26th United States Congress

The 26th 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, 1839, to March 4, 1841, during the third and fourth years of Martin Van Buren's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1830 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

 * 1839: The first state law permitting women to own property was passed in Jackson, Mississippi
 * December 14–16, 1839: An election for the House speakership takes 11 ballots
 * January 19, 1840: Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigated Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
 * November 7, 1840: 1840 United States presidential election: William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren
 * February 18, 1841: The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate began and lasted until March 11

Senate

 * President: Richard M. Johnson (D)
 * President pro tempore: William R. King (D)

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Robert M. T. Hunter (W) elected December 16, 1839, on the 11th ballot

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, 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 began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.

Alabama

 * 2. William R. King (D)
 * 3. Clement C. Clay (D)

Arkansas

 * 2. William S. Fulton (D)
 * 3. Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

Connecticut

 * 1. Thaddeus Betts (W), until April 7, 1840
 * Jabez W. Huntington (W), from May 4, 1840
 * 3. Perry Smith (D)

Delaware

 * 1. Richard H. Bayard (W), until September 19, 1839
 * Richard H. Bayard (W), from January 12, 1841
 * 2. Thomas Clayton (W)

Georgia

 * 2. Wilson Lumpkin (D)
 * 3. Alfred Cuthbert (D)

Illinois

 * 2. John M. Robinson (D)
 * 3. Richard M. Young (D)

Indiana

 * 1. Albert S. White (W)
 * 3. Oliver H. Smith (W)

Kentucky

 * 2. John J. Crittenden (W)
 * 3. Henry Clay (W)

Louisiana

 * 2. Robert C. Nicholas (D)
 * 3. Alexander Mouton (D)

Maine

 * 1. Reuel Williams (D)
 * 2. John Ruggles (D)

Maryland

 * 1. William D. Merrick (W)
 * 3. John S. Spence (W), until October 24, 1840
 * John L. Kerr (W), from January 5, 1841

Massachusetts

 * 1. Daniel Webster (W), until February 22, 1841
 * Rufus Choate (W), from February 23, 1841
 * 2. John Davis (W), until January 5, 1841
 * Isaac C. Bates (W), from January 13, 1841

Michigan

 * 1. Augustus S. Porter (W), from January 20, 1840
 * 2. John Norvell (D)

Mississippi

 * 1. John Henderson (W)
 * 2. Robert J. Walker (D)

Missouri

 * 1. Thomas H. Benton (D)
 * 3. Lewis F. Linn (D)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Henry Hubbard (D)
 * 3. Franklin Pierce (D)

New Jersey

 * 1. Samuel L. Southard (W)
 * 2. Garret D. Wall (D)

New York

 * 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W), from January 14, 1840
 * 3. Silas Wright Jr. (D)

North Carolina

 * 2. Bedford Brown (D), until November 16, 1840
 * Willie P. Mangum (W), from November 25, 1840
 * 3. Robert Strange (D), until November 16, 1840
 * William A. Graham (W), from November 25, 1840

Ohio

 * 1. Benjamin Tappan (D)
 * 3. William Allen (D)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Daniel Sturgeon (D), from January 14, 1840
 * 3. James Buchanan (D)

Rhode Island

 * 1. Nathan F. Dixon (W)
 * 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (W)

South Carolina

 * 2. John C. Calhoun (D)
 * 3. William C. Preston (W)

Tennessee

 * 1. Felix Grundy (D), November 19, 1839 – December 19, 1840
 * Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D), from December 25, 1840
 * 2. Hugh Lawson White (W), until January 13, 1840
 * Alexander O. Anderson (D), from February 26, 1840

Vermont

 * 1. Samuel S. Phelps (W)
 * 3. Samuel Prentiss (W)

Virginia

 * 1. William C. Rives (W), from January 18, 1841
 * 2. William H. Roane (D)





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

Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Reuben Chapman (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. David Hubbard (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. George W. Crabb (W)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Dixon H. Lewis (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. James Dellet (W)

Arkansas

 * At-large. Edward Cross (D)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. Joseph Trumbull (W)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. William L. Storrs (W), until June ???, 1840
 * William W. Boardman (W), from December 7, 1840
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Thomas W. Williams (W)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Thomas B. Osborne (W)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. Truman Smith (W)
 * Connecticut's 6th congressional district. John H. Brockway (W)

Delaware

 * At-large. Thomas Robinson Jr. (D)

