35th United States Congress

Major events

• Panic of 1857
• March 4, 1857. James Buchanan became President of the United States
• March 6, 1857: Dred Scott v. Sandford
• July 18, 1857: Utah Expedition left Fort Leavenworth, effectively beginning the Utah War
• February 6, 1858: Brawl on the floor of the House involving 50 or more representatives during the debates over the admission of Kansas as free or slave
• August 21, 1858: First of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was held
• March 3, 1859: Financial appropriations for the improvement and construction of lighthouses.

Major legislation

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

Treaties

Main article: List of United States treaties

• March 12, 1858: Treaty with the Ponca signed
• April 19, 1858: Treaty with the Yankton Sioux signed
• July 29, 1858: Harris Treaty signed with Japan

States admitted

• May 11, 1858: Minnesota admitted as the 32nd state
• February 14, 1859: Oregon admitted as the 33rd state

Party summary

Senate

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

House of Representatives

During this congress, two House seats were added for the new state of Minnesota and one House seat was added for the new state of Oregon.

Leadership

Senate

• President: John C. Breckinridge (D)
• President pro tempore: James M. Mason (D), March 4, 1857, only
  • Thomas J. Rusk (D), elected March 14, 1857
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D), elected December 7, 1857

House of Representatives

• Speaker: James L. Orr (D)

Members

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

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 35th 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 1862; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1860.

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

: 3. Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) : 2. Clement C. Clay Jr. (D)

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

: 2. William K. Sebastian (D) : 3. Robert W. Johnson (D)

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

: 1. David C. Broderick (D) : 3. William M. Gwin (D)

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

: 1. James Dixon (R) : 3. Lafayette S. Foster (R)

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

: 1. James A. Bayard Jr. (D) : 2. Martin W. Bates (D)

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

: 1. Stephen Mallory (D) : 3. David Levy Yulee (D)

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

: 2. Robert Toombs (D) : 3. Alfred Iverson Sr. (D)

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

: 2. Stephen A. Douglas (D) : 3. Lyman Trumbull (R)

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

: 1. Jesse D. Bright (D) : 3. Graham N. Fitch (D)

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

: 2. George Wallace Jones (D) : 3. James Harlan (R)

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

: 2. John B. Thompson (A) : 3. John J. Crittenden (A)

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

: 2. Judah P. Benjamin (D) : 3. John Slidell (D)

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

: 1. Hannibal Hamlin (R) : 2. William Pitt Fessenden (R)

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

: 1. Anthony Kennedy (A) : 3. James A. Pearce (D)

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

: 1. Charles Sumner (R) : 2. Henry Wilson (R)

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

: 1. Zachariah Chandler (R) : 2. Charles E. Stuart (D)

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

: 1. Henry M. Rice (D), from May 11, 1858 (newly admitted state) : 2. James Shields (D), from May 11, 1858 (newly admitted state)

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

: 1. Jefferson Davis (D) : 2. Albert G. Brown (D)

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

: 1. Trusten Polk (D) : 3. James S. Green (D)

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

: 2. John P. Hale (R) : 3. James Bell (R), until May 26, 1857 :: Daniel Clark (R), from June 27, 1857

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

: 1. John R. Thomson (D) : 2. William Wright (D)

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

: 1. Preston King (R) : 3. William H. Seward (R)

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

: 2. David S. Reid (D) : 3. Asa Biggs (D), until May 5, 1858 :: Thomas L. Clingman (D), from May 7, 1858

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

: 1. Benjamin Wade (R) : 3. George E. Pugh (D)

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

: 2. Delazon Smith (D), from February 14, 1859 (newly admitted state) : 3. Joseph Lane (D), from February 14, 1859 (newly admitted state)

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

: 1. Simon Cameron (R) : 3. William Bigler (D)

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

: 1. James F. Simmons (R) : 2. Philip Allen (D)

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

: 2. Josiah J. Evans (D), until May 6, 1858 :: Arthur P. Hayne (D), from May 11, 1858, until December 2, 1858 :: James Chesnut Jr. (D), from December 3, 1858 : 3. Andrew Butler (D), until May 25, 1857 :: James H. Hammond (D), from December 7, 1857

