27th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1841 in the United States, 1842 in the United States, 1843 in the United States

• March 4, 1841: William Henry Harrison was inaugurated as President of the United States
• April 4, 1841: President Harrison died and Vice President John Tyler became President
• August 16, 1841: President Tyler's veto of a bill to re-establish the Second Bank of the United States led Whig Party members to riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
• May 19, 1842: Dorr Rebellion
• December 17, 1842: Samuel W. Trotti of South Carolina, became the first Italian American to serve in Congress.

Major legislation

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

• April 19, 1841: Bankruptcy Act of 1841, ch. 9,
• September 4, 1841: Preemption Act of 1841, ch. 16,
• August 4, 1842: Armed Occupation Act,
• August 30, 1842: Tariff of 1842 ("Black Tariff"), ch. 270,

Treaties

• August 9, 1842: Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

& Independent Whig

Leadership

Senate

• President: John Tyler (W), until April 4, 1841, thereafter vacant
• Presidents pro tempore: William R. King (D), elected March 4, 1841
  • Samuel L. Southard (W), elected March 11, 1841
  • Willie P. Mangum (W), elected May 31, 1842

House of Representatives

• Speaker: John D. White (W)

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 27th 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 began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1844; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1842.

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

: 2. William R. King (D) : 3. Clement C. Clay (D), until November 15, 1841 :: Arthur P. Bagby (D), from November 24, 1841

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

: 2. William Fulton (D) : 3. Ambrose Sevier (D)

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

: 1. Jabez W. Huntington (W) : 3. Perry Smith (D)

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

: 1. Richard H. Bayard (W) : 2. Thomas Clayton (W)

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

: 2. John Macpherson Berrien (W) : 3. Alfred Cuthbert (D)

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

: 2. Samuel McRoberts (D) : 3. Richard M. Young (D)

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

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

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

: 2. James T. Morehead (W) : 3. Henry Clay (W), until March 31, 1842 :: John J. Crittenden (W), from March 31, 1842

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

: 2. Alexander Barrow (W) : 3. Alexander Mouton (D), until March 1, 1842 :: Charles M. Conrad (W), from April 14, 1842

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

: 1. Reuel Williams (D), until February 15, 1843 : 2. George Evans (W)

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

: 1. William D. Merrick (W) : 3. John L. Kerr (W)

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

: 1. Rufus Choate (W) : 2. Isaac C. Bates (W)

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

: 1. Augustus S. Porter (W) : 2. William Woodbridge (W)

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

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

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

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

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

: 2. Levi Woodbury (D) : 3. Franklin Pierce (D), until February 28, 1842 :: Leonard Wilcox (D), from March 1, 1842

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

: 1. Samuel L. Southard (W), until June 26, 1842 :: William L. Dayton (W), from July 2, 1842 : 2. Jacob W. Miller (W)

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

: 1. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W) : 3. Silas Wright Jr. (D)

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

: 2. Willie P. Mangum (W) : 3. William A. Graham (W)

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

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

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

: 1. Daniel Sturgeon (D) : 3. James Buchanan (D)

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

: 1. Nathan Dixon (W), until January 29, 1842 :: William Sprague III (W), from February 18, 1842 : 2. James F. Simmons (W)

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

: 2. John C. Calhoun (D) : 3. William C. Preston (W), until November 29, 1842 :: George McDuffie (D), from December 23, 1842

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

: 1. Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D), until February 7, 1842 : 2. vacant

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

: 1. Samuel S. Phelps (W) : 3. Samuel Prentiss (W), until April 11, 1842 :: Samuel C. Crafts (W), from April 23, 1842

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

: 1. William C. Rives (W) : 2. William S. Archer (W)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 27th Congress

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

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Reuben Chapman (D) : . George S. Houston (D) : . Dixon H. Lewis (D) : . William W. Payne (D) : . Benjamin Shields (D)

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

: . Edward Cross (D)

