36th United States Congress/Delegations

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 in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.

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

• 3: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
• 2: Clement C. Clay, Jr. (1816-1882), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: James A. Stallworth (1822-1861), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
• 2: James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
• 3: David Clopton (1820-1892), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
• 4: Sydenham Moore (1817-1862), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
• 5: George S. Houston (1811-1879), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
• 6: Williamson R. W. Cobb (1807-1864), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 30, 1861
• 7: Jabez L. M. Curry (1825-1903), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861

Arkansas

Senate

• 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic
• 3: Robert W. Johnson (1814-1879), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Thomas C. Hindman (1828-1868), Democratic
• 2: Albert Rust ( -1870), Democratic

California

Senate

• 3: William M. Gwin (1805-1885), Democratic
• 1: David C. Broderick (1820-1859), Democratic …died September 16, 1859

  Henry P. Haun (1815-1860), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, November 3, 1859

  Milton S. Latham (1827-1882), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, March 5, 1860

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: John C. Burch (1826-1885), Democratic
• 2: Charles L. Scott (1827-1899), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate

• 3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Republican
• 1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Dwight Loomis (1821-1903), Republican
• 2: John Woodruff (1826-1868), Republican
• 3: Alfred A. Burnham (1819-1879), Republican
• 4: Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Republican

Delaware

Senate

• 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
• 2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: William G. Whiteley (1819-1886), Democratic

Florida

Senate

• 1: Stephen R. Mallory (1813c-1873), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
• 3: David Levy Yulee (1810-1886), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: George S. Hawkins (1808-1878), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861

Georgia

Senate

• 2: Robert A. Toombs (1810-1885), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861
• 3: Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 28, 1861

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Peter E. Love (1818-1866), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
• 2: Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
• 3: Thomas Hardeman, Jr. (1825-1891), Independent …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
• 4: Lucius J. Gartrell (1821-1891), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
• 5: John W. H. Underwood (1816-1888), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
• 6: James Jackson (1819-1887), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861
• 7: Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Independent …resigned January 23, 1861
• 8: John J. Jones (1824-1898), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 23, 1861

Illinois

Senate

• 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic
• 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican
• 2: John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
• 3: Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), Republican
• 4: William Kellogg (1814-1872), Republican
• 5: Isaac N. Morris (1812-1879), Democratic
• 6: Thomas L. Harris (1816-1858), Democratic …died November 24, 1858
• 6: John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 5, 1859
• 7: James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic
• 8: Philip B. Fouke (1818-1876), Democratic
• 9: John A. Logan (1826-1886), Democratic

Indiana

Senate

• 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic
• 3: Graham N. Fitch (1809-1892), Democratic

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• 1: William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic
• 2: William H. English (1822-1896), Democratic
• 3: William McKee Dunn (1814-1887), Republican
• 4: William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
• 5: David Kilgore (1804-1879), Republican
• 6: Albert G. Porter (1824-1897), Republican
• 7: John G. Davis (1810-1866), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
• 8: James Wilson (1825-1867), Republican
• 9: Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican
• 10: Charles Case (1817-1883), Republican
• 11: John U. Pettit (1820-1881), Republican

Iowa

Senate

• 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
• 2: James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Samuel R. Curtis (1805-1866), Republican
• 2: William Vandever (1817-1893), Republican

Kansas

Senate

• vacant
• vacant

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Martin F. Conway (1827-1882), Republican …newly admitted state, seated January 30, 1861

Kentucky

Senate

• 3: John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), American
• 2: Lazarus W. Powell (1812-1867), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic
• 2: Samuel O. Peyton (1804-1870), Democratic
• 3: Francis M. Bristow (1804-1864), Independent
• 4: William C. Anderson (1826-1861), Independent
• 5: John Y. Brown (1835-1904), Democratic
• 6: Green Adams (1812-1884), Independent
• 7: Robert Mallory (1815-1885), Independent
• 8: William E. Simms (1822-1898), Democratic
• 9: Laban T. Moore (1829-1892), Independent
• 10: John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate

• 2: Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew February 4, 1861
• 3: John Slidell (1793-1871), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew February 4, 1861

