29th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1845 in the United States, 1846 in the United States, 1847 in the United States

• March 4, 1845: James K. Polk became President of the United States
• October 10, 1845: The Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opened in Annapolis, Maryland
• December 2, 1845: President Polk announced to Congress that the Monroe Doctrine should be strictly enforced and that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
• April 25, 1846: Open conflict over border disputes of Texas's boundaries began the Mexican–American War

Major legislation

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

• May 13, 1846: Mexican–American War declared, ch. 16,
• July 9, 1846: District of Columbia retrocession, ch. 35,
• July 30, 1846: Walker tariff, ch. 74,

Treaties

• June 15, 1846: Oregon Treaty established the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca
• January 13, 1847: Treaty of Cahuenga ended the fighting in the Mexican–American War in California (not a formal treaty between nations but an informal agreement between rival military forces)

States admitted

• December 29, 1845: Texas admitted as the 28th state
• December 28, 1846: Iowa admitted as the 29th state

Party summary

Senate

During this congress, two Senate seats were added for each of the new states of Texas and Iowa.

House of Representatives

During this congress, two House seats were added for each of the new states of Texas and Iowa.

Leadership

until March 4, 1845

on December 27, 1845

from August 8, 1846

Senate

• President: George M. Dallas (D)
• President pro tempore: Willie P. Mangum (W), until March 4, 1845
  • Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D), only on December 27, 1845
  • David R. Atchison (D), from August 8, 1846

House of Representatives

• Speaker: John W. Davis (D)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district. :Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 29th 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 with this Congress, facing re-election in 1850; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1848.

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

: 2. Dixon H. Lewis (D) : 3. Arthur P. Bagby (D)

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

: 2. Chester Ashley (D) : 3. Ambrose H. Sevier (D)

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

: 1. Jabez W. Huntington (W) : 3. John M. Niles (D)

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

: 1. John M. Clayton (W) : 2. Thomas Clayton (W)

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

: 1. David Levy Yulee (D), from July 1, 1845 : 3. James Westcott (D), from July 1, 1845

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

: 2. John M. Berrien (W), until May, 1845; from November 13, 1845 : 3. Walter T. Colquitt (D)

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

: 2. James Semple (D) : 3. Sidney Breese (D)

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

: 1. Jesse D. Bright (D) : 3. Edward A. Hannegan (D)

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

: 2. Vacant after being admitted to the Union December 28, 1846 : 3. Vacant after being admitted to the Union December 28, 1846

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

: 2. James T. Morehead (W) : 3. John J. Crittenden (W)

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

: 2. Alexander Barrow (W), until December 29, 1846 :: Pierre Soulé (D), from January 21, 1847 : 3. Henry Johnson (W)

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

: 1. John Fairfield (D) : 2. George Evans (W)

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

: 1. Reverdy Johnson (W) : 3. James Pearce (W)

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

: 1. Daniel Webster (W) : 2. Isaac C. Bates (W), until March 16, 1845 :: John Davis (W), from March 24, 1845

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

: 1. Lewis Cass (D) : 2. William Woodbridge (W)

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

: 1. Jesse Speight (D) : 2. Robert J. Walker (D), until March 5, 1845 :: Joseph W. Chalmers (D), from November 3, 1845

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

: 1. Thomas H. Benton (D) : 3. David R. Atchison (D)

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

: 2. Levi Woodbury (D), until September 20, 1845 :: Benning W. Jenness (D), from December 1, 1845, until June 13, 1846 :: Joseph Cilley (L), from June 13, 1846 : 3. Charles G. Atherton (D)

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

: 1. William L. Dayton (W) : 2. Jacob W. Miller (W)

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

: 1. Daniel S. Dickinson (D) : 3. John A. Dix (D)

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

: 2. Willie P. Mangum (W) : 3. William H. Haywood Jr. (D), until July 25, 1846 :: George E. Badger (W), from November 26, 1846

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

: 1. Thomas Corwin (W) : 3. William Allen (D)

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

: 1. Daniel Sturgeon (D) : 3. James Buchanan (D), until March 5, 1845 :: Simon Cameron (D), from March 13, 1845

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

: 1. Albert C. Greene (W) : 2. James F. Simmons (W)

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

: 2. John C. Calhoun (D), from November 26, 1845 : 3. George McDuffie (D), until August 17, 1846 :: Andrew Butler (D), from December 4, 1846

