22nd United States Congress

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 1820 United States census. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.

Major events

 * December 28, 1832: Vice President John C. Calhoun resigned. The first Vice President of the United States to do so.
 * Nullification Crisis

Major legislation

 * July 14, 1832: Tariff of 1832, ch. 227,
 * March 2, 1833: Tariff of 1833 (Compromise Tariff), ch. 55,
 * March 2, 1833: Force Bill, ch. 57,

Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

 * President: John C. Calhoun (J), resigned December 28, 1832; thereafter vacant.
 * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith (J), first elected December 5, 1831
 * Littleton W. Tazewell (J), elected July 9, 1832
 * Hugh Lawson White (J), elected December 3, 1832

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Andrew Stevenson (J)

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.


 * Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate
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 re-election in 1832; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1836.

Alabama

 * 2. William R. King (J)
 * 3. Gabriel Moore (J)

Connecticut

 * 1. Samuel A. Foot (NR)
 * 3. Gideon Tomlinson (NR)

Delaware

 * 1. Arnold Naudain (NR)
 * 2. John M. Clayton (NR)

Georgia

 * 2. George M. Troup (J)
 * 3. John Forsyth (J)

Illinois

 * 2. John M. Robinson (J)
 * 3. Elias K. Kane (J)

Indiana

 * 1. Robert Hanna (NR), from August 19, 1831 - January 3, 1832
 * John Tipton (J), from January 3, 1832
 * 3. William Hendricks (NR)

Kentucky

 * 2. George M. Bibb (J)
 * 3. Henry Clay (NR), from November 10, 1831

Louisiana

 * 2. Edward Livingston (J), until May 24, 1831
 * George A. Waggaman (NR), from November 15, 1831
 * 3. Josiah S. Johnston (NR)

Maine

 * 1. John Holmes (NR)
 * 2. Peleg Sprague (NR)

Maryland

 * 1. Samuel Smith (J)
 * 3. Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR)

Massachusetts

 * 1. Daniel Webster (NR)
 * 2. Nathaniel Silsbee (NR)

Mississippi

 * 1. Powhatan Ellis (J), until July 16, 1832
 * John Black (J), from November 12, 1832
 * 2. George Poindexter (NR)

Missouri

 * 1. Thomas H. Benton (J)
 * 3. Alexander Buckner (J)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Samuel Bell (NR)
 * 3. Isaac Hill (J)

New Jersey

 * 1. Mahlon Dickerson (J)
 * 2. Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR)

New York

 * 1. Charles E. Dudley (J)
 * 3. William L. Marcy (J), until January 1, 1833
 * Silas Wright Jr. (J), from January 4, 1833

North Carolina

 * 2. Bedford Brown (J)
 * 3. Willie P. Mangum (J)

Ohio

 * 1. Benjamin Ruggles (NR)
 * 3. Thomas Ewing (NR)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Isaac D. Barnard (J), until December 6, 1831
 * George M. Dallas (J), from December 13, 1831
 * 3. William Wilkins (J)

Rhode Island

 * 1. Asher Robbins (NR)
 * 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (NR)

South Carolina

 * 2. Robert Y. Hayne (N), until December 3, 1832
 * John C. Calhoun (N), from December 29, 1832
 * 3. Stephen D. Miller (N), until March 2, 1833, vacant for remainder of term

Tennessee

 * 1. Felix Grundy (J)
 * 2. Hugh Lawson White (J)

Vermont

 * 1. Horatio Seymour (NR)
 * 3. Samuel Prentiss (NR)

Virginia

 * 1. John Tyler (J)
 * 2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J), until July 16, 1832
 * William C. Rives (J), from December 10, 1832





House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Clement C. Clay (J)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. Samuel W. Mardis (J)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Dixon H. Lewis (J)

Connecticut
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Noyes Barber (NR)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. William W. Ellsworth (NR)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Jabez W. Huntington (NR)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Ralph I. Ingersoll (NR)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. William L. Storrs (NR)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Ebenezer Young (NR)