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

: 1. Andrew Johnson (D), from October 8, 1857 : 2. John Bell (A)

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

: 1. Thomas J. Rusk (D), until July 29, 1857 :: J. Pinckney Henderson (D), November 9, 1857 - June 4, 1858 :: Matthias Ward (D), from September 27, 1858 : 2. Samuel Houston (D)

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

: 1. Solomon Foot (R) : 3. Jacob Collamer (R)

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

: 1. James M. Mason (D) : 2. Robert M. T. Hunter (D)

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

: 1. James R. Doolittle (R) : 3. Charles Durkee (R)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 35th Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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

: . James A. Stallworth (D) : . Eli S. Shorter (D) : . James F. Dowdell (D) : . Sydenham Moore (D) : . George S. Houston (D) : . Williamson R. W. Cobb (D) : . Jabez L. M. Curry (D)

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

: . Alfred B. Greenwood (D) : . Edward A. Warren (D)

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

: .United States representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. Joseph C. McKibbin (D) : . Charles L. Scott (D)

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

: . Ezra Clark Jr. (R) : . Samuel Arnold (D) : . Sidney Dean (R) : . William D. Bishop (D)

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

: . William G. Whiteley (D)

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

: . George S. Hawkins (D)

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

: . James L. Seward (D) : . Martin J. Crawford (D) : . Robert P. Trippe (A) : . Lucius J. Gartrell (D) : . Augustus R. Wright (D) : . James Jackson (D) : . Joshua Hill (A) : . Alexander H. Stephens (D)

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

: . Elihu B. Washburne (R) : . John F. Farnsworth (R) : . Owen Lovejoy (R) : . William Kellogg (R) : . Isaac N. Morris (D) : . Thomas L. Harris (D), until November 24, 1858 :: Charles D. Hodges (D), from January 4, 1859 : . Aaron Shaw (D) : . Robert Smith (D) : . Samuel S. Marshall (D)

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

: . James Lockhart (D), until September 7, 1857 :: William E. Niblack (D), from December 7, 1857 : . William H. English (D) : . James Hughes (D) : . James B. Foley (D) : . David Kilgore (R) : . James M. Gregg (D) : . John G. Davis (D) : . James Wilson (R) : . Schuyler Colfax (R) : . Samuel Brenton (R), until March 29, 1857 :: Charles Case (R), from December 7, 1857 : . John U. Pettit (R)

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

: . Samuel Curtis (R) : . Timothy Davis (R)

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

: . Henry C. Burnett (D) : . Samuel O. Peyton (D) : . Warner L. Underwood (A) : . Albert G. Talbott (D) : . Joshua Jewett (D) : . John M. Elliott (D) : . Humphrey Marshall (A) : . James B. Clay (D) : . John C. Mason (D) : . John W. Stevenson (D)

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

: . George Eustis Jr. (A) : . Miles Taylor (D) : . Thomas G. Davidson (D) : . John M. Sandidge (D)

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

: . John M. Wood (R) : . Charles J. Gilman (R) : . Nehemiah Abbott (R) : . Freeman H. Morse (R) : . Israel Washburn Jr. (R) : . Stephen C. Foster (R)

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

: . James A. Stewart (D) : . James B. Ricaud (A) : . J. Morrison Harris (A) : . Henry Winter Davis (A) : . Jacob M. Kunkel (D) : . Thomas F. Bowie (D)

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

: . Robert B. Hall (R) : . James Buffington (R) : . William S. Damrell (R) : . Linus B. Comins (R) : . Anson Burlingame (R) : . Timothy Davis (R) : . Nathaniel P. Banks (R), until December 24, 1857 :: Daniel W. Gooch (R), from January 31, 1858 : . Chauncey L. Knapp (R) : . Eli Thayer (R) : . Calvin C. Chaffee (R) : . Henry L. Dawes (R)

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

: . William A. Howard (R) : . Henry Waldron (R) : . David S. Walbridge (R) : . De Witt C. Leach (R)

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

: . James M. Cavanaugh (D), from May 11, 1858 (newly admitted state) : . William W. Phelps (D), from May 11, 1858 (newly admitted state)