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: John E. Bouligny (1824-1864), American
• 2: Miles Taylor (1805-1873), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew February 5, 1861
• 3: Thomas G. Davidson (1805-1883), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after February 5, 1861
• 4: John M. Landrum (1815-1861), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after February 5, 1861

Maine

Senate

• 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican
• 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican …resigned January 17, 1861

  Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, January 17, 1861

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: Daniel E. Somes (1815-1888), Republican
• 2: John J. Perry (1811-1897), Republican
• 3: Ezra B. French (1810-1880), Republican
• 4: Freeman H. Morse (1807-1891), Republican
• 5: Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1883), Republican

  Stephen Coburn (1817-1882), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 2, 1861

• 6: Stephen C. Foster (1799-1872), Republican

Maryland

Senate

• 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Democratic
• 1: Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892), American

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: James A. Stewart (1808-1879), Democratic
• 2: Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), American
• 3: J. Morrison Harris (1817-1898), American
• 4: Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), American
• 5: Jacob M. Kunkel (1822-1870), Democratic
• 6: George W. Hughes (1806-1870), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate

• 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
• 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• 1: Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Republican
• 2: James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
• 3: Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807-1886), Republican
• 4: Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), Republican
• 5: Anson Burlingame (1820-1870), Republican
• 6: John B. Alley (1817-1896), Republican
• 7: Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Republican
• 8: Charles R. Train (1817-1885), Republican
• 9: Eli Thayer (1819-1899), Republican
• 10: Charles Delano (1820-1883), Republican
• 11: Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

Senate

• 1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
• 2: Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: George B. Cooper (1808-1866), Democratic …contested election, served until May 15, 1860

  William A. Howard (1813-1880), Republican …contested election, seated May 15, 1860

• 2: Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Republican
• 3: Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Republican
• 4: De Witt C. Leach (1822-1909), Republican

Minnesota

Senate

• 1: Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic
• 2: Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• A/L: Cyrus Aldrich (1808-1871), Republican
• A/L: William Windom (1827-1891), Republican

Mississippi

Senate

• 2: Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861
• 1: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 21, 1861

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893), Democratic …resigned December 1860, seat not filled in this Congress..
• 2: Reuben Davis (1813-1890), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861
• 3: William Barksdale (1821-1863), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861
• 4: Otho R. Singleton (1814-1889), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861
• 5: John J. McRae (1815-1868), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew January 12, 1861

Missouri

Senate

• 3: James S. Green (1817-1870), Democratic
• 1: Trusten Polk (1811-1876), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: John R. Barret (1825-1903), Democratic …contested election, served until June 8, 1860, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1860

  Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Republican …contested election, seated June 8, 1860, resigned June 25, 1860

  John R. Barret (1825-1903), Democratic …contested election, served until June 8, 1860, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1860

• 2: Thomas L. Anderson (1808-1885), Independent Democratic
• 3: John B. Clark (1802-1885), Democratic
• 4: James Craig (1818-1888), Democratic
• 5: Samuel H. Woodson (1815-1881), American
• 6: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
• 7: John W. Noell (1816-1863), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate

• 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Republican
• 3: Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Gilman Marston (1811-1890), Republican
• 2: Mason W. Tappan (1817-1886), Republican
• 3: Thomas M. Edwards (1795-1875), Republican

New Jersey

Senate

• 1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic
• 2: John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: John T. Nixon (1820-1889), Republican
• 2: John L. N. Stratton (1817-1889), Republican
• 3: Garnett B. Adrain (1815-1878), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
• 4: Jetur R. Riggs (1809-1869), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
• 5: William Pennington (1796-1862), Republican

New York

Senate

• 3: William H. Seward (1801-1872), Republican
• 1: Preston King (1806-1865), Republican

House of Representatives (33 seats)