Delaware

 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. John J. Milligan (NR)

Georgia
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Thomas F. Foster (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Henry G. Lamar (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Wilson Lumpkin (J), until ????, 1831
 * Augustin S. Clayton (J), from January 21, 1832
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Daniel Newnan (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Wiley Thompson (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. James M. Wayne (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Richard Henry Wilde (J)

Illinois

 * Illinois's at-large congressional district. Joseph Duncan (J)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Ratliff Boon (J)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. John Carr (J)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Johnathan McCarty (J)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Henry Daniel (J)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Thomas A. Marshall (NR)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Chilton Allan (NR)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Robert P. Letcher (NR)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Richard M. Johnson (J)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Joseph Lecompte (J)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. John Adair (J)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Nathan Gaither (J)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Charles A. Wickliffe (J)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Christopher Tompkins (NR)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. Albert G. Hawes (J)
 * Kentucky's 12th congressional district. Chittenden Lyon (J)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Edward D. White (NR)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Philemon Thomas (J)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Henry A. Bullard (NR)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Rufus McIntire (J)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. John Anderson (J)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Edward Kavanagh (J)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. George Evans (NR)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district. Cornelius Holland (J)
 * Maine's 6th congressional district. Leonard Jarvis (J)
 * Maine's 7th congressional district. James Bates (J)

Maryland
The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Daniel Jenifer (NR)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Benedict J. Semmes (NR)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. George C. Washington (NR)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Francis Thomas (J)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Benjamin C. Howard (J)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. John T. H. Worthington (J)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. George E. Mitchell (J), until June 28, 1832
 * Charles S. Sewall (J), from October 1, 1832
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. John L. Kerr (NR)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. John S. Spence (NR)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Nathan Appleton (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Rufus Choate (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Jeremiah Nelson (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Edward Everett (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. John Davis (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Joseph G. Kendall (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. George J. Grennell Jr. (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Isaac C. Bates (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. George N. Briggs (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Henry A. S. Dearborn (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. John Quincy Adams (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. James L. Hodges (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. John Reed Jr. (NR)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district. Franklin E. Plummer (J)

Missouri

 * Missouri's at-large congressional district. Spencer D. Pettis (J), until August 28, 1831
 * William H. Ashley (J), from October 31, 1831

New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. John Brodhead (J)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Thomas Chandler (J)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Joseph Hammons (J)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Joseph M. Harper (J)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Henry Hubbard (J)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. John W. Weeks (J)

New Jersey
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Lewis Condict (NR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Silas Condit (NR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Richard M. Cooper (NR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Thomas H. Hughes (NR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. James F. Randolph (NR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Isaac Southard (NR)

