23rd United States Congress

The 23rd 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, 1833, to March 4, 1835, during the fifth and sixth years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1830 United States census. The Senate had an Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican majority, and the House had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.

Major events

 * March 28, 1834: Senate censured President Andrew Jackson for defunding the Second Bank of the United States
 * June 2, 1834: A special election for the House speakership takes 10 ballots.
 * January 30, 1835: Richard Lawrence unsuccessfully tried to assassinate President Jackson in the United States Capitol; this was the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States.

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.

House of Representatives
For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census.

Senate

 * President: Martin Van Buren (J)
 * President pro tempore: Hugh Lawson White (J), until December 15, 1833
 * George Poindexter (NR), June 28, 1834 – November 30, 1834
 * John Tyler (NR), from March 3, 1835

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Andrew Stevenson (J), until June 2, 1834
 * John Bell (J), after June 2, 1834, elected on the 10th ballot

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.


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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 began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.

Alabama

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

Connecticut

 * 1. Nathan Smith (NR)
 * 3. Gideon Tomlinson (NR)

Delaware

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

Georgia

 * 2. George Troup (J), until November 8, 1833
 * John P. King (J), from November 21, 1833
 * 3. John Forsyth (J), until July 27, 1834
 * Alfred Cuthbert (J), from January 12, 1835

Illinois

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

Indiana

 * 1. John Tipton (J)
 * 3. William Hendricks (NR)

Kentucky

 * 2. George M. Bibb (J)
 * 3. Henry Clay (NR)

Louisiana

 * 2. George A. Waggaman (NR)
 * 3. Josiah S. Johnston (NR), until May 19, 1833
 * Alexander Porter (NR), from December 19, 1833

Maine

 * 1. Ether Shepley (J)
 * 2. Peleg Sprague (NR), until January 1, 1835
 * John Ruggles (J), from January 20, 1835

Maryland

 * 1. Joseph Kent (NR)
 * 3. Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR), until December 20, 1834
 * Robert H. Goldsborough (NR), from January 13, 1835

Massachusetts

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

Mississippi

 * 1. John Black (NR), from November 22, 1833
 * 2. George Poindexter (NR)

Missouri

 * 1. Thomas H. Benton (J)
 * 3. Alexander Buckner (J), until June 5, 1833
 * Lewis F. Linn (J), from October 25, 1833

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

 * 1. Samuel L. Southard (NR)
 * 2. Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR)

New York

 * 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (J)
 * 3. Silas Wright Jr. (J)

North Carolina

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

Ohio

 * 1. Thomas Morris (J)
 * 3. Thomas Ewing (NR)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Samuel McKean (J), from December 7, 1833
 * 3. William Wilkins (J), until June 30, 1834
 * James Buchanan (J), from December 6, 1834

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

 * 2. John C. Calhoun (N)
 * 3. William C. Preston (N), from November 26, 1833

Tennessee

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

Vermont

 * 1. Benjamin Swift (NR)
 * 3. Samuel Prentiss (NR)

Virginia

 * 1. John Tyler (NR)
 * 2. William Rives (J), until February 22, 1834
 * Benjamin W. Leigh (NR), from February 26, 1834





Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Clement C. Clay (J)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. John McKinley (J)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Samuel W. Mardis (J)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Dixon H. Lewis (N)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. John Murphy (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), until July 8, 1834
 * Joseph Trumbull (NR), from December 1, 1834
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Jabez W. Huntington (NR), until August 16, 1834
 * Phineas Miner (NR), from December 1, 1834
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Samuel A. Foote (NR), until May 9, 1834
 * Ebenezer Jackson Jr. (NR), from December 1, 1834
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Samuel Tweedy (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. Augustin S. Clayton (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. John E. Coffee (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Thomas F. Foster (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Roger L. Gamble (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. George R. Gilmer (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Seaborn Jones (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. William Schley (J)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. James M. Wayne (J), until January 13, 1835, vacant thereafter
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Richard Henry Wilde (J)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Charles Slade (J), until July 26, 1834
 * John Reynolds (J), from December 1, 1834
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. Zadok Casey (J)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Joseph Duncan (J), until September 21, 1834
 * William L. May (J), from December 1, 1834