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

: . Joseph Trumbull (W) : . William W. Boardman (W) : . Thomas W. Williams (W) : . Thomas B. Osborne (W) : . Truman Smith (W) : . John H. Brockway (W)

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

: . George B. Rodney (W)

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

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Julius C. Alford (W), until October 1, 1841 :: Edward J. Black (D), from January 3, 1842 : . William C. Dawson (W), until November 13, 1841 :: Walter T. Colquitt (D), from January 3, 1842 : . Thomas F. Foster (W) : . Roger L. Gamble (W) : . Richard W. Habersham (W), until December 2, 1842 :: George W. Crawford (W), from January 7, 1843 : . Thomas Butler King (W) : . James Meriwether (W) : . Eugenius Nisbet (W), until October 12, 1841 :: Mark A. Cooper (D), from January 3, 1842 : . Lott Warren (W)

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

: . John Reynolds (D) : . Zadok Casey (Ind. D) : . John T. Stuart (W)

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

: . George H. Proffit (W) : . Richard W. Thompson (W) : . Joseph L. White (W) : . James H. Cravens (W) : . Andrew Kennedy (D) : . David Wallace (W) : . Henry S. Lane (W)

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

: . Linn Boyd (D) : . Philip Triplett (W) : . Joseph R. Underwood (W) : . Bryan Owsley (W) : . John B. Thompson (W) : . Willis Green (W) : . John Pope (W) : . James Sprigg (W) : . John White (W) : . Thomas F. Marshall (W) : . Landaff W. Andrews (W) : . Garrett Davis (W) : . William O. Butler (D)

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

: . Edward D. White (W) : . John B. Dawson (D) : . John Moore (W)

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

: . Nathan Clifford (D) : . William P. Fessenden (W) : . Benjamin Randall (W) : . David Bronson (W), from May 31, 1841 : . Nathaniel Littlefield (D) : . Alfred Marshall (D) : . Joshua A. Lowell (D) : . Elisha Allen (W)

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

The 4th district was a plural district with two representatives. : . Isaac Jones (W) : . James A. Pearce (W) : . James W. Williams (D), until December 2, 1842 :: Charles S. Sewall (D), from January 2, 1843 : . John P. Kennedy (W) : . Alexander Randall (W) : . William Cost Johnson (W) : . John Mason (D) : . Augustus R. Sollers (W)

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

: . Robert C. Winthrop (W), until May 25, 1842 :: Nathan Appleton (W), from June 9, 1842, until September 28, 1842 :: Robert C. Winthrop (W), from November 29, 1842 : . Leverett Saltonstall I (W) : . Caleb Cushing (W) : . William Parmenter (D) : . Levi Lincoln Jr. (W), until March 16, 1841 :: Charles Hudson (W), from May 3, 1841 : . Osmyn Baker (W) : . George N. Briggs (W) : . William B. Calhoun (W) : . William S. Hastings (W), until June 17, 1842 : . Nathaniel B. Borden (W) : . Barker Burnell (W) : . John Quincy Adams (W)

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

: . Jacob M. Howard (W)

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

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . William M. Gwin (D) : . Jacob Thompson (D)

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

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . John C. Edwards (D) : . John Miller (D)

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

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Charles G. Atherton (D) : . Edmund Burke (D) : . Ira A. Eastman (D) : . John R. Reding (D) : . Tristram Shaw (D)

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

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . John B. Aycrigg (W) : . William Halstead (W) : . John P. B. Maxwell (W) : . Joseph F. Randolph (W) : . Charles C. Stratton (W) : . Thomas J. Yorke (W)