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

: . Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) : . Reuben Davis (D) : . William Barksdale (D) : . Otho R. Singleton (D) : . John A. Quitman (D), until July 17, 1858 :: John J. McRae (D), from December 7, 1858

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

: . Francis P. Blair Jr. (R) : . Thomas L. Anderson (A) : . John B. Clark (D), from December 7, 1857 : . James Craig (D) : . Samuel H. Woodson (A) : . John S. Phelps (D) : . Samuel Caruthers (D)

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

: . James Pike (R) : . Mason Tappan (R) : . Aaron H. Cragin (R)

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

: . Isaiah D. Clawson (R) : . George R. Robbins (R) : . Garnett Adrain (D) : . John Huyler (D) : . Jacob R. Wortendyke (D)

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

: . John A. Searing (D) : . George Taylor (D) : . Daniel Sickles (D) : . John Kelly (D), until December 25, 1858 :: Thomas J. Barr (ID), from January 7, 1859 : . William B. Maclay (D) : . John Cochrane (D) : . Elijah Ward (D) : . Horace F. Clark (D) : . John B. Haskin (D) : . Ambrose S. Murray (R) : . William F. Russell (D) : . John Thompson (R) : . Abram B. Olin (R) : . Erastus Corning (D) : . Edward Dodd (R) : . George W. Palmer (R) : . Francis E. Spinner (R) : . Clark B. Cochrane (R) : . Oliver A. Morse (R) : . Orsamus B. Matteson (R) : . Henry Bennett (R) : . Henry C. Goodwin (R) : . Charles B. Hoard (R) : . Amos P. Granger (R) : . Edwin B. Morgan (R) : . Emory B. Pottle (R) : . John M. Parker (R) : . William H. Kelsey (R) : . Samuel G. Andrews (R) : . Judson W. Sherman (R) : . Silas M. Burroughs (R) : . Israel T. Hatch (D) : . Reuben Fenton (R)

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

: . Henry M. Shaw (D) : . Thomas H. Ruffin (D) : . Warren Winslow (D) : . Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (D) : . John A. Gilmer (A) : . Alfred M. Scales (D) : . F. Burton Craige (D) : . Thomas L. Clingman (D), until May 7, 1858 :: Zebulon B. Vance (D), from December 7, 1858

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

: . George H. Pendleton (D) : . William S. Groesbeck (D) : . Lewis D. Campbell (R), until May 25, 1858 :: Clement Vallandigham (D), from May 25, 1858 : . Matthias H. Nichols (R) : . Richard Mott (R) : . Joseph R. Cockerill (D) : . Aaron Harlan (R) : . Benjamin Stanton (R) : . Lawrence W. Hall (D) : . Joseph Miller (D) : . Valentine B. Horton (R) : . Samuel S. Cox (D) : . John Sherman (R) : . Philemon Bliss (R) : . Joseph Burns (D) : . Cydnor B. Tompkins (R) : . William Lawrence (D) : . Benjamin F. Leiter (R) : . Edward Wade (R) : . Joshua R. Giddings (R) : . John Bingham (R)

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

: . La Fayette Grover (D), from February 14, 1859 (newly admitted state)

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

: . Thomas B. Florence (D) : . Edward Joy Morris (R) : . James Landy (D) : . Henry M. Phillips (D) : . Owen Jones (D) : . John Hickman (D) : . Henry Chapman (D) : . J. Glancey Jones (D), until October 30, 1858 :: William H. Keim (R), from December 7, 1858 : . Anthony E. Roberts (R) : . John C. Kunkel (R) : . William L. Dewart (D) : . John G. Montgomery (D), until April 24, 1857 :: Paul Leidy (D), from December 7, 1857 : . William H. Dimmick (D) : . Galusha A. Grow (R) : . Allison White (D) : . John A. Ahl (D) : . Wilson Reilly (D) : . John R. Edie (R) : . John Covode (R) : . William Montgomery (D) : . David Ritchie (R) : . Samuel A. Purviance (R) : . William Stewart (R) : . James L. Gillis (D) : . John Dick (R)

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

: . Nathaniel B. Durfee (R) : . William D. Brayton (R)

