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The Twenty-sixth 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 3, 1841, during the last 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.

This article supplements the general article with a list of the members by state delegation.


 * see also: 26th Congress - general''

Dates of sessions
March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841 Previous congress: 25th Congress - state detail Next congress: 27th Congress - state detail
 * First session: December 2, 1839 - July 21, 1840
 * Second session: December 7, 1840 - March 3, 1841 — 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 December 2, 1839
 * House of Representatives


 * Speaker of the House
 * Robert M.T. Hunter, Democratic of Virginia, elected December 16, 1839

Membership detail by state
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.

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.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Alabama

 * Senate


 * 2: William R. D. King (1786-1853), Democratic
 * 3: Clement C. Clay (1789-1866), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * Alabama's 1st congressional district: Reuben Chapman (1799-1882), Democratic
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district: David Hubbard (1792-1874), Democratic
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district: George W. Crabb (1804-1846), Whig
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district: Dixon H. Lewis (1802-1848), Democratic
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district: James Dellet (1788-1848), Whig

Arkansas

 * Senate


 * 2: William S. Fulton (1795-1844), Democratic
 * 3: Ambrose H. Sevier (1801-1848), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * Arkansas's at-large congressional district: Edward Cross (1798-1887), Democratic

Connecticut

 * Senate


 * 3: Perry Smith (1783-1852), Democratic
 * 1: Thaddeus Betts (1789-1840), Whig …died April 7, 1840.
 * Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847), Whig …elected to fill vacancy May 4, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Joseph Trumbull (1782-1861), Whig
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: William L. Storrs (1795-1861), Whig …resigned in June 1840.
 * William W. Boardman (1794-1871), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Thomas W. Williams (1789-1874), Whig
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Thomas B. Osborne (1798-1869), Whig
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: Truman Smith (1791-1884), Whig
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district: John H. Brockway (1801-1870), Whig

Delaware

 * Senate


 * 1: Richard H. Bayard (1796-1868), Whig …resigned September 19, 1839, elected to fill vacancy January 12, 1841.
 * 2: Thomas Clayton (1777-1854), Whig
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * Delaware's at-large congressional district: Thomas Robinson, Jr. (1800-1843), Democratic

Georgia

 * Senate


 * 3: Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856), Democratic
 * 2: Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (9 seats)


 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Julius C. Alford (1799-1863), Whig
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Edward J. Black (1806-1846), Whig
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Walter T. Colquitt (1799-1855), Whig …resigned July 21, 1840.
 * Hines Holt (1805-1865), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1841.
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Mark A. Cooper (1800-1885), Whig
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: William C. Dawson (1798-1856), Whig
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Richard W. Habersham (1786-1842), Whig
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Thomas Butler King (1800-1864), Whig
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Eugenius A. Nisbet (1803-1871), Whig
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district: Lott Warren (1797-1861), Whig

Illinois

 * Senate


 * 2: John M. Robinson (1794-1843), Democratic
 * 3: Richard M. Young (1798-1861), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * Illinois's 1st congressional district: John Reynolds (1788-1865), Democratic
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district: Zadok Casey (1796-1862), Democratic
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district: John T. Stuart (1807-1885), Whig

Indiana

 * Senate


 * 3: Oliver H. Smith (1794-1859), Whig
 * 1: Albert S. White (1803-1864), Whig
 * House of Representatives (7 seats)


 * Indiana's 1st congressional district: George H. Proffit (1807-1847), Whig
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district: John W. Davis (1799-1859), Democratic
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district: John Carr (1793-1845), Democratic
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district: Thomas Smith (1799-1876), Democratic
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district: James Rariden (1795-1856), Whig
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district: William W. Wick (1796-1868), Democratic
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district: Tilghman A. Howard (1797-1844), Democratic …resigned August 1, 1840.
 * Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.