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

There were four plural districts, the 8th, 17th, 22nd & 23rd had two representatives each, the 3rd had four representatives. : . Charles A. Floyd (D) : . Joseph Egbert (D) : . Charles G. Ferris (D) : . John McKeon (D) : . James I. Roosevelt (D) : . Fernando Wood (D) : . Aaron Ward (D) : . Richard D. Davis (D) : . James G. Clinton (D) : . John Van Buren (D) : . Jacob Houck Jr. (D) : . Robert McClellan (D) : . Hiram P. Hunt (W) : . Daniel D. Barnard (W) : . Archibald L. Linn (W) : . Bernard Blair (W) : . Thomas A. Tomlinson (W) : . Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (W) : . John Sanford (D) : . Andrew W. Doig (D) : . David P. Brewster (D) : . John G. Floyd (D) : . Thomas C. Chittenden (W) : . Samuel S. Bowne (D) : . Samuel Gordon (D) : . John C. Clark (W) : . Samuel Partridge (D) : . Lewis Riggs (D) : . Victory Birdseye (W) : . A. Lawrence Foster (W) : . Christopher Morgan (W) : . John Maynard (W) : . Francis Granger (W), until March 5, 1841 :: John Greig (W), from May 21, 1841, until September 25, 1841 :: Francis Granger (W), from November 27, 1841 : . William M. Oliver (D) : . Timothy Childs (W) : . Seth M. Gates (W) : . John Young (W) : . Staley N. Clarke (W) : . Millard Fillmore (W) : . Alfred Babcock (W)

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

: . Kenneth Rayner (W) : . John R. J. Daniel (D) : . Edward Stanly (W) : . William Washington (W) : . James I. McKay (D) : . Archibald H. Arrington (D) : . Edmund Deberry (W) : . Romulus M. Saunders (D) : . Augustine H. Shepperd (W) : . Abraham Rencher (W) : . Greene Caldwell (D) : . James Graham (W) : . Lewis Williams (W), until February 23, 1842 :: Anderson Mitchell (W), from April 27, 1842

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

: . Nathanael G. Pendleton (W) : . John B. Weller (D) : . Patrick Goode (W) : . Jeremiah Morrow (W) : . William Doan (D) : . Calvary Morris (W) : . William Russell (W) : . Joseph Ridgway (W) : . William Medill (D) : . Samson Mason (W) : . Benjamin S. Cowen (W) : . Joshua Mathiot (W) : . James Mathews (D) : . George Sweeny (D) : . Sherlock Andrews (W) : . Joshua R. Giddings (W), until March 22, 1842, and from December 5, 1842 : . John Hastings (D) : . Ezra Dean (D) : . Samuel Stokely (W)

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

There were two plural districts, the 2nd had two representatives, the 4th had three representatives. : . Charles Brown (D) : . George W. Toland (W) : . John Sergeant (W), until September 15, 1841 :: Joseph R. Ingersoll (W), from October 12, 1841 : . Charles J. Ingersoll (D) : . Jeremiah Brown (W) : . John Edwards (W) : . Francis James (W) : . Joseph Fornance (D) : . Robert Ramsey (W) : . John Westbrook (D) : . Peter Newhard (D) : . George M. Keim (D) : . William Simonton (W) : . James Gerry (D) : . James Cooper (W) : . Amos Gustine (D) : . James Irvin (W) : . Benjamin A. Bidlack (D) : . John Snyder (D) : . Davis Dimock Jr. (D), until January 13, 1842 :: Almon H. Read (D), from March 18, 1842 : . Charles Ogle (W), until May 10, 1841 :: Henry Black (W), from June 28, 1841, until November 28, 1841 :: James M. Russell (W), from December 21, 1841 : . Albert G. Marchand (D) : . Enos Hook (D), until April 18, 1841 :: Henry W. Beeson (D), from May 31, 1841 : . Joseph Lawrence (W), until April 17, 1842 :: Thomas M. T. McKennan (W), from May 30, 1842 : . William W. Irwin (W) : . William Jack (D) : . Thomas Henry (W) : . Arnold Plumer (D)

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

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Robert B. Cranston (W) : . Joseph L. Tillinghast (W)

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

: . Isaac E. Holmes (D) : . Robert Rhett (D) : . John Campbell (D) : . Sampson H. Butler (D), until September 27, 1842 :: Samuel W. Trotti (D), from December 17, 1842 : . Francis W. Pickens (D) : . William Butler (W) : . James Rogers (D) : . Thomas D. Sumter (D) : . Patrick C. Caldwell (D)