Georgia
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Julius C. Alford (W)
 * At-large. Edward J. Black (W)
 * At-large. Walter T. Colquitt (W), until July 21, 1840
 * Hines Holt (W), from February 1, 1841
 * At-large. Mark A. Cooper (W)
 * At-large. William C. Dawson (W)
 * At-large. Richard W. Habersham (W)
 * At-large. Thomas Butler King (W)
 * At-large. Eugenius A. Nisbet (W)
 * At-large. Lott Warren (W)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. John Reynolds (D)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. Zadok Casey (D)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. John T. Stuart (W)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. George H. Proffit (W)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. John W. Davis (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. John Carr (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Thomas Smith (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. James Rariden (W)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. William W. Wick (D)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Tilghman A. Howard (D), until July 1, 1840
 * Henry S. Lane (W), from August 3, 1840

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Linn Boyd (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Philip Triplett (W)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Joseph R. Underwood (W)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Sherrod Williams (W)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Simeon H. Anderson (W), until August 11, 1840
 * John B. Thompson (W), from December 7, 1840
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Willis Green (W)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. John Pope (W)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. William J. Graves (W)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. John White (W)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Richard Hawes (W)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. Landaff W. Andrews (W)
 * Kentucky's 12th congressional district. Garrett Davis (W)
 * Kentucky's 13th congressional district. William O. Butler (D)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Edward D. White (W)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Thomas W. Chinn (W)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Rice Garland (W), until July 21, 1840
 * John Moore (W), from December 17, 1840

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Nathan Clifford (D)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Albert Smith (D)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Benjamin Randall (W)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. George Evans (W), until March 3, 1841
 * Maine's 5th congressional district. Virgil D. Parris (D)
 * Maine's 6th congressional district. Hugh J. Anderson (D)
 * Maine's 7th congressional district. Joshua A. Lowell (D)
 * Maine's 8th congressional district. Thomas Davee (D)

Maryland
The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives.
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. John Dennis (W)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Philip F. Thomas (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. John T. H. Worthington (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. James Carroll (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Solomon Hillen Jr. (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. William Cost Johnson (W)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Francis Thomas (D)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Daniel Jenifer (W)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Abbott Lawrence (W), until September 18, 1840
 * Robert C. Winthrop (W), from November 9, 1840
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Leverett Saltonstall I (W)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Caleb Cushing (W)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. William Parmenter (D)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Levi Lincoln Jr. (W)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. James C. Alvord (W), until September 27, 1839
 * Osmyn Baker (W), from January 14, 1840
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. George N. Briggs (W)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. William B. Calhoun (W)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. William S. Hastings (W)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Henry Williams (D)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. John Reed Jr. (W)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. John Quincy Adams (W)

Michigan

 * At-large. Isaac E. Crary (D)

Mississippi
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Albert G. Brown (D)
 * At-large. Jacob Thompson (D)

Missouri
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Albert G. Harrison (D), until September 7, 1839
 * John Jameson (D), from December 12, 1839
 * At-large. John Miller (D)

New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Charles G. Atherton (D)
 * At-large. Edmund Burke (D)
 * At-large. Ira A. Eastman (D)
 * At-large. Tristram Shaw (D)
 * At-large. Jared W. Williams (D)

New Jersey
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. William R. Cooper (D)
 * At-large. Philemon Dickerson (D)
 * At-large. Joseph Kille (D)
 * At-large. Joseph F. Randolph (W)
 * At-large. Daniel B. Ryall (D)
 * At-large. Peter D. Vroom (D)

New York
There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives.
 * New York's 1st congressional district. Thomas B. Jackson (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. James De la Montanya (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Edward Curtis (W)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Moses H. Grinnell (W)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Ogden Hoffman (W)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. James Monroe (W)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Gouverneur Kemble (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Charles Johnston (W)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Nathaniel Jones (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Rufus Palen (W)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. John Ely (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Aaron Vanderpoel (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Hiram P. Hunt (W)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Daniel D. Barnard (W)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Anson Brown (W), until June 14, 1840
 * Nicholas B. Doe (W), from December 7, 1840
 * New York's 12th congressional district. David A. Russell (W)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Augustus C. Hand (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. John Fine (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Peter J. Wagner (W)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Andrew W. Doig (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. David P. Brewster (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. John G. Floyd (D)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Thomas C. Chittenden (W)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. John H. Prentiss (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Judson Allen (D)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. John C. Clark (W)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Amasa Dana (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Stephen B. Leonard (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Nehemiah H. Earll (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Edward Rogers (D)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Christopher Morgan (W)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Theron R. Strong (D)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Francis Granger (W)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Meredith Mallory (D)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Thomas Kempshall (W)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. Seth M. Gates (W)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Luther C. Peck (W)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Richard P. Marvin (W)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. Millard Fillmore (W)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Charles F. Mitchell (W)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Kenneth Rayner (W)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Jesse A. Bynum (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Edward Stanly (W)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Charles B. Shepard (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. James I. McKay (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Micajah T. Hawkins (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Edmund Deberry (W)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. William Montgomery (D)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. John Hill (D)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Charles Fisher (D)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Henry W. Connor (D)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. James Graham (W)
 * North Carolina's 13th congressional district. Lewis Williams (W)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Alexander Duncan (D)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. John B. Weller (D)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Patrick G. Goode (W)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Thomas Corwin (W), until May 30, 1840
 * Jeremiah Morrow (W), from October 13, 1840
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. William Doan (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Calvary Morris (W)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. William K. Bond (W)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Joseph Ridgway (W)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. William Medill (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Samson Mason (W)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Isaac Parrish (D)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Jonathan Taylor (D)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Daniel P. Leadbetter (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. George Sweeny (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. John W. Allen (W)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. Joshua R. Giddings (W)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. John Hastings (D)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. David A. Starkweather (D)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Henry Swearingen (D)

Pennsylvania
There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives.
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Lemuel Paynter (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. John Sergeant (W)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. George W. Toland (W)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Charles Naylor (W)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Edward Davies (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. John Edwards (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Francis James (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Joseph Fornance (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. John Davis (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. David D. Wagener (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Peter Newhard (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. George M. Keim (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. William Simonton (W)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. James Gerry (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. James Cooper (W)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. William S. Ramsey (D), until October 17, 1840
 * Charles McClure (D), from December 7, 1840
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. William W. Potter (D), until October 28, 1839
 * George McCulloch (D), from November 20, 1839
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. David Petrikin (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Robert H. Hammond (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Samuel W. Morris (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Charles Ogle (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Albert G. Marchand (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Enos Hook (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Isaac Leet (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. Richard Biddle (AM), until July 21, 1840
 * Henry M. Brackenridge (W), from October 13, 1840
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. William Beatty (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Thomas Henry (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. John Galbraith (D)

Rhode Island

 * At-large. Robert B. Cranston (W)
 * At-large. Joseph L. Tillinghast (W)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Isaac E. Holmes (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Robert Rhett (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. John Campbell (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Sampson H. Butler (D)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Francis W. Pickens (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. Waddy Thompson Jr. (W)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. James Rogers (D)
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district. Thomas D. Sumter (D)
 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district. John K. Griffin (D)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. William B. Carter (W)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Abraham McClellan (D)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Joseph L. Williams (W)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Julius W. Blackwell (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Hopkins L. Turney (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. William B. Campbell (W)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. John Bell (W)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Meredith P. Gentry (W)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Harvey M. Watterson (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district. Aaron V. Brown (D)
 * Tennessee's 11th congressional district. Cave Johnson (D)
 * Tennessee's 12th congressional district. John W. Crockett (W)
 * Tennessee's 13th congressional district. Christopher H. Williams (W)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. Hiland Hall (W)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. William Slade (W)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district. Horace Everett (W)
 * Vermont's 4th congressional district. John Smith (D)
 * Vermont's 5th congressional district. Isaac Fletcher (D)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Joel Holleman (D), until December 1840
 * Francis Mallory (W), from December 28, 1840
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Francis E. Rives (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John W. Jones (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. George C. Dromgoole (D)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. John Hill (W)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Walter Coles (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. William L. Goggin (W)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Henry A. Wise (W)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. Robert M. T. Hunter (W)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. John Taliaferro (W)
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district. John M. Botts (W)
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district. James Garland (C)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district. Linn Banks (D)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district. Charles F. Mercer (W), until December 26, 1839
 * William M. McCarty (W), from January 25, 1840
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district. William Lucas (D)
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district. Green B. Samuels (D)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district. Robert Craig (D)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district. George W. Hopkins (C)
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district. Andrew Beirne (D)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district. Joseph Johnson (D)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district. Lewis Steenrod (D)

Non-voting members

 * Florida Territory's at-large congressional district. Charles Downing
 * Iowa Territory's at-large congressional district. William W. Chapman (D), until October 27, 1840
 * Augustus C. Dodge (D), from October 28, 1840
 * Wisconsin Territory's at-large congressional district. James D. Doty (D)