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Ratliff Boon (J)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. John Ewing (NR)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. John Carr (J)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Amos Lane (J)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Johnathan McCarty (J)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. George L. Kinnard (J)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Edward A. Hannegan (J)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Chittenden Lyon (J)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Albert G. Hawes (J)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Christopher Tompkins (NR)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Martin Beaty (NR)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Robert P. Letcher (NR), from August 6, 1834
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Thomas Chilton (NR)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Benjamin Hardin (NR)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Patrick H. Pope (J)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. James Love (NR)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Chilton Allan (NR)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. Amos Davis (NR)
 * Kentucky's 12th congressional district. Thomas A. Marshall (NR)
 * Kentucky's 13th congressional district. Richard M. Johnson (J)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Edward D. White (NR), until November 15, 1834
 * Henry Johnson (NR), from December 1, 1834
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Philemon Thomas (J)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Henry A. Bullard (NR), until January 4, 1834
 * Rice Garland (NR), from April 28, 1834

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Rufus McIntire (J)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Francis O. J. Smith (J)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Edward Kavanagh (J)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. George Evans (NR)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district. Moses Mason Jr. (J)
 * Maine's 6th congressional district. Leonard Jarvis (J)
 * Maine's 7th congressional district. Joseph Hall (J)
 * Maine's 8th congressional district. Gorham Parks (J)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Littleton P. Dennis (NR), until April 14, 1834
 * John N. Steele (NR), from June 9, 1834
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Richard B. Carmichael (J)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. James Turner (J)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. James P. Heath (J)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Isaac McKim (J)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. William Cost Johnson (NR)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Francis Thomas (J)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. John T. Stoddert (J)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Benjamin Gorham (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Rufus Choate (NR), until June 30, 1834
 * Stephen C. Phillips (NR), from December 1, 1834
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Gayton P. Osgood (J)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Edward Everett (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. John Davis (NR), until January 14, 1834
 * Levi Lincoln Jr. (NR), from March 5, 1834
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. George Grennell Jr. (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. George N. Briggs (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Isaac C. Bates (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. William Jackson (AM)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. William Baylies (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. John Reed Jr. (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. John Quincy Adams (AM)

Mississippi
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district. Harry Cage (J)
 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district. Franklin E. Plummer (J)

Missouri
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Missouri's at-large congressional district. William H. Ashley (J)
 * Missouri's at-large congressional district. John Bull (NR)

New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Benning M. Bean (J)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Robert Burns (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. Franklin Pierce (J)

New Jersey
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Philemon Dickerson (J)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Samuel Fowler (J)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Thomas Lee (J)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. James Parker (J)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. Ferdinand S. Schenck (J)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district. William N. Shinn (J)

New York
There were five plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.
 * New York's 1st congressional district. Abel Huntington (J)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Isaac B. Van Houten (J)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Churchill C. Cambreleng (J)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Cornelius V. Lawrence (J), until May 14, 1834
 * John J. Morgan (J), from December 1, 1834
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Dudley Selden (J), until July 1, 1834
 * Charles G. Ferris (J), from December 1, 1834
 * 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. Abraham Bockee (J)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. John W. Brown (J)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Charles Bodle (J)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. John Adams (J)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Aaron Vanderpoel (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. John Cramer (J)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Henry C. Martindale (AM)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Reuben Whallon (J)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Ransom H. Gillet (J)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Charles McVean (J)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Abijah Mann Jr. (J)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Samuel Beardsley (J)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Joel Turrill (J)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Daniel Wardwell (J)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Sherman Page (J)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Noadiah Johnson (J)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Henry Mitchell (J)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Nicoll Halsey (J)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Samuel G. Hathaway (J)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. William K. Fuller (J)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. William Taylor (J)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Rowland Day (J)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Samuel Clark (J)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. John Dickson (AM)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Edward Howell (J)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Frederick Whittlesey (AM)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. George W. Lay (AM)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Philo C. Fuller (AM)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Abner Hazeltine (AM)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. Millard Fillmore (AM)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Gideon Hard (AM)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. William B. Shepard (NR)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Jesse A. Bynum (J)
 * 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. Micajah T. Hawkins (J)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Edmund Deberry (NR)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Daniel L. Barringer (NR)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Augustine H. Shepperd (NR)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Abraham Rencher (NR)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Henry W. Connor (J)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. James Graham (NR)
 * North Carolina's 13th congressional district. Lewis Williams (NR)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Robert T. Lytle (J), until March 10, 1834, and from December 27, 1834
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Taylor Webster (J)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Joseph H. Crane (NR)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Thomas Corwin (NR)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Thomas L. Hamer (J)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Samuel F. Vinton (NR)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. William Allen (J)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Jeremiah McLene (J)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. John Chaney (J)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Joseph Vance (NR)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. James M. Bell (NR)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Robert Mitchell (J)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. David Spangler (NR)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. William Patterson (J)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Jonathan Sloane (AM)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. Elisha Whittlesey (AM)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. John Thomson (J)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Benjamin Jones (J)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Humphrey H. Leavitt (J), until July 10, 1834
 * Daniel Kilgore (J), from December 1, 1834