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

: . Thomas D. Arnold (W) : . Abraham McClellan (D) : . Joseph L. Williams (W) : . Thomas Campbell (W) : . Hopkins L. Turney (D) : . William B. Campbell (W) : . Robert L. Caruthers (W) : . Meredith P. Gentry (W) : . Harvey M. Watterson (D) : . Aaron V. Brown (D) : . Cave Johnson (D) : . Milton Brown (W) : . Christopher Williams (W)

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

: . Hiland Hall (W) : . William Slade (W) : . Horace Everett (W) : . Augustus Young (W) : . John Mattocks (W)

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

: . Francis Mallory (W) : . George B. Cary (D) : . John W. Jones (D) : . William Goode (D) : . Edmund W. Hubard (D) : . Walter Coles (D) : . William L. Goggin (W) : . Henry A. Wise (W) : . Robert M. T. Hunter (W) : . John Taliaferro (W) : . John M. Botts (W) : . Thomas W. Gilmer (W) : . Linn Banks (D), until December 6, 1841 :: William Smith (D), from December 6, 1841 : . Cuthbert Powell (W) : . Richard W. Barton (W) : . William Harris (D) : . Alexander Stuart (W) : . George W. Hopkins (D) : . George W. Summers (W) : . Samuel Hays (D) : . Lewis Steenrod (D)

Non-voting members

: . David Levy Yulee (D) : . Augustus C. Dodge (D) : . Henry Dodge (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 9
  • Democrats: no net change
  • Whigs: no net change
• Deaths: 2
• Resignations: 8
• Interim appointments: 0
• Vacancy: 1
• Total seats with changes: 10 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy -- |- | Alabama (3) | | Clement C. Clay (D) | | Arthur P. Bagby (D) | Elected November 24, 1841 |- | Rhode Island (1) | | Nathan F. Dixon (W) | | William Sprague (W) | Elected February 18, 1842 |- | Tennessee (1) | | Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | New Hampshire (3) | | Franklin Pierce (D) | | Leonard Wilcox (D) | Appointed March 1, 1842, and subsequently elected |- | Louisiana (3) | | Alexandre Mouton (D) | | Charles M. Conrad (W) | Appointed April 14, 1842 |- | Kentucky (3) | | Henry Clay (W) | | John J. Crittenden (W) | Appointed March 31, 1842, and subsequently elected |- | Vermont (3) | | Samuel Prentiss (W) | | Samuel C. Crafts (W) | Appointed April 23, 1842, and subsequently elected |- | New Jersey (1) | | Samuel L. Southard (W) | | William L. Dayton (W) | Appointed July 2, 1842 |- | South Carolina (3) | | William C. Preston (W) | | George McDuffie (D) | Elected December 23, 1842 |- | Maine (1) | | Reuel Williams (D) | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 17
  • Democrats: 3 seat net gain
  • Whigs: 3 seat net loss
• Deaths: 8
• Resignations: 12
• Contested election: 1
• Total seats with changes: 20

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

Main article: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

|- | | Vacant | | David Bronson (W)

| | | Francis Granger (W) | | John Greig (W)

| | | Levi Lincoln Jr. (W) | | Charles Hudson (W)

| | | Enos Hook (D) | | Henry W. Beeson (D)

| | | Charles Ogle (W) | | Henry Black (W)

| | | John Sergeant (W) | | Joseph R. Ingersoll (W)

| | | John Greig (W) | | Francis Granger (W)

| | | Julius C. Alford (W) | | Edward J. Black (D)

| | | Eugenius A. Nisbet (W) | | Mark A. Cooper (D)

| | | William C. Dawson (W) | | Walter T. Colquitt (D)

| | | Henry Black (W) | | James M. Russell (W)

| | | Linn Banks (D) | | William Smith (D)