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

Senate

 * Replacements: 8
 * Democrats: 0-seat net loss
 * Whigs: 0-seat net gain
 * Deaths: 3
 * Resignations: 7
 * Interim appointments: 0
 * Total seats with changes: 11


 * Tennessee (1)
 * colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress
 * | Felix Grundy (D)
 * Elected November 19, 1839
 * Elected November 19, 1839


 * New York (1)
 * colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress
 * | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W)
 * Elected January 14, 1840
 * Elected January 14, 1840


 * Pennsylvania (1)
 * colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after previous Congress
 * | Daniel Sturgeon (D)
 * Elected January 14, 1840
 * Michigan (1)
 * colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after legislature failed to reelect incumbent.
 * | Augustus S. Porter (W)
 * Elected January 20, 1840
 * Virginia (1)
 * colspan=2 style="font-size:80%" | Vacant after legislature failed to reelect incumbent.
 * | William C. Rives (W)
 * Elected January 18, 1841
 * Delaware (1)
 * | Richard H. Bayard (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 19, 1839, to become Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
 * | Richard H. Bayard (W)
 * Elected January 12, 1841, to his former position
 * Tennessee (2)
 * | Hugh Lawson White (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 13, 1840, because he could not conscientiously obey the intentions of his constituents
 * | Alexander O. Anderson (D)
 * Elected February 26, 1840
 * Connecticut (1)
 * | Thaddeus Betts (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died April 7, 1840
 * | Jabez W. Huntington (W)
 * Elected May 4, 1840
 * Maryland (3)
 * | John S. Spence (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died October 24, 1840
 * | John L. Kerr (W)
 * Elected January 5, 1841
 * North Carolina (2)
 * | Bedford Brown (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 16, 1840, because he could not obey instructions of the North Carolina General Assembly
 * | Willie P. Mangum (W)
 * Elected November 25, 1840
 * North Carolina (3)
 * | Robert Strange (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 16, 1840
 * | William A. Graham (W)
 * Elected November 25, 1840
 * Tennessee (1)
 * | Felix Grundy (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died December 19, 1840
 * | Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D)
 * Elected December 25, 1840
 * Massachusetts (2)
 * | John Davis (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1841, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts
 * | Isaac C. Bates (W)
 * Elected January 13, 1841
 * Massachusetts (1)
 * | Daniel Webster (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 22, 1841
 * | Rufus Choate (W)
 * Elected February 23, 1841
 * }
 * Massachusetts (2)
 * | John Davis (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1841, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts
 * | Isaac C. Bates (W)
 * Elected January 13, 1841
 * Massachusetts (1)
 * | Daniel Webster (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 22, 1841
 * | Rufus Choate (W)
 * Elected February 23, 1841
 * }
 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 15
 * Democrats: 2-seat net loss
 * Whigs: 3-seat net gain
 * Anti-Masonic: 1-seat net loss
 * Deaths: 6
 * Resignations: 10
 * Contested election: 0
 * Total seats with changes: 17


 * Indiana's 7th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Howard presented credentials August 5, 1839
 * | Tilghman Howard (D)
 * Seated August 5, 1839
 * Missouri's at-large congressional district
 * | Albert G. Harrison (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1839
 * | John Jameson (D)
 * Seated December 12, 1839
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
 * | James C. Alvord (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 27, 1839
 * | Osmyn Baker (W)
 * Seated January 14, 1840
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district
 * | William W. Potter (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died October 28, 1839
 * | George McCulloch (D)
 * Seated November 20, 1839
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district
 * | Charles F. Mercer (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 26, 1839
 * | William M. McCarty (W)
 * Seated January 25, 1840
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district
 * | Thomas Corwin (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 30, 1840, having become a candidate for Governor of Ohio
 * | Jeremiah Morrow (W)
 * Seated October 13, 1840
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district
 * | William L. Storrs (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time in June, 1840
 * | William W. Boardman (W)
 * Seated December 7, 1840
 * New York's 11th congressional district
 * | Anson Brown (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died June 14, 1840
 * | Nicholas B. Doe (W)
 * Seated December 7, 1840
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district
 * | Tilghman Howard (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1840
 * | HHenry S. Lane (W)
 * Seated August 3, 1840
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district
 * | Walter T. Colquitt (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840
 * | Hines Holt (W)
 * Seated February 1, 1841
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district
 * | Rice Garland (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840, to accept appointment as judge of Louisiana Supreme Court
 * | John Moore (W)
 * Seated December 17, 1840
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district
 * | Richard Biddle (AM)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1840
 * | Henry M. Brackenridge (W)
 * Seated October 13, 1840
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district
 * | Simeon H. Anderson (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died August 11, 1840
 * | John B. Thompson (W)
 * Seated December 7, 1840
 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
 * | Abbott Lawrence (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 18, 1840
 * | Robert C. Winthrop (W)
 * Seated November 9, 1840
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
 * | William S. Ramsey (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died October 17, 1840
 * | Charles McClure (D)
 * Seated December 7, 1840
 * Iowa Territory's at-large congressional district
 * | William W. Chapman (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Term expired by law October 27, 1840
 * | Augustus C. Dodge (D)
 * Seated October 28, 1840
 * Virginia's 1st congressional district
 * | Joel Holleman (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned in December 1840
 * | Francis Mallory (W)
 * Seated December 28, 1840
 * Maine's 4th congressional district
 * | George Evans (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1841, after being elected to the US Senate
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * }
 * Iowa Territory's at-large congressional district
 * | William W. Chapman (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Term expired by law October 27, 1840
 * | Augustus C. Dodge (D)
 * Seated October 28, 1840
 * Virginia's 1st congressional district
 * | Joel Holleman (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned in December 1840
 * | Francis Mallory (W)
 * Seated December 28, 1840
 * Maine's 4th congressional district
 * | George Evans (W)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 3, 1841, after being elected to the US Senate
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * }
 * Not filled this term
 * }

Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

 * Agriculture (Chairman: Alexander Mouton)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Nehemiah R. Knight)
 * Claims (Chairman: Henry Hubbard)
 * Commerce (Chairman: William R. King)
 * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Richard H. Bayard)&
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Oliver Smith then John Henderson)
 * Finance (Chairman: Silas Wright)
 * Fiscal Corporation of the United States (Select)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: James Buchanan)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Ambrose H. Sevier)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Garret D. Wall)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Wilson Lumpkin)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton)
 * Militia (Chairman: Clement C. Clay)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Reuel Williams)
 * Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Daniel Sturgeon)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Franklin Pierce)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John M. Robinson)
 * Printing (Chairman: N/A)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Lewis F. Linn)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William S. Fulton)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Robert J. Walker)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Perry Smith)
 * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Richard M. Young)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: Joseph Johnson)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: Edmund Deberry)
 * Apportionment of Representatives (Select)
 * Claims (Chairman: David A. Russell)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Edward Curtis)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: William C. Johnson)
 * Elections (Chairman: Francis E. Rives)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall I)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Richard P. Marvin)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Joseph R. Underwood)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: George Evans)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Peter J. Wagner)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Edward Stanly)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Francis W. Pickens)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: John Bell)
 * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Sherrod Williams)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: John Sergeant)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: John Quincy Adams)
 * Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi (Select)
 * Mileage (Chairman: Thomas W. Williams)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: Cave Johnson until 1840, then Waddy Thompson Jr.)
 * Militia (Chairman: George M. Keim)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Francis Thomas)
 * Patents (Chairman: Issac Fletcher)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James I. McKay)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: William B. Calhoun)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Stephen B. Leonard)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: William K. Bond)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas Corwin 1839-1840, then Samson Mason 1840, then Jeremiah Morrow)
 * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Luther C. Peck)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Joseph F. Randolph)
 * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John Taliaferro)
 * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Charles Ogle)
 * Rules (Select)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: John Pope)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: John W. Jones)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. Benjamin Tappan)
 * The Library (Chairman: N/A)

Employees

 * Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

 * Chaplain: Henry Slicer (Methodist), until December 31, 1839
 * George G. Cookman (Methodist), from December 31, 1839
 * Secretary: Asbury Dickins
 * Sergeant at Arms: Stephen Haight

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: Levi M. Reese (Methodist), until February 4, 1840
 * Joshua Bates (Congregationalist), elected February 4, 1840
 * Thomas W. Braxton (Baptist), elected December 7, 1840
 * Clerk: Hugh A. Garland
 * Doorkeeper: Joseph Follansbee, elected December 23, 1839
 * Postmaster: William J. McCormick, elected December 23, 1839
 * Reading Clerks:
 * Sergeant at Arms: Roderick Dorsey