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

: 1. Hopkins L. Turney (D) : 2. Spencer Jarnagin (W)

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

: 1. Thomas J. Rusk (D), from February 21, 1846 (newly admitted state) : 2. Samuel Houston (D), from February 21, 1846 (newly admitted state)

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

: 1. Samuel S. Phelps (W) : 3. William Upham (W)

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

: 1. Isaac S. Pennybacker (D), December 3, 1845 – January 12, 1847 :: James M. Mason (D), from January 21, 1847 : 2. William S. Archer (W)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 29th Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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

: . Edmund S. Dargan (D) : . Henry W. Hilliard (W) : . William L. Yancey (D), until September 1, 1846 :: James L. Cottrell (D), from December 7, 1846 : . William W. Payne (D) : . George S. Houston (D) : . Reuben Chapman (D) : . Felix G. McConnell (D), until September 10, 1846 :: Franklin W. Bowdon (D), from December 7, 1846

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

: . Archibald Yell (D), until July 1, 1846 :: Thomas W. Newton (W), from February 6, 1847

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

: . James Dixon (W) : . Samuel D. Hubbard (W) : . John A. Rockwell (W) : . Truman Smith (W)

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

: . John W. Houston (W)

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

: . Edward C. Cabell (W), from October 6, 1845, until January 24, 1846 :: William H. Brockenbrough (D), from January 24, 1846

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

: . Thomas Butler King (W) : . Seaborn Jones (D) : . George W. B. Towns (D), from January 5, 1846 : . Hugh A. Haralson (D) : . John H. Lumpkin (D) : . Howell Cobb (D) : . Alexander H. Stephens (W) : . Robert A. Toombs (W)

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

: . Robert Smith (D) : . John A. McClernand (D) : . Orlando B. Ficklin (D) : . John Wentworth (D) : . Stephen A. Douglas (D), until March 3, 1847 : . Joseph P. Hoge (D) : . Edward D. Baker (W), until January 15, 1847 :: John Henry (W), from February 5, 1847

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

: . Robert D. Owen (D) : . Thomas J. Henley (D) : . Thomas Smith (D) : . Caleb B. Smith (W) : . William W. Wick (D) : . John W. Davis (D) : . Edward W. McGaughey (W) : . John Pettit (D) : . Charles W. Cathcart (D) : . Andrew Kennedy (D)

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

: . S. Clifton Hastings (D), from December 28, 1846 (newly admitted state) : . Shepherd Leffler (D), from December 28, 1846 (newly admitted state)

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

: . Linn Boyd (D) : . John H. McHenry (W) : . Henry Grider (W) : . Joshua F. Bell (W) : . Bryan R. Young (W) : . John P. Martin (D) : . William P. Thomasson (W) : . Garrett Davis (W) : . Andrew A. Trumbo (W) : . John W. Tibbatts (D)

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

: . John Slidell (D), until November 10, 1845 :: Emile La Sére (D), from January 29, 1846 : . Bannon G. Thibodeaux (W) : . John H. Harmanson (D) : . Isaac E. Morse (D)

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

: . John F. Scamman (D) : . Robert P. Dunlap (D) : . Luther Severance (W) : . John D. McCrate (D) : . Cullen Sawtelle (D) : . Hannibal Hamlin (D) : . Hezekiah Williams (D)

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

: . John G. Chapman (W) : . Thomas J. Perry (D) : . Thomas W. Ligon (D) : . William F. Giles (D) : . Albert Constable (D) : . Edward H. C. Long (W)

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

: . Robert C. Winthrop (W) : . Daniel P. King (W) : . Amos Abbott (W) : . Benjamin Thompson (W) : . Charles Hudson (W) : . George Ashmun (W) : . Julius Rockwell (W) : . John Quincy Adams (W) : . Artemas Hale (W) : . Joseph Grinnell (W)

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

: . Robert McClelland (D) : . John S. Chipman (D) : . James B. Hunt (D)

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

: . Stephen Adams (D) : . Jefferson Davis (D), until October 28, 1846 :: Henry T. Ellett (D), from January 26, 1847 : . Robert W. Roberts (D) : . Jacob Thompson (D)

