27th United States Congress

Major events

• March 4, 1841: William Henry Harrison was inaugurated as President of the United States
• April 4, 1841: President Harrison died and Vice President John Tyler became President
• August 16, 1841: President Tyler's veto of a bill to re-establish the Second Bank of the United States led Whig Party members to riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
• May 19, 1842: Dorr Rebellion
• December 17, 1842: Samuel W. Trotti of South Carolina, became the first Italian American to serve in Congress.

  Major legislation

• April 19, 1841: Bankruptcy Act of 1841, ch. 9,
• September 4, 1841: Preemption Act of 1841, ch. 16,
• August 4, 1842: Armed Occupation Act,
• August 30, 1842: Tariff of 1842, ch. 270,

  Treaties

• August 9, 1842: Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.

  Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: John Tyler, until April 4, 1841, thereafter vacant
• Presidents pro tempore: William R. King, elected March 4, 1841
• * Samuel L. Southard), elected March 11, 1841
• * Willie P. Mangum, elected May 31, 1842

  House of Representatives

• Speaker: John D. White

  Members

Senate

[List of [United States Senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

• 2. William R. King
• 3. Clement C. Clay, until November 15, 1841
• * Arthur P. Bagby, from November 24, 1841

  Arkansas">List of United States Senators from Arkansas">Arkansas

• 2. William Fulton
• 3. Ambrose Sevier

  Connecticut">List of United States Senators from Connecticut">Connecticut

• 1. Jabez W. Huntington
• 3. Perry Smith

  Delaware">List of United States Senators from Delaware">Delaware

• 1. Richard H. Bayard
• 2. Thomas Clayton

  Georgia">List of United States Senators from Georgia">Georgia

• 2. John Berrien
• 3. Alfred Cuthbert

  Illinois">List of United States Senators from Illinois">Illinois

• 2. Samuel McRoberts
• 3. Richard M. Young

  Indiana">List of United States Senators from Indiana">Indiana

• 1. Albert White
• 3. Oliver H. Smith

  Kentucky">List of United States Senators from Kentucky">Kentucky

• 2. James T. Morehead
• 3. Henry Clay, until March 31, 1842
• * John J. Crittenden, from March 31, 1842

  Louisiana">List of United States Senators from Louisiana">Louisiana

• 2. Alexander Barrow
• 3. Alexander Mouton, until March 1, 1842
• * Charles Conrad, from April 14, 1842

  Maine">List of United States Senators from Maine">Maine

• 1. Reuel Williams, until February 15, 1843
• 2. George Evans

  Maryland">List of United States Senators from Maryland">Maryland

• 1. William Merrick
• 3. John L. Kerr

  Massachusetts">List of United States Senators from Massachusetts">Massachusetts

• 1. Rufus Choate
• 2. Isaac C. Bates

  Michigan">List of United States Senators from Michigan">Michigan

• 1. Augustus S. Porter
• 2. William Woodbridge

  Mississippi">List of United States Senators from Mississippi">Mississippi

• 1. John Henderson
• 2. Robert J. Walker

  Missouri">List of United States Senators from Missouri">Missouri

• 1. Thomas Benton
• 3. Lewis F. Linn

  New Hampshire">List of United States Senators from New Hampshire">New Hampshire

• 2. Levi Woodbury
• 3. Franklin Pierce, until February 28, 1842
• * Leonard Wilcox, from March 1, 1842

  New Jersey">List of United States Senators from New Jersey">New Jersey

• 1. Samuel L. Southard, until June 26, 1842
• * William L. Dayton, from July 2, 1842
• 2. Jacob W. Miller

  New York">List of United States Senators from New York">New York

• 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
• 3. Silas Wright

  North Carolina">List of United States Senators from North Carolina">North Carolina

• 2. Willie Mangum
• 3. William Graham

  Ohio">List of United States Senators from Ohio">Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Tappan
• 3. William Allen

  Pennsylvania">List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania

• 1. Daniel Sturgeon
• 3. James Buchanan

  Rhode Island">List of United States Senators from Rhode Island">Rhode Island

• 1. Nathan Dixon, until January 29, 1842
• * William Sprague, from February 18, 1842
• 2. James F. Simmons

  South Carolina">List of United States Senators from South Carolina">South Carolina

