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The Twenty-fifth 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, 1837 to March 3, 1839, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Martin Van Buren.

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 Democratic majority.


 * See also: 25th Congress - state detail

Dates of sessions
March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839 Previous congress: 24th Congress - general Next congress: 26th Congress - general
 * Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1837 – March 10, 1837
 * First session: September 4, 1837 - October 16, 1837
 * Second session: December 4, 1837 - July 9, 1838
 * Third session: December 3, 1838 - March 3, 1839 — a lame duck session

Party summary
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):
 * Richard M. Johnson, Democratic of Kentucky
 * President pro tempore of the Senate:
 * William R. King, Democratic of Alabama, elected March 7, 1837
 * House of Representatives


 * Speaker of the House
 * James K. Polk, Democratic of Tennessee, elected September 4, 1837

Major events

 * Main article: Events of 1837; Events of 1838; Events of 1839


 * March 4, 1837 -- Martin Van Buren became President of the United States

Major legislation

 * ''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 25th Congress


 * June 12, 1838 -- Iowa Territory was formed from the Wisconsin Territory

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1840; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1842.
 * ''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 (W)
 * George W. Crabb (W)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district: Dixon H. Lewis (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district: Francis S. Lyon (W)
 * Arkansas


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


 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district: Isaac Toucey (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district: Samuel Ingham (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district: Elisha Haley (D)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district: Thomas T. Whittlesey (D)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district: Lancelot Phelps (D)
 * Connecticut's 6th congressional district: Orrin Holt (D)
 * Delaware


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


 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Jesse F. Cleveland (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: William C. Dawson (W)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Thomas Glascock (D)
 * 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: Hopkins Holsey (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Jabez Y. Jackson (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: George W. Owens (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: George W. B. Towns (D)
 * Illinois


 * Illinois's 1st congressional district: Adam W. Snyder (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 Ewing (W)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district: William Graham (W)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district: George H. Dunn (W)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district: James Rariden (W)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district: William Herod (W)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district: Albert S. White (W)
 * Kentucky


 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district: John L. Murray (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district: Edward Rumsey (W)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district: Joseph R. Underwood (W)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district: Sherrod Williams (W)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district: James Harlan (W)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district: John Calhoon (W)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district: John Pope (IW)
 * 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: Richard H. Menefee (W)
 * Kentucky's 12th congressional district: John Chambers (W)
 * Kentucky's 13th congressional district: William W. Southgate (W)
 * Louisiana


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


 * Maine's 1st congressional district: John Fairfield (D)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district: Francis O. J. Smith (D)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district: Jonathan Cilley (D)
 * Edward Robinson (W)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district: George Evans (W)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district: Timothy J. Carter (D)
 * Virgil D. Parris (D)
 * Maine's 6th congressional district: Hugh J. Anderson (D)
 * Maine's 7th congressional district: Joseph C. Noyes (W)
 * Maine's 8th congressional district: Thomas Davee (D)
 * Maryland


 * Maryland's 1st congressional district: John Dennis (W)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district: James A. Pearce (W)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district: John T. H. Worthington (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district: Benjamin C. Howard (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district: Isaac McKim (D)
 * John P. Kennedy (W)
 * 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: Richard Fletcher (W)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district: Stephen C. Phillips (W)
 * Leverett Saltonstall (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: George J. Grennell, Jr. (W)
 * 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: Nathaniel B. Borden (D)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district: John Reed, Jr. (W)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district: John Quincy Adams (W)
 * Michigan


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


 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district: John F. H. Claiborne (D)
 * Thomas J. Word (W)
 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district: Samuel J. Gholson (D)
 * Seargent S. Prentiss (W)
 * Missouri


 * Missouri's at-large congressional district: Albert G. Harrison (D)
 * Missouri's at-large congressional district: John Miller (D)
 * New Hampshire


 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Charles G. Atherton (D)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Samuel Cushman (D)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: James Farrington (D)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Joseph Weeks (D)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Jared W. Williams (D)
 * New Jersey


 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: John B. Aycrigg (W)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: William Halstead (W)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: John P. B. Maxwell (W)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Joseph F. Randolph (W)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Charles C. Stratton (W)
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Thomas Jones Yorke (W)
 * New York


