31st United States Congress - Definition and Overview

This is a list of members of the Thirty-First United States Congress.

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1849-1851

Major Political Events

Members of the Thirty-First United States Congress

Index: A - B -C -D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y

A

• Nathaniel Albertson (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Henry Porteous Alexander (Representative), Whig, NY
• Charles Allen (Representative), Free Soil, MA
• William Jeffreys Alston (Representative), Whig, AL
• Josiah McNair Anderson (Representative), Whig, TN
• George Rex Andrews (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Shepperd Ashe (Representative), Democrat, NC
• George Ashmun (Representative), Whig, MA
• David Rice Atchison (Senator), Democrat, MO
• Thomas Hamlet Averett (Representative), Democrat, VA

B

• George Edmund Badger (Senator), Whig, NC
• Edward Dickinson Baker (Representative), Whig, IL
• Roger Sherman Baldwin (Senator), Whig, CT
• Robert Woodward Barnwell (Senator), Democrat, SC
• William Van Ness Bay (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Thomas Henry Bayly (Representative), Democrat, VA
• James Madison Hite Beale (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John Bell(Ohio politician) (Representative), Whig, OH
• John Bell (Senator), Whig, TN
• Henry Bennett (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Democrat, MO
• John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Whig, GA
• Kinsley Scott Bingham (Representative), Democrat, MI
• William Harrison Bissell (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Thomas Stanley Bocock (Representative), Democrat, VA
• David Alexander Bokee (Representative), Whig, |NY
• Walter Booth (Representative), Free Soil, CT
• Solon Borland (Senator), Democrat, AR
• Franklin Welsh Bowdon (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Richard Johns Bowie (Representative), Whig, MD
• James Butler Bowlin (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Linn Boyd (Representative), Democrat, KY
• James Ware Bradbury (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Daniel Breck (Representative), Whig, KY
• George Briggs (Representative), Whig, NY
• Jesse David Bright (Senator), Democrat, IN
• John Brisbin (Representative), Democrat, |PA
• James Books (Representative), Whig, NY
• Albert Gallatin Brown (Representative), Democrat, MS
• William John Brown (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Alexander Woodruff Buel (Representative), Democrat, MI
• Henry Adams Bullard (Representative), Whig, LA
• Lorenzo Burrows (Representative), Whig, NY
• Armistead Burt (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Andrew Pickens Butler (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Chester Pierce Butler (Representative), Whig, PA
• Thomas Belden Butler (Representative), Whig, CT

C

• Edward Carrington Cabell (Representative), Whig, FL
• Joseph Cable (Representative), Democrat, OH
• George Alfred Caldwell (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Joseph Pearson Caldwell (Representative), Whig, NC
• John Caldwell Calhoun (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Samuel Calvin (Representative), Whig, PA
• Lewis David Campbell (Representative), Whig, OH
• David Kellogg Cartter (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Joseph Casey (Representative), Whig, PA
• Lewis Cass (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Joseph Ripley Chandler (Representative), Whig, PA
• Salmon Portland Chase (Senator), Free Soil, OH
• Charles Ezra Clarke (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Hopkins Clarke (Senator), Whig, RI
• Henry Clay (Senator), Whig, KY
• Jeremiah Clemens (Senator), Democrat, AL
• Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Representative), Democrat, CT
• Thomas Lanier Clingman (Representative), Whig, NC
• Howell Cobb (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Representative), Democrat, AL
• William Ferguson Colcock (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Orsamus Cole (Representative), Whig, WI
• Harmon Sweatland Conger (Representative), Whig, NY
• Charles Magill Conrad (Representative), Whig, LA
• James Cooper (Senator), Whig, PA
• Moses Bledso Corwin (Representative), Whig, OH
• Thomas Corwin (Senator), Whig, OH
• John Crowell (Representative), Whig, OH