Kentucky

 * Senate


 * 3: Henry Clay (1777-1852), Whig
 * 2: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Whig
 * House of Representatives (13 seats)


 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district: Linn Boyd (1800-1859), Democratic
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district: Philip Triplett (1799-1852), Whig
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district: Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), Whig
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district: Sherrod Williams (1804- ), Whig
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district: Simeon H. Anderson (1802-1840), Whig …died August 11, 1840.
 * John B. Thompson (1810-1874), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district: Willis Green ( - ), Whig
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district: John Pope (1770-1845), Whig
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district: William J. Graves (1805-1848), Whig
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district: John White (1802-1845), Whig
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district: Richard Hawes (1797-1877), Whig
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district: Landaff W. Andrews (1803-1887), Whig
 * Kentucky's 12th congressional district: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Whig
 * Kentucky's 13th congressional district: William O. Butler (1791-1880), Democratic

Louisiana

 * Senate


 * 2: Robert C. Nicholas (1793-1857), Democratic
 * 3: Alexander Mouton (1804-1885), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (3 seats)


 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district: Edward D. White (1795-1847), Whig
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district: Thomas W. Chinn (1791-1852), Whig
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district: Rice Garland (1795c-1861), Whig …resigned July 21, 1840.
 * John Moore (1788-1867), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17, 1840.

Maine

 * Senate


 * 2: John Ruggles (1789-1874), Democratic
 * 1: Reuel Williams (1783-1862), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (8 seats)


 * Maine's 1st congressional district: Nathan Clifford (1803-1881), Democratic
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district: Albert Smith (1793-1867), Democratic
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district: Benjamin Randall (1789-1859), Whig
 * Maine's 4th congressional district: George Evans (1797-1867), Whig
 * Maine's 5th congressional district: Virgil D. Parris (1807-1874), Democratic
 * Maine's 6th congressional district: Hugh J. Anderson (1801-1881), Democratic
 * Maine's 7th congressional district: Joshua A. Lowell (1801-1874), Democratic
 * Maine's 8th congressional district: Thomas Davee (1797-1841), Democratic

Maryland

 * Senate


 * 3: John S. Spence (1788-1840), Whig …died October 24, 1840.
 * John L. Kerr (1780-1844), Whig …elected to fill vacancy January 5, 1841.
 * 1: William D. Merrick (1793-1857), Whig
 * House of Representatives (8 seats)


 * Maryland's 1st congressional district: John Dennis (1807-1859), Whig
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district: Philip F. Thomas (1810-1890), Democratic
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district: John T. H. Worthington (1788-1849), Democratic
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district: James Carroll (1791-1873), Democratic
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district: Solomon Hillen, Jr. (1810-1873), Democratic
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district: William Cost Johnson (1806-1860), Whig
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district: Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Democratic
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district: Daniel Jenifer (1791-1855), Whig

Massachusetts

 * Senate


 * 1: Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Whig …resigned February 22, 1841.
 * Rufus Choate (1799-1859), Whig …elected to fill vacancy February 23, 1841.
 * 2: John Davis (1787-1854), Whig …resigned January 5, 1841.
 * Isaac C. Bates (1779-1845), Whig …elected to fill vacancy January 13, 1841.
 * House of Representatives (12 seats)


 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district: Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), Whig …resigned September 18, 1840.
 * Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district: Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845), Whig
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district: Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), Whig
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district: William Parmenter (1789-1866), Democratic
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district: Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782-1868), Whig
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district: James C. Alvord (1808-1839), Whig …died September 27, 1839, before Congress assembled.
 * Osmyn Baker (1800-1875), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 14, 1840.
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district: George N. Briggs (1796-1861), Whig
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district: William B. Calhoun (1796-1865), Whig
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district: William S. Hastings (1798-1842), Whig
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district: Henry Williams (1805-1887), Democratic
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district: John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860), Whig
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Whig

Michigan

 * Senate


 * 2: John Norvell (1789-1850), Democratic
 * 1: Augustus S. Porter (1798-1872), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 20, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (1 seat)


 * Michigan's at-large congressional district: Isaac E. Crary (1804-1854), Democratic

Mississippi

 * Senate


 * 2: Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), Democratic
 * 1: John Henderson (1797-1857), Whig
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic
 * Mississippi's at-large congressional district: Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), Democratic

Missouri

 * Senate


 * 1: Thomas H. Benton (1782-1858), Democratic
 * 3: Lewis F. Linn (1796-1843), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * Missouri's at-large congressional district: Albert G. Harrison (1800-1839), Democratic …died September 7, 1839.
 * John Jameson (1802-1857), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1839.
 * Missouri's at-large congressional district: John Miller (1781-1846), Democratic