 * New York's 1st congressional district: Thomas B. Jackson (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district: Abraham Vanderveer (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Churchill C. Cambreleng (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Edward Curtis (W)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Ogden Hoffman (W)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Ely Moore (D)
 * New York's 4th congressional district: Gouverneur Kemble (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district: Obadiah Titus (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district: Nathaniel Jones (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district: John C. Brodhead (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district: Robert McClellan (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district: Zadock Pratt (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district: Henry Vail (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district: Albert Gallup (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district: John I. De Graff (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district: David A. Russell (W)
 * New York's 13th congressional district: John Palmer (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district: James B. Spencer (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district: John Edwards (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district: Arphaxed Loomis (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district: Henry A. Foster (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district: Abraham P. Grant (D)
 * New York's 18th congressional district: Isaac H. Bronson (D)
 * New York's 19th congressional district: John H. Prentiss (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district: Amasa J. Parker (D)
 * New York's 21st congressional district: John C. Clark (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district: Andrew D. W. Bruyn (D)
 * Cyrus Beers (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district: Hiram Gray (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district: Bennet Bicknell (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district: William Taylor (D)
 * New York's 24th congressional district: William H. Noble (D)
 * New York's 25th congressional district: Samuel Birdsall (D)
 * New York's 26th congressional district: Mark H. Sibley (W)
 * New York's 27th congressional district: John T. Andrews (D)
 * New York's 28th congressional district: Timothy Childs (W)
 * New York's 29th congressional district: William Patterson (W)
 * Harvey Putnam (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: Samuel T. Sawyer (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 (W)
 * 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: Augustine H. Shepperd (W)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district: Abraham Rencher (W)
 * 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: Taylor Webster (D)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district: Patrick G. Goode (W)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district: Thomas Corwin (W)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district: Thomas L. Hamer (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: John Chaney (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district: Samson Mason (W)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district: James Alexander, Jr. (W)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district: Alexander Harper (W)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district: Daniel P. Leadbetter (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district: William H. Hunter (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district: John W. Allen (W)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district: Elisha Whittlesey (W)
 * Joshua R. Giddings (W)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district: Andrew W. Loomis (W)
 * Charles D. Coffin (W)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district: Matthias Shepler (D)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district: Daniel Kilgore (D)
 * Henry Swearingen (D)
 * Pennsylvania
 * Pennsylvania


 * 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: Francis J. Harper (D)
 * Charles Naylor (W)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district: Edward Darlington (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district: Edward Davies (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 (W)
 * 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)
 * George M. Keim (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district: Luther Reily (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district: Henry Logan (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district: Daniel Sheffer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district: Charles McClure (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district: William W. Potter (D)
 * 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: 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: Richard Biddle (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district: William Beatty (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district: Thomas Henry (AM)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district: Arnold Plumer (D)
 * Rhode Island


 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district: Robert B. Cranston (W)
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district: Joseph L. Tillinghast (W)
 * South Carolina


 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district: Hugh S. Legaré (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district: R. Barnwell Rhett (N)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district: John Campbell (N)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district: Franklin H. Elmore (N)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district: Francis W. Pickens (N)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district: Waddy Thompson, Jr. (W)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district: William K. Clowney (N)
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district: John P. Richardson (D)
 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district: John K. Griffin (N)
 * 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: James I. Standifer (W)
 * William Stone (W)
 * 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: Abram P. Maury (W)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district: James K. Polk (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district: Ebenezer J. Shields (W)
 * Tennessee's 11th congressional district: Richard Cheatham (W)
 * 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: Heman Allen (W)
 * Vermont's 5th congressional district: Isaac Fletcher (D)
 * Virginia


 * Virginia's 1st congressional district: Francis Mallory (W)
 * 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: James W. Bouldin (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district: Walter Coles (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district: Archibald Stuart (D)
 * 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 Robertson (W)
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district: James Garland (D)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district: John M. Patton (D)
 * Linn Banks (D)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district: Charles F. Mercer (W)
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district: James M. Mason (D)
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district: Isaac S. Pennybacker (D)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district: Robert Craig (D)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district: George W. Hopkins (D)
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district: Andrew Beirne (D)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district: Joseph Johnson (D)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district: William S. Morgan (D)

Delegates

 * Florida Territory


 * Florida Territory's at-large congressional district: Charles Downing
 * Iowa Territory


 * Iowa Territory's at-large congressional district: William W. Chapman (D)
 * Wisconsin Territory


 * Wisconsin Territory's 1st congressional district George W. Jones (D)
 * 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.