The 22nd 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 4,1831,to March 4,1833,during the third and fourth years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.
Henry Waggaman Edwards was an American lawyer,a Democrat,and the 27th and 29th governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut. He previously served in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as US Secretary of War and US Secretary of the Treasury before he ran for US president in the 1824 election.
The 1970 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate,taking place in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term as President. The Democrats lost a net of three seats,while the Republicans and the Conservative Party of New York picked up one net seat each,and former Democrat Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected as an independent.
The 1960 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of John F. Kennedy as president on November 8,1960. A special election was held on June 28,1960,for a mid-term vacancy in North Dakota. The Republicans gained two seats at the expense of the Democrats. The Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding lead in the Senate with 64 seats to 36. As Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President,Mike Mansfield became the new Majority Leader.
Elias Kent Kane was the first Illinois Secretary of State and a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
James Asheton Bayard Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Lawrence Yates Sherman was a Republican politician from the State of Illinois. He served as United States Senator,the 28th Lieutenant Governor,and as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.
William Henry McMaster was an American Republican politician who served as the tenth Governor of South Dakota,serving from 1921 until 1925. He also served as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota from 1925 to 1931.
Sidney Breese,a lawyer,soldier,author and jurist born in New York,became an early Illinois pioneer and represented the state in the United States Senate as well as served as Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives,and has been called "father of the Illinois Central Railroad".
In the 1912 and 1913 United States Senate elections,Democrats gained control of the Senate from the Republicans. Of the 32 seats up for election,17 were won by Democrats,thereby gaining 4 seats from the Republicans. Two seats were unfilled by state legislators who failed to elect a new senator on time. They were the last Senate elections held before ratification of the 17th Amendment,which established direct elections for all seats in the Senate.
Thaddeus Laddins Betts was the 32nd and 34th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Connecticut from 1832 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1835,and a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840. He had previously served in the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District and Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk,Connecticut.
James Semple was an American attorney and politician. He was Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives,Attorney General of Illinois,an associate justice of the Illinois Supreme Court,Chargéd'Affaires to New Granada,and United States Senator from Illinois.
Alney McLean was a United States representative from Kentucky. McLean County,Kentucky,is named in his honor.
Illinois is a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections and one of the "big three" Democratic strongholds alongside California and New York. It is one of the most Democratic states in the nation with all state executive offices and both state legislative branches held by Democrats. For most of its history,Illinois was widely considered to be a swing state,voting for the winner of all but two presidential elections in the 20th century. Political party strength in Illinois is highly dependent upon Cook County,and the state's reputation as a blue state rests upon the fact that over 40% of its population and political power is concentrated in Chicago,Cook County,and the Chicago metropolitan area. Outside of Chicago,the suburban collar counties continue trending Democratic while downstate Illinois can be considered more conservative with several Democratic leaning regions including Champaign-Urbana,Bloomington-Normal,Rockford,Peoria,and suburban St. Louis
The 1844 and 1845 United States Senate elections were elections which,coinciding with James K. Polk's election,had the Democratic Party retake control of the United States Senate,gaining a net total of eleven seats from the Whigs.
The 1836 and 1837 United States Senate elections were elections that had the Jacksonian coalition emerge as the Democratic Party,and the Adams,or Anti-Jackson,coalition emerge as the Whig Party.
The 1832 and 1833 United States Senate elections were elections that had the Anti-Jacksonian coalition assume control of the United States Senate from the Jacksonian coalition,despite Andrew Jackson's victory in the 1832 presidential election.