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

: . James B. Bowlin (D) : . John S. Phelps (D) : . Sterling Price (D), until August 12, 1846 :: William McDaniel (D), from December 7, 1846 : . James H. Relfe (D) : . Leonard H. Sims (D)

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

: . James H. Johnson (D) : . Mace Moulton (D) : . Moses Norris Jr. (D) : . Vacant

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

: . James G. Hampton (W) : . Samuel G. Wright (W), until July 30, 1845 :: George Sykes (D), from November 4, 1845 : . John Runk (W) : . Joseph E. Edsall (D) : . William Wright (W)

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

: . John W. Lawrence (D) : . Henry J. Seaman (A) : . William S. Miller (A) : . William B. Maclay (D) : . Thomas M. Woodruff (A) : . William W. Campbell (A) : . Joseph H. Anderson (D) : . William W. Woodworth (D) : . Archibald C. Niven (D) : . Samuel Gordon (D) : . John F. Collin (D) : . Richard P. Herrick (W), until June 20, 1846 :: Thomas C. Ripley (W), from December 17, 1846 : . Bradford R. Wood (D) : . Erastus D. Culver (W) : . Joseph Russell (D) : . Hugh White (W) : . Charles S. Benton (D) : . Preston King (D) : . Orville Hungerford (D) : . Timothy Jenkins (D) : . Charles Goodyear (D) : . Stephen Strong (D) : . William J. Hough (D) : . Horace Wheaton (D) : . George O. Rathbun (D) : . Samuel S. Ellsworth (D) : . John De Mott (D) : . Elias B. Holmes (W) : . Charles H. Carroll (W) : . Martin Grover (D) : . Abner Lewis (W) : . William A. Moseley (W) : . Albert Smith (W) : . Washington Hunt (W)

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

: . James Graham (W) : . Daniel M. Barringer (W) : . David S. Reid (D) : . Alfred Dockery (W) : . James C. Dobbin (D) : . James I. McKay (D) : . John R. J. Daniel (D) : . Henry S. Clark (D) : . Asa Biggs (D)

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

: . James J. Faran (D) : . Francis A. Cunningham (D) : . Robert C. Schenck (W) : . Joseph Vance (W) : . William Sawyer (D) : . Henry St. John (D) : . Joseph J. McDowell (D) : . Allen G. Thurman (D) : . Augustus L. Perrill (D) : . Columbus Delano (W) : . Jacob Brinkerhoff (D) : . Samuel F. Vinton (W) : . Isaac Parrish (D) : . Alexander Harper (W) : . Joseph Morris (D) : . John D. Cummins (D) : . George Fries (D) : . David A. Starkweather (D) : . Daniel R. Tilden (W) : . Joshua R. Giddings (W) : . Joseph M. Root (W)

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

: . Lewis C. Levin (A) : . Joseph R. Ingersoll (W) : . John H. Campbell (A) : . Charles J. Ingersoll (D) : . Jacob S. Yost (D) : . Jacob Erdman (D) : . Abraham R. McIlvaine (W) : . John Strohm (W) : . John Ritter (D) : . Richard Brodhead (D) : . Owen D. Leib (D) : . David Wilmot (D) : . James Pollock (W) : . Alexander Ramsey (W) : . Moses McClean (D) : . James Black (D) : . John Blanchard (W) : . Andrew Stewart (W) : . Henry D. Foster (D) : . John H. Ewing (W) : . Cornelius Darragh (W) : . William S. Garvin (D) : . James Thompson (D) : . Joseph Buffington (W)

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

: . Henry Y. Cranston (W) : . Lemuel H. Arnold (W)

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

: . James A. Black (D) : . Richard F. Simpson (D) : . Joseph A. Woodward (D) : . Alexander D. Sims (D) : . Armistead Burt (D) : . Isaac E. Holmes (D) : . Robert Rhett (D)

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

: . Andrew Johnson (D) : . William M. Cocke (W) : . John H. Crozier (W) : . Alvan Cullom (D) : . George W. Jones (D) : . Barclay Martin (D) : . Meredith P. Gentry (W) : . Joseph H. Peyton (W), until November 11, 1845 :: Edwin H. Ewing (W), from January 2, 1846 : . Lucien B. Chase (D) : . Frederick P. Stanton (D) : . Milton Brown (W)

