22nd United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1831 in the United States, 1832 in the United States, 1833 in the United States

• December 28, 1832: Vice President John C. Calhoun resigned. The first Vice President of the United States to do so.
• Nullification Crisis

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901#1821 to 1831

• July 14, 1832: Tariff of 1832, ch. 227,
• March 2, 1833: Tariff of 1833 (Compromise Tariff), ch. 55,
• March 2, 1833: Force Bill, ch. 57,

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: John C. Calhoun (J), resigned December 28, 1832; thereafter vacant.
• President pro tempore: Samuel Smith (J), first elected December 5, 1831
  • Littleton W. Tazewell (J), elected July 9, 1832
  • Hugh Lawson White (J), elected December 3, 1832

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Andrew Stevenson (J)

Members

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

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Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 22nd Congress

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 re-election in 1832; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1836.

[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

: 2. William R. King (J) : 3. Gabriel Moore (J)

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. Samuel A. Foot (NR) : 3. Gideon Tomlinson (NR)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

: 2. George M. Troup (J) : 3. John Forsyth (J)

[[List of United States senators from Illinois|Illinois]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Indiana|Indiana]]

: 1. Robert Hanna (NR), from August 19, 1831 - January 3, 1832 :: John Tipton (J), from January 3, 1832 : 3. William Hendricks (NR)

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: 2. George M. Bibb (J) : 3. Henry Clay (NR), from November 10, 1831

[[List of United States senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: 2. Edward Livingston (J), until May 24, 1831 :: George A. Waggaman (NR), from November 15, 1831 : 3. Josiah S. Johnston (NR)

[[List of United States senators from Maine|Maine]]

: 1. John Holmes (NR) : 2. Peleg Sprague (NR)

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

: 1. Samuel Smith (J) : 3. Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR)

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: 1. Powhatan Ellis (J), until July 16, 1832 :: John Black (J), from November 12, 1832 : 2. George Poindexter (NR)

[[List of United States senators from Missouri|Missouri]]

: 1. Thomas H. Benton (J) : 3. Alexander Buckner (J)

[[List of United States senators from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

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

[[List of United States senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: 1. Mahlon Dickerson (J) : 2. Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR)

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

: 1. Charles E. Dudley (J) : 3. William L. Marcy (J), until January 1, 1833 :: Silas Wright Jr. (J), from January 4, 1833

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: 2. Bedford Brown (J) : 3. Willie P. Mangum (J)

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|Ohio]]

: 1. Benjamin Ruggles (NR) : 3. Thomas Ewing (NR)

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: 1. Isaac D. Barnard (J), until December 6, 1831 :: George M. Dallas (J), from December 13, 1831 : 3. William Wilkins (J)

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

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

[[List of United States senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: 2. Robert Y. Hayne (N), until December 3, 1832 :: John C. Calhoun (N), from December 29, 1832 : 3. Stephen D. Miller (N), until March 2, 1833, vacant for remainder of term

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Vermont|Vermont]]

: 1. Horatio Seymour (NR) : 3. Samuel Prentiss (NR)

[[List of United States senators from Virginia|Virginia]]

: 1. John Tyler (J) : 2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J), until July 16, 1832 :: William C. Rives (J), from December 10, 1832

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 22nd Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

[[List of United States representatives from Alabama|Alabama]]

: . Clement C. Clay (J) : . Samuel W. Mardis (J) : . Dixon H. Lewis (J)

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Noyes Barber (NR) : . William W. Ellsworth (NR) : . Jabez W. Huntington (NR) : . Ralph I. Ingersoll (NR) : . William L. Storrs (NR) : . Ebenezer Young (NR)

[[List of United States representatives from Delaware|Delaware]]

: . John J. Milligan (NR)

[[List of United States representatives from Georgia|Georgia]]

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Thomas F. Foster (J) : . Henry G. Lamar (J) : . Wilson Lumpkin (J), until ????, 1831 :: Augustin S. Clayton (J), from January 21, 1832 : . Daniel Newnan (J) : . Wiley Thompson (J) : . James M. Wayne (J) : . Richard Henry Wilde (J)

[[List of United States representatives from Illinois|Illinois]]

: . Joseph Duncan (J)

[[List of United States representatives from Indiana|Indiana]]

: . Ratliff Boon (J) : . John Carr (J) : . Johnathan McCarty (J)

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . Henry Daniel (J) : . Thomas A. Marshall (NR) : . Chilton Allan (NR) : . Robert P. Letcher (NR) : . Richard M. Johnson (J) : . Joseph Lecompte (J) : . John Adair (J) : . Nathan Gaither (J) : . Charles A. Wickliffe (J) : . Christopher Tompkins (NR) : . Albert G. Hawes (J) : . Chittenden Lyon (J)