New Hampshire

 * Senate


 * 2: Henry Hubbard (1784-1857), Democratic
 * 3: Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Charles G. Atherton (1804-1853), Democratic
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Edmund Burke (1809-1882), Democratic
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Ira A. Eastman (1809-1881), Democratic
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Tristram Shaw (1786-1843), Democratic
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district: Jared W. Williams (1796-1864), Democratic

New Jersey

 * Senate


 * 1: Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842), Whig
 * 2: Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (6 seats)


 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: William R. Cooper (1793-1856), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Joseph Kille (1790-1865), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Joseph F. Randolph (1803-1873), Whig
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Daniel B. Ryall (1798-1864), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.
 * New Jersey's at-large congressional district: Peter D. Vroom (1791-1873), Democratic …contested election, seated March 10, 1840.

New York

 * Senate


 * 3: Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847), Democratic
 * 1: Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (1795-1864), Whig
 * House of Representatives (40 seats)


 * New York's 1st congressional district: Thomas B. Jackson (1797-1881), Democratic
 * New York's 2nd congressional district: James De la Montanya (1798-1849), Democratic
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Edward Curtis (1801-1856), Whig
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Moses H. Grinnell (1803-1877), Whig
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1793-1856), Whig
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: James Monroe (1799-1870), Whig
 * New York's 4th congressional district: Gouverneur Kemble (1786-1875), Democratic
 * New York's 5th congressional district: Charles Johnston (1793-1845), Whig
 * New York's 6th congressional district: Nathaniel Jones (1788-1866), Democratic
 * New York's 7th congressional district: Rufus Palen (1807-1844), Whig
 * New York's 8th congressional district: John Ely (1774-1849), Democratic
 * New York's 8th congressional district: Aaron Vanderpoel (1799-1870), Democratic
 * New York's 9th congressional district: Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865), Whig
 * New York's 10th congressional district: Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861), Whig
 * New York's 11th congressional district: Anson Brown (1800-1840), Whig …died June 14, 1840.
 * Nicholas B. Doe (1786-1856), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * New York's 12th congressional district: David A. Russell (1780-1861), Whig
 * New York's 13th congressional district: Augustus C. Hand (1803-1878), Democratic
 * New York's 14th congressional district: John Fine (1794-1867), Democratic
 * New York's 15th congressional district: Peter J. Wagner (1795-1884), Whig
 * New York's 16th congressional district: Andrew W. Doig (1799-1875), Democratic
 * New York's 17th congressional district: David P. Brewster (1801-1876), Democratic
 * New York's 17th congressional district: John G. Floyd (1806-1881), Democratic
 * New York's 18th congressional district: Thomas C. Chittenden (1788-1866), Whig
 * New York's 19th congressional district: John H. Prentiss (1784-1861), Democratic
 * New York's 20th congressional district: Judson Allen (1797-1880), Democratic
 * New York's 21st congressional district: John C. Clark (1793-1852), Whig
 * New York's 22nd congressional district: Amasa Dana (1792-1867), Democratic
 * New York's 22nd congressional district: Stephen B. Leonard (1793-1876), Democratic
 * New York's 23rd congressional district: Nehemiah H. Earll (1787-1872), Democratic
 * New York's 23rd congressional district: Edward Rogers (1787-1857), Democratic
 * New York's 24th congressional district: Christopher Morgan (1808-1877), Whig
 * New York's 25th congressional district: Theron R. Strong (1802-1873), Democratic
 * New York's 26th congressional district: Francis Granger (1792-1868), Whig
 * New York's 27th congressional district: Meredith Mallory ( - ), Democratic
 * New York's 28th congressional district: Thomas Kempshall (1796c-1865), Whig
 * New York's 29th congressional district: Seth M. Gates (1800-1877), Whig
 * New York's 30th congressional district: Luther C. Peck (1800-1876), Whig
 * New York's 31st congressional district: Richard P. Marvin (1803-1892), Whig
 * New York's 32nd congressional district: Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), Whig
 * New York's 33rd congressional district: Charles F. Mitchell (1808c- ), Whig

North Carolina

 * Senate


 * 2: Bedford Brown (1795-1870), Democratic …resigned November 16, 1840.
 * Willie P. Mangum (1792-1861), Whig …elected to fill vacancy November 25, 1840.
 * 3: Robert Strange (1796-1854), Democratic …resigned November 16, 1840.
 * William A. Graham (1804-1875), Whig …elected to fill vacancy November 25, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (13 seats)