| | | Davis Dimock Jr. (D) | | Almon H. Read (D)

| | | Lewis Williams (W) | | Anderson Mitchell (W)

| | | Joshua R. Giddings (W) | | Joshua R. Giddings (W)

| | | Joseph Lawrence (W) | | Thomas M. T. McKennan (W)

| | | Robert C. Winthrop (W) | | Nathan Appleton (W)

| | | William S. Hastings (W) | Vacant

| | | Sampson H. Butler (D) | | Samuel W. Trotti (D)

| | | Nathan Appleton (W) | | Robert C. Winthrop (W)

| | | Richard W. Habersham (W) | | George W. Crawford (W)

| | | James W. Williams (D) | | Charles S. Sewall (D) | Seated January 2, 1843 |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Agriculture (Chairman: Lewis F. Linn)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Albert S. White then Benjamin Tappan)
• Claims (Chairman: William A. Graham)
• Commerce (Chairman: Jabez Huntington)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Richard H. Bayard)
• Finance (Chairman: Clement C. Clay)
• Fiscal Corporation of the United States (Select)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: William C. Rives then William S. Archer)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James T. Morehead then Albert White)
• Judiciary (Chairman: John M. Berrien)
• Manufactures (Chairman: George Evans)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: William C. Preston then John J. Crittenden)
• Militia (Chairman: Samuel S. Phelps)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Willie P. Mangum)
• Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Samuel Prentiss then John Leeds Kerr then Samuel S. Phelps)
• Pensions (Chairman: Isaac C. Bates)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John Henderson)
• Printing (Chairman: N/A)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Richard H. Bayard)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Alexander Barrow)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Oliver H. Smith)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Nathan F. Dixon)
• Roads and Canals (Chairman: Augustus S. Porter)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Osmyn Baker)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Edmund Deberry)
• Apportionment of Representatives (Select)
• Claims (Chairman: Joshua Giddings)
• Commerce (Chairman: John P. Kennedy)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph R. Underwood)
• Elections (Chairman: William Halstead)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Thomas Jones Yorke)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joshua A. Lowell)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John Van Buren)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: A. Lawrence Foster)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: James Iver McKay)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Cave Johnson)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Caleb Cushing then John Quincy Adams)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: John Quincy Adams)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Calvary Morris)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Daniel D. Barnard)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall I)
• Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi (Select)
• Mileage (Chairman: Thomas W. Williams)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: William C. Dawson)
• Militia (Chairman: George May Keim)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Henry A. Wise)
• Patents (Chairman: Thomas B. Osborne)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George N. Briggs)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: John Moore)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William W. Boardman)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: James Graham)
• Public Lands (Chairman: William C. Johnson then Jeremiah Morrow then Reuben Chapman then Jeremiah Morrow)
• Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Francis James)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Hiland Hall)
• Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John Taliaferro)
• Roads and Canals (Chairman: Joseph Lawrence)
• Rules (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Garrett Davis)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Millard Fillmore)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. Augustus Porter then Sen. William Sprague)
• The Library (Chairman: N/A)

Employees

• Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

• Secretary: Asbury Dickins
• Sergeant at Arms: Stephen Haight, until March 8, 1841
  • Edward Dyer, elected March 8, 1841
• Chaplain: George G. Cookman, Methodist, until June 12, 1841
  • Septimus Tustin, Presbyterian, elected June 12, 1841

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Hugh A. Garland, until May 31, 1841
  • Matthew St. Clair Clarke, elected May 31, 1841
• Sergeant at Arms: Roderick Dorsey, until June 8, 1841
  • Eleazor M. Townsend, elected June 8, 1841
• Doorkeeper: Joseph Follansbee
• Postmaster: William J. McCormick
• Chaplain: John W. French, Episcopalian, elected May 31, 1841
  • John N. Maffit, Methodist, elected December 6, 1841
  • Frederick T. Tiffany, Episcopalian, elected December 5, 1842
• Reading Clerks:

Notes

References