[[List of United States representatives from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: . Edward D. White (NR) : . Philemon Thomas (J) : . Henry A. Bullard (NR)

[[List of United States representatives from Maine|Maine]]

: . Rufus McIntire (J) : . John Anderson (J) : . Edward Kavanagh (J) : . George Evans (NR) : . Cornelius Holland (J) : . Leonard Jarvis (J) : . James Bates (J)

[[List of United States representatives from Maryland|Maryland]]

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives. : . Daniel Jenifer (NR) : . Benedict J. Semmes (NR) : . George C. Washington (NR) : . Francis Thomas (J) : . Benjamin C. Howard (J) : . John T. H. Worthington (J) : . George E. Mitchell (J), until June 28, 1832 :: Charles S. Sewall (J), from October 1, 1832 : . John L. Kerr (NR) : . John S. Spence (NR)

[[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: . Nathan Appleton (NR) : . Rufus Choate (NR) : . Jeremiah Nelson (NR) : . Edward Everett (NR) : . John Davis (NR) : . Joseph G. Kendall (NR) : . George J. Grennell Jr. (NR) : . Isaac C. Bates (NR) : . George N. Briggs (NR) : . Henry A. S. Dearborn (NR) : . John Quincy Adams (NR) : . James L. Hodges (NR) : . John Reed Jr. (NR)

[[List of United States representatives from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: . Franklin E. Plummer (J)

[[List of United States representatives from Missouri|Missouri]]

: . Spencer D. Pettis (J), until August 28, 1831 :: William H. Ashley (J), from October 31, 1831

[[List of United States representatives from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . John Brodhead (J) : . Thomas Chandler (J) : . Joseph Hammons (J) : . Joseph M. Harper (J) : . Henry Hubbard (J) : . John W. Weeks (J)

[[List of United States representatives from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Lewis Condict (NR) : . Silas Condit (NR) : . Richard M. Cooper (NR) : . Thomas H. Hughes (NR) : . James F. Randolph (NR) : . Isaac Southard (NR)

[[List of United States representatives from New York|New York]]

There were three plural districts, the 20th & 26th had two representatives each, the 3rd had three representatives. : . James Lent (J), until February 22, 1833, vacant thereafter : . John T. Bergen (J) : . Churchill C. Cambreleng (J) : . Gulian C. Verplanck (J) : . Campbell P. White (J) : . Aaron Ward (J) : . Edmund H. Pendleton (NR) : . Samuel J. Wilkin (NR) : . John C. Brodhead (J) : . John King (J) : . Job Pierson (J) : . Gerrit Y. Lansing (J) : . Erastus Root (J) : . Joseph Bouck (J) : . William G. Angel (J) : . Samuel Beardsley (J) : . Michael Hoffman (J) : . Nathan Soule (J) : . John W. Taylor (NR) : . Nathaniel Pitcher (J) : . William Hogan (J) : . Charles Dayan (J) : . Daniel Wardwell (J) : . John A. Collier (Anti-M) : . Edward C. Reed (J) : . Freeborn G. Jewett (J) : . Ulysses F. Doubleday (J) : . Gamaliel H. Barstow (Anti-M) : . William Babcock (Anti-M) : . John Dickson (Anti-M) : . Frederick Whittlesey (Anti-M) : . Grattan H. Wheeler (Anti-M) : . Phineas L. Tracy (Anti-M) : . Bates Cooke (Anti-M)

[[List of United States representatives from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: . William B. Shepard (NR) : . John Branch (J), from May 12, 1831 : . Thomas H. Hall (J) : . Jesse Speight (J) : . James I. McKay (J) : . Robert Potter (J), until November ????, 1831 :: Micajah T. Hawkins (J), from December 15, 1831 : . Lauchlin Bethune (J) : . Daniel L. Barringer (J) : . Augustine H. Shepperd (J) : . Abraham Rencher (J) : . Henry W. Connor (J) : . Samuel P. Carson (J) : . Lewis Williams (NR)

[[List of United States representatives from Ohio|Ohio]]

: . James Findlay (J) : . Thomas Corwin (NR) : . Joseph H. Crane (NR) : . Joseph Vance (NR) : . William Russell (J) : . William Creighton Jr. (NR) : . Samuel F. Vinton (NR) : . William Stanbery (NR) : . William W. Irvin (J) : . William Kennon Sr. (J) : . Humphrey H. Leavitt (J) : . John Thomson (J) : . Elisha Whittlesey (NR) : . Eleutheros Cooke (NR)