 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district: Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884), Whig
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district: Jesse A. Bynum (1797-1868), Democratic
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district: Edward Stanly (1810-1872), Whig
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district: Charles B. Shepard (1808-1843), Democratic
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district: James I. McKay (1793-1853), Democratic
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district: Micajah T. Hawkins (1790-1858), Democratic
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district: Edmund Deberry (1787-1859), Whig
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district: William Montgomery (1789-1844), Democratic
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district: John Hill (1797-1861), Democratic
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district: Charles Fisher (1789-1849), Democratic
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district: Henry W. Connor (1793-1866), Democratic
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district: James Graham (1793-1851), Whig
 * North Carolina's 13th congressional district: Lewis Williams (1782-1842), Whig

Ohio

 * Senate


 * 3: William Allen (1803-1879), Democratic
 * 1: Benjamin Tappan (1773-1857), Democratic
 * House of Representatives (19 seats)


 * Ohio's 1st congressional district: Alexander Duncan (1788-1853), Democratic
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district: John B. Weller (1812-1875), Democratic
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district: Patrick G. Goode (1798-1862), Whig
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Whig …resigned May 30, 1840.
 * Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district: William Doan (1792-1847), Democratic
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district: Calvary Morris (1798-1871), Whig
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district: William K. Bond (1792-1864), Whig
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district: Joseph Ridgway (1783-1861), Whig
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district: William Medill (1802-1865), Democratic
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district: Samson Mason (1793-1869), Whig
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district: Isaac Parrish (1804-1860), Democratic
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district: Jonathan Taylor (1796-1848), Democratic
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district: Daniel P. Leadbetter (1797-1870), Democratic
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district: George Sweeny (1796-1877), Democratic
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district: John W. Allen (1802-1887), Whig
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district: Joshua R. Giddings (1795-1864), Whig
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district: John Hastings (1778-1854), Democratic
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district: David A. Starkweather (1802-1876), Democratic
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district: Henry Swearingen (1792c-1849), Democratic

Pennsylvania

 * Senate


 * 3: James Buchanan (1791-1868), Democratic
 * 1: Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 14, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (28 seats)


 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district: Lemuel Paynter (1788-1863), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district: John Sergeant (1779-1852), Whig
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district: George W. Toland (1796-1869), Whig
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district: Charles Naylor (1806-1872), Whig
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district: Edward Davies (1779-1853), Anti-Masonic
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district: John Edwards (1786-1843), Anti-Masonic
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district: Francis James (1799-1886), Anti-Masonic
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district: Joseph Fornance (1804-1852), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district: John Davis (1788-1878), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district: David D. Wagener (1792-1860), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district: Peter Newhard (1783-1860), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district: George M. Keim (1805-1861), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district: William Simonton (1788-1846), Whig
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district: James Gerry (1796-1873), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district: James Cooper (1810-1863), Whig
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district: William S. Ramsey (1810-1840), Democratic …died October 17, 1840.
 * Charles McClure (1804-1846), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1840.
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district: William W. Potter (1792-1839), Democratic …died October 28, 1839, before Congress assembled.
 * George McCulloch (1792-1861), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1839.
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district: David Petrikin (1788-1847), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district: Robert H. Hammond (1791-1847), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district: Samuel W. Morris (1786-1847), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district: Charles Ogle (1798-1841), Anti-Masonic
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district: Albert G. Marchand (1811-1848), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district: Enos Hook (1804-1841), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district: Isaac Leet (1801-1844), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district: Richard Biddle (1796-1847), Anti-Masonic …resigned in 1840.
 * Henry M. Brackenridge (1786-1871), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 10, 1840.
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district: William Beatty (1787-1851), Democratic
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district: Thomas Henry (1779-1849), Anti-Masonic
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district: John Galbraith (1794-1860), Democratic

Rhode Island

 * Senate


 * 2: Nehemiah R. Knight (1780-1854), Whig
 * 1: Nathan F. Dixon (1774-1842), Whig
 * House of Representatives (2 seats)


 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district: Robert B. Cranston (1791-1873), Whig
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district: Joseph L. Tillinghast (1791-1844), Whig