Pennsylvania
There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Joel B. Sutherland (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Horace Binney (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. James Harper (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. John G. Watmough (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Edward Darlington (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. William Hiester (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. David Potts Jr. (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Joel K. Mann (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Robert Ramsey (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. David D. Wagener (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Henry King (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. William Clark (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Charles A. Barnitz (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. George Chambers (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Jesse Miller (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Joseph Henderson (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Andrew Beaumont (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Joseph B. Anthony (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. John Laporte (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. George Burd (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Richard Coulter (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Andrew Stewart (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Thomas M. T. McKennan (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. Harmar Denny (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. Samuel S. Harrison (J)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. John Banks (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. John Galbraith (J)

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 (AM)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Henry L. Pinckney (N)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. William J. Grayson (N)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Thomas D. Singleton (N), until November 25, 1833
 * Robert B. Campbell (N), from February 27, 1834
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. John Myers Felder (N)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. George McDuffie (N), until ????, 1834
 * Francis W. Pickens (N), from December 8, 1834
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. Warren R. Davis (N), until January 29, 1835, vacant thereafter
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. William K. Clowney (N)
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district. James Blair (J), until April 1, 1834
 * Richard I. Manning (J), from December 8, 1834
 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district. John K. Griffin (N)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. John Blair (J)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Samuel Bunch (J)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Luke Lea (J)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. James I. Standifer (J)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. John B. Forester (J)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Balie Peyton (J)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. John Bell (J)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. David W. Dickinson (J)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. James K. Polk (J)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district. William M. Inge (J)
 * Tennessee's 11th congressional district. Cave Johnson (J)
 * Tennessee's 12th congressional district. David Crockett (NR)
 * Tennessee's 13th congressional district. William C. Dunlap (J)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. Hiland Hall (NR)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. William Slade (AM)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district. Horace Everett (NR)
 * Vermont's 4th congressional district. Heman Allen (NR)
 * Vermont's 5th congressional district. Benjamin F. Deming (AM), until July 11, 1834
 * Henry F. Janes (AM), from December 2, 1834

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. George Loyall (J)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. John Y. Mason (J)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. William S. Archer (J)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. James H. Gholson (NR)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. John Randolph (J), until May 24, 1833
 * Thomas T. Bouldin (J), from December 2, 1833, until February 11, 1834
 * James W. Bouldin (J), from March 28, 1834
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Thomas Davenport (NR)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Henry A. Wise (J)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. William P. Taylor (NR)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Joseph W. Chinn (J)
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district. Andrew Stevenson (J), until June 2, 1834
 * John Robertson (NR), from December 1, 1834
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district. William F. Gordon (J)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district. John M. Patton (J)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district. Charles F. Mercer (NR)
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district. Edward Lucas (J)
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district. James M. H. Beale (J)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district. Samuel M. Moore (NR)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district. John H. Fulton (J)
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district. William McComas (J)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district. John J. Allen (NR)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district. Edgar C. Wilson (NR)

Non-voting members

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



Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

 * South Carolina (3)
 * colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant since March 3, 1833, due to the resignation of Stephen Decatur Miller (N). Successor was elected November 26, 1833.
 * | William C. Preston (N)
 * November 26, 1833
 * November 26, 1833


 * Mississippi (1)
 * colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant from the start of this Congress due to the state legislature's failure to elect. Appointee who had held the seat at the end of the previous Congress was elected November 22, 1833.
 * | John Black (NR)
 * November 22, 1833
 * November 22, 1833


 * Pennsylvania (1)
 * colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant from the start of this Congress due to the state legislature's failure to elect. Successor was elected December 7, 1833.
 * | Samuel McKean (J)
 * December 7, 1833
 * December 7, 1833


 * Louisiana (3)
 * | Josiah S. Johnston (NR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died May 19, 1833. Successor was elected December 19, 1833.
 * | Alexander Porter (NR)
 * December 19, 1833
 * December 19, 1833


 * Missouri (3)
 * | Alexander Buckner (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died June 6, 1833. Successor was appointed December 19, 1833, and subsequently elected to finish the term.
 * | Lewis F. Linn (J)
 * October 25, 1833
 * October 25, 1833


 * Georgia (2)
 * | George Troup (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 8, 1833. Successor was elected November 21, 1833.
 * | John P. King (D)
 * November 21, 1833
 * November 21, 1833


