30th United States Congress

Major events

• July 1, 1847: United States issued its first postage stamps
• January 24, 1848: Gold found at Sutter's Mill, beginning the California Gold Rush
• January 31, 1848: Washington Monument established
• February 23, 1848: Former President John Quincy Adams, now a Congressman representing Massachusetts, dies in the Speaker's office after suffering a stroke in the House Chambers.
• July 19, 1848: Seneca Falls Convention
• November 7, 1848: U.S. presidential election, 1848: Whig Zachary Taylor defeated Lewis Cass in the first US presidential election held in every state on the same day.
• 1846–1848: Mexican–American War

  Major legislation

• March 3, 1849: United States Department of the Interior established, sess. 2, ch. 108,
• March 3, 1849: Gold Coinage Act, sess. 2, ch. 109,

  Treaty

• February 2, 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed, ending the Mexican–American War and ceding to the United States virtually all of what is today the southwest United States.

  States admitted and territories established

• May 29, 1848: Wisconsin admitted as the 30th U.S. state, sess. 1, ch. 50,
• August 14, 1848: Oregon Territory was formed from territory ceded by Great Britain, sess. 1, ch. 177,
• March 3, 1849: Minnesota Territory formed from the Wisconsin Territory, sess. 2, ch. 121,

  Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: George M. Dallas
• President pro tempore: David R. Atchison

  House of Representatives

• Speaker: Robert C. Winthrop

  Members

Senate

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

• 2. Dixon H. Lewis, until October 25, 1848
• * Benjamin Fitzpatrick, from November 25, 1848
• 3. Arthur P. Bagby, until June 16, 1848
• * William R. D. King, from July 1, 1848

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

• 2. Chester Ashley, until April 29, 1848
• * William K. Sebastian, from May 12, 1848
• 3. Ambrose H. Sevier, until March 15, 1848
• * Solon Borland, from March 30, 1848

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

• 1. Jabez W. Huntington, until November 1, 1847
• * Roger S. Baldwin, from November 11, 1847
• 3. John M. Niles

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

• 1. John M. Clayton, until February 23, 1849
• * John Wales, from February 23, 1849
• 2. Presley Spruance

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

• 1. David Levy Yulee
• 3. James D. Westcott, Jr.

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

• 2. John Macpherson Berrien
• 3. Walter T. Colquitt, until February 4, 1848
• * Herschel V. Johnson, from February 4, 1848

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

• 2. Stephen A. Douglas
• 3. Sidney Breese

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

• 1. Jesse D. Bright
• 3. Edward A. Hannegan

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

• 2. George Wallace Jones, from December 7, 1848
• 3. Augustus C. Dodge, from December 7, 1848

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

• 2. Joseph R. Underwood
• 3. John J. Crittenden, until June 12, 1848
• * Thomas Metcalfe, from June 23, 1848

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

• 2. Solomon W. Downs
• 3. Henry Johnson

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

• 1. John Fairfield, until December 24, 1847
• * Wyman B. S. Moor, January 5, 1848 – June 7, 1848
• * Hannibal Hamlin, from June 7, 1848
• 2. James W. Bradbury

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

• 1. Reverdy Johnson
• 3. James Pearce

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

• 1. Daniel Webster
• 2. John Davis

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

• 1. Lewis Cass, until May 29, 1848
• * Thomas Fitzgerald, from June 8, 1848
• 2. Alpheus Felch

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

• 1. Jesse Speight, until May 1, 1847
• * Jefferson Davis, from August 10, 1847
• 2. Henry S. Foote

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

• 1. Thomas H. Benton
• 3. David R. Atchison

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

• 2. John P. Hale
• 3. Charles G. Atherton

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

• 1. William L. Dayton
• 2. Jacob W. Miller

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

• 1. Daniel S. Dickinson
• 3. John A. Dix

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

• 2. Willie P. Mangum
• 3. George E. Badger

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

• 1. Thomas Corwin
• 3. William Allen

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

• 1. Daniel Sturgeon
• 3. Simon Cameron

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

• 1. Albert C. Greene
• 2. John H. Clarke

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

• 2. John C. Calhoun
• 3. Andrew Butler

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

• 1. Hopkins L. Turney
• 2. John Bell, from November 22, 1847

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

• 1. Thomas J. Rusk
• 2. Samuel Houston

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

• 1. Samuel S. Phelps
• 3. William Upham

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

• 1. James M. Mason
• 2. Robert M. T. Hunter

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

• 1. Henry Dodge, from June 8, 1848
• 3. Isaac P. Walker, from June 8, 1848

House of Representatives

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

• . John Gayle
• . Henry W. Hilliard
• . Sampson W. Harris
• . Samuel W. Inge
• . George S. Houston
• . Williamson R. W. Cobb
• . Franklin W. Bowdon