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

: . John McQueen (D) : . William P. Miles (D) : . Laurence M. Keitt (D) : . Milledge L. Bonham (D) : . James L. Orr (D) : . William W. Boyce (D)

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

: . Albert G. Watkins (D) : . Horace Maynard (A) : . Samuel A. Smith (D) : . John H. Savage (D) : . Charles Ready (A) : . George W. Jones (D) : . John V. Wright (D) : . Felix K. Zollicoffer (A) : . John D. C. Atkins (D) : . William T. Avery (D)

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

: . John H. Reagan (D) : . Guy M. Bryan (D)

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

: . Eliakim P. Walton (R) : . Justin S. Morrill (R) : . Homer E. Royce (R)

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

: . Muscoe R. H. Garnett (D) : . John S. Millson (D) : . John Caskie (D) : . William Goode (D) : . Thomas S. Bocock (D) : . Paulus Powell (D) : . William Smith (D) : . Charles J. Faulkner Sr. (D) : . John Letcher (D) : . Sherrard Clemens (D) : . Albert G. Jenkins (D) : . Henry A. Edmundson (D) : . George W. Hopkins (D)

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

: . John F. Potter (R) : . Cadwallader C. Washburn (R) : . Charles Billinghurst (R)

Non-voting members

: . Marcus J. Parrott (R) : . William W. Kingsbury (D), until May 11, 1858 : . Fenner Ferguson (D) : . Miguel A. Otero (D) : . Joseph Lane (D), until February 14, 1859 : . John M. Bernhisel : . Isaac Stevens (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 5
  • Democrats (D): no net change
  • Whigs (W): no net change
  • Republicans (R): no net change
  • Americans (A): no net change
• Deaths: 4
• Resignations: 1
• Interim appointments: 2
• Seats of newly admitted states: 4
• Total seats with changes: 9 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --

|- | Tennessee (1) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. Successor elected October 8, 1857. | | Andrew Johnson (D) | October 8, 1857

|- | South Carolina (3) | | Andrew Butler (D) | Died May 25, 1857. Successor elected December 7, 1857. | | James H. Hammond (D) | December 7, 1857

|- | New Hampshire (3) | | James Bell (R) | Died May 26, 1857. Successor elected June 27, 1857. | | Daniel Clark (R) | June 27, 1857

|- | Texas (1) | | Thomas J. Rusk (D) | Died July 29, 1857. Successor appointed November 9, 1857. | | J. Pinckney Henderson (D) | November 9, 1857

|- | North Carolina (3) | | Asa Biggs (D) | Resigned May 5, 1858, to become judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Carolina. Successor appointed May 7, 1858. Appointee elected November 23, 1858. | | Thomas L. Clingman (D) | May 7, 1858

|- | South Carolina (2) | | Josiah J. Evans (D) | Died May 6, 1858. Successor appointed May 11, 1858. | | Arthur P. Hayne (D) | May 11, 1858

|- | Minnesota (1) | New seat | Minnesota admitted to the Union May 11, 1858, and its first Senators were elected that day. | | Henry M. Rice (D) | May 11, 1858

|- | Minnesota (2) | New seat | Minnesota admitted to the Union May 11, 1858, and its first Senators were elected that day. | | James Shields (D) | May 11, 1858

|- | Texas (1) | | J. Pinckney Henderson (D) | Died June 4, 1858. Successor appointed September 27, 1858. | | Matthias Ward (D) | September 27, 1858

|- | South Carolina (2) | | Arthur P. Hayne (D) | Interim appointee retired. Successor elected December 2, 1858. | | James Chesnut Jr. (D) | December 3, 1858

|- | Oregon (2) | New seat | Oregon admitted to the Union February 14, 1859, and its first Senators were elected that day. | | Delazon Smith (D) | February 14, 1859

|- | Oregon (3) | New seat | Oregon admitted to the Union February 14, 1859, and its first Senators were elected that day. | | Joseph Lane (D) | February 14, 1859 |}