 * Virginia (2)
 * | William Rives (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 22, 1834. Successor was elected February 26, 1834.
 * | Benjamin W. Leigh (NR)
 * February 26, 1834
 * February 26, 1834


 * Pennsylvania (3)
 * | William Wilkins (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 30, 1834, to become U.S. Minister to Russia. Successor elected December 6, 1834.
 * | James Buchanan (J)
 * December 6, 1834
 * December 6, 1834


 * Georgia (3)
 * | John Forsyth (J)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 27, 1834, to become U.S. Secretary of State. Successor elected January 12, 1835.
 * | Alfred Cuthbert (J)
 * January 12, 1835
 * January 12, 1835


 * Maryland (3)
 * | Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 20, 1834, to become judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. Successor elected January 13, 1835.
 * | Robert H. Goldsborough (NR)
 * January 13, 1835
 * January 13, 1835


 * Maine (2)
 * | Peleg Sprague (NR)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 1, 1835. Successor elected January 20, 1835.
 * | John Ruggles (J)
 * January 20, 1835
 * }
 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 18
 * Jacksonian: 1 seat net loss
 * National Republican: 1 seat net gain
 * Deaths: 8
 * Resignations: 15
 * Contested election: 1
 * Total seats with changes: 23


 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Contested election of Thomas P. Moore. House denied either party the seat and declared new election
 * | Robert P. Letcher (NR)
 * Seated August 6, 1834
 * Seated August 6, 1834


 * PA's 1st congressional district
 * | Joel B. Sutherland (J)
 * Resigned before the term to become a judge, but then left that judgeship to seek his old seat and re-elected October 8, 1833.
 * | Joel B. Sutherland (J)
 * Seated December 2, 1833
 * Seated December 2, 1833


 * Virginia's 5th congressional district
 * | John Randolph (J)
 * Died May 24, 1833
 * | Thomas T. Bouldin (J)
 * Seated December 2, 1833
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
 * | Thomas D. Singleton (N)
 * Died November 25, 1833
 * | Robert B. Campbell (N)
 * Seated February 27, 1834
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district
 * | George McDuffie (N)
 * Resigned some time in 1834.
 * | Francis W. Pickens (N)
 * Seated December 8, 1834
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district
 * | Henry A. Bullard (NR)
 * Resigned January 4, 1834, after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana
 * | Rice Garland (NR)
 * Seated April 28, 1834
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
 * | John Davis (NR)
 * Resigned January 14, 1834, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts
 * | Levi Lincoln (NR)
 * Seated March 5, 1834
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district
 * | Thomas T. Bouldin (J)
 * Died February 11, 1834
 * | James W. Bouldin (J)
 * Seated March 28, 1834
 * Ohio's 1st congressional district
 * | Robert T. Lytle (J)
 * Resigned March 10, 1834
 * | Robert T. Lytle (J)
 * Re-seated December 27, 1834
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district
 * | James Blair (J)
 * Died April 1, 1834
 * | Richard I. Manning (J)
 * Seated December 8, 1834
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district
 * | Littleton P. Dennis (J)
 * Died April 14, 1834
 * | John N. Steele (J)
 * Seated June 9, 1834
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district
 * | Samuel A. Foot (NR)
 * Resigned May 9, 1834, after becoming Governor of Connecticut
 * | Ebenezer Jackson Jr. (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * New York's 3rd congressional district
 * | Cornelius V. Lawrence (J)
 * Resigned May 14, 1834, after becoming Mayor of New York City. This was a plural district with 4 representatives.
 * | John J. Morgan (J)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district
 * | Andrew Stevenson (J)
 * Resigned June 2, 1834
 * | John Robertson (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
 * | Rufus Choate (NR)
 * Resigned June 30, 1834
 * | Stephen C. Phillips (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * New York's 3rd congressional district
 * | Dudley Selden (J)
 * Resigned July 1, 1834. This was a plural district with 4 representatives.
 * | Charles G. Ferris (J)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district
 * | William W. Ellsworth (NR)
 * Resigned July 8, 1834
 * | Joseph Trumbull (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district
 * | Humphrey H. Leavitt (J)
 * Resigned July 10, 1834, after becoming judge of the US District Court of Ohio
 * | Daniel Kilgore (J)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Vermont's 5th congressional district
 * | Benjamin F. Deming (AM)
 * Died July 11, 1834
 * | Henry F. Janes (AM)
 * Seated December 2, 1834
 * Illinois's 1st congressional district
 * | Charles Slade (J)
 * Died July 26, 1834
 * | John Reynolds (J)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district
 * | Jabez W. Huntington (NR)
 * Resigned August 16, 1834, after being appointed judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
 * | Phineas Miner (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district
 * | Joseph Duncan (J)
 * Resigned September 21, 1834, after being elected Governor of Illinois
 * | William L. May (J)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district
 * | Edward D. White (NR)
 * Resigned November 15, 1834, to become Governor of Louisiana
 * | Henry Johnson (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district
 * | James M. Wayne (J)
 * Resigned January 13, 1835, after being appointed an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
 * colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Not filled in this Congress
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * | Warren R. Davis (N)
 * Died January 29, 1835
 * }
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district
 * | Joseph Duncan (J)
 * Resigned September 21, 1834, after being elected Governor of Illinois
 * | William L. May (J)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district
 * | Edward D. White (NR)
 * Resigned November 15, 1834, to become Governor of Louisiana
 * | Henry Johnson (NR)
 * Seated December 1, 1834
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district
 * | James M. Wayne (J)
 * Resigned January 13, 1835, after being appointed an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
 * colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Not filled in this Congress
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * | Warren R. Davis (N)
 * Died January 29, 1835
 * }
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * | Warren R. Davis (N)
 * Died January 29, 1835
 * }

Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

 * Agriculture (Chairman: Bedford Brown)
 * Amendments to the Constitution (Select)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Nehemiah Knight)
 * Claims (Chairman: Samuel Bell)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Nathaniel Silsbee)
 * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Ezekiel F. Chambers then John Tyler)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Ether Shepley)
 * Establishing Branches of the Mint (Select)
 * Executive Patronage (Select)
 * Finance (Chairman: Daniel Webster)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: William Wilkins then Henry Clay)
 * French Spoilations (Select)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Hugh Lawson White)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: John M. Clayton)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Theodore Frelinghuysen)
 * Michigan and Arkansas Admission to the Union (Select)
 * Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: Nathaniel Silsbee)
 * Militia (Chairman: John M. Robinson)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Samuel Southard)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Gideon Tomlinson)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Felix Grundy)
 * President's Message Refusing to Furnish a Paper to Senate (Select)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: William Hendricks)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: George Poindexter)
 * Purchasing Boyd Reilly's Gas Apparatus (Select)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Gabriel Moore)
 * Roads and Canals (Chairman: William Hendricks)
 * Shiloh National Park (Select)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: Joel K. Mann)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: Abraham Bockee)
 * Bank of the United States (Select)
 * Biennial Register (Select)
 * Boundary of the Chickasaw Indians (Select)
 * Claims (Chairman: Elisha Whittlesey)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Joel B. Sutherland)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph Chinn)
 * Elections (Chairman: Nathaniel Claiborne)
 * Establishing an Assay Office in the Gold Region (Select)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Joseph Hall)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Albert G. Hawes)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Augustine Henry Shepperd)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Heman Allen)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Frederick Whittlesey)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Reuben Whallon)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: William S. Archer then John Young Mason)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: William S. Archer then John Young Mason)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Dixon H. Lewis)
 * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Tristam Burges)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: John Bell then Thomas F. Foster)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: John Quincy Adams)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: Richard M. Johnson)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Campbell P. White)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Henry W. Connor)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Cave Johnson)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Thomas Davenport)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Clement C. Clay)
 * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: John Dickson)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg)
 * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: Daniel Wardwell)
 * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Charles F. Mercer)
 * Rules (Select)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: Lewis Williams)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: James K. Polk)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Enrolled Bills
 * The Library

Employees

 * Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

 * Secretary: Walter Lowrie
 * Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly, until December 9, 1833
 * John Shackford, elected December 9, 1833
 * Chaplain: Charles C. Pise (Roman Catholic), until December 10, 1833
 * Frederick W. Hatch (Episcopalian), elected December 10, 1833

House of Representatives

 * Clerk: Matthew St. Clair Clarke, until December 2, 1833
 * Walter S. Franklin, elected December 2, 1833
 * Sergeant at Arms: John O. Dunn, until December 6, 1833
 * Thomas B. Randolph, elected December 6, 1833
 * Doorkeeper: Overton Carr
 * Postmaster: William J. McCormick
 * Reading Clerks:
 * Chaplain: William H. Hammett (Methodist), until December 9, 1833
 * Thomas H. Stockton (Methodist), elected December 9, 1833
 * Edward D. Smith (Presbyterian), elected December 10, 1834