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

: . David S. Kaufman (D), from March 30, 1846 (newly admitted state) : . Timothy Pilsbury (D), from March 30, 1846 (newly admitted state)

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

: . Solomon Foot (W) : . Jacob Collamer (W) : . George P. Marsh (W) : . Paul Dillingham Jr. (D)

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

: . Archibald Atkinson (D) : . George C. Dromgoole (D) : . William M. Tredway (D) : . Edmund W. Hubard (D) : . Shelton F. Leake (D) : . James A. Seddon (D) : . Thomas H. Bayly (D) : . Robert M. T. Hunter (D) : . John S. Pendleton (W) : . Henry Bedinger (D) : . William Taylor (D), until January 17, 1846 :: James McDowell (D), from March 6, 1846 : . Augustus A. Chapman (D) : . George W. Hopkins (D) : . Joseph Johnson (D) : . William G. Brown Sr. (D)

Non-voting members

: . Augustus C. Dodge (D), until December 28, 1846 : . Morgan L. Martin (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 8
  • Democrats (D): no net change
  • Whigs (W): no net change
• Deaths: 3
• Resignations: 6
• Interim appointments: 1
• Seats of newly admitted states: 4
• Total seats with changes: 14 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --

|- | Florida (1) | Vacant | Florida admitted to the Union at end of previous congress | | David L. Yulee (D) | Elected July 1, 1845

|- | Florida (3) | Vacant | Florida admitted to the Union at end of previous congress | | James Westcott (D) | Elected July 1, 1845

|- | South Carolina (2) | Vacant | Senator Daniel E. Huger resigned in previous congress. Successor elected November 26, 1845. | | John C. Calhoun (D) | Elected November 26, 1845

|- | Virginia (1) | Vacant | Failure to elect | | Isaac S. Pennybacker (D) | Elected December 3, 1845

|- | Mississippi (2) | | Robert J. Walker (D) | Resigned March 5, 1845, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Successor appointed November 3, 1845. Appointee was later elected on an unknown date. | | Joseph W. Chalmers (D) | Appointed November 3, 1845

|- | Pennsylvania (3) | | James Buchanan (D) | Resigned March 5, 1845, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of State | | Simon Cameron (D) | Elected March 13, 1845

|- | Massachusetts (2) | | Isaac C. Bates (W) | Died March 16, 1845 | | John Davis (W) | Elected March 24, 1845

|- | Georgia (2) | | John M. Berrien (W) | Resigned May, 1845 when appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court | | John M. Berrien (W) | Elected November 13, 1845

|- | New Hampshire (2) | | Levi Woodbury (D) | Resigned November 20, 1845, to become Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court | | Benning W. Jenness (D) | Appointed December 1, 1845

|- | Texas (1) | | Thomas J. Rusk (D) | Elected February 21, 1846

|- | Texas (2) | | Sam Houston (D) | Elected February 21, 1846

|- | New Hampshire (2) | | Benning W. Jenness (D) | Lost election to finish the term. Winner elected June 13, 1846. | | Joseph Cilley (L) | Elected June 13, 1846

|- | North Carolina (3) | | William H. Haywood Jr. (D) | Resigned July 25, 1846, after having refused to be instructed by the North Carolina state legislature on a tariff question | | George E. Badger (W) | Elected November 25, 1846

|- | South Carolina (3) | | George McDuffie (D) | Resigned August 17, 1846. Successor appointed December 4, 1846, and subsequently elected to finish the term. | | Andrew Butler (D) | Seated December 4, 1846

|- | Iowa (2) | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | Iowa (3) | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | Louisiana (2) | | Alexander Barrow (W) | Died December 29, 1846 | | Pierre Soulé (D) | Elected January 21, 1847

|- | Virginia (1) | | Isaac S. Pennybacker (D) | Died January 12, 1847 | | James M. Mason (D) | Elected January 21, 1847 |}

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 12
  • Democrats (D): 1 seat net gain
  • Whigs (W): 1 seat net loss
• Deaths: 5
• Resignations: 6
• Contested election: 1
• Seats of newly admitted states: 4
• Total seats with changes: 17