• 2. John C. Calhoun
• 3. William C. Preston, until November 29, 1842
• * George McDuffie, from December 23, 1842

  Tennessee">List of United States Senators from Tennessee">Tennessee

• 1. Alfred O. P. Nicholson, until February 7, 1842
• 2. vacant

  Vermont">List of United States Senators from Vermont">Vermont

• 1. Samuel S. Phelps
• 3. Samuel Prentiss, until April 11, 1842
• * Samuel C. Crafts, from April 23, 1842

  Virginia">List of United States Senators from Virginia">Virginia

• 1. William C. Rives
• 2. William S. Archer

House of Representatives

[List of [United States Representatives from Alabama|Alabama]]

• . Reuben Chapman
• . George S. Houston
• . Dixon H. Lewis
• . William W. Payne
• . Benjamin Shields

  Arkansas">List of United States Representatives from Arkansas">Arkansas

• . Edward Cross

  Connecticut">List of United States Representatives from Connecticut">Connecticut

• . Joseph Trumbull
• . William Boardman
• . Thomas W. Williams
• . Thomas B. Osborne
• . Truman Smith
• . John H. Brockway

  Delaware">List of United States Representatives from Delaware">Delaware

• . George B. Rodney

  Georgia">List of United States Representatives from Georgia">Georgia

• . Julius C. Alford, until October 1, 1841
• * Edward Black, from January 3, 1842
• . William Dawson, until November 13, 1841
• * Walter T. Colquitt, from January 3, 1842
• . Thomas Foster
• . Roger Gamble
• . Richard W. Habersham, until December 2, 1842
• * George W. Crawford, from January 7, 1843
• . Thomas Butler King
• . James Meriwether
• . Eugenius Nisbet, until October 12, 1841
• * Mark Cooper, from January 3, 1842
• . Lott Warren

  Illinois">List of United States Representatives from Illinois">Illinois

• . John Reynolds
• . Zadok Casey
• . John T. Stuart

  Indiana">List of United States Representatives from Indiana">Indiana

• . George H. Proffit
• . Richard W. Thompson
• . Joseph L. White
• . James H. Cravens
• . Andrew Kennedy
• . David Wallace
• . Henry S. Lane

  Kentucky">List of United States Representatives from Kentucky">Kentucky

• . Linn Boyd
• . Philip Triplett
• . Joseph R. Underwood
• . Bryan Owsley
• . John Thompson
• . Willis Green
• . John Pope
• . James Sprigg
• . John White
• . Thomas F. Marshall
• . Landaff Andrews
• . Garrett Davis
• . William Butler

  Louisiana">List of United States Representatives from Louisiana">Louisiana

• . Edward White
• . John Dawson
• . John Moore

  Maine">List of United States Representatives from Maine">Maine

• . Nathan Clifford
• . William P. Fessenden
• . Benjamin Randall
• . David Bronson, from May 31, 1841
• . Nathaniel Littlefield
• . Alfred Marshall
• . Joshua A. Lowell
• . Elisha Allen

  Maryland">List of United States Representatives from Maryland">Maryland

• . Isaac Jones
• . James Pearce
• . James W. Williams, until December 2, 1842
• * Charles S. Sewall, from January 2, 1843
• . John P. Kennedy
• . Alexander Randall
• . William Cost Johnson
• . John Mason
• . Augustus Sollers

  Massachusetts">List of United States Representatives from Massachusetts">Massachusetts

• . Robert Winthrop, until May 25, 1842
• * Nathan Appleton, from June 9, 1842, until September 28, 1842
• * Robert Winthrop, from November 29, 1842
• . Leverett Saltonstall
• . Caleb Cushing
• . William Parmenter
• . Levi Lincoln, Jr., until March 16, 1841
• * Charles Hudson, from May 3, 1841
• . Osmyn Baker
• . George N. Briggs
• . William B. Calhoun
• . William S. Hastings, until June 17, 1842
• . Nathaniel B. Borden
• . Barker Burnell
• . John Quincy Adams

  Michigan">List of United States Representatives from Michigan">Michigan

• . Jacob M. Howard

  Mississippi">List of United States Representatives from Mississippi">Mississippi

• . William M. Gwin
• . Jacob Thompson

  Missouri">List of United States Representatives from Missouri">Missouri

• . John C. Edwards
• . John Miller

  New Hampshire">List of United States Representatives from New Hampshire">New Hampshire