D

• John Reeves Jones Daniel (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Joel Buchanan Danner (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Jefferson Davis (Senator), Democrat, MS
• John Davis (Senator), Whig, MA
• William Crosby Dawson (Senator), Whig, GA
• William Lewis Dayton (Senator), Whig, NJ
• Edmund Deberry (Representative), Whig, NC
• Jesse Column Dickey (Representative), Whig, PA
• Daniel Stevens Dickinson (Senator), Democrat, NY
• Rodolphus Dickinson (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Milo Melankthon Dimmick (Representative), Democrat, PA
• David Tiernan Disney (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Nathan Fellows Dixon (Representative), Whig, RI
• Augustus Caesar Dodge (Senator), Democrat, IA
• Henry Dodge (Senator), Democrat, WI
• James Duane Doty (Representative), Democrat, WI
• Stephen Arnold Douglas (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Senator), Democrat, LA
• William Duer (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Henry Duncan (Representative), Whig, MA
• Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Charles Durkee (Representative), Republican, WI

E

• Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Samuel Atkins Eliot (Representative), Whig, MA
• Franklin Harper Elmore (Senator), Democrat, SC
• Alexander Evans (Representative), Whig, MD
• Nathan Evans (Representative), Whig, OH
• Andrew Ewing (Representative), Democratic, TN
• Thomas Ewing (Senator), Anti-Jackson, OH

F

• Winfield Scott Featherston (Representative), Democrat, MS
• Alpheus Felch (Senator), Democrat, MI
• Graham Newell Fitch (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Henry Stuart Foote (Senator), Democrat, MS
• Orin Fowler (Representative), Whig, MA
• John Freedley (Representative), Whig, PA
• John Charles Fremont (Senator), Democrat, CA
• Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Representative), Democrat, ME

G

• Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Representative), Whig, TN
• Elbridge Gerry (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Joshua Reed Giddings (Representative), Whig, OH
• Edward Gilbert (Representative), Democrat, CA
• Alfred Gilmore (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Rufus King Goodenow (Representative), Whig, ME
• Willis Arnold Gorman (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Daniel Gott (Representative), Whig, NY
• Herman Day Gould (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Stephen Green (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Albert Collins Greene (Senator), Whig, RI
• Joseph Grinnell (Representative), Whig, MA
• William McKendree Gwin (Senator), Democrat, CA

H

• Thomas C. Hackett (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John Parker Hale (Senator), Free Soil, NH
• Willard Preble Hall (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Ransom Halloway (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Thomas Hamilton (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Hannibal Hamlin (Senator), Democrat, ME
• Edward Hammond (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Moses Hampton (Representative), Whig, PA
• Hugh A. Haralson (Representative), Democrat, GA
• Andrew Jackson Harlan (Representative), Democrat, IN
• John Henry Harmanson (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Isham Green Harris (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Sampson Willis Harris (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Thomas Langrell Harris (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Andrew Kessler Hay (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Thomas Sherwood Haymond (Representative), Whig, VA
• William Hebard (Representative), Whig, VT
• William Henry (Representative), Whig, VT
• Harry Hibbard (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Henry Washington Hilliard (Representative), Whig, AL
• Moses Hoagland (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Alexander Richmond Holladay (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Isaac Edward Holmes (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Wallace Houston (Representative), Whig, DE
• Samuel Houston (Senator), Democrat, TX
• Volney Erskine Howard (Representative), Democrat, TX
• John W. Howe (Representative), Whig, PA
• David Hubbard (Representative), Democrat, AL
• Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Senator), Democrat, VA
• William Forrest Hunter (Representative), Whig, OH

I

• Samuel Williams Inge (Representative), Democrat, AL

J

• Joseph Webber Jackson (Representative), Democrat, GA
• William Terry Jackson (Representative), Whig, NY
• Andrew Johnson (Representative), Democrat, TN
• James Leeper Johnson (Representative), Whig, KY
• Reverdy Johnson (Senator), Whig, MD
• Robert Ward Johnson (Representative), Democrat, AR
• George Wallace Jones (Senator), Democrat, IA
• George Washington Jones (Representative), Democrat, TN
• George Washington Julian (Representative), Republican, IN