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

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

|- | | Vacant | | Edward C. Cabell (W)

| | Vacant | | George W. Towns (D)

| | | David S. Kaufman (D)

| | | Timothy Pilsbury (D)

| | | Samuel G. Wright (W) | | George Sykes (D)

| | | John Slidell (D) | | Emile La Sére (D)

| | | Joseph H. Peyton (W) | | Edwin H. Ewing (W)

| | | William Taylor (D) | | James McDowell (D)

| | | Edward C. Cabell (W) | | William H. Brockenbrough (D)

| | | Jefferson Davis (D) | | Henry T. Ellett (D)

| | | Richard P. Herrick (W) | | Thomas C. Ripley (W)

| | | Archibald Yell (D) | | Thomas W. Newton (W)

| | | Sterling Price (D) | | William McDaniel (D)

| | | William L. Yancey (D) | | James L. Cottrell (D)

| | | Felix G. McConnell (D) | | Franklin W. Bowdon (D)

| | | Augustus C. Dodge (D) |- | | | S. Clinton Hastings (D)

| | | Shepherd Leffler (D)

| | | Edward D. Baker (W) | | John Henry (W)

| | | Stephen A. Douglas (D) | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Agriculture (Chairman: Daniel Sturgeon)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Jesse Speight)
• Charges of Corruption Contained in the Daily Times (Select)
• Claims (Chairman: Isaac S. Pennybacker)
• Commerce (Chairman: William Haywood then John Adams Dix)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: William Haywood then Simon Cameron)
• Finance (Chairman: John C. Calhoun then Dixon H. Lewis)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: William Allen then Ambrose H. Sevier)
• French Spoilations (Select) (Chairman: Daniel Webster)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Ambrose H. Sevier then Arthur P. Bagby)
• International Copyright Law (Select) (Chairman: Lewis Cass)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Chester Ashley)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Daniel S. Dickinson)
• Memorial on W.T.G. Morton (Select)
• Memphis Convention (Select) (Chairman: John C. Calhoun)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas H. Benton)
• Militia (Chairman: David R. Atchison)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: John Fairfield)
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
• Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Simon Cameron then Walter Colquitt)
• Pensions (Chairman: Henry Johnson)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John M. Niles)
• Printing (Chairman: Charles G. Atherton)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: David Levy Yulee)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Simon Cameron)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Sidney Breese)
• Retrenchment (Chairman: Dixon H. Lewis)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Thomas Clayton)
• Roads and Canals (Chairman: Edward A. Hannegan)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: James Westcott)
• Smithsonian Institution (Select) (Chairman: John Adams Dix)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Daniel P. King)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Joseph H. Anderson)
• Claims (Chairman: John Reeves Jones Daniel)
• Commerce (Chairman: Robert McClelland)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Robert M.T. Hunter)
• Elections (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin)
• Engraving (Chairman: Jacob S. Yost)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John F. Collin)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: John H. Harmanson)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Stephen Strong)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: John F. Scammon)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Owen D. Leib)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Orlando B. Ficklin)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Charles J. Ingersoll)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: John A. McClernand)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Preston King)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George O. Rathbun)
• Manufactures (Chairman: John Quincy Adams)
• Mileage (Chairman: John P. Martin)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Hugh A. Haralson)
• Militia (Chairman: James A. Black)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Isaac E. Holmes)
• Patents (Chairman: Thomas J. Henley)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George W. Hopkins)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: James B. Bowlin)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Orlando B. Ficklin)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: Robert P. Dunlap)
• Public Lands (Chairman: John A. McClernand)
• Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Cullen Sawtelle)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Joseph Johnson)
• Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: Richard Brodhead)
• Roads and Canals (Chairman: Robert Smith)
• Rules (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Stephen A. Douglas)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: James I. McKay)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. Jesse D. Bright)
• The Library (Chairman: N/A)
• Printing (Chairman: N/A)
• Smithsonian Bequest

Employees

• Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

• Chaplain: Septimus Tustin (Presbyterian), until December 16, 1846
  • Henry Slicer (Methodist), elected December 16, 1846
• Secretary: Asbury Dickins
• Sergeant at Arms: Edward Dyer, died September 8, 1845
  • Robert Beale, elected December 9, 1845

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodist), elected December 3, 1845
  • William T.S. Sprole (Presbyterian), elected December 7, 1846
• Clerk: Benjamin B. French
• Doorkeeper: Cornelius C. Whitney, elected December 3, 1845
• Postmaster: John M. Johnson
• Reading Clerks:
• Sergeant at Arms: Newton Lane

Notes

References