South Carolina

 * Senate


 * 2: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Democratic
 * 3: William C. Preston (1794-1860), Whig
 * House of Representatives (9 seats)


 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district: Isaac E. Holmes (1796-1867), Democratic
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district: R. Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), Democratic
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district: John Campbell ( -1845), Democratic
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district: Sampson H. Butler (1803-1848), Democratic
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district: Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869), Democratic
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district: Waddy Thompson, Jr. (1798-1868), Whig
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district: James Rogers (1795-1873), Democratic
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district: Thomas D. Sumter (1809-1874), Democratic
 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district: John K. Griffin (1789-1841), Democratic

Tennessee

 * Senate


 * 2: Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840), Whig …resigned January 13, 1840.
 * Alexander O. Anderson (1794-1869), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy January 27, 1840.
 * 1: Felix Grundy (1777-1840), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy in class, December 14, 1839, died December 19, 1840.
 * Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy December 25, 1840.
 * House of Representatives (13 seats)


 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district: William B. Carter (1792-1848), Whig
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district: Abraham McClellan (1789-1866), Democratic
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district: Joseph L. Williams (1810-1865), Whig
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district: Julius W. Blackwell (1797c- ), Democratic
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district: Hopkins L. Turney (1797-1857), Democratic
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district: William B. Campbell (1807-1867), Whig
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district: John Bell (1797-1869), Whig
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district: Meredith P. Gentry (1809-1866), Whig
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district: Harvey M. Watterson (1811-1891), Democratic
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district: Aaron V. Brown (1795-1859), Democratic
 * Tennessee's 11th congressional district: Cave Johnson (1793-1866), Democratic
 * Tennessee's 12th congressional district: John W. Crockett (1807-1852), Whig
 * Tennessee's 13th congressional district: Christopher H. Williams (1798-1857), Whig

Vermont

 * Senate


 * 3: Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), Whig
 * 1: Samuel S. Phelps (1793-1855), Whig
 * House of Representatives (5 seats)


 * Vermont's 1st congressional district: Hiland Hall (1795-1885), Whig
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district: William Slade (1786-1859), Whig
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district: Horace Everett (1779-1851), Whig
 * Vermont's 4th congressional district: John Smith (1789-1858), Democratic
 * Vermont's 5th congressional district: Isaac Fletcher (1784-1842), Democratic

Virginia

 * Senate


 * 2: William H. Roane (1787-1845), Democratic
 * 1: William C. Rives (1793-1868), Whig …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 18, 1841.
 * House of Representatives (21 seats)


 * Virginia's 1st congressional district: Joel Holleman (1799-1844), Democratic …resigned in 1840.
 * Francis Mallory (1807-1860), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1841.
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district: Francis E. Rives (1792-1861), Democratic
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district: John W. Jones (1791-1848), Democratic
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district: George C. Dromgoole (1797-1847), Democratic
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district: John Hill (1800-1880), Whig
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district: Walter Coles (1790-1857), Democratic
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district: William L. Goggin (1807-1870), Whig
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district: Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Whig
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Whig
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district: John Taliaferro (1768-1852), Whig
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district: John M. Botts (1802-1869), Whig
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district: James Garland (1791-1885), Conservative
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district: Linn Banks (1784-1842), Democratic
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district: Charles F. Mercer (1778-1858), Whig …resigned December 26, 1839.
 * William M. McCarty (1789c-1863), Whig …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 26, 1839.
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district: William Lucas (1800-1877), Democratic
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district: Green B. Samuels (1806-1859), Democratic
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district: Robert Craig (1792-1852), Democratic
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district: George W. Hopkins (1804-1861), Conservative
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district: Andrew Beirne (1771-1845), Democratic
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district: Joseph Johnson (1785-1877), Democratic
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district: Lewis Steenrod (1810-1862), Democratic

Delegates

 * Florida Territory


 * Florida Territory's at-large congressional district: Charles Downing ( -1845)
 * Iowa Territory


 * Iowa Territory's at-large congressional district: William W. Chapman (1808-1892), Democratic …served until October 27, 1840.
 * Iowa Territory's at-large congressional district: Augustus C. Dodge (1812-1883), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1840.
 * Wisconsin Territory


 * Wisconsin Territory's at-large congressional district: James D. Doty (1799-1865), Democratic