryland 1st Littleton P. Dennis (J)Died April 14, 1834 John N. Steele (J)Seated June 9, 1834
Connecticut at-large Samuel A. Foot (NR)Resigned May 9, 1834, after becoming Governor of Connecticut Ebenezer Jackson Jr. (NR)Seated December 1, 1834
New York 3rd Cornelius V. Lawrence (J)Resigned May 14, 1834, after becoming Mayor of New York City. This was a plural district with 4 representatives. John J. Morgan (J)Seated December 1, 1834
Virginia 11th Andrew Stevenson (J)Resigned June 2, 1834 John Robertson (NR)Seated December 1, 1834
Massachusetts 2nd Rufus Choate (NR)Resigned June 30, 1834 Stephen C. Phillips (NR)Seated December 1, 1834
New York 3rd Dudley Selden (J)Resigned July 1, 1834. This was a plural district with 4 representatives. Charles G. Ferris (J)Seated December 1, 1834
Connecticut at-large William W. Ellsworth (NR)Resigned July 8, 1834 Joseph Trumbull (NR)Seated December 1, 1834
Ohio 19th Humphrey H. Leavitt (J)Resigned July 10, 1834, after becoming judge of the US District Court of Ohio Daniel Kilgore (J)Seated December 1, 1834
Vermont 5th Benjamin F. Deming (AM)Died July 11, 1834 Henry F. Janes (AM)Seated December 2, 1834
Illinois 1st Charles Slade (J)Died July 26, 1834 John Reynolds (J)Seated December 1, 1834
Connecticut at-large Jabez W. Huntington (NR)Resigned August 16, 1834, after being appointed judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors Phineas Miner (NR)Seated December 1, 1834
Illinois 3rd Joseph Duncan (J)Resigned September 21, 1834, after being elected Governor of Illinois William L. May (J)Seated December 1, 1834
Louisiana 1st Edward D. White (NR)Resigned November 15, 1834, to become Governor of Louisiana Henry Johnson (NR)Seated December 1, 1834
Georgia at-large James M. Wayne (J)Resigned January 13, 1835, after being appointed an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Not filled in this Congress
South Carolina 6th Warren R. Davis (N)Died January 29, 1835

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

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References

  1. ↑ "Trying to Assassinate President Jackson". American Heritage. January 30, 2007. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2007.
  2. ↑ 4  Stat.   516
  3. ↑ Parks, Joseph (1950). John Bell of Tennessee. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. p. 71.
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