New York
There were three plural districts, the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, the 3rd had three representatives.
 * New York's 1st congressional district. James Lent (J), until February 22, 1833, vacant thereafter
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. John T. Bergen (J)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Churchill C. Cambreleng (J)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Gulian C. Verplanck (J)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Campbell P. White (J)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Aaron Ward (J)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Edmund H. Pendleton (NR)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Samuel J. Wilkin (NR)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. John C. Brodhead (J)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. John King (J)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Job Pierson (J)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Gerrit Y. Lansing (J)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Erastus Root (J)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Joseph Bouck (J)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. William G. Angel (J)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Samuel Beardsley (J)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Michael Hoffman (J)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Nathan Soule (J)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. John W. Taylor (NR)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Nathaniel Pitcher (J)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. William Hogan (J)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Charles Dayan (J)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Daniel Wardwell (J)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. John A. Collier (Anti-M)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Edward C. Reed (J)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Freeborn G. Jewett (J)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Ulysses F. Doubleday (J)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Gamaliel H. Barstow (Anti-M)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. William Babcock (Anti-M)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. John Dickson (Anti-M)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Frederick Whittlesey (Anti-M)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Grattan H. Wheeler (Anti-M)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. Phineas L. Tracy (Anti-M)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Bates Cooke (Anti-M)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. William B. Shepard (NR)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. John Branch (J), from May 12, 1831
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Thomas H. Hall (J)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Jesse Speight (J)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. James I. McKay (J)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Robert Potter (J), until November ????, 1831
 * Micajah T. Hawkins (J), from December 15, 1831
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Lauchlin Bethune (J)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Daniel L. Barringer (J)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Augustine H. Shepperd (J)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Abraham Rencher (J)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Henry W. Connor (J)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. Samuel P. Carson (J)
 * North Carolina's 13th congressional district. Lewis Williams (NR)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. James Findlay (J)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Thomas Corwin (NR)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Joseph H. Crane (NR)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Joseph Vance (NR)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. William Russell (J)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. William Creighton Jr. (NR)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Samuel F. Vinton (NR)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. William Stanbery (NR)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. William W. Irvin (J)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. William Kennon Sr. (J)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Humphrey H. Leavitt (J)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. John Thomson (J)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Elisha Whittlesey (NR)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Eleutheros Cooke (NR)

Pennsylvania
There were six plural districts, the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, the 4th & 9th had three representatives each.
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Joel B. Sutherland (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Henry Horn (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. John G. Watmough (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Joshua Evans Jr. (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. William Hiester (Anti-M)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. David Potts Jr. (Anti-M)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Joel K. Mann (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. John C. Bucher (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Henry King (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Peter Ihrie Jr. (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Samuel A. Smith (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Lewis Dewart (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. James Ford (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Philander Stephens (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Adam King (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Thomas H. Crawford (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. William Ramsey (J), until September 29, 1831
 * Robert McCoy (J), from November 22, 1831
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Robert Allison (Anti-M)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. George Burd (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Andrew Stewart (Anti-M)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Thomas M.T. McKennan (Anti-M)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Harmar Denny (Anti-M)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. John Gilmore (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Richard Coulter (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. John Banks (Anti-M)

Rhode Island
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district. Tristam Burges (NR)
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district. Dutee J. Pearce (NR)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. William Drayton (J)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Robert W. Barnwell (N)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Thomas R. Mitchell (J)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. John Myers Felder (J)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. George McDuffie (N)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. Warren R. Davis (N)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. William T. Nuckolls (J)
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district. James Blair (J)
 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district. John K. Griffin (N)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. John Blair (J)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Thomas D. Arnold (NR)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. James I. Standifer (J)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Jacob C. Isacks (J)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. William Hall (J)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. James K. Polk (J)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. John Bell (J)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Cave Johnson (J)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. William Fitzgerald (J)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. Jonathan Hunt (NR), until May 15, 1832
 * Hiland Hall (NR), from January 1, 1833
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. Rollin C. Mallary (NR), until April 15, 1831
 * William Slade (Anti-M), from November 1, 1831
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district. Horace Everett (NR)
 * Vermont's 4th congressional district. Heman Allen (NR)
 * Vermont's 5th congressional district. William Cahoon (Anti-M)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Thomas Newton Jr. (NR)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. John Y. Mason (J)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. William S. Archer (J)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Mark Alexander (J)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Thomas T. Bouldin (J)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Thomas Davenport (J)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Richard Coke Jr. (J)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. Andrew Stevenson (J)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. William F. Gordon (J)
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district. John M. Patton (J)
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district. John J. Roane (J)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district. Joseph W. Chinn (J)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district. Charles F. Mercer (NR)
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district. John S. Barbour (J)
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district. William Armstrong (NR)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district. Robert Allen (J)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district. Philip Doddridge (NR), until November 19, 1832
 * Joseph Johnson (J), from January 21, 1833
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district. William McCoy (J)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district. Robert Craig (J)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district. Lewis Maxwell (NR)
 * Virginia's 22nd congressional district. Charles C. Johnston (J), until June 17, 1832
 * Joseph Draper (J), from December 6, 1832