• . Charles G. Atherton
• . Edmund Burke
• . Ira A. Eastman
• . John R. Reding
• . Tristram Shaw

  New Jersey">List of United States Representatives from New Jersey">New Jersey

• . John B. Aycrigg
• . William Halstead
• . John P. B. Maxwell
• . Joseph F. Randolph
• . Charles C. Stratton
• . Thomas J. Yorke

  New York">List of United States Representatives from New York">New York

• . Charles A. Floyd
• . Joseph Egbert
• . Charles G. Ferris
• . John McKeon
• . James I. Roosevelt
• . Fernando Wood
• . Aaron Ward
• . Richard D. Davis
• . James G. Clinton
• . John Van Buren
• . Jacob Houck, Jr.
• . Robert McClellan
• . Hiram P. Hunt
• . Daniel D. Barnard
• . Archibald L. Linn
• . Bernard Blair
• . Thomas A. Tomlinson
• . Henry Bell Van Rensselaer
• . John Sanford
• . Andrew W. Doig
• . David P. Brewster
• . John G. Floyd
• . Thomas C. Chittenden
• . Samuel S. Bowne
• . Samuel Gordon
• . John C. Clark
• . Samuel Partridge
• . Lewis Riggs
• . Victory Birdseye
• . A. Lawrence Foster
• . Christopher Morgan
• . John Maynard
• . Francis Granger, until March 5, 1841
• * John Greig, from May 21, 1841, until September 25, 1841
• * Francis Granger, from November 27, 1841
• . William M. Oliver
• . Timothy Childs
• . Seth M. Gates
• . John Young
• . Staley N. Clarke
• . Millard Fillmore
• . Alfred Babcock

  North Carolina">List of United States Representatives from North Carolina">North Carolina

• . Kenneth Rayner
• . John Daniel
• . Edward Stanly
• . William Washington
• . James McKay
• . Archibald H. Arrington
• . Edmund Deberry
• . Romulus Saunders
• . Augustine Shepperd
• . Abraham Rencher
• . Greene Caldwell
• . James Graham
• . Lewis Williams, until February 23, 1842
• * Anderson Mitchell, from April 27, 1842

  Ohio">List of United States Representatives from Ohio">Ohio

• . Nathanael G. Pendleton
• . John B. Weller
• . Patrick Goode
• . Jeremiah Morrow
• . William Doan
• . Calvary Morris
• . William Russell
• . Joseph Ridgway
• . William Medill
• . Samson Mason
• . Benjamin S. Cowen
• . Joshua Mathiot
• . James Mathews
• . George Sweeny
• . Sherlock Andrews
• . Joshua Giddings, until March 22, 1842, and from December 5, 1842
• . John Hastings
• . Ezra Dean
• . Samuel Stokely

  Pennsylvania">List of United States Representatives from Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania

• . Charles Brown
• . George Toland
• . John Sergeant, until September 15, 1841
• * Joseph R. Ingersoll, from October 12, 1841
• . Charles Ingersoll
• . Jeremiah Brown
• . John Edwards
• . Francis James
• . Joseph Fornance
• . Robert Ramsey
• . John Westbrook
• . Peter Newhard
• . George Keim
• . William Simonton
• . James Gerry
• . James Cooper
• . Amos Gustine
• . James Irvin
• . Benjamin Bidlack
• . John Snyder
• . Davis Dimock, Jr., until January 13, 1842
• * Almon Read, from March 18, 1842
• . Charles Ogle, until May 10, 1841
• * Henry Black, from June 28, 1841, until November 28, 1841
• * James M. Russell, from December 21, 1841
• . Albert G. Marchand
• . Enos Hook, until April 18, 1841
• * Henry W. Beeson, from May 31, 1841
• . Joseph Lawrence, until April 17, 1842
• * Thomas M. T. McKennan, from May 30, 1842
• . William W. Irwin
• . William Jack
• . Thomas Henry
• . Arnold Plumer

  Rhode Island">List of United States Representatives from Rhode Island">Rhode Island

• . Robert B. Cranston
• . Joseph L. Tillinghast

  South Carolina">List of United States Representatives from South Carolina">South Carolina

