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22nd United States Congress The
Twenty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the
United States national legislature, comprised of the
United States Senate and the
United States House of Representatives . It met in
Washington, DC from
March 4 ,
1831 to
March 3 ,
1833 , during the last two years of the first administration of
U.S. President Andrew Jackson .
The apportionment of seats in this
House of Representatives was based on the
Fourth Census of the United States in 1820 . Both chambers had a Jacksonian or
Democratic majority.
March 4 ,
1831 â€"
March 3 ,
1833 *First session:
December 5 ,
1831 -
July 16 ,
1832 *Second session:
December 3 ,
1832 -
March 2 ,
1833 â€" a
lame duck sessionPrevious congress:
21st Congress Next congress:
23rd Congress Main article: Events of 1831 ; Events of 1832 ; Events of 1833
:''Main article:
List of United States federal legislation in the 22nd Congress *
May 28 ,
1830 -
Indian Removal Act , ch. 148,
Senate *
Democratic : 24
(majority) *
National Republican : 24TOTAL members: 48
House of Representatives *
Democratic : 126
(majority) *
National Republican : 66
*Anti-Masonic: 17
*Nullifiers: 4TOTAL members: 213
Senate *
Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate) :
**
John C. Calhoun ,
Democrat of
South Carolina , resigned
December 28 ,
1832 , thereafter vacant.
*
President pro tempore of the Senate :
**
Samuel Smith ,
Democrat of
Maryland , first elected
December 5 ,
1831 .
**
Littleton W. Tazewell ,
Democrat of
Virginia , elected
July 9 ,
1832 .
**
Hugh L. White Democrat of
Tennessee , elected
December 3 ,
1832 .
House of Representatives *
Speaker of the House **
Andrew Stevenson ,
Democrat of
Virginia , elected
December 5 ,
1831 .
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Membersare listed alphabetically.
[When completed, this list will be sorted by class/district and expanded to indicate partial term details.]See also: United States House election, 1830 Senate At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers , which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1832; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.
Alabama *
William R. King (Dem. ) *
Gabriel Moore (Dem. ) :
Connecticut *
Samuel A. Foote (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Gideon Tomlinson (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Delaware *
John M. Clayton (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Arnold Naudain (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Georgia *
John Forsyth (Dem. ) *
George M. Troup (Dem. ) :
Illinois *
Elias K. Kane (Dem. ) *
John M. Robinson (Dem. ) :
Indiana *
Robert Hanna (Nat.-Rep. ) *
William Hendricks (Nat.-Rep. ) *
John Tipton (Dem. ) :
Kentucky *
George M. Bibb (Dem. ) *
Henry Clay (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Louisiana *
Josiah S. Johnston (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Edward Livingston (Dem. ) *
George A. Waggaman (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Maine *
John Holmes (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Peleg Sprague (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Maryland *
Ezekiel F. Chambers (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Samuel Smith (Dem. ) :
Massachusetts *
Nathaniel Silsbee (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Daniel Webster (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Mississippi *
John Black (Dem. ) *
Powhatan Ellis (Dem. ) *
George Poindexter (Dem. ) :
Missouri *
Thomas H. Benton (Dem. ) *
Alexander Buckner (Dem. ) :
New Hampshire *
Samuel Bell (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Isaac Hill (Dem. ) :
New Jersey *
Mahlon Dickerson (Dem. ) *
Theodore Frelinghuysen (Nat.-Rep. ) :
New York *
Charles E. Dudley (Dem. ) *
William L. Marcy (Dem. ) :
North Carolina *
Bedford Brown (Dem. ) *
Willie P. Mangum (Dem. ) :
Ohio *
Thomas Ewing (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Benjamin Ruggles (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Pennsylvania *
Isaac D. Barnard (Dem. ) *
George M. Dallas (Dem. ) *
William Wilkins (Dem. ) :
Rhode Island *
Nehemiah R. Knight (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Asher Robbins (Nat.-Rep. ) :
South Carolina *
John C. Calhoun (Nullifier ) *
Robert Y. Hayne (Nullifier ) *
Stephen D. Miller (Nullifier ) :
Tennessee *
Felix Grundy (Dem. ) *
Hugh L. White (Dem. ) :
Vermont *
Samuel Prentiss (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Horatio Seymour (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Virginia *
William C. Rives (Dem. ) *
Littleton W. Tazewell (Dem. ) *