K

• David Spangler Kaufman (Representative), Democrat, TX
• John Bozman Kerr (Representative), Whig, MD
• Daniel Putnam King (Representative), Whig, MA
• George Gordon King (Representative), Whig, RI
• James Gore King (Representative), Whig, NJ
• John Alsop King (Representative), Whig, NY
• Preston King (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Thomas Butler King (Representative), Whig, GA
• William Rufus de Vane King (Senator), Democrat, AL

L

• La Sére, Emile (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Shepherd Leffler (Representative), Democrat, IA
• Lewis Charles Levin (Representative), American Party, PA
• Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (Representative), Democrat, ME

M

• Willie Person Mangum (Senator), Whig, NC
• Horace Mann (Representative), Whig, MA
• Job Mann (Representative), Democrat, PA
• George Perkins Marsh (Representative), Whig, VT
• Humphrey Marshall (Representative), Whig, KY
• James Murray Mason (Senator), Democrat, VA
• John Calvin Mason (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Orsamus Benajah Matteson (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Alexander McClernand (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Joseph Ewing McDonald (Representative), Democrat, IN
• James McDowell (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Edward Wilson McGaughey (Representative), Whig, IN
• Thomas McKissock (Representative), Whig, NY
• James Xavier McLanahan (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Robert Milligan McLane (Representative), Democrat, MD
• Finis Ewing McLean (Representative), Whig, KY
• Fayette McMullen (Representative), Democrat, VA
• John McQueen (Representative), Democrat, SC
• William McWillie (Representative), Democrat, MS
• James Meachem (Representative), Whig, VT
• Richard Kidder Meade (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Daniel Fry Miller (Representative), Whig, IA
• Jacob Welsh Miller (Senator), Whig, NJ
• John Krepps Miller (Representative), Democrat, OH
• John Singleton Millson (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Henry Dunning Moore (Representative), Whig, PA
• Charles Slaughter Morehead (Representative), Whig, KY
• Jonathan David Morris (Representative), Democrat, OH
• George Washington Morrison (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Isaac Edward Morse (Representative), Democrat, LA
• Jackson Morton (Senator), Whig, FL
• Jeremiah Morton (Representative), Whig, VA

N

• William Nelson (Representative), Whig, NY
• Henry Nes (Representative), Whig, PA
• William Augustus Newell (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Alexander Newman (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Moses Norris Jr. (Senator), Democrat, NH

O

• Andrew Jackson Ogle (Representative), Whig, PA
• Edson Baldwin Olds (Representative), Democrat, OH
• James Lawrence Orr (Representative), Democrat, SC
• John Otis (Representative), Whig, NC
• David Outlaw (Representative), Whig, NC
• Allen Ferdinand Owen (Representative), Whig, GA

P

• Richard Parker (Representative), Democrat, VA
• James Alfred Pearce (Senator), Whig, MD
• Charles Hazen Peaslee (Representative), Democrat, NH
• Lucius Benedict Peck (Representative), Democrat, VT
• Alexander Gordon Penn (Representative), Democrat, LA
• John Smith Phelps (Representative), Democrat, MO
• Samuel Shethar Phelps (Senator), Whig, VT
• Jonas Philips Phoenix (Representative), Whig, NY
• Charles Wesley Pitman (Representative), Whig, PA
• Emery Davis Potter (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Paulus Powell (Representative), Democrat, VA
• Thomas George Pratt (Senator), Whig, MD
• Harvey Putnam (Representative), Whig, NY