• . Isaac E. Holmes
• . Robert Rhett
• . John Campbell
• . Sampson H. Butler, until September 27, 1842
• * Samuel W. Trotti, from December 17, 1842
• . Francis Pickens
• . William Butler
• . James Rogers
• . Thomas D. Sumter
• . Patrick C. Caldwell

  Tennessee">List of United States Representatives from Tennessee">Tennessee

• . Thomas Arnold
• . Abraham McClellan
• . Joseph Williams
• . Thomas Campbell
• . Hopkins L. Turney
• . William B. Campbell
• . Robert L. Caruthers
• . Meredith Gentry
• . Harvey M. Watterson
• . Aaron V. Brown
• . Cave Johnson
• . Milton Brown
• . Christopher Williams

  Vermont">List of United States Representatives from Vermont">Vermont

• . Hiland Hall
• . William Slade
• . Horace Everett
• . Augustus Young
• . John Mattocks

  Virginia">List of United States Representatives from Virginia">Virginia

• . Francis Mallory
• . George B. Cary
• . John Jones
• . William Goode
• . Edmund W. Hubard
• . Walter Coles
• . William L. Goggin
• . Henry A. Wise
• . Robert M. T. Hunter
• . John Taliaferro
• . John Botts
• . Thomas Gilmer
• . Linn Banks, until December 6, 1841
• * William Smith, from December 6, 1841
• . Cuthbert Powell
• . Richard W. Barton
• . William Harris
• . Alexander Stuart
• . George Hopkins
• . George W. Summers
• . Samuel Hays
• . Lewis Steenrod

  Non-voting members

• . David Levy Yulee
• . Augustus C. Dodge
• . Henry Dodge

Changes in membership

Senate

• replacements: 9
• * Democrats: no net change
• * Whigs: no net change
• deaths: 2
• resignations: 8
• interim appointments: 0
• vacancy: 1
• Total seats with changes: 10

  House of Representatives

• replacements: 17
• * Democrats: 3 seat net gain
• * Whigs: 3 seat net loss
• deaths: 8
• resignations: 12
• contested election: 1
• Total seats with changes: 20

  Committees

Senate

• Agriculture
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Claims
• Commerce
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States
• District of Columbia
• Finance
• Fiscal Corporation of the United States
• Foreign Relations
• Indian Affairs
• Judiciary
• Manufactures
• Military Affairs
• Militia
• Naval Affairs
• Patents and the Patent Office
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Printing
• Private Land Claims
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Lands
• Revolutionary Claims
• Roads and Canals
• Tariff Regulation
• Whole

  House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Agriculture
• Apportionment of Representatives
• Claims
• Commerce
• District of Columbia
• Elections
• Expenditures in the Navy Department
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department
• Expenditures in the State Department
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department
• Expenditures in the War Department
• Expenditures on Public Buildings
• Foreign Affairs
• Indian Affairs
• Invalid Pensions
• Judiciary
• Manufactures
• Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi
• Mileage
• Military Affairs
• Militia
• Naval Affairs
• Patents
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Private Land Claims
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Expenditures
• Public Lands
• Revisal and Unfinished Business
• Revolutionary Claims
• Revolutionary Pensions
• Roads and Canals
• Rules
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories
• Ways and Means
• Whole

  Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills
• The Library

  Employees

• Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

  Senate

• Secretary: Asbury Dickins
• Sergeant at Arms: Stephen Haight, until March 8, 1841
• * Edward Dyer, elected March 8, 1841
• Chaplain: George G. Cookman, Methodist, until June 12, 1841
• * Septimus Tustin, Presbyterian, elected June 12, 1841

  House of Representatives

• Clerk: Hugh A. Garland, until May 31, 1841
• * Matthew St. Clair Clarke, elected May 31, 1841
• Sergeant at Arms: Roderick Dorsey, until June 8, 1841
• * Eleazor M. Townsend, elected June 8, 1841
• Doorkeeper: Joseph Follansbee
• Postmaster: William J. McCormick
• Chaplain: John W. French, Episcopalian, elected May 31, 1841
• * John N. Maffit, Methodist, elected December 6, 1841
• * Frederick T. Tiffany, Episcopalian, elected December 5, 1842
• Reading Clerks: