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The Twenty-fourth 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, 1835 to March 3, 1837, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.


 * See also: 24th Congress - state detail

Dates of sessions
March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 Previous congress: 23rd Congress - general Next congress: 25th Congress - general
 * First session: December 7, 1835 - July 4, 1836
 * Second session: December 5, 1836 - March 3, 1837 — a lame duck session

Party summary
Arkansas and Michigan were newly admitted to the Union and first represented as states in this Congress.

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Leadership

 * Senate


 * Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
 * Martin Van Buren, Democratic of New York
 * President pro tempore of the Senate:
 * William R. King, Democratic of Alabama, elected July 1, 1836
 * House of Representatives


 * Speaker of the House
 * James K. Polk, Democratic of Tennessee, elected December 7, 1835

Major events

 * Main article: Events of 1835; Events of 1836; Events of 1837


 * April 20, 1836 -- Wisconsin Territory was formed from the Michigan Territory
 * June 15, 1836 -- Arkansas was admitted as a state into the Union.
 * January 26, 1837 -- Michigan was admitted as a state into the Union.

Major legislation

 * ''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 24th Congress

Membership highlights by chamber
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.


 * ''See also: Category:United States Senators
 * ''See also: Category:United States congressional delegations by state

House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.


 * ''See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
 * ''See also: Category:United States congressional delegations by state

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 * Alabama
 * Alabama


 * Alabama's 1st congressional district: Reuben Chapman (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district: Joshua L. Martin (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district: Joab Lawler (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district: Dixon H. Lewis (N)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district: Francis S. Lyon (NR)
 * Arkansas


 * Arkansas's at-large congressional district: Archibald Yell (D)
 * Connecticut


 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Elisha Haley (D)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Samuel Ingham (D)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Andrew T. Judson (D)
 * Orrin Holt (D)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Lancelot Phelps (D)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Isaac Toucey (D)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Zalmon Wildman (D)
 * Thomas T. Whittlesey (D)
 * Delaware


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


 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: John E. Coffee (D)
 * William C. Dawson (NR)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Seaton Grantland (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Charles E. Haynes (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: James M. Wayne (D)
 * Jabez Y. Jackson (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: George W. Owens (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: John W. A. Sanford (D)
 * Thomas Glascock (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: William Schley (D)
 * Jesse F. Cleveland (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: James C. Terrell (D)
 * Hopkins Holsey (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: George W. B. Towns (D)
 * Julius C. Alford (NR)
 * Illinois


 * Illinois's 1st congressional district: John Reynolds (D)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district: Zadok Casey (D)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district: William L. May (D)
 * Indiana


 * Indiana's 1st congressional district: Ratliff Boon (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district: John W. Davis (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district: John Carr (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district: Amos Lane (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district: Johnathan McCarty (NR)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district: George L. Kinnard (D)
 * William Herod (NR)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district: Edward A. Hannegan (D)
 * Kentucky


 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district: Linn Boyd (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district: Albert G. Hawes (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district: Joseph R. Underwood (NR)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district: Sherrod Williams (NR)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district: James Harlan (NR)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district: John Calhoon (NR)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district: Benjamin Hardin (NR)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district: William J. Graves (NR)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district: John White (NR)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district: Chilton Allan (NR)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district: Richard French (D)
 * Kentucky's 12th congressional district: John Chambers (NR)
 * Kentucky's 13th congressional district: Richard M. Johnson (D)
 * Louisiana


 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district: Henry Johnson (NR)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district: Eleazar W. Ripley (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district: Rice Garland (NR)
 * Maine


 * Maine's 1st congressional district: John Fairfield (D)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district: Francis O. J. Smith (D)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district: Jeremiah Bailey (NR)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district: George Evans (NR)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district: Moses Mason, Jr. (D)
 * Maine's 6th congressional district: Joseph Hall (D)
 * Maine's 7th congressional district: Leonard Jarvis (D)
 * Maine's 8th congressional district: Gorham Parks (D)
 * Maryland


 * Maryland's 1st congressional district: John N. Steele (NR)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district: James A. Pearce (NR)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district: James Turner (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district: Benjamin C. Howard (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district: Isaac McKim (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district: George C. Washington (NR)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district: Francis Thomas (D)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district: Daniel Jenifer (NR)
 * Massachusetts


 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district: Abbott Lawrence (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district: Stephen C. Phillips (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district: Caleb Cushing (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district: Samuel Hoar (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district: George J. Grennell, Jr. (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district: George N. Briggs (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district: William B. Calhoun (NR)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district: William Jackson (AM)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district: Nathaniel B. Borden (D)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district: John Reed, Jr. (AM)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district: John Quincy Adams (AM)
 * Michigan
 * Michigan


 * Michigan's at-large congressional district: Isaac E. Crary (D)
 * Mississippi


 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district: John F. H. Claiborne (D)
 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district: David Dickson (NR)
 * Samuel J. Gholson (D)
 * Missouri


 * Missouri's at-large congressional district: William H. Ashley (NR)
 * Missouri's at-large congressional district: Albert G. Harrison (D)
 * New Hampshire


 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Benning M. Bean (D)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Robert Burns (D)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Samuel Cushman (D)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Franklin Pierce (D)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Joseph Weeks (D)
 * New Jersey


 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Philemon Dickerson (D)
 * William Chetwood (NR)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Samuel Fowler (D)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Thomas Lee (D)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: James Parker (D)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Ferdinand S. Schenck (D)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: William N. Shinn (D)
 * New York