[[List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

There were six plural districts, the 7th, 8th, 11th & 16th had two representatives each, the 4th & 9th had three representatives each. : . Joel B. Sutherland (J) : . Henry Horn (J) : . John G. Watmough (NR) : . Joshua Evans Jr. (J) : . William Hiester (Anti-M) : . David Potts Jr. (Anti-M) : . Joel K. Mann (J) : . John C. Bucher (J) : . Henry King (J) : . Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (J) : . Peter Ihrie Jr. (J) : . Samuel A. Smith (J) : . Lewis Dewart (J) : . James Ford (J) : . Philander Stephens (J) : . Adam King (J) : . Thomas H. Crawford (J) : . William Ramsey (J), until September 29, 1831 :: Robert McCoy (J), from November 22, 1831 : . Robert Allison (Anti-M) : . George Burd (NR) : . Andrew Stewart (Anti-M) : . Thomas M.T. McKennan (Anti-M) : . Harmar Denny (Anti-M) : . John Gilmore (J) : . Richard Coulter (J) : . John Banks (Anti-M)

[[List of United States representatives from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Tristam Burges (NR) : . Dutee J. Pearce (NR)

[[List of United States representatives from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: . William Drayton (J) : . Robert W. Barnwell (N) : . Thomas R. Mitchell (J) : . John Myers Felder (J) : . George McDuffie (N) : . Warren R. Davis (N) : . William T. Nuckolls (J) : . James Blair (J) : . John K. Griffin (N)

[[List of United States representatives from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: . John Blair (J) : . Thomas D. Arnold (NR) : . James I. Standifer (J) : . Jacob C. Isacks (J) : . William Hall (J) : . James K. Polk (J) : . John Bell (J) : . Cave Johnson (J) : . William Fitzgerald (J)

[[List of United States representatives from Vermont|Vermont]]

: . Jonathan Hunt (NR), until May 15, 1832 :: Hiland Hall (NR), from January 1, 1833 : . Rollin C. Mallary (NR), until April 15, 1831 :: William Slade (Anti-M), from November 1, 1831 : . Horace Everett (NR) : . Heman Allen (NR) : . William Cahoon (Anti-M)

[[List of United States representatives from Virginia|Virginia]]

: . Thomas Newton Jr. (NR) : . John Y. Mason (J) : . William S. Archer (J) : . Mark Alexander (J) : . Thomas T. Bouldin (J) : . Thomas Davenport (J) : . Nathaniel H. Claiborne (J) : . Richard Coke Jr. (J) : . Andrew Stevenson (J) : . William F. Gordon (J) : . John M. Patton (J) : . John J. Roane (J) : . Joseph W. Chinn (J) : . Charles F. Mercer (NR) : . John S. Barbour (J) : . William Armstrong (NR) : . Robert Allen (J) : . Philip Doddridge (NR), until November 19, 1832 :: Joseph Johnson (J), from January 21, 1833 : . William McCoy (J) : . Robert Craig (J) : . Lewis Maxwell (NR) : . Charles C. Johnston (J), until June 17, 1832 :: Joseph Draper (J), from December 6, 1832

Non-voting members

: . Ambrose H. Sevier (J) : . Joseph M. White : . Austin E. Wing

Changes in membership

These counts reflect changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

• Replacements: 7
  • Jacksonians: no net change
  • National Republicans: no net change
  • Nullifiers: no net change
• Deaths: 0
• Resignations: 7
• Interim appointments: 1
• Total seats with changes: 9 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy -- |- | Indiana (1) | Vacant Successor appointed August 19, 1831. | | Robert Hanna (NR) | Installed August 19, 1831

|- | Kentucky (3) | Vacant | | Henry Clay (NR) | Installed November 10, 1831

|- | Louisiana (2) | | Edward Livingston (J) Successor elected November 15, 1831. | | George A. Waggaman (NR) | Installed November 15, 1831

|- | Pennsylvania (1) | | Isaac D. Barnard (J) Successor elected December 13, 1831. | | George M. Dallas (J) | Installed December 13, 1831

|- | Indiana (1) | | Robert Hanna (NR) Successor elected January 3, 1832. | | John Tipton (J) | Installed January 3, 1832

|- | Mississippi (1) | | Powhatan Ellis (J) Successor appointed November 12, 1832, to finish the term. | | John Black (J) | Installed November 12, 1832

|- | Virginia (2) | | Littleton Waller Tazewell (J) Successor elected December 10, 1832. | | William C. Rives (J) | Installed December 10, 1832

|- | South Carolina (2) | | Robert Y. Hayne (N) Successor elected December 29, 1832. | | John C. Calhoun (N) | Installed December 29, 1832

|- | New York (3) | | William L. Marcy (J) Successor elected January 14, 1833. | | Silas Wright (J) | Installed January 4, 1833

|- | South Carolina (3) | | Stephen D. Miller (N) | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 9
  • Jacksonians: 1-seat net gain
  • National Republicans: 2-seat net loss
  • Anti-Masonics: 1-seat net gain
• Deaths: 8
• Resignations: 2
• Contested election: 0
• Total seats with changes: 11