• 1: Luther C. Carter (1805-1875), Republican
• 2: James Humphrey (1811-1866), Republican
• 3: Daniel E. Sickles (1819-1914), Democratic
• 4: Thomas J. Barr (1812-1881), Independent Democratic
• 5: William B. Maclay (1812-1882), Democratic
• 6: John Cochrane (1813-1898), Democratic
• 7: George Briggs (1805-1869), Republican
• 8: Horace F. Clark (1815-1873), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
• 9: John B. Haskin (1821-1895), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
• 10: Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican
• 11: William S. Kenyon (1820-1896), Republican
• 12: Charles L. Beale (1824-1900), Republican
• 13: Abram B. Olin (1808-1879), Republican
• 14: John H. Reynolds (1819-1875), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
• 15: James B. McKean (1821-1879), Republican
• 16: George W. Palmer (1818-1916), Republican
• 17: Francis E. Spinner (1802-1890), Republican
• 18: Clark B. Cochrane (1815-1867), Republican
• 19: James H. Graham (1812-1881), Republican
• 20: Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
• 21: R. Holland Duell (1824-1891), Republican
• 22: M. Lindley Lee (1805-1876), Republican
• 23: Charles B. Hoard (1805-1886), Republican
• 24: Charles B. Sedgwick (1815-1883), Republican
• 25: Martin Butterfield (1790-1866), Republican
• 26: Emory B. Pottle (1815-1891), Republican
• 27: Alfred Wells (1814-1867), Republican
• 28: William Irvine (1820-1882), Republican
• 29: Alfred Ely (1815-1892), Republican
• 30: Augustus Frank (1826-1895), Republican
• 31: Silas M. Burroughs (1810-1860), Republican …died June 3, 1860

  Edwin R. Reynolds (1816-1908), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1860

• 32: Elbridge G. Spaulding (1809-1897), Republican
• 33: Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

North Carolina

Senate

• 3: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic
• 2: Thomas Bragg (1810-1872), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: William N. H. Smith (1812-1889), Independent
• 2: Thomas H. Ruffin (1820-1863), Democratic
• 3: Warren Winslow (1810-1862), Democratic
• 4: Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862), Democratic
• 5: John A. Gilmer (1805-1868), Independent
• 6: James M. Leach (1815-1891), Independent
• 7: F. Burton Craige (1811-1875), Democratic
• 8: Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), Independent

Ohio

Senate

• 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Republican
• 3: George E. Pugh (1822-1876), Democratic

House of Representatives (21 seats)

• 1: George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Democratic
• 2: John A. Gurley (1813-1863), Republican
• 3: Clement L. Vallandigham (1820-1871), Democratic
• 4: William Allen (1827-1881), Democratic
• 5: James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Republican
• 6: William Howard (1817-1891), Democratic
• 7: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Republican
• 8: Benjamin Stanton (1809-1872), Republican
• 9: John Carey (1792-1875), Republican
• 10: Carey A. Trimble (1813-1887), Republican
• 11: Charles D. Martin (1829-1911), Democratic
• 12: Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
• 13: John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
• 14: Cyrus Spink (1793-1859), Republican …died May 31, 1859, before Congress assembled.

  Harrison G. O. Blake (1818-1876), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1859

• 15: William Helmick (1817-1888), Republican
• 16: Cydnor B. Tompkins (1810-1862), Republican
• 17: Thomas C. Theaker (1812-1883), Republican
• 18: Sidney Edgerton (1818-1900), Republican
• 19: Edward Wade (1802-1866), Republican
• 20: John Hutchins (1812-1891), Republican
• 21: John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican

Oregon

Senate

• 3: Joseph Lane (1801-1881), Democratic
• 2: Edward D. Baker (1811-1861), Republican …elected to fill vacancy in class, October 2, 1860

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Lansing Stout (1828-1871), Democratic

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 3: William Bigler (1814-1880), Democratic
• 1: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican

House of Representatives (25 seats)

• 1: Thomas B. Florence (1812-1875), Democratic
• 2: Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Republican
• 3: John P. Verree (1817-1889), Republican
• 4: William Millward (1822-1871), Republican
• 5: John Wood (1816-1898), Republican
• 6: John Hickman (1810-1875), Anti-Lecompton Democratic
• 7: Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871), Republican
• 8: John Schwartz (1793-1860), Anti-Lecompton Democratic …died June 20, 1860

  Jacob K. McKenty (1827-1866), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1860