 * New York's 1st congressional district: Abel Huntington (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district: Samuel Barton (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Churchill C. Cambreleng (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Campbell P. White (D)
 * Gideon Lee (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: John McKeon (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Ely Moore (D)
 * New York's 4th congressional district: Aaron Ward (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district: Abraham Bockee (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district: John W. Brown (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district: Nicholas Sickles (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district: Valentine Efner (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district: Aaron Vanderpoel (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district: Hiram P. Hunt (NR)
 * New York's 10th congressional district: Gerrit Y. Lansing (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district: John Cramer (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district: David A. Russell (NR)
 * New York's 13th congressional district: Dudley Farlin (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district: Ransom H. Gillet (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district: Matthias J. Bovee (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district: Abijah Mann, Jr. (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district: Samuel Beardsley (D)
 * Rutger B. Miller (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district: Joel Turrill (D)
 * New York's 18th congressional district: Daniel Wardwell (D)
 * New York's 19th congressional district: Sherman Page (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district: William Seymour (D)
 * New York's 21st congressional district: William Mason (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district: Stephen B. Leonard (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district: Joseph Reynolds (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district: William K. Fuller (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district: William Taylor (D)
 * New York's 24th congressional district: Ulysses F. Doubleday (D)
 * New York's 25th congressional district: Graham H. Chapin (D)
 * New York's 26th congressional district: Francis Granger (NR)
 * New York's 27th congressional district: Joshua Lee (D)
 * New York's 28th congressional district: Timothy Childs (NR)
 * New York's 29th congressional district: George W. Lay (NR)
 * New York's 30th congressional district: Philo C. Fuller (NR)
 * John Young (NR)
 * New York's 31st congressional district: Abner Hazeltine (NR)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district: Thomas C. Love (NR)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district: Gideon Hard (NR)
 * North Carolina


 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district: William B. Shepard (NR)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district: Jesse A. Bynum (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district: Ebenezer Pettigrew (NR)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district: Jesse Speight (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 (NR)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district: William Montgomery (D)
 * 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 (D)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district: James Graham (NR)
 * North Carolina's 13th congressional district: Lewis Williams (NR)
 * Ohio


 * Ohio's 1st congressional district: Bellamy Storer (NR)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district: Taylor Webster (D)
 * 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 (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district: Samuel F. Vinton (NR)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district: William K. Bond (NR)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district: Jeremiah McLene (D)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district: John Chaney (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district: Samson Mason (NR)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district: William Kennon, Sr. (D)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district: Elias Howell (NR)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district: David Spangler (NR)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district: William Patterson (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district: Jonathan Sloane (AM)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district: Elisha Whittlesey (NR)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district: John Thomson (D)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district: Benjamin Jones (D)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district: Daniel Kilgore (D)
 * Pennsylvania
 * Pennsylvania


 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district: Joel B. Sutherland (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district: James Harper (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district: Joseph R. Ingersoll (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district: Michael W. Ash (D)
 * 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: Jacob Fry, Jr. (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district: Mathias Morris (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district: David D. Wagener (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district: Edward B. Hubley (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district: Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district: William Clark (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district: Henry Logan (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district: George Chambers (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district: Jesse Miller (D)
 * James Black (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district: Joseph Henderson (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district: Andrew Beaumont (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district: Joseph B. Anthony (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district: John Laporte (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district: Job Mann (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district: John J. Klingensmith, Jr. (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district: Andrew Buchanan (D)
 * 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 (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district: John Banks (AM)
 * John J. Pearson (NR)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district: John Galbraith (D)
 * Rhode Island


 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district: Dutee J. Pearce (AM)
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district: William Sprague (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: Robert B. Campbell (N)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district: James H. Hammond (N)
 * Franklin H. Elmore (N)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district: Francis W. Pickens (N)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district: Warren R. Davis (N)
 * Waddy Thompson, Jr. (NR)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district: James Rogers (D)
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district: Richard I. Manning (D)
 * John P. Richardson (D)
 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district: John K. Griffin (N)
 * Tennessee


 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district: William B. Carter (NR)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district: Samuel Bunch (NR)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district: Luke Lea (NR)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district: James I. Standifer (NR)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district: John B. Forester (NR)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district: Balie Peyton (NR)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district: John Bell (NR)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district: Abram P. Maury (NR)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district: James K. Polk (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district: Ebenezer J. Shields (NR)
 * Tennessee's 11th congressional district: Cave Johnson (D)
 * Tennessee's 12th congressional district: Adam Huntsman (D)
 * Tennessee's 13th congressional district: William C. Dunlap (D)
 * 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: Henry F. Janes (AM)
 * Virginia


 * Virginia's 1st congressional district: George Loyall (D)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district: John Y. Mason (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district: John W. Jones (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district: George C. Dromgoole (D)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district: James W. Bouldin (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district: Walter Coles (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district: Nathaniel H. Claiborne (NR)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district: Henry A. Wise (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district: John Roane (D)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district: John Taliaferro (NR)
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district: John Robertson (NR)
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district: James Garland (D)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district: John M. Patton (D)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district: Charles F. Mercer (NR)
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district: Edward Lucas (D)
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district: James M. H. Beale (D)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district: Robert Craig (D)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district: George W. Hopkins (D)
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district: William McComas (NR)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district: Joseph Johnson (D)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district: William S. Morgan (D)

Delegates

 * Arkansas Territory


 * Arkansas Territory's at-large congressional district: Ambrose H. Sevier (D)
 * Florida Territory


 * Florida Territory's at-large congressional district: Joseph M. White (D)
 * Michigan Territory


 * Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district: George W. Jones (D)


 * Wisconsin Territory


 * Wisconsin Territory's at-large congressional district: George W. Jones (D)
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.