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

|- | | Vacant | Vacancy in term | | John Branch (J) | Seated May 12, 1831

|- | | | Wilson Lumpkin (J) | Resigned some time in 1831 before the convening of Congress | | Augustin S. Clayton (J) | Seated January 21, 1832

|- | | | Rollin C. Mallary (NR) | Died April 15, 1831 | | William Slade (AM) | Seated November 1, 1831

|- | | | Spencer D. Pettis (NR) | Died August 28, 1831 | | William H. Ashley (NR)

| | | William Ramsey (J) | Died September 29, 1831 | | Robert McCoy (J) | Seated November 22, 1831

|- | | | Robert Potter (J) | Resigned November ????, 1831 | | Micajah T. Hawkins (J) | Seated December 15, 1831

|- | | | Jonathan Hunt (NR) | Died May 15, 1832. A special election was held and a new member elected January 1, 1833 on the fourth ballot. | | Hiland Hall (NR) | Seated January 21, 1833

|- | | | Charles C. Johnston (J) | Died June 17, 1832 | | Joseph Draper (J) | Seated December 6, 1832

|- | | | George E. Mitchell (J) | Died June 28, 1832 | | Charles S. Sewall (J) | Seated October 1, 1832

|- | | | Philip Doddridge (NR) | Died November 19, 1832 | | Joseph Johnson (J) | Seated January 21, 1833

|- | | | James Lent (J) | Died February 22, 1833 | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

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Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Accounts of James Monroe (Select)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Horatio Seymour)
• Amending the Constitution on the Election of the President and Vice President (Select)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Nehemiah Knight)
• Claims (Chairman: Benjamin Ruggles)
• Commerce (Chairman: John Forsyth then William R. King)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Ezekiel F. Chambers)
• Dueling (Select)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: John M. Robinson then Asher Robbins)
• Finance (Chairman: Samuel Smith then John Forsyth)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Littleton Tazewell then John Forsyth)
• French Spoilations (Select)
• Impeachment of James H. Peck (Select)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Hugh Lawson White then George M. Troup)
• Judiciary (Chairman: William L. Marcy then William Wilkins)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Mahlon Dickerson)
• Memorial of the Manufacturers Iron (Select)
• Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Hart Benton)
• Militia (Chairman: Isaac Barnard)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Robert Y. Hayne)
• Nomination of Amos Kendall (Select)
• Pensions (Chairman: Samuel A. Foot)
• Post Office Department (Select)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George M. Bibb)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Elias Kane)
• Public Lands (Chairman: William R. King then Elias Kane)
• Roads and Canals (Select) (Chairman: William Hendricks)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: N/A)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Erastus Root)
• American Colonization Society (Select)
• Claims (Chairman: N/A)
• Commerce (Chairman: N/A)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: N/A)
• Elections (Chairman: N/A)
• Establishing an Assay Office in the Gold Region (Select)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: N/A)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: N/A)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: William S. Archer)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Warren R. Davis then John Bell)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Michael Hoffman)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: N/A)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Richard M. Johnson then Henry W. Connor)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: N/A)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Charles A. Wickliffe)
• Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: N/A)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: N/A)
• Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: N/A)
• Rules (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct (Chairman: N/A)
• Territories (Chairman: N/A)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: George McDuffie then Gulian C. Verplanck)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills
• The Library

Employees

• Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

• Chaplain: Henry V. Johns (Episcopal), until December 19, 1831
  • John P. Durbin (Methodist), elected December 19, 1831
  • Charles C. Pise (Roman Catholic), elected December 11, 1832
• Secretary: Walter Lowrie
• Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Ralph R. Gurley (Presbyterian), until December 13, 1831
  • Reuben Post (Presbyterian) elected December 13, 1831
  • William Hammett (Presbyterian), elected December 12, 1832
• Clerk: Matthew St. Clair Clarke
• Doorkeeper: Overton Carr, elected December 5, 1831
• Reading Clerks:
• Sergeant at Arms: John O. Dunn

Notes

References