John Tyler (Dem. ) House of Representatives :
Alabama *
Clement C. Clay (Dem. ) *
Dixon H. Lewis (Dem. ) *
Samuel W. Mardis (Dem. ) :
Connecticut *
Noyes Barber (Nat.-Rep. ) *
William W. Ellsworth (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Jabez W. Huntington (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Ralph I. Ingersoll (Nat.-Rep. ) *
William L. Storrs (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Ebenezer Young (undetermined) :
Delaware *
John J. Milligan (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Georgia *
Augustin S. Clayton (Dem. ) *
Thomas F. Foster (Dem. ) *
Henry G. Lamar (Dem. ) *
Wilson Lumpkin (undetermined) *
Daniel Newnan (undetermined) *
Wiley Thompson (Dem. ) *
James M. Wayne (Dem. ) *
Richard H. Wilde (Dem. ) :
Illinois *
Joseph Duncan (Dem. ) :
Indiana *
Ratliff Boon (Dem. ) *
John Carr (Dem. ) *
Johnathan McCarty (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Kentucky *
John Adair (Dem. ) *
Chilton Allan (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Henry Daniel (Dem. ) *
Nathan Gaither (Dem. ) *
Albert G. Hawes (Dem. ) *
Richard M. Johnson (Dem. ) ic Republican
*
Joseph Lecompte (Dem. ) *
Robert P. Letcher (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Chittenden Lyon (Dem. ) *
Thomas A. Marshall (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Christopher Tompkins (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Charles A. Wickliffe (Dem. ) :
Louisiana *
Henry A. Bullard (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Philemon Thomas (undetermined) *
Edward D. White (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Maine *
John Anderson (Dem. ) *
James Bates (Dem. ) *
George Evans (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Cornelius Holland (Dem. ) *
Leonard Jarvis (Dem. ) *
Kavanagh (Dem. ) *
Rufus McIntire (Dem. ) :
Maryland *
Benjamin C. Howard (Dem. ) *
Daniel Jenifer (Nat.-Rep. ) *
John L. Kerr (Nat.-Rep. ) *
George E. Mitchell (Dem. ) *
Benedict J. Semmes (undetermined) *
Charles S. Sewall (Dem. ) *
John S. Spence (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Francis Thomas (Dem. ) *
George C. Washington (Nat.-Rep. ) *
John T.H. Worthington (Dem. ) :
Massachusetts *
John Quincy Adams (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Nathan Appleton (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Isaac C. Bates (Nat.-Rep. ) *
George N. Briggs (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Rufus Choate (Nat.-Rep. ) *
John Davis (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Henry A.S. Dearborn (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Edward Everett (Nat.-Rep. ) *
George Grennell, Jr. (Nat.-Rep. ) *
James L. Hodges (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Joseph G. Kendall (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Jeremiah Nelson (Nat.-Rep. ) *
John Reed (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Mississippi *
Franklin E. Plummer (Dem. ) :
Missouri *
William H. Ashley (Dem. ) :
New Hampshire *
John Brodhead (Dem. ) *
Thomas Chandler (Dem. ) *
Joseph Hammons (Dem. ) *
Joseph M. Harper (Dem. ) *
Henry Hubbard (Dem. ) *
John W. Weeks (Dem. ) :
New Jersey *
Lewis Condict (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Silas Condit (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Richard M. Cooper (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Thomas H. Hughes (Nat.-Rep. ) *
James F. Randolph (undetermined) *
Isaac Southard (Nat.-Rep. ) :
New York *
William G. Angel (Dem. ) *
William Babcock (Anti-Masonic ) *
Gamaliel H. Barstow (Anti-Masonic ) *
Samuel Beardsley (Dem. ) *
John T. Bergen (Dem. ) *
Joseph Bouck (Dem. ) *
John C. Brodhead (Dem. ) *
Churchill C. Cambreleng (Dem. ) *
John A. Collier (Anti-Masonic ) *
Bates Cooke (Anti-Masonic ) *
Charles Dayan (Dem. ) *
John Dickson (Anti-Masonic ) *
Ulysses F. Doubleday (Dem. ) *
Michael Hoffman (Dem. ) *
William Hogan (Dem. ) *
Freeborn G. Jewett (Dem. ) *
John King (Dem. ) *
Gerrit Y. Lansing (Dem. ) *
James Lent (Dem. ) *
Edmund H. Pendleton (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Job Pierson (Dem. ) *
Nathaniel Pitcher (Dem. ) *
Edward C. Reed (Dem. ) *
Erastus Root (Dem. ) *
Nathan Soule (Dem. ) *
John W. Taylor (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Phineas L. Tracy (Anti-Masonic ) *
Gulian C. Verplanck (Dem. ) *
Aaron Ward (Dem. ) *
Daniel Wardwell (Dem. ) *
Grattan H. Wheeler (Anti-Masonic ) *
Campbell P. White (Dem. ) *
Frederick Whittlesey (Anti-Masonic ) *
Samuel J. Wilkin (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Silas Wright, Jr. (Dem. ) :
North Carolina *
Daniel L. Barringer (Dem. ) *
