Nathan Sanford was an American politician.
Joel Abbot was a U.S. naval officer who served notably in the War of 1812,and commanded a ship during Commodore Perry's 1853-1854 visit to Japan. Commodore Joel Abbot was Admiral Matthew C. Perry's second in command when they opened Japan in 1853–1854.
Theodore Dwight was an American lawyer and journalist. He was the brother of Timothy Dwight,president of Yale College,and the grandson of Jonathan Edwards. He was a distinguished lawyer,a leader of the Federalist Party,and a member of Congress in 1806–1807,and was secretary of the Hartford Convention in 1814–1815.
Ner Middleswarth was an American politician from New Jersey who served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1853 to 1855. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1815 to 1841 including two terms as speaker of the house. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 15th district from 1853 to 1854.
Ogden Hoffman was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Carlton Brandaga Curtis was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district from 1851 to 1853 and the 24th district from 1853 to 1855. He then switched parties and later served again as a Republican member for the 19th district from 1873 to 1875.
James Maurice was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States Representative from New York from 1853 to 1855.
Herman Knickerbocker was a United States representative from New York.
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden was a United States representative from New York.
John Teunis Bergen was an American slave owner,law enforcement officer,newspaperman,and politician who served one term as a United States representative from New York from 1831 to 1833.
David Addison Noble was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan,and had a term in Congress in 1853–1855.
Lorenzo Sabine was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts now more remembered for his research and publishing concerning the Loyalists of the American Revolution than as a public servant.
William Barron Calhoun was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
John Curtis Brodhead was an American politician in the U.S. state of New York. He represented New York in the United States House of Representatives for two non-consecutive terms from 1831 to 1833,and from 1837 to 1839.
John James Taylor was an American attorney and businessman. He is most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from New York,a position he held from 1853 to 1855.
Thomas Child was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Samuel Hughes Woodson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri,son of Samuel Hughes Woodson (1777–1827).
Chester Dorman Hubbard was a two-term U.S. Representative from West Virginia,who previously served in the Virginia General Assembly and Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 before the American Civil War and who helped found the state of West Virginia.
Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington,Sr. was an American Whig Party / Opposition Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1853–1857.
Mahlon Dickerson was a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey,the seventh governor of New Jersey,United States Senator from New Jersey,the 10th United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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