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

• . Robert W. Johnson

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

• . James Dixon
• . Samuel D. Hubbard
• . John A. Rockwell
• . Truman Smith

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

• . John W. Houston

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

• . Edward C. Cabell

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

• . Thomas B. King
• . Alfred Iverson, Sr.
• . John W. Jones
• . Hugh A. Haralson
• . John H. Lumpkin
• . Howell Cobb
• . Alexander Stephens
• . Robert Toombs

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

• . Robert Smith
• . John A. McClernand
• . Orlando B. Ficklin
• . John Wentworth
• . William A. Richardson, from December 6, 1847
• . Thomas J. Turner
• . Abraham Lincoln

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

• . Elisha Embree
• . Thomas J. Henley
• . John L. Robinson
• . Caleb B. Smith
• . William W. Wick
• . George G. Dunn
• . Richard W. Thompson
• . John Pettit
• . Charles W. Cathcart
• . William R. Rockhill

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

• . William Thompson
• . Shepherd Leffler

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

• . Linn Boyd
• . Beverly L. Clarke
• . Samuel Peyton
• . Aylette Buckner
• . John B. Thompson
• . Green Adams
• . W. Garnett Duncan
• . Charles S. Morehead
• . Richard French
• . John P. Gaines

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

• . Emile La Sére
• . Bannon G. Thibodeaux
• . John H. Harmanson
• . Isaac E. Morse

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

• . David Hammons
• . Asa W. H. Clapp
• . Hiram Belcher
• . Franklin Clark
• . Ephraim K. Smart
• . James S. Wiley
• . Hezekiah Williams

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

• . John G. Chapman
• . J. Dixon Roman
• . Thomas W. Ligon
• . Robert M. McLane
• . Alexander Evans
• . John W. Crisfield

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

• . Robert C. Winthrop
• . Daniel P. King
• . Amos Abbott
• . John G. Palfrey
• . Charles Hudson
• . George Ashmun
• . Julius Rockwell
• . John Quincy Adams, until February 23, 1848
• * Horace Mann, from April 3, 1848
• . Artemas Hale
• . Joseph Grinnell

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

• . Robert McClelland
• . Edward Bradley, until August 5, 1847
• * Charles E. Stuart, from December 6, 1847
• . Kinsley S. Bingham

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

• . Jacob Thompson
• . Winfield S. Featherston
• . Patrick W. Tompkins
• . Albert G. Brown

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

• . James B. Bowlin
• . John Jameson
• . James S. Green
• . Willard P. Hall
• . John S. Phelps

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

• . Amos Tuck
• . Charles H. Peaslee
• . James Wilson
• . James H. Johnson

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

• . James G. Hampton
• . William A. Newell
• . Joseph E. Edsall
• . John Van Dyke
• . Dudley S. Gregory

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

• . Frederick W. Lord
• . Henry C. Murphy
• . Henry Nicoll
• . William B. Maclay
• . Frederick A. Tallmadge
• . David S. Jackson, until April 19, 1848
• * Horace Greeley, from December 4, 1848
• . William Nelson
• . Cornelius Warren
• . Daniel B. St. John
• . Eliakim Sherrill
• . Peter H. Silvester
• . Gideon Reynolds
• . John I. Slingerland
• . Orlando Kellogg
• . Sidney Lawrence
• . Hugh White
• . George Petrie
• . William Collins
• . Joseph Mullin
• . Timothy Jenkins
• . George A. Starkweather
• . Ausburn Birdsall
• . William Duer
• . Daniel Gott
• . Harmon S. Conger
• . William T. Lawrence
• . John M. Holley, until March 8, 1848
• * Esbon Blackmar, from December 4, 1848
• . Elias B. Holmes
• . Robert L. Rose
• . David Rumsey, Jr.
• . Dudley Marvin
• . Nathan K. Hall
• . Harvey Putnam
• . Washington Hunt

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

• . Thomas L. Clingman
• . Nathaniel Boyden
• . Daniel M. Barringer
• . Augustine H. Shepperd
• . Abraham W. Venable
• . John R. J. Daniel
• . James I. McKay
• . Richard S. Donnell
• . David Outlaw

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

• . James J. Faran
• . David Fisher
• . Robert C. Schenck
• . Richard S. Canby
• . William Sawyer
• . Rodolphus Dickinson
• . Jonathan D. Morris
• . John L. Taylor
• . Thomas O. Edwards
• . Daniel Duncan
• . John K. Miller
• . Samuel F. Vinton
• . Thomas Ritchey
• . Nathan Evans
• . William Kennon, Jr.
• . John D. Cummins
• . George Fries
• . Samuel Lahm
• . John Crowell
• . Joshua R. Giddings
• . Joseph M. Root