Non-voting members

 * Arkansas Territory's at-large congressional district. Ambrose H. Sevier (J)
 * Florida Territory's at-large congressional district. Joseph M. White
 * Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district. Austin E. Wing



Changes in membership
These counts reflect changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

 * Replacements: 7
 * Jacksonians: no net change
 * National Republicans: no net change
 * Nullifiers: no net change
 * Deaths: 0
 * Resignations: 7
 * Interim appointments: 1
 * Total seats with changes: 9


 * Indiana (1)
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | James Noble had died February 26, 1831, in the previous Congress. Successor appointed August 19, 1831.
 * | Robert Hanna (NR)
 * Installed August 19, 1831
 * Installed August 19, 1831


 * Kentucky (3)
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Legislature elected late November 10, 1831.
 * | Henry Clay (NR)
 * Installed November 10, 1831
 * Installed November 10, 1831


 * Louisiana (2)
 * | Edward Livingston (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 24, 1831, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of State. Successor elected November 15, 1831.
 * | George A. Waggaman (NR)
 * Installed November 15, 1831
 * Installed November 15, 1831


 * Pennsylvania (1)
 * | Isaac D. Barnard (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 6, 1831, due to ill health. Successor elected December 13, 1831.
 * | George M. Dallas (J)
 * Installed December 13, 1831
 * Installed December 13, 1831


 * Indiana (1)
 * | Robert Hanna (NR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Appointee retired when elected successor qualified. Successor elected January 3, 1832.
 * | John Tipton (J)
 * Installed January 3, 1832
 * Installed January 3, 1832


 * Mississippi (1)
 * | Powhatan Ellis (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 16, 1832, after being appointed U.S. District Judge. Successor appointed November 12, 1832, to finish the term.
 * | John Black (J)
 * Installed November 12, 1832
 * Installed November 12, 1832


 * Virginia (2)
 * | Littleton Waller Tazewell (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 16, 1832. Successor elected December 10, 1832.
 * | William C. Rives (J)
 * Installed December 10, 1832
 * Installed December 10, 1832


 * South Carolina (2)
 * | Robert Y. Hayne (N)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 13, 1832, to become Governor of South Carolina. Successor elected December 29, 1832.
 * | John C. Calhoun (N)
 * Installed December 29, 1832
 * Installed December 29, 1832


 * New York (3)
 * | William L. Marcy (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 1, 1833, after becoming Governor of New York. Successor elected January 14, 1833.
 * | Silas Wright (J)
 * Installed January 4, 1833
 * Installed January 4, 1833


 * South Carolina (3)
 * | Stephen D. Miller (N)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 2, 1833, due to ill health.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * }
 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 9
 * Jacksonians: 1-seat net gain
 * National Republicans: 2-seat net loss
 * Anti-Masonics: 1-seat net gain
 * Deaths: 8
 * Resignations: 2
 * Contested election: 0
 * Total seats with changes: 11


 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Vacancy in term
 * | John Branch (J)
 * Seated May 12, 1831
 * Seated May 12, 1831


 * Georgia's at-large congressional district
 * | Wilson Lumpkin (J)
 * Resigned some time in 1831 before the convening of Congress
 * | Augustin S. Clayton (J)
 * Seated January 21, 1832
 * Seated January 21, 1832


 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district
 * | Rollin C. Mallary (NR)
 * Died April 15, 1831
 * | William Slade (AM)
 * Seated November 1, 1831
 * Seated November 1, 1831


 * Missouri's at-large congressional district
 * | Spencer D. Pettis (NR)
 * Died August 28, 1831
 * | William H. Ashley (NR)
 * Seated October 31, 1831
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
 * | William Ramsey (J)
 * Died September 29, 1831
 * | Robert McCoy (J)
 * Seated November 22, 1831
 * | Robert McCoy (J)
 * Seated November 22, 1831