R

• Robert Rantoul Jr. (Senator), Democrat, MA
• Robert Rentoul Reed (Representative), Whig, PA
• Gideon Reynolds (Representative), Whig, NY
• Robert Barnwell Rhett (Senator), Democrat, SC
• William Alexander Richardson (Representative), Democrat, IL
• Elijah Risley (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Robbins (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Larne Robinson (Representative), Democrat, IN
• William Rockhill (Representative), Democrat, IN
• Julius Rockwell (Representative), Whig, MA
• Joseph Mosley Root (Representative), Free Soil, OH
• Robert Lawson Rose (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Ross (Representative), Democrat, PA
• David Rumsey (Representative), Whig, NY
• Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Senator), Democrat, TX

S

• William Augustus Sackett (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Houston Savage (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Cullen Sawtelle (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Robert Cumming Schenck (Representative), Whig, OH
• Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (Representative), Whig, NY
• John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Representative), Whig, NY
• William King Sebastian (Senator), Democrat, AR
• James Alexander Seddon (Representative), Democrat, VA
• William Henry Seward (Senator), Whig, NY
• Augustine Henry Shepperd (Representative), Whig, NC
• James Shields (Senator), Democrat, IL
• Henry Hastings Sibley (Delegate), Minnesota Territory
• Peter Henry Silvester (Representative), Whig, NY
• Truman Smith (Senator), Whig, CT
• SOULÉ, Pierre (Senator), Democrat, LA
• Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Sprague (Representative), Whig, MI
• Presley Spruance (Senator), Whig, DE
• Edward Stanly (Representative), Whig, NC
• Frederick Perry Stanton (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Richard Henry Stanton (Representative), Democrat, KY
• Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Representative), Whig, GA
• Charles Stetson (Representative), Democrat, ME
• Thaddeus Stevens (Representative), Whig, PA
• David Stewart (Senator), Whig, MD
• William Strong (Representative), Democrat, PA
• Daniel Sturgeon (Senator), Democrat, PA
• Charles Sweetser (Representative), Democrat, OH

T

• John Lampkin Taylor (Representative), Whig, OH
• James Houston Thomas (Representative), Democrat, TN
• Jacob Thompson (Representative), Democrat, MS
• James Thompson (Representative), Democrat, PA
• John Burton Thompson (Representative), Whig, KY
• William Thompson (Representative), Democrat, IA
• John Richardson Thurman (Representative), Whig, NY
• Samuel Royal Thurston (Delegate), Democrat, Oregon Territory
• Robert Augustus Toombs (Representative), Whig, GA
• Amos Tuck (Representative), Whig, NH
• Hopkins Lacy Turney (Senator), Democrat, TN

U

• Walter Underhill (Representative), Whig, NY
• Joseph Rogers Underwood (Senator), Whig, KY
• William Upham (Senator), Whig, VT

V

• John Van Dyke (Representative), Whig, NJ
• Abraham Watkins Venable (Representative), Democrat, NC
• Samuel Finley Vinton (Representative), Whig, OH

W

• Hiram Walden (Representative), Democrat, NY
• Loren Pinckney Waldo (Representative), Democrat, CT
• John Wales (Senator), Whig, DE
• Isaac Pigeon Walker (Senator), Democrat, WI
• Daniel Wallace (Representative), Democrat, SC
• Albert Galiton Watkins (Representative), Whig, TN
• Daniel Webster (Senator), Whig, MA
• Marshall Johnson Wellborn (Representative), Democrat, GA
• John Wentworth (Representative), Democrat, IL
• James Diament Westcott, Jr. (Senator), Democrat, FL
• James Whitcomb (Senator), Democrat, IN
• Hugh White (Representative), Whig, NY
• William Augustus Whittlesey (Representative), Democrat, OH
• Isaac Wildrick (Representative), Democrat, NJ
• Christopher Harris Williams (Representative), Whig, TN
• David Wilmot (Representative), Democrat, PA
• James Wilson (Representative), Whig, NH
• Robert Charles Winthrop (Senator), Whig, MA
• Joseph Addison Woodward (Representative), Democrat, SC
• George Washington Wright (Representative), Independent, CA

Y

• Timothy Roberts Young (Representative), Democrat, IL
• David Levy Yulee (Senator), Democrat, FL