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 10
  • Democrats (D): 3 seat net loss
  • Whigs (W): 3 seat net gain
  • Republicans (R): 1 seat net gain
  • Independent Democrats (ID): 1 seat net gain
• Deaths: 5
• Resignations: 6
• Contested election:1
• Seats of newly admitted states: 3
• Total seats with changes: 14 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --

|- | | Vacant | | John B. Clark (D)

| | | Samuel Brenton (R) | | Charles Case (R)

| | | John G. Montgomery (D) | | Paul Leidy (D)

| | | James Lockhart (D) | | William E. Niblack (D)

| | | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | | Daniel W. Gooch (R)

| | | Thomas L. Clingman (D) | | Zebulon B. Vance (D)

| | New seat | | James M. Cavanaugh (D)

| | | William W. Kingsbury (D) |- | | New seat | | William W. Phelps (D)

| | | Lewis D. Campbell (R) | | Clement Vallandigham (D)

| | | John A. Quitman (D) | | John J. McRae (D)

| | | J. Glancy Jones (D) | | William H. Keim (R)

| | | Thomas L. Harris (D) | | Charles D. Hodges (D)

| | | John Kelly (D) | | Thomas J. Barr (D)

| | | Joseph Lane (D) |- | | New seat | | La Fayette Grover (D) | Seated February 14, 1859 |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Josiah J. Evans then William Wright)
• Banks of the District of Columbia (Select)
• Claims (Chairman: Alfred Iverson Sr.)
• Commerce (Chairman: Clement Claiborne Clay)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Albert G. Brown)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William Wright)
• Finance (Chairman: Robert M.T. Hunter)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: James M. Mason)
• French Spoilations (Select)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: William K. Sebastian)
• Judiciary (Chairman: James A. Bayard Jr.)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Jefferson Davis)
• Military Asylum near Washington, D.C. (Select)
• Militia (Chairman: N/A)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Stephen Mallory)
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
• Pacific Railroad (Select)
• Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: David S. Reid)
• Pensions (Chairman: George Wallace Jones)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: David Levy Yulee)
• Printing (Chairman: Robert W. Johnson)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Judah P. Benjamin)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Jesse D. Bright)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Charles E. Stuart)
• Retrenchment (Chairman: Stephen A. Douglas)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Josiah J. Evans)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: N/A)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: John C. Mason)
• Agriculture (Chairman: William G. Whiteley)
• Claims (Chairman: Samuel S. Marshall)
• Commerce (Chairman: John Cochrane)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: William O. Goode)
• Elections (Chairman: Thomas L. Harris)
• Engraving (Chairman: Garnett B. Adrain)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John B. Haskin)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Albert G. Talbott)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Owen Jones)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William Lawrence)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Wilson Reilly)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Allison White)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas L. Clingman)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Alfred B. Greenwood)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Joshua H. Jewett)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George S. Houston)
• Manufactures (Chairman: William D. Bishop)
• Mileage (Chairman: Robert Smith)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Quitman)
• Militia (Chairman: Israel T. Hatch)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Bocock)
• Patents (Chairman: James A. Stewart)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William H. English)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: John M. Sandidge)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Lawrence M. Keitt)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: John M. Elliott)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Williamson R. W. Cobb)
• Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: William L. Dewart)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Samuel S. Cox)
• Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John Hickman)
• Roads and Canals (Chairman: George W. Jones)
• Rules (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Alexander H. Stephens)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: J. Glancy Jones then John S. Phelps)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Thomas G. Davidson)
• The Library (Chairman: Rep. William H. Dimmick)
• Printing (Chairman: Rep. Samuel A. Smith)

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|Legislative branch agency]] directors

• Architect of the Capitol. Thomas U. Walter
• Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

• Chaplain. Stephen P. Hill (Baptist)
• Secretary. Asbury Dickins
• Sergeant at Arms. Dunning R. McNair

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: None
• Clerk: James C. Allen
• Doorkeeper: Robert B. Hackney, until May 17, 1858
  • Joseph L. Wright, elected May 18, 1858
• Messenger: Thaddeus Morrice
• Sergeant at Arms: Adam J. Glossbrenner
• Postmaster: Michael W. Cluskey
• Reading Clerks:

Notes

References

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References

1. "The Most Infamous Floor Brawl in the History of the U.S. House of Representatives {{!}} US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives".
2. (1904). "Treaty with the Ponca, 1858". [[United States Government Publishing Office.