 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * | Robert Potter (J)
 * Resigned November ????, 1831
 * | Micajah T. Hawkins (J)
 * Seated December 15, 1831
 * Seated December 15, 1831


 * Vermont's 1st congressional district
 * | Jonathan Hunt (NR)
 * Died May 15, 1832. A special election was held and a new member elected January 1, 1833 on the fourth ballot.
 * | Hiland Hall (NR)
 * Seated January 21, 1833
 * Seated January 21, 1833


 * Virginia's 22nd congressional district
 * | Charles C. Johnston (J)
 * Died June 17, 1832
 * | Joseph Draper (J)
 * Seated December 6, 1832
 * Seated December 6, 1832


 * Maryland's 6th congressional district
 * | George E. Mitchell (J)
 * Died June 28, 1832
 * | Charles S. Sewall (J)
 * Seated October 1, 1832
 * Seated October 1, 1832


 * Virginia's 18th congressional district
 * | Philip Doddridge (NR)
 * Died November 19, 1832
 * | Joseph Johnson (J)
 * Seated January 21, 1833
 * Seated January 21, 1833


 * New York's 1st congressional district
 * | James Lent (J)
 * Died February 22, 1833
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * Not filled this Congress


 * }

Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

 * Accounts of James Monroe (Select)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: Horatio Seymour)
 * Amending the Constitution on the Election of the President and Vice President (Select)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Nehemiah Knight)
 * Claims (Chairman: Benjamin Ruggles)
 * Commerce (Chairman: John Forsyth then William R. King)
 * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Ezekiel F. Chambers)
 * Dueling (Select)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: John M. Robinson then Asher Robbins)
 * Finance (Chairman: Samuel Smith then John Forsyth)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Littleton Tazewell then John Forsyth)
 * French Spoilations (Select)
 * Impeachment of James H. Peck (Select)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Hugh Lawson White then George M. Troup)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: William L. Marcy then William Wilkins)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Mahlon Dickerson)
 * Memorial of the Manufacturers Iron (Select)
 * Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton)
 * Militia (Chairman: Isaac Barnard)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Robert Y. Hayne)
 * Nomination of Amos Kendall (Select)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Samuel A. Foot)
 * Post Office Department (Select)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George M. Bibb)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Elias Kane)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: William R. King then Elias Kane)
 * Roads and Canals (Select) (Chairman: William Hendricks)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: N/A)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: Erastus Root)
 * American Colonization Society (Select)
 * Claims (Chairman: N/A)
 * Commerce (Chairman: N/A)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: N/A)
 * Elections (Chairman: N/A)
 * Establishing an Assay Office in the Gold Region (Select)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: N/A)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: N/A)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: N/A)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: N/A)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: N/A)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: William S. Archer)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Warren R. Davis then John Bell)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Michael Hoffman)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Richard M. Johnson then Henry W. Connor)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: N/A)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Charles A. Wickliffe)
 * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: N/A)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: N/A)
 * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: N/A)
 * Rules (Select)
 * Standards of Official Conduct (Chairman: N/A)
 * Territories (Chairman: N/A)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: George McDuffie then Gulian C. Verplanck)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Enrolled Bills
 * The Library

Employees

 * Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

 * Chaplain: Henry V. Johns (Episcopal), until December 19, 1831
 * John P. Durbin (Methodist), elected December 19, 1831
 * Charles C. Pise (Roman Catholic), elected December 11, 1832
 * Secretary: Walter Lowrie
 * Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: Ralph R. Gurley (Presbyterian), until December 13, 1831
 * Reuben Post (Presbyterian) elected December 13, 1831
 * William Hammett (Presbyterian), elected December 12, 1832
 * Clerk: Matthew St. Clair Clarke
 * Doorkeeper: Overton Carr, elected December 5, 1831
 * Reading Clerks:
 * Sergeant at Arms: John O. Dunn