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

• . Lewis C. Levin
• . Joseph R. Ingersoll
• . Charles Brown
• . Charles J. Ingersoll
• . John Freedley
• . John W. Hornbeck, until January 16, 1848
• * Samuel A. Bridges, from March 6, 1848
• . Abraham R. McIlvaine
• . John Strohm
• . William Strong
• . Richard Brodhead
• . Chester P. Butler
• . David Wilmot
• . James Pollock
• . George N. Eckert
• . Henry Nes
• . Jasper E. Brady
• . John Blanchard
• . Andrew Stewart
• . Job Mann
• . John Dickey
• . Moses Hampton
• . John W. Farrelly
• . James Thompson
• . Alexander Irvin

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

• . Robert B. Cranston
• . Benjamin B. Thurston

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

• . James A. Black, until April 3, 1848
• * Daniel Wallace, from June 12, 1848
• . Richard F. Simpson
• . Joseph A. Woodward
• . Alexander D. Sims, until November 22, 1848
• * John McQueen, from February 12, 1849
• . Armistead Burt
• . Isaac E. Holmes
• . R. Barnwell Rhett

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

• . Andrew Johnson
• . William M. Cocke
• . John H. Crozier
• . Hugh L. W. Hill
• . George W. Jones
• . James H. Thomas
• . Meredith P. Gentry
• . Washington Barrow
• . Lucien B. Chase
• . Frederick P. Stanton
• . William T. Haskell

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

• . David S. Kaufman
• . Timothy Pilsbury

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

• . William Henry
• . Jacob Collamer
• . George P. Marsh
• . Lucius B. Peck

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

• . Archibald Atkinson
• . George Dromgoole, until April 27, 1847
• * Richard K. Meade, from August 5, 1847
• . Thomas S. Flournoy
• . Thomas S. Bocock
• . William L. Goggin
• . John Botts
• . Thomas H. Bayly
• . Richard L. T. Beale
• . John Pendleton
• . Henry Bedinger
• . James McDowell
• . William B. Preston
• . Andrew S. Fulton
• . Robert A. Thompson
• . William G. Brown, Sr.

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

• . William P. Lynde, from June 8, 1848
• . Mason C. Darling, from June 8, 1848

  Non-voting members

• . John H. Tweedy, until May 29, 1848
• * Henry H. Sibley, from October 30, 1848

Changes in membership

Senate

• Replacements: 11
• * Democrats : 4 seat net gain
• * Whigs : no net change
• Deaths: 5
• Resignations: 6
• Interim appointments: 7
• Seats of newly admitted states: 4

  House of Representatives

• Replacements: 10
• * Democrats : no net change
• * Whigs : no net change
• Deaths: 7
• Resignations: 0
• Contested election: 1
• Seats of newly admitted states: 2
• Total seats with changes: 12

  Committees

Senate

• Agriculture
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Claims
• Commerce
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States
• District of Columbia
• Expedition of John C. Fremont
• Enrolled Bills
• Finance
• Foreign Relations
• Indian Affairs
• Judiciary
• Library
• Manufactures
• Memorial of Certain Cherokee Claimants
• Military Affairs
• Militia
• Monuments to Deceased Senators
• Naval Affairs
• Oregon Railroad
• Ordnance and War Ships
• Patents and the Patent Office
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Printing
• Private Land Claims
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Lands
• Retired List for the Army and the Navy
• Retrenchment
• Seventh Census
• Revolutionary Claims
• Rivers and Harbors Convention in Chicago
• Roads and Canals
• Tariff Bill of 1828
• Tariff Regulation
• Territories
• Whole

  House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Agriculture
• Claims
• Commerce
• District of Columbia
• Elections
• Engraving
• Enrolled Bills
• 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
• Mileage
• Military Affairs
• Militia
• Naval Affairs
• Patents
• Printing
• Private Land Claims
• Post Office and Post Roads
• 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
• Printing

  Employees

• Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

  Senate

• Chaplain: Henry Slicer
• Secretary: Asbury Dickins
• Sergeant at Arms: Robert Beale

  House of Representatives

• Chaplain: William T.S. Sprole, until December 6, 1847
• * Ralph Gurley, elected December 6, 1847
• Clerk: Benjamin B. French, until December 8, 1847
• * Thomas J. Campbell, elected December 8, 1847
• Doorkeeper: Robert E. Horner, elected December 8, 1847
• Postmaster: John M. Johnson
• Reading Clerks:
• Sergeant at Arms: Newton Lane, until December 8, 1847
• * Nathan Sergeant, elected December 8, 1847