• 9: Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Republican
• 10: John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican
• 11: James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Republican
• 12: George W. Scranton (1811-1861), Republican
• 13: William H. Dimmick (1815-1861), Democratic
• 14: Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Republican
• 15: James T. Hale (1810-1865), Republican
• 16: Benjamin F. Junkin (1822-1908), Republican
• 17: Edward McPherson (1830-1895), Republican
• 18: Samuel S. Blair (1821-1890), Republican
• 19: John Covode (1808-1871), Republican
• 20: William Montgomery (1818-1870), Democratic
• 21: James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Republican
• 22: Robert McKnight (1820-1885), Republican
• 23: William Stewart (1810-1876), Republican
• 24: Chapin Hall (1816-1879), Republican
• 25: Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887), Republican

Rhode Island

Senate

• 1: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Republican
• 2: Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Christopher Robinson (1806-1889), Republican
• 2: William D. Brayton (1815-1887), Republican

South Carolina

Senate

• 3: James H. Hammond (1807-1864), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew November 11, 1860
• 2: James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew November 10, 1860

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: John McQueen (1804-1867), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860
• 2: William P. Miles (1822-1899), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after December 13, 1860
• 3: Laurence M. Keitt (1824-1864), Democratic …seceded state, did not occupy seat after December 10, 1860
• 4: Milledge L. Bonham (1813-1890), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860
• 5: John D. Ashmore (1819-1871), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860
• 6: William W. Boyce (1818-1890), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew December 21, 1860

Tennessee

Senate

• 1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic
• 2: Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Democratic …seceded state, withdrew March 3, 1861

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: Thomas A. R. Nelson (1812-1873), Independent
• 2: Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Independent
• 3: Reese B. Brabson (1817-1863), Independent
• 4: William B. Stokes (1814-1897), Independent
• 5: Robert H. Hatton (1826-1862), Independent
• 6: James H. Thomas (1808-1876), Democratic
• 7: John V. Wright (1828-1908), Democratic
• 8: James M. Quarles (1823-1901), Independent
• 9: Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902), Independent
• 10: William T. Avery (1819-1880), Democratic

Texas

Senate

• 1: Matthias Ward (1805-1861), Democratic

  Louis T. Wigfall (1816-1874), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, December 5, 1859

• 2: John Hemphill (1803-1862), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Democratic
• 2: Andrew J. Hamilton (1815-1875), Independent Democratic

Vermont

Senate

• 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Republican
• 3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Eliakim P. Walton (1812-1890), Republican
• 2: Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican
• 3: Homer E. Royce (1819-1891), Republican

Virginia

Senate

• 1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic
• 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• 1: Muscoe R. H. Garnett (1821-1864), Democratic
• 2: John S. Millson (1808-1874), Democratic
• 3: Daniel C. De Jarnette (1822-1881), Independent Democratic
• 4: William O. Goode (1798-1859), Democratic …died July 3, 1859

  Roger A. Pryor (1828-1919), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1859

• 5: Thomas S. Bocock (1815-1891), Democratic
• 6: Shelton F. Leake (1812-1884), Independent Democratic
• 7: William Smith (1797-1887), Democratic
• 8: Alexander R. Boteler (1815-1892), Independent
• 9: John T. Harris (1823-1899), Independent Democratic
• 10: Sherrard Clemens (1820-1881), Democratic
• 11: Albert G. Jenkins (1830-1864), Democratic
• 12: Henry A. Edmundson (1814-1890), Democratic
• 13: Elbert S. Martin (1829c-1876), Independent Democratic

Wisconsin

Senate

• 3: Charles Durkee (1805-1870), Republican
• 1: James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: John F. Potter (1817-1899), Republican
• 2: Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Republican …resigned January 1, 1861
• 3: Charles H. Larrabee (1820-1883), Democratic

Delegations from territories

Kansas Territory

• A/L: Marcus J. Parrott (1828-1879), Republican ...newly admitted state, served until January 29, 1861

Nebraska Territory

• A/L: Samuel G. Daily (1823-1866), Republican …contested election, seated May 18, 1860
• A/L: Experience Estabrook (1813-1894), …contested election, served until May 18, 1860

New Mexico Territory

• A/L: Miguel A. Otero (1829-1882), Democratic

Utah Territory

• A/L: William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Democratic

Washington Territory

• A/L: Isaac I. Stevens (1818-1862), Democratic