Lauchlin Bethune (Dem. ) *
John Branch (Dem. ) *
Samuel P. Carson (Dem. ) *
Henry W. Connor (Dem. ) *
Thomas H. Hall (Dem. ) *
Micajah T. Hawkins (Dem. ) *
James I. McKay (Dem. ) *
Robert Potter (Dem. ) *
Abraham Rencher (Nat.-Rep. ) *
William B. Shepard (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Augustine H. Shepperd (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Jesse Speight (Dem. ) *
Lewis Williams (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Ohio *
Eleutheros Cooke (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Thomas Corwin (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Joseph H. Crane (Nat.-Rep. ) *
William Creighton, Jr. (Nat.-Rep. ) *
James Findlay (Dem. ) *
William W. Irvin (Dem. ) *
William S. Kennon, Sr. (Dem. ) *
Humphrey H. Leavitt (Dem. ) *
William Russell (Dem. ) *
William Stanbery (Nat.-Rep. ) *
John Thomson (Dem. ) *
Joseph Vance (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Samuel F. Vinton (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Elisha Whittlesey (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Pennsylvania *
Robert Allison (Anti-Masonic ) *
John Banks (Anti-Masonic ) *
John C. Bucher (Dem. ) *
George Burd (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Richard Coulter (Dem. ) *
Thomas H. Crawford (Dem. ) *
Harmar Denny (Anti-Masonic ) *
Lewis Dewart (Dem. ) *
Joshua Evans (Dem. ) *
James Ford (Dem. ) *
John Gilmore (Dem. ) *
William Hiester (Anti-Masonic ) *
Henry Horn (Dem. ) *
Peter Ihrie, Jr. (Dem. ) *
Adam King (Dem. ) *
Henry King (Dem. ) *
Joel K. Mann (Dem. ) *
Robert McCoy (undetermined) *
Thomas M.T. McKennan (Anti-Masonic ) *
Henry A.P. Muhlenberg (Dem. ) *
David Potts, Jr. (Anti-Masonic ) *
William Ramsey (Dem. ) *
Samuel A. Smith (Dem. ) *
Philander Stephens (Dem. ) *
Andrew Stewart (Anti-Masonic ) *
Joel B. Sutherland (Dem. ) *
John G. Watmough (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Rhode Island *
Tristam Burges (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Dutee J. Pearce (Anti-Masonic ) :
South Carolina *
Robert W. Barnwell (Nullifier ) *
James Blair (Dem. ) *
Warren R. Davis (Nullifier ) *
William Drayton (Dem. ) *
John M. Felder (Dem. ) *
John K. Griffin (Nullifier ) *
George McDuffie (Dem. ) *
Thomas R. Mitchell (Dem. ) *
William T. Nuckolls (Dem. ) :
Tennessee *
Thomas D. Arnold (Nat.-Rep. ) *
John Bell (Dem. ) *
John Blair (Dem. ) *
William Fitzgerald (Dem. ) *
William Hall (Dem. ) *
Jacob C. Isacks (Dem. ) *
Cave Johnson (Dem. ) *
James K. Polk (Dem. ) *
James I. Standifer (Nat.-Rep. ) :
Vermont *
Heman Allen (Nat.-Rep. ) *
William Cahoon (Anti-Masonic ) *
Horace Everett (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Hiland Hall (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Jonathan Hunt (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Rollin C. Mallary (undetermined) *
William Slade (Anti-Masonic ) :
Virginia *
Mark Alexander (Dem. ) *
Robert Allen (Dem. ) *
William S. Archer (Nat.-Rep. ) *
William Armstrong (Nat.-Rep. ) *
John S. Barbour (Dem. ) *
Thomas T. Bouldin (Dem. ) *
Joseph W. Chinn (Dem. ) *
Nathaniel H. Claiborne (Dem. ) *
Richard Coke, Jr. (Dem. ) *
Robert Craig (Dem. ) *
Thomas Davenport (Dem. ) *
Philip Doddridge (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Joseph Draper (Dem. ) *
William F. Gordon (Dem. ) *
Joseph Johnson (Dem. ) *
Charles C. Johnston (Dem. ) *
John Y. Mason (Dem. ) *
Lewis Maxwell (Nat.-Rep. ) *
William McCoy (Dem. ) *
Charles F. Mercer (Nat.-Rep. ) *
Thomas Newton, Jr. (Nat.-Rep. ) *
John M. Patton (Dem. ) *
John J. Roane (Dem. ) *
Andrew Stevenson (Dem. ) Delegates :
Arkansas Territory *
Ambrose H. Sevier (Dem. ) :
Florida Territory *
Joseph M. White (undetermined) :
Michigan Territory *
Austin E. Wing (undetermined) Senate House of Representatives Senate *
Secretary of the Senate :
**
Walter Lowrie of
Pennsylvania elected
December 12 ,
1825 .
*
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate :
**
Mountjoy Bayly of
New Hampshire , elected
November 6 ,
1811 .
*
Chaplain of the Senate **
The Rev. John P. Durbin ,
Methodist , elected
December 19 ,
1831 .
**
The Rev. Charles C. Pise ,
Roman Catholic , elected
December 11 ,
1832 .
House of Representatives *
Clerk of the House :
**
Matthew S. Clarke of
Pennsylvania , elected
December 5 ,
1831 .
*
Sergeant at Arms of the House :
**
John O. Dunn of
District of Columbia , elected
December 5 ,
1831 .
*
Doorkeeper of the House :
**
Overton Carr of
Maryland , elected
December 5 ,
1831 .
*
Chaplain of the House **
The Rev. Reuben Post ,
Presbyterian ,, elected
December 5 ,
1831 .
**
The Rev. William Hamett ,
Presbyterian ,, elected